Chapter 943: Dao Seed Prototype (An additional chapter for Alliance Leader Qingfeng Wenxian Zui Mingyue Huanmeng Hui)
Chapter 943: Dao Seed Prototype (An additional chapter for Alliance Leader Qingfeng Wenxian Zui Mingyue Huanmeng Hui)
"Eternal youth and immortality, an unfettered Earth Immortal!"
Earthly Immortal World.
Fang Xi abruptly rose to his feet, feeling the complete transformation of the immortal power within him, his terrifying Earth Immortal body, and his boundless lifespan. He couldn't help but let out a long laugh.
The laughter soared straight into the Nine Heavens, shattering countless clouds.
Even the spacetime of the Earthly Immortal World seemed unable to bear it, the void constantly fracturing, revealing colorful chains of various laws!
Numerous chains of laws swept forth like pythons, about to fall upon Fang Xi, but they were blocked by a layer of verdant green light.
The power of the Spiritual Domain could inherently counteract the might of Heaven and Earth's Laws.
After achieving Earth Immortal status, its power became even more unimaginable!
"This kind of oppression is simply terrifying. Even for me, I can at most delay for a few days before being forced to ascend."
Fang Xi murmured, "If even I am like this, then True Dragons, Phoenixes, even Demon Race Celestial Demons and Human Race True Immortals. . . I fear their limit is only a few hundred breaths in the Earthly Immortal World. . ."
"This brief time is indeed only enough to leave behind some foundation, and even then, it's very rushed. . ."
As he pondered, the sky suddenly changed!
A rainbow emerged from the distant, highest reaches of the horizon.
Amidst swirling immortal melodies, strands of immortal qi descended, transforming into celestial flowers and countless immortal birds and rare beasts, all jointly embracing a jade-like gateway.
That gateway was vast and majestic. . . its surface was carved with various celestial runes, and at this moment, it was slowly opening a crack.
Light!
Dazzling white light spilled out from within.
"Indeed. . . is this the 'Ascension Immortal Light' recorded in the ancient texts?"
Feeling the eager stirrings of his primordial spirit, Fang Xi gazed at the jade-like gateway and murmured, "The Immortal Gate. . ."
Legend had it that only cultivators who had successfully passed the Immortal Ascension Thunder Tribulation could trigger the appearance of the Immortal Gate!
And only the primordial spirit of a Primordial Spirit True Immortal could pass through the Immortal Gate; everything else was a futile effort.
At this moment, Fang Xi felt his primordial spirit light and ethereal, as if it wished to plunge into that gateway.
And the rejection from the Earthly Immortal World instantly surged, not just tenfold, but a hundredfold?
...
"The Immortal Gate wide open, someone is ascending to immortality?"
In the Earthly Immortal World, at this very moment, all Mahayana cultivators, no matter where they were, felt that stirring.
Following that, regardless of their race, extreme longing and unwillingness appeared in their eyes.
Most Mahayana cultivators in the Earthly Immortal World simply couldn't reach this step!
Immortality was clearly before their eyes, yet they couldn't enter its gate. Perhaps this was the greatest sorrow!
"So strong!"
Fang Xi murmured, his body involuntarily rising, flying towards that Immortal Gate.
Pieces of celestial flowers flew out from the Immortal Gate, carrying the Qi of Longevity.
Then!
A silver light flashed.
Fang Xi's figure instantly vanished without a trace.
Passing through the Immortal Gate without entering!
...
True Immortal World.
"Only a fool would take a stroll in the Immortal Cleansing Pool."
Fang Xi scoffed, feeling his primordial spirit exceptionally joyous.
"Indeed. . . the environment of the True Immortal World is even more suited for the primordial spirit!"
He smiled faintly, his gaze shifting to the great formation not far away.
The formation protecting this cave abode was completely intact, and Fang Xian was inside.
But at this moment, Fang Xi swept his divine consciousness and couldn't help but be startled: "Indeed. . . has he achieved Core Formation after comprehending the Dao?"
He had spent several years just waiting for the tribulation to arrive during his journey to the Earthly Immortal World to undergo it.
By now, counting on his fingers, Little Fang Xian should be around ten years old.
Core Formation at ten years old!
Not to mention the mortal world, even in the Earthly Immortal World, it would be a joke.
Only in the True Immortal World could such prodigious talent possibly appear!
Fang Xi lightly waved his sleeve, and the formation automatically opened. Fang Xian, with rosy lips and white teeth, still looking like a seven-year-old child, emerged on a light of escape. Seeing Fang Xi, he bowed in great joy: "Congratulations, Master, on successfully passing your tribulation and becoming an Immortal! From now on, you shall have everlasting life and boundless freedom!"
"Haha!"
Fang Xi laughed heartily, rubbing Fang Xian's little head: "It's excellent that you've achieved Core Formation. . . In the future, for us, master and disciple, to jointly be listed among the immortal ranks, that would truly be a wonderful tale."
He could naturally see that Fang Xian had not consumed any youth-preserving pills, yet he still maintained the form of a seven-year-old child, nor was it the youth-preserving effect of a wood-element cultivation method.
No matter how profound a wood-element cultivation method, it would not begin preserving youth during childhood.
That Fang Xian was like this was proof of his innate talent!
Fang Xi had known since his mortal days that if a cultivator broke through major realms early enough, and consistently did so, it was entirely possible for their appearance to remain unchanged, even if they didn't cultivate youth-preserving techniques!
This was the principle: as long as you break through fast enough, aging can't catch up to you!
But Fang Xian's talent was even more monstrous!
He broke through to Core Formation at ten years old, and compared to the long lifespan of Core Formation cultivators, ten years old was barely even infancy.
Therefore, he wouldn't continue to grow physically, unless he slowly spent time in the Core Formation stage, aging into adolescence!
"However, there are countless seniors and experts with childlike appearances in the cultivation world; isn't Qingxu Tongzi one of them?"
"And even cuter."
Fang Xi tidied up his cave abode, swept his sleeve, and returned to Spiritual Mountain with Fang Xian.
...
Spiritual Mountain.
Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce.
"Amitābha Buddha, Benefactor has finally returned."
A monk, wearing a large red kasaya and a bright yellow rooster-comb hat, pressed his palms together.
"Master, this is. . ."
Fang Xi, with Fang Xian held by one hand, saw the monk and a realization dawned upon him, accompanied by a pang of desolation.
"Daoist friend Qi Hou passed away three months ago. According to our previous agreement, we have already performed rituals and chanted scriptures for him. . ."
This monk was precisely one of those specifically in charge of funeral rites on Spiritual Mountain.
Now that Fang Xi had reined in his aura, he still appeared to be a Mahayana cultivator, and the monk was very respectful: "However, according to Benefactor Qi's personal last wish, his ashes were ultimately scattered here, merging into the earth vein. . ."
"I see, my thanks."
Fang Xi replied politely, gazing at the mottled signboard of the Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce, speechless for a long time.
He hadn't expected that his first order of business upon successfully breaking through to immortality would be the departure of an old acquaintance!
...
Night fell.
Fang Xian excitedly ran around the cave abode.
Fang Xi, as usual, reported the death to the Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce, then waited for the headquarters to send someone.
Looking at Fang Xian now, he felt it wouldn't be bad to use him as a little child assistant for now, to fill in for Qi Hou.
'After all, who knows how long it'll be until a new person arrives. . . '
'Last time, when Gong Jiu Jin died tragically, I reported it, and no one has come to take over even now. . . '
'This place of banishment truly is pathetic; it's practically ignored even by dogs! '
After musing, Fang Xi went to his seclusion chamber, sat cross-legged, and began his first cultivation session since becoming an Immortal.
Spiritual Mountain had a massive immortal vein, and the immortal qi emanating from it was perfectly suited for Immortals.
For cultivators below the Immortal realm, it was actually somewhat wasteful.
And for those below the Return to Void realm, it was practically harmful rather than beneficial.
For example, if Fang Xian wanted to cultivate, he'd still have to rely on the supreme-grade spirit stones Fang Xi casually dug out from a pile of junk in a corner of the 'Fang Xian Dao Palace'!
At this moment, Fang Xi, meditating for the first time after becoming an Immortal, quickly entered a state of samadhi.
"After achieving Earth Immortal status, the physical body, spiritual root, and primordial spirit have completely fused. . . the Mahayana-level immortal essence power has once again elevated, becoming immortal power."
With each breath Fang Xi took, a phantom image of the Demonic Tree appeared behind him.
"Now. . . everything about the Demonic Tree seems to have become my innate instinct."
Fang Xi's divine consciousness observed the Demonic Tree tattoo on his back.
At this moment, this special tattoo also became even more lifelike. . .
He waved his hand casually, and strands of wood-attribute laws appeared in the void, then intertwined with each other, fusing into chains of laws!
"Immortals generally comprehend laws beyond mere threads of laws, reaching the level of chains of laws. . ."
"Beyond chains of laws. . . one should also be able to make laws take physical form!"
"And then, only then, comes the level of the Illusory Dao Seed Prototype."
Back then, when Fang Xi was still at the Mahayana stage, he had already displayed an Illusory Dao Seed Prototype, so it was no wonder the Ancestral Dragon considered it the 'aptitude of a Dao Monarch'!
"In reality, my success was due to my persistent efforts in comprehending laws!"
Fang Xi reviewed his comprehension of laws. His understanding of void laws was the deepest, allowing him to barely achieve law manifestation.
Other laws, such as time, destruction, and wood, were slightly inferior.
As for the most peculiar Life-Death laws?
His expression shifted, a faint, inexplicable feeling arising as he touched his forehead.
After Fang Xi's palm passed over it, a somewhat peculiar pattern emerged.
It was a black and white seed-like imprint.
When he achieved Earth Immortal status with the 'Withered Glory Chant', this imprint quietly appeared on his forehead.
Fang Xi naturally discovered it immediately afterward and used a secret art to conceal it.
After all, he had no idea whether this imprint portended fortune or disaster.
Even if it represented a tremendous opportunity, he would still have to consider it carefully.
As a cultivator accustomed to having everything under his control, Fang Xi intensely disliked anything beyond his influence.
"This imprint seems to represent my profound comprehension of the Life-Death laws. . ."
Fang Xi muttered to himself.
The 'Withered Glory Chant' outwardly cultivates wood-attribute laws, but in truth, it walks the 'Great Dao of Life and Death'.
However, even with this, achieving Earth Immortal status would not usually condense a 'Life-Death Dao Seed Prototype'!
Fang Xi's ability to do this was entirely thanks to the extraordinary nature of the Ancestor Demonic Tree.
During his confrontation with the Ancestral Dragon, it was a mere flash of inspiration, and he couldn't guarantee it would happen every time.
But after passing all the Mahayana tribulations and thoroughly integrating the Ancestor Demonic Tree into his primordial spirit, Fang Xi had completely assimilated the Demonic Tree.
Leveraging the foundation of this Dao Fruit creation, he directly pushed his Life-Death laws to the level of an 'Illusory Dao Seed Prototype'!
"With the power of laws at the 'Dao Seed Prototype' level, even if my cultivation realm hasn't advanced, when unleashed, I fear I would not be weak among Immortals."
Fang Xi had a very clear understanding of his own strength.
Among the Five Immortals of Heaven, Earth, Human, God, and Ghost, Heavenly Immortals were inherently the highest, followed by Earth Immortals!
Even a newly promoted Earth Immortal was stronger than most Primordial Spirit True Immortals, God Immortals, and Ghost Immortals!
Not to mention, his own comprehension of laws had reached an extremely terrifying level!
"However, mere laws are fundamentally not enough!"
"I must obtain a cultivation method for realms beyond Earth Immortal. . . even if it's just for reference!"
Fang Xi mused: "It seems it's time to reveal my Immortal realm cultivation."
As for the Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce's suspicions?
What if he had indeed acquired ancient inheritances and possessed great fortune?
As an Immortal Earth Immortal with eternal longevity, he now had sufficient strength to protect his own secrets!
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