Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1038 - 892: Crisis (Extra for Subscriptions)

Chapter 1038: Chapter 892: Crisis (Extra for Subscriptions)

Cultivators often recognize each other by the aura of their magic power.

With Fang Xi not deliberately concealing anything, other high-ranked cultivators naturally wouldn’t mistake his identity.

The Divine Calculator felt a familiar aura approaching, but upon closer inspection, he saw a young man in a green robe, followed by two golden-armored Integration Monks, strolling over.

The aura that shrouded the young man was familiar to him, yet it bore a strand of unfamiliarity.

That deep and abyss-like fluctuation of magic power made the Divine Calculator’s heart tremble, "Mahayana... Impossible... How could the insignificant junior from back then break through to the Mahayana Realm in just a few hundred years?"

"Even that peerless genius in the history of the human race couldn’t have accomplished this..."

"Could it be that my old eyes are deceiving me, or could there be a Law of Time hidden within the prohibitions of this place, and tens of thousands of years have already passed in the outside world?"

Although Fang Xi now showed his true face, to the Divine Calculator, he was the same ’Wang Family Ancestor’ of old.

At this moment, he couldn’t help doubting his own life.

"How long... have I been locked up?"

The Divine Calculator looked at Fang Xi and couldn’t help but ask.

"Not yet five hundred years..."

Fang Xi’s lips curved into a smirk, "I am here today to fulfill my promise, to rescue Sir... It’s just that, the Feather of the True Spirit Phoenix you promised before is far from enough..."

The Divine Calculator: "..."

After a moment of silence, he revealed a phantom through his divination tools structured as The Primordial Bagua, and then bowed deeply, "Please command me, your junior will not shirk any duty..."

As an Immortal Cultivator and a native of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Divine Calculator was very proper in front of a higher realm Cultivator.

"Good, do you know that the outside world has already been thrown into chaos..."

Fang Xi briefly introduced the invasion of the Alien Alliance and The Great War of the Four Clans, making the Divine Calculator’s complexion turn exceedingly pale, "I was merely trapped for a few hundred years, and the outside world has already changed beyond recognition..."

"Now that I am about to make my move, to settle the heavens and the earth, I still lack an army advisor by my side..." Fang Xi said leisurely.

"May I ask..."

The Divine Calculator cautiously inquired, "Which side does Senior intend to assist?"

The joining of a Mahayana Monk could well reverse the tide of battle in some regions.

Though Fang Xi appeared to be from the human race, the environment of Falling Sky Island was peculiar; previously, the human race, Demonic Beasts, and many Alien races lived in relative harmony.

It was only after a certain individual arrived that a maelstrom of bloodshed began.

At this time, Fang Xi’s stance made it very hard for the Divine Calculator to gauge.

Without mentioning anything else, those two formidable guards behind Fang Xi, although they seemed to be from the human race, also possessed a strange aura that set the Divine Calculator’s mind racing...

If this Mahayana were willing to join, both the Monster Clan and the Alien race would surely welcome him with open arms.

Although the Divine Calculator longed for his freedom, he was not willing to serve an Alien race.

"Naturally, the human race! After all, I am also born of the human race... It’s just that many of the twigs and leaves of the human race in the Earth Immortal Realm need pruning," Fang Xi said, his words tinged with immeasurable intent to kill.

The Divine Calculator, as if he hadn’t heard the lethal undertone, respectfully said, "Since it’s so, your junior is willing to serve to the utmost..."

"Excellent!"

The Green Barley Sword appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, and the power of the Wood Attribute Law gathered to form a crescent of sword light.

The Mahayana Period’s magic power spilled out unrestrained, causing the Divine Calculator to be incredibly alarmed, ’Such might, seemingly even surpassing Mr. Che Xuanyuan by quite a bit... Is this truly a newly advanced Mahayana? Or has it been the other acting all along, playing a joke on me? An incarnation?’

Yet soon, he had no time for wild thoughts, "Senior... Spare my life, please!"

Swish!

Fang Xi swung his sword coldly!

The power of the Wood Attribute Law converged, turning into a crescent moon-like sword light and falling atop the ice mountain.

Crash!

The Colorful Chains shone, also possessing the might of the Law!

But alas, the Immortal Mansion was ultimately long in disrepair, many of its prohibitions broken.

As an emerald radiance flashed, the crescent moon-like sword light made of jade collided with the Colorful Chains, suddenly bursting forth with light, then eerily merging into them.

Crash!

The Colorful Chains snapped one after another, revealing cuts as smooth as mirrors.

The ice mountain shook with a thunderous sound and then began to shatter...

"Hahaha!"

With a long howl, the Divine Calculator wielded a golden abacus-like treasure.

Numerous beads flew out, forming the shape of The Primordial Bagua, shielding him layer upon layer as he leaped out from the ice mountain!

"To be caged for so long, I finally throw off the chains... Divine Calculator thanks Senior for the rescue."

After straightening his appearance, the Divine Calculator solemnly bowed to Fang Xi, "With Senior able to wield the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure so effortlessly, reaching the pinnacle of skill, your junior is truly in awe."

"It’s but a meager broken Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure," Fang Xi waved his hand nonchalantly, looking at the potted plants and Yao Qin inside the pavilion, alluding to something more, "Compared to the real treasures of the Immortal Mansion, it’s really not worth mentioning."

The Divine Calculator gave a start, then chuckled bitterly, "Senior should not jest with your junior. During these hundreds of years, your junior has continuously contemplated in silence and has come to understand some of the mysteries of the Mansion’s Array workings. I also know that this pavilion is a trap... Had your junior not been overtaken by greed, I would not have fallen to such a plight."

The Divine Calculator was, after all, an Array Grandmaster.

Even when Fang Xi discussed the Tao with Ji Feixue, they held the Divine Calculator in high regard, claiming that his attainments in arrays surpassed their own.

As long as it was not concerning divination, Fang Xi naturally believed what the Divine Calculator said, "Oh? Where is the hub of this Immortal Mansion then?"

"If the junior’s estimation is correct, it should be under this small pavilion..."

The Divine Calculator said with a smile, "The junior is willing to lead the way for the senior and completely seize this Immortal Mansion... The prohibitions of this Immortal Mansion are the hub of Falling Sky Island. As long as one can sacrificially refine even a bit of it and prematurely initiate the integration with the Earth Immortal Realm or even choose a location to descend from a Higher Realm, it wouldn’t be difficult."

"Oh?"

Fang Xi had to admit that he was a bit tempted.

If he could fully control the Falling Sky Island Secret Realm, wouldn’t it be like the Nine State Sect had acquired an unsinkable aircraft carrier?

Moreover, its territory was immensely vast and could maneuver flexibly, which was very suitable for the many Heavenly Monarchs of the God Path.

The Divine Calculator, as an Array Grandmaster and a Grandmaster of prophecy... trapped in this place for hundreds of years, diligently researching, seemed to have really figured out something?

"Since that’s the case, you go and give it a try."

After some thought, Fang Xi said.

"Haha... How could I possibly miscalculate?"

The Divine Calculator took a step forward, his face displaying a hint of arrogant pride.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi’s brows furrowed slightly, and he quietly circulated Immortal Origin Power, adding a defensive spell to himself...

...

Sky Brahman Domain.

Sky Brahman City.

This domain had long been broken, and now both the inside and outside of Sky Brahman City were controlled by an Alien race, who had transformed it into a grand strategic base for strategizing against the human race in other domains.

Streams of colorful prohibitions rose to the sky, converging to form a profound Great Array.

In the core of the array was a Qing stone palace floating in midair.

A Rhino-headed human-bodied Alien race cultivator in the later stages of Integration sat cross-legged, silently cultivating.

It was night, and the radiance from the nine rounds of bright moonlight was dazzling, with Spiritual Liquid like emperor’s gelatin falling from above, which this Alien race cultivator absorbed completely into his body.

After a long while, he finally finished cultivating, his body glowing and merging with the Lunar Marrow Power.

Opening his eyes, it was already dawn.

"Ah?"

Only then did the Alien race cultivator realize that there was a somewhat stooped figure standing in the Great Hall.

This figure was an elderly human, unprepossessing in appearance with a single black small horn on his head.

"Ancestor Xi Yuan... I was unaware of the Ancestor’s arrival, failed to welcome you from afar, and I hope the Ancestor forgives me," said the Alien race cultivator with a face full of surprise and joy.

This single-horned elder was unexpectedly a Mahayana-level existence of the Moon Watching Clan!

"Haha, spare me the formalities... I’ve been here since midnight," laughed the elder with a single black horn. "Seeing you so focused on condensing the Lunar Marrow Power and at a critical juncture in your practice, I didn’t want to disturb you. You’re the most promising of our younger generation; advancing swiftly to Perfect Integration and then challenging the Mahayana Realm—that’s the true priority. All other formalities can be dispensed with," he said.

The elder with the inky horn offered a faint smile as he imparted a few more insights about cultivation techniques.

The late-stage Integration Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan took the teachings to heart. The confusion in their mind cleared suddenly, and after a moment of joy flashed by, they asked, "Elder Ancestor, have you come because the battle with the Demon Clan has finally ended?"

"Indeed, under the leadership of Di Yi and the Kylin, I and the Mahayana of the Demon Clan fought fiercely," he replied. "Finally, we’ve forced them back to the last few strongholds in the Demon Realm, where they’ve sealed off the mountains with the Sky Demon Array and can hardly venture out..."

The single-horned elder said with a smile, "On the Demon Clan battlefield, our side has claimed a great victory. We’ve finally found the time to press the human race on the main battlefield. With several Mahayana putting pressure there, my thought to strike with this unexpected force is just perfect... When we attack from both sides, the human race will surely be defeated!"

The late-stage Integration Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan felt a solemn sense of responsibility, realizing that the Elder Ancestor’s support for this separate force bore another significant implication.

Now, with the Four Clans at war and the Demon Clan nearly ousted from the game, the human race stood unsupported, while the Monster Clan and the Alien Alliance were about to lock down the victory.

The more critical the situation, the more cautious one should be of their allies!

There was no need to mention the Monster Clan. Even within the Alien Alliance, while the Jiuchi Clan was dominant, there were also the Stone Clan and the Moon Watching Clan, each with their own Mahayana!

"The junior understands. Only the lands secured by our Moon Watching Clan truly belong to us," said the late-stage Integration Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan.

"Exactly, that’s the spirit..." The Moon Watching Clan’s Mahayana said confidently, "With me here, what can the Jiuchi Clan do? Aren’t they afraid I’ll lead a defection to the Monster Clan?"

Hehe, the Mahayana of the Moon Watching Clan sneered coldly before adding, "I see it now. When two tigers fight, one is bound to get hurt. Just as it is at this moment, only by restoring the old arrangement of a three-way balance between humans, monsters, and demons can there be a lasting peace... Our Moon Watching joined with other Alien races might just balance out the Monster Clan and the Jiuchi Clan, becoming the third force!"

The Integration Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan’s heart tightened, realizing that the Alien Alliance had finally decided to start separating from the Jiuchi Clan.

The Alliance was always fragile, held together by mutual hatred.

When the Jiuchi Clan, which originally had no grudges with the other three races, joined and quickly purged those in the Alliance bearing the deepest hatred towards the Monster Clan, it was only reluctantly under both carrot and stick that they unified the clans. Allied on equal footing with the Monster Clan, they launched a war of revenge.

But now, the inevitable split within the Alliance was still occurring.

’However, as long as the Elder Ancestors of the Moon Watching and Stone Clans are in agreement, we don’t need to vie for dominance against the Monster Clan or the Jiuchi Clan—we just need a little benefit and spoils of war. It should be possible to thrive... And in the future, becoming the third force might also be feasible,’ the Integration Cultivator of the Alien race thought. ’This could be where my opportunity for Mahayana lies!’

The more the Integration Cultivator from the Alien Alliance contemplated, the brighter their eyes shone.

"But enough of that... the true task now is to completely break the human race’s backbone. Otherwise, all our planning will be a joke," the single-horned elder said, his tone becoming serious. "I’ve heard that there’s still one place in this territory that remains unconquered?"

"Please forgive me, Elder Ancestor..." The rhino-headed human-bodied Integration Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan trembled, "That ’Penglai Fairy Pavilion’ of the human race is protected by a nearly-Eighth-Order Array, and has two human Integration Cultivators in residence. ’Xi Tong’ fell there in the past, and my incompetence... despite attacking several times, we’ve been unable to conquer it."

In fact, in recent years, ’Fang Xi,’ the Supreme Elder of the Penglai Fairy Pavilion, has rarely appeared, with ’Lord Yunxi’ taking over the reins. Even though they were late-stage Integration Cultivators, launching a head-on assault against the Eighth-Order Array could potentially lead to grave injuries or even death...

Considering their own Taoist path and the fact that Penglai Fairy Pavilion had only closed its gates without launching outside attacks on the Alien army, they had thus far turned a blind eye.

"Hmph... I shall take it upon myself to uproot this thorn!" the Mahayana Cultivator of the Moon Watching Clan declared proudly. "The rise of the Moon Watching Clan starts with this battle!"