Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1063 - 917: Heavenly Monument

Chapter 1063: Chapter 917: Heavenly Monument

"Mr. Qing Hezi, please forgive me. Elder Xu is injured and unable to come in person, so he has specially ordered me to come and make an offering."

The Mystical Demon King’s voice was mellow, with an indescribable charm, holding a jade casket high with both hands.

Fang Xi’s eyes gleamed, and then he gently flicked his sleeve.

The prohibitions on the jade casket disintegrated in an instant, and a stream of pure true demon qi spilled out.

When the jade casket was opened, there lay a ghostly white bone.

On the bone were tiny holes, where streams of black qi moved in and out like earthworms...

Under Fang Xi’s Spirit Eye Skills, the minute details of the bone revealed a mass of natural patterns, forming Sky Demon inscriptions.

"The Sky Demon Bone?!"

He took a breath, confirming the true nature of the object.

"Exactly... This bone is a nourishing supplement for all cultivators practicing Demon Skills, and if used as a breakthrough aid for Mahayana, it can increase a practitioner’s chances by fifty percent to surpass the Mahayana bottleneck, and it’s also quite beneficial for the subsequent Heart Demon Tribulation."

"At the same time, this item is also the core of the Sky Demon Array."

The Mystical Demon King said, "Our clan handing over this item is enough to prove our unwillingness to provoke further hostilities..."

"There’s reason in your words."

Fang Xi nodded slightly, causing a hint of joy to surface on the Mystical Demon King’s face.

However, the female demon leader soon heard Fang Xi say in an unequivocal tone, "But... it’s not enough!"

"I beseech the elder to enlighten me!"

The frame of the Mystical Demon King was extremely supple as she immediately sought guidance.

A flash of light appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, revealing a scroll.

As magic power was injected into it, the scroll floated in the air, slowly unrolling to reveal countless mountains, rivers, secret realms, and extreme lands—it was the map of the Demon Clan’s territories.

Fang Xi flicked his finger, and a thin green line flashed through the center, dividing the Demon Clan’s territory in two!

"From today onwards, with Devil Mountain Tiankun as the boundary, the northeast shall belong to the Demon Clan, and the rest shall be ours, the human race."

His tone was indifferent, as if it were a trivial matter.

The Mystical Demon King was shocked, "This... this... Elder, with a single word, you intend to take away most of my Demon Clan’s territories? I absolutely cannot agree to this..."

"Cannot agree..." Fang Xi said pointedly, "then I shall lead my forces to take the rest as well..."

The Mystical Demon King felt an icy chill in her heart, knowing that at this moment she was in a desperate situation, and hence her demeanor changed, "I truly cannot agree to this matter, I wonder if the elder might consider an alternative condition?"

She showed a pitiable expression, "If the elder could be slightly more lenient, not only will I agree, but every ten years, the Demon Clan will also present a thousand beautiful women, each of surpassing beauty, and..."

"Heh, woman... you think too highly of yourself."

Fang Xi sneered, "Compared to the lands and territories of the Earth Immortal Realm, what are a few demonesses really worth? This is my final offer. Take it to Xu Lao Devil, and if you don’t agree, then we shall go to war..."

With a wave of his hand, a new pact struck the Mystical Demon King’s incredibly beautiful cheek, causing this one of the Six Kings of the Demon Clan to feel a profound sense of defeat, her spirits utterly crushed...

...

Despite the minor incident, the ceremonial offering of captives in Heaven Origin City was still held with solemn grandeur.

Fang Xi made a brief appearance to accept tributes from the major powers of the Earth Immortal Realm, then declared the execution of several captives before the newly built ’Consolation Hall’ as the final summary of the war between the four races; it also served as a warning to the demons.

According to rumors among Individual Cultivators afterwards, the Mystical Demon King’s face was deathly pale throughout the ceremony, and even her power to charm cultivators had significantly weakened, effectively boosting the prestige of the human race.

Fang Xi, however, was not concerned with such trifles.

At this moment, he was strolling through Heaven Origin City with Shui Lingxin.

"Now that Yunxi is in charge of Penglai Fairy Pavilion, I’m very relieved," Fang Xi said as he looked at a Fairy Peach Tree.

"Uncle Master... does that mean you don’t plan to return to Penglai Fairy Pavilion?"

Shui Lingxin, intelligent and quick-witted, immediately guessed his intent.

"This place, Heaven Origin City, is not bad, it could serve as my domain in the future..." Fang Xi said with a slight smile.

"Does Uncle Master intend to establish his own Sect?" Shui Lingxin blinked.

"Not at all... The human race of the Earth Immortal Realm cannot act in unison precisely because they are poisoned by the concepts of family, surname, and Sect. How could I do the same?"

Fang Xi stood with his hands clasped behind him, "Come... I’ll show you something good."

Shui Lingxin was completely puzzled as she followed Fang Xi to the central plaza of Heaven Origin City.

This place was now enveloped by an Array, which had not been opened even for the offering of captives ceremony, leading to much speculation among cultivators.

Only after entering did Shui Lingxin realize that everyone had guessed wrong.

Standing tall in this plaza was a single enormous green monolith!

This monolith was thousands of feet high, majestic and sturdy, with an air of invincibility about it.

"This ’Heavenly Monument’ was personally refined by me; even a Mahayana monk would find it difficult to destroy..."

Fang Xi looked at the monument with a hint of a smile on his face, "Once your Divine Consciousness connects with it, you’ll understand."

Shui Lingxin did as she was told and immediately, a glimmer of light flashed in her hand, revealing a piece of greenish jade pendant.

On the jade pendant, there was also a line of text.

"Owner: Shui Lingxin"

"Contribution: Zero"

...

"This... seems to be the Sect’s contribution ranking? There is indeed a variety of exchangeable items... truly numerous..."

Shui Lingxin recalled the densely packed exchange list she had just seen, feeling her heart surge with excitement.

From the Q-Refining cultivator’s pills for enhancing Magic Power and Foundation Establishment Pills, to Five Elements Core Formation Pills, Condensation Infancy Pills, Transcendent God Ointment, Biyi Breaking Virtual Pills, Innate One Qi, Five Elements Immortal Water... it covered everything, ensuring enough for any cultivator’s breakthrough needs!

Not only that, but there were also vast amounts of Talismans, magical artifacts, Puppets, and Treasures of Thunder Transformation... even treasures that can cultivate a Spiritual Root!

And various Secret Skills, with the most prominent being the secret method used by Mahayana ancestors to delay the lightning calamity!

Of course, the points needed for exchange were astronomical.

"Indeed, this place is for issuing tasks and exchanging contributions."

Fang Xi smiled slightly, "However, it is open to the entire human race. From today onwards, any human force can receive their corresponding jade pendant here, accept tasks, earn contributions, and exchange for treasures..."

"Nature is fair but human nature is selfish... Therefore, the sect’s merit system has too many loopholes to exploit. I’ve decided to directly refine an artifact spirit to oversee this exchange system... and crown it as ’King Duobao’... I believe it won’t be long before the entire human race’s wishes will elevate it to the status of ’Lord Duobao,’ making it even more secure."

"This is the way of subtle influence. As long as it is utterly impartial and persistent... eventually, the human race will only rally under the flag of my uncle master," Shui Lingxin said with bright eyes, admiringly.

The reason why cultivating prodigies join Sects is exactly for resources such as cultivation methods and pills.

And all of these can be provided by the Heavenly Monument!

Further, it offers more and better ones than the Sects... Over time, those who rely on the Heavenly Monument will inevitably become the leading force in the Earth Immortal Realm, essentially achieving unification!

Although many Sects and families may exist, they too would have to receive a jade pendant and become subordinates, actively joining this system. Otherwise, they would become weaker and eventually disappear...

"That you can see this is very comforting to me."

Fang Xi laughed heartily.

Being able to achieve this, apart from an impartial artifact spirit of the God Path, it’s also crucial to have sufficient resources and technology!

It so happened that he had taken over all the territories of the Monster Clan, a large part of the Demon Clan’s regions, as well as the realms reclaimed by the human race and the territories and treasures of the Jiuchi Clan.

All these were managed by the Nine State Sect, which then built factories for magical artifacts, Puppets, Talismans... with terrifying efficiency that crushed the Cultivation World’s artisans still in the primitive workshop stages.

"Keep this jade pendant safe; your uncle master hopes to see you reach Integration, Mahayana, and even transcend to ascend one day," Fang Xi encouraged.

The Heavenly Path is fair, but the human path is selfish; he is human, so he too possesses selfishness.

If this system operates successfully, it can entirely depend on issuing tasks to collect vast resources and then, through the Nine State Sect’s God Path factory, create an enormous wealth. Just a portion of it would be enough to fulfill rewards and exchanges, with the rest being Fang Xi’s profit.

In other words, he wanted the entire Earth Immortal Realm’s cultivators to work for him!

Beyond that, different cultivators naturally have different levels of access here at the Heavenly Monument.

For example, those with the lowest level of access definitely couldn’t see the cultivation methods for promoting Spiritual Roots or even the techniques for Mahayana ancestors to cross the calamity!

While such access levels could be upgraded, there’s a clear distinction between those who are close and those who are not, which lays right there.

Fang Xi did not intend to directly give away treasures and resources... to treat Wang Lingying, Li Ruoling, Shui Lingxin, Liu Xu, and other close juniors as pigs to be fattened.

If they wanted resources, they still had to earn merit themselves and exchange for them here at the Heavenly Monument!

But as ’one of us’, they would naturally be taken care of, and this would reflect in their level of access.

For example, Shui Lingxin’s own was exceedingly high.

If in the future the Heavenly Monument lists treasures such as Primordial Soul Pills, she would certainly be the first to be notified and have the privilege to exchange for them.

For other Integration or Mahayana monks, they probably wouldn’t even see the introduction of the Primordial Soul Pill...

Of course, Che Xuanyuan and the other two hard-working Mahayana monks were granted a significant amount of initial access and merit by Fang Xi.

For example... they would definitely be able to see the Jiuchi Clan’s secret techniques for delaying tribulations, and even satisfy the requirements for exchange.

Just the few special spirit materials unique to the Jiuchi Clan were missing for performing the secret technique, and there might be a gap in their contributions, requiring them to undertake tasks to fill it.

Anyway, nowadays the ’King Duobao’s’ computing power even surpassed Tai Yi’s, sufficient to properly manage such minor affairs.

And with the jade pendant locked to an individual, merit contributions were difficult to transfer, aiming to achieve fairness as much as possible.

Although private black markets for such contributions would inevitably rise, this was exactly the margin Fang Xi deliberately left open.

Heaven evolves through cycles of forty-nine, leaving a line of hope, and it lay precisely here!

Besides, he had the class system as a backup, ready to adjust at any moment. For example, setting the difficulty of upgrading access for certain accounts secretly accumulating contributions to an infernal level...

Looking at Fang Xi at this moment, Shui Lingxin always felt as if he might ascend to become an immortal in the next moment; she couldn’t help but grip the jade pendant tightly in her hand.