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Chapter 1073 - 927: Fall of the Taoist Master (Congratulations to our Kill-Ten-Steps Alliance Leader)

Chapter 1073: Chapter 927: Fall of the Taoist Master (Congratulations to our Kill-Ten-Steps Alliance Leader)

After advancing to the Mahayana Period, his Magic Power had reached perfection, with nowhere further to go.

Fang Xi’s seclusion was mainly to research the Taisui and Great Liang’s Demon and other such Taoist Fruit Artifacts.

Early on, he had foresightedly brought out a batch of ’Demon’ and other Taoist Fruit Artifacts from the Da Liang World, handing them over to The Nine States for research.

However, the other party had always failed to produce any results.

This was all because the rank of the Taoist Fruits was too high!

Only when Fang Xi was about to touch the True Immortal level did he gradually gain some understanding of his own.

These understandings were still mainly from the cultivation aspect.

The Nascent Soul, which started transforming into the Origin Soul, drew from the essence of the Ancestral Demon Tree, gradually touching upon the power of Taoist Fruits.

And the gains... were very substantial.

It had even caused the ’Law of Life and Death’s filaments’ that his main cultivation method focused on to leap to the ’Embryonic Form of the Illusory Taoist Seed’ level!

According to a batch of ancient books seized from the Monster Clan, to cultivate as a True Immortal!

The Power of Rules continuously condensed upwards and ultimately sublimated into a ’True Taoist Seed’, marking the Prime Taoist Master realm!

He himself was not yet an Immortal, but preemptively condensing the embryonic form of the Dao seed naturally was of great benefit to breaking through to the Dao Jun.

This was also one of the reasons for his confidence to remain poised and unswayed by the Celestial Immortal Inheritance.

At this moment, the Heterodox incarnation came to Fang Xi and sat cross-legged, with the three-foot-sized Nascent Soul emerging.

Fang Xi smiled slightly and performed the Skill of Assimilation.

Then, he fell into deep thought.

’Everything is going smoothly with the plans in the True Immortal Realm...’

’In a few years, I will be able to openly travel to Fiery Sun Immortal City as a Mahayana Monk...’

’It’s just that both avatars have some issues.’

The Heterodox incarnation is plagued by the Demon Calamity and might even be entangled in the cause and effect of the Demon Monarchs, causing Fang Xi some worry.

Besides that, the God Path incarnation also has the troubles of ’transformation’ and ’losing oneself’.

Fang Xi instructed the God Path incarnation to stay away from the God Path’s main stronghold on Falling Sky Island and preside over the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm that he did not intend to develop, also aiming to help the incarnation resist contamination.

"These two major incarnations... I still need to retrieve them..."

"Now I meditate in tranquility, combining the notes of many predecessors in the True Immortal Realm, realizing that after becoming an Immortal, cultivation pursues absolute purity. Too many incarnations are troublesome and not beneficial..."

"But it was tough to refine the incarnations initially; to retrieve them seamlessly without any contamination is even more difficult..."

"If I directly destroy the two major incarnations, it would actually cause damage to my origin... mm, the God Path incarnation would suffer less after all, as it is an incarnation’s incarnation."

"I still need to find a way to solve all these issues in the True Immortal Realm."

A strange expression appeared on Fang Xi’s original body.

Lower Realm cultivators are constrained by their perspectives and knowledge; sometimes taking detours in their practice is inevitable.

Fortunately, they all can be remedied in the end.

And besides, he only has one Heterodox incarnation; it has no impact on his breakthrough to the Immortal realm.

Within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Fang Xi strolled under a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root tree with intertwined branches, revealing a speculative expression.

Before him was the legacy of Fang Immortal Taoist Master, the Ginseng Fruit Tree!

This Heaven and Earth Spirit Root had been indispensable to the growth of the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm.

But at this point, whether to take it into the True Immortal Realm was something that made Fang Xi hesitant.

After a while, he finally smiled openly, "Since you’re willing to gamble, then I might as well gamble with you..."

Within this Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, perhaps lies the hand of Fang Immortal Taoist Master’s rebirth!

Given his proficiency in the Skills of Divination combined with the amplification of the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace, it was unlikely that he would actively seek a dead end just to expose one human race Mahayana.

’Perhaps, like the Divine Calculator, he foresaw a vague future... thereby making a choice to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, making the choice most beneficial to himself?’

Fang Xi pondered inwardly.

If Fang Immortal Taoist Master continued on his path, achieving Mahayana shouldn’t be a big issue.

But whether he could pass the Nine Immortal Thunder Tribulations is really hard to say.

Even if he passed the Nine Immortal Thunder Tribulations and ascended to become an Immortal, he would still need to visit the ’Immortal Cleansing Pool’.

Whether this was good or bad Fang Xi was not sure, but as a cultivator accustomed to controlling his own fate, he certainly wouldn’t like it.

Fang Xi himself would certainly not visit the Immortal Cleansing Pool either.

The reason was simple!

Indigenous cultivators of the True Immortal Realm become Immortals directly after passing the Nine Thunder Tribulations, without necessarily having to visit the Immortal Cleansing Pool!

Not to mention, the adjacent Medium Thousand Worlds that ultimately ascend from the Earth Immortal Realm correspond to the Beichen Immortal Domain, which might contain a batch of human, Monster Clan, and Demon Clan Immortals. As a descendant of the human race ascending, some aspects of fortune and calamity are unpredictable.

’Could it be, this is also a form of laying low... lying low directly into the True Immortal Realm?’

’Fang Immortal Taoist Master naturally can’t account for my possession of the Treasures of All Heavens, but perhaps he vaguely foresaw that this method is the safest choice for him to become an Immortal?’

’Between certain death and a slim chance of survival, has he chosen the latter?’

’Well then, I’ll gamble with you.’

...

The True Immortal Realm.

A barren wilderness.

This place had already been surveyed by the Heterodox incarnation; it was a land where neither man nor beast tread.

Deep underground.

In a dongfu temporarily excavated.

With a flash of silver light, Fang Xi’s figure emerged.

"This is... the True Immortal Realm?"

Even though he had already experienced it once through his heterodox incarnation, sensing it personally with his main body at the Mahayana level was still somewhat different.

"It’s truly... exhilarating!"

"With my strength currently, if I were to make a full effort in the Earth Immortal Realm, I would already be slightly exceeding the limit, and it would incur the backlash of the Heavenly and Earthly Laws... But in the True Immortal Realm, I no longer have this worry."

Suddenly, Fang Xi’s expression changed!

A flash of emerald radiance appeared, and the void behind him was torn open.

In the next moment, he arrived within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Whoosh!

The emerald void trembled as if under great external pressure, and the entire space began to contract continuously.

Pieces of the void collapsed, swallowing up a great number of Spirit Mountains, Spiritual Fields... It all seemed like the apocalypse had descended!

The leaves of the Ancestral Demon Tree rustled; the gold and silver patterns on its emerald leaves shone together.

The Mother Qi of All Woods boiled, turning into a thick Spirit Domain Power, mixed with gold and silver light, and entered the void, seemingly stabilizing everything.

Fang Xi’s expression changed slightly, and he instantly moved near the Ancestral Demon Tree. The Longevity Skills were activated, and surging Mahayana-level Magic Power poured out.

Not only that, but he raised his hand to summon a flock of birds from the silver Phoenix Seal Script, sending them towards the broken parts of the void, saving the most important assets within the Spirit Realm.

"Master, save me... Ah!"

A scream came.

Fang Xi saw a ginseng fruit tree turn to ashes in an instant, and the spirit within known as Sir Cha cried out in shock before completely perishing.

"Indeed, even though the tea seeds of the ginseng fruit tree come from the Immortal Realm, its soul is from an alien race of the Earth Immortal Realm and cannot complete the smuggling?"

"This is the might of the True Immortal World Law. Even True Immortals can hardly contend with it, and I am powerless..."

He sighed, "The control group I’ve set up is finished, and the ginseng fruit tree is probably in danger..."

Fang Xi shifted his gaze and moved near the ginseng fruit tree.

He saw that, although countless green leaves were falling and the surrounding void was shaking, no True Immortal World Law had descended to erase its Spiritual Wisdom.

"Could it be that Fang Immortal Taoist Master... has truly fallen?"

His heart dimmed with this thought, knowing that the greatest possibility he had guessed had occurred.

Now, he had no time for other concerns and began to maintain the stability of the Spirit Realm with all his might.

Unaware of how much time had passed, the raging Void Storm finally calmed down.

Fang Xi’s Divine Thought swept across limitlessly, and he could not help but bitterly smile.

He saw that the range of the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm had shrunk by more than ninety percent in an instant!

’This is only because the cultivation I practice originates from the Immortal Realm, which is originally an Earth Immortal inheritance... Otherwise, any other Treasure of Void would have been destroyed!’

’Now, although the Spirit Realm has shrunk by ninety percent, the Void Laws have become more perfect, which is an excellent thing!’

’At least, I have obtained another Treasure of the Void! Others can only use Storage Talismans, but cultivators with Earth Immortal Heritage can use Heaven Treasures; even if working as merchants or porters, they could earn resources for cultivation, right?’

Fang Xi faintly realized the benefits of the Earth Immortal Heritage.

Of course, it was completely in jest.

Given the preciousness of the Earth Immortal Seed, it would be valued within the forces of the major Immortal Domains, and there’s no way it would be reduced to the role of a porter.

A flash of green light.

He once again stood before a Spiritual Field.

He saw that the Spirit Rice such as Jade Void Rice and Nine Dragons Rice planted there were unharmed and had not suffered from destruction.

On the other side, in the animal pens, several lower-ranking Monster Beasts had already turned to dust...

"Intelligent life forms?"

Fang Xi faintly grasped the restrictions of the True Immortal Realm Laws.

"All beings with intelligence from the Lower Realm, if they are not at the True Immortal level and rashly smuggle themselves here, they will only have ashes as their end..."

"Even the dazed Monster Beasts, or the Spirit Plants that have gained Spiritual Wisdom are not allowed!"

"However, dead objects like ores, or the flesh and bones of Monster Beasts, and even ordinary Spirit Plants, do not pose much of a problem!"

"The plans of Fang Immortal Taoist Master... probably..."

Fang Xi shook his head and moved near the ginseng fruit tree.

He saw that, although the Heaven and Earth Spirit Root looked pitiful, there was a vigorous vitality being nurtured.

As the master of the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, Fang Xi was of course extremely familiar with the condition of the Spirit Plants in his own backyard.

Now, with a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he found a small bud of a flower on the canopy of the ginseng fruit tree.

"Three thousand years to bloom, three thousand years to bear fruit, and after another three thousand years the fruit matures..."

"The ginseng fruit has finally grown?"

"Is this due to the stimulation of the True Immortal Realm environment?"

Looking at the bud, a wave of sadness washed over Fang Xi, as he realized Fang Immortal Taoist Master had truly gone...

’Such a secret skill... likely much like Changqingzi’s Legacy Secret Skills...’

’Both involve the complete annihilation of one’s self, leaving behind a seed within the Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, growing into another existence anew...’

’Strictly speaking, they are two different beings.’

’That’s why this newly budding ginseng fruit, considered a native being of the True Immortal Realm, escaped the annihilation of the Laws, right?’

’This newly nurtured life, equivalent to a blank slate, is like a newborn child...’

’A blank slate is also good...’

Fang Xi suddenly let out a sigh.

If Fang Immortal Taoist Master truly returned to life, faced with this being that might hold the secret of his own, he would be in a difficult position.

After all, the cheater is the biggest secret, and Fang Xi would not let anyone know about it.

But now, this new life had just started to be nurtured, and even if it were born, it would not retain any memories from its previous life, which is more thorough than reincarnation!