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Chapter 1088 - 942: The Embryo of the Taoist Species (Added - for League Master Qingfeng Hearing the Drunken Immortal, Mingyue Summoning Dreams Back)

Chapter 1088: Chapter 942: The Embryo of the Taoist Species (Added Chapter for League Master Qingfeng Hearing the Drunken Immortal, Mingyue Summoning Dreams Back)

"Immortality and carefree life as an Earth Immortal!"

Earth Immortal Realm.

Suddenly standing up, Fang Xi felt the completely transformed immortal magic power within his body, as well as the terrifying Earth Immortal Body, and the endless lifespan. He couldn’t help but burst into a hearty laugh.

This laughter shot straight to the Nine Heavens, shattering numerous clouds.

Even the space-time of the Earth Immortal Realm seemed unable to bear it, as the void kept breaking apart, revealing colorful chains of various laws!

The many chains of laws swept around like pythons, about to fall on Fang Xi, but they were blocked by a layer of verdant color.

The power of the Spirit Domain could always nullify the might of the Heavenly and Earthly Laws.

After achieving the status of an Earth Immortal, its power was beyond belief!

Even so, Fang Xi still felt the entire Earth Immortal Realm rejecting him.

"Such oppression is simply terrifying. Even I can only delay for a few days at best before I’m forced to ascend," he murmured to himself.

"If it’s like this for me, then the True Dragons, the Phoenixes, and even the Sky Demons of the Demon Clan, and the True Immortals of the human race... I’m afraid that being able to stay in the Earth Immortal Realm for a few hundred breaths is already the limit..."

"This amount of time is indeed barely enough to leave behind some foundation, and it’s very rushed..."

He was deep in thought when suddenly the horizon changed!

A rainbow appeared from the distant high altitude.

Amidst the surrounding sounds of celestial music, strands of Immortal Qi fell like drizzle, turning into showers of celestial flowers and numerous immortal birds and precious beasts, all clustering around a gate made of white jade.

This gate was vast and majestic... its surface engraved with all sorts of immortal scripts, and it was now slowly opening a crack.

Light!

Dazzling white light spilled out from within.

"As expected... the ’Ascending Immortal Light’ mentioned in the records, right?"

Feeling his Origin Soul eager to move, Fang Xi looked at the white jade gate and murmured, "The Immortal Gate..."

It was said that only cultivators who had survived the Immortal Thunder Calamity could summon the appearance of the Immortal Gate!

And only the Origin Soul of a True Immortal could pass through the Immortal Gate; all else was in vain.

At this moment, Fang Xi felt his own Origin Soul fluttering, as if wishing to enter that gate.

And the rejection by the Earth Immortal Realm suddenly surged by more than tenfold, a hundredfold?

...

"The Immortal Gate opens wide, is someone ascending to become an Immortal?"

Within the Earth Immortal Realm, at this moment, no matter where the Mahayana monks were, they all felt that throbbing sensation.

Then, irrespective of race, a look of extreme longing and unwillingness appeared in their eyes.

The vast majority of Mahayana monks in the Earth Immortal Realm could not reach this step!

Immortality was right in front of them, yet they could not find its door. Perhaps this was the greatest sorrow!

"How strong!"

Fang Xi murmured to himself, and without resistance, flew up and towards the Immortal Gate.

Petal by petal of celestial flowers flew out from the Immortal Gate, carrying with them the aura of immortality.

Then!

There was a flash of silver light.

Fang Xi’s figure instantly disappeared without a trace.

He passed through the Immortal Gate and did not enter!

...

True Immortal Realm.

"Only idiots would go through the Immortal Cleansing Pool," Fang Xi complained, feeling his Origin Soul exceptionally exultant.

"Indeed... The environment of the True Immortal Realm is even more suitable for the Origin Soul!"

He smiled slightly and, with a turn of his gaze, he saw a grand array not far away.

This array, which protected the Dongfu, was completely undamaged, and Little Immortal Fang was inside.

But at this moment, as Fang Xi swept the area with his divine sense, he couldn’t help but be surprised, "As expected... have you achieved Core Formation?"

This trip to the Earth Immortal Realm to transcend the tribulation had taken years just waiting for the tribulation to arrive.

By now, counting the years, Little Immortal Fang should be about ten years old.

Core Formation at ten years old!

Not to mention the mortal world, even within the Earth Immortal Realm, that would be a joke.

Only in the True Immortal Realm could such an extremely gifted talent possibly emerge!

With a slight wave of his sleeve, the array automatically opened, and there Little Immortal Fang, still looking like a seven-year-old child, came riding the Escape Light. Seeing Fang Xi, he joyfully bowed down, "Congratulations, Master, on overcoming the calamity to become an Immortal, and henceforth enjoying eternal life and boundless ease!"

"Haha!"

Fang Xi laughed heartily, ruffling Little Immortal Fang’s small head: "For you to achieve Core Formation is very good... In the future, when both master and disciple are ranked amongst the immortals, it will be quite the tale to tell."

Naturally, he could see that Little Immortal Fang had not taken any Youth-Retention pills, yet still maintained the form of a seven-year-old child, and it wasn’t due to the effects of Wooden Element cultivation skills either.

Even the most brilliant Wooden Element skills wouldn’t begin to preserve youth during childhood.

That Little Immortal Fang remained like this was a testament to his extraordinary talent!

Fang Xi knew even back in the mortal world that if a cultivator could break through major realms early enough, and repeatedly so, they could indeed maintain a youthful appearance without necessarily practicing Youth-Retention skills!

It was the principle of breaking through fast enough that aging couldn’t catch up to me!

But Little Immortal Fang’s talent was even more monstrous!

He had broken through to Core Formation at the age of ten, but compared to the long lifespan of a Core Formation stage cultivator, ten years was barely infancy.

Therefore, he would not continue to grow unless he slowly exhausted time in Core Formation, perhaps aging to a young adolescent.

"However, there are countless seniors in the Cultivation World who look like children, isn’t the Qingxu Child just like this?"

"And he’s even more adorable."

Fang Xi tidied up the Dongfu and, with a sweep of his sleeve, returned to Spirit Mountain with Little Immortal Fang.

...

Spirit Mountain.

Abundant Karma House.

"Amitabha, benefactor, you have finally returned."

A Buddhist monk clad in a bright red kasaya, head adorned with a brilliant yellow cock’s comb hat, brought his palms together in salutation.

"Master, this is..."

Fang Xi, with one arm supporting Fang Xian, realized something upon seeing this person, a sense of desolation arising within him.

"Qi Min, my fellow Daoist, passed away three months ago. As per the previous agreement, we have conducted the rites and chanted sutras for him..."

This monk, it turned out, was in charge of funerary affairs within Spirit Mountain.

Recently, Fang Xi had kept his aura concealed; he still appeared as a Mahayana. The monk treated him with great respect, "However, in accordance with Qi layman’s own last wishes, his ashes have ultimately been scattered here, merging into the leylines of the earth..."

"I see, thank you for your efforts."

Fang Xi courteously uttered, staring at the mottled signboard of the Abundant Karma House, speechless for a long while.

He never expected that the first matter he faced upon successfully breaking through to immortality would be the departure of an old friend!

...

Nighttime.

Fang Xian excitedly ran around in the dongfu.

Fang Xi, as usual, reported the death to the Abundant Karma House, then waited for someone from headquarters to come over.

In the meantime, looking at Fang Xian, he thought it wouldn’t be bad to have the young one fill in Qi Min’s role as a temporary child laborer.

’After all, there’s no telling how long it will be before a new person arrives...’

’The last time Gong Jiujin died tragically, I reported it and up until now, no one has come to take over...’

’This place of exile is truly miserable—utterly ignored, as if by dogs!’

After pondering, Fang Xi went to the closed-door cultivation room and began to sit cross-legged for his first cultivation session since becoming an immortal.

Spirit Mountain possessed a massive Immortal Vein, from which spilled the gas of the Immortal Vein, perfectly suitable for Immortals to use.

For those below the level of an Immortal, it was somewhat wasteful.

Even for those below the stage of Returning to Emptiness, it was more harmful than beneficial.

For someone like Fang Xian, if he wanted to cultivate, he would have to rely on the top-grade Spirit Stones that Fang Xi casually found in the corner of a pile of junk from the ’Fang Immortal Taoist Palace’!

At this time, Fang Xi, during his first meditation session as an immortal, quickly entered a state of deep meditation.

"After becoming an Earth Immortal, the physical body, Spiritual Root, and Origin Soul are completely integrated... The Immortal Origin Power at the Mahayana level is enhanced once again and becomes the Magic Power of the Immortals."

With each breath Fang Xi took, a phantom of the Monster Tree emerged behind him.

"Recently... all of the Monster Tree’s aspects seem to have become my natural instincts."

Fang Xi observed the Monster Tree Tattoo on his back with his Divine Consciousness.

At this time, this special tattoo had become even more lifelike...

With a casual wave of his hand, strands of Wood Attribute Law appeared in the Void, which then intertwined and merged into Chains of Law!

"An Immortal’s understanding of the Laws typically surpasses that of Law Strands, reaching the level of Chains of Law..."

"Above the Chains of Law... one should be able to give the Laws a form!"

"Next, there’s the stage of forming the embryonic shape of an Illusory Taoist Seed."

At the time when he was still at the Mahayana level, Fang Xi had already managed to manifest an embryonic form of the Illusory Taoist Seed; it’s no wonder the Zu Long thought he bore the appearance of a ’Prime Taoist Master’!

"In truth, my success depended on my relentless effort and dedication to understanding the Laws!"

Fang Xi reviewed his Law Comprehension; his understanding of the Void Laws was the most profound, capable of reluctantly forming shapes.

Other Laws, such as Light and Time, Destruction, Wood, and the like, were slightly inferior.

As for the Law of Life and Death, which was most mysterious?

His expression shifted vaguely, and he touched his forehead.

When Fang Xi’s palm passed over, a somewhat strange pattern emerged.

It was a mark that resembled a seed in black and white.

When he achieved Earth Immortality through the Kuyong Skills, this mark quietly appeared on his forehead.

Fang Xi naturally discovered this right away and immediately used a Secret Skill to conceal it.

After all, he had no idea whether the mark signified fortune or calamity.

Even if it represented a great opportunity, he would have to carefully consider it.

As a Cultivator accustomed to holding everything in his hands, Fang Xi despised things beyond his control.

"This mark seems to represent my profound comprehension of the Law of Life and Death..."

Fang Xi muttered to himself.

On the surface, the Kuyong Skills cultivated the Wood Attribute Law, but in reality, they were on the path of the ’Dao of Life and Death.’

Yet even achieving Earth Immortality through them would not lead to the formation of the embryonic ’Taoist Seed of Life and Death’!

Fang Xi was able to do this entirely with the help of the Ancestral Demon Tree’s magic.

It was just a spark of inspiration during the decisive battle with Zu Long and could not be guaranteed every time.

However, once he had survived the Mahayana calamities and completely integrated the Ancestral Demon Tree into his Origin Soul, Fang Xi fully absorbed the Demon Tree.

With the foundation of the Taoist Fruit Artifacts, he directly advanced his understanding of the Law of Life and Death to the embryonic shape of the ’Illusory Taoist Seed’ level!

"With the power of the Rules at the ’embryonic Taoist Seed’ level, even if I haven’t progressed in rank, I would be no weakling among the Immortals when I use it."

Fang Xi had a very clear understanding of his own strength.

Heaven, Earth, Human, Spirits, Ghosts—the five types of Immortals, with Celestial Immortals at the highest level and Earth Immortals next!

Even a freshly advanced Earth Immortal was stronger than most True Immortals of Origin Soul, Immortals, and Ghost Immortals!

Not to mention that his comprehension of the Laws had reached a terrifyingly profound level!

"However, understanding of the Laws is not enough!"

"After Earth Immortality, I must obtain the cultivation methods... even if it’s just for reference, right?"

Fang Xi pondered: "It seems it’s time to reveal the realm of my Immortality."

As for the suspicions of Abundant Karma House?

If I’ve obtained the legacy of a predecessor and possess great opportunities, what of it?

As an Earth Immortal, who is destined for immortality, I already have the power to protect my secrets!