Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1112 - 966: Meridian (Extra release for subscriptions)

Chapter 1112: Chapter 966: Meridian (Extra release for subscriptions)

’These cultivators of mediocre cultivation, with fragile bodies, are only fit to have their souls extracted for the sacrificial refining of the Six Yin Divine Demons!’

The Evil Monarch turned and waved his hand.

Twelve feathered Sky Demon Phantoms struck out, causing several Sword Immortals, who still wanted to avenge their comrades, to instantly have their protective Gang Qi broken, their faces blackened as they fell to the ground dead, becoming the ingredients for refining the ’Hundred Poison God Demon’.

’Having gathered so much material this time, I will surely be able to complete the sacrificial refining of that ’Divine Demon Palace’ treasure. There shall be many benefits from my master.’

Seeing this scene, the Evil Monarch couldn’t help feeling greatly pleased.

He stormed through them like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing at will in a place void of any opposition.

"Run!"

"Quick, burn the signal incense of our sect so that our seniors can take care of him!"

Among the young Sword Immortals and Swordsmen, there were indeed a few clever ones.

Several streams of Escape Light hurriedly broke through in all directions.

A few quick-witted ones had already cast magic spells, attempting to alert the elders of their sects.

At this moment, the Evil Monarch laughed heartily, "Thinking of running now, isn’t it a bit too late?"

His odd-shaped subordinates also sneered as they took out one Array Flag after another.

Strange lines of light emerged, covering an area of several acres. A green and a yellow light burst forth abruptly, carrying the essence of the four seasons, affecting the temporal order around them, and propped up a peculiar sky that enveloped more than half of the mountain peak!

"An array?"

Peng Xifan’s face showed the color of despair.

"None of you will escape today."

The Evil Monarch uttered coldly, only now revealing his true colors.

The so-called Martial Arts World is but a small pond, and he, resembling a Submerged Dragon, had long grown impatient with the mundane world.

This time, by setting up such a deadly trap, it was not just to eliminate all the Martial World individuals he had grievances with in one swoop, but also to ambush these disciples of the Immortal Path and refine them all into Divine Demons, thus greatly increasing his own Taoist cultivation before entering West Kunlun to practice the Demon Path.

Within the array, malevolent individuals from the mysterious sect sneered as they took out one pitch-black Yin Corpse Bag after another, and a dense cloud of Yin energy rolled out, revealing a Copper Armored Corpse one by one.

These Copper Armored Corpses were clearly refined recently. Even though they had not fully absorbed the Qi of the Yin Veins to reach the peak, they were still muscular and ferocious... faintly forming a military array.

Fairy Miao Miao, Monk Long Zen, Peng Xifan, and others witnessing this, couldn’t help but show a look of despair on their faces.

’After all, being a disciple of an offbeat sect, our seniors are not that powerful, unable to divine the Heavenly Secret with their Origin Souls and lay down treasures to help us overcome this slaughter.’

Fang Xi stood holding his sword, his eyes calm.

It was only upon seeing this array that a hint of happiness appeared on his face.

His real talent laid in arrays.

Naturally, he could see at a glance that this array was composed of thirty-six Array Flags, and within each Array Flag, a ’Meridian Divine Light’ had been sacrificially refined!

The thirty-six Meridian Divine Lights forming a Great Array actually possessed the wonder of ’Cosmic Extremes,’ able to slightly influence the perception of time for everyone within the array. This was also a masterpiece of the Demon Path, adept at playing with delicate thoughts.

To influence the perception of time, for a cultivator, means that although you think you are fast, your actions are as slow as a snail’s.

Even if it’s a Flying Sword, if the Sword Light moves as slow as a crawl, probably not many would be afraid.

"So my opportunity should lie right here."

Fang Xi laughed heartily as the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’ finally made its move.

Whoosh!

A ray of blue and black Sword Light shot up into the sky!

Though the Sword Light was still mixed, it shone brilliantly, weaving through many Array Gates, and suddenly slashed!

An Evil Sect Demon hadn’t even let out a scream before being beheaded, the flag in his hands falling, which Fang Xi grabbed with a large Magic Power hand.

"Indeed, it’s been sacrificially refined with Meridian Divine Light Stone... truly a good treasure."

"That old demon, what exactly is he planning, to directly bestow such an array?"

Fang Xi moved with his sword, his thoughts becoming reality in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, he broke through several Array Gates, causing the Demons to tremble in fear, while he collected the ’Meridian Array Flags’ into his treasure bag.

Peng Xifan was originally bracing for death with his eyes closed, when suddenly he saw a Sword Light descend from the sky, shattering ancient Five Poison transformation energies.

The ’Cold Mountain Sword’ hummed joyfully, returning to his hand. He couldn’t help but gratefully say, "Mr. Fang, for saving my life, I am eternally grateful!"

"I’d rather you forget it altogether."

Fang Xi flicked his finger, and the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’ brought the last Array Flag into his hand.

"Excellent swordsmanship!"

The Evil Monarch watched his men die without concern on his face.

In an instant, Fang Xi felt a five-colored poison fog emerge out of thin air, penetrating his protective Gang Qi and entering his body.

It turned out that unbeknownst to them, ’Five Poison God Evil Qi’ had already spread all over the place!

"Haha, my Evil Qi is elusive, once you’re infected with it, your flesh and channels will surely burst and die..."

The Evil Monarch’s face bore a smirk of success.

"Five Poison God Evil Qi?"

Fang Xi smiled faintly. Upon introspection, he indeed saw his internal organs enveloped by a layer of Five Poison Evil Qi.

But then, each of his organs shimmered with luminance.

The position of his heart emitted a faint red radiance, drawing a wisp of breath from the Five Poison God Evil Qi and transforming it into a fierce fire python...

A green qi rose from his liver, like a cover, forming a verdant heaven spider.

After that, there came the earth centipede from the spleen, the metal scorpion from the lungs, and the water toad from the kidneys...

The five-coloured radiance flickered, simply twisting and dissolving all the Five Poison God Evil Qi.

Not only that, Fang Xi felt each organ becoming significantly stronger, as if he had consumed a rejuvenating elixir, and his spirit cheered exuberantly.

At this time, with a flick of the wrist, the power of the Yin Five Elements reversed and transformed into a cluster of colourful divine needles - the "Five Elements Annihilation God Needle"!

A trace of surprise and uncertainty flashed across the face of the Evil Monarch. He thought of his master’s teachings during the transmission of the method – the prowess of the ’Five Poison God Evil Qi’ was limitless, but it greatly feared encountering the Heavenly Book Five Elements Skills of the orthodox mysterious sect, which could easily restrain it.

Because the foundation of the Five Poison God Evil Qi was also the process of the Five Elements generating and overcoming, it’s just that it was a skewed practice.

If it encountered the true Dao of the Five Elements, not only would it be completely restrained, but it might also become a supplement for the other.

However, among the juniors this time, there should not be such a person!

Moreover, even the cultivators of the orthodox mysterious sect’s Five Elements Skills, unless they cultivated the True Qi of the Five Elements to the Mahayana Realm, would still be restrained!

What he didn’t know was that although Fang Xi’s "Mixed Origin Chaos Book" was self-created, its profound mysteries were not inferior to those Heavenly Book’s Five Elements Skills.

It was only because the nature of Primordial Energy ultimately did not match the Heavenly World that it fell into an alternative path.

Pupupu!

At this moment, just as the Evil Monarch had managed to bring out a white bone treasure to defend himself, he did not expect the Five Elements Annihilation God Needle to fly with such speed, targeting precisely the treasure’s True Qi.

A burst of multicoloured radiance flickered on his body, and the defense formed by the Five Poison God Evil Qi couldn’t block the needle-thin Five Colors Needle in the slightest; it was pierced through, his flesh instantly riddled with holes, and a wisp of soul went straight into reincarnation.

"Indeed it was no match; he died before I even drew my sword..."

Fang Xi put away the Sky Demon Slayer Sword and said indifferently.

Cold Mountain Swordsmen Peng Xifan watched speechlessly, beginning to feel that the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’ might truly be an ancient Supreme Treasure as Fang Xi had claimed. Looking around, he noticed that many of his friends had already fallen to the Five Poison God Evil Qi.

Among the individual cultivators on the cliff’s Cloud Platform, now only a mere few such as Fairy Miao Miao and Monk Long Zen remained, all appearing stunned, their faces a mix of laughter and tears, as if plagued by a Heart Demon, likely to make no further progress on their Taoist Path.

Even he felt retrospectively terrified, and seeing that the spirit of his Cold Mountain Sword suffered damage, he was on the verge of bursting into tears.

Fang Xi, however, didn’t care at all, collected the Evil Monarch’s treasure bag, rummaged briefly, and then took out an object resembling human skin.

On it were densely embroidered the cultivation mantras of a technique, including the Five Poison Tattoos, which was indeed the cultivation mantra of the ’Five Poison God Evil Qi’.

’Ha... I have the righteous Dao of the Five Elements to follow; why would I take this lesser path?’

He sneered scornfully, casually setting the object ablaze.

"Sir, thank you. If it had not been for your help this time, I fear we would have perished at the hands of those demon spawns..."

Peng Xifan mustered his spirits, brought Fairy Miao Miao with him to give thanks, suspecting that Fang Xi might be an elder expert in disguise, toying with the mortal world, intentionally appearing youthful.

Otherwise, why was it that they seemed like helpless vegetables under the Evil Monarch, yet Fang Xi managed to take his life in just a few moves?

"No need for courtesy."

Fang Xi replied nonchalantly. He secretly cast a divination with his Origin Soul and found that his karma with this Cold Mountain Swordsman had already concluded.

Even if this person later realized that it was he who had killed Yan Tie, he likely wouldn’t dare to cause further trouble.

"Eh?"

While quietly operating his Origin Soul, Fang Xi suddenly realized that although he had resolved this jeopardy, he would face another in the future – a Human Tribulation no less, set in West Kunlun!

’That’s right... By killing the Evil Monarch, I’ve naturally provoked that old demon of West Kunlun.’

’But those on the Demon Path are cold-blooded and ruthless, cunning and cruel. What’s a disciple to them... Before they clarify the details about me, would they really seek such relentless retribution?’

Fang Xi felt there was some fog shrouding the matter.

Upon further calculation, he was startled and immediately examined the Evil Monarch’s corpse more closely, and indeed found hidden Sky Demon Mysterious Seals on its back.

"Replacement Tribulation Skills?!"

He now understood somewhat: "No wonder that old demon treated the Evil Monarch so well, providing techniques and treasures... It turns out he wanted this disciple to replace him in facing the tribulation!"

Those on the Demon Path do not cultivate good karma, and the tribulations they face are tens to hundreds of times harsher than those of the mysterious sect or the alternative sect cultivators.

Some old demons even hide in the Blessed Land of the Cave Sky, not daring to venture out; once they do, divine retribution is certain!

In the Demon Path, there are methods to have disciples replace their masters in facing tribulations.

As long as the disciple dies in their stead, they can bypass the tribulation and enjoy many more years of freedom.’

’But the tribulation of that old demon wasn’t due on me; by killing the Evil Monarch, it means the spell failed... It’s unlikely to succeed a second time, and he must face the tribulation himself now, fraught with immense danger. No wonder he hates me to the bone!’

’This demon’s tribulation seems somewhat related to the sword fight at Endless Mountain... Could he be an important figure causing the opening of a tribulation?’

’Indeed, the start of a tribulation often stems from a trivial matter or even a minor figure...’

’But such minor figures, regardless of good or evil, tend to be shattered to pieces in the end, because their karma is too heavy!’

Suddenly, Fang Xi felt the terror of the Heavenly Path.

’Worthy of the Heavenly Path of the Big Thousand World, the rules are strict indeed, no matter how one acts, they are caught in the web, ever sinking deeper...’