Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1125 - 979: One Sword Divides Day and Night

Chapter 1125: Chapter 979: One Sword Divides Day and Night

Inside a treasure ship.

The screen, carved from Dragon Blood Wood, was exquisitely delicate, and within the room’s bronze beast-head incense burner, the highest-quality Dragon Saliva Fragrance was burning.

This rare incense came from the inner bodies of deep-sea gigantic whales, and only those that could consume the essence of the sun and the moon could nurture it.

Such incense was extremely helpful to cultivators for calming the mind and achieving inner peace.

Therefore, its price was incredibly high, rumored to cost a thousand gold or more.

But at this moment, the Dragon Saliva Fragrance burnt endlessly as if it cost nothing, lit day and night without pause.

Amid the curling smoke, one could see a girl in the prime of her teens sitting cross-legged on the bed, her face flickering with luminescence.

Suddenly, it was as if winds and storms converged within the room, with the faint sound of thunder rumbling.

Moments later, a layer of cyan Gang Qi spread out, the ’Innate True Gang Qi.’

On the ground, strands of ’Ground Six Ultimate Evil Qi’ kept churning.

The two types of Qi abruptly merged, integrating stillness and motion, Yin and Yang, reality and illusion, and finally transformed into an ’Innate Genuine Water Pill’!

"Zhong, I’ve done it!"

The pill settled into the girl’s Heavenly Spirit, and as she opened her eyes, her face burst with joy, "The pill is perfected, at last there’s hope for true fruition in this world!"

"Fu Mei... now that you have refined the ’Innate Genuine Water Pill’, a weight has been lifted off my heart."

Yue Huzhong, the head disciple of Hua Mountain Sect and originally guarding outside the door, stepped in, his face also showing a hint of joy.

"It’s just that I’ve caused Zhong to lose face by admitting defeat in a sword duel..."

Fu Mei stood up, her smile radiant.

"It’s just a sword duel, it didn’t involve life or death, and it wasn’t that significant..."

Yue Huzhong looked at Fu Mei with a hint of pride on his face, "The swordsmanship of Divine Wood Island is indeed not bad, but ultimately it still falls into the side paths, and Elder Divine Wood’s cultivation has its flaws. He’ll never escape the bounds of the Origin Magnetism Well in his lifetime. So what about Duanmu Long? I am just waiting for him in the Origin Soul Realm... Hmph, I’m afraid even if he attains Origin Soul there, with the help of the land’s energy, like his master, he will be absorbed by the Origin Magnetism Well and never break free. If he forcefully leaves, he would immediately collapse Divine Wood Island, causing a hundred thousand miles of magnetic field chaos, not knowing how much karma he’d create!"

"The cultivation method of Divine Wood Island has such risks?"

Fu Mei was shocked, "Zhong, how did you know this?"

"Of course, our master told me," Yue Huzhong said with a smile. "Those side-path cultivators might possess strong magic power temporarily, but they will still have to face their calamities. They are not as free and easy as our authentic mysterious sect, which ultimately can ascend to the Heavenly World, without disaster or calamity!"

"That’s right, that’s the principle. Although I have just refined my Inner Core and entered the Swords Immortal Realm, those side-path cultivators are nothing more than earthen chickens and clay dogs to me," Fu Mei said with a slight smile.

Just then, a giant wave struck, and the entire treasure ship began to shake violently.

"What’s happened?"

Yue Huzhong flew up into mid-air on his sword, casting down a prohibition that stabilized the treasure ship, then saw countless waves approaching from the distant sea.

Even though many treasure ships were chained together like a small island, they appeared insignificant in the face of the might of heaven and earth and drifted with the waves...

Boom!

Suddenly, a dull thunderclap came from afar, its color turning into a multicolor spectacle, exceptionally dazzling in the night sky.

"This is not Heavenly Thunder, but the thunder magic of cultivators," Yue Huzhong remarked solemnly upon seeing this, ’Such Divine Thunder, I wouldn’t be able to withstand even one... Who could they be, dueling in the distance, to be such a formidable being?’

Thinking of his earlier boast, he couldn’t help feeling a bit ashamed.

"Such magic power!"

Streaks of light shot forth, and the leader was none other than Duanmu Long himself.

He looked at the endless waves, a trace of shock on his face, "Definitely at the level of Origin Soul, I wonder which two Individual Immortals are clashing? No... With such power, I’m afraid they are not even slightly inferior to my master."

In the distance, a hazy Sword Light clashed fiercely with the Green Jade Hook, stirring up countless storms... Suddenly, with a wail, the sword revealed a sesame seed-sized notch.

Fang Xi retracted the Si Chen Sword and wiped it with his hand.

The scar on the blade disappeared as if it had never existed.

"So Earth Immortals are only this after all..."

In truth, he was quite clear that the cultivators of this world had exceedingly powerful means of preservation; they were good at protecting themselves, avoiding calamities, prolonging life, and were also experts in predicting the fate of Origin Souls.

But when it came to robust magic power and aggressive combat, they fell short.

At least, they definitely couldn’t compare to the numerous Immortals from the True Immortal World who have inhaled and exhaled majestic magic power for countless years, not to mention the expertise they gained from rising through Qi Refining through battle.

"Amitabha, benefactor’s second Origin Soul actually possesses Individual Immortal power... Your sword control technique is sophisticated and seasoned, truly beyond my expectations," Master Yuekong said with her hands together, the Seven Treasures Golden Canopy above her head shimmering with light, its surface relics, jade, and agates all glowing brilliantly.

"Sword control technique? Heh, I have yet to fully display what I can do," Fang Xi said with a cold laugh as chains of Light and Time emerged from the void, carrying with them a sense of chaos in the sequence of time.

And a strange, grey-ish small sword phantom merged into the ’Si Chen Sword,’ causing the sword to roar and its Sword Light to intensify.

It was the use of the ’Sword Offering’ technique, infusing his comprehension of his personal laws into the Si Chen Sword, enhancing its might dramatically!

Whoosh!

With one thrust from Fang Xi, the world seemed to transform.

It was deep into the night, and the sky had been a dark expanse.

At that moment, a bright light exploded, as if it had suddenly become high noon!

The firmament split in two, half sun, half night!

Above and below the heavens, it seemed to be enveloped by some inexplicable power of temporal sequence.

A sword sliced through yin and yang, dividing day from night!

The Green Jade Hook let out a mournful cry, and in a flash, it appeared to be struck by countless streams of sword light at the same time, immediately flying back in defeat, looking as if its primordial energy were greatly damaged.

The cycle of spring and autumn, the succession of the four seasons...

Scenes of unpredictable light and shadow transformations seemed to completely engulf Master Yuekong.

"Amitabha."

The next instant, Master Yuekong clasped her hands together, withdrew the Green Jade Hook, and with a flash of golden light, her figure disappeared without a trace.

"The Buddhist Escape Light is indeed swift and incomparable, moving as the heart wishes... this could be troublesome," Fang Xi couldn’t help but sigh after witnessing this scene.

In this world, cultivators have indeed studied the ways of preservation profoundly.

Although this Master Yuekong’s magic power was not as vast as that of a cultivator from the True Immortal Realm, her escape light was incredibly agile, a mysterious and extraordinary Buddhist spiritual escape technique.

Moreover, the opponent had only lost a match in a sword fight and gracefully departed.

If it were truly a life-and-death battle, with various artifacts and great divine skills of the Buddhism Sect deployed, Fang Xi, after all, possessed only the second origin soul and was not truly at the origin soul realm, might have actually fallen into a disadvantage.

’It’s just that this nun came to convert me, and since I’m unwilling to be converted, she naturally took the opportunity to leave gracefully...’

’Even so, this could lead to a cause and effect relationship, so that when my fortunes decline and my moment of crisis approaches, such foes, even if they’re not adept at divination, could easily exploit my weakness...’

Fang Xi stood with his hand on his sword, but his heart was filled with a cold laugh.

If the swordfight had continued, he might have had to use the "Sky Demon Slayer Sword," which could have led to the true downfall of the divine nun.

After all, in the battles of this world, while the depth of Taoist cultivation and divine skills is important, what’s more important are the artifacts!

As long as the artifact is sharp enough, even a sword immortal of moderate stature who wields it can ambush and overcome the origin soul, and there have been precedents for this.

’Could it be that the old nun foresaw something? Is that why she fled in panic?’

Fang Xi stroked his chin, then immediately dismissed the thought.

At that moment, a series of sword lights flew from the distance, among which one had a dark hue, carrying traces of silky wood energy, resembling a flood dragon.

The flood dragon circled and transformed into a green-robed youth — it was Duanmu Long, the senior brother from Divine Wood Island!

"It was you, sir, no, senior, who made a move?"

Upon seeing Fang Xi standing with his hand on his sword, Duanmu Long grew much more solemn and said while paying respects, "The junior was reckless before, I ask for the senior’s forgiveness..."

"Forget it, one who is not aware of the error does not commit it."

Fang Xi touched the back of his head; his second origin soul was still dormant at the jade pillow acupoint, unseen and unfelt.

He looked over at Duanmu Long, then suddenly smiled, "Yue Huzhong must have paid a hefty price to trade with you for that stream of ’Earth Six Extremes Evil Qi,’ right?"

Duanmu Long immediately produced a jade bottle, "Yue Huzhong merely conceded on the spot and then traded this ’Five Elements True Evil’ for ’Earth Six Extremes Evil Qi’... This item truly belongs to the senior."

In fact, in terms of value, the ’Five Elements True Evil’ and ’Earth Six Extremes Evil Qi’ were not much different.

Yet, as Yue Huzhong urgently needed it, he had to concede in a swordfight, treating it as a stake.

For Yue Huzhong, conceding in the swordfight was, in fact, a greater price to pay.

"Hmm. This item is of some use to me, so I will shamelessly accept it," Fang Xi silently invoked his origin soul, naturally acting in his own best interest.

He had foreseen today’s events and now took the ’Five Elements True Evil.’

This stream of evil qi contained five colors, its radiance leaning towards the dim, and it was compatible with more types of Gang Qi than ’Earth Six Extremes Evil Qi.’

After all, the Five Elements are the foundation of heaven and earth and are highly compatible with many cultivation techniques and Gang Qi.

He gave Duanmu Long another look and smiled again, "You are talented and intelligent, and your journey to the origin soul has been smooth sailing, but there is a tribulation ahead when you reach the origin soul. If you cannot transcend it, there will be the peril of perishing and your path dissolving, and even if you narrowly transcend it, there’s the concern of being trapped forever... Today, in receipt of this ’Five Elements True Evil,’ on some future day I shall help you overcome this difficulty."

"Many thanks to the senior," Duanmu Long was immediately overjoyed.

He was well aware of the imperfections in the Divine Wood Island’s Origin Magnetism technique.

If he were to rely on the ’Origin Magnetism Well’ to break through to the origin soul in the future, he would undoubtedly be affected by the well’s absorption, and in this world, it was extremely difficult to change the foundation of one’s cultivation technique.

Moreover, even if he switched techniques, he doubted he could find one that fit his constitution as well as the innate origin magnetism power, nor could he break through the origin soul realm using the benefits of geography.

For the sake of Scattered Immortal Fruition, he might have to take the risk in the future.

But at the very least, with the body dissolved and the spirit reincarnated as a Scattered Immortal, the next life’s foundation would inevitably be more robust.

Now upon hearing that there was hope to escape the tribulation, he was naturally overjoyed.

"Well, I do not enjoy crowds, so I’ll be on my way..."

With a gesture from Fang Xi, a hazy sword light wrapped around him and he descended.

Tian Ku Monk and his two companions woke from their drunken stupor to witness this battle of immortals, thrown into the sea by the giant waves and swallowing plenty of seawater, thus sobering up. Seeing Fang Xi descending gracefully, they all made a bitter smile and then stepped forward to greet him, "We pay our respects to the senior..."