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Chapter 1127 - 981: Greed Blinds Wisdom (Extra - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1127: Chapter 981: Greed Blinds Wisdom (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes)

Origin Soul Sword Control!

In this world, swordsmanship is revered in combat, and "Origin Soul Sword Control" is a sword technique realm only attainable by those who have cultivated their Origin Souls.

Using one’s own Origin Soul to command the Flying Sword, its transformations are endless, its power immense!

Fang Xi, from within the Round Light Realm, watched as the female immortal, supported by the strength of her Origin Soul and Primordial Energy, wielded a flying sword as swiftly as swallows piercing the clouds, penetrating layers of poison, flame, and thunder, leaving a deep wound on the Nine Nether Sea Squid.

’The swordsmanship itself is quite ordinary, but the Sword Table seems quite extraordinary, and it must have an origin.’

He slightly nodded, only to see sudden changes occurring in the arena!

With a roar, the wounds on the Nine Nether Sea Squid healed in an instant.

The female immortal was caught off guard and struck by a dark ball of water thunder, her complexion changing drastically.

Furthermore, the Nine Nether Sea Squid whipped up endless tsunamis, with a large wave crashing towards the island where Fang Xi’s Dongfu was located!

"Disaster!"

Fang Xi silently operated his Origin Soul, which had recently achieved the state of the Five Elements Primordial Spirit, able to survey the past and future, his divination abilities had also increased, and he rapidly deduced the causes and consequences.

This female immortal was Fairy Piaomiao, Yun Shanshan, known as the number one beauty of the Great Zhou Eastern Sea, with the status of an Individual Immortal, who had been living in seclusion in the Hundred Flowers Cave.

She had learned that she would soon face the tribulation of Heavenly Fire, so she paid a great price to find the location of the sealed Nine Nether Sea Squid, set it free, and planned to kill it for its core, using the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core to mix with her own Heavenly Fire tribulation.

If she could overcome this tribulation, she might even reach the power of an Earth Immortal, becoming one of the few great experts in this realm.

Blinded by such enormous benefits, Fairy Piaomiao, Yun Shanshan, used the Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle to break the seal of the Ice Cave that contained the Nine Nether Sea Squid and released this otherworldly creature.

However, she hadn’t realized that this Nine Nether Sea Squid had an extraordinary origin, possessed formidable Divine Skills, and had cultivated an indestructible body, making it extremely difficult to defeat!

Not only that, but the struggle between these two powerful beings had already lasted three days and nights, causing tsunamis and storms that overturned countless Baochuans and resulted in untold slaughter.

Fang Xi even deduced that if no one intervened, the current great tsunami caused by the Nine Nether Sea Squid would bring disaster to the lands of Great Zhou Eastern Sea, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Under such tangled karmic consequences, at least half the Karma would have to be borne by Fairy Piaomiao, Yun Shanshan.

This kind of Karma was enough to ensure that this woman would never recover from her tribulations, not to mention achieving the fruit of becoming an Earth Immortal, and she should be thankful if she could be born as a human in her next life!

’Even more fucked up is that even I can be counted as part of this...’

’The Heavenly Path of this world, is actually disguised as the human path, isn’t it?’

He muttered a complaint, as a streak of Sword Light burst through the island, issuing a long howl.

Sss sss!

The Si Chen Sword transcended to the level of a Pure Yang Treasure, its spirituality greatly stirred, and at this moment, it let out a cry like that of a Flood Dragon, suddenly splitting into twelve dazzling Sword Lights representing the celestial stems.

The phenomenon of day and night turning upside down appeared once more!

Fang Xi swung his sword, and the Law of Time fluctuated violently, seemingly manipulating the ’moment’ of this vast sea area, restoring the sea surface to calm, as it had been just a moment earlier.

"Stop...you woman, with all this commotion, not only did you flood the place where I was in seclusion, but do you also plan to inundate hundreds of thousands of miles, creating boundless killing Karma?"

He let out a long howl, carrying the Buddhism Sect’s intent of a sudden ’wake-up call’.

Yun Shanshan’s mind had been completely occupied by thoughts of overcoming tribulation, becoming an Earth Immortal... and fierce battle with the Nine Nether Sea Squid.

This was actually a kind of Heart Demon Tribulation, causing this normally tranquil cultivator to become confused, fixated only on overcoming tribulation, forgetting everything else.

At Fang Xi’s rebuke, she was suddenly startled, then her Origin Soul became resolute, silently recalling her recent actions, and she couldn’t help but break into a sweat: "What have I been doing? In order to obtain the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core and to resolve my own tribulation, I have done so much... not to mention this tsunami, even the evil consequences of my past actions have nullified so much of the good Karma I’ve accumulated...."

With that thought, her face turned ashen.

Sss sss!

At this moment, the Nine Nether Sea Squid took advantage of the situation, using all its strength to struggle free from the net of the Origin Soul.

Yun Shanshan’s expression immediately paled, and she hurriedly withdrew her own Origin Soul.

The Nine Nether Sea Squid’s three heads raised skyward, howling, with its three distinct lights of wind, fire, and thunder interweaving, instantly approaching Yun Shanshan.

Whoosh!

A Sword Light descended, the Si Chen Sword among them, its blade incomparably sharp, and in an instant, it struck millions of times!

Fang Xi’s Sword Light, due to the influence of the Law of Light and Time, was almost the fastest sword in the world!

He even combined Sword Light from the past and future, creating a sky filled with shadows in an instant, the Everlasting Sand-like Sword Qi crisscrossing, as if it could slice the Void into its most fundamental particles.

This world, after all, is created from the Primordial Energy particles at its very foundation.

Now, Fang Xi’s Sword Light was extremely fine yet endless, as if intending to break heaven and earth down into particles.

The tricolor lights were cleaved by his sword, and just like that, they were completely dissipated.

Another version of "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws" had been performed!

"Sir, what an exalted level of swordsmanship you have!"

Even Yun Shanshan couldn’t help but be moved, exclaiming with admiration.

"If you have the leisure to spare, think of a way to stabilize the four seas first. Wait until I have killed this Nine Nether Sea Squid,"

Fang Xi commanded.

Yun Shanshan’s face turned red, and she quickly replied, "Sir, please rest assured, I happen to have an ’Ocean Calming Pearl’ here that, no matter how the sky tumbles and turns, will surely not affect the outside world!"

She was indeed well-prepared for this hunting trip.

Now that Fang Xi had pointed it out, she had an epiphany and brought out a deep blue pearl.

As the pearl hovered in mid-air, it exerted powerful magic power that quelled the four seas, preventing any waves from rising.

"Slash!"

Fang Xi pointed, and twelve ’Si Chen Swords’ flew out, forming a sword array in mid-air that embodied the flow of seasons, enveloping the Nine Nether Sea Squid within.

Swoosh, swoosh!

The sword light was ever-changing until it suddenly converged into a slender thread, which was the Sword Immortal’s proudest technique—Thread Making Sword.

Wherever this fine line passed, all venom and flames were cut through instantly, and it swept across one of the heads of the Nine Nether Sea Squid.

Gulp!

A squid head fell, and dark green blood began to gush out in mid-air.

This aberrant creature was born from the malevolent qi of heaven and earth, and its blood was filled with potent poison. Once it entered the sea, it would spread with the water, turning a thousand miles around into a deadly poisoned ocean, creating boundless karma of killing.

Moreover, it had an undying body. Even if a head was cut off, it would soon regenerate.

But this time, it was clearly different.

The severed head withered away in mid-air as though it had lost all vitality.

The endless poison in the blood also seemed to lose its effect, unable to kill even the nearby fish and shrimp.

Fang Xi flicked the actual ’Si Chen Sword’ in his hand, pondering inwardly, ’As expected... it’s the Law of Life and Death stemming from the embryonic form of the Illusory Taoist Seed that is my strongest rule now?’

Even though the Nine Nether Sea Squid was born from the malevolent qi of heaven and earth and was almost indestructible, when faced with the Law of Life and Death, Fang Xi reversed its life force, causing this head to lose all vitality.

Even the poison within its blood was ’killed,’ no longer able to harm anything!

The remaining seven heads of the Nine Nether Sea Squid screamed in fright and anger, thinking they had encountered their natural enemy!

Even Fairy Piaomiao Yun Shanshan couldn’t help but be stupefied, "This cultivator is just like any Individual Immortal like me, but his magic power and sword techniques are terrifying... whether it’s the earlier reversal of light and time or the current reversal of life and death... they’re truly Celestial Immortal techniques, utterly frightening!"

As she was still in shock, Fang Xi’s ’Si Chen Sword’ struck again, decapitating the many remaining heads of the Nine Nether Sea Squid.

One by one, the heads piled up together, creating a chilling sight.

His final strike almost split the Nine Nether Sea Squid in half, and with a flick of the Si Chen Sword’s light, a pitch-black core was picked out.

"Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core?"

Upon seeing this core, Yun Shanshan’s expression was a mix of emotions.

"Miss Yun Shanshan, I have seen you," she said.

After a long while, she managed a bitter smile, straightened up, and saluted Fang Xi, "Thank you, sir, for your help. Otherwise, I alone would have created this boundless act of killing."

"Fairy Yun need not be so formal... I’ve seen you have been influenced by magic battles along the way, causing quite some disturbances. Perhaps you need to go back and make amends?"

Fang Xi intentionally put away the core, saying so.

"Indeed, that is necessary..." Yun Shanshan’s heart tightened, and she added, "My earlier magic duels nearly destroyed your Dongfu, Miss Yun truly feels remorseful..."

"Never mind, it was just another residence,"

Fang Xi said with a smile, "In fact, I was planning on accompanying you, which is also a deed of merit..."

Yun Shanshan was worried about finding an excuse to get close, but hearing this, she was overjoyed. She pulled out a Hundred-Flowers Magic Carpet, chanted a spell, and the carpet expanded greatly. She then took out a desk, cushion, and exotic fruits and jades crafted from jade, offering them to Fang Xi.

...

After three rounds of drinks,

Yun Shanshan couldn’t help but smile wryly, laying out her situation openly, "I was blinded by fate, and now that I think carefully about my actions over this period, I’m utterly ashamed... For that ’Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle,’ I even had a falling out with my best handkerchief companion... Now that I think about it, it really wasn’t worth it."

"So that’s how it was..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, and the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core appeared, saying, "It seems you need this object to pass your own tribulation. I originally obtained this core to refine a magic treasure... but now it seems best to give it to you first, to aid in an emergency in the Martial World."

"Thank you!"

Yun Shanshan took the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core, and upon seeing this long-desired object suddenly appear before her, her face showed mixed emotions of sorrow and joy. For a moment, there was a myriad of bright lights around her, and it seemed as if mysterious celestial music began to play.

"During a moment of great upheaval, has a Demon seized the opportunity to invade?"

Fang Xi saw Yun Shanshan’s state at a glance, and he couldn’t help but feel speechless, "Inner Calamity triggers External Calamity, Heart Demon and Fire Tribulation arrive together... no wonder this lady is so blinded by greed."

Fortunately, Cultivators in this age were experienced in dealing with various tribulations.

After a brief consideration, he halted the magic carpet, alighted on a large reef, and raised his hand. Five colored lights flew out, turning into five Array Flags, forming a small dais that protected Yun Shanshan within...