Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1128 - 982: Immortal Mansion

Chapter 1128: Chapter 982: Immortal Mansion

This realm is fraught with many tribulations.

Besides the most common Thunder Tribulation, there are also Inner Calamities, External Calamities, Heart Demon Tribulations, Karma Tribulations, Taoist Entry Tribulations, Tribulations of Emotion, Tribulations of Reincarnation...

In Fang Xi’s view, since mortals seek to ascend to immortality against the natural order, it stands to reason they should endure numerous tests.

As a world equal in standing to the True Immortal Realm, this seemed quite reasonable.

’The Big Thousand World doesn’t necessarily have to be vast; it can also be of high energy levels... In this world, attaining an Origin Soul is somewhat easier than in the True Immortal Realm.’

’Moreover, this realm is not small at all, considering it’s only the Impure Qi Layer; there’s still the Heavenly World of the Pure Qi Layer above!’

Due to the multitude of tribulations, a large number of cultivators have, over time, gained much experience in crossing them and have recorded these valuable and important experiences in Daoist tomes to warn future generations.

Naturally, the Earth Origin Gold Book also contains such introductions.

What Fang Xi is using now is the most commonly used ’Five Elements Blessing and Disaster Aversion Altar,’ which can protect cultivators and ward off the intrusion of external demons.

Of course, while external demons can be kept at bay, one still needs to face tribulations like inner cultivation and Heart Fire by oneself.

"Fortunately, Yun Shanshan has already acquired the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Core, so there should... hopefully be no major issues, right?"

With a wave of his hand, the Hundred-Flowers Magic Carpet immediately descended, the essence of countless flowers twirling around, transforming the barren rocks into a swath of stunning, colorful beauty in an instant.

He sat cross-legged, took up his wine jug, and began to drink by himself.

Before long, Fang Xi’s gaze suddenly sharpened. Several flashes of lightning streaked across the void.

Screams rang out, and numerous shadows converged to form several Yin Demons, cut down by the following Sword Light with a single slash.

"That’s all the demons this attracted?"

"I had thought that some Extra Domain Sky Demon might descend."

Fang Xi made it sound trivial, continuing to drink and be merry.

Seven days flew by in a flash.

On this day, he calculated silently and knew that Yun Shanshan was gradually reaching an optimal state. At the same time, another Human Tribulation approached.

Sure enough, after a short while, a streak of Escape Light shot across the sky.

On seeing the Hundred-Flowers on the reef, it immediately descended, revealing an individual cultivator with two swords strapped to his back.

He was short in stature, but the two swords on his back, one green and one red, were peculiar and mystical.

"This Hundred-Flowers Magic Carpet is clearly the possession of Fairy Piaomiao. Who are you? What is your relationship with Fairy Piaomiao?"

The individual cultivator with the triangular eyes glared and noticed the ’Five Elements Blessing and Disaster Aversion Altar’ not far away, his eyes lighting up, "Wonderful, so the fairy is undergoing tribulation here... You ignored me that day. Today, I shall bind a strand of your Origin Soul and make you obey me completely!"

"Pfft!"

Fang Xi couldn’t help but laugh.

The individual cultivator glared fiercely, "I am Individual Cultivator Black Wind of Black Wind Island, do not make a mistake about yourself!"

Fang Xi calculated with his fingers and shook his head, "Indeed, you have some luck with the Dao. What a pity that your magical treasure fortunes are lacking; your two Flying Swords, one ’Green Cloud’ and the other ’Red Chi’, have many years of cultivation ahead before they can advance to Pure Yang."

This Master Black Wind came from a lineage of fishermen in the Eastern Seas where his mother dreamt of a large black snake and then conceived him. After a ten-month pregnancy, he was born, regarded as an ill omen, and was expelled from the village, leading a very miserable life.

Yet Master Black Wind was born extraordinary, possessing immense strength from a young age and able to exhale a stench-laden wind. With this, he bullied others and ruled over them.

Later through sheer luck, he obtained a Flying Sword and Sword Talisman from a senior individual immortal. After years of arduous cultivation, he became a carefree individual cultivator.

Unfortunately, Fang Xi had no interest in his possessions.

A fire-attribute Flying Sword he already possessed, the Fire Cloud, and the wood-attribute Flying Sword was too inferior to bear the title of the ’Sixth Green Barley Sword.’

Immediately, with a wave of his right hand, his Mixed Origin Innate Five Elements Magical Power moved and transformed into Five Elements Divine Thunder, crushing down!

Individual Cultivator Black Wind screamed. The two Flying Swords behind him leapt out to protect their master, resembling two green and red Flood Dragons.

Whoosh! A flash of Thunder Light.

The Five Elements Divine Thunder crushed down upon the two Flying Swords, causing multiple cracks to appear on their blades.

Before Individual Cultivator Black Wind could feel pain for his swords, another Invisible Divine Thunder exploded right in front of him.

This Divine Thunder was formless and hidden within the Five Elements Divine Thunder, truly malicious and ruthless.

As soon as it exploded, it obliterated Individual Cultivator Black Wind’s protective aura and shook his physical body to death, his soul sent straight into the cycle of Reincarnation!

"Reincarnation Rules..."

Fang Xi sneered and continued to close his eyes, comprehending the laws.

The greatest value of Individual Cultivator Black Wind was that he had provided Fang Xi with yet another opportunity to slightly comprehend the mysteries of Reincarnation.

After forty-nine days, another streak of pink Sword Light arrived from the sky.

Although this Sword Light carried a girl’s aura, its color was exceptionally pure.

Fang Xi opened his eyes and his expression became somewhat serious as he asked, "Sir, who might you be?"

This time, it was a female individual immortal, and more than that, a female Sword Immortal!

"I am Fairy of Pink Clouds, Mo Yiyi, and I greet you, Sir. May I know if the one undergoing tribulation here is Fairy Piaomiao, Yun Shanshan?"

Wearing a pink peach blossom dress and looking around thirty years old, Fairy of Pink Clouds, Mo Yiyi, said with a smile, "Yun Shanshan and I are close confidantes; you need not worry..."

’But the key point is, it seems like Yun Shanshan has fallen out with her handkerchief friend...’ Fang Xi thought to himself while skepticism spread across his face.

Mo Yiyi gave a wry smile and said, "That Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle was actually borrowed from me by Yun Shanshan..."

"I see, but I’m afraid you two will have to resolve this matter yourselves," said Fang Xi with a slight smile.

"That’s fine."

Mo Yiyi pondered for a while and actually descended her Escape Light, coming to sit by a rock formation to meditate and cultivate.

Around the fiftieth day, a burst of Five-Colored Light Cloud suddenly exploded above the "Five Elements Blessing and Disaster Aversion Altar."

The explosion expanded to cover several acres, like a Celebrating Cloud.

Sky Flowers rained in chaos, Golden Lotuses surged from the ground, and the sound of divine music quietly began to play.

When the phenomenon vanished, a breathtakingly beautiful female immortal stood smiling at the original spot, giving her salutations, "Thank you, Sir, for your assistance; Shanshan is very grateful..."

"Yun sister, you’ve actually succeeded in breaking through the tribulation and achieved the rank of an Earth Immortal?"

Seeing this scene, Mo Yiyi was incredibly surprised: "I thought you were unknowingly trapped in calamity and would inevitably struggle to overcome this tribulation, needing to reincarnate in your next life... Fortunately, just in the next life, there was the expectation of joining a mysterious sect and achieving true realization, but unexpectedly..."

Her eyes shifted as she looked toward Fang Xi.

Yun Shanshan’s face flushed with a hint of red, and then with a raise of her hand, a thread of golden light flew out, landing in Mo Yiyi’s hand: "This Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle was borrowed by your sister; today, it is returned to you whole... Not only that, I have recently divined the Heavenly Secrets and discovered an opportunity for a genuine Immortal Mansion, willing to share it with my sister and Sir."

"What kind of Immortal Mansion?"

Fang Xi asked, but in his heart, he knew that his previous divination of his Origin Soul had revealed an opportunity that should correspond to this place.

Perhaps it was time for a descendant of the Green Barley Sword to come forward.

"In the Ice Cave that seals the Nine Nether Sea Squid, there lies an extraordinary mystery, and there should be a Celestial Immortal Cave Mansion hidden within!"

Yun Shanshan said, "When I previously broke the ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Bing with the Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle, I vaguely perceived some clues, but at the time my focus was solely on transcending the tribulation and I did not think much of it. Now upon careful recollection, perhaps the Nine Nether Sea Squid was merely a Spiritual Pet that the Celestial Immortal casually captured to guard the Cave Mansion..."

"I see; this Cave Mansion is indeed worth exploring."

Mo Yiyi nodded in agreement.

"This Cave Mansion was originally connected with my sister’s destiny, but that connection was meant for several decades into the future... There should be someone with a destined Cloud in their fate to open this Immortal Mansion with my sister. But the Heavenly Secrets are not immutable; now that I’ve been fortunate enough to break through to become an Earth Immortal, the divination of my Origin Soul shows that this Immortal Mansion’s link with my sister’s destiny has been brought forward."

Yun Shanshan’s magical power surged, and the aura of defensive force appeared above the Hundred-Flowers Magic Carpet, shimmering and vibrant, carrying the two away on a flight.

Golden blossoms occasionally drifted down along their path.

This was her way of repaying the sins committed in her fierce battle against the Nine Nether Sea Squid.

Fortunately, the effects of their previous encounter had been minimal, and the most terrifying tsunami had been directly quelled by Fang Xi.

Otherwise, they would have been condemned to perform thousands of years of penance without hope of release.

How astonishing is the power of an Earth Immortal?

Within half a day, they arrived at a region of the sea where the waters parted of their own accord, revealing a vast oceanic rift.

"Sister Mo..."

Yun Shanshan smiled at Mo Yiyi.

Without a word, Mo Yiyi took out the Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle and blew on it.

The needle burst with spiritual light and suddenly transformed into a golden shuttle, splitting open the water ahead, unstoppable.

"After you!"

Yun Shanshan gestured to Fang Xi.

At that moment, Fang Xi suddenly turned his head, looking in the direction of the Great Zhou.

A vague premonition stirred in his heart.

’Could it be that the Heavenly Secret is about to unfold, and it’s related to the Shu Mountain Sect?’

With a smile in his heart, he followed the golden needle directly to the bottom of the rift.

The depths of the sea rift were pitch-black, but under the light of the golden needle, an ancient cave was revealed.

The ancient cave was sealed all over by ten-thousand-year ice, but now there was an opening.

’Is this the site where the Nine Nether Sea Squid was sealed?’

Fang Xi entered the cave and discovered on one side of the stone chamber a stele with writing so blurred that it was indiscernible.

Yun Shanshan took the lead, approaching a crystal-like icy wall, and silently prayed.

The next instant, a beam of Ice Soul Cold Light appeared, and the icy wall split open, revealing a passage.

This corridor, constructed entirely of ice crystals, with its frozen patterns constantly emitted a layer of azure luminescence.

The Void became hazy, seemingly connected to the Blessed Land of the Cave Sky.

"Indeed!"

Both Mo Yiyi and Yun Shanshan’s faces lit up with excitement upon witnessing this scene.

Yun Shanshan expressed, "The doorway to this Celestial Immortal Cave Mansion is sealed with ’Ice Soul Divine Light Crystal,’ which can even freeze Flying Swords... However, Sister Mo’s ’Mysterious Heaven Earth-piercing Needle’ is precisely the counter to it and an essential key to unlocking the Mansion."

Mo Yiyi was silent as she activated a magical spell.

A flash of golden light appeared and fiery golden flames from the golden needle penetrated the ice crystals ahead.

Countless ice formations melted away to reveal a faint doorway.

Fang Xi and the others turned into beams of Escape Light and directly entered the doorway.

Shortly after the three entered the Celestial Immortal Cave Mansion,

In the Great Zhou Dynasty,

At West Kunlun,

A surge of Demon Qi rose to the heavens, stirring up countless storms.

Not far away, beams of Sword Light appeared, revealing the presence of Ling Chan Tongzi and others from the Shu Mountain Sect.

"As expected... Old Demon Liang seeks to attain the rank of a Sky Demon, marking the very start of the tribulation!"

Ling Chan Tongzi wielded the Pure Juna Sword and shouted, "Today is the day we eradicate demons and dispel evil!"