Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1152 - 1006: The Sword Array Emerges

Chapter 1152: Chapter 1006: The Sword Array Emerges

"Hm?"

At that instant, Fang Xi’s spirit sense felt a chill to the bone.

He immediately retracted the Fire Cloud Sword, protecting all his vital points.

His swordsmanship was initially unique, but after widely studying the techniques from Shu Mountain, he had long transcended his original boundaries.

When wielded casually during an attack, it became the supremely swift and fierce sword of the blazing Fire Element.

Now, as he defended with his sword, layers of red clouds spread from the Fire Cloud Sword—each one formed from countless sword lights, shielding him impenetrably.

No matter the magic power or divine skill, any attack would be swept away by the infinite sword Qi!

At that moment, a Seven-colored Flying Sword appeared.

Dugu Fang, too, was a swordsman!

Moreover, his flying sword, appearing to be made of crystal, shone with a seven-colored radiance.

Within each color, intense emotions blossomed.

Joy, anger, worry, contemplation, sorrow, fear, shock!

This flying sword, called the ’Seven Emotions Sword,’ was something Dugu Fang obtained in the Yuanli Secret Realm.

This Seven Emotions Sword was immensely powerful and even had an extremely special sword intent that could provoke an opponent’s seven emotions. Once stirred, the target would be struck by the sword!

But this flying sword had its drawbacks as well; if the wielder couldn’t stay detached, he would be affected too and could even spawn heart demons!

However, for Dugu Fang, who followed the path of ruthlessness, the Seven Emotions Sword was like adding wings to a tiger. He could effortlessly bring out the sword’s full potential without fearing any backlash!

The Seven Emotions Sword shimmered with orange and pure purple lights!

In the next moment, the anger Fang Xi felt while fighting his enemy and the shock from the sudden ambush were amplified to their limits!

As thoughts collided, his Origin Soul felt a slight pain, as if it had been pierced by two sword Qis!

"Heart demon?"

"No... it’s a more pure form of emotional thought!"

Fang Xi, talking to himself, looked at the circle of Fire Cloud Sword Light around him: "It actually ignored my sword light defense, truly formidable!"

"Haha, Dugu Fang, you’ve finally come. Join me in refining this man to death!"

Upon seeing Dugu Fang floating in, Jun Xie couldn’t help but reveal a look of great joy on his face.

"Indeed!"

Dugu Fang’s expression was indifferent as he flicked the Seven Emotions Sword.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet—seven colors of sword Qi soared into the sky, carrying all the myriad states of mortal emotions and provoking the seven emotions and six desires of humans.

In an instant, it was as if a scroll had been unfurled, wrapping Fang Xi inside.

"Help me suppress him into the array," Dugu Fang uttered softly.

Without a doubt, Jun Xie immediately waved the Blood Talisman Knife in his hand. The phantom of a Heavenly Bureau true talisman appeared, and the sudden descent of chilling cold froze a hundred miles around!

The frost, in combination with the Seven Emotions Sword Light, sealed off the void, trapping Fang Xi within.

In just that split second, a great teleporting force suddenly emerged from nowhere, enveloping all three of them.

Fang Xi’s heart stirred, knowing the moment he had been waiting for had finally arrived!

The next moment.

There was a flash of light.

Infinite sword Qi burst forth from him, the Fire Cloud Sword gripped in his hand. With one slash, the sky filled with sword light and frost shattered into pieces.

Wherever he looked, the world had changed!

Above the sky, ripples spread like water, spilling out a five-color radiance.

"A Cave Heaven? Yuanli Secret Realm?"

Fang Xi’s heart stirred, and he casually set a void coordinate.

Even though in the outside world, with the power of his arrays, he might not be able to break into a Cave Heaven.

But how could this compare to the master of the Cave Heaven willingly opening his doors to a thief?

Once the mark was set, even if the master of the Cave Heaven had second thoughts, it would be too late.

"Ah... What is this?"

Sky Demon Jun Xie seemed to finally sense that something was amiss.

"This is the Heavenly Immortal Secret Realm you’ve been so obsessed with," Dugu Fang said indifferently. "Dying in the Secret Realm, I suppose that fulfills your wish."

The next moment, his Seven Emotions Sword, surprisingly abandoning Fang Xi, went straight for Sky Demon Jun Xie!

Inside the Cave Heaven, Magic Chains also fell, suppressing the Sky Demon.

Though not as terrifying as the forces of a Medium Thousand Worlds, they were sufficient to make Sky Demon Jun Xie’s magic power plummet substantially!

Spurt!

Caught off guard, Sky Demon Jun Xie’s Blood Talisman Knife was deflected by the Seven Emotions Sword, his Sky Demon Armor pierced open, and his chest was stabbed by the seven glows. His face immediately showed the seven emotions: "Dugu Fang... How dare you destroy my strongest incarnation!"

With a howl, he declared: "You and I, we are fated to be at odds until death!"

Those who became Immortals were naturally adept in various life-saving measures.

Sky Demon Jun Xie was known for his skill in creating avatars, notorious for being difficult to deal with. He had once lost an incarnation in the Fiery Sun Immortal City, but his true form remained unscathed.

It seemed that this was also one of his Externalizations, hence the confidence to follow Dugu Fang into the array.

"Sky Demon Jun Xie, you’ve cultivated the ’Demon Heart Nine Transformations,’ which allows you to separate into nine Externalizations..."

But Dugu Fang calmly said: "Actually, those nine great incarnations are not just Externalizations, they are also your true form... Your True Spirit hides in one of the incarnations... But how could you possibly imagine the means of a Celestial Immortal? Today, you are destined to die here!"

With a nonchalant wave of his hand, the seven-color sword Qi stabbed into Jun Xie’s body.

The next instant, in a Dongfu millions of miles away, another ’Jun Xie’ suddenly screamed in agony, clutching his head.

"All beings in the world, if emotional, are sinful!"

"You share a single consciousness with many externalizations, your emotions are inevitably shared, so how can you escape the injury of the ’Seven Emotions Sword’?"

Dugu Fang’s face was indifferent as the Seven Emotions Sword directly shattered Jun Xie’s Origin Soul!

This Sky Demon, who had always been stirring trouble from the shadows, finally met his end today.

"Now that Jun Xie has departed, Sir, you wouldn’t want to keep him waiting too long..."

Dugu Fang then looked at Fang Xi with a slight smile.

Although he was smiling, his eyes were filled with a cold ruthlessness.

Fang Xi flicked his fingers on his sword, the Fire Cloud Sword shot out in an instant, fiercely clashing with the Seven Emotions Sword.

With each clash of the Flying Swords, colorful lights flashed on the Seven Emotions Sword, and Fang Xi’s face turned a shade paler.

Clearly, facing the Seven Emotions Sword, his Origin Soul was continuously injured by the Sword Qi!

Just like Dugu Fang’s saying "if emotional, are sinful," as long as one holds emotions, it’s difficult to dodge the Sword Light of the Seven Emotions Sword!

"Not good!"

But in the next moment, a lake’s reflection emerged in the Void, and on it, the Array Spirit ’Dugu Fang’s’ face showed a look of panic: "Be careful!"

Unfortunately, it was already too late!

Behind Dugu Fang, the Taiyi Formless Sword appeared out of the Void and sliced in one smooth motion!

The formless and intangible Sword Light, yet incomparably sharp, split Dugu Fang’s body in two in an instant, cutting through his protective Spirit Light and his being from the center of his forehead, with precision as if measured by a ruler.

With one sword strike, a Celestial Immortal beheaded?

Boom!

Within the Yuanli Secret Realm, chains of five colors emerged once more, fiercely suppressing Fang Xi.

Unexpectedly, Fang Xi stretched out one hand, and the ’Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram’ appeared, transforming into the ’Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array’, creating an illusion around him as if countless small worlds were being born and destroyed, forcibly resisting the suppression of the Cave Heaven and Secret Realm.

"Impressive methods!"

In the next moment, the bifurcated Dugu Fang exclaimed, both halves of his torso dissolving into a green flow of Qi, merging back together, as his Origin Soul manifested, revealing an intact body.

"Had it been an ordinary Immortal, that one sword would have killed you, but you will never understand the mysteries of a Celestial Immortal. Gather and you form, scatter and you become energy; this is called ’energy giving rise to life’. Your Flying Sword is indeed sharp, but it cannot injure..."

Dugu Fang suddenly bowed his head, spotting a wound above his own Origin Soul.

"You have already been hit by the Sword Qi of my Taiyi Formless Sword, and will die in agony after seven days and nights... I must say, it takes great courage to try and block my Taiyi Formless Sword with your Origin Soul!"

Fang Xi sighed.

Of course, this was taking advantage of the fact that the Immortals of the True Immortal Realm were unaware of the great reputation of the Shu Mountain Flying Sword, plus Dugu Fang was somewhat complacent at the start; otherwise, such a sneak attack would not have been so easily successful.

"Who exactly are you?" Dugu Fang’s expression was cold, as if the pain on his Origin Soul or even the curse of certain death in seven days could not perturb him in the slightest: "Within the Beichen Immortal Domain, there seems to be no character like you."

"Haha, well said... I am Prime Taoist Mu!"

Fang Xi immediately reported a false name.

The Martial World is treacherous, and he never reveals his real name when he’s away from home.

"Prime Taoist Mu!"

Dugu Fang did not show the slightest concern despite his Origin Soul being injured by the Taiyi Formless Sword, as if he had invoked some secret magic: "I underestimated you... Array Spirit, assist me!"

With a light shout, the suppressing force in the Void suddenly increased once again!

"Array Spirit?"

"So there really is a presence controlling the core of the Secret Realm’s Array? But such Array Spirits are just like artificial intelligence, bound to follow several ironclad rules... You rely on the identity of a disciple of Celestial Immortal Yuanli and have cultivated to become a Celestial Immortal yourself to obtain limited help, right?"

Fang Xi smiled faintly, as if he had understood everything, holding all the answers in his grip.

"So what if that’s the case?"

Dugu Fang felt the situation slipping out of control, but despite suppressing the injury on his Origin Soul with ruthless Daoist magic, it was still very troublesome.

The only hope of breaking out of this predicament was to capture Fang Xi as quickly as possible and force out the method of healing.

Therefore, he didn’t waste time talking with Fang Xi, instead channeling his immense Heavenly Immortal Law into the Seven Emotions Sword.

With the support of the Array Spirit, his battle in the Secret Realm was greatly advantaged, and his opponent was merely an Immortal, not a Prime Taoist Master!

Dugu Fang saw no reason whatsoever for his own defeat!

"Speaking of disciples, coincidentally, I am one too!"

Fang Xi’s mouth twitched slightly, putting away the Fire Cloud Sword and instead brandishing an even more blazing Flying Sword!

"Urban Sky Raging Fire!"

"Taiyi Formless!"

"Sixth Generation Green Grain!"

"Pure Jun, Earth Virtue, Autumn Water, Life and Death, Si Chen!"

The next instant.

Accompanying his light shouts, a series of Immortal Flying Swords appeared, each blazing with light and exuding different Daoist charms!

"Eight Flying Swords?"

Upon seeing this, Dugu Fang couldn’t help being shocked.

Even Immortals with infinite lifespans might not possess such wealth, owning eight Immortal Weapons!

No! If you add the Fire Cloud Sword and this Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram, that would make ten!

Fang Xi’s hands performed Sword Table positions, his expression growing intensely solemn.

The five Five Elements Flying Swords spun, forming a large Five-color Reincarnation.

Then, the Life and Death Sword flew out, becoming the core axis, operating the Void and Light and Time.

Big Five Elements Sword Array!

Small Three Mysterious Sword Array!

Both grand Sword Arrays suddenly fused together, transforming into endless Sword Light that blanketed the sky, known as the ’Eight Gates Sword Array’!