Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1154 - 1008: Mirror of Illusion World

Chapter 1154: Chapter 1008: Mirror of Illusion World

"The power of the Spirit Realm, how can it be so formidable?"

The Array Spirit had certainly seen Earth Immortals before, but one so powerful that it could even resist the power of the Yuali Cave Heaven’s Spirit Realm was extremely rare.

This particular Earth Immortal, didn’t seem to be simple?

Just as the Array Spirit was hastily trying to use other Divine Skills and Prohibitions, above the sky, it was suddenly taken over by a beam of golden light.

That was the Sect Guardian Array of the Shu Mountain Sect—the ’Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array’!

This Array exhausted the principles of creation and destruction, birth and illusion; countless small worlds seemed to be born and destroyed within the golden light...

Unbeknownst to anyone, it had already spread throughout the entire Cave Heaven.

"Eight Swords Flying Together, go!"

In Fang Xi’s eyes, it was as if countless seal characters flashed by, and eight flying swords were lined up in a row, slashing toward a spot in the void.

"No, that place is..."

The Array Spirit’s eyes were about to split, no longer able to maintain its composure.

Whirr!

The Void was first torn apart by the Taiyi Invisible Sword, followed by the Urban Sky Raging Fire, the successive generations of Green Grain...

Endless Sword Light surged into the crevice of the void, and the vented sword qi turned into a long dragon, roaring suddenly, as two dragon claws ferociously tore apart.

This patch of void crevice was thoroughly opened, and the deepest secrets of the Cave Heaven faintly emerged.

It was an ordinary Cave House.

There was only a pitch-black and blurry mirror, hanging above the great door of the Dongfu.

On the surface of the mirror, the phantom of the Array Spirit ’Fang Xi’ appeared, with an ugly expression: "I’ve underestimated you, I didn’t expect you to be an Immortal Array Master!"

If Fang Xi had relied on the Eight Gates Sword Array and recklessly destroyed the arrangements within the Cave Heaven, it would have been happy.

Because that would have been equivalent to removing the shackles on itself.

Yet it never expected Fang Xi to be an Immortal Array Master with remarkable achievements in the array path, and he had directly found its true form!

"Hmm?"

Seeing this mirror, a look of horror appeared on Fang Xi’s face.

The mirror hanging above the Dongfu shone faintly, but its glow was extremely weak.

Upon seeing the newcomer, however, it turned.

In the mirror, the phantom Array Spirit still took the form of Fang Xi; its ugly expression now calmed down: "You sneaky thief! To think you could find where my true form is!"

Fang Xi’s gaze was cold as he stared at the mirror: "You’re not an Array Spirit, but a Spirit of an artifact? This treasure’s aura has already surpassed that of an Immortal Weapon... It seems Celestial Immortal Yuanli truly obtained the inheritance of a Prime Taoist Master."

"Yes, I am the ’Mirror of Illusory World,’ and I am a Taoist Device!"

The Spirit of the Void Mirror shouted: "A Taoist Device, a Prime Taoist Master’s vessel for carrying the Tao. A Prime Taoist Master only possesses one, and even some never manage to create one in their lifetime... Now that you’ve heard all this, you can die without regrets. You made me waste the magic power I’ve accumulated from a Blood Sacrifice, you deserve to die!"

In a soft shout, the mirror flipped over again.

A force of Rules overflowed, turning into a Taoist Species!

It wasn’t an illusionary seed, but a real and genuine Taoist Species!

If a Celestial Immortal with fully cultivated Magic Power also cultivated a real Taoist Species, they could attempt to ’Combine Taoist’ and certify the position of a Prime Taoist Master!

This Taoist Species was filled with the ’Illusion Extinction’ intent; with just a slight movement, a beam of almost imperceptible light shot out.

The Eight Gates Sword Array collapsed in thunderous disarray!

The sword dragon formed by the eight flying swords of the Immortal family cried out in a sudden mournful wail, as numerous sword lights became illusory.

The golden light of the ’Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array’ similarly became illusory and a crevice appeared.

The beam of brilliance immediately passed through the crevice and shone on Fang Xi’s forehead.

He had a stunned expression on his face; his figure suddenly became illusory.

It seemed that the one who had been here was nothing more than an illusion all along.

Now that the illusion had dissipated, no trace of him remained.

In reality, he had been affected by the power of the Taoist Species and turned from reality into nothingness.

At this moment, Fang Xi met his death and his Tao ceased to exist!

...

In the Earth Immortal Realm.

Under the Monster Tree.

Fang Xi’s true form picked up the wine gourd and guzzled a mouthful.

"A Taoist Device? A Prime Taoist Master’s instrument, you say?"

"To think that within the Heavenly Immortal Yuanli’s Secret Realm, such a great treasure was hidden... and its treacherous artifact spirit didn’t pass on the inheritance to those successors, but instead was collecting Blood Sacrifices to amass magic power... It must be aiming for freedom, right?"

Artifacts in the Cultivation World are always very pragmatic; if there is no magic power, they are difficult to move, much like dead objects.

It is said that in the Shu Mountain Sect, some Pure Yang Treasures can even take human form, proactively attack enemies, and even cases where the spirit of the artifact sheds its shell to reincarnate as a human exist!

The Taoist Devices in the True Immortal Realm seem to follow in the same lineage; although they possess spirits, without magic power, they still struggle to accomplish anything.

"This is an opportunity."

"How can the inheritance of a Celestial Immortal compare to that of a Prime Taoist Master?"

"Now my true form presides over the Earth Immortal Realm, even if the tiger doesn’t leave the cave, not even a Prime Taoist Master can kill me..."

Fang Xi smiled slightly and raised his hand.

The essence of heaven and earth converged, summoning the external incarnation that had been annihilated before.

"Go!"

With a flash of silver light, the external incarnation disappeared without a trace!

...

In the Yuanli Secret Realm.

With a flash of silver light, Fang Xi reappeared where he was before.

In the void, eight swords of the Immortal family instantly roared and converged into the Eight Gates Sword Array.

The ’Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram’ also shone brightly.

"Array Diagram Unification!"

Fang Xi formed a Sword Table, and the eight flying swords entered into the ’Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array.’ The two arrays merged with each other, and their combined power seemed to surpass the previous limits.

"Take my sword!"

He let out a deep shout; the sword array, fueled by the ’Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram,’ roared and crashed into the Cave House.

In an instant, the Cave House shattered, but a group of glowing light enveloped the ’Illusory World,’ with an image of its spirit appearing above it, seeming rather frustrated: "How is this possible? Even if you are an external incarnation... but I attacked your true self with a Secret Skill before, how could you remain as if nothing happened? And you immediately sent an external incarnation to break the Cave House’s prohibition and come here?"

The artifact spirit was utterly bewildered.

For Fang Xi, this was actually very simple.

His original body had the "Treasures of All Heavens" to suppress it, so it naturally couldn’t be hurt by secret skills like the Seven Emotions Sword.

Even if a Prime Taoist Master took action and caused his original body’s death, he could resurrect in the Earth Immortal Realm by relying on the "Earth Immortal Undying Skills"!

The artifact spirit’s previous words didn’t affect Fang Xi’s original body at all.

As for re-condensing an external incarnation, let alone using the capability of the Treasures of All Heavens to transport to the prepared void coordinates, it was an extremely easy thing to do.

Even if this external incarnation died, Fang Xi could immediately send another one.

His tactics were also very simple, which was to bully the Taoist Device for its difficulty in cultivating itself to generate magic power, and to wear out the opponent by sheer attrition!

"Slash!"

Fang Xi flicked his fingers continuously, commanding the two merged arrays, constantly eroding the "Illusion World" magic power.

The "Mirror of Illusion World" turned into a sphere of light, fleeing in a sorry state within the Secret Realm.

"Damn it, you forced my hand."

From within the "Mirror of Illusion World," a slightly frantic voice of the artifact spirit emanated.

Then, Fang Xi felt the void around him shift.

He was actually expelled from the Yuanli Secret Realm and came to a lake in the outside world!

"To forcibly expel me?"

"Why didn’t it do this before? Was it trying to deceive me into contributing a blood sacrifice... or would this move inevitably suffer more backlash?"

Fang Xi’s mind was clear, and at this moment, he didn’t care at all, and beckoned again.

Eight flying swords and the Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram orbited around him, and with a flash of silver light, he returned to the Yuanli Secret Realm once more.

"Impossible..."

The Spirit of the Illusory World Mirror’s eyes bulged, simply unable to believe it.

It had paid a huge price to finally exile this person, so how could the latter come back so soon?

"Could it be that you are the true heir chosen by Old Man Yuanli?"

The Spirit of the Illusory World Mirror roared, "The more it is so, the more you have to die!"

It manipulated the Taoist Device to flip, and all the sword light in the sky was sucked into the mirror’s surface, then reflected back!

Not only that, but those sword lights were even sharper than before!

Fang Xi held the Tai Chi Diagram, but his face was neither sad nor happy.

The strategy was set, and what followed was simply execution.

He stretched out all five fingers, and on each finger, a streak of Five Elements Sword Radiance gathered, suddenly turning into a huge Five-colored Sword Lotus.

The Five-colored Lotus rotated slowly, constantly eroding the sword qi reflected back by the Illusion World Mirror.

"This is bad!"

Seeing this, the Spirit of the Illusion World Realm felt a chill in its heart.

As a treasure, even as the Taoist Device of a Prime Taoist Master, it couldn’t cultivate on its own to produce magic power.

Otherwise, it would have long gone to some place to enjoy itself freely and wouldn’t have stayed in this Secret Realm.

It was just that it was skilled in disguise early on, deceived the Celestial Immortal Yuanli who refined it, and as soon as it was arranged as the core of the Cave Heaven, it immediately began to backlash and managed to break free from the original Secret Realm’s bonds a bit.

It even turned and devoured the Secret Realm’s true Array Spirit!

By occasionally opening the Heavenly Immortal Secret Realm, it kept attracting people to come and release the seal for it, offering up many blood sacrifices.

This time, ’Dugu Fang’ had already come very close to its goal.

Unfortunately, it was this Earth Immortal who popped up from nowhere that spoiled the plan.

"I want to see how many external incarnations you have!"

The Spirit of the Illusion World Realm roared, flipping the mirror surface.

The extremely vicious Illusion Extinction Radiance emerged, striking Fang Xi in an instant!

This external incarnation instantly became a phantom.

But in the next moment, another Fang Xi appeared, "Sword Array, rotate!"

Life and death revolved, and the void of light and time followed!

The entire Secret Realm was roaring, and thin lines of prohibition like golden threads were strung up on the Illusion World Mirror.

Seeing this, a hint of panic flashed across the face of the Spirit of the Illusion World Mirror.....

.....

Earth Immortal Realm.

Fang Xi had a somewhat strange expression on his face as he waved his hand to create another external incarnation and sent it into the Secret Realm.

"A battle of attrition with me? I have an entire Earth Immortal Realm as my backing."

"However, this is also within calculations....."

His eyes held a hint of anticipation as he began to focus entirely on the battle situation.

"The Mountain Pearl Incarnation is still in the Black Marsh Market... The Central Shu Sword is still at the Shu Mountain...."

"When necessary, even if they are all sent there, it’s to ensure the capture of the ’Mirror of Illusion World’! It is a Taoist Device after all!"

"Taoist Device, the carrier of the Prime Taoist Master’s Tao, possessing the might of Taoist Species, it’s truly extraordinary....."

The higher one cultivates in Mortal Skills, the more terrifying the gap between each realm becomes.

After reaching the Prime Taoist Master, killing an ordinary Immortal was indeed a matter of one move.

Just from the might of a lifeless Taoist Device, one could see a fraction of it.

.....

Time passed unknowingly.

Within the Yuanli Secret Realm.

"Go!"

Fang Xi commanded the eight Flying Swords, trapping a mirror that looked like polished black jade in the void.

The mirror seemed to still want to struggle, but it had little strength left.

Fang Xi didn’t hesitate, grabbing the mirror in his hand.

The previous external incarnation had just been viciously counterattacked by the "Illusion World Realm," dying a terrible death.

But Fang Xi didn’t learn from the lesson and continued with his forceful attack, and now he was finally successful. Disregarding the artifact spirit’s clamor on the mirror’s surface, he directly turned it over.

He infused magic power and touched it, and a series of dense inscriptions emerged, making his eyes light up!