Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1161 - 1015: Crisis Approaches

Chapter 1161: Chapter 1015: Crisis Approaches

The Void Dao Seed condensed.

For Fang Xi, it was an unexpected delight.

But after briefly reveling in his happiness, he immersed himself once again in the process of cultivating the ’Mixed Origin Immortal Talisman’.

For many immortals, this was an inconceivable matter.

True immortals have endless lifespans; most only care about living a long and carefree life.

But Fang Xi was different from these immortals with no prospects.

Neither his magic power nor his mastery of the laws had ever hit a bottleneck, and he was advancing at a terrifying speed.

In his heart, the karma of the Treasures of All Heavens and the Kuyong Palace made it difficult for him to truly stop.

Perhaps, only when he stood at the very top of the True Immortal Realm could he completely relax and make some repairs.

Furthermore, since his true self had enjoyed itself on their behalf, wouldn’t his other three externalizations have no choice but to work hard?

Time passed without knowing how long it had been.

Fang Xi suddenly opened his eyes.

In his origin soul, the many ’Mixed Origin Immortal Talismans’ ebbed and flowed, and he had suddenly made another breakthrough!

"Recently, my primordial soul should be no less than a Celestial Immortal’s," said Fang Xi as he sensed his condition, very satisfied, "At least the secret technique for the Earth Immortal’s primordial soul to ascend to Celestial Immortal is not a problem... As for the later immortality of the Gold Immortal’s true form, I still need to keep refining it."

Just as he prepared to make a concerted effort to perfect this secret technique.

A Voice Transmission Talisman suddenly shot towards the outside of his door.

"Hmm?"

Fang Xi got up, retracted his origin soul, and casually waved his hand, sending out a cleansing light over his body, truly immaculate, and stepped out of his Dongfu.

"Master..."

Outside the Dongfu, the boyish Fang Xian stood respectfully, "Immortal Xuan Qing requests an audience!"

"Oh? Have you achieved Mahayana?"

Fang Xi glanced at Fang Xian’s cultivation and nodded his approval.

"Indeed, your disciple had felt his accumulation of energy was sufficient, and without using any breakthrough pills, he naturally overcame the Mahayana bottleneck..."

Fang Xian replied respectfully.

If such an answer were heard by the cultivators of the Earth Immortal Realm, each of them would likely be embarrassed to death.

However, not only did Fang Xian possess a Wooden Spirit Root, but he also had the most suitable ’Ginseng Fruit Tree’ as his life-bound spirit plant, on top of cultivating the exceptional ’Kuyong Skills’ of the Kuyong Palace inheritance.

As long as the Mother Qi of All Woods was sufficiently accumulated, breaking through the realm below the status of immortal was indeed a natural affair.

"Well done... It looks like after ten thousand years, my sect will have another Earth Immortal," Fang Xi nodded and expressed his approval.

Perhaps in the future, he would have immortal children to guide his travels – now that would be truly grand!

Yet Fang Xian, neither overbearing nor servile, followed Fang Xi to the parlor before pouring tea for Immortal Xuan Qing.

"Little Immortal Fang, you indeed advance bravely and with impressive progress, to have reached Mahayana so quickly is truly commendable..."

Immortal Xuan Qing laughed, taking out a dark jade bottle, "This bottle contains three ’Nine Profound Thunder Marsh Pills’ that, once taken, can reduce the potency of the Mahayana Thunder Calamity by a fraction – consider this gift from your teacher’s uncle as congratulations."

Although it was only a fraction of its potency, less than one-tenth.

But for some Mahayana monks, reducing the potency of the Immortal Thunder Calamity even by a fraction could mean the difference between life and death!

When Fang Xian saw such a rare pill, he did not accept it directly but looked towards Fang Xi.

"Not bad at all, this ’Nine Profound Thunder Marsh Pill’ must take scales from the fairy beast ’Thunder Marsh’ as the main ingredient, with the addition of a ’Thunder Transformation Immortal Fruit’ and many auxiliary materials – it truly is extraordinary. Since he’s giving it to you, you should take it," said Fang Xi, gesturing for Fang Xian to accept the gift and thanking Immortal Xuan Qing.

He had a good private relationship with this immortal; ever since they had taken on a mission together last time, they had interacted frequently.

"Xuan Qing, you don’t come to the Three Treasure Hall for no reason; you must have important matters this time," Fang Xi said with a smile after three rounds of tea.

"This time it is indeed good news," Immortal Xuan Qing said with a smile, "Have you heard of the ’Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals’ organized by the Beichen Immortal Palace?"

"The Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals?" Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled, recalling the records from a certain book, "The celebration hosted by the Beichen Immortal Palace that takes place only once every hundred thousand years? It is said that not only will many immortals from the Beichen Immortal Domain attend, but also cultivators from the Bliss Profound Realm and the Vast Sea Immortal Domain will come, making it a truly grand gathering of ten thousand immortals..."

Although once one became an immortal, they were immortal.

Yet in the vast Beichen Immortal Domain, the number of true immortals has barely passed ten thousand after the long accumulation of years.

This was firstly due to the extreme difficulty of becoming an immortal, as many Mahayana monks struggle to even touch this bottleneck before sadly transforming through Sitting and Transforming.

Secondly, immortals like to travel the four seas and often head to even more prosperous immortal domains after ascending.

After becoming an immortal, Fang Xi had learned that one could head towards even larger territories to the south or north of the Beichen Immortal Domain.

Only immortals were sure to pass through, and after most of those aspiring to become Prime Taoist Masters had cultivated to a bottleneck in Beichen Immortal Domain, they all headed to those two forbidden territories.

Furthermore, even though immortals live long and deathless lives, there are still many who fall in magic battles, exploration of Secret Realms, or even suffer demise from practicing Secret Skills and becoming demons.

Such circumstances have caused the number of True Immortals in Beichen Immortal Domain to maintain only a very slow rate of growth over the countless years.

Therefore, gathering over ten thousand True Immortals in Beichen Immortal Domain is truly an event of immense scale.

"Beichen Immortal Palace holds the Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals mainly to promote its own treasures and to win over various exceptional immortals..."

Immortal Xuan Qing said, "As Abundant Karma House is a major chamber of commerce within Beichen Immortal Domain, we will also seize the opportunity to do business. This time, the former Master ’Yu Xiu’ is leading the group, which ensures safety on the way. Sir, would you care to join?"

"This..."

After thinking for a moment, Fang Xi immediately replied, "I should join the fun. It just so happens my disciple has had a breakthrough to Mahayana; I’ll go and get a ’Primordial Soul Pill’ as a congratulatory gift."

The Nine Profound Thunder Marsh Pill can only reduce the power of a single Immortal Thunder Calamity by a fraction.

But the ’Primordial Soul Pill’ can allow a Mahayana Monk to refine their Origin Soul quickly!

Once the Origin Soul is completed, all the thunder calamities of the Mahayana Period will see their power greatly reduced!

In terms of value, it naturally far exceeds the ’Nine Profound Thunder Marsh Pill’.

Even ’Abundant Karma House’, although it can come up with one every now and then, requires a great deal of manpower, resources, and dedication, not something Fang Xi, who had just joined as an immortal, could exchange for.

Even if he could exchange, the merit contribution required would be extremely high.

Therefore, when he said he planned to buy one at the Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals, Immortal Xuan Qing found it to be a matter of course.

"Your disciple is fortunate. As per tradition, there will be a large auction at the end of such gatherings, and no fewer than ten Primordial Soul Pills will be available... As long as you have sufficient Immortal Jade, your wish should be fulfilled."

Immortal Xuan Qing said with a light smile.

Only Fang Xian rolled his eyes secretly in his heart.

He knew full well that his master always emphasized a solid foundation and had no intention of letting him take a Primordial Soul Pill.

He wondered for whom this ’Primordial Soul Pill’ was actually intended...

...

Chiu!

In the high sky, suddenly a phoenix’s cry resounded.

Amidst the drifting celestial music, a magnificent convoy appeared to move slowly yet swiftly from above the sky.

Leading the convoy were rare immortal birds and beasts such as the phoenix, Azure Luan, Honghu, True Dragon, and Kylin.

In other Medium Thousand Worlds, there are also monster beasts like the phoenix and Kylin.

Among those immortal birds and beasts that grew up in the True Immortal Realm, many were capable of contending with immortals, yet at this moment, they could only do the hard labor of pulling the chariot.

Rows of boys and girls of bewitching beauty, each holding palace fans, lanterns, and incense burners... led the way in front.

Behind them was an enormous white jade chariot.

This chariot was resplendent and magnificent, with an extremely vast space within the carriage, which had actually been refined into a Dongfu!

It is known that most cultivators below Mahayana are still miserably using ’Storage Talismans’.

The Treasures of Void are no trivial matter, precious even to immortals.

Within the Dongfu, inside a grand and vast palace.

Countless beauties and musicians danced gracefully; the tables were laden with eye-catching delicacies and all kinds of exquisite dishes.

At the very top sat a purple-robed Taoist.

He appeared very young, with a full, majestic brow, pearl-like earlobes, and eyes gentle as jade, possessing an air of supreme nobility.

"Reporting to Daozi, we have crossed the ’Ten Thousand Gold Thunder Sea’ and entered Beichen Immortal Domain!"

At this time, a fairy boy reported respectfully from below.

"Zi Yin Daozi is so prestigious, why bother coming to such a small place? If there is anything that needs to be done, let me take care of it for you..."

A burly man dressed in a beast robe, with tattoos of ten thousand beasts on his body, smiled.

This purple-robed Taoist was none other than the beloved disciple of Lord Yin Yang from the Heavenly Palace, ’Zi Yin Daozi’, who was just one step away from becoming a Dao Monarch of Unity!

"Indeed... Whatever directives you have, Daozi, let us take care of it."

Another immortal at the table smiled, his expression filled with a sycophantic tone.

Although it was a pretense, Zi Yin Daozi was nonetheless very pleased.

To make immortals, who lived forever, bow and scrape to such a degree was a testament to the weight of his power, filling him with a touch of pride. A smile appeared on his face, "It’s just a small matter. Previously, the ’Nine Dragon Kuyong Immortal Instrument’ responded, indicating that a remnant who had attained immortality by practicing the Kuyong skills from the Lower Realm was present... However, after issuing letters, no trace could be found even after thorough investigations by various Immortal Palaces..."

"Could they have slipped through? But the True Immortal Realm is nothing like the ordinary worlds. It’s easy for someone to sneak from a Small Thousand World to a Medium Thousand World, but to sneak into the True Immortal Realm, because of the strong Void Laws, is nearly impossible..."

A scholarly-looking immortal chuckled: "In my opinion, perhaps the corresponding Medium Thousand World has been out of contact for a long time, without a corresponding ’Immortal Cleansing Pool’, they might have ascended to a desolate wilderness... Such places, even immortals are doomed to perish, and even if there are remnants, they won’t survive for long..."

"Perhaps that’s the case..."

Zi Yin Daozi smiled: "For some reason, that remnant couldn’t be divined... After doing a detailed calculation with the ’Nine Dragon Kuyong Immortal Instrument’, I determined that the region corresponding to their ascension should be this one. We have already visited Bliss Profound Realm, and now we’ve come to Beichen Immortal Domain. If there’s still no discovery, we shall head to Vast Sea Immortal Domain..."

"Zi Yin Daozi’s tireless efforts for the Heavenly Palace must make Lord Taoist very reassured,"

The group of immortals immediately flattered, secretly thinking, "When we stayed on the Buddha mountain that day, a group of female Bodhisattvas under the World-Honored Wisdom King Buddha were truly generous and versed in profound Dharma. I wonder what kind of hospitality will be found in Beichen Immortal Palace?"