Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1174 - 1028: One Sword Creates the Universe

Chapter 1174: Chapter 1028: One Sword Creates the Universe

"Master...You’re back?"

In the dongfu, Fang Xian greeted respectfully with a bow.

"Hmm, I’m giving you this little trinket, take it to cultivate your Spirit Realm."

Fang Xi casually tossed it, and a green crystal ball landed in Fang Xian’s hands.

Within the crystal ball was a Spirit Ganoderma entwined with lightning on its surface.

This Spirit Ganoderma was pitch-black throughout, but the electric current condensed and formed a thunder dragon, which was quite extraordinary.

"Although this Thunder Profound Ganoderma can’t compare to the immortal tree or the Fusang Tree, it still counts as an Immortal Root..."

"Planted in your Spirit Realm, it might even induce the growth of some Earth-Attribute Spirit Plants in the surrounding area."

Fang Xi provided a brief introduction.

This ’Thunder Profound Ganoderma’ was naturally the gift Yu Xuan had promised before, and it was very fitting for the Way of the Earth Immortal.

Maybe it was intended for her own preparation, but since she planned to become a Human Immortal, it became useless and was given as a gift.

Fang Xi didn’t care much for it and casually bestowed it upon his own disciple.

"Thank you, Master."

The item that Fang Xi, an Earth Immortal, didn’t value was treasured by Fang Xian, who was still at the Mahayana Realm, and he immediately expressed his gratitude with joy.

"I plan to go into seclusion for a while, recently don’t disturb me no matter who comes to visit."

Fang Xi instructed further.

The Immortal Realm is presently in turmoil, with various ambitious figures emerging, and by a twist of fate, he had become known as the top expert of the Abundant Karma House.

From what Yu Xuan implied before, they even wanted him to be a decision-maker.

Fang Xi, of course, didn’t want to get involved in such a whirlpool and instructed his disciple early on.

"Yes, disciple understands."

Fang Xian had already come to understand the personality of his own master.

Moreover, on this trip to the Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals, he genuinely had his eyes opened.

He now realized that even Immortals, when facing truly significant matters, cannot be carefree.

After such a blow and shock, his Dao Heart became even more steadfast, now he only wished to focus on cultivation!

’Fang Xian is not arrogant or rash, and has a steadfast Dao Heart... indeed, a fine choice to inherit the mantle in the future.’

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi couldn’t help but nod inwardly.

...

Several days later.

In the dongfu, within the secluded meditation chamber.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, not in haste to comprehend the ’Mixed Origin Immortal Talisman’ for converting to Golden Immortal Primordial Spirit. Instead, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he took out a fragment of a Sword Array Map.

’Unexpectedly... those Five Friends of Longshan had such an Array Map on them.’

He wasn’t particularly interested in becoming a disciple of the Thousand Swords Old Man, but he was very interested in comprehending the array patterns and Sword Table contained within.

With the foundation of the Eight Gates Sword Array, Fang Xi had an innate advantage in studying such incomplete maps.

His mind moved, and strands of Sword Qi appeared, evolving into a small Sword Array in the Void with their own luster.

Infinite Sword Qi infused into the fragment of the map, causing complex array patterns to emerge.

Although these were just a very small part of a Sword Array, the contained content was intricate and vast like the starry sea, encompassing all phenomena.

"So that’s how it is..."

After just a brief look, Fang Xi felt many of the doubts he had accumulated before dissipate, while also giving rise to many new ones.

"The Five Elements Rotation is the foundation of the world... add in the Void, Light and Time, Life and Death... it’s actually the embryonic form of a world!"

"The three thousand Dao pathways all lead to the same destination... the Four Arts of Cultivation can integrate with each other, and so can my Sword Path and array path..."

"Should the next realm I pursue be ’One Sword Gives Birth to Heaven and Earth’?"

The ultimate pursuit of an Array is rather to create Small Thousand, Medium Thousand, or even Big Thousand Worlds!

Furthermore, the Sword Path upwards has two branches, namely One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws and One Sword Creates All Methods!

’One Sword Creates the Universe’ undoubtedly belongs to One Sword Creates All Methods and is the pinnacle!

"Only, such a realm is extremely difficult to achieve, hence using Arrays as an aid..."

"To construct a ’Sword World’, merely eight Immortal Flying Swords are far from enough, ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand are never too many..."

"Thousand Swords Old Man, Thousand Swords Old Man... so it’s like this, isn’t it?"

"I’m afraid even this Taoist Master has not yet reached the complete realm of ’One Sword Creates the Universe’..."

"But at least, he could see the path ahead... although it’s only in terms of skill."

Fang Xi’s eyes brightened, and the miniature Eight Gates Sword Array before him underwent a sudden change.

Black, white, red, yellow, green...

The Five Elements rotated, subtly turning into chaos, the foundation of Heaven and Earth.

The chaos burst forth violently, with Clear Qi rising and Impure Qi sinking, turning into the Void!

Once the Void was established, there was the flow of Light and Time.

All around and above and below is called Space; the past and future is called Time!

An illusory universe formed, and with the addition of the Law of Reincarnation, life emerged...

Bang!

This ’Heaven and Earth’ was ultimately just a deduction and couldn’t sustain the actual emergence of life.

When the Law of Life and Death was included, the small ’Heaven and Earth’ exploded violently.

An unprecedented primordial Sword Qi of Heaven and Earth began to take shape, infusing into the fragment of the map Fang Xi held before him.

"Hm? This Sword Array fragment, could there be hidden secrets?"

Fang Xi’s eyes lit up.

That fragment left behind by the Thousand Swords Old Man actually concealed another layer of mystery!

In an instant!

The residual silk burst forth with a bright light, and a terrifying suction force came forth.

"Me?"

Fang Xi felt his Origin Soul stir, ready to be sucked into the whirlpool triggered by the residual silk.

Normally, he could counter this suction force directly using the ’Treasures of All Heavens’.

But Fang Xi thought for a moment, and since it was only an externalization, he immediately resisted, and his Origin Soul, bright as the moon, emerged and entered the vortex.

...

The next moment, heaven and earth underwent a sudden change!

"To comprehend ’One Sword Creates the Universe’, one can enter the ’Sun Moon Divine Breath Array’, to become a recorded disciple of Sun Moon Divine Mountain and Thousand Swords Old Man..."

A mechanical, vast voice suddenly rang out within Fang Xi’s Origin Soul.

Then, that incomplete piece of silk instantaneously turned to flying ash, leaving only a mark that fell into the Origin Soul.

The Origin Soul, taking the shape of Fang Xi, raised his right hand, and saw on the back of his right hand, a sword-shaped mark had appeared at some unknown time.

At the same time, a large amount of information emerged within his Origin Soul.

"This place, is none other than the ’Sun Moon Divine Breath Array’, an Array of the Eleventh Order, or perhaps even close to the Twelfth Order!"

"Arranged by Sun Moon Divine Mountain, Thousand Swords Old Man... Its scope is so vast it’s unimaginable, and it could even envelop most territories within the True Immortal Realm."

"All cultivators approved by the Array Spirit can obtain a mark of authority, allowing their Origin Souls to enter this array..."

"In fact, it’s akin to a virtual space that covers the True Immortal Realm... If it can be done in the Lower Realms, of course, it can be done in the True Immortal Realm, it’s just that those high and mighty beings do not deign to do it."

Having experienced much, Fang Xi immediately understood, "Could this be the origin of the rumored comprehending of Array Maps and Prime Taoist Master’s recruitment of disciples? But I haven’t agreed yet..."

Of course, he thought this only to himself.

In front of the external Array Spirit, he would definitely not verbalize it.

At this time, Fang Xi is free to look around.

As far as the eye can see, the world is a reddish hue, and the ’sun’ in the high sky is not the Great Sun star, but a grand and vast divine mountain!

On the land, palaces rise abruptly from the ground, emitting an indescribable Daoist charm.

"The power of Rules..."

Fang Xi slightly stirred, and the Earth Attribute Rule converged into a small earth-yellow mountain. He then fell silent, "As expected of an Eleventh Order Array, this Rules simulation, I can’t even tell real from fake..."

Although both are virtual spaces, to envelop the True Immortal Realm is obviously different in difficulty compared to enveloping an ordinary Small Thousand World.

Not to mention, let’s say Fang Xi, who had integrated the Earth Immortal Realm, wants the Nine States Sect to set up a virtual space that covers the Earth Immortal Realm, even if it worked both Demon Exterminator and Ghost Axe to death, it still couldn’t be set up!

To not to mention, the degree of simulation here is simply astonishing!

At least Fang Xi couldn’t find a single flaw.

According to the division in the Cultivation World, Mahayana is the Eighth Order, True Immortal is Ninth Order, and Prime Taoist Master is the Tenth Order!

The Taoist Master is the Eleventh Order!

Thousand Swords Old Man, with his Sword Array, is undoubtedly at least an Array Master of the Eleventh Order!

The ’Sun Moon Divine Breath Array’ he arranged indeed feels like another world!

’But still... there is no direct proof for the Taoist Fruit.’

With a thought, Fang Xi felt that by using the ’Treasures of All Heavens’, he could still leave at any time, and his heart was somewhat reassured, yet also filled with some fear.

After meeting the requirements and gaining access to this Eleventh Order Immortal Array, the Array Spirit then transmitted the basic information to him.

"Everything Thousand Swords Old Man said before is true; he really wants to find a successor for his mantle..."

"Those Array Maps are just casting a wide net... Only those who truly comprehend the concept of ’One Sword Creates the Universe’ from within the Array Maps can enter."

"In this Great Array, there are thousands of Jade Screens, all bearing the Sword Array insights of Thousand Swords Old Man..."

"The recorded disciples who pass the first round of selection should be able to comprehend many true teachings of ’One Sword Creates the Universe’ from these Jade Screens... If someone satisfies Thousand Swords Old Man, the Taoist Master will naturally appear and accept him as an official disciple, even a direct disciple! How many recorded disciples can now freely enter this place? There must be tens of thousands of Immortals?"

"That’s a relief..."

Fang Xi breathed a sigh of relief when he learned of this.

It seemed that it was only a matter of being a recorded disciple and unlikely to attract the attention of that Taoist Master.

But soon he felt rather speechless: ’The Beichen Immortal Domain is indeed a backwater place, there are more Immortals in this one Array Space than in an entire domain, and among these tens of thousands of Immortals, there are not a few who exist at the Prime Taoist Master level...’

’I even suspect that Lord Illusory Destruction might well have been a member of this place before. Of course, being able to prove oneself as a Prime Taoist Master, one must at least be an official disciple...’

’Even the lowest tier recorded disciples are Immortals!’

’Not just any Immortals, but those with exceptional talents in the Sword Path or Array Path, capable of comprehending the ’One Sword Creates the Universe’ to a Beginner level...the quality is much higher than ordinary Immortals.’

’This judgement, I don’t even know what the exact standard is?’

Fang Xi knew that although he had a clear path ahead of him, his comprehension of ’One Sword Creates the Universe’ was still just a drop in the ocean, so to speak!

No, it should be said a grain of sand in the vast sea!

Even so, in the entire Beichen Immortal Domain, it would still be considered one of the best.

’The True Immortal Realm... how vast!’

’Sun Moon Divine Mountain... how strong!’

’But still... one day I will surpass it.’

Fang Xi had unparalleled confidence in his heart.

Now that he was here, he immediately turned into a streak of light and headed towards the Jade Screens.

"Thousand Swords Old Man’s legacy, huh? It is worth a look..."