Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1184 - 1038: Monster

Chapter 1184: Chapter 1038: Monster

"Hmm?"

Fang Xi’s heart stirred, "The Yu Family is indeed deeply rooted; could they actually be harboring an old ancestor?"

Xuan Qing thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "There seems to be an ancient existence, the Immortal who founded the Abundant Karma House, who has lived for who knows how many ten thousand years... We thought that he had long since fallen in a battle of magic power or had gone far away. Unexpectedly, he has been in seclusion on Mount Fengxue all this time!"

Roar! Roar!

Chirp! Chirp!

At this time, a series of Dragon Chapter and Phoenix Seal replaced the previous heavy snow, falling from the sky, bringing with them a sense of time-space distortion.

Fang Xi suddenly felt that although Xuan Qing seemed very close, he was actually quite distant, with an unknown amount of time and space separating them.

"A one-by-one breakdown? What a wonderful secret skill..."

His eyes lit up.

This secret skill required Ao Yan and Feng Huang to join forces to deploy, but for him, having already condensed both the Void and Time Taoist Seeds, he could learn it on his own.

Pity that these two would not teach him.

’Wait... that’s not to say, I am not only an Ascending Cultivator but also an Earth Immortal from the human race who has ascended in the Ascension Alliance. I could truly claim to be from a distinguished lineage and be considered a native alongside Lord Green Cloud, absolutely one of our own...’

’If I join, wouldn’t my status skyrocket?’

’But on second thought, the Ascension Alliance is currently deadlocked with the Beichen Immortal Palace... and it might become dangerous once the Prime Taoist Masters from other celestial domains come to their aid... Although Lord Green Cloud is probably well-prepared, I never gamble!’

’As long as I do not gamble, I will not lose!’

Fang Xi smiled to himself. The Earth Virtue Sword appeared in his hand and with a swing, an earthy yellow Taoist Seed shook the Earth Attribute Law.

The force of the law surged violently, instantly transforming into a range of mountains.

—Thousand Heavy Mountains!

Bang! Bang!

One mountain peak after another exploded, causing the space-time seal to show slight signs of instability.

Fang Xi slashed with his sword again, and this sword light was exceedingly nimble, like star marbles leaping, suddenly striking at the convergence of countless Phoenix Seal Script and Dragon Chapter Script.

Whoosh!

As if breaking from a point to a surface, this secret skill began to collapse from its foundation!

This sword stroke was truly astonishing; if it were not for Fang Xi, who had already condensed the power of both laws’ Taoist Seeds and was proficient in both Phoenix Seal Script and Dragon Chapter Script and extremely familiar with Feng Huang and Ao Yan, none of this would have been possible.

"How could our time-space secret skill have such a flaw?"

Ao Yan was shocked and pale.

"It’s not that the time-space secret skill has a flaw, but that you and I have flaws!"

Feng Huang looked at Fang Xi, a thoughtful flash in her beautiful eyes. A delicate jade hand transformed into a phoenix claw, still holding the Origin Soul of an immortal.

"Spare me, Fairy..."

This Origin Soul belonged to Immortal Yunli of the Black Water Sect.

Evidently, among the many immortals separated by this time-space secret skill, he had fallen victim.

The disparity represented here was enough to drive one to despair!

Yun Li the Immortal certainly did not wish to die; he had not cultivated the Externalization secret skill and had come in person.

He never expected to encounter such a disaster!

"Heh..."

Feng Huang let out a cold laugh, a Void Taoist Seed emerged in her phoenix claw, igniting a silvery-white void flame.

Yun Li the Immortal screamed miserably and was immediately annihilated in both body and spirit!

For those carefree immortals who aspired to immortality, this scene was truly horrific!

On the other side, Ao Yan was even more brutal, having previously devoured the body and Origin Soul of Shadow Immortal!

As enslaved Ascending Immortals, they each harbored a degree of resentment, not to mention that their true forms were from the Monster Clan, which often meant they tended towards bloodthirsty and cruel actions.

"Uncle Ying..."

The immortals who owed their escape to Fang Xi all trembled at the sight.

Upon seeing Shadow Immortal get killed, Yu Xuan’s body summoned several flying swords resembling crimson plums, the Ten Thousand Heavy Puppets guarding her side, and a trace of killing intent appeared on her face as she fiercely waved a token in her hand.

Beams of light fell, causing the great array of Mount Fengxue to collapse even faster.

One by one, the snowy peaks crumbled, revealing an enormous cave entrance.

Within the cave was a mansion, with two proud bronze doors standing tall.

Rusty marks filled the chains that tightly sealed the doors.

Whoosh!

And at that moment, these bronze chains were constantly breaking apart.

"Hmm? This isn’t a closure of deep seclusion... why does it seem like it’s being sealed?"

Upon seeing this scene, Fang Xi’s heart stirred, and he immediately landed on the ground.

With a flash of Earth Escape Skills, he disappeared without a trace.

"Senior Fang..."

Upon witnessing this, Yu Xuan exclaimed, "What are you going to do?"

"Master... I’m of limited ability and truly unable to withstand. I shall take my leave from the Abundant Karma House today..."

Fang Xi transmitted his Divine Thought and then left the vicinity of Mount Fengxue.

After all, he was nothing but an Incarnation.

The main body, naturally taking action based on circumstances, had already taken Little Immortal Fang and left the moment the dragon and the phoenix arrived, undetected by either Ao Yan or Feng Huang.

In fact, even the externalization of the Mountain Pearl had previously tested the methods of the Gold Immortal’s Origin Soul in order to enhance the quality of its own Origin Soul.

At this moment, if it released its full combat power, even if only partially revealed, taking down Ao Yan and Feng Huang wouldn’t be much of a problem.

But still, that same question remained, what virtues and abilities did Abundant Karma House have to make Fang Xi devote himself so?

Moreover, Fang Xi had noticed the subtle change in Yu Xuan’s attitude from before.

Now, he naturally chose to withdraw and retreat with the tide!

With his withdrawal, immortals like Xuan Qing exchanged glances and surprisingly scattered in every direction.

Among these, the immortals who had come to offer congratulations, such as Spring Dawn, were the quickest to leave.

After all, they were only involved by association.

"Master, today I too will resign from my position as an elder..."

With a sigh, Xuan Qing threw down an elder’s medallion.

He saw very clearly that even if Abundant Karma House won this time, they would inevitably be caught up in the crushing strife between Beichen Immortal Palace and the Ascension Alliance.

As an immortal of the sect, it was even possible he’d be deployed to fight to the death in various places.

Immortals cherish freedom above all else, so naturally, they would take their leave in the face of such events.

Nothing matters more than one’s own life!

"I..."

Yu Xuan was stunned for a moment, wondering why, when she was about to summon her ancestor and victory was at hand, so many people around her had left?

Now, only Xing Xuanzi remained.

Yet, she did not know that it was precisely because they wanted to leave that they avoided getting involved with the Abundant Karma House’s foundation!

Otherwise, once that ancestor emerged, it would be difficult to leave.

"Ha ha... Indeed a rabble, thinking of fleeing?"

Ao Yan burst into loud laughter, his face showing a hint of hatred, as one ’Ao Yan’ after another walked out from his form, chasing down the great immortals.

These were not his external incarnations, but rather ’past selves.’ For Zu Long, such incarnations condensed by the Law of Time were more expedient and also cheaper to use than external incarnations...

"Be careful!"

Feng Huang, being an Immortal Array Master, stared at the underground cave mansion with a highly solemn expression. "This top-grade Ninth Tier array, most of its power seems to be directed inwards... I’m afraid that elder of the Yu Family is in a very problematic state!"

"Are you saying?"

Ao Yan seemed to think of something, his expression turning grave.

Whoosh!

At the next moment, countless tendrils pierced through the bronze giant doors.

The tendrils were pitch-black, oozing a foul-smelling black viscous liquid. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be assembled from various human limbs.

"Is this... the fluctuation of magic power from the third step of Combine Taoist, the Self-Forgetting Realm?"

Upon seeing this, Xing Xuanzi revealed a panicked look, "This is bad... your family ancestor failed in Self-Forgetting and has turned into a Taoist Transformation Monster!"

Before his words fell, dark branches penetrated Yu Xuan, lifting her before a giant black tree that seemed to be formed from countless limbs!

The Ten Thousand Heavy Puppets watched all this happen without any reaction.

"Ancestor..."

Yu Xuan’s Immortal blood splattered across the sky. Her Origin Soul struggled in pain but was gradually infiltrated by the black viscous liquid.

As an Immortal, she should not have been so powerless.

However, she had just ascended and was not yet familiar with the Origin Soul and magic power of an Immortal. Moreover, her cultivation techniques, bloodline, inherited Immortal Weapons, and puppets were all marked by this ancestor, rendering her completely resistant and dying a very stifling death.

On the giant black tree, a large burl with an old face emerged.

In his youth, the face must have belonged to an elegantly charming man. Now, with gaunt cheeks, he looked more like a skull.

His lifeless eyes stared at Yu Xuan and suddenly opened wide.

Strands of strange black threads emerged from his mouth, wrapping around Yu Xuan’s Origin Soul and eventually swallowing it.

Whoosh!

A tremendous swell of limbs and a pervading black mist surrounded the area like a cage, trapping not only numerous cultivators of Abundant Karma House but also Xing Xuanzi, Ao Yan, and Feng Huang within!

The ground seemed to turn into a quagmire.

In complete silence, one by one, the cultivators of Abundant Karma House didn’t even manage to scream before being swallowed by the earth...

The tree burl face abruptly turned around, a third eye emerging on its forehead, each eye staring intently at an Immortal...

...

"Oh? Is that the Yu Family Ancestor?"

A flash of earth-yellow light, and the Mountain Pearl incarnation of Fang Xi appeared on a hill thousands of miles away.

Fang Xi’s original self was sitting crossed-legged on the ground, with a long table set before him, laden with various Immortal fruits and rarities.

Little Immortal Fang cut a piece of jade-like melon and offered it to Fang Xi, then curiously asked, "Master, what is that?"

At the moment, from the direction of Mount Fengxue, black giant trees fell like a vast cage.

But each of those black giant trees was terrifyingly condensed from the power of the Wood Attribute Law, carrying an aura of darkness and madness...

"A Ground Immortal who has reached the third step on the path of Combine Taoist, but ultimately failed to overcome the Taichi Seven Declines and turned into a Taoist Transformation Monster!"

Fang Xi took a bite of melon and casually explained.

Moreover, even the cultivation technique practiced by the Yu Family Ancestor was all too familiar to him—it was the Evergreen Skills!

A Ground Immortal on the third step of Combine Taoist, who had also mutated into a Taoist Transformation Monster, was truly a formidable being.

It probably was only slightly less terrifying than the Heavenly Immortal Monster which had been refined into Star Dew during the Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals...

’If I fail to overcome the Taichi Declines and mutate into a monster, I fear it will be a thousand times, ten thousand times more terrifying than this one...’

Fang Xi’s original self watched this scene from a distance, contemplating inwardly.