Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1185 - 1039: Strange Changes in the Sacred Mountain

Chapter 1185: Chapter 1039: Strange Changes in the Sacred Mountain

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Fang Xi’s gaze seemed to discover something, and he looked toward a certain place.

The power of Time Sequence faintly fluctuated, and then a middle-aged man with dragon horns appeared—it was Ao Yan!

"I didn’t expect you, who are from the past, not to rescue yourself but still persist in pursuing?"

Fang Xi chuckled heartily.

"I didn’t expect that you wouldn’t leave either. Could it be that you rely on having an Externalization?"

Ao Yan answered coldly.

"Whether it’s the case or not, why don’t you try and see?"

Fang Xi’s original body did not move, but he turned to the Fang Immortal Taoist Master beside him and said, "This little dragon has cultivated to the second step of Combining Taoist Paths, the Jade Platform realm. This is only one of its past incarnations, but it possesses nearly 60 to 70 percent of the original’s power... Facing such an Externalization, unless one has reached the Taoist Species realm through the Destruction Law, or cultivated an extremely unique law such as the Causality Law, it is nearly impossible to suppress..."

"Then may I ask, Master, how should I handle it?"

Fang Xian performed another bow, treating this as a practical combat observation class.

"To hell with it!"

Ao Yan’s gaze flickered.

Three strange fingernails, like meteors, streaked towards Fang Xi.

Dang!

In midair, a small dragon scale shield suddenly appeared, blocking all three purple meteors.

"The Law of Time is very special; to counter it... one must have cultivated a related law."

Fang Xi said leisurely, "As for using Externalization against the past incarnation, it indeed relies a bit on sheer persistence... If one does not cultivate the Causality or Destruction laws then the only option is to have sufficiently powerful Divine Consciousness, then exert special Divine Consciousness Secret Skills to directly attack all its incarnations."

While he was teaching Fang Xian, the Mountain Pearl Incarnation swung its sword, the Five Mountain True Form appeared, trapping Ao Yan within.

"Hmm? You... actually have hidden so much?"

A ten-thousand-foot purple True Dragon manifested behind Ao Yan.

The True Dragon opened its maw, breathing out purple streams onto the Five Mountains, causing slight vibrations in the mountains, yet still bearing the onslaught.

Just this scene alone made Ao Yan realize Fang Xi had much more hidden, "With such cultivation, why the need to flee?"

"We Immortal Cultivators, who among us does not hold something back? Beneath each mask lies another, such is the norm!"

The Mountain Pearl Incarnation smiled and shouted, "Watch closely, little Immortal. I am now going to use the Seven Emotion Sword Skills, targeting the cultivator’s joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, using emotions as the strings... It is a method to directly target the original body through an Externalization."

He swung the Earth Virtue Sword in his hand, and mysteriously, colorful threads appeared in the Void, like the strings of a qin.

And Fang Xi’s sword technique also changed accordingly, as if casually strumming qin strings, each swing generating powerful emotional forces that transformed into Sword Light!

"Master is impressive!"

Seeing such a dazzling sword technique for the first time, Fang Xian could not help but admire.

"Actually, it’s all hard work. To attack the original body through an incarnation using this Seven Emotion Sword Skills requires that one’s Divine Thought be almost twice that of the opponent..."

Fang Xi’s original body shook his head, "Therefore, it’s also a technique for bullying the weak. However, in the Cultivation World with many immortals and spirits studying various life-saving techniques, and with a multitude who possess incarnations, it is not altogether useless..."

As the master and disciple conversed in a light and breezy manner, Ao Yan’s expression was solemn, his past incarnation’s right hand loosely grabbing, and a dragon scale whip appeared.

Roar, roar!

From this Immortal Weapon emerged a dragon chant, with each whip lash seemingly causing slight ripples in the River of Time...

...

Mount Fengxue.

"Ah!"

Xing Xuanzi screamed, his eyeballs bursting open, leaving behind two dark, sinister bloody holes, appearing quite penetrating.

Not only that, his limbs were simultaneously pierced by tree branches, similar to Yu Xuan, and hung high up.

On the Taoist Transformation Monster’s body, the tree burls resembling human faces seemed to grow a bit larger, opening wide to devour the man’s Origin Soul.

Xing Xuanzi was also unlucky; he was already being chased and seriously injured by the Dragon Phoenix, and then attacked by a Taoist Transformation Monster comparable to the third step of Combining Taoist Paths. Neither Feng Huang nor Ao Yan helped him, so his demise was normal.

"Another Immortal!"

Around Feng Huang, numerous Phoenix Seal Scripts surged to resist the black wooden spikes falling from the sky, her expression icy, "According to the rumors, such monsters can evolve by devouring fellow cultivators like us. It’s indeed not without merit... Now that Xing Xuanzi is dead, there’s no need for us to hold back anymore."

"Indeed."

Ao Yan nodded.

He had split off several past incarnations, appearing as though it did not affect his Magic Power, but in reality, it greatly restricted his mind.

At this moment, he formed hand seals, the Time Taoist Seed floating above his head.

Feng Huang also formed hand seals, causing the Void Taoist Seed to appear; the two Taoist Seeds merged again, unifying the cosmos, evolving a hint of the true essence of the Space-Time Path!

Whoosh!

Time-Space Turbulence swept across, splitting countless wooden fences into pieces.

The cage created by the Taoist Transformation Monster was instantly reduced to ashes.

"Good, let’s join forces and directly eradicate this monster... This type of Taoist Transformation monster, once dead, might actually condense some treasures of Tao resonance, such as the ’Star Dew’ from Beichen Immortal Palace!"

Seeing the Time-Space Turbulence had already trapped the Taoist Transformation Monster, Ao Yan couldn’t help but let out a long laugh.

But just at that moment, his expression changed, covering his forehead.

In his pupils, a rainbow radiance momentarily flashed.

Joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure... Threads of the Seven Emotions spontaneously converged, transforming into an exceptionally dazzling Sword Light, directly piercing his Origin Soul!

"Ah!"

Ao Yan screamed, his Origin Soul was actually cleaved by the Seven Emotion Sword Light!

"This is..."

Staring at its true form falling from the sky, Feng Huang was shocked, "Someone used supreme sword skills to directly cut down my origin soul through an incarnation? Was it one of the immortals who were chasing us earlier? That person’s sword skills must have reached a level of shocking the heavens and moving spirits!"

Thinking again how the other party had already left of their own accord, Ao Yan stubbornly pursued, which had an aura of courting death.

"Fortune and disaster are doorless, only summoned by oneself!"

Feng Huang sighed.

Meanwhile, with the absence of Ao Yan’s Time Taoist Seed, the space-time secret skill immediately went out of control.

Numerous time-space turbulences vanished in an instant.

The Taoist Transformation Monster roared, and a massive amount of wooden spikes fiercely shot out, stringing up the corpse of Zu Long.

Blood-red lines emerged from the dark wooden branches, the injuries of the Taoist Transformation Monster quickly healed, even its aura surged violently.

A tree knot-like head screamed, its form swelling once again.

In the void, eerie dark green runes flashed, rushing towards Feng Huang.

"Alas..."

Feng Huang sighed softly, and with a swipe of her hand through the void, a terrifying void crack appeared, swallowing those dark green runes.

Then, her figure gradually faded and vanished in a flash...

As a refiner of the Void Taoist Seed, she could easily escape if she wanted to, and the Taoist Transformation Monster couldn’t trap her.

After losing its target, the Taoist Transformation Monster continuously roared, and suddenly grew a large number of black limbs resembling human torsos.

Black viscous fluid flowed, seemingly covering Mount Fengxue, bringing an ominous atmosphere...

...

Whoosh!

The Earth Virtue Sword thundered, turning into a streak of light, returning to the hand of the Mountain Pearl Incarnation.

"Congratulations, Master, on defeating a great enemy."

Fang Xian hurriedly congratulated.

"Enough..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, retracting his external incarnation, and sighed, "We immortals do not care about temporary honor or disgrace because we pursue Long Life and freedom. We act only for benefits. This time I took a loss; an incarnation has gone, now nothing remains... At most, I’d kill its original body to vent my anger."

"That person, for a mere dispute of pride, came to chase us and lost his life!"

"Take this as a caution in your future endeavors!"

He solemnly instructed.

After all, the former Fang Immortal Taoist Master was quite fond of taking risks, even though he could predict Heavenly Secrets accurately and never failed, a single mistake would lead to complete failure!

Fortunately, according to Fang Xi’s observation, the current Fang Xian seems to have inherited his steadiness and is unlikely to repeat the old path of the Fang Immortal Taoist Master.

"Disciple understands... Master, where shall we go next?"

Fang Xian’s eyes carried a bit of anticipation.

"Alas... With no idle meals from Abundant Karma House available, let’s just find a Fairy City to settle down randomly and see how things unfold."

Fang Xi sighed.

He still needed to withstand the Taichi Seven Declines, not knowing whether the destruction of Abundant Karma House counted as the sixth decline.

However, the final decline of the Taichi Seven, the Decadence of Tao Heart, would certainly be troublesome if he happened to be in a dangerous place by then.

...

Sun Moon Divine Mountain.

The Mountain Pearl Incarnation seemed to be retracted by Fang Xi, but in reality, it entered Thousand Monument Mountain again through a mark sensing the Sun Moon Divine Breath Array.

Before a Jade Stele Mountain.

’Thousand Swords Old Man truly deserves to be a Taoist Master, deeply exploring many laws...’

Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the bizarre runes ahead, silently pondering the various changes of the Eight Gates Sword Array: "Of course... it could also be the result of absorbing the crystallized wisdom of all cultivators over countless years through ’Tao Resonance.’"

Without such a geomantic treasure, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to elevate the laws of the Eight Gates Sword Array and the Reincarnation Rule to the level of a Taoist Seed.

’Compared to other comprehenders, I am merely a Pixiu, only taking in without letting out...’

He smiled faintly and resumed his contemplation.

Although he had decided to base his foundation on the Reincarnation Taoist Seed to prove himself as Lord Reincarnation.

After becoming a Lord, he still needed to merge many Taoist Seeds to form a great Tao!

Thousand Swords Old Man was also a Taoist Master, and possibly quite powerful among them.

Understanding this Taoist Master’s Tao would be beneficial for Fang Xi’s future choices.

He immersed himself in the sea of laws, seemingly forgetting the passage of time in the outside world.

Not knowing how long had passed, Fang Xi opened his eyes, swept his divine thought, and saw a lady in white like snow beside him, seemingly also comprehending the Jade Stele.

"Luo, we meet again..."

He smiled gently and greeted.

"You... who are you?"

Luo Fu looked at Fang Xi, her clear eyes like a deer’s, yet containing a hint of confusion.

"Master, don’t bother with this person; he’s a bad guy!"

Before Fang Xi could reply, her Sword Spirit immediately spoke up, sounding quite indignant.

"I am not any bad person..."

Fang Xi touched his nose, suddenly his expression changed.

Luo Fu did the same, looking up at Sun Moon Divine Mountain...