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Chapter 1206 - 1060: Secrets (Extra, please subscribe)

Chapter 1206: Chapter 1060: Secrets (Extra, please subscribe)

"Will you dare leave your name after killing my beloved son?" asked the Dragon Lord’s Divine Thought as it faced Fang Xi, completely without the strength to fight back.

Suddenly, in the surrounding Void, numerous soap bubbles gleaming with seven-colored radiance appeared out of nowhere.

Within these bubbles, a wisp of the Dragon Lord’s Divine Thought materialized, transforming into a Purple Jade Qiu Dragon, and suddenly exclaimed,

"The Cultivation World is perilous, I never leave my name behind."

Fang Xi smirked coldly, his fingers coming together to lightly pinch.

Pop!

The soap bubbles burst one after another, and under the Law of Illusory Destruction, the wisp of the Dragon Lord’s Divine Thought was also thoroughly annihilated, leaving no trace...

Not only that, but he also erased the nearby traces of the magical battle, leaving not even a hint of aura remaining.

Fang Xi’s Divine Thought swept back and forth a few times to make sure there were no lingering threats before his figure flashed, and he suddenly disappeared...

...

Chirp!

Above a vast sea.

Countless fluorescent jellyfish, emitting a five-colored luster, gathered like clouds and slowly ascended into the air.

Amidst the countless five-colored clouds, a phoenix’s cry suddenly echoed.

A Five-Colored Phoenix, filled with a majestic and noble aura, flew out from the clouds, seemingly with a trace of struggle.

Then, from within the clouds, slashes of Sword Light suddenly cut through the air.

This Sword Light, originally sharp and fierce, was now refined like extremely tough pure white ropes, wrapping around the slender neck of the Five-Colored Phoenix.

Fang Xi held the white Sword Light with both hands, like reins, and landed on the back of the Phoenix.

Chirp, chirp!

Feng Huang struggled fiercely, and colorful phoenix feathers kept drifting in the Void.

Time passed unknowably, and she finally stopped, following Fang Xi’s direction and riding through the four directions of the Void.

"Not bad, not bad..."

"Riding the Phoenix offers indeed a unique sentiment."

Fang Xi, still in the guise of a burly swordsman, rode Feng Huang, finding it quite amusing, feeling a thrill similar to taming a wild horse.

"How about it? Are you subdued now?"

After another forceful charge on the Phoenix, entering through the clusters of five-colored jellyfish, Fang Xi tightened the reins transformed from Sword Light and asked with a long laugh.

The Five-Colored Phoenix immediately lowered its head, nuzzling against his clothes, and a smooth female voice emanated from its beak, "This concubine will comply..."

Although Feng Huang initially swore to never submit, in Fang Xi’s hands, the woman could neither live nor die on her own terms...

Eventually, she could only submit.

"Well done!"

Fang Xi then dismounted, no, stepped down from the Phoenix, and looked as the Five-Colored Phoenix flickered with a silvery light, transforming back into the disheveled appearance of Feng Huang.

"Feng Huang, at your service, Master."

Feng Huang kneeled down, a crystal tear rolling down from the corner of her eye.

"Hmph, having the honor to be my mount is the fortune you accumulated over countless lifetimes of Cultivation..."

Fang Xi snorted coldly, "But seeing how unwilling you are, master is over it... Tell me your origins, maybe if I’m in a good mood, I might let you go..."

"Really?"

Feng Huang’s eyes brightened; she had already resigned to her fate.

After all, this new master was able to defeat the Third Prince of the Qiu Dragons, obviously possessing both formidable strength and influence.

He might be from a force like the Beichen Immortal Palace.

But now, he was willing to let her go.

For Monster Species, especially those who had been bound for years, what they most longed for was undoubtedly freedom!

"You may believe or not believe..."

Fang Xi chuckled.

This Phoenix had been taken into the Heaven Treasure and hadn’t witnessed his final move.

Otherwise, she would know that being a mount for a worthy Taoist Master in the True Immortal Realm is a stroke of fortune that even the various Immortal birds and beasts can’t even beg for!

Feng Huang bitterly smiled, then said, "This servant is an Ascending Cultivator from the Beichen Immortal Domain, previously trapped by the Beichen Immortal Palace, later joining the Ascension Alliance..."

"The Ascension Alliance, eh?"

Fang Xi stroked his chin, "I’ve heard that your Ascension Alliance’s leader, also an Ascending Cultivator, deserted the Beichen Immortal Palace and eventually attained Taoist Mastery, I do admire that... How come, as part of the Ascension Alliance, you have fallen to such a state?"

"This naturally occurred due to a great catastrophe... Master must know of the previous incident in the Spirit Mountain of the Beichen Immortal Domain, where someone attained the unprecedented status of Lord Reincarnation in the True Immortal Realm, right?"

Feng Huang said, "Although there are rumors suggesting that Lord Reincarnation was a genius secretly cultivated by the Brahman Sect, aiming to control the Cycle of Reincarnation... resulting in the knowledgeable wise king Buddha suffering quite a bit, but many Taoist Masters focussed on the Beichen Immortal Domain, making the Ascension Alliance rather conspicuous, as it was formed by Ascenders, while most Taoist Masters ascend from local Immortals..."

Fang Xi naturally knew that his Reincarnation Taoist Seed was highly coveted.

Even the Thousand Swords Old Man, if he knew about it, would probably not let it go.

After all, his ’One Sword Creates the Universe’ had been nearly perfected over countless years, only lacking the final opportunity.

And that one opportunity was the Reincarnation Taoist Seed!

"I have the protection of the Treasures of All Heavens, possessing talents that are impossible to predict... Even a Taoist Master would struggle to foresee my moves."

"So, does that just leave an investigation then?"

Fang Xi faintly understood why Xuan Qing had been hunted last time.

"These Taoist Masters are truly insane. Are they planning to scrutinize every Immortal in the Beichen Immortal Domain? Even if they are just collecting intelligence, without local snakes, it’s extremely cumbersome and difficult..."

"As for the Beichen Immortal Palace, it seems like the obvious choice?"

"And the Ascension Alliance? A mere force of Ascending Cultivators established by a Taoist Species, hardly worth mentioning... If any Taoist Master harbored ill intentions, it would be doomed..."

Fang Xi roughly guessed why Feng Huang had come here.

"The Ascension Alliance... no longer exists!"

Feng Huang continued, "After Lord Reincarnation achieved Tao, the Ascension Alliance was attacked, even the alliance master nearly lost his life... In a crucial moment, it was a Taoist Master ’Thousand Swords Old Man’ who appeared and took the alliance master away... With the master gone, we Ascending Cultivators could only find our ways to survive. I relied on my familiarity with the Void Laws and fled to the Vast Sea Immortal Domain, yet still sustained grievous injuries. I was about to find an Immortal Island to gather Spirit Medicine and heal in seclusion when I encountered the Third Prince from the Qiu Dragon tribe, entangling me..."

"A Taoist Master—Thousand Swords Old Man? He actually intervened to save Lord Green Cloud?"

Fang Xi was slightly surprised.

But he also knew, had there not been an intervention from a Taoist Master-level power, the Ascension Alliance would not merely have disbanded but been annihilated!

The reason why the Ascension Alliance still disbanded was naturally because Thousand Swords Old Man was only one Taoist Master, unable to withstand the collective will of many Taoist Masters!

"The name of Thousand Swords Old Man, I’ve also heard it before. Did he really have such a connection with Lord Green Cloud?"

Fang Xi immediately showed an interested expression.

"Myself, I do not know... However, it seems that the alliance master is the formal disciple of that Thousand Swords Old Man."

Feng Huang gave a bitter smile. "Hence, he could still be rescued under the malicious intent of those Taoist Masters... But since Thousand Swords Old Man only saved the alliance master, the rest of us had to fend for ourselves..."

"A formal disciple of Thousand Swords Old Man?"

Fang Xi’s thoughts spun rapidly, quickly deducing a possibility.

"Thousand Swords Old Man likes to take on nominal disciples. With Lord Green Cloud’s talents, accidentally obtaining a piece of the Sword Array and then displaying his talent, infusing it with Sword Qi, it’s highly likely to be sensed by the ’Sun Moon Divine Breath Array’..."

"Know-it-all also mentioned before that the formal disciples Thousand Swords Old Man took before Tian Chong were all Prime Taoist Masters!"

"Among them, one has an honorific title ’Qing Ping,’ which sounds like Lord Green Cloud’s disguise!"

"I knew why Lord Green Cloud dared to seek revenge on Beichen Immortal Palace, turns out he also has a powerful backing."

Fang Xi wondered if his own presence in the Vast Sea Immortal Domain was also not too safe?

Should he move further away?

"Oh? So my original self is in the Earth Immortal Realm, these are just Externalizations? Then there’s no problem..."

Fang Xi mused to himself.

Unbeknownst to him, his proof as a Prime Taoist Master had actually brought about a turnaround in the tense situation of Beichen Immortal Domain!

Although... those Immortals sure didn’t want this kind of turnaround.

"So that’s how it is..."

He stroked his chin, then asked about the recent major events in the Beichen Immortal Domain, then beckoned with his hand.

Swoosh swoosh!

Ropes formed from Sword Light emerged from Feng Huang and then vanished abruptly.

"Huh?"

Feng Huang, overjoyed, looked incredulously at Fang Xi.

"All I care about is that I once possessed it. You are free now..."

Fang Xi laughed heartily as his figure transformed into a beam of Sword Light and then vanished without a trace.

The terrifying might in that instant made Feng Huang’s color change instantly: "This person, indeed, is a supreme Dao progeny... perhaps, even capable of reaching the status of Prime Taoist Master in the future."

But soon, her face grew resolute again: "Even so, I refuse to submit... I want to be a free Demon, and besides, many Dao progenies are trapped in that final step of Zhendao, unable to reach Prime Taoist Master status, my choice, is absolutely correct..."

Regrettably, Feng Huang didn’t know what an incredible opportunity she had just missed.

And, her Void Taoist Seed, once it reached Dao, was destined for a tragic fall...

...

Ten thousand Coral Island.

The Mountain Pearl Incarnation came to understand many pieces of information: "So Lord Green Cloud is actually a formal disciple of Thousand Swords Old Man... It seems this person is also extraordinarily talented, having completed a part of ’One Sword Creates the Universe’..."

Thousand Swords Old Man had tens of thousands of nominal disciples, those truly admitted to his inner circle were definitely useful to him.

"Maybe it’s worth checking out Sun Moon Divine Mountain..."

The True Immortal Realm is too vast; because of the characteristics of the eleventh-tier Great Array, Sun Moon Divine Mountain could do many things and had long been trending as an extensive online communication platform.

The Mountain Pearl Incarnation had previously provoked Luo Fu, which was a bit awkward.

But as long as he avoided her, there shouldn’t be any problem.

Fang Xi guessed that Taoist Master Qingping was actually Lord Green Cloud, but he wasn’t entirely certain.

But just one sighting on Sun Moon Divine Mountain would confirm it.

After all, he had seen Lord Green Cloud take action at the Grand Assembly of Ten thousand Immortals in Beichen Immortal Palace before.

"That little Phoenix, really wasn’t worthy to be my mount, playing and then discarding is most appropriate..."

"By now... the third Externalization should also be heading for a brand-new Big Thousand World, right?"

The Mountain Pearl Incarnation looked serene, activating a mark on the back of his hand, and his Origin Soul immediately reached Sun Moon Divine Mountain!