Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1237 - 1091: Tao Resonance

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1091: Tao Resonance

Fang Xi still disguised himself as the burly swordsman.

With his recently attained strength of a Cosmic Immortal, a mere Qiu Dragon Taoist Master naturally could not see through him.

He held a bizarre long sword in his hand.

This long sword was of a deep black color, exuding a sense of indestructibility. It was the ’Neutron Sword’!

This flying sword was not only incredibly sharp, but also unbelievably sturdy.

Previously, as if merely testing the blade, he slew the Qiu Dragon Monarch’s eldest and second princes as easily as one would kill chickens.

In fact, Fang Xi had not even used any magic power or divine skills; it was purely the sharpness of the ’Neutron Sword’ that accomplished this feat.

’My hands wield many famous swords, with the ’Reincarnation Flying Sword’ as the foremost since it is, after all, a Taoist Device... Next, I fear, comes this very ’Neutron Sword’. Although not yet a Taoist Device, its sturdiness is already comparable. It wouldn’t be embarrassing for even a Prime Taoist Master to wield it...’

Fang Xi held the Neutron Sword, flicking it with his finger to produce a long hum.

The entire mass and gravitational force of a neutron star were now bound to the sword by his supreme divine skill, without a trace escaping.

After casually dealing with Feng Huang, Fang Xi turned his attention to the Qiu Dragon Monarch opposite him.

This was undoubtedly the true body of the adversary’s Taoist Master, a ten-tier Qiu Dragon!

If captured for pulling a carriage, it would definitely be a prestigious accomplishment.

"Sir, you killed my three beloved sons; this hatred is irreconcilable!"

The Qiu Dragon Monarch roared, a vast Purple Jade Qiu Dragon swept forward, drawing upon the icy fog law power of the entire True Immortal Realm, converging into hexagonal ice flowers, clearly enraged to the extreme.

"Oh? And what would you like to do about it?"

Fang Xi, holding the Neutron Sword, smiled with ease.

Once he had been but an external incarnation, using a Taoist Device for mere show. If this old dragon thought that was the extent of his power, he might very well make an erroneous judgement.

"Words are useless!"

The Qiu Dragon Monarch bellowed with rage as the icy fog law power of the entire True Immortal Realm was stirred up. Suddenly, with a cloud dragon’s flash, beams of white light, resembling chains or Qiu Dragons intertwined, transforming into a massive ice claw that smashed down from the heavens!

Fang Xi, seeing this, simply smiled and flicked the ’Neutron Sword’ in his hand.

Seals upon the Neutron Sword were undone one after another.

The sword instantly became incredibly heavy and emitted a terrifying suction force.

"Go!"

With a pinch of a sword gesture, the Neutron Sword immediately transformed into a pitch-black sword light that thunderously slashed forward.

Compared to the massive ice claw, this streak of pitch-black sword light was as thin as a hair.

But the next instant, as the black hair-like streak touched the ice claw, a horrifying suction force suddenly emerged!

The huge claw, formed from the countless icy fog law powers, twisted and condensed... and was absorbed into the pitch-black sword light.

It was as if... that wasn’t sword light at all, but rather a black hole that devoured everything!

"Swallowing law power?"

"No... it’s imbued with the power of time and space... You’re not Lord Illusory Destruction?"

The Qiu Dragon Monarch exclaimed in shock as the pitch-black sword light slashed through the ice claw, directly advancing towards him.

Cha!

The tens of thousands of zhang long Purple Jade Qiu Dragon extended a dragon claw.

As a ten-tier Flood Dragon, the Dragon Lord was confident its claws and teeth were second to none in comparison to any Taoist Device!

Pff!

However, it quickly felt the pitch-black sword light not only to be exceedingly sharp, but also extremely heavy, even shattering its scales.

A flash of excruciating pain followed.

The black light dissipated, revealing the Neutron Sword’s dark blade.

The blade, unassuming in its darkness as if unsharpened, was in fact sharper than any previous sword light!

Roar! Roar!

Feng Huang watched in amazement as, accompanied by a pained dragon chant, the Qiu Dragon Monarch’s claw was severed clean off!

Pff!

A Purple Jade, scale-covered dragon claw fell from the sky, splattering blood all along its descent.

This was the blood of a Dragon Lord!

Even a drop of it would provide substantial benefits if she could obtain it.

"How is this possible against a Taoist Master?"

She looked at the figure of the burdened swordsman, filled with even more regret.

But Fang Xi wouldn’t indulge the opponent.

At that moment, he subtly beckoned, centering on the ’Neutron Sword’, as strange space-time ripples suddenly spread outwards.

— Spacetime Singularity!

The void seemed to acquire a huge black sphere, greedily devouring everything within its range.

Whether it was the Qiu Dragon Taoist Master, the boundless seawater, or even the void and the law concepts... all were swallowed by the ’black hole’ in an instant!

Crack!

The infinity of the black hole shrank to a point in a blink and then vanished without a trace.

"Could a Taoist Master have really fallen just like that?"

Feng Huang found it hard to believe.

"It hasn’t come to that yet..."

Fang Xi raised his hand to summon the Neutron Sword back into his grasp, smiling cheerfully.

Rarely did he have a Taoist Master as a target, so he naturally started from the lowest level of force, gradually increasing his strength to test his own might.

Previously, he merely displayed some of the Neutron Sword’s wonders to engage on even footing with the Qiu Dragon Taoist Master.

This time he used a bit of power akin to that of a ’Black Hole Immortal’, unleashing the Spacetime Singularity, and unexpectedly, the Qiu Dragon Taoist Master was severely injured!

Yes, severely injured!

After all, his Divine Thought was extraordinary, already having locked onto the Qiu Dragon Taoist Master.

He also knew that although the other party was badly hurt in that last move ’Spacetime Singularity’, they had definitely not perished!

"This realm’s Taoist Masters cultivate various secret skills, their survivability is indeed extremely strong!"

Fang Xi couldn’t help but exclaim as he took a step forward.

The void instantly engulfed him, and in a blink, he disappeared without a trace...

Feng Huang, trailing behind, watched this unfold and couldn’t help feeling even more disheartened...

...

A ripple of spacetime flashed.

In the boundless Void of the True Immortal Realm, a Purple Jade Qiu Dragon, merely several dozen meters long, was struggling desperately to swim through.

The Void of the True Immortal Realm was terrifying beyond measure; ordinary storage spaces from the Lower Realm would be directly crushed, even the bodies of True Immortals found it difficult to traverse this kind of Void.

However, a Prime Taoist Master could barely manage it.

Even so, the Qiu Dragon Monarch could not possibly reveal its gigantic form, which was a complete disadvantage in the Void!

It performed the "Law of Heaven and Earth" in reverse, shrinking its body, which was tens of thousands of meters long, down to just nine meters. It twisted and turned through the Void, disappearing in an instant.

"It’s too terrifying..."

"That’s not Lord Illusory Destruction at all, but a Time-Space Taoist Master!"

"Oh Time-Space Taoist Master above, could there still be such Time-Space Taoist Masters existing? Could it be one of his disciples or offspring?"

The Qiu Dragon Monarch couldn’t think of any other possibilities.

Because in the True Immortal Realm, one must die to prove oneself as a Void Taoist Master or a Time Taoist Master. This had almost become an iron law!

Those who survived surely had some connection with that old monster!

That broad-shouldered man with the sword, stronger and more influential than it, would kill it for nothing if it came to that.

Therefore, the Qiu Dragon Monarch didn’t hold any hope, and having been gravely wounded, it immediately used a secret skill to escape.

At this moment, it had no thoughts of avenging its three Crown Princes, only wanting to put as much distance between itself and that unrivaled fiend as possible!

"You, a grand Time-Space Taoist Master, actually disguised yourself as Lord Illusory Destruction to fish... Shame on you!"

As the Qiu Dragon Monarch fled, its heart was filled with grief and indignation.

Just then, a violent Void Storm emerged ahead in the Void.

A broad-shouldered man with a sword came surfing over the waves, the endless Void Storm turning into mere tides beneath his feet, allowing him to surf and ride freely.

This scene further convinced the Qiu Dragon Monarch that this was indeed a Time-Space Taoist Master!

Otherwise, how could one have such mastery over the laws of time and space?

"Spare my life, Master, the little dragon is willing to submit!"

Seeing Fang Xi close in, the Qiu Dragon Monarch immediately opted to beg for mercy.

This situation reminded the Qiu Dragon Monarch of those weak times before becoming an Immortal.

But submitting before such a powerful entity wasn’t a disgrace.

The Qiu Dragon Monarch could only comfort itself with this thought, "Respected sir, the little dragon admits defeat. Please, show mercy..."

"If you want me to show mercy, it’s simple. I think you look pretty presentable, you could pull my chariot."

Fang Xi replied, laughing heartily.

"Scoundrel, a gentleman may be killed but not humiliated!"

The Qiu Dragon Monarch flew into a rage, "I am a distinguished Taoist Master, how could I... how could I..."

"Well, never mind..."

Fortunately, Fang Xi did not continue to oppress.

Otherwise, what the Qiu Dragon Monarch would have chosen in such a situation was really hard to say.

"Just remember..."

Fang Xi, his hand on the pitch-black ’Neutron Sword’ that caused the Qiu Dragon Monarch’s heart to throb with fear, smiled and said, "You wanted to investigate my background, didn’t you? I’ll tell you outright..."

"I dare not..."

If the Qiu Dragon Monarch could go back in time, it would undoubtedly want to slap itself.

Why investigate such matters?

It had dug its own grave.

At the same time, it felt a little anticipation.

Although it faintly suspected that this Time-Space Taoist Master came from under that Time and Space Taoist Master, from the very best roots of this realm.

But that was just speculation!

What was the origin of such an astonishingly talented Sword Path Time-Space Taoist Master?

"I am ’the Cosmic Emperor from beyond this world’!"

Fang Xi said with a faint smile, pronouncing each word clearly, "You may also address me as—’East Imperial Profound Real Infinite Evergreen Emperor’..."

These two identities and titles, of course, were genuinely real and most closely related to Fang Xi.

He happened to be telling the truth for once.

And the purpose, naturally, was an experiment, "You may go now..."

With a wave of his large sleeve, a spacetime storm emerged, sweeping up the Qiu Dragon Monarch and, in an instant, catapulting it far away.

...

Swoosh!

A section of the sea surface shattered.

A Purple Jade Qiu Dragon, missing a claw and with broken scales, looking very pitiful, tumbled forth.

The Qiu Dragon Monarch executed a ’Nine Heavens and Ten Earth Qiankun Water Escape’ with a dragon’s tail flick, escaping straight to its Dragon Palace.

After hiding in the deepest part of the Dragon Palace’s Cave Mansion, it appeared to sit cross-legged, but underneath the cushion, a small purple snake adeptly slithered through a secret passage and performed a certain secret technique, transforming into three identical snakes, each escaping in different directions.

A long time later.

Outside a certain Cave Mansion in the Vast Sea Immortal Domain.

The Cave Mansion was surrounded by stringent Prohibitions, the legacy of a Prime Taoist Master.

That ancient Taoist Master had long perished, and the secret realm he left behind had been discovered by the Qiu Dragon Monarch long ago. Hidden away, it was a secret Cave Mansion known to no one but itself.

Only after arriving inside this Cave Mansion did the Qiu Dragon Monarch let out a long breath, "I’ve finally escaped that scourge... But what did he mean by the identities he told me at the end?"

"’The Cosmic Emperor from beyond this world’? Could he be an ascendant from the Lower Realm? What about ’East Imperial Profound Real Infinite Evergreen Emperor’? Could that be an Immortal? No, how can Immortals become Taoist Masters? It’s far too difficult to complete one’s foundation..."

Suddenly, the Qiu Dragon Monarch widened its dragon eyes, feeling a vast Tao Resonance.

"This..."

A possibility crossed its mind, and its dragon eyes couldn’t help but bulge out, "Tao Resonance?"

The next moment!

A figure tore through spacetime and arrived within this Prime Taoist Master’s secret realm—the Cosmic Immortal Incarnation of Fang Xi!