Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 433 - 431: Taoist Fruit (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 433: Chapter 431: Taoist Fruit (Seeking Subscription)_1

Fang Xi’s consciousness became blurry.

In a daze, he seemed to return to the dream of the time he ventured deep into the Demon Realm, where he glimpsed that ancient sacrificial scene once again.

Above the vast land, the old sacrificial song resounded...

Even after that scene passed, the timeline continued to recede further back in time.

He seemed to witness the creation and destruction of worlds, the shattering of the Void...

Ultimately...

"Huff, huff..."

Fang Xi’s consciousness regained clarity, and hues of blue and yellow alternated in his pupils as he gasped for air.

Then, touching his abdomen, his face flashed with a hint of bewilderment, "Thank goodness for the Treasures of All Heavens, otherwise I might not have woken up... But ’Taoist Fruit,’ what is that?"

He sat cross-legged, calmed his mind, and silently recalled everything that had just happened.

While aiding the Monster Tree in devouring the Ancestor, Fang Xi’s spirit highly integrated with the Monster Tree. It was as if he relied on the Ancestral Demon Tree to travel back to the beginnings of this ’demon’...

He even... saw a glimpse of the truth of the world!

"The birth of ’demons’ in the Great Liang World... was actually influenced by a semblance of the power of ’Taoist Fruit’..."

"Taoist Fruit is invisible, inaudible, indescribable... to think of it is to err!"

"Its power is inconceivable, capable of reversing rules and defying logic... That’s why those demons possess traits beyond imagination... like the Monster Tree, truly breaking the limit upon the Longevity Skills, inconceivable, even the exiled immortals of the Green Emperor Mountain may not have witnessed such anomalies between heaven and earth..."

Immortal Cultivators defy the heavens in their pursuit to achieve immortality and enjoy long life!

As for the so-called ’exiled immortals on Green Emperor Mountain,’ Fang Xi did not actually care too much about them.

Having reached the Nascent Soul level, already stepping into the threshold of ancient Divine Skill cultivators, Fang Xi understood numerous ancient secrets while discussing the Dao with many Nascent Soul cultivators.

"The so-called ’Earth Immortal Realm’s exiled immortals’ are just ’Returning to Emptiness Realm’ cultivators, one major realm higher than Transcendent Gods... They even find it difficult to descend to minor worlds, and even if they do, they would be suppressed by that world’s laws and their strength would be greatly reduced..."

"But ’Taoist Fruit’... is truly inconceivable; it can directly alter the rules of a world, one is suppressed by the world, while the other forces the world to adapt to them, the difference between the two cannot be reasoned with!"

"It’s even unlikely to appear in the Earth Immortal Realm, perhaps only in the higher realms of the true Immortal Realm would such inconceivable divine skills exist?"

Recalling the scene he just experienced, Fang Xi could not help but sweat on his forehead.

When he learned of the meaning of the words ’Taoist Fruit,’ he was actually in a very dangerous state, his entire being nearly vanished or fell into demonic madness...

But at the critical moment, the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ emitted a slight fluctuation, stabilizing his spirit, enabling him to slowly recover from the incredible influence of the ’Taoist Fruit’!

"From this, it can be seen... that the level of ’Treasures of All Heavens’ may also be above the entire Earth Immortal Realm..."

"No wonder the first thing the Treasures did was to send me to that world... The Great Liang World may be low in rank, but it is special, once influenced by a hint of the Taoist Fruit power, giving rise to many mysteries!"

As for why that minor world was influenced by a hint of the power of Taoist Fruit?

Fang Xi speculated that it was probably due to the aftershocks of a battle between powers?

Moreover, there was no Taoist Fruit within the Great Liang World itself; it was merely affected by the influence of the power of Taoist Fruit, becoming so mysterious, which made him even more reverent and longing for the true Great Powers.

’At that level, to obliterate a world with a wave of the hand, or reverse life and death, to live eternally... it’s all commonplace, isn’t it?’

’My journey... is still very long!’

Rustle rustle!

The Monster Tree continued to sway, pulling Fang Xi’s thoughts back to reality.

No matter how splendid the road ahead may be, he was still just a small creature from the Lower Realm, needing to climb up step by step!

Fang Xi’s expression turned serious as he looked at the Monster Tree in front of him.

He could feel that, after all the struggle, it was still the seed of the Ancestral Monster Tree that prevailed!

Crackle!

Cracks emerged on the trunk of the Monster Tree, spreading and forming patterns resembling ice fissures.

Time passed unknowingly...

As the Monster Tree trembled, a large piece of bark fell off.

Thud!

The dark bark of the Monster Tree hit the ground, immediately losing all its luster and moisture, looking like the dead skin of an old tree, quickly becoming brittle and turning to ash...

Rustle rustle!

The falling of the first piece of dead bark set off a chain reaction; instantly, the bark of the entire Monster Tree began to crack and fall off.

This scene, it even gave one a sense of horror.

At least in Fang Xi’s mind, terms like ’the cicada sheds its skin’ and ’the butterfly emerges from the cocoon’ came to mind.

Once the entire Monster Tree had ’shed its skin,’ a brand new Monster Tree appeared before his eyes.

Although it was similar to the previous Monster Tree in general, the dragon-scale patterns, the faint traces of blood... and even the aura it emitted, all made Fang Xi believe that this was closer to the Ancestral Monster Tree!

"The connection with Longevity Skills remains... the idea of ’Control demon with demons’ wasn’t wrong!"

Fang Xi quietly executed the ’Longevity Skills,’ coming to a conclusion that brought him some joy.

Then, he was shocked to discover some changes on the trunk of that Ancestral Monster Tree.

Rustle!

The numerous black and blood-red lines faintly formed the pattern of a face...

"That is..."

Fang Xi gazed at the face and fell silent, "That’s my face..."

"The face on the trunk of the Ancestral Demon Tree has become mine..."

"Is this a chain reaction that comes with forming a connection?"

No matter what, seeing one’s own human face growing on the trunk of the Monster Tree was quite a horrifying thing.

Fang Xi quickly waved his hand, bark creeping over to cover this face...

Only then did he have the leisure to sense other things.

"Hmm... it feels like it can provide more life primordial energy and the conversion rate is higher..."

"As for the ’Eternal Green Body’... I can’t tell yet, after all, the nature of the ’Longevity Skills’ is still about exchanging a long time to gain a better aptitude..."

Now, Fang Xi had a deeper understanding of the ’Eternal Green Body’, the physique that was said to guarantee ascension to immortality.

The rumors always contained much exaggeration and error.

For the cultivators of the three thousand worlds, reaching perfect Transcendent God and ascending to the Earth Immortal Realm could be considered ’attaining Tao and becoming an immortal.’

’However, at least it should be a significant help when breaking through the Transcendent God stage.’ he thought.

’Recently, the Mortal Realm has been contaminated with Sky Demon Qi, making it increasingly difficult to break through the Transcendent God stage and manipulate heavenly and earthly spiritual power... If one could refine the ’Eternal Green Body’, that would be a safety net.’

With a sigh, Fang Xi looked towards the corpse of the fourth-order Five Elements Qilin Tribe.

Through his connection with the Ancestral Demon Tree, he had come to understand many issues.

’Ordinary Demon Tree species can no longer refine fourth-order puppets.’

’To truly refine one, one must...’

He cast a magic spell, and the thick Monster Tree released countless vines and Qi Roots, constantly burrowing into the body of this single-horned scaly beast.

Thereafter... it slowly lifted the body, carrying it into the canopy of the Monster Tree.

Under the control of Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness, those vines acted like the most sophisticated mechanical arms, modifying and disassembling the single-horned scaly beast...

Squeaking sounds that made one’s teeth ache continuously came from within the canopy of the Monster Tree...

...

One month later.

"It’s completed!"

Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled as he had the vines hang a puppet that was three zhang long before him.

This was an extraordinary puppet that resembled a Qingniu but was covered in scales all over and had only one horn on its head.

"Blue Qilin Puppet!"

A look of satisfaction appeared on Fang Xi’s face as he named this nearly fourth-order puppet.

"Monster beasts naturally have a strong physique—once transformed into wooden puppets, most of their power can be retained..."

"Compared to that useless Demon Lord Qi Sha, only as strong as a late Core Formation body cultivator—what a waste!"

As this thought crossed his mind, he took out the original Demon Pill of the Blue Qilin.

This Demon Pill, the size of a fist, radiated a faint blue glow, exuding an extraordinary presence!

"High-level monster beasts do not follow the Nascent Soul cultivation path of the human race; they simply hone their bodies and this Inner Core..."

Fang Xi toyed with the pill, feeling the pure Demon Qi within it.

"At the fourth order, a Foundation Establishment cultivator doesn’t even have to think about refining it; the outcome would only be an explosive death... and Jia Dan cultivators will forever remain Jia Dan, their cultivation would never match even the early Core Formation cultivators, without the good fortune of continuously increasing their cultivation by refining higher-order Demon Pills..."

"Even a fully Foundation Establishment cultivator, whether refining a low-grade or top-grade third-order Demon Pill, would end up forming just a Jia Dan, with a strength not much different; the only difference being how much of the Demon Pill essence is wasted..."

"Fourth-order Demon Pills are mainly used for alchemy, which is of great benefit to Nascent Soul cultivators, or for talisman forging, array setting, feeding Spiritual Beasts..."

With a sigh, the blue Demon Pill in Fang Xi’s hand soared upward.

"Roar!"

From the Blue Qilin Puppet’s mouth, a ray of light emerged, sweeping up in a motion to swallow the Demon Pill back in, truly akin to the original turning back into the original food.

In an instant, an overwhelming surge of Demon Qi burst forth from its body, faintly reaching the fourth order!

"A fourth-order puppet, achieved!"

Upon seeing this, a flash of joy crossed Fang Xi’s face swiftly, "Indeed, with the Ancestral Demon Tree, the Monster World becomes a grand opportunity for me!"

However, the flaw in wooden puppets lies in their lack of agility.

Luckily, with the body of the monster cultivator like the Blue Qilin, even if it just stood still and let a group of Core Formation cultivators bombard it wildly, it might not even break its defenses.

What’s more...

"Swift!"

Fang Xi pinched a magic formula, and a thought from his Divine Skill ’Thousand Changes’ entered the wooden puppet, beginning to take over everything inside.

"A strong body and powerful vitality... as well as its innate Divine Ability, which is the control of the Wind Flood Dragon, right?"

Soon, he saw through everything about this monster body.

"Truly a fine monster body; it could even serve as the vessel for a Heterodox Nascent Soul, pushing the limits of controlling puppets with Divine Consciousness... However, doing so would enhance the Nascent Soul’s Divine Abilities. Thankfully, I’m not a practitioner of the magic path, and it’s hard for it to increase its cultivation, so I’m not concerned about betrayal... Hmm, it could even replace ’Yun Jiezi’ in fulfilling promises..."