Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 481 - 479 Summoning the Demon (Make up for the Missing Updates 37) _1

Chapter 481: Chapter 479 Summoning the Demon (Make up for the Missing Updates 37) _1

"The Summoning Demon Array!"

Fang Xi took out a jade slip, compared it for a moment, then began setting up a crude altar.

This array was from the Departure Demon Palace!

Its function need not be elaborated; it could summon the Divine Thought of a Transcendent God Demon Lord across realms!

To truly activate it was very troublesome, first and foremost requiring the ’Summon Demon Order.’

Naturally, Fang Xi didn’t possess it.

Him managing to get the ’Summoning Demon Array’ from the Demon Lord Tian Du was already indicative of great esteem, and to further desire their core secret techniques and exotic treasures?

Even if one were to annihilate the Departure Demon Palace, it might not be possible to completely plunder them!

"Fortunately, even without the Summon Demon Order, this Summoning Demon Array is more than enough, though it’s just a small broken altar... I don’t need to cross any boundaries... The Transcendent God Demon Lord exists in this realm after all."

Yes, in Fang Xi’s view, the so-called ’Summoning Demon Array’ was just a small broken altar, mainly used for sacrifices to the Demon Clan, with the key lying in this ’door opening’ process and whether the Transcendent God Demon Lord is willing to respond!

With quick and practiced movements, Fang Xi set up the ’Summoning Demon Array,’ took a deep breath, and began to wholeheartedly set up a ’Demon Destruction Array’ around it!

Or rather, this was the essence of the ’Summon Demon Array’!

According to Demon Lord Tian Du, calling upon demons was something any Demon Cultivator could do, but to use a demon without being harmed by it, even to refine the demon into a weapon at one’s beck and call, that was the mark of a true Demon Cultivator! Otherwise, they were all second-rate!

Throughout the long history, any Demon Cultivator or Demon Sect inheritance that had gone astray, no matter how temporarily prosperous, would ultimately perish due to being controlled by demons, their extreme temperaments, and predilection for blood sacrifices, having offended too many, until their downfall...

This ’Summon Demon Array’ was the same, with the ritual of calling upon demons being almost a mere formality. What truly mattered was the Defense Arrays and Demon Destruction Arrays around it...

If Fang Xi weren’t already a fourth-order Array Master, he would have found it quite challenging to mimic and set up this array.

"This ’Searing Sun Banner’ was also funded by Demon Lord Tian Du... The Nine Suns True Fire on it is vast and utterly pure, a top-notch spirit flame for exterminating demons. He has been quite thoughtful."

Fang Xi planted a crimson-gold banner.

This banner was crimson-gold all over, its surface etched with threads of golden runes, emanating a magnificent righteous aura—a clearly extraordinary treasure of the Righteous Path.

No one would guess that it had actually been personally crafted by the first among the Demon Path.

Once his setup was complete, Fang Xi held an Array Disk in his hand, inserted several top-grade Spirit Stones, and began to fine-tune everything.

Hum hum!

Complex array patterns emerged on the walls around the room, forming various prohibitions, one layered over another, isolating the entire underground cave.

"Sealing, Pure Yang, Exterminating Demons..."

Fang Xi identified the functions of the prohibitions one by one and nodded inwardly.

After double-checking his arrangements, he then set up a few arrays he had crafted himself. He exhaled deeply and watched the middle of the Demon Summoning Altar with vigilance.

"Rise for me... Rise!"

His expression solemn, Fang Xi formed hand seals. Suddenly, a three-zhang-tall figure of Yama emerged behind him, with a vertical eye on its forehead that opened to reveal a black line that entered the altar.

That was a pure stream of Demon Qi!

With the infusion of Demon Qi, the ancient and dilapidated altar rumbled loudly, a blood-red light soaring towards the sky before being suppressed by the array at the cave’s ceiling, diminishing layer by layer, dissipating without leaking out.

After all, the outside world was always under satellite surveillance!

If Fang Xi were careless enough to deploy an array and let this blood-red demon light soar into the sky, it would be besieged by several Patrol Sky Warships in no time.

Even being struck by a blast of ’Sun God Slaying Light’ from a ’Sun True Fire Cover’ was not out of the question.

Whoo whoo!

The ancient altar roared, its obsidian-like base cracking open.

Seeing this, Fang Xi casually tossed a few monster beast corpses onto it, as sacrificial offerings.

Hum!

A mass of crimson flames appeared, quickly melting the flesh and blood of the monster beasts, then retracting inward to form a small gateway of flesh and blood!

’It’s done!’

’If this were in the South Wilderness, such a low-level blood sacrifice would not even merit a glance from a Transcendent God Demon Lord...’

Fang Xi’s face wore an expression of caution. Suddenly, he opened his mouth, and a palm-sized sword floated around him, with blood-vessel-like patterns emerging to form a layer of blood-red protective light.

The next moment.

Crack!

Two hands as white as jade suddenly appeared, one on each side of the gateway of flesh and blood.

Then, from the deep portal, a figure with a voluptuous physique and red flame-like patterns across her body, dressed in a scanty pitch-black armor, appeared before Fang Xi.

This Transcendent God Demon Lord had an incredibly exquisite face and wore a pitch-black crown on her head. At the center of the crown, instead of any precious jewel, there was an eyeball that was even looking around.

At that moment, the eyeball was fixed on Fang Xi.

"I can sense that this place is still within the Nine States... Hehe, I didn’t expect that within the Nine States, aside from those Demon Servants, there would be a true human race Demon Cultivator who understands the ’Summoning Demon Array’!"

The Transcendent God Demon Lord looked at Fang Xi and spoke in well-articulated Nine States language.

Moreover, she saw through Fang Xi at a glance, and the eyeball atop her crown stared at the ’Divine Infant Sword’ with not a trace of emotion in her pupils.

"Oh? So you even replicated our sacred Demon Clan artifact and forged a Demon Sword? Pity, it seems you haven’t quite mastered the method..."

The female Demon Lord’s smile was tinged with melody, her voice carrying invisible ripples that left Fang Xi’s gaze blurred.

Boom!

The next moment, Fang Xi suddenly bit through the tip of his tongue, spraying a mouthful of essence blood onto the Array Disk.

Crackle!

Beam after beam of light descended, turning into powerful prohibitions.

In the void, strands of pure white flames emerged, carrying the terrifying power of demon destruction, and circled around the Array.

"Nine Suns True Fire... Demon Destruction Array?!"

"Hmph, were my true body here..."

The Demon Clan’s esteemed figure snorted coldly, showing little concern, but stopped any small actions.

Only then did Fang Xi fully regain his clarity and stepped back a few paces, "Demon Lord, why resort to hostilities upon first meeting..."

He could tell that the figure seemed solid, but was actually just a phantom of Divine Thought.

Even, the feeling it gave him was not even as substantial as the Transcendent God old demon summoned by the Demon Lord Tian Du recently!

Of course, even so, the other party was genuinely a Transcendent God, and a phantom of Divine Thought was enough to easily see through the foundation of a Heterodox Nascent Soul.

Fang Xi knew this too and was aware that the Array he had carefully set up on the outskirts finally took effect, involuntarily exhaling a long breath.

"Rise!"

He didn’t stop his movements; on the contrary, he fiercely urged the Array Disk.

One prohibition after another emerged, layer upon layer, resembling a kind of chain, restricting the range of this female Demon Lord to the area near the Door of Flesh and Blood.

"Human race Demon Cultivator, you are quite cautious... Hmm? Seems you are also a practitioner of spells... No, you are an Externalization!"

The eyeballs atop the crown of the female Demon Lord moved again, and Fang Xi felt that her gaze swept over him, revealing all his secrets, sending a shiver through his heart.

"That’s right, I’m merely an Externalization, even if you destroy me here, it won’t harm my true body," Fang Xi said with a laugh, "On top of that, with this Demon Destruction Array and the Nine Suns True Fire, perhaps we can now have a conversation?"

Dealing with the Demon Clan, one’s own strength must be sufficient as a primary premise!

Otherwise, the Demon Clan wouldn’t hesitate to turn hostile and completely consume a Cultivator!

"You are indeed qualified..."

The gaze of the female Demon Lord shifted, and she suddenly sat straight down.

Behind her, the Door of Flesh and Blood kept deforming, twisting... and astonishingly turned into a blood-red throne.

This woman seated high above, her hands folded in front of her knees, resembled a queen: "Human race Demon Cultivator, speak... why have you summoned me?"

"Naturally, it is to seek True Demon Qi and the ancient Demon Skills to greatly enhance my own Demon Skills," Fang Xi said with composure, stating his desire.

Heterodox Nascent Soul Cultivation was based on the ’Yanmo Path,’ which was extremely powerful, but the version from the Yanmo Taoist Master was incomplete and lacked the subsequent cultivation methods for mid and later stages of Nascent Soul.

Fang Xi’s true body had recently advanced to mid-Nascent Soul stage, naturally wanting to raise his junior’s level.

However, since the method of Heterodox Nascent Soul was deduced by him, and without subsequent methods, the progression of the Heterodox Nascent Soul was difficult.

In addition to the need for True Demon Qi, after having seen the Summon Demon Order by the Demon Lord Tian Du, Fang Xi naturally had similar thoughts.

"Hehe... You are perceptive."

The female Demon Lord chuckled, "The methods of human race Demon Cultivators have all imitated our Ancient Demon Tribe, often modified into a mess, how can they compare to the authentic sources?"

"Like that Divine Infant Sword in your hand, although the material is good and the blood sacrifice is sufficient, the method of refining is not mastered; otherwise, its power could be increased by several times."

She seemed to easily believe Fang Xi, perhaps because refining the Divine Infant Sword required the essence of a Nascent Soul, and she took Fang Xi for the kind of ruthless demon who would kill his kind for advancement.

"Then, I ask the Demon Lord to bestow me with the method," Fang Xi said, bowing with his hands clasped.

"You seek True Demon Qi and powerful Demon Skills without any merit, making it rather difficult for me... How about this: if you manage to tear through the Taiyin Line of Defense, then several of us Demon Lords can join forces to initiate you, making your breakthrough past the late Nascent Soul as easy as flipping your hand, and even the chance to ascend to our ranks might not be out of reach..."

The female Demon Lord’s words were once again filled with enticing implications.

"The Taiyin Line of Defense is incredibly secure, with Lord Demon Exterminator controlling the ’Array of the Twelve Elemental Protectors of the Heavenly Gods,’ what merit do I have to breach it?"

Fang Xi shook his head, "At most, like the Dark Moon Sect, I can spread the faith for the Demon Lords..."

He rather missed the time when he exploited the followers of a sect.

"Hehe... that is not necessarily unacceptable."

The female Demon Lord seemed to recall something, her previously dim face now brightened with laughter: "As long as you are willing to open your Nascent Soul and let me plant a Demon Seed, then you are one of us, and the Demon Skills can be passed on to you..."

Since she could discern Heterodox Nascent Soul and still suggested such a condition, it was evident she was highly confident in her Demon Seed.

"Ah..."

Fang Xi suddenly sighed, "Sure enough..."