Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 520 - 518: The Calamity of the Five Elements (Make up for the 47th missed update)_1

Chapter 520: Chapter 518: The Calamity of the Five Elements (Make up for the 47th missed update)_1

Above the vast plain in high altitude.

Dense Five Elements Spiritual Power gathered, transforming into layers of tribulations that descended.

"The Tribulation of the Five Elements Primordial Energy... Cultivators who seek to wield the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power naturally face the backlash of heaven and earth. Thus, in the three tribulations of the Transcendent God, the first is the Heart Demon Tribulation, the second is the Primordial Energy Tribulation! Only after these comes the Thunder Tribulation..."

Fang Xi murmured to himself.

At this moment, countless green specks converged above the sky, turning into massive wooden beams raining down with the force of Mount Tai crushing down!

Clang!

A sound of a sword’s cry rang out, and a flying sword materialized in the hands of Fang Immortal Taoist Master, drawing an arc towards the sky.

Numerous streaks of sword light fractured, unleashing the sound of wind and thunder, slashing at the giant timber. In an instant, the massive Qing Mu was obliterated, shattered into pure Wood Spiritual Power...

As the Wood Spiritual Power dispersed, crimson Fire Attribute Spiritual Power began to converge, forming strands of Fire Formation Divine Light, with Heavenly Fire falling in torrents!

The temperature in the surroundings suddenly soared!

Fang Xi and Lord Demon Exterminator had no choice but to momentarily retreat from the fray, backing off another hundred miles!

"Heavenly Fire?"

Fang Xi, looking at the crimson Heavenly Fire, couldn’t help feeling awed: "The power of each bloom of this fire is on par with my Six Paths Demon Flames..."

Fang Immortal Taoist Master looked at the descending flow of fire and quickly chanted an incantation.

Then, gusts of cold wind appeared, rising to the heavens... Countless snowflakes fell, revealing a scene of miles of drifting snow!

"Is this... magic? A high-tier spell cast by someone at the Nascent Soul Stage..."

Fang Xi’s eyes slightly widened.

"In battles between Nascent Souls, most rely on spiritual treasures and talismans because high-tier spells take too long to cast... However, the Taoist Master, with his extraordinary talent, has mastered numerous high-tier spells and can cast them in an instant!"

Lord Demon Exterminator said, "This high-tier spell must be the ’Miles of Drifting Snow’ discovered in the Frost Realm! Its power is immense..."

Ice against fire!

In a blink, the heavens and earth seemed to change, with Fang Immortal Taoist Master exuding the might of a Transcendent God!

All the Fire Formation Divine Lights vanished, and then grains of yellow Divine sand emerged.

Countless yellow sands assembled into a roaring Yellow River, cascading down three thousand feet.

With a wave of his hand, Fang Immortal Taoist Master scattered countless seeds, each sprouting rapidly and growing into towering ancient trees, an effortless display of a high-tier Wooden Element spell to block the Divine sand.

As the Five Elements Tribulation transformed again, myriad golden blades appeared, effortlessly severing the towering ancient trees.

In his hand, Fang Immortal Taoist Master revealed an alms bowl with numerous Sanskrit characters flickering on its surface, like a Golden Bell Jar atop, blocking all the golden blades.

Rustle!

The Five Elements Tribulation changed once more, with streams of dark, mysterious water emerging from the depths of the earth, threatening to engulf Fang Immortal Taoist Master...

This last change in the Five Elements Tribulation was nearly exponentially more powerful than at the beginning, causing Fang Xi and Lord Demon Exterminator’s eyelids to twitch at the sight.

With a hearty laugh, Fang Immortal Taoist Master’s aura suddenly changed, scales grew on his body, gills appeared behind his ears, and he transformed into a Flood Dragon, diving into the dark, mysterious water.

Countless dark waters surged into the sky, forming a giant water orb that was then entirely swallowed by the Flood Dragon.

Not only did Fang Immortal Taoist Master overcome this last tribulation of the Five Elements, but he also absorbed a great deal of Water Spiritual Power, replenishing almost half of the Magic Power that he had expended!

"This is the ’Triphasic Destroying Origin Skill’. It’s just unknown which cultivation method the Taoist Master has practiced, enabling him to transform into a water-associated Demon Clan member..."

Fang Xi muttered softly.

"This must be the essence of a Flood Dragon from some minor world he discovered before, combined with the ’Hemomancy’. Unexpectedly, it has such a wonderful use..."

Lord Demon Exterminator praised, "The nature of the Five Elements Tribulation is to deplete the Spiritual Power and Divine Consciousness of cultivators, making it difficult for them to withstand subsequent Thunder Tribulations... but with the Taoist Master like this, his spirit seems even more refined, hence the prospect of enduring the ninefold thunder is quite promising!"

"If undisturbed, indeed so."

Fang Xi opened the Taiyi Sutra, now able to see the live coverage of the battles at the Taiyin Line of Defense.

Yuan Ying True Monarchs from Sky Palace naturally had access to an alternative internal network, unaffected by outages.

At the moment, witnessing the Submerged Dragon soaring and slaying the Green-Robed Demon Lord, even Fang Xi was taken aback: "So this is the might of the Submerged Dragon? Why didn’t they use it earlier?"

"The Submerged Dragon should not be used lightly. From the construction of the Submerged Dragon to the accumulation of Alaya Vijnana, it requires at least hundreds of years. Moreover, we had previously deduced that if the Demon Lord did not make a move, and remained hidden within Taiyin Star, the Submerged Dragon’s impact would be limited, potentially unable to kill a Transcendent God from the Demon Clan..."

Lord Demon Exterminator smiled slightly, "It’s also because of the Taoist Master’s transformation that the Demon Lord had to emerge, allowing for a successful strike!"

"Next, we must strive to buy time to overcome the Thunder Tribulation."

Fang Xi took a deep breath.

"This place I leave to you," said Lord Demon Exterminator. "I must go activate ’The Array of the Twelve Elemental Protectors of the Heavenly Gods’. After all, the Demon Clan has poured forth in full force, and the Taiyin Line of Defense is under great pressure. If numerous Nascent Soul Demons descend into The Nine States, it’s going to cause trouble."

...

At the Taiyin Line of Defense.

"Kill!"

Lord Jian Nan’s nanotech armor was partially shattered, and his flying sword even had a few notches.

The emotionless voice of the Patrol Sky Warship’s AI rang out: "Warning! Warning! Energy insufficient..."

"Without that flying sword, let’s see what you can do!"

Opposite him, a Horned Demon Race member with a broken horn roared in rage.

None from the Demon Race were left by his side.

As an ancient demon at the later stages of the Nascent Soul, he was cornered by a human cultivator of lesser cultivation, an utter disgrace for the Demon Race!

’Damn it... looks like I’ll have to escape in my Nascent Soul again... I wonder if the hospital’s bionic limbs have been improved as I suggested last time...’

Knowing his doom was near, possibly even unable to escape with his Nascent Soul, Lord Jian Nan yet found morbid humor in his predicament.

Just then, the prompt from the intelligent AI rang out again: "Re-establishing link with ’Di Jiang Space Station’... Initiating trans-space charging!"

"Hmm?"

Lord Jian Nan’s eyes lit up, and he felt confident again!

If one were to look down from space at this moment, they would see space stations roaring to life one after another, connected by radiant light, forming what appeared to be a cyclopean dragon!

When the dragon’s solitary eye closed, a profound darkness enveloped everything in an instant.

Even the Demon Clan members at the later stages of the Nascent Soul were engulfed by the darkness, only capable of letting out a single scream before dissipating rapidly.

"All Ship-Controllers of the Sky Palace!"

The projection of Lord Demon Exterminator appeared above every Patrol Sky Warship: "To end the Moon Demon, it all happens today, ascend Taiyin Star, close the Door of Sky Demon!"

This was also the plan of the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace.

No matter whether the Demon Lord could stop Fang Immortal Taoist Master from becoming a Transcendent God, Lord Demon Exterminator was to remotely control the Great Array and coordinate with the cultivators of the Sky Palace to strike Taiyin Star!

After all, this was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity!

...

Whoosh!

As if the heavens had shattered, an incomparably thick azure-gold lightning bolt smashed down fiercely!

Fang Xi, witnessing this scene, twitched slightly at the corners of his eyes: "The first heavenly tribulation is more ferocious than the last one I faced when I was condensing my Nascent Soul."

However, he had no time to think further, as he connected his Divine Consciousness to the three hundred and sixty-five ’Stellar Pagodas’ in space through the Taiyi Sutra.

In space.

The Stellar Pagodas roared as if they were collecting cosmic rays and energy, transforming them into columns of starlight descending through the atmosphere!

The three hundred and sixty-five columns of starlight combined with each other, forming an immense Array, with trajectories of stars emerging within it, known as the Heaven Star Array!

Once the Array was formed, Fang Xi saw two beams of demonic light rushing towards him and unhesitatingly activated the full might of the Array!

The three hundred and sixty-five Astral Pagodas roared, gathering countless cosmic rays to form a chaotic ’All Heavens Ten Grounds Sun and Moon Five Stars Extinguish Demon God Light’, sweeping horizontally towards the two beams of demonic light!

Pfft!

The chaotic divine light swept past the two Demon Lords, even piercing through the atmosphere and vanishing into outer space!

Wherever the eye could see, the land was scorched for thousands of miles, and this was just the periphery affected by the shockwaves...

Above the scorched land, Ao Kun held the Crying Dragon Blade in front of him, seemingly unscathed.

"Thank you for your protection, my lord!"

Demon Lord Chi Lian expressed her gratitude. If it weren’t for this lord’s protection, she would have at least suffered significant loss to her Primordial Energy.

In the Nine States, where she was suppressed by the power of a whole realm, further loss of Primordial Energy could potentially have directly damaged her foundation.

Just then, from her headgear—resembling a helmet and also a crown—a Demon Eye chaotically rotated, seemingly piercing through the Array to see right through to the centrally presiding Fang Xi!

"It’s you! You, a little human demon, dare to obstruct me?"

Demon Lord Chi Lian said incredulously, blurting out the words.

"Haha... Demon Lord, how have you been? Halting the Array of the Twelve Elemental Protectors of the Heavenly Gods is something I’ve already achieved," replied Fang Xi, whose illusory figure appeared above the Star Array.

At that moment, he was donned in robes of myriad stars, with a crown of the sun and moon, embodying a Dharma Incarnation!

Facing two demon Transcendent Gods, he would be foolish to step out of the Array!

Even if it was just the second Nascent Soul, losing it would still be a grievous loss.

Now that Chi Lian wanted to speak, Fang Xi was of course willing to indulge the Demon Lord.

After all, he was merely trying to buy time. The Heaven Tribulation was happening quickly, and in just this short exchange, Fang Immortal Taoist Master had already withstood six waves of lightning.

"Hmph, you have the nerve to bring this up?"

Demon Lord Chi Lian glared, having never seen someone so shameless!

"Hehe... The secret methods given by the Demon Lord also contained traps, so this is just an exchange of courtesies!" Fang Xi, however, was thick-skinned.

"Enough, can’t you see that this person is trying to delay time?"

Ao Kun glanced around at the surrounding starlight, aware that he was enveloped within the Heaven Star Array, and the wailing of the Transcendent Flood Dragon on the Crying Dragon Blade abruptly intensified, transforming into a beam of immense sword energy, which he unleashed with a slash!

Pff, pff!

Where the blade light swept through, numerous chains of condensed starlight snapped inch by inch, even heading straight towards Fang Xi’s real body!

Boom!

The Heaven Star Array was forcibly cleaved open, and that ’Master of Heaven Star Array’ Dharma Incarnation was also swept up by the blade light and abruptly dissipated!

Even the Demon Blade seemed to know where Fang Xi’s real body was, slashing directly towards him!

Pfft!

The blade light completely engulfed Fang Xi...

Without a second look at the aftermath, Ao Kun, confident in his strike, shifted between existence and non-existence, breaking out of the Array and rushing towards the plains where the Heaven Tribulation resided!

Just when Chi Lian also wanted to follow, strains of starlight chains resurfaced.

The breached Array instantaneously sealed itself.

"Hmm?"

Chi Lian was momentarily surprised, only to see a flash of blood light as Fang Xi’s figure reappeared, his complexion pale and clearly suffering a great loss of essence blood.