Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 619 - 617: Sky-Flipping Great Saint (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 619: Chapter 617: Sky-Flipping Great Saint (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Several months later.

In Kong Sang Market, Mount Sang Qing.

An array enveloped thousands of miles, layers of mist spreading with the effect of hindering Divine Consciousness.

Within the array, a pitch-black river emerged, winding with nine turns and eighteen bends, countless Mysterious Dark Divine sand bobbing within the Mysterious Dark Heavy Water.

"Nine Nether Underworld River Endless Sands... This Nine Netherworld Underworld River Mysterious Sand Great Array has finally ascended to a higher level of power."

The Heterodox incarnation cast a Magic Spell, and the dark water from all over the sky gathered into a pitch-black Array Flag, which landed in his hand.

After being borrowed by the main body to tinker with for a few days, the improved method and the flag itself were tossed back to the Heterodox incarnation.

What followed was a piece of leather—the skin of a fifth-order Valley God!

Ever since the Heterodox incarnation had achieved Transcendent God, for fear of overshadowing the main body, he was ordered not to cultivate; the Magic Power gained from daily meditation and Qi refining was mostly spent on the ’Divine Infant Sword’ and this ’Mysterious Dark Banner’.

The ’Mysterious Dark Banner’ especially!

This Array Taoist treasure was originally only considered a top-tiered spiritual treasure; it needed to be set up with a fifth-order Spiritual Vein and paired with many array tools to demonstrate fifth-order power.

But after many years of extracting Mysterious Dark Heavy Water and Mysterious Dark Crystal Sand from the offshore platforms and incorporating them into the Mysterious Dark Banner, the power of this spiritual treasure grew increasingly formidable.

Especially after infusing it with the skin of a fifth-order Valley God, this ’Mysterious Dark Banner’ was infinitely close to fifth-order.

Just one more piece of exquisite material to replace the original flagpole, and the power of this Array Taoist treasure would undoubtedly firmly rank as a fifth-order!

"The Mechanism City of the Mo Sect, huh? It might indeed be worth a visit..."

Fang Xi muttered to himself, collected the Mysterious Dark Banner, and sat down cross-legged.

A demon light flashed above his Heavenly Spirit, and the Heterodox Nascent Soul emerged, holding a red thread.

"Go!"

He formed a seal with both hands and uttered a light cry.

The red thread wriggled and flew out, transforming into a black and red small sword, which was none other than the Divine Infant Sword!

This sword was his true life-bound magical artifact, nurtured for hundreds of years, and in the past eighty years, it was ceaselessly refined with Magic Power day and night, and even had the soul of the Valley God Demon infused into it!

By now, its rank should be infinitely close to fifth-order, and its might may even surpass the Nine Radiance Seal in its damaged state from back in the day!

"Divine Infant, Divine Infant... It seems that indeed, without the most crucial component, the Nascent Soul, it could not advance, and it still requires a fifth-order Transcendent God Nascent Soul."

Fang Xi murmured, and a jade box appeared in his hand.

Upon opening it, inside lay the unconscious Wang Family Ancestor.

By now, the Wang family was all under his surveillance, even the Ancestor Hall and the Array Spirit had been tampered with, and there was no longer anything to worry about.

And the Wang Family Ancestor had already been soul searched multiple times, squeezing out the last bit of value.

Now, only the function of nourishing the Divine Infant Sword was left.

"Go!"

Fang Xi pointed at the Nascent Soul of the Wang Family Ancestor, and the Divine Infant Sword immediately emitted a mournful sword cry.

Threads of red lines emerged, traversing the Void, enveloping the Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul layer by layer, ready to vanish into the Divine Infant Sword in an instant.

As if sensing the life-and-death crisis, the incredibly weak Wang Family Ancestor struggled to wake up.

But it was already too late!

Wuwah!

Accompanied by a cry like that of a baby, a surge of Demon Evil Qi spilled out, charging into the Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul paused momentarily, and then it was swallowed by the Divine Infant Sword.

Puff!

Fang Xi exhaled a breath of six streams of Demon Fire, revealing its true colors as a fearsome flame that continuously changed hues, fiercely burning around the Divine Infant Sword.

Wretched screams echoed from within the sword body, faintly resembling those of the Wang Family Ancestor.

Fang Xi turned a deaf ear, his hands swirling like a whirlwind, continually feeding Magic Spells into the Divine Infant Sword.

Shoo!

A peculiar blood-red figure emerged from the Demon Flames, fluttering around the Divine Infant Sword like a paper figurine, emitting woeful crying sounds.

Within the Divine Infant Sword, a nascent consciousness formed, filled with dependence and affection for Fang Xi!

"Success! A fifth-order Spirit Communicating Treasure!"

Upon seeing this, joy instantly crossed Fang Xi’s face.

The Divine Infant Sword itself originated from a supreme sword-refining method of the Demon Realm. Though it had a mediocre start, under the guidance and refinements from Demon Lord Chi Lian and the Ghost Axe with the Blood River Stone, its foundation became exceedingly robust.

After so many years of cultivation, it was only a step away from advancing.

Today’s final Transcendent God Nascent Soul acted as the catalyst for everything!

The breakthrough into a fifth-order Flying Sword was as natural as the flow of water!

"Now that the main body has the ’Nine Radiance Seal,’ and I have the ’Divine Infant Sword,’ there will also be the ’Mysterious Dark Banner’ in the future... Heh, the main body doesn’t dare waste Magic Power to cultivate the ’Life-Death Seal,’ so its achievement to fifth-order is bound to be slow..."

As for the Treasures of All Heavens? He disdains having any comparison...

Wuwah!

Fang Xi’s Nascent Soul returned to the energy center, and the Divine Infant Sword transformed into a beam of red light, landing in the palm of his hand.

Since he had personally forged this flying sword, and it had been his constant companion throughout a long cultivation career, the newly born spirit of the sword acknowledged him as its master without question once he had ritually reforged it to the fifth tier; his mastery over this Divine Infant Sword had reached an inconceivable level.

Even if he were to fall in the future, and another cultivator from the Demon Path happened to obtain this Divine Infant Sword, they would find it difficult to reach the complete unity of person and sword as he had.

"Now that I possess a fifth-tier flying sword, I can consider myself somewhat influential among Transcendent God cultivators...although, it’s just in a rural area of the Earth Immortal Realm."

Not to mention that even in a sect like the Dragon Controlling Sect, which harked back to the Returning to Emptiness realm, every Transcendent God cultivator likely had a fifth-tier Spiritual Beast at their disposal!

In even larger Integration sects like the Star Sect, every Transcendent God cultivator having one or several Spirit Communicating Treasures was probably the bare minimum.

Fang Xi was keenly aware that he was still a newcomer in the Earth Immortal Realm and had to be cautious!

"The Mo Sect’s grand auction is indeed worth visiting..."

He put away the Divine Infant Sword and gazed in a certain direction, murmuring to himself.

...

Several more months passed by.

Kong Sang Market.

Many cultivators were expectantly looking up from tall buildings, faces filled with anticipation.

Zuo Xiaoxuan’s cultivation had grown even deeper, and she stood tall in the void gazing at the spectacle of seven suns in the sky, her face full of contemplation.

"It’s here!"

Suddenly, a cultivator spoke out.

In an instant, numerous cultivators looked up, gazing in a specific direction.

Over there, a terrifying dark shadow surged toward them like an overwhelming tide, casually dispersing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy within tens of thousands of miles upon each advance, turning it into overflowing Heavenly and Earthly Evil Qi...

It was a city suspended midair!

The city leaned towards black and among its walls stood giant fourth-tier divine soldiers, while even more colossal sacred beast statues could be discerned at the four great gates, radiating thousands of glows...

This oppressive shadow passed over Kong Sang Market and then sailed into the Mysterious Dark Abyss, coming to a halt miles away.

The Mo Sect’s Mechanism City had come to do business and naturally chose the place with the densest population of Individual Cultivators.

In the Mysterious Dark Abyss, it went without saying, the place with the most cultivators was Kong Sang Market!

"It’s stopped!"

"Mo Family’s Mechanism City, I don’t even know when was the last time it came..."

Excitement was unmistakable on the faces of many cultivators, for they might only witness such a sight once in their lifetimes.

The wealth of the Mechanism City had always been discussed among the nearby Cultivation World by word of mouth.

A distance of ten thousand li wasn’t considered far for a cultivator.

Before the Mechanism City had completely steadied, streams of Escape Light couldn’t wait to leave Kong Sang Market, flying rapidly towards the giant city in the sea.

With so many cultivators gone, the business in Kong Sang Market naturally plummeted.

Seeing this, Zuo Xiaoxuan couldn’t help feeling frustrated, yet she had no good solutions.

...

Fang Xi, on the other hand, was not as concerned about his own industry as his subordinates were.

The Mechanism City was bound to leave sooner or later; if the market activity decreased somewhat, it didn’t matter to him.

At the moment, he was strolling down the streets of the Mechanism City, wearing a mask that concealed his aura.

With his previous shopping experience, he knew his way well by now and headed straight to a bamboo building.

This bamboo building was arranged with refined elegance, and no sign hung on the outside—only a green triangular flag was planted in the corner.

Fang Xi entered, and immediately a woman in her forties with an ordinary appearance greeted him, "A respectful greeting to the esteemed guest..."

"I’ve heard that your establishment is well-informed; I would like to purchase some intelligence regarding the Cultivation World."

Fang Xi said with a slight smile.

"What kind of information does the guest wish to purchase?" The middle-aged woman led Fang Xi to a private room and poured two cups of Spiritual Tea.

"Naturally, the most recent major events in the Star Domain. If it involves significant happenings of the human race, I would also like to hear about them..." Fang Xi stated his request.

The Mysterious Dark Abyss was, after all, isolated; many pieces of news did not arrive in a timely manner.

As the Mechanism City roamed the world, the information it held was quite substantial.

When she heard the request, the middle-aged woman seemed relieved; the guest’s requirement clearly wasn’t to target a particular family, but merely to understand the general trends of the Earth Immortal Realm, which were the easiest to communicate without offending anyone—it was just a matter of collecting some of the latest public news.

She took a sip of Spiritual Tea and organized her thoughts, "Currently, the biggest affair within the Earth Immortal Realm is surely the Monster Clan’s Sky-Flipping Great Saint, who inexplicably infiltrated the Flame Profound Domain and began a massacre against a sect..."

"Is the Sky-Flipping Great Saint one of the seven great saints of the Monster Clan?" Fang Xi inquired thoughtfully.

Although the border areas between the human race and the Monster Clan were heavily guarded, for those with sufficient strength, crossing those natural barriers was not an issue.

As one of these formidable beings, the seven great saints of the Monster Clan definitely belonged to this category, and even among Integration cultivators, they counted as those with the strongest divine power and divine skills!

"Indeed... It’s probably because that sect violated some taboo, otherwise the Great Saint wouldn’t risk infiltrating our territory to take action...If cornered, even a Monster Clan Great Saint might perish."

The middle-aged woman said, "It’s a pity for the sect that had an Integration cultivator in residence; its legacy has now come to an end..."

She went on to describe several more momentous events that had recently rocked the Earth Immortal Realm before finally adding, "In the Star Domain, the Star Sect opened its doors wide to recruit twenty-five years ago, and it is said that they accepted a disciple with the ’Star Saint Body,’ a type of spirit body blessed by the heavens, particularly suitable for the Star Sect’s ’Great Circulation Star Cultivation Qi-Refining Skills’...It is likely that in a thousand years, the Star Sect will have another well-known cultivator."

"Aside from that, the Dragon Controlling Sect dispatched cultivators to eradicate the outpost of the Black Water Sect that had migrated far... However, they still did not capture that Transcendent God..."

The middle-aged woman continued with information that left Fang Xi somewhat surprised.