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Chapter 701 - 662: Heavenly Umbrella (Additional update, plea for subscription)_1

Chapter 701: Chapter 662: Heavenly Umbrella (Additional update, plea for subscription)_1

Several months later.

The Returning to Emptiness Old Dragon and Mo Sect were obliterated, barely causing a ripple in the Mysterious Dark Abyss.

The vast majority of cultivators were completely unaware that the cursed dragon that had fled into the Mysterious Dark Abyss was already dead.

Within the Mountain Sea Pearl Dongfu,

Fang Xi leaned against the Ancestral Demon Tree, still holding a scroll of ancient beast skin scripture in his hand.

This was the "Dragon Controlling Sect’s" Beast Controlling Skills inheritance. Although it appeared to be a beast skin scripture, the stored text and images were far more abundant than those in a typical jade slip.

"A sixth-level Beast Controlling Inheritance..."

He muttered to himself as he reached the final Chapter on the secret skill to create Blood Soul Order Tokens.

"To execute such a secret skill, the first requirement is the active cooperation of the subject, splitting of the Divine Soul... Then the subject’s Divine Soul and Essence Blood are sealed on a peculiar type of blood wood with special prohibitions, forming a ’Blood Soul Order Token.’ Ordinarily, one can track the subject’s location through this object, and even torment their Divine Soul. Once the token is damaged, the subject’s soul would disperse, never to transcend..."

After perusing it for a while, Fang Xi came to understand the advantages and disadvantages of this ’Blood Soul Order Token.’

The advantage was naturally that as long as one possessed the Blood Soul Order Token, even cultivators at the Transcendent God level could be forcibly commanded to Return to Emptiness!

As long as the Return to Emptiness being feared death!

In dealing with Demon Beasts, one could utilize the various prohibitions on the tokens to torment their Divine Soul and force them into submission.

As for the disadvantages?

"The object can only limit their life, but it cannot restrain their heart... For instance, harboring dissatisfaction, secretly rebelling... Such possibilities exist. If the master of the token does not notice it, they may be subject to backlash..."

The intelligence within the spirit is the most unpredictable of all!

If someone outwardly submits but harbors resentment, the ’Blood Soul Order Token’ will not detect it, nor will it forcibly brainwash them, imprint them with ideological loyalty, or make them suffer backlash for harboring ill-intent throughout their life...

If it were so, the Return to Emptiness Old Dragon would have had no chance to betray...

"One can only say that the dragon had always feigned submission in the past, and then seized some God-given opportunity to retrieve its own Blood Soul Order Token, hence its ability to throw its weight around, right?"

"This Beast Controlling inheritance still has its shortcomings..."

Fang Xi thought of the Return to Emptiness Old Dragon and still felt a sigh of regret.

The best subject for the skill was already dead.

The Ancestral Demon Tree could not even refine Transcendent God level Puppets, let alone those at the Returning to Emptiness stage.

"With my current Divine Skills... facing ordinary human Return to Emptiness cultivators is not to be feared, but Demonic Beasts pose some difficulty..."

Even with the "Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light," Fang Xi’s current usage against Transcendent God cultivators meant sacrificing one year of his own lifespan in exchange for reducing theirs by ten years.

Yet, when facing Return to Emptiness cultivators, ten years of his lifespan could only reduce theirs by one year.

As for Integration? Even with the Great Divine Skill, he was unable to cross the two great stages and suppress the backlash!

The Purple Jade Dragon was initially on the brink of its lifespan which is why it dared to risk breaking through to extend its life by a thousand years upon reaching the middle stage of Returning to Emptiness.

After several hundred years, it had been hunted by many Return to Emptiness cultivators, sustaining heavy injuries and significantly shortening its lifespan.

Nowadays, it only had about five hundred years left, which still seemed lengthy.

After all, for human cultivators, a lifespan of five hundred years, whether for Transcendent God or Returning to Emptiness, was of extreme value.

Fang Xi looked at the Beast Controlling inheritance for a while, contemplating, "The Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm is supposed to evolve into a complete world... Not only must there be Spirit Plants, but also Spiritual Beasts... and even mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon, the stars, and even the embryonic form of all heavens..."

"Therefore, these Beast Controlling Skills might still come in handy..."

Keeping some powerful Spiritual Beasts in the Spirit Realm to help fight enemies wouldn’t be entirely useless.

After a while, Fang Xi set down the beast skin scripture and took out the storage ring of the Return to Emptiness Old Dragon.

His Divine Consciousness entered and he took out a pitch-black jade bottle.

The material of this jade bottle was peculiar, as if constantly absorbing the surrounding light, making the nearby glow slightly dim.

Within the jade bottle were dozens of drops of clear liquid.

"Heavenly Heart Fluid... it seems to be mixed with a bit of Dragon Saliva Spirit Fragrance."

"This is a Spiritual Object that can resist a Heart Demon."

This was a small surprise that Fang Xi found in the Dragon Controlling Sect’s treasury.

After all, as a Return to Emptiness Sect, they did have some foundation.

"In comparison, that Earth Immortal is truly poor... not even a reserve of Immortal Jade was left."

After breaking through the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, Fang Xi learned from Changqingzi’s memories that most of the treasures had not been transferred in time, falling into the hands of the second Nascent Soul.

The few that were brought to the Lower Realm were later consumed in the establishment of Green Emperor Mountain and in self-healing.

By the time Fang Xi arrived, it was akin to a nest being picked clean.

However, even if only the "Earth Immortal Heritage" and the "Green Barley Sword of the fifth generation" were left, they were still supreme treasures exceeding the value of ten or a hundred Dragon Controlling Sect treasuries!

"There are also a batch of rare Spiritual Pills in the storage ring that can help with the Cultivation up to the Perfect Transcendent God stage, that should not be a problem..."

Fang Xi put away the iron ring contentedly, a flash of light in his hand, and the "Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella" and its fragment reappeared.

He had had the fragment’s spirit for a long time, and it had already been tamed, no, completely subdued, and was now very obedient.

After all, if he did not agree, this spirit would have no chance of returning to its main body, the Heavenly Umbrella.

At this moment, Fang Xi waved his hand, and a wooden wheel with patterns of wood grain and emitting green and yellow light appeared in mid-air.

Streams of Kuyong Skills Magic Power continuously entered the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella, beginning the sacrificial refining.

Shua shua!

On the surface of the umbrella, the black, white, gold, red, and green colors rotated, corresponding to the Five Elements, revealing dazzling prohibition patterns.

Suddenly, the five-color radiance transformed into a chaotic uniformity.

"Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella...truly extraordinary," Fang Xi said.

Fang Xi released his Divine Consciousness, able to distinctly observe a repaired patch on the surface of the umbrella.

Although the repairer had used such rare items as ten-thousand-year-old celestial silkworm threads, they still could not match the original fragments of the umbrella; it had an air of the proverbial peasant woman trying in vain to imitate the noble lady’s smile.

The many Five Elements Prohibitions also operated sluggishly at this spot.

It was foreseeable that if the umbrella were to be used against an enemy, once its flaw was discovered, it would inevitably be at a significant disadvantage.

"Go!" Fang Xi ordered.

Fang Xi had long since merged the fragment he held in his hand with the umbrella’s spirit, ordering it to recognize its master, and now casually tossed it.

The palm-sized fragment immediately let out a roar as it landed on the ’Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella,’ covering the repaired patch.

Fang Xi’s hand seals continuously shifted as clear ringing filled the Dongfu.

Suddenly, his body fell silent, and the Heavenly Spirit above his head flashed.

Within the green radiance, the silhouette of the Nascent Soul appeared, opening its small mouth as a flame began the Sacrificial Refining of the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella.

During this process of refining, Fang Xi could clearly feel the cooperation of the umbrella’s spirit, taking control of all the Prohibitions of the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella while expelling the former owner’s Magic Power branding.

"This truly is the power of Sky Demon Qi... If I were to refine it myself, there’s no telling how much trouble it would cause."

Several days later, Fang Xi withdrew his Magic Power, a hint of satisfaction on his face.

The Sky Demon Qi left inside the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella by the Returning to Emptiness Flood Dragon had been entirely expelled by him.

Now, looking at a few strands of twisted, dragons-shaped dark green Sky Demon Qi in the void, Fang Xi pondered for a moment before still deciding to take out a jade bottle and muttering to himself.

Inside this jade bottle, in fact, hidden was a ’Biyi Tube,’ perfectly suited for containing this kind of Sky Demon and True Demon Qi.

A few strands of dark green Qi entered the bottle and were securely sealed by Fang Xi.

"To achieve the ’Merging of Three Energies,’ the amount of Sky Demon Qi needed isn’t just these few strands... it should be at least an entire bottle!" he murmured, somewhat troubled.

While Immortal Origin Energy was relatively simple to obtain, Sky Demon and True Demon Qi were truly troublesome.

"Indeed... do I have to go to the Three Realms Mountain?" Fang Xi sighed, opening his eyes.

Boom!

At this moment, the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella had been refined by Fang Xi to operate to his liking. The surface of the umbrella unfurled above his head, streamers of five-color fringe cascading down from its edges.

"This layer of protection, the common Transcendent God Cultivator would find it utterly difficult to break through... not to mention, I haven’t yet Returned to Emptiness, unable to unleash this umbrella’s full might," he mused, holding the handle of the umbrella.

With a single thought, the shape and radiance of the ’Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella’ slightly shifted, giving it the appearance of a green oil-paper umbrella.

In the Cultivation World, there are many umbrella-shaped treasures. Now, by altering some of the characteristics of this treasure, unless the cultivator is extremely familiar with it, they generally can’t recognize it.

"This treasure that aids in Returning to Emptiness, it has the power of Thunder Transformation..."

A flash of excitement crossed Fang Xi’s face: "Could it be that, aside from the Treasures of All Heavens and the Green Barley Sword from five generations ago, this is the most valuable treasure I possess?"

With this treasure in hand, there is a fair amount of certainty in getting through the Major Heavenly Tribulation!

In reality, for many Earth Immortal Realm cultivators, to have the kind of breakthrough preparation that Fang Xi now has is already quite remarkable.

However, Fang Xi prefers to be cautious in his actions, definitely wanting to gather the ’Merging of Three Energies’ and also create the ’Biyi Breaking Virtual Pill,’ stacking the chances of success to the highest possible level.

"After my breakthrough in Returning to Emptiness, ’Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light’ will already be a threat to integration... I can be a bit more unrestrained in the Earth Immortal Realm..."

A look of anticipation surfaced on Fang Xi’s face.

...

Spring turned to autumn.

Three years flew by quickly.

Sea Eye Land.

Whoosh!

An indescribably large Kun fish leapt up, exuding a supreme aura, challenging the heavens... An endless amount of Mysterious Dark Heavy Water ascended into midair, turning into one of the three major disasters of the Mysterious Dark Abyss: ’Mysterious Dark Rain’!

Next to this enormous Kun fish was a True Armored Whale dozens of miles long, continuously crying out in restrained tones, like a giant child weighing millions of tons.

Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy churned, transforming into Giant Strength, slamming down forcefully.

Whoosh!

The infinite Mysterious Dark Heavy Water fell, yet it was entirely blocked by a green oil-paper umbrella.

With a light spin of that oil-paper umbrella, a five-color radiance flickered, turning into a single, coherent Mixed Origin energy, firmly protecting the Cultivator in green robes beneath it, who escaped from the Sea Eye Land in a somewhat ragged manner.

"Calling for backup when you can’t win, really stingy..."

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, Fang Xi held onto the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella and commented.

In these three years roaming through the Mysterious Dark Abyss, he had at last stumbled upon a True Armored Whale with some good luck.

Both parties were of the Transcendent God Cultivation level, so he decided to test the opponent’s strength.

Unexpectedly, this True Armored Whale started calling for help when it couldn’t win!

Fortunately, Fang Xi had come a long way and was capable of making a full retreat unharmed.

"There’s not much hope for ’Dragon Saliva Spirit Fragrance,’ might as well return, might as well return..."