Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 756 - 692: Soul Searching_2

Chapter 756: Chapter 692: Soul Searching_2

This Yuanli member of the Demon Clan was naturally dispatched here against its will.

Unfortunately, the human race has always kept tight secrets about high-level intelligence on cultivators who have reached the Returning to Emptiness late stage, and it didn’t know much.

Luckily, it encountered a member of the Transcendent God race, who actually had connections with Fang Immortal Taoist Master, who had caused chaos within the Demon Clan!

Naturally, Yuanli wanted to obtain accurate information to report back and avoid being assigned such unpleasant tasks again.

But who would have thought that Fang Xi, who was merely at the Transcendent God level in the eyes of Demon Lord Chi Lian, had secretly advanced to Returning to Emptiness!

Not only had he advanced to Returning to Emptiness, but he also controlled the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure, which allowed him to kill cultivators at the peak of Returning to Emptiness in the early stages, hence the trap!

If it weren’t for its mastery of an Ancient Demon Secret Skill, which gave it unusual prowess in escaping tribulations, its Nascent Soul might have even been destroyed by a single sword strike!

— When Fang Xi made his move earlier, it was like a child wielding a large hammer, unable to control the force, naturally resorting to a full-powered slash.

As for whether it lived or died, that all depended on the Divine Skill of the old Demon at the late stage of Returning to Emptiness.

Even if it died... well, it would be dead; after all, when do things ever go completely as one wishes?

There were more than just Yuanli as spies for the Demon Clan; there would always be opportunities in the future.

Fortunately, this Demon didn’t disappoint Fang Xi, being a cultivator at the late stage of Returning to Emptiness and sent to spy on the human race, its life-saving methods were quite good.

However, having suffered a sword strike, its Nascent Soul was severely injured, which allowed Fang Xi to capture it easily.

Although the mind search didn’t yield ideal results this time, Fang Xi had all the time in the world to wear down this Demon Infant.

He thought for a moment, then strolled over to the Spiritual Medicine Garden and came to a dreamlike orchid.

"This Nine-Leafed Fragrant Orchid has quite the calming and focusing effect and nourishes the Nascent Soul, you’re getting quite the bargain..."

Fang Xi plucked a leaf from the orchid, casually squeezed out its juice, and dripped it onto the top of the Demon Infant’s head.

The juice immediately penetrated it.

The once pale face of the Demon Infant due to the soul-searching instantly looked much better.

Fang Xi didn’t bother with it any further, silently circulated his cultivation technique, recovered his Divine Consciousness, and prepared for the next soul search...

...

Years later.

Underneath the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Fang Xi casually tossed out the Demon Infant.

Amidst the air, a tendril suddenly appeared, piercing through the Demon Infant.

The Demon Infant tried to open its eyes, to let out a scream, but was too weak and could only moan.

Crack!

The tendril withdrew back into the Monster Tree, the tree’s body split open like a mouth, swallowing the Demon Infant, and then vanished without a trace...

Fang Xi paid no attention to all this but instead caressed a jade slip in his hand, lost in thought.

During this period, he had been trying to search the soul of the Demon Infant daily after recovering his Divine Consciousness, while also replenishing its Primordial Energy.

After several repetitions, he had eliminated many traps and false memories.

At last, he obtained the cultivation technique in his hands!

"’He is Free Tianzi Governing Wanling True Demon Work,’ which can be cultivated all the way to the perfect state of Returning to Emptiness..."

Fang Xi sighed, "Being an incarnation of the Heterodox path is truly fortunate, with this technique, plus my direct infusion of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, breaking through to Returning to Emptiness should not be a problem..."

After all, it was just an Externalization.

His main body had also broken through to Returning to Emptiness, at which point, there were no bottlenecks.

As long as he could successfully refine the True demon qi and draw in the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy into his body, he would achieve Returning to Emptiness.

As for the Heart Demon and Heavenly Thunder Tribulation?

Fang Xi had experience with the Heart Demon Tribulation, perhaps he could assimilate it again...

After all, it was a Heterodox Nascent Soul, so however he played with it didn’t really matter.

In contrast, his main body would never go through the process of memory cleansing to become an idiot, then have memories reinfused.

If that happened, would he still be himself?

As for the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation?

Recently, the Divine Infant Sword was about to advance to the sixth tier, and combined with the Mysterious Dark Banner, at that time, he could also lend out the "Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella," making it quite likely to pass through.

’Damn it, why does it feel like this Heterodox incarnation can be so carefree?’ Fang Xi complained to himself.

However, he was now cultivating the Way of the Earth Immortal and controlled the treasures of the Immortal Mansion, so he wasn’t afraid of a mere early-stage Heterodox incarnation causing any trouble.

’I’ll find an opportunity to let the Heterodox incarnation advance...’ He made up his mind in secret, planning to let the Heterodox incarnation come down another day, take this set of techniques, and assimilate it as well.

After all, he was not going to Mount Sumeru.

Fang Xi put away the jade slip, sat down cross-legged, and watched the trickles from Old Yuanli’s memories pass through his heart, each scene as clear as ever.

He had already avoided the places with Divine Thought Prohibitions and had obtained a lot of geographical and general knowledge about the Demon Clan, as well as seventeen or eighteen ancient demonic languages.

If one day he had to impersonate a member of the Demon Clan and infiltrate their territories, he would be more than capable.

Besides, some secrets were quite explosive.

"So it turns out that the ’Carefree Sky Demon King’ is secretly regarded as the leader among the six kings of the Demon Clan, acclaimed as the most hopeful being to ascend to the rank of Mahayana Demon Ancestor..."

"If he ascends to Demon Ancestor, he should change his title to ’Great Carefree Sky Demon King’!"

"Although the other five Demon Kings each have their own strengths, none of them match up to the ’Carefree Sky Demon King’... it’s because he is ruthless enough! Cultivating such a Self-Transforming Demon Art, one either reaches great heights or suffers a great downfall, creating a wedding dress for others to wear."

Remembering a piece of information about the Carefree Sky Demon King, Fang Xi’s expression darkened again.

"And according to rumors, the ’Carefree Sky Demon King’ can run rampant in the Earth Immortal Realm, and even send his Divine Thought to the Lower Realm to ’Sky Demon Transmigration,’ all because he controls a Sky Demon Supreme Treasure! This Supreme Treasure is also part of the legacy he obtained from the Sky Demon; if there is a Demon Skill seed as a guide, it can enable his Divine Thought to cross realms, regardless of the distance or the number of worlds apart!"