Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 874 - 751: Gains (Extra - for monthly votes)

Chapter 874: Chapter 751: Gains (Extra Chapter for monthly votes)

"This is indeed a decent escape technique... Unfortunately, you’ve encountered me," he sighed.

Fang Xi naturally couldn’t distinguish which one of the cloud of bugs hid Fu Youzi’s true body.

But he didn’t need to guess!

In the sea of qi within his dantian, the Nascent Soul that embraced the Treasures of All Heavens smiled faintly, his gaze locking onto an indigo Sky Demon Bug that was indistinguishable from the rest.

"After all, this person is a mighty peak Integration expert..."

"If he discovers that I’ve broken his secret technique, he might well use other divine skills..."

"Although he seems to have been seriously injured by the fifth-generation Green Barley Sword, his power of counterattack must still be present, and even extremely ferocious!"

In the time it took for a thought to flash through Fang Xi’s mind, he made his decision.

With a single-handed incantation, the Life-Death Seal appeared in his hand, surrounded by countless shimmering Dragon Chapter Scripts.

After studying the Dragon Pattern Wall for a long time, Fang Xi hadn’t had any major revelations, but using the Dragon Chapter divine skill now seemed smoother and more natural than before.

Whoosh!

A vast phantom of a Demonic Beast Tree emerged, its branches stretching out to nearly obscure the sky.

With the sensing from ’Kuyong Mysterious Light,’ Fang Xi immediately knew the lifespan of Fu Youzi.

"Even after his main body was destroyed and his avatar heavily injured by me, he still has more than three thousand years left?"

Fang Xi was slightly surprised.

If he hadn’t been heavily injured, it’s possible Fu Youzi’s lifespan could have exceeded six thousand years, and that would have been troublesome!

Luckily, he was still within the executing range!

Without hesitation, his eyes turned icy as he declared like a deity high above, passing judgment over the life and death of mortals and insects, "Supreme Northern Dipper... I decree your demise!"

Swipe!

The light of the Supreme Northern Dipper flashed, accurately striking the Sky Demon Bug!

Even without the sensing of the Treasures of All Heavens, this divine skill allowed Fang Xi to easily locate the true spirit of Fu Youzi!

In an instant.

Fang Xi felt a sense of emptiness within.

This was the aftereffect of expending a significant amount through the use of the fifth-generation Green Barley Sword and then further sacrificing over thirty thousand years of his lifespan!

In the next moment!

The Sky Demon Bug erupted with a terrifying shriek, causing the surrounding void to crack open endlessly.

Countless Sky Demon Bugs exploded, turning into strands of Sky Demon Qi.

Unfortunately, this was nothing but the unwitting struggle of the body after death...

In the void, an indigo Sky Demon Bug blew up violently, revealing the corpse of a monster bug.

There, midair, it fell into the opened Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm and vanished from sight.

The next instant, Fang Xi’s true form disappeared in a flash of silver light.

The heterodox incarnation coughed twice, starting to clean up the battlefield, then transformed into the image of the Wang Family Ancestor and went to meet the other cultivators from Moon Invitation Immortal City...

...

Within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Below the Dragon Pattern Wall.

Ever since acquiring this jade tablet, Fang Xi’s daily resting and contemplating location had turned into this place.

At this moment, his face was solemn as he looked at a bug the size of a thumb in front of him.

"It’s hard to believe... this is Fu Youzi’s true form? No... the true form of his incarnation?"

The bug was entirely dark, resembling a cricket with a pair of wings.

Now it was lying there lifelessly, but with a savage ferocity about it, as if one were facing some Primordial Chaos Beast.

"If I refine it into an ultra-small puppet, it would be an unexpected trump card!"

"Its physical strength is at the seventh level, stronger than my quasi-seventh level flesh..."

Looking at the two mandibles on the bug’s mouthparts, Fang Xi did not doubt that the creature could pierce his skin’s defense.

"With its ultra-small size, if it burrowed into the body of a cultivator or monster beast, it would indeed be a mighty weapon..."

Fang Xi murmured, lifting the monster bug with his hand.

Following the sensation from the Treasures of All Heavens, he removed a segment of its leg.

This leg was clearly fake and had been refined artificially.

As Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness, with the power of the Spirit Domain, slowly eroded the original owner’s mark, a vast Cave Heaven appeared before his eyes!

A surge of spiritual energy rushed at his face.

With a cursory sweep of his consciousness, he saw sprawling Spiritual Fields, Spirit Medicine, mountains of Spirit Stones, Immortal Jade...

And a vast array of rare materials of all kinds, both named and unnamed!

"Worthy of being an Integration expert... I struck it rich this time!"

"Wait, this is just one incarnation. Who knows how many good things are in Fu Youzi’s main Storage Bag, who’s been among the Five Sons of Human Race for so many years?"

"If I offer all these to the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm for consumption... I should be able to advance to the late stage of Returning to Emptiness, or even the complete stage, at the fastest speed!"

"Indeed... No steady operation can compare to robbery! It’s still better to rob a cultivator of a higher realm than oneself!"

Though for an ordinary cultivator to attempt such a feat would be no different from seeking death.

Even Fang Xi is now internally riddled with severe injuries.

Luckily, the Eternal Green Body’s vitality is boundless, and it is gradually healing his wounds.

As for the loss of lifespan, he can make up for it sooner or later at the Ancestral Demon Tree!

"Using the Green Barley Sword to its full power, the backlash turned out to be a bit too much..."

"If the battle of magic continues, I almost feel completely exhausted."

Fang Xi sighed and picked up a fragment of an Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure.

This fragment was a piece of a sword tip, its material crystal clear like jade, with faintly visible transparent inscriptions inside.

"Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures, damaged Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures, fragments of Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures, replicas of Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures..."

"If we consider the Treasures of All Heavens as the highest grade of Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures, then currently, I have one of each of these four grades of treasures..."

Fang Xi felt somewhat speechless.

However, the rank of the Treasures of All Heavens must be above ordinary Immortal Weapons, involving inconceivable Taoist fruits and transformations.

That was something Fang Xi had understood since the first time he discovered the secrets of the Taoist fruit in the Great Liang World.

"Besides that... there’s also the puppetry inheritance from Dongqiuzi."

In his hand appeared a yellowish jade slip.

He hadn’t had the chance to look at it before, but now, with a scan of his Divine Thought, he discovered it indeed contained sixth-level puppetry.

Even at the end, it included experiences on forging quasi-seventh level Dragon Phoenix Puppets.

Clearly, these were recent additions by Dongqiuzi and, judging by Fang Xi’s discerning eye, Dongqiuzi had not held back any secrets.

After all, he was a fifth-level Grandmaster of puppet skill; he could still discern truth from lies.

"Sixth-level puppetry, truly not bad... If it’s fake, I will certainly have to demand an explanation from Dongqiuzi later!"

"Of course... the most important spoils of war are still this."

With a flash of light in Fang Xi’s hand, he extracted a bronze door from the segmented-looking Heaven Treasure.

This bronze door had an ancient design, with a ferocious beast’s head carved on its surface.

In the beast’s mouth, it clutched a bronze fragment!

"As I thought, you had this with you."

Upon seeing this, a smile spread across Fang Xi’s face.

He focused on the bronze door, sensing the unfathomable artifact crafting skill upon it, and nodded repeatedly, "To invent such a technique and borrow the power of Heaven pieces... truly remarkable."

"It’s just a pity... I’m not at all versed in talisman forging, so I still can’t understand much of it!"

Fang Xi’s gaze moved up, his expression suddenly growing serious.

He saw a sword scar on the surface of this bronze door!

Within the sword scar was a black iron talisman with countless Immortal Mansion Secret Inscriptions on it, shining with a stardust-like radiance, locking down the door’s ability to transport, making it unable to teleport again.

"I wondered why Fu Youzi didn’t use this door to escape directly into the Monster Clan territory... It turns out it was damaged and even had a lock placed on it!"

"Could this Immortal Mansion Secret Inscription and sword scar be from the hand of some Mahayana Individual Immortal?"

At this thought, Fang Xi’s expression became grave.

Although he was now in the Mortal Realm, with the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm as a barrier, according to common sense, even a Mahayana Individual Immortal should not be able to sense it.

But just in case, it would be wise to first extract the fragment and discard the bronze door in some minor world, then study it slowly at a later date!

The piece of the Treasures of All Heavens had been firmly cast on the surface of the bronze door, but Fang Xi could see at a glance that with the ability of the Monster Clan, they were still not able to melt even the slightest part of the Heaven pieces.

Therefore, he simply summoned the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ itself.

Hum!

An Ancient Bronze Mirror appeared in a flash, and then it was engulfed in a silver white radiance that enveloped the bronze door.

Countless Phoenix Seal Scripts emerged, and when the silver light dissipated, the bronze fragment within the mouth of the beast had vanished.

Looking at the Treasures of All Heavens again, Fang Xi could see that the bronze mirror was now almost complete, with only two pieces missing.

Clearly, the piece held by the Monster Clan and another in the possession of the Carefree Sky Demon King were all that was needed for total completion!

"Another piece has been gathered..."

After careful contemplation, Fang Xi couldn’t help but comment, "There’s no new function unlocked... It seems indeed that a new change won’t occur until I make a breakthrough in the Integration realm, right?"

"The day when the Treasure Mirror is complete is not far off."

"I wonder what kind of inconceivable changes will occur when the Treasures of All Heavens is completely intact?"

Fang Xi always greatly anticipated this.

And he also knew that day was not far off.

With his current Divine Skill and Magic Power, as long as he advanced to Integration, claiming domination of the Earth Immortal Realm might be arrogant, but he should indeed be powerful enough to roam at will.

...

Earth Immortal Realm.

Just as Fang Xi took away the Heaven fragment.

Within the human race territory, a Taoist with flowing immortal aura and a long sword on his back halted his Escape Light.

He had the appearance of a young man with white hair, gentle eyes, and was surrounded by Immortal Qi.

But at that moment, he furrowed his brows and suddenly formed a hand seal, "The aura of the Two Realms Gate has suddenly disappeared... Its Heavenly Secret has long been concealed, and I can’t calculate anything... Alas, could it be that within our human race, there is still a spy of high standing from the Monster Clan? Are they supporting that Fu Youzi?"

"My Immortal Mansion Secret Talisman should not be so easily broken..."

This Mahayana Individual Immortal had previously killed the true body of Fu Youzi and took the opportunity to close the Two Realms Gate, preventing the Monster Clan True Spirit from appearing.

Moreover, he managed to seal it with a secret talisman as a blockade and tracking method.

Yet unexpectedly, the talisman that had been sensing without issue suddenly vanished!

This made him suspect whether another Mahayana Individual Immortal had made a move!

...

At the same time, within the Monster Clan, in a certain valley, a roar suddenly rose that caused all beasts to tremble in fear: "Cursed... Damn human race... Half of the Two Realms Gate is lost, it’s completely useless now..."