Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 922 - 778: Ceremony

Chapter 922: Chapter 778: Ceremony

This dark sea area, known as the ’Black Forest Sea,’ used to be the Spiritual Vein training ground of Lord Black Flame.

Of course, it has recently become Fang Xi’s.

Not only that, with the aid of the Treasures of All Heavens and Fang Immortal Taoist Palace, he also translocated a large batch of Cultivators from The Nine States to the midst of the Black Forest Sea.

The Cultivators selected were all Nascent Souls and above, elites within The Nine States, and authorities in their respective domains.

Moreover, they brought with them a considerable amount of advanced equipment, ready to apply the experiences of The Nine States within the Earth Immortal Realm.

In fact, the Earth Immortal Realm also possesses the path of technology, as in the case of the Mo Sect, where many of their techniques even surpass those of puppet masters in The Nine States.

What is lacking is merely a complete technology tree, setting standards, and integrating...

On Falling Sky Island, countless races stand side by side, and the number of rare samples and Cultivation Secret Skills is beyond count, a perfect match for the always resource-scarce Nine States.

Naturally, before the departure, Fang Xi had the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace’s oath-enforcing capabilities as a witness, forming contracts with all the Cultivators that forbid the disclosure of any information about themselves or The Nine States.

The Fang Immortal Taoist Palace originally had the power to enforce oaths, and Fang Immortal Taoist Master had used it before.

Moreover, due to its ranking as an Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure, its effect is naturally superior to methods like the Immortal Spiritual Document and the Agreement of the Netherworld Blood of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Even if information were to be leaked, it was a matter of indifference for Fang Xi.

After all, Falling Sky Island is isolated from the world; even if information about him leaked, it seemed inconsequential...

Even if in the future the Higher Realm descends and a passageway between Falling Sky Island and the outer world emerges, whether it could connect the territories of humans, the Monster Clan, and Demons was still uncertain.

After all, the Earth Immortal Realm is truly vast and has innumerable dangerous places...

After discussions, Lord Ghost Axe, Sage Demon Exterminator, and several other Transcendent Gods took the lead in this expedition.

While Lord Wanzang, along with the remaining Transcendent God Cultivators, stayed behind to continue developing The Nine States.

Of course, officially, Fang Xi, the Fang Immortal Taoist Master, was also staying in The Nine States.

But upon seeing the Integration Period Fang Xi, despite the profound respect from Lord Ghost Axe and Sage Demon Exterminator, they couldn’t help but mutter inwardly, ’What eternal unforsaken Externalization; this Taoist Master probably left an Externalization in The Nine States, while his true body has long since ascended and has even cultivated to the Integration Realm!’

Once they arrived on Falling Sky Island, there were no world restrictions on advancing to Returning to Emptiness or Integration.

Lord Ghost Axe and Sage Demon Exterminator, with their profound cultivation reserves, could attempt breakthroughs at any time!

And there is, in fact, a ’Biyi Breaking Virtual Pill’ in the storage of The Nine States.

Such Spirit Medicine resources that aid in the breakthrough to Returning to Emptiness were personally concocted by Fang Xi, with only two pills succeeding.

He used one for himself, advancing to the Returning to Emptiness realm.

The other pill was left for The Nine States and was only recently exchanged by Sage Demon Exterminator for his own exploits, achieving Returning to Emptiness!

Lord Ghost Axe, having given up a chance, is still cultivating strenuously and has not tried to break through to Returning to Emptiness.

However, Fang Xi believes that with the other’s aptitude, and now arriving at Falling Sky Island, a place with extremely abundant resources, finding other Returning to Emptiness resources and advancing to the Returning to Emptiness realm will not be much of a problem.

Seeing Sage Demon Exterminator advance successfully to Returning to Emptiness, Fang Xi’s lips reveal a slight smile, "Not bad... I can’t always rely on just a turtle and a fox, making it look like I am integrating with the Monster Clan... Now that you, Demon Exterminator, have ascended to Returning to Emptiness, from now on, you will preside over the ’Nine State Sect’ of the Black Forest Sea."

"Please rest assured, Taoist Master."

Sage Demon Exterminator respectfully performed a salute.

Only after ascending to a higher realm and advancing to a greater realm could he fully sense the unfathomable depth of this Taoist Master!

"In a few days, the opening ceremony of the Nine State Sect will take place... Cultivators of the Earth Immortal Realm are quite traditional and hold such ceremonies in high regard... But we are merely using the name of the Nine State Sect as a pretense, giving many Cultivators a supposed origin... The opening ceremony can be casual, with some nearby powers invited to bear witness..."

Fang Xi began to give orders unceremoniously.

...

Three days later.

On a vast Spiritual Field island within the Black Forest Sea.

Beams of light descended, revealing the figures of various guests.

"The Nine State Sect... Never heard of it."

An old man with white hair and beard with Returning to Emptiness cultivation, stroking his beard, looked at the invitation in his hand, his face showing a trace of solemnity.

"It turns out to be Elder Ning of the White Jade Sect!"

A green Escape Light appeared beside him, revealing a green-robed strong man who grimaced and said, "We are just some of the closer ones to the Black Forest Sea, and received the invitation... It is said that the Nine State Sect has enlisted an Integration Master, whose might is chilling, having slain four Integration Cultivators in one day, and even Lord Black Flame perished at his hand, along with his foundation being seized..."

"Alas, I hope that that Elder Wang is not someone greedy; otherwise..."

Elder Ning sighed.

"Otherwise, what?"

The green-robed strong man’s eyes brightened.

"Otherwise, we can only resign ourselves to our fate."

Elder Ning gave the strong man a sharp look, "Does Sir think that we can resist an Integration Master?"

Upon arrival at the ceremony site, Elder Ning and the green-robed strong man immediately felt something was off.

They had visited the island before, and now, they saw that where low-level disciples used to be in the Spiritual Fields, colossal Puppets were moving mountains and filling seas, clearly on the brink of some massive undertaking.

Above the vast land, numerous metallic-style buildings rose abruptly from the ground, and in the void, it seemed as if inexplicable miniature Puppets were moving around.

Even at the outermost part of the island, some Cultivators were casting spells, using Puppets and the cultivated coral insects to rapidly reclaim land from the sea, clearly altering the island’s terrain and expanding its area.

Simply put, the island had transformed from its original classical Cultivation style into a cyber-cultivation style.

However, Ning Lao and the green-robed strong man were worldly-wise.

Compared to the strange and varied architectural styles of the Alien races, the style of the Nine State Sect was just average...

The ceremony site.

The Nine States recently chose to lay out a vast amount of red carpet, which looked very festive.

In the sky, there were also huge banners floating in the void, with the words—"Warmly celebrate the establishment of the Nine State Sect"— written on them.

The ceremony site also featured a string of red flowers and a pair of golden scissors, a celebration plan created by some business genius, reminiscent of the ribbon-cutting style from the commercial era of the Nine States.

Fang Xi decided in his heart that he would later send the planner to become a real "Ghost Cultivator"!

’I only said I wanted it to be a bit more classical...’

’It seems that the Cultivators of the Nine States have a different understanding of classical than the Earth Immortal Realm... it makes sense, after all, they’re in the cyber era, so ’classical’ to them means modern... and the style of the Earth Immortal Realm, that’s primitive society...’

Fang Xi rubbed his face and casually took the golden scissors from a master of ceremonies to cut the ribbon, considering it enough to complete the ceremony.

After all, the scientific bigwigs of the Nine States were all a bunch of homebodies who didn’t care about such things.

Every time he gave a speech, it was perfunctory, with an absent-minded and otherworldly demeanor.

"I declare... the Nine State Sect... established today!"

Fang Xi casually burned the speech and cut through the red silk tied with a big red flower.

Ning Lao and the green-robed strong man, mixed among the guests, looked at each other incredulously and then felt that this Nine State Sect was indeed unorthodox, their ceremony so influenced by the customs of Alien races, truly lacking propriety!

"Hmm?"

Just as he finished cutting the ribbon and was about to leave, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness suddenly stirred, sensing two faint Integration stage Demon Qi lurking outside the Nine State Sect.

"There’s a fox scent... could it be the elder of that little fox?"

He sneered inwardly and said aloud, "Monster Clan friends, why not show yourselves?"

"Wang Family Ancestor... as expected of the ruthless figure who has slain four Integration Masters, you could actually detect me," a voice responded.

Above the sky, the clouds suddenly dispersed, revealing a gigantic Flood Dragon’s head.

The Flood Dragon’s body was dark green and emitted a sound like thunder.

Next to the Flood Dragon, a Six-tailed Demon Fox was also present, each of its tails soaring high, releasing astonishing Demon Qi.

"Today’s guests are welcome, so please take a seat and have a cup of celebration wine," Fang Xi said with a slight smile, his tone shifting, "But if they are unwelcome guests, then it’s also fine to see some red to add more joy to the celebration!"

With a flash of light, the Flood Dragon transformed into an old man with dragon horns.

The Six-tailed Demon Fox turned into a gorgeous and seductive noble lady, who with a smiling face, touched down from her Escape Light, "We certainly come with good intentions. Friend Wang, one of my juniors has fallen into your hands and truly suffers serving as a slave. I am willing to offer three exquisite female Spirit Foxes from my family, along with a portion of ’Innate Genuine Water,’ to free that junior. What do you think?"

"There’s no rush on this matter," Fang Xi replied, floating in the air with the ’Blood Fiend Banner’ in a flash.

Accompanied by the clear sound of a phoenix’s call, a dark shadow emerged in the sky, and an immense cloud of darkness, like a great mountain, bore down, exuding terrifying fluctuations of Magic Power.

"Integration late stage!"

"It’s the master of the black market!"

The Flood Dragon elder roared, pulling the Six-tailed noble lady to stand further away.

The Wang Family Ancestor who had eradicated the Fairy Peony and the Seventh-rank Earth clan, were underlings of the black market’s master.

Now, the master’s arrival to cause trouble was already quite restrained and controlled.

With Fang Xi being such a formidable figure, despite only being at the early stage of Integration, facing the late-stage Integration black market master, he was feared to be...

"If they indeed are unwelcome guests, then I invite them to embrace death!" Fang Xi laughed lightly, the ’Life-Death Seal’ appearing in his hand.

Thanks to his continuous sacrificial refining, with materials from the Seventh-rank Ancestral Demon Tree and the ritual refining with Integration stage Magic Power, his life-bound magical artifact had finally ascended to the seventh rank!

A Phantom of the Demonic Beast Tree spread out, with an inexplicable flash of purple radiance.

Within the clouds, a colossal figure with no life breath crashed thunderously into the sea.

With a flash of black light, a mountain range stretched immeasurably long, appeared above the ocean, forming a large island.

Endless tsunamis emerged, with towering waves nearly submerging the Nine State Sect’s location.

Fortunately, at that moment, various Arrays lit up above the island, deflecting the tsunami assault.

The Flood Dragon elder and the Six-tailed noble lady looked at each other wordlessly. After a long time, the noble lady finally spoke, "It is said... that the black market’s master has an astonishing and unique body, turning into a mountain alone... Now that I see it, the reputation is indeed well-deserved."

Her voice was hoarse, and as she looked at Fang Xi, her eyes were filled with fear.