Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 960 - 816: Eclipse and Gaze Upon the Moon

Chapter 960: Chapter 816: Eclipse and Gaze Upon the Moon

Penglai Fairy Pavilion.

Inside the quiet chamber.

Fang Xi was sitting cross-legged, unclothed.

At his side, there was a peculiar Giant Sun Gold Bottle, now empty.

His body was covered in a layer of grease, eerily merging into his skin and making it emit a white-gold radiance.

This radiance flowed like water, surging through every part of his body.

Fang Xi’s arms stretched and twisted like dragons and snakes, performing many unbelievable and unnatural movements.

Accompanied by the sound of incantations and yoga stretches, behind him, a Great Sun emerged, within which a godly beast resembling both a dragon and a snake coiled around him.

At this moment, Fang Xi felt every inch of his skin, bones, and muscles... undergoing a new round of strengthening...

Time passed, but it was unclear how long.

He opened his eyes, and all the miraculous phenomena around him had disappeared without a trace.

"This ’Hinayana Vajra Sequential Supreme Yoga Secret Method’ really has some tricks; combined with the ’Great Sun Secret Initiation Butter,’ it has actually advanced my ’True Body of Sky Demon’ by a small degree..."

Fang Xi’s original True Body of Sky Demon was already comparable to a seventh-grade monster beast.

With this slight advancement, he should now be at a level where his physical body alone was comparable to a Middle Stage of Integration Cultivator.

"Unfortunately... the butter is most effective the first time it is used, and over time, one develops a resistance to it..."

"Having used it all up, it has only advanced my body refining by a small degree..."

"If there were no drug resistance and an endless supply of Great Sun Secret Initiation Butter, I could potentially push my body refining to an unfathomable level."

A golden jade slip appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, which contained two cultivation techniques bestowed by Jin Gangzi.

"These two body-refining arts are extremely valuable, surely not something that just ’Innate Qi’ can compare with... There must also be credit for having rooted out an Insect race spy earlier, with an intent to reward ..."

He nonchalantly donned a cyan robe and walked out of the cultivation room.

Within the Penglai Fairy Pavilion, a busy scene was underway.

Many disciples and elders were occupied with ushering in friends and relatives and stockpiling supplies.

Many disciples who were out had also returned to the Pavilion, making the Dongfu of Penglai Fairy Pavilion somewhat insufficient, necessitating expansion.

Whoosh!

An Escape Light shot forward, revealing Fairy Yunxi’s figure.

Her white dress fluttering, her face bore a trace of worry, "Immortal Cultivators are still manageable to settle, but those mortals..."

In terms of numbers, mortals were certainly a hundred or a thousand times more numerous than Immortal Cultivators!

Not to mention, these mortal kingdoms were intimately connected to Fairy Yunxi’s future achievements on the God Path, indeed difficult to abandon.

"We are in luck; previously Liang Ruolong brought out a set of Array equipment from a Mahayana Secret Realm’s warehouse... Although it’s incomplete, I should be able to repair it to some extent."

Fang Xi said with a slight smile.

"Oh? May I know its grade?" Fairy Yunxi’s beautiful eyes lit up.

"Originally, it should have been of the eighth rank. After my repairs, it should maintain near-eighth rank capabilities..."

Fang Xi said, "I have named it the ’Nine Dragons Eclipse Array.’ When the Array is fully activated, Alien races of Integration Period and below will find it virtually impossible to invade within the Array’s reach..."

Arrays of seventh rank and above have incredibly vast coverage, some even capable of enveloping an entire region!

Fang Xi didn’t have high requirements, as long as it could encompass Penglai Fairy Pavilion and the nearby Cultivator Families and Schools, as well as a few mortal kingdoms, it would be enough.

These seemingly insignificant details were in fact the foundation of Penglai Fairy Pavilion, not easily forsaken.

"Even if Alien races above the Integration Period joined forces to break the Array, it would automatically operate and hold out for quite some time..."

There was one detail Fang Xi didn’t mention.

The Array’s most important feature was its sensing ability; even Mahayana Monks would need to expend some effort to break it.

By then, he would be able to retreat at his leisure.

"Supreme Elder, Master!"

At that moment, Shui Lingxin arrived, riding on Escape Light, her face carrying a hint of unease, "At the edge of the Sky Brahman Domain, traces of an Alien army have been discovered... They have already breached the Defense Array and the border outposts of the Sky Brahman Army, entering the Sky Brahman Domain."

With these words, both Fang Xi and Yunxi felt a sense of relief as if a great weight had finally been lifted.

"What’s meant to come will always come."

Fang Xi ordered indifferently, "Send the order down: all high-ranking Cultivators of the Pavilion, to assist me in setting the Array!"

"Yes..."

Shui Lingxin responded, looking at Fang Xi with admiration in her beautiful eyes.

It seemed that ever since she knew him, the Supreme Elder had always been so composed and serene...

As if there was nothing in the world that could trouble him!

Before long, mists spread out from the center of Penglai Fairy Pavilion, gradually moving outwards and transforming into a thick wall of fog, isolating the influence range of the Penglai Fairy Pavilion from the outside world.

Succeeding that, accompanied by the prolonged chanting of Dragon Chanting, one cloud dragon after another materialized, chasing each other around the central Great Sun...

...

Night had fallen.

Nine differently shaped moons hung high in the sky, each emitting its unique radiance.

Whoosh!

An Escape Light was desperately fleeing, apparently, there was a Human Cultivator within it.

Behind him, a strange moonlight was in pursuit.

Within the moonlight, stood an Alien Cultivator with a human body and a head resembling a rhinoceros.

"Go!"

The human Cultivator clasped his hands together, and Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy surged wildly, as he shot out two round beads, one red and the other yellow.

Bang!

The two colored beads collided in mid-air, mixing with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, and suddenly transformed into a cloud of yellow and red miasma.

The escaping human Cultivator who had reached the Returning to Emptiness stage saw this scene, and a glint of satisfaction flashed across his eyes.

This "Bipolar Bead" was an Exotic Treasure he had obtained from the Dongfu of a predecessor, capable of releasing a virulent miasma that even Integration Cultivators feared.

With this bead, he had once escaped with his life from the hands of a Demon Clan Integration Cultivator during the great battle at Mount Sanjie!

It was because he had great skills and courage that he dared to approach the Alien Alliance army to gather intelligence.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, a ray of moonlight spilled down from above the sky.

The moonlight flickered, condensing into a shadow, none other than the Alien race with a rhino-headed human body.

Incredibly, it cast a strange Escape Light, directly leaping through the miasma cloud!

The Alien snorted coldly and with a spread of his hands, a large purple net, covered in burning purple flames, materialized.

Upon seeing this scene, the human Cultivator couldn’t help but change his expression dramatically as he made a hand gesture and a Crimson Jade Blade flew out.

Immediately, a silver Talisman surfaced in his hand, the "Great Void Transposition Talisman"!

Pfft!

The Crimson Jade Blade was also a sixth-order Treasure, unleashing a crimson blade aura that struck the purple net, yet failed to inflict the slightest damage.

Then, a chaotic divine radiance suddenly broke through the Cultivator’s Body Shielding Light Cover, striking the "Great Void Transposition Talisman" in his hand.

The brightness of the Talisman immediately dissipated, igniting and burning fiercely.

Seeing this, the human Cultivator couldn’t help but show a look of utter despair. He watched as the purple net fell over him, and once fueled with Demon Fire, turned to ashes in an instant, with apparently not even his Nascent Soul escaping.

"Giggle... The Moon Watching Clan’s ’Moon Escape Technique’ is indeed incomparably sharp."

A crisp, feminine voice came from the side, followed by the Void ripping open, and out leapt a Jiuchi Clan Integration Cultivator with a reddish complexion like Core Fire, four feet, two wings, and a head engulfed in chaos.

She chuckled softly, then with a flash of light, morphed into a woman clad in red armor, with sharp horns on her head and peculiar patterns on her face.

"Lian Hongshang... My clan is handling this matter, and there’s no need for the Jiuchi Clan’s assistance," the Moon Watching Clan’s Integration Cultivator said coldly.

"While that human Cultivator unleashed the Great Void Transposition Talisman, my ’Heaven Destroying Purple Flame Net’ also possesses the ability to seal the Void, preventing him from escaping..."

"Hehe, little sister just didn’t want to take any chances..."

Lian Hongshang laughed lightly, looking over the wild land: "Is it true that this human race’s Sky Brahman Domain, and the territories of the adjacent two domains, were once part of the ancestral lands of the Moon Watching Clan in ancient times?"

"Indeed, this is where my peers and I hail from, but alas... it bears no resemblance to its former self," said the rhino-headed Alien, a trace of nostalgia flickering in his small eyes.

"Speaking of which, wasn’t it the idea of an elder from the Moon Watching Clan at the Alliance meeting to choose this place for our diversionary attack?"

Lian Hongshang smiled coyly, showing a hint of wariness.

With a Mahayana Monk in their ranks, the Moon Watching Clan held a certain sway within the Alien Alliance.

"That’s nothing compared to your ’Jiuchi Clan’... Aside from those three Mahayana, there must be ancient beings lurking unseen within your ranks, similar to those of the human, Monster and Demon Clans, right?" the Moon Watching Clan Integration Cultivator probed.

"Oh, such secretive matters... How could a mere seventh-order member like myself be privy to them?" Lian Hongshang responded with a playful laugh.

"Enough... With many of the human race’s arrays being stringent, we can only invade through the borders and not transport en masse... We must achieve quick victory."

The Moon Watching Clan Integration Cultivator did not linger on the topic.

It was a history of blood and tears how the Moon Watching Clan had once had a Mahayana Monk who was later slain by humans, forcing the clan to relocate to the perilous depths of the barbaric wild lands.

Fortunately, their legacy remained intact, and after countless years of accumulation, they finally had another Mahayana rise!

This time, they must have their revenge against the human race!

"Hmm, according to intelligence, the human Sky Brahman Domain has only been developed recently, with two seventh-order powers, one at its core, Sky Brahman City, and the other, Penglai Fairy Pavilion... It’s unlikely that Sky Brahman City still has a seventh-order presence, and you and I, together, without much need for Cultivator assistance, can take it down in one fell swoop."

Lian Hongshang suddenly proposed, "With our speed of escape, we don’t need to wait for the main forces from behind. How about we take Sky Brahman City directly?"

"Sky Brahman City?"

The Moon Watching Clan Integration Cultivator was somewhat tempted but then shook his head, "Even if we take it, the Super Teleportation Array inside will surely be unusable..."

"Then, what does Sir suggest?" Lian Hongshang inquired.

"Of course, we should first eliminate the human Integration Cultivators. After that, Sky Brahman Domain will be entirely within our grasp, serving as a springboard for the ’Void Clan’ to set up teleportation arrays! After all, the human race is an enormous clan with far more than one Mahayana Cultivator. It’s best to proceed steadily and securely."

The Moon Watching Clan Integration Cultivator asserted, "With the human race’s three Mahayanas seriously injured, they won’t return to full strength for a thousand years without a miracle. This time, my Moon Watching Clan won’t leave any of our ancestors’ land unclaimed!"

Both the Jiuchi Clan and Alien Alliance are quite distant from the human, Monster, and Demon Clans. Dangerous savage lands lie in between, making the movement of large forces primarily dependent on Super Teleportation Arrays.

Among the Alien Alliance, ’Void Clan’ individuals have special talents that reduce the energy consumption of teleportation to an extremely low level.

At the moment, one such Super Teleportation Array has been altered into a military encampment near Sky Brahman Domain in the savage lands.

The Moon Watching Clan’s diversionary force is, in truth, just an opening gambit, primarily intended to create a disturbance.

The real Alien Alliance forces and high-ranking members are focused towards Mount Sanjie; that’s where the genuine battle rages!

Of course, if the situation becomes unfavorable, this location can quickly turn into a breach.

Indeed, after the mutual prohibitions and agreements between the Mahayanas of both sides, the Jiuchi Clan has already moved several Super Teleportation Arrays inside Monster Clan territory!

This is to guard against surprise attacks from the human and Demon Clans!

The Monster Clan already harbors a deep-seated enmity with the human and Demon Clans. Now finally seeing the opportunity to eradicate them, they are more than willing to pact with the devil.