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Chapter 972 - 828: Middle Stage of Integration (Extra - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 972: Chapter 828: Middle Stage of Integration (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes)

The stars shifted and the battle of constellations ensued.

Time flew by in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred years had passed.

The Black Forest Sea.

The Nine State Sect’s station.

Fang Xi reclined in a soft chair, next to him a stunning beauty was feeding him a Spirit Fruit.

In his arms, he was also stroking a Three-tailed monster fox.

It must be said that Su San’s fur was smooth and slick, feeling wonderful to the touch, even softer than the Ten Thousand Years Silkworm Silk, making it somewhat addictive.

After another rough stroke of the fox fur, Fang Xi carelessly tossed the little fox aside.

The little fox yelped a few times as it landed on the ground, rolled over, and transformed into a charming and lovely young girl. Her eyes looked at Fang Xi with a touch of resentment.

How could one just discard her after use?

Although she’s a pet, this treatment is too...

However, Fang Xi couldn’t be bothered with her and merely took out a green gourd, took another sip of Spirit Wine, and then heaved a sigh, "So, have you thought it through? What’s wrong with being the ’Fragrant Lady’? With the long life span provided by God Path, one can also make vigorous progress..."

In fact, there was a big shortfall in official positions within the Taoist Court, and he was looking everywhere for people to fill the gaps.

Especially high-rank cultivators!

For these pets, their life and death were already in his hands, so what’s one more restriction?

Moreover, Fang Xi was even considering recruiting some from the alien races, in order to dismantle the potential Ten Thousand Clans Alliance.

The position of ’Fragrant Lady’ was indeed that of a godhood, but alas, its status was somewhat low.

The little fox, no matter how unambitious, had already reached Returning to Emptiness.

Besides, she was actually a talented individual from the fox clan, serving humbly as a minor god – what did that amount to?

"Little Fox has thought it through and has no regrets,"

asserted Su San promptly.

"Oh."

Fang Xi showed neither approval nor disapproval. Once his God Path incarnation emerged from seclusion, he could at least be titled ’Heavenly Monarch’, and then ’Fragrant Lady’ could rise to the heavens and become the ’Heavenly Fragrance Female Monarch’.

It’s just that this little fox was blind to the treasure before her, so be it.

After all, there were plenty of others who wanted to do it!

After all, this was a step towards achieving Perfect Integration!

Even if this little fox Su San received full support from the Monster Clan to advance to Integration, her chances were actually only about ten or twenty percent.

Not to mention, the Heavenly Monarch could later become a Heavenly King or even a Heavenly Venerable.

This little fox would never know what she had missed out on.

"Speaking of which, my longevity banquet is coming up soon,"

Fang Xi smiled slightly and said to Su San, "Go inform all the high-ranking Integrations of the Monster Clan and pass on a message from me: don’t make a mistake!"

"Yes,"

Su San solemnly acknowledged, bowed, and slowly withdrew.

Fang Xi mentioned holding a longevity banquet, yet he did not disclose his age, leaving much for the outside world to speculate.

’Unknowingly, I am also approaching three thousand years old.’

’About two hundred years have passed since I advanced to the early stage of Integration...’

Once Su San had left, Fang Xi took a sip of Green Bamboo Wine and appeared quite sentimental.

Then, he stood up.

As Fang Xi rose, ominous clouds appeared out of nowhere above the island, with gold and silver lightning flickering intermittently.

This was the Minor Heavenly Tribulation for advancing to the mid-stage of Integration!

Within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, a gathering of Mother Qi of All Woods, covering thirty thousand acres, converged like clouds, swarming over!

Inside Fang Xi’s Dantian Qi Ocean,

the main Nascent Soul, tinted with a shade of green, smiled slightly, constantly drawing the Mother Qi of All Woods, its purple aura becoming more apparent and its form growing taller, breaking through to around two feet!

The Nascent Soul became semi-solid and two feet tall!

This signified that the Kuyong Skills had broken through to the mid-stage of Integration!

By cultivating the Earth Immortal Heritage, together with the Eternal Green Body, and reaching the pinnacle of early-stage Integration, the breakthrough was naturally imminent!

Thunderclouds roared across the sky, a Heavenly Thunder ferociously descended.

Carrying the chilling might of heaven, it caused all the cultivators on the Nine State Sect’s island to tremble with fear!

"No need to worry, it is the Taoist Master crossing the Minor Heavenly Tribulation of the mid-stage of Integration,"

Lord Ghost Axe said as he watched the gold and silver thunderclouds, a hint of envy in his eyes.

Every generation of Fang Immortal Taoist Masters were indeed talents of The Nine States.

This Taoist Master appeared to have even greater talent than the previous one.

"Immediately activate the surrounding arrays to guard against enemy attacks,"

declared Sage Demon Exterminator, aware of the tense situation on Falling Sky Island and the undercurrents stirring.

Although the Integrations of the Ten Thousand Clans Alliance were no match for Fang Xi, if they joined forces, they could pose a real headache even for a cultivator who had reached Perfect Integration.

Not to mention, the alien races might still have hidden trump cards that even the former Fang Xi approached with caution.

Array after Array, Floating City after Floating City, Super Fortresses were activated, emanating terrifying fluctuations.

The entire island seemed to have become a giant steel porcupine.

But in fact, the entire defense of the Nine State Sect was only the outermost layer.

When Fang Xi’s true self was crossing the tribulation, his Heterodox incarnation naturally stood guard by his side.

He was seated atop the Little Mysterious Turtle, gently touching the patterns on its shell: "Your bloodline is rich and your talent is decent... It would be a pity if you pursued the God Path."

The Little Mysterious Turtle, now following Fang Xi and enjoying luxuries, was progressing rapidly in its Sixth Order cultivation.

The potential to advance to the Seventh Order in the future was at least several times that of the little fox Su San!

Fang Xi planned to let the Little Mysterious Turtle advance to the Seventh Order before considering whether to guide it onto the God Path.

In contrast, Fairy Yunxi had no such concerns at all.

"Additionally... as for some of the vassals and Spiritual Pets that can no longer keep up with my pace... the God Path is a good path to take."

Fang Xi looked toward the Earth Immortal Spirit Realm, his expression enigmatic.

Then, a phantom of the Earth Immortal Spirit Realm emerged, and a piece of the Spirit Realm slowly unfolded.

The golden-silver Heavenly Thunder that fell within the Spirit Realm was quickly neutralized...

The Earth Immortal Spirit Realm could counter the suppression of the Heavenly and Earthly Laws. It was originally a top-notch secret skill for transforming calamities!

Heavenly Thunder Chain!

In an instant, eighteen strikes had already been delivered!

In the end, strands and threads of golden-silver Thunder Light even broke through the seal of the Earth Immortal Spirit Realm.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi let out a cold laugh and pressed on the Thousands Demon Armor on his body.

The phantoms of the Four Great Spirits appeared, turning into a four-colored radiance, welcoming the sky-filled Heavenly Thunder.

The might of the Heavenly Thunder was instantly weakened by several times.

Then, Fang Xi roared furiously, a layer of white-gold radiance emerging around him, as if a Great Sun slowly rose behind him.

A creature that resembled a dragon but not a dragon, with countless Sanskrit golden scales on its body, was roaring at the sky.

With his body refining at a level comparable to the Middle Stage of Integration, a mere Middle Stage Minor Heavenly Tribulation, especially after being doubly weakened, naturally had a hard time troubling him.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning struck Fang Xi and immediately burst open, turning into countless tiny arcs of electricity.

The dual-colored golden-silver arcs coiled around Fang Xi’s body, as if dressing him in a layer of lightning armor.

Bathed in the thunder, Fang Xi remained safe and sound.

Eventually... the dual-colored gold and silver thunderclouds in the sky reluctantly dissipated.

The clouds cleared and the rain stopped, a rainbow stretched across the sky.

Threads of spirit rain fell.

Fang Xi opened his arms, his expression very calm.

For him, advancing to the Middle Stage of Integration was truly a trivial matter.

...

Above the island.

The little fox Su San, who had just left her hiding spot not long ago, now dared to emerge from her hiding place, looking at the gradually fading thunderclouds: "Integration... Middle stage already..."

"Is the human race’s cultivation always this fast?"

She looked toward where the thunderclouds had disbanded, as if she had finally made up her mind about something...

"He’s actually reached the Middle Stage of Integration..."

In the Black Forest Sea, the water streams gradually converged, forming a humanoid figure. It was actually a member of the Water Tribe!

The Water Tribe had Divine Skills to transform into water. After doing so within the Black Forest Sea, even late-stage Integration cultivators would find it difficult to detect them.

At this moment, they naturally acted as spies for various clans, monitoring the news from the Nine State Sect day and night.

Seeing the astonishing celestial phenomenon now, they could not help but quickly leave, eager to relay the intelligence back to their clan.

...

Quickly, the news that the "Supreme Elder of the Nine State Sect" had broken through to the middle stage of Integration swept through the various tribes of Falling Sky Island like a storm!

To them, even if the human race was to gain one more cultivator in the later stage of Integration, it didn’t really mean much.

But who would have guessed that this particular cultivator was Falling Sky Island’s number one?

Not only was he the top cultivator on Falling Sky Island, but he also controlled all mortal kingdoms and encouraged breeding. After a hundred years of population explosion, he was on the verge of expanding his territory.

His ambition was clearly evident!

This caused some of the tribes with numerous clan members, especially from the alien races, to become filled with apprehension.

Inside a hall enveloped by an array,

the light was dim, barely revealing a long table and several high-backed chairs.

In front of each chair, there was also an oddly-shaped bronze ancient lamp.

At this moment, a bronze ancient lamp on the left suddenly lit up, casting light upon a ripple-like phantom seated above.

This wavelike phantom spoke first, "According to the intelligence gathered by our clan’s spies, that person has indeed ascended to the middle stage of Integration..."

"Hehe... If outsiders knew that the number one cultivator of Falling Sky Island was once at the initial stage of Integration and has only recently reached the middle stage, we’d be the laughing stock," said another massive figure shrouded in black mist, his tone mocking.

"Barbarian friend... Your ’Sky Savage Tribe’ might have few members, but the cultivation you practice is special, needing to merge with a piece of land and the ’Qi of Earth’ to advance. You have quite the demand for territory, so save your sarcastic comments," a sharp voice retorted.

"Hmph... Is there even anything else to discuss? We lay out all our foundations and have it out with that Wang Family Ancestor," said a shadowy figure shaped like a flame, endlessly burning true flames that morphed into a phoenix, a snake, a dragon... with no fixed form. "For example, in the Water Tribe, that collection of ’Five-color Plain Cloud Flags’ is a damaged artifact of the eighth rank, capable of trapping that person briefly... And then there’s the Monster Clan and the Demon Clan. The Monster Clan we won’t mention for now, but the Demon Clan should still have an old monster hidden away, perhaps even having reached Perfect Integration..."

"Hmmph, within your Fire Clan, isn’t there a ’Grand Swallow Destroyer Thunder pearl’ inherited? It’s rumored that this Thunder Pearl was made using a secret skill from the True Immortal Realm, drawing upon the nine heavens’ Heavenly Thunder’s might, even a Mahayana Individual Immortal, if struck by one, would be seriously injured..." said a Water Tribe Integrator, with a calm tone.

"When the time comes, I will naturally bring the ’Grand Swallow Destroyer Thunder pearl’ into battle," the Fire Clan Integrator responded matter-of-factly.

The Fire Clan had fiery tempers and were mortal enemies of the Water Tribe. Even if external pressure temporarily forced them to cooperate, they would seize any chance to start quarreling with one another.

The other Integrator cultivators from various clans, however, were used to it.

"Very well, if we all put forth the foundation of our clans, even if we face a Mahayana Individual Immortal, we’d be able to put up a fight..." said a chuckling Integrator figure: "That Wang Family Ancestor also has a peculiar Divine Skill that seems to target longevity... The few comrades who besieged him earlier fell that way. Hence, the primary attackers this time must be from races with exceptionally long lifespans, such as that old Stone Clan ancestor who, after being isolated and without help, was beaten to death, a truly suffocating demise... If he were still alive, he would be the first choice as the main force. Besides him, it seems only a few races can compare with the Stone Clan in terms of longevity..."

"Hmph, Xin Yuanzi, you truly are scheming against this old one," retorted an old voice. "It’s not impossible for me to take the lead, but I must be compensated with three portions of ’Purple Kite Dragon Soul Ointment’!"

"If Sir Cha is willing to take action, we will surely arrange the ’Purple Kite Dragon Soul Ointment’ for you," several voices spoke at once, seemingly with a pained emotion.

Originally, these alien races all had significant conflicts with one another and could not possibly cooperate so wholeheartedly.

Besides, the Clan Treasures needed to suppress fortune and couldn’t be moved lightly.

This time, they were genuinely cornered by Fang Xi to the point of desperation.

After the group of Integrator elders drafted their plan, they immediately began to quarrel over how to divide the interests of the human race after the battle, turning red-faced and heated...