Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 989 - 845: Spiritual Liquid

Chapter 989: Chapter 845: Spiritual Liquid

Atop Mount Jade.

The Nine-Character Mantra Seal continually emitted a faint glow, illuminating a Demon Shadow within.

The Carefree Sky Demon King still bore the appearance of a middle-aged man in a purple robe, but his aura had withered to around the middle stage of Integration.

His eyes were wide with fury, his expression as lifelike as ever, yet he couldn’t budge, as if sealed within amber like a tiny insect.

Over the years, the Heterodox Incarnation had been continuously drawing from the other’s Demon Skills, and recently had finally broken through to the middle stage of Integration.

Seen from the perspective of cultivation realm, they seemed evenly matched, but naturally, the one who was sealed was at a great disadvantage.

"Fully absorbing the Carefree Sky Demon King’s Demon Skills should allow me to advance my ’Self-Transforming Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits’ to the peak of the middle stage of Integration, and try to break through to the later stage of Integration..."

"By then, as long as my true self first ascends to the later stage of Integration, there won’t be any bottlenecks... It’s practically a certainty."

The Heterodox Incarnation took a seat cross-legged to the left side of Fang Xi’s true self.

Then, the God Path Incarnation appeared on the right side.

Throughout these hundred years, whenever the Heterodox Incarnation attempted to draw from the Carefree Sky Demon King’s Demon Skills, it was always with the assistance of the God Path Incarnation suppressing the Carefree Sky Demon King’s resistance at his side.

Otherwise, drawing from a higher realm to a lower one would not have been so smooth.

This was also a feature of the ’Self-Transforming Demon True Skills’: the higher realm had near-absolute power of life and death over the lower realm, but for the lower realm to backlash against the higher was extremely difficult.

"Fortunately, it has finally been resolved."

The Heterodox Incarnation murmured, watching as the God Path Incarnation made a move. Mahayana-level pure white divine power descended, suppressing the Carefree Sky Demon King’s magic power and Divine Consciousness.

At the same time, in the eyes of the true self, one green and one yellow luminescence flickered—the Kuyong Phantom Eye was fully activated, making the Carefree Sky Demon King’s Divine Consciousness even more befuddled.

Finally, the Heterodox Incarnation formed hand seals, and multiple threads of Sky Demon Consciousness drilled into the Carefree Sky Demon King’s Sea of Consciousness.

Immediately afterward...

Memories vast as the sea began to unveil just the tip of the iceberg before Fang Xi.

He saw the Carefree Sky Demon King in his youth, merely an ordinary Demon Cultivator. Although he was not lacking in talents, he was relegated to the lowest rung, struggling to get by.

Until that one time...

In a Dongfu, he stumbled upon a piece of pitch-black iron scroll.

On the iron scroll was recorded the complete set of the ’Self-Transforming Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits’!

At the very beginning of the skills was prominently written—’Sky Demons like shadows, Taoist Paths follow forms!’

All of a sudden, Fang Xi felt as though there was a shadow that was constantly watching over him.

"Huff, huff..."

The Heterodox Incarnation immediately halted the soul searching and exhaled deeply: "Indeed... this ’Carefree Sky Demon King’ had obtained the Sky Demon inheritance... this ’Self-Transforming True Demon Skills’, is the authentic Sky Demon Sect..."

This was not good news.

It meant that the ’Carefree Sky Demon King’ also faced the risk of having his Taoist Foundation taken away by a higher-ranking Sky Demon!

Through the soul searching just now, Fang Xi came to know many secrets.

For instance... the genuinely powerful True Demon Sect techniques of the Demon Clan usually had an additional calamity at the advancement to Mahayana, called—Sky Demon Transmigration!

When one cultivates the True Demon Sect’s skills and breaks through to the Mahayana period, a Phantom of the Sky Demon from the True Immortal Realm would descend to strip away their Demon Path foundation!

Connecting this to the Carefree Sky Demon King’s failed breakthrough to Mahayana, Fang Xi naturally understood what had transpired.

’Every gift of fate has been marked with a price in the shadows...’

’The Carefree Sky Demon King reaped Demon Cultivators from all over, and when ascending to Mahayana himself, he too encountered a Phantom of the Sky Demon descending...’

Such ’Sky Demons’ were akin to ’True Immortal of Origin Soul’ level Cultivators, summoning a Phantom through Heavenly and Earthly Laws that was not something a Peak Integration could block.

If the former Carefree Sky Demon King hadn’t taken his own life with a slash, he would have likely already lost his foundation and died a miserable death.

’Now, does my Heterodox Incarnation have to face the same issue? Good... very good indeed...’

Fang Xi clapped and laughed loudly.

His true self’s breakthrough to Mahayana was a clear and open path.

Having such an obstacle for his Heterodox Incarnation was a blessing, as it meant the cultivation would never catch up to his true self.

Moreover, with the restraint from the God Path Incarnation, the risk of losing control could be minimized.

"Today’s soul searching ends here; there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

After pondering for a moment, Fang Xi’s hand revealed a white bone ring.

On the ring were several secret runes.

This was the ’Carefree Sky Demon King’s’ storage bracelet, which he had cracked open and kept on his person for later use.

In a flash of light, three dazzling items emerged.

One of them was a grayish-white pearl, visibly cracked.

As Fang Xi sent out a burst of magic power, a sulphur-yellow aura flickered on the pearl, revealing a figure in yellow robes.

The elder bowed to Fang Xi immediately upon seeing him: "This old servant greets the master..."

"Huangquan Sky Ghost."

Fang Xi said with a smile: "The prohibition on you and the strand of Essence Soul that was taken have both been found by me, and will soon bestow upon you the title of ’Old Ghost General of the Six Heavens’. You must work well in the future!"

The Carefree Sky Demon King had many ways to control this ’Huangquan Sky Ghost’, but luckily most were based on the ’Self-Transforming True Demon Skills’. For Fang Xi, after obtaining the Carefree Sky Demon King’s memories, replacing the hidden techniques with his own was not a difficult task.

Not to mention, there was also the binding of the Godhood Position.

"Thank you, master, this old servant will definitely do his utmost to serve the master loyally," Huangquan Sky Ghost quickly replied.

"Hehe..."

Fang Xi did not believe a word from this Ghost Slave, and with a spell, he collected him up and then looked towards the second item.

This second item was a damaged black tower.

"Void attribute, the fragment of an Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure..."

Fang Xi murmured, "Even amongst the Five Sons of Human Race, not everyone possesses such a high-grade treasure, right?"

"Unfortunately, this item happens to be the signature treasure of the Carefree Sky Demon King. It’s not good to use it openly... or rather, if I do use it, it would be best to leave no survivors."

The God Path Incarnation, ’East Imperial Profound Real Infinite Evergreen Emperor,’ took a step forward. His Mahayana-level divine power easily expelled the Carefree Sky Demon King’s infused magic power within it, leaving behind a unique imprint of divine power.

This Treasure of Void, Fang Xi still planned to entrust to the care of his God Path Incarnation.

After all, only a Mahayana Monk who can wield the Power of Rules can unleash most of the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure’s might!

It’s not practical to always discuss using the ’Fang Immortal Taoist Palace’ in The Nine States, or to borrow a sword from my original self.

As for my heterodox incarnation?

Recently, it’s been equipped quite handsomely; once I upgrade the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ a rank or two, it could probably suffice.

Moreover...

Fang Xi’s gaze shifted to the third item.

"This item... is also not bad."

This was an incidental gain from his recent soul searching. The storage bracelet of the Carefree Sky Demon King was filled with various rare Spirit Medicines, minerals, and treasures... some of which even Fang Xi could not identify.

The third item was a pitch-black small bottle, half-filled with liquid.

When Fang Xi picked it up, even with the sturdy frame of the True Body of Sky Demon, he felt it was somewhat heavy.

"A single drop of water in this bottle is probably heavier than Heavy Water... Yet Heavy Water is known in the Cultivation World as the heaviest Spiritual Liquid."

He murmured to himself.

The liquid contained within this bottle was not ’Heavy Water,’ but a Spiritual Liquid found by the Carefree Sky Demon King in a Secret Realm of an Immortal Mansion.

This kind of Spiritual Liquid originated from a spring, and after the Carefree Sky Demon King examined it, he confirmed it was a water attribute location for Talisman forging.

However, something went wrong, and that forging site suddenly lay barren, causing a large number of Immortal Realm ores in the spring to be repeatedly tempered.

By the time the Carefree Sky Demon King discovered it, the spring had long dried up, leaving behind only a bottle of this original liquid.

After testing, this original liquid could easily be infused into various magic weapons to amplify their power.

Fang Xi extended his hand and a Mysterious Dark light shined, making the Mysterious Dark Banner appear.

Looking at the banner, he couldn’t help shaking his head, "When I was refining this Array Flag back then, I ended up rushing and making some mistakes..."

As an Immortal Cultivator progresses, looking back at one’s past creations is akin to observing a child’s scribbles, somewhat unbearable to confront directly.

"For example, the Flood Dragon spirits inside can be discarded now..."

"At least I need a seventh-grade, or even an almost eighth-grade dragon spirit, to qualify for being infused into it..."

As Fang Xi spoke to himself.

In an ’inner sea’ like a massive lake, a certain green Flood Dragon suddenly shivered coldly.

Inside the Dragon Palace, the Turtle Prime Minister, Mussel Girls, and Bell Girls, who were feasting, fell silent as if chilled by frost...

Fang Xi was not concerned about the whims of a certain fish, but his heart stirred inexplicably.

This ’Nine Netherworld Underworld River Mysterious Sand Array’ mainly came from an overseas Immortal Mansion, including the Great Divine Skill — ’Mysterious Dark Removes Calamity and Darkness Divine Light.’

Now that I am considering re-refining the ’Mysterious Dark Banner,’ many things will be useful.

"Back then, when I fought in the Immortal Mansion, most of the forces that were robbed belonged to the Star Domain’s forces returning to emptiness... Other than that, there was the Star Sect."

"Maybe... I should pay a visit to the Star Sect?"

An idea emerged in Fang Xi’s mind, "Apart from that... the greatest benefit from the overseas Immortal Mansion was taken by the Fang Immortal Taoist Master, which was the ’Ginseng Fruit Tree.’ Could this Heaven and Earth Spirit Root have some relation to ’Mysterious Dark Removes Calamity and Darkness Divine Light’? If I take a branch as the main material for the flag, I wonder if it would boost its effects?"

Since the Fang Immortal Taoist Master gifted the Ginseng Fruit Tree to himself, then the Spirit Plant naturally became his own possession.

And with the materials currently available to Fang Xi.

It’s not just about crafting a seventh-grade Integration Treasure; even preparing for an almost eighth-grade item is not impossible.

The only major issue is that I have not yet advanced to the Mahayana level and cannot nurture it completely with ’Immortal Origin Power’ to fully advance it to the eighth grade.

’If I use the divine power of the God Path Incarnation for the sacrificial refining, although it’s not impossible, it would lean more towards a Divine Tool, rather than a Cultivator’s treasure...’

...

As Fang Xi was contemplating re-refining the ’Mysterious Dark Banner,’ and even preparing to revisit his old grounds in the Star Domain,

Sword Realm,

The Sword Pavilion soared majestic and towering.

But at this moment, one peak after another, straight as swords, toppled over.

The ’Ten Thousand Swords Sect Array’ of the Sword Pavilion was shattered with a thunderous roar.

Sword Lights flew out, trying to break through the army formation and escape.

But most failed, and the Sword Lights were broken.

"Could the fortune of my Sword Pavilion really decline to such an extent following Jianzi’s capture?"

An old Sword Cultivator screamed, "No! I refuse to believe this!"

His body merged with the sword, turning into a piercing Sword Light that broke into the alien race’s army formation.

Immediately after, there was no more sound...

A few days later, the news that the alien forces broke through the Sword Realm and flattened the Sword Pavilion spread throughout the world like thunder!

The Five Sons of Human Race, Jin Gangzi, Mo Yunzi joined forces in one place, holding their ground in ’Heaven Origin City.’

After over a hundred years of large-scale warfare and attrition... the war between the human and Demon Clans with the Monster and Alien races seemed to have finally reached a critical juncture.

This time, not only did both sides mobilize large armies, but there were also rumors of Mahayana Monks appearing frequently.

A battle that seemed to affect the fortune of the human race was on the verge of inception!