Chapter 425: Chapter 423: Ascension (Seeking Subscription)_1
Jiang Country.
Icefiend Lake.
The Seven Treasure Building Boat roared, its deck illuminating with lines of radiance that flickered continuously, transforming into seven different spiritual treasures, each unleashing various attacks.
Wind Blades, Cold Ice, Raging Fire, Heavy Mountains, Giant Wood... wave after wave bombarded the horde of Monster beasts on the opposing side.
In the midst of the sky, group after group of Monster Birds continuously turned into minced meat, blocks of ice, fireballs... plunging from the sky to the ground.
"To think it’s the Heavenly Phoenix Clan... this might be a bit troublesome."
Demon Lord Tian Du stood on the deck, watching the battlefield where they held a significant advantage but still with a hint of worry between his brows.
He had just received news from Feng Country that a fortress there was surprise-attacked by a late-stage Nascent Soul expert from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and had fallen. Only Hao Ranzi, a mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, managed to escape, while an early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator perished.
The Heavenly Phoenix Clan was known to have awakened part of the True Spirit ’Phoenix’ bloodline, like the Flood Dragon and the Five Elements Qilin tribes, occupying a special status in the Monster World, all of which were significantly powerful clans, and it was almost certain that they had Transcendent God Monster cultivators within their midst.
Even though such beings could not pass through the Void Passage at the beginning, it would become troubling later on...
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The Cultivation World of the Eastern Sea.
The Four Seas Sect.
Inside the council hall.
A few Nascent Soul Cultivators clad in blue robes were staring intently at an object similar to a sand table before them.
In the midst of the sand table, atop the vast azure sea, many spirit islands were marked with little flags, shining with a multitude of colorful lights.
Puff!
Suddenly, the light above one of the spirit islands flickered a few times and then extinguished...
"Sect Master!"
An elder hastily said, "The peripheral Eastern Pole Island has been breached... The Monster Clan’s descent this time is ferocious... This island is pivotal, relating to our Sect’s outer ring defense, and if it is lost, even the Great Array will have deficiencies. We must reclaim it swiftly."
The Sect Master of the Four Seas Sect was a handsome young man pondering over the matter when he saw a Core Formation Cultivator enter, bow, and report, "The latest message... Eastern Pole Island was besieged by several fourth-order Flood Dragons. Uncle Master Sun fought fiercely but was defeated. His physical body was destroyed, and only his Nascent Soul escaped to safety..."
"Flood Dragons, huh..."
The Four Seas Sect Sect Master snorted coldly, "I knew these sea demons couldn’t be relied on..."
In the Mortal World, there are also Monster Beasts.
And in the Cultivation World of the Eastern Sea, inside the unfathomably vast ocean, countless Monster Beast clans live and breed...
"It seems that the ’Crocodile Dragon Clan’ is mainly attacking us this time. This clan is just a vassal to the true Flood Dragon clans of the Monster World. Those Flood Dragons in the Eastern Sea shamelessly groveled to them, not even caring for their own face."
A Nascent Soul elder snorted coldly.
"I see that the local Flood Dragons simply want to associate with the Crocodile Dragon Clan and use this as an opportunity to return to the Monster World... With their Flood Dragon bloodline that returns to their ancestors, they can truly flaunt their power in the Monster World... and their chances of advancing to the fifth order would also greatly increase."
Another Nascent Soul Cultivator shook his head, "What we really need to beware of are the countless lower-tier Monster Beasts forming beast tides in the Eastern Sea! Once those Flood Dragons hand over the leadership to the Crocodile Dragon Clan’s strong ones, they absolutely won’t spare the deaths and injuries. They will certainly send them all to us, wearing down our Great Array’s spiritual power!"
Just the thought of the seemingly endless number of Monster Beasts in the ocean was enough to make even the Four Seas Sect Sect Master’s scalp tingle...
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The Cultivation World of the North Plains.
Amidst the icy snowscape, countless snowflakes formed ice blades, swiftly slicing through a massive barbaric ox with a mountainous body engulfed in flames.
The ox-like behemoth charged forward for some distance before suddenly splitting in two, its blood spraying across the sky.
"This Transformed Great Demon’s Essence Soul and Demon Pill are for me to take; the remaining flesh and bones should not be wasted..."
The Ice God Palace Master casually collected the Transformed Ox Demon’s Demon Pill and Essence Soul, then ordered the Ice God Palace disciples around the battlefield.
Around the battlefield, the corpses of Monster Beasts could be seen everywhere, including many of the third and fourth orders.
More numerous, however, were the disciples of the Ice God Palace dressed in white robes and wearing ice armor!
They held various magical instruments, Spiritual Instruments, and treasures... forming Battle Arrays that clearly underwent training, transforming into giant ice figures pursuing the fish that slipped through the net.
A few Array Masters were by the Void Passage, taking out various Array instruments to start setting up an Array.
"How much longer do we need?"
The Ice God Palace Master looked on emotionlessly and inquired.
"Three more days and we can activate the large teleportation array, transporting us all to the Monster World..."
An Array Master promptly reported without slouching.
"I only give you two days," the Ice God Palace Master commanded without a trace of emotion.
"Yes... It will be completed within two days!"
Sweat beaded on the Array Master’s forehead, but he answered swiftly.
The Ice God Palace Master nodded and then retreated into a white tent.
Inside the tent was cozy and warm like spring, laid out with thick snow-white fur blankets.
A reckless young man was sprawled on the blanket, holding a liquor flask in his hand.
"Ancestor..."
The Ice God Palace Master saluted meticulously.
"Sigh... never mind, our Ice God Palace’s cultivation techniques have always been heartless and emotionless. However, Xiaobai, if you can’t comprehend the principle of ’extremes must reverse,’ it will be difficult for you to become a Transcendent God in the future..."
The carefree young man guzzled a mouthful of blood-red wine, then asked, "How are the preparations going?"
"The Monster Clan’s vanguard has been wiped out. In two days, we will surely head to the Monster World... and I will personally lead the team!"
Only when the Ice God Palace Master heard ’Transcendent God’ did his eyes flicker for a moment, but they soon calmed down.
"Good..."
The young man gestured with his hand, and a spiritual treasure resembling a small tower flew in front of the Ice God Palace Master.
"Devil-locking Tower?!"
The Ice God Palace Master’s voice contained a trace of shock.
"Heh heh... It’s only a half-finished product... During this trip to the Monster World, you might as well try to collect the Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits to refine it completely,"
The Transcendent God Ancestor of the Ice God Palace said indifferently, "Just be careful not to damage it. The passage is still not stable, and I can’t get through yet. If you are killed by the Monster Clan, I can’t save you either..."
"For the pursuit of the Dao, dying a hundred times is without regret!"
The Ice God Palace Master once again bowed and left with the Devil-locking Tower.
Watching the figure leave, the Ice God Palace Ancestor sighed and lay back down, "The Dao... Ascension... How difficult it is!"
Cultivators of the Mortal Realm could ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm as long as they cultivated to the perfection of Transcendent God, due to the rejection by the power of a realm.
Unfortunately, since the great ancient battles, the heavens and earth have been broken, and the Sky Demon Qi has contaminated the realms, causing the spiritual energy to decline. Recently, in the past few millennia, there have been no cases of Transcendent God cultivators ascending.
Even after reaching the initial stage of Transcendent God, every little advance has become incredibly difficult.
This has forced the cultivators of the Mortal World at the Transcendent God level to look for other ways.
This Ice God Palace Ancestor, by a stroke of luck, had found an Ascension Platform left by ancient cultivators.
It is said that in the Earth Immortal Realm, there are specific Ascension Platforms corresponding to the ones in the lower realm, that can echo each other.
However, with his mere initial stage of Transcendent God, if he forcibly activated the Ascension Platform to ascend, he might not even be able to withstand the numerous calamities within the Ascension Passage.
Therefore, he must think of other methods to resist!
This ’Devil-locking Tower’ contained powerful Void Forces, which was one of the methods the Ice God Palace Ancestor had prepared!
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In the South Wilderness, Jade Island.
"Three hundred and sixteen years old already."
Fang Xi leaned against the Demon Tree, holding a green jade gourd in his hand, casually gulping down Spirit Wine.
He had just ruined a furnace of fourth-level ’Separation and Union Pills’, and was feeling somewhat depressed.
"Counting the days... the descent of the Monster World isn’t far off."
"But let the outside world be overwhelmed by floods, celebrating my birthday is what matters... First, I’ll rest for three days, enjoy eating, drinking, and being merry..."
Fang Xi secretly calculated his cultivation progress.
If he did not rely on pills, it would probably take him over four hundred years to cultivate to the peak of the early stage of Nascent Soul and attempt to break through to the middle stage.
It could be said that there was a long road ahead.
’If I advance to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, then even a fourth-grade superior Transformed Great Demon might not be able to trouble me...’
’It’s just a pity... in the late stage of the descent, it’s almost certain that fifth-level members of the Monster Clan will appear. It’s still best not to be too rash.’
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Three days later.
After the celebration, Fang Xi came to the back hall of the Evergreen Hall, his eyes sparkling as he examined an ancient teleportation array.
This teleportation array was the least damaged one, with only a few corners missing.
Now, Fang Xi had repaired two of the corners and the fissures, leaving only one small corner.
Fang Xi exhaled a wisp of Nascent Fire, melting a piece of Perfect Shape Jade to form the Array Base.
Then, using the Jade Talisman Skills he had learned, he inscribed extremely complex array patterns on it...
"The most important material for an ancient teleportation array is still Void Crystal..."
"This kind of crystal contains the Void Forces and is an indispensable material for creating ancient teleportation arrays..."
Fang Xi took out various tools and began to operate them one by one, his expression focused and serious.
After drawing a few more runes, a strange gleam appeared in his eyes, "Jade Talisman Skills... Much of the content from the Void Sect’s nearly fourth-grade Talisman heritage can actually be applied to the inscriptions of arrays in the ancient teleportation array... Indeed, at the higher realms of Array, Pill, Instrument, Talisman, and even the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, there seems to be interconnections?"
After a long time, Fang Xi looked at the ancient teleportation array in front of him.
This ancient teleportation array had its Array Disk and array patterns restored, looking not much different from the intact ones.
"Huh... All my hard work wasn’t in vain, I finally fixed one."
"With the experience from this one, the progress on repairing the second one should be able to speed up significantly," Fang Xi said with a hint of expectation as he flicked his wrist.
Several pieces of top-grade Spirit Stones automatically filled the slots of the ancient teleportation array, and the Spirit Marks began to flicker.
Then...
With a light snap, the originally bright light suddenly extinguished.
"It failed?"
Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness spread out, checking the ancient teleportation array inside and out, finally confirming, "The ancient teleportation array is running well, it’s not my issue... It must be the teleportation array on the other side that has been damaged, sigh..."
He looked at another teleportation array, pondering how to repair it.
If this one doesn’t work, he would have to contend with several more heavily damaged teleportation arrays in his spare time.
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"My lord..."
Just as Fang Xi was about to emerge and relax, Zhong Hongyu flew in as a ray of light, her face filled with urgency, "Baize Immortal City has reported... The Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range has erupted with a beast tide!"
"A beast tide?"
Fang Xi smiled slightly, "Counting the days, this beast tide is highly abnormal, it must mean that the Monster Clan’s descent has already begun... "
"So it has finally... begun?" Zhong Hongyu’s face showed a sense of relief as if a weight had been lifted, and then said, "Baize Immortal City must have fallen by now... The beast tide will sweep across the three countries, it seems inevitable... "
"Order all the Sects and cultivators not to stand their ground to the death. If they see the situation is adverse, they can seek refuge at Thousand Island Lake," Fang Xi said with piercing eyes, making the decision.