Chapter 513: Chapter 511 Transcendent God Battle (Making up for the 44th update deficit)_1
Time passed, though it was indiscernible how long it had been.
The cries of the Heterodox Nascent Soul gradually subsided, and then, struggling, it sat cross-legged.
The severe burn marks on its body had completely disappeared, replaced by a torso even sturdier than before, and even the two small horns on its head appeared to have thickened somewhat.
"Ha! Six Demonic Flames Skills!"
At a certain moment, the Heterodox Nascent Soul’s eyes suddenly opened wide, and it shouted fiercely.
Around him, a strange flame emerged, simultaneously appearing multicolored and pitch-black, at moments seemingly formless and colorless, only the high temperature was constantly distorting the surrounding void...
"Success!"
Seeing this, Fang Xi could not help but feel joy on his face.
Such a sign indicated that the Heterodox Nascent Soul had thoroughly melted those Six Great Demonic Flames and finally fused them into one, turning them into a brand-new type of Demon Flames—the Six-Demonic Flames!
At this moment, the brand-new Six Demonic Flames transformed into a lotus stand, on which the Heterodox Nascent Soul sat cross-legged, beginning to cleanse and refine its foundation.
From the beginning, the Heterodox Nascent Soul was restricted in its cultivation, only able to practice the ’Yama Path’ of the Yanmo Taoist Master, and there was no subsequent advancement, which made it extremely difficult to progress.
But by this time, it had only the most pure Demon Qi in its body, and without hesitation, it started circulating the modified "Self-Transforming Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits"!
This Demon Skill was not only extraordinarily powerful but also came with several Secret Skills that made Fang Xi envious, such as the Soul Searching Skill targeting Nascent Souls, and even the potential to cultivate all the way to a Perfect Transcendent God!
Hence, after the change in foundation, it immediately became Fang Xi’s first choice for the Heterodox Nascent Soul.
As for the drawbacks?
Fang Xi believed that he had already circumvented the many pitfalls, and as for the worst one, becoming an incarnation of some Demon Lord?
That would at least be an issue after becoming a Transcendent God.
If the Heterodox Nascent Soul could become a Transcendent God, he himself would certainly have achieved Transcendent God status or even cultivated to a higher realm, and would be able to find a proper solution or even eventually discard this Demon Skill altogether and instead cultivate more profound Demon Path cultivation techniques...
’Perhaps the situation won’t be that bad, the modified Self-transforming Demon Skills already try to minimize the ’calling demon’ and ’leading demon’ parts, and shouldn’t connect with the True Demon who created this Demon Skill...’ Fang Xi thought to himself, and after observing the Heterodox Nascent Soul for a moment and confirming that the other party had gradually entered a better state of cultivation, he smiled slightly and withdrew.
...
Forty-nine days later.
Fang Xi was sitting cross-legged in the Training Room when suddenly his eyes moved, and he saw a cloud of Demon Qi rolling in, revealing a pitch-black Nascent Soul with two horns.
"Not bad..."
He glanced at the Heterodox Nascent Soul and couldn’t help but nod, "This time, your body refining through the Demon Fire has brought you substantial benefits. After returning, a little seclusion could very likely lead to a breakthrough to the mid-stage."
Originally, the Heterodox Nascent Soul’s Magical Power was somewhat weaker than that of an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul, but after changing foundations through the Demon Fire and benefiting greatly from various Demon Fires, its cultivation now reached the peak of the early-stage Nascent Soul. Having practiced true ancient Demon Clan techniques, its potential was tremendous.
Breaking through to the mid-stage Nascent Soul was almost a sure thing!
The Heterodox Nascent Soul appeared calm, but in its eyes lingered a shade of cruelty and resentment.
This was probably a minor side effect of cultivating Demon Skills, or it could have been memories of the previous agonizing torture resurfacing.
Fang Xi’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he formed a strange hand gesture.
The next instant, a magical seal appeared on the chest of the Heterodox Nascent Soul, and its expression became dazed.
"Assimilation!"
The main Nascent Soul flew out, casting the Skill of Assimilation outright to wash away the memories of the Heterodox Nascent Soul’s torment...
A moment later.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul opened its eyes, and although its gaze was somewhat baffled and carried a trace of demonic intent, it no longer bore the previous cruel color.
He touched his arms and legs, murmuring, "’Self-transforming Demon Skills’ are truly extraordinary... Once I advance to the mid-stage Nascent Soul, soul searching ordinary early-stage cultivators shouldn’t pose much of a problem."
Fang Xi smiled slightly, a flash of light radiated from the Storage Ring on his right hand, and a box flew out.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul reached out and grabbed it, a large hand formed of black Demon Qi grabbed the box.
Inside the box, naturally, was that superior-quality Blood River Stone!
"The ’Blood River Stone’ is here, you may proceed with the sacrificial refining of the Divine Infant Sword yourself... In The Nine States, Master Ghost Axe is a Grandmaster of talisman forging, perhaps he can upgrade the complete Divine Infant Sword to another level..." Fang Xi said indifferently.
"Naturally," responded the Heterodox Nascent Soul, securing the Blood River Stone, and then it left on its own, entering into Zhang Huohua’s body...
Fang Xi watched this scene but sighed.
Since the great battle with the Monster Clan of the South Wilderness, he had called upon the Demon Lord and schemed for the Heterodox Nascent Soul’s upgrade, truly going through many events, and now at last, it had been successful.
"Next... is to concentrate fully on cultivation, striving to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible."
The late Nascent Soul stage cultivators were referred to as great cultivators, naturally no trifling matter, as they were genuine supporting pillars of the Cultivation World!
He had already cultivated the ’Kuyong Skills’ to the eighteenth layer, nearing perfection in his previous practice.
Even though the supply of ’Splitting Spirit Pills’ was almost exhausted, relying on this place’s fourth-grade medium-tier Spiritual Vein, his own low-tier Spiritual Root, and the attributes of his Wood body, it would only require a bit more effort.
...
Cultivation knows not the passing of years.
Sitting in meditation each day and cultivating, it was once a very arduous task.
However, since Fang Xi had transmigrated, he often found himself in such a lifestyle and had gradually become accustomed to it.
As a cultivator, one must be able to endure the monotony of cultivation.
In his everyday cultivation, Fang Xi felt his Dao heart was firm. Should he face the Heart Demon Tribulation required for the condensation of the Sky Demon Relic again, there was a great chance he would successfully pass the ordeal on his own strength, without relying on any external objects.
The only uncertainty was his confidence in overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation of the Nascent Soul...
As winter gave way to spring, years passed by imperceptibly, and more than a decade had elapsed.
During these years, the Western Desert Cultivation World had undergone many major events.
The first was the gradual stabilization of the turmoil in the southern territories, as a sect with powerful cultivators—Thousand Saints Sect—migrated to the area and replaced the position formerly held by Black Dragon Sect.
Furthermore, as the Void Passages continued to expand, traces of Monster cultivators on the level of Transcendent Gods appeared in several of the more intense battlefields within the Mortal Realm, prompting the similarly scarce Transcendent God cultivators of this realm to begin appearing more frequently.
...
The Eastern Sea Cultivation World.
An immortal island.
This island was not only rich in spiritual energy, but it was also surrounded by two subsidiary islands, both of which harbored spiritual veins of rank four or above, making it the famously renowned ’Penglai Fairy Island.’
A sky-blue barrier of light shot up into the heavens, protecting Penglai Fairy Island within it.
Numerous Monster beasts from the deep sea were densely packed, forming a vast army that completely surrounded Penglai Fairy Island.
At this moment, an enormous figure was slowly emerging from the deep black sea.
Its stature stood at over thirty feet tall, its body covered in scales that flickered with various spiritual lights, and its narrow mouth filled with serrated, razor-sharp teeth.
As this massive Monster beast took each step forward, waves of azure halo descended between heaven and earth, transforming into Water Traveling Divine Light and swirling around the immense creature.
"Transcendent God Monster cultivator—Crocodile Ancestor?!"
Atop Penglai Fairy Island, within the Great Array, the face of a Nascent Soul cultivator changed dramatically as he desperately sounded a huge conch in his hands.
The deep sound of the conch instantly spread across the entire island, as various forms of Escape Light emerged and countless treasures were unleashed at the approaching colossal Crocodile figure.
Many dazzling streams of light flew out of the array towards the giant figure but were suppressed in the mid-air by the Water Traveling Divine Light.
Some artifacts and spiritual treasures of lesser quality were even directly refined, causing the expressions of many cultivators within the array to drastically change as they vomited essence blood in alarm.
With a roar that seemed to come from ancient times, the Crocodile Ancestor gathered endless Water Traveling Divine Light, forming giant water orbs that hovered above Penglai Fairy Island, looking like ten azure suns across the horizon!
Transcendent Gods, being able to wield the power of heaven and earth in their spells, possessed a range and strength of magic that far exceeded the imagination of many cultivators.
As the Crocodile Ancestor’s huge claw fell—
A round of azure sun ruthlessly crashed down from the sky!
Boom!
The fifth-rank Array atop Penglai Fairy Island roared as waves of azure halos dissipated, barely eroding the blue sun away.
However, this was followed by a second, and then a third...
"Crocodile Ancestor... Do you intend to break our agreement and act against cultivators below the level of Transcendent God?"
At that moment, a stern voice rang out.
A breathtakingly beautiful woman in a sky-blue palace gown, with colorful ribbons dancing around her, descended slowly from above the nine heavens.
Her divine thought seemed to reach endlessly into the distance as if she was struggling with the Crocodile Ancestor for control over the spiritual power of this part of the world.
The remaining nine azure suns grew unstable, exploded with a bang, and turned into countless blue light spots, significantly reducing the ranks of the densely gathered Monster Clan...
Dark red blood instantly stained the seas surrounding Penglai Fairy Island.
"That was merely a tacit understanding, never a formal agreement," the Crocodile Ancestor’s jagged mouth opened wider, looking even more ferocious: "Moreover... with the final battle upon us, all past arrangements are naturally voided..."
"It seems I truly cannot avoid having a fight with you first," the striking palace-dressed woman sighed and formed a hand seal.
Whoosh!
Countless amounts of seawater surged violently, consolidating into an enormous translucent giant whose stature was even larger than the Crocodile Ancestor’s. It rapidly formed a block of ice in its hand, turning into an immense spear of ice...
...
Tianwei City.
In the sky above, two clouds of fire were entangled, devouring each other.
One cloud was crimson while the other exhibited three colors; whenever a spark fell, it caused the city’s Array to tremble, indicating its extraordinary power.
The terrifying might caused even Nascent Soul cultivators to keep a wide berth.
After a prolonged intense battle, the tri-colored flame, originally spreading over a hundred acres or so, condensed into a size of only two or three acres, with its temperature continuously soaring. Suddenly, from its midst, a tri-colored arrow flew towards the opposing mass of crimson flames.
Whoosh!
The crimson tide of flames parted like water, revealing a majestic fire Kylin!
"Old Huo... to think you brought the Sacred Fire Sect’s very essence of Sacred Fire. Hehe... If you fall here, the Sacred Fire Sect’s legacy would come to an end..."
"The Devil Lord Qilin need not worry about this matter..."
A flash of light.
Old Huo’s figure emerged, still in the unassuming form of a little old man, but now with eyebrows and hair burning fiercely like flames.
The fire Kylin snorted coldly and disappeared in a streak of Fire Formation Divine Light.
Old Huo stood with his hands behind his back, watching the fire Kylin depart, and muttered to himself, "At a loss... these Monster Clan Transcendent Gods are irreverent, relying on their long lifespan and strong physique to muscle through energy backlashes against us... This particular fire Kylin is even more outrageous, with a rich ’True Spiritual Qilin’s Blood’ within its body, and its Kylin demonic flames are also extremely powerful. If it weren’t for this realm’s certain suppression on it, I would’ve suffered a great loss this time..."