Chapter 555: Chapter 553: Assault Transcendent God (Seeking Monthly Ticket) _1
Whoo-hoo!
The cold wind blew, the wind in the canyon was fierce, mixing with many ice chips.
The ground was even littered with many monster beast corpses.
"This time, breaking through the void, I didn’t expect to run into two Nascent Soul cultivators... Luckily they only saw us emerging from the space-time turbulence, no need to silence them."
Encountering space-time turbulence and surviving such a disaster, although rare, is not unheard of!
For example, the Yanmo Taoist Master from the Red Sun Realm was such a lucky fellow, even luckier than Fang Xi.
After all, to be able to safely travel between two realms with only a Core Formation body, that truly is the mark of someone favored by fortune!
’What a pity... he died many years ago, the Fortune Worm didn’t even get a chance to feed...’
’In the Red Sun Realm, there must be many with great opportunities... when the time comes, I can let the Fortune Worm go and ward off evil and promote good for a while.’
In the Red Sun Realm, there were also two unfortunate registered disciples of Fang Xi.
The new method they promoted for cultivation was slow, far inferior to the bloody and brutal old methods, leading to occasional setbacks, forcing Fang Xi to put out the fires himself.
Meanwhile, the cultivators who practiced the old methods and managed to condense Divine Skill Golden Cores, naturally all had remarkable fortunes, and their numbers were quite substantial when added up.
"It’s still wiser to leave first. The dominant power here, the Ice God Palace, seems to be the strongest in the Mortal Realm... and I indirectly killed one of their Nascent Souls."
That young cultivator with white eyebrows from the Evergreen Garden Secret Land must have come from the Ice God Palace.
But what’s done is done, Fang Xi didn’t have any regrets.
With a flick of his sleeve, the monster corpses on the ground disappeared without a trace, all moved into the Mountain Sea Pearl, feeding the Monster Tree.
He then transformed into a green rainbow, randomly choosing a direction, and after a few flashes, disappeared into the skyline...
...
Inside the Mountain Sea Pearl’s Dongfu.
Under the Monster Tree.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, opening the last Storage Bag from the twins of the Liu family’s demons.
"Hm... much the same."
He had already opened the Storage Bags of cultivators like Lord Zi Xia, finding nothing that caught his eye.
Now, upon opening the last Storage Bag, he exclaimed in surprise, pulling out an Ointment Jade Box from it.
Inside the box was, astonishingly, a Spiritual Tree.
"The Five-Dragon Tree? It can transform dragon species... If the Flood Dragon clan knew, who knows what price they would be willing to pay to exchange for it?"
"However, even the transformation of dragon species has its limits, it’s not very useful to me."
Fang Xi transplanted the Five-Dragon Tree into the Spiritual Medicine Garden. Next to it, Daqing showed its true form, turning into a small three-foot-long Flood Dragon, circling around the Five-Dragon Tree, looking very covetous.
"If this thing is damaged, I’ll flay you!"
He uttered coldly, then went to where Taisui was located. After pondering for a moment, two jade boxes appeared in his hand.
Upon opening them, two Inner Cores emerged, one black and one red, each radiating its own brilliance.
Taisui immediately started trembling, conveying its longing through the Divine Consciousness contract.
"The Inner Core of this seaweed demon is fine to give to you... but the Inner Core of the Black Taisui, which is already in the late Nascent Soul stage... moreover, could there be hidden dangers?"
Fang Xi murmured to himself.
He now had a lot of understanding about the operation of the Vast Sea Palace.
The black flesh mountain suppressed at the bottom of the Vast Sea Realm is definitely a fifth-order Black Taisui!
It should be of the demon kind, but given that the Array Spirit Sea Turtle referred to it as a demon, it must have transformed into the Demon Clan in the later stages.
With strength from both the Demon and Monster Clans, almost invincible and unkillable within the Mortal World, even the ancient Divine Skill cultivators could not destroy it, only seal it.
Based on Fang Xi’s estimation, besides its immortality, it must also possess a Divine Skill like ’thousands of incarnations’, capable of freely splitting off spores to grow into a brand-new Black Taisui!
Of course, such growth would start from the lowest rank, and it might not succeed, but it was still quite terrifying.
The operation of the Vast Sea Palace was meant to continuously draw the spores from the Black Taisui on the first level, turning them into numerous Black Taisui offspring for cultivators to kill and claim rewards from, thereby weakening the Black Taisui bit by bit.
But for some reason, over time, the deeper meaning became unknown to all, even the Array Spirit was tainted by the demon, and it almost escaped.
With its Divine Skill of ’thousands of incarnations’, talking about tainting an entire realm might actually be possible.
"Enough, give this Inner Core from the seaweed demon to you for now, and see if you can make something of it..."
Fang Xi stored the Inner Core of the Black Taisui and tossed out the red Inner Core.
The Inner Core landed on Taisui’s surface and was immediately enveloped by countless white-fleshed tendrils, swiftly vanishing without a trace...
Seeing this scene, Fang Xi couldn’t help but think of the sealed piece of black Spirit Ganoderma in his possession.
This item was transformed from the Array Spirit Sea Turtle tainted by the Black Taisui, and its rank seemed to be slightly higher than the fourth-order top-grade Black Taisui Inner Core.
Fang Xi was now quite hesitant even to begin researching it.
After some thought, a silver light flickered in front of him, and the Heterodox Nascent Soul emerged.
"This time you did well, that strike was neat and clean!"
After a word of praise, Fang Xi proceeded to assimilate the Heterodox Nascent Soul as usual, then sent it back to the Nine States with the box sealed with the ’black Spirit Ganoderma fragment’.
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The Nine States.
Fang Immortal University, Flying Rice Research Institute.
"Ha ha... what’s this, does the Enforcer Chief have so much free time today, coming to inspect my research institute?"
Huo Yunzi, donned in a white lab coat, smiled at Fang Xi.
In his heart, he found it quite strange regarding the Law Enforcement Palace Master who skyrocketed to prominence like a rocket.
It seemed like just a hundred years ago, Fang Xi was but a common postgraduate student, and he himself had wanted to be Fang Xi’s doctoral supervisor.
Unexpectedly, in just a few decades, this person had not only formed his Nascent Soul but had also been appointed by Fang Immortal Taoist Master as the Law Enforcement Palace Master!
Recently, the ascended Fang Immortal Taoist Master, having ended the Moon Demon Calamity, had reached a pinnacle of fame in The Nine States.
The Law Enforcement Palace Master appointed by him, though quite abrupt, was still accepted by the majority of people.
"Today is not about inspecting work..."
Fang Xi smiled. Although he was known to have the right of supervision, he barely exercised it, keeping a very low profile.
"I came to see Professor Huo Yunzi today to analyze an item, an occasional find of nanoscale organisms, maybe even on the level of Flying Rice... It also possesses the ability not to die or vanish, and to incarnate into thousands..."
Fang Xi briefly introduced the Black Taisui.
"Oh?"
Huo Yunzi’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, "This sounds somewhat similar to one of my projects... Flying Rice-level organisms? Today will surely be an eye-opener."
"Remember to prepare the highest-level protection laboratory... otherwise, if this contamination leaks, the consequences might not be less severe than the Moon Demon Calamity..."
Fang Xi said with a grim expression.
"Rest assured, I’m certainly aware of the regulations."
Professor Huo Yunzi took it seriously and promptly went to make the preparations.
Soon after, both of them, dressed in protective suits, entered a pure white laboratory.
Bang!
The heavy door slowly closed, followed by several other doors in the same way, talismans flashed, initiating the sealing process, which also carried various sterilization and disinfection procedures.
"Let’s get started!"
Fang Xi nodded and took out the Jade Box.
This Jade Box was held by a mechanical arm that placed it into another room for observation.
Separated by a thick glass, the two of them operated experimental robots to handle the Jade Box.
Fang Xi tore off the talisman and directly opened the Jade Box, causing the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light to finally dissipate.
Inside the Jade Box, pieces of black Spirit Ganoderma-like fragments emitted a strange radiance.
Suddenly!
The black Spirit Ganoderma fragments collapsed like sand dunes, turning into countless tiny black particles that spread rapidly in all directions.
A spark jumped on one of the experimental robots, which then stopped moving.
Soon after, dark Spirit Ganoderma, mushrooms... began to grow incessantly from within it.
The next moment, another robot fell to the ground as its surface sprouted countless fungi...
"This rate of reproduction?"
Huo Yunzi exclaimed, looking at the laboratory that was gradually decaying and being filled with various fungi, resembling a primitive forest, his eyes shining: "What good material... this must not be known to old Yan, otherwise he’ll certainly want to share a part of it!"
"Professor Yan is an authority in biology; I think his involvement in this research would be good. Of course, you’ll still be the first author on the paper."
Fang Xi didn’t care for these particulars. He just wanted the results!
"This... okay then..."
Huo Yunzi helplessly agreed, considering Zhang Huohua ’Law Enforcement Palace Master’s identity.
After all, the materials were supplied by Fang Xi.
Shortly after, the preliminary analysis results came out.
"A completely new life form, those numerous spores actually have a mother consciousness... similar to a collective consciousness like that of ants or bees..."
"Its vitality is extremely formidable, perhaps it can be used for alchemy..."
Fang Xi frowned as he read the inspection report, "But if we can’t resolve this consciousness, I’m afraid we might face trouble..."
Huo Yunzi looked at the data and also furrowed his brows, "It seems we’ll need the personal guidance of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion Master, a true master in the field of consciousness studies..."
Fang Xi nodded immediately.
The might of Master Ghost Axe’s ’Submerged Dragon’ was still fresh in his memory, and he had delved deeply into the field of consciousness.
While the two were conversing, Fang Xi suddenly sensed something, turned into an Escape Light, and flew out of the Flying Rice Research Institute, rising high above the city.
Though the city skies were restricted by ordinances, they didn’t matter much to his current identity.
Fang Xi looked in a certain direction outside the city and murmured, "Transcendent God? It seems that after acquiring many spiritual objects from the Western Desert and Eastern Sea, someone has finally perfected their Nascent Soul and is ready to take that step?"
Just then, a communication came through from Master Ghost Axe.
The screen suddenly split, showing a barren plain where the sky above was gathering multicolored spiritual energy into a series of auroras, a sign of transcending to godhood!
"Bai Mei has ultimately moved ahead of us..."
Master Ghost Axe spoke indifferently.
"Master Bai Mei?"
Fang Xi nodded, enlarging the screen.
The first step of transcending to godhood, of course, was to draw upon the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power to create the aurora phenomenon!
This step seemed to be going quite smoothly, and Lord Demon Exterminator was controlling ’The Array of the Twelve Elemental Protectors of the Heavenly Gods’ to protect Master Bai Mei.
With the Sky Palace Master blocking outer space, the two great Demon Lords, despite wanting to intervene, were powerless to do so.