Chapter 766: Chapter 697 Incarnation Breakthrough_1
"So it’s every man for himself when disaster strikes, huh?"
Fang Xi found Lord YuanYin’s decision somewhat expected and couldn’t help but smile bitterly to himself: ’The influence of the Cultivation World is constantly eroding me, turning me, a good young man of the new era, into what I’ve become...’
Even as he thought this, his hands didn’t slow down. With a flash of black light, the Mysterious Dark Banner appeared. With just a flick, a jet-black river surged past, wrapping around him like a black Flood Dragon as he burst out of the Black Rock Market Town.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Various colors of brilliance flickered.
As soon as Fang Xi released his Divine Consciousness, he saw Master Kuantao transform into a Divine Demon and shuttle seamlessly through the air.
Xu Qingzi slapped a talisman onto his body, and his figure immediately vanished without a trace.
Even Fairy Pu, she draped a piece of blood-red light gauze over herself, and her escape speed suddenly surged.
Indeed, it was like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying their Divine Skills.
These high-ranking cultivators mostly had life-saving trump cards and, at this moment, didn’t care about the low-ranking cultivators in the market town, fleeing in every direction.
And each chose a different direction to escape, effectively gambling on luck and fate!
While the lower-ranking cultivators in the market town attracted the two Primordial Chaos Beasts, a considerable number of them managed to escape right away.
Swish, swish, swish!
The Nine Netherworld Underworld River surged like a pitch-black Flood Dragon, breaking free from the market and falling into darkness.
"Huh?"
It wasn’t until now that Fang Xi realized something was wrong.
In the high sky, there were massive moths, several zhang in length, fluttering their wings; it was as if two giant eyes were looking down upon them, an utterly terrifying sight.
"Fascinating God Moths... There are such Wild Beasts accompanying them, no wonder I never noticed the market town was already surrounded by Wild Beasts..."
Fang Xi sighed. Although such Wild Beasts were not strong in combat, the powder they spread had the ability to bewitch and even the Divine Consciousness of Transcendent Gods and cultivators Returning to Emptiness could be clouded.
Only after he charged into their midst did he see a pack of wolf-like Wild Beasts not far away, each with white light shining from their eyes and drool dripping from their mouths.
’It’s just ordinary Wild Wolves, a pity they’re not Wood Wolves!’
He sighed inwardly and formed a hand seal.
The Mysterious Dark Banner immediately surged with black water, sending out grains of Mysterious Dark Divine Sand.
Several Wild Wolves had no chance to demonstrate their power before they were swallowed by the Nine Netherworld Underworld River Mysterious Sand Array; under the onslaught of countless grains of Divine Sand, their demon qi rapidly dispersed, and they immediately tucked their tails and became Fang Xi’s captives, being suppressed in the deepest part of the black water.
Swoosh!
At that moment, a Tri-Horned Yuan Rhinoceros seemed to notice Fang Xi, and a glint of light flashed from the single horn atop its head.
A golden streak of Heavenly Thunder suddenly struck across the sky!
Cursing under his breath, Fang Xi released a surge of Magic Power.
Splash, splash, splash!
Within the black waters, the Phantom of a Returning to Emptiness Flood Dragon emerged, continuously spewing forth poisonous fog from its mouth.
This fog was exceptionally potent, turning several Fascinating God Moths in the sky into corpses that fell down.
Crackle!
A flash of golden light, countless sparks bouncing off, quickly purified the Flood Dragon’s poison.
However, the golden Heavenly Thunder also became thinner and eventually disappeared without a trace.
Fang Xi pointed his finger, and the soul of the Returning to Emptiness Flood Dragon enveloped him, serving as an incredibly sturdy defense.
With chants, his body turned into a streak of blood light, his escape speed astonishing even among the Transcendent God cultivators; he vanished from the sky in the blink of an eye.
The Tri-Horned Yuan Rhinoceros, seeing this, turned its gaze toward another Transcendent God cultivator.
"Moo!"
After a flash of lightning, that Transcendent God cultivator screamed as their protective treasures were directly shattered to pieces, and their body was severed in midair.
Then, a sweep of Five-color Xia Light captured a Nascent Soul.
The Tri-Horned Yuan Rhinoceros, holding the Nascent Soul in its mouth, approached its previously injured companion, seeming to want the other to consume the Transcendent God Nascent Soul as nourishment...
...
"Damn it!"
Protected by the sixth-tier treasure of Returning to Emptiness, Fang Xi escaped tens of thousands of miles in one go before he finally halted his Escape Light.
It was only him, if another Transcendent God cultivator had suffered such a sudden strike from a Primordial Chaos Beast, like Master Kuantao, it would have been lucky if they didn’t die, let alone lose a layer of skin.
"The horn of a Tri-Horned Yuan Rhinoceros is the best raw material for crafting a one-time Array-breaking treasure... You just wait for me."
After cursing viciously, Fang Xi discerned his direction and immediately headed for a specific location.
When he had previously cleared the land, he had taken note of the rough map of the Sky Brahman Domain, and he was very familiar with the area around Black Rock Market Town.
His choice of direction wasn’t towards the Sky Brahman City, but rather he was prepared to first seize a Spiritual Vein Land and attempt to advance to Returning to Emptiness!
Fang Xi saw it clearly, heading to Sky Brahman City now might just result in being conscripted upon entry, serving as high-level cannon fodder, living or dying at war.
Better to enhance his cultivation first. A cultivator in the Returning to Emptiness stage was considered upper-middle class in the Earth Immortal Realm.
Even if he had to pay a thousand top-notch Spirit Stones for redemption, no one would covet anything from him.
’Indeed, just like those from the Heavenly Charm Sect in Returning to Emptiness who hid in the wilderness, that seems to be the best choice... Becoming too prominent would eventually make it hard to withstand wave after wave of attacks.’
Thinking of the Heavenly Charm Sect, Fang Xi’s mind also turned to Fairy Yunxi and her companion; they chose to leave during the day and perfectly evaded this calamity caused by the Primordial Chaos Beasts.
Several days later, Fang Xi, stopping and moving, avoiding some dangerous areas, finally arrived at a mountain range.
This range was not large, only tens of thousands of miles in diameter, and it was entirely a green-gold color, obviously containing a unique mineral vein.
Now, atop Green Gold Peak, he let loose the imposing aura of a Transcendent God at perfect completion.
"Roar, roar!"
Instantly, a huge Wild Beast leaped out from within the mountain.
It had a body like a lion, but it gleamed with a metallic luster, and crucially, it also had a human-like head.
"The Green Lion Human-Faced Beast... skilled in the Golden Escape Technique, and possessing a Perfect Transcendent God cultivation, even several Perfect Transcendent Gods working together would find it difficult to exterminate. Moreover, it has a keen sense of perception... Once it detects the presence of someone at the Returning to Emptiness stage, it will use the Golden Escape Technique to flee for its life... This mountain peak is quite peculiar; even cultivators at the Returning to Emptiness stage would find it difficult to catch up to it..."
This was, in fact, a troublesome beast to kill. To slay this Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, the cost would be somewhat high.
And the destruction it caused wasn’t significant, so it was simply neglected by the lazy governance of the people in Black Rock Market Town.
’Once this beast senses the aura of Returning to Emptiness, it will flee a thousand miles away. Now that I’ve just achieved Perfect Transcendent God, it still dares to put up a fight...’
Fang Xi looked at the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast and revealed a slight smile, then beckoned with his fingers.
Anger flashed across the human face of the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, and suddenly it leaped.
In the void, a flash of green-gold color, a roar of wind mixed with thunder and lightning arrived in the blink of an eye.
Within this wind and thunder, there were specks of gold light that turned into countless flying needles!
Seeing this, Fang Xi just flicked the ’Mysterious Dark Banner’ in his hand.
Rustle! Rustle!
A Nine Netherworld Underworld River appeared out of nowhere, engulfing the Green Gold Mountain Range for thousands of miles.
Thereafter, a flash of red thread in his hand transformed into a sixth-ranked ’Divine Infant Sword’!
Woo-ah!
The void resounded with the harrowing wails of infants as countless red threads crisscrossed.
The Divine Infant Sword in Fang Xi’s hands continued to grow larger, burning with a layer of blood-red flames.
With both hands on the sword, he ferociously brought it down in a slash.
Whoosh!
The blood-red sword light filled the void, and the sky filled with wind, thunder, and rain of golden needles met the blood-red flames, instantly dissolving upon contact.
The crimson sword qi flashed, and in an instant, it was before the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, bringing the sword down upon its head!
Slash!
The Divine Infant Sword cut directly across the head of the beast, boldly severing the human-like head.
Not only that, but the red threads also formed a large net that captured the essence soul of the beast, which was devoured by a flash of bloodstain on the Divine Infant Sword, completely vanishing without a trace...
The head of the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast fell to the ground, its eyes wide open in shock.
It couldn’t understand, as this cultivator had also come to encircle it several times before, all ending in vain retreats.
How could it be that this time, his divine skills and magic power were so powerful?
It must have been tricked...
The beast didn’t realize that Fang Xi’s previous actions were to complete a mission, while this time it was for himself, which was entirely different.
He surveyed the mountain range, set up an array, then went to the center of the array where Divine Infant Sword turned into a streak of light, carving out a cave house on a cliff of a mountain peak.
It was only after completing all this that Fang Xi’s heterodox avatar sat cross-legged in the quiet room within the cave house.
A silver light flashed.
A young man in a green robe, holding a string of Buddhist beads and with a golden bell hanging at his waist, emerged with a smile: "My ’Brahma Sound Chant Bell’ finally proved useful today..."
...
A few months later.
The heterodox avatar sat cross-legged, a trace of pain on his face.
Fang Xi formed hand seals, while his main Nascent Soul appeared, continuously drawing in Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy and channeling it into the heterodox avatar’s body endlessly.
Since they shared the same origin, after his breakthrough to Returning to Emptiness, there should be no bottleneck for the heterodox avatar.
As long as it could successfully refine the True Demon Qi and draw upon Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, it would be able to break through to Returning to Emptiness directly!
A moment later.
The heterodox avatar’s body experienced a merging of three energies, suddenly revealing a smile.
He formed hand seals, and a Nascent Soul, completely dark green with two horns and dressed in black armor, emerged from his celestial spirit region with the energy fluctuations of an early-stage Returning to Emptiness cultivator overflowing.
"Assimilate!"
Upon seeing this, Fang Xi’s main body had his Nascent Soul appear, forming hand seals and assimilating the heterodox Nascent Soul.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling!
At the same time, he exhaled a breath of green qi, causing the Brahma Sound Chant Bell to appear above the head of the heterodox Nascent Soul, gently swaying.
Accompanied by the pleasant sound of the bell, one after another golden Sanskrit character descended...
...
Rumble! Rumble!
Above Green Gold Mountain Range, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy tossed and turned, endless thunder clouds emerged.
The major tribulation for Returning to Emptiness had arrived!
Wooh-wooh!
Accompanied by the sound of ghostly wails in the night, a towering demon shadow emerged, which was the heterodox avatar passing through the Heart Demon Tribulation!
Atop its head was the Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella, and its body clad in Azure Flame Armor, surrounded also by the Mysterious Dark Banner, a jade hammer, and several other sixth-ranked treasures.
Fang Xi and the avatar were as one; the treasures he refined, the heterodox avatar could naturally use as well.
Just as he could refine the Divine Infant Sword and even command this top-tier Demon Path flying sword.
After all, the Azure Flame Armor and the jade hammer were spoils of battle, even if they were destroyed by the heavenly thunder, Fang Xi would not regret it much.
Slash!
At that moment, the long-brewing first strike of golden thunder in the sky fiercely descended!
The heterodox avatar stood undaunted, tossing out the jade hammer.
Hum!
A burst of white light suddenly emerged on the jade hammer, expanding rapidly, conjuring countless wisps of white Xia Light that coalesced into a terrifying giant hammer with golden inscriptions on its surface, boldly confronting the golden thunder in mid-air...