Chapter 302: The Southern Brightness Flame and the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron
Chapter 302: The Southern Brightness Flame and the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron
In the void, a flash of silver light appeared, and Fang Xing's true form emerged.
His aura surged, like a red sun rising from the sea of clouds, and within the sun, the Great Sun Buddha's Dharmakaya slowly extended a palm!
The first form of the Great Sun Buddha Palm—Great Sun Radiance!
Light!
Infinite Light! Infinite Life!
Above and below, it seemed that only this red sun existed.
The Great Sun True Flame enveloped Tian Kun, causing him to let out a miserable scream as his spirit treasures began to melt.
Then...
Tian Kun's body was filled with surging black energy, and a hideous ghostly face appeared.
Beneath this ghostly face, he barely managed to keep his physical body from collapsing, and a plump Nascent Soul appeared on top of his head, escaping into the void in an instant.
Just as he abandoned his physical body, it crumbled, turning into ashes.
"Run? Do you think you can escape?"
Fang Xing's true form let out a cold laugh, and the Great Sun Buddha's Dharmakaya extended its five fingers, striking out with another palm.
The four directions were sealed by golden swastika runes, and Buddhist chants filled the air, as if a Buddha realm existed within his palm.
The golden palm of the Great Sun Buddha reached into the Great Void and grabbed a plump Nascent Soul, whose appearance was identical to Tian Kun's!
At this moment, this Nascent Soul had its eyes tightly shut, unconscious, and on its forehead, a golden swastika rune slowly rotated.
On the wrist of the Nascent Soul was a green bracelet.
"Good... Finally, I have the materials needed for the promotion of the Ten Thousand Dharmas Nascent Soul."
Fang Xing's divine sense swept over, and he took off the green bracelet, sensing a vast space within.
However, he had yet to break the divine sense imprint, so he couldn't fully utilize it.
"Hmm... It seems that the Vast Sea Cultivation World's technique of refining storage bags is superior to that of the Great Wilderness Cultivation World..."
His heart stirred, and he watched as his cultivation clone cleaned up the battlefield, capturing the female Core Formation Master he had discarded earlier. Together, they transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the horizon.
...
On a desolate island.
Fang Xing slowly descended, and the camouflage faded away, revealing a spaceship with a sci-fi style.
Ever since his advancement to the Nascent Soul Stage, as a high-level cultivator in this world, he no longer cared about being perceived as different.
Anyway, even if the cultivators in this world had wild imaginations, how could they guess that he was a transmigrator? They would probably just consider the spaceship as a large-scale Organ City.
'However... If someone observes the Explorer closely and notices its unique refining style, they might think that I've obtained the legacy of celestial craftsmanship and refining from the upper realm.'
With the protection of his true form, Fang Xing's cultivation clone had no worries. He directly used the Soul-Searching Technique on the female Core Formation Cultivator!
He wasn't a pushover; this time, he had been implicated by the other party, so he had to figure out the cause and effect.
...
Soon, as the female Core Formation Master lay unconscious, her face twisted in agony...
Fang Xing gradually understood the cause and effect of this incident, which turned out to be related to a thousand-year-old love-hate grudge.
A thousand years ago, during the Ancient Devil's chaos, countless events had occurred.
Not to mention the fallen Great True Monarchs and the destruction of numerous Nascent Soul sects.
More importantly, the annihilation of the Divine Soul Sword Sect directly triggered a major reshuffle of power within and beyond the seas.
The impact was even greater than the various consequences of the Ancient Devil's destruction, and it continued to this day.
It was only because of the suppression of the two great sacred lands that a war affecting the entire cultivation world hadn't broken out.
Even so, over the past thousand years, the changes in Nascent Soul power had been far more intense than before.
As for the lower-level Foundation Establishment families and sects, they rose and fell rapidly.
"This woman is known as 'Yin Moon Saintess' and comes from the Yin Heaven Sect... Both the Yin Heaven Sect and the Southern Flame Gate were once a single lineage, originating from the 'Yin-Yang Great True Lord'. This Yin-Yang Great True Lord was a late-stage Nascent Soul Great True Monarch with awe-inspiring cultivation. After his passing, his disciples split into two groups. One group formed the Southern Flame Gate, and the other established the Yin Heaven Sect. However, they became like fire and water... The reason was that the Yin-Yang Great True Lord's cultivation method required the harmonization of Yin and Yang, with 'Two Departments of Water and Fire'. Unfortunately, his disciples had average talent, and none could comprehend it. They could only cultivate water-attribute or fire-attribute techniques individually... Over time, they became like fire and water."
"Both the Southern Flame Gate and the Yin Heaven Sect claimed to be the legitimate lineage of the Great True Lord and accused each other of embezzling the master's treasures during the division..."
"The Yin Heaven Sect later discovered that the Southern Flame Gate had indeed hidden a treasure of their master, a fourth-rank 'Moonlight Spirit Cauldron'. It was best at refining various Yin-attribute pills, an invaluable treasure for the Yin Heaven Sect."
"Finally, after thorough preparation, the Yin Heaven Sect's number one expert, the Bright Moon True Lord, took action. He lured away and restrained the Southern Flame Gate's number one expert, the Fire Cloud True Lord, creating chaos and ordering the Yin Moon Saintess to make her move..."
"Then, she succeeded, but her actions were discovered, forcing her to flee to the Sea Market to protect herself, and she also intended to escape to the Inner Sea... As a result, I was implicated."
Fang Xing looked at the Yin Moon Saintess and snapped his fingers.
Puff!
The female Core Formation Master, renowned among the Outer Sea cultivators, instantly had her head severed from her body!
Fang Xing picked up her storage bag, finding only a few treasures, spirit stones, pills, and other miscellaneous items inside.
With a slight smile, he recited a spell and pointed a finger.
The headless female corpse's clothing tore open, revealing a smooth back.
A dark Datura flower tattoo suddenly appeared on her back and slowly bloomed.
"The secret techniques of the Vast Sea Cultivation World are indeed impressive... This secret technique of storing objects within the body can only hide them temporarily, but it can evade most inspections."
"Moreover, unless the soul-searching technique knows the incantation, it's impossible to unlock it."
As the Datura flower bloomed, the void shook in all directions.
A small, four-legged white cauldron appeared from within the flower, gently floating out and settling in the ship's cabin.
It was petite, nearly half the size of the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron, yet it exuded a delicate, feminine charm.
On both sides of the cauldron were decorative rabbit-shaped Mystic Beast heads.
The entire cauldron was enveloped in a hazy white light, making it immediately stand out as extraordinary.
"So this is the fourth-rank 'Moonlight Spirit Cauldron'? As expected, it's perfect for refining Yin-attributed pills..."
Fang Xing calculated the time and shouted, "Little Green, open the skylight!"
The deck of the Explorer immediately opened, revealing the outside world.
It was night, and a bright moon hung high in the sky.
A surprising scene unfolded!
Under the moonlight, the white light above the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron suddenly intensified, drawing strands of moon essence downward into the cauldron.
After a moment, Fang Xing opened the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron and saw a thin layer of moon dew essence at the bottom.
"Moon Dew Essence is a third-rank spiritual object, extremely suitable for Core Formation female cultivators to consume... Using it to irrigate spirit grasses will yield remarkable results."
"If used for pill refinement, the third-rank Moonlight Pill is also a top-grade pill."
"Moreover, this Moon Dew Essence was gathered in just one night. According to Yin Moon Saintess's memory... If the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron fully absorbs Yin Energy, it can condense a portion of 'Moon Dew Essence' in a day and night, and harvest a portion of 'Yin Essence' in a year. If it continues for ten years... it can refine a portion of 'Imperial Stream Plasma'..."
Imperial Stream Plasma is a genuine fourth-rank heavenly spiritual object, rumored to have the effect of awakening the intelligence of demonic beasts, even coveted by fourth-rank transformed demon kings.
"This is what cultivation resources are all about..."
Fang Xing's face lit up.
With this Moonlight Spirit Cauldron, it meant a continuous supply of third and fourth-rank spiritual objects, a significant supplement even for Nascent Soul sects.
Furthermore, if acquired by a Core Formation cultivator and patiently accumulated for hundreds of years, it could provide the foundation to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
"This is the Vast Sea Cultivation World; there are indeed many treasures..."
"Even in the Great Wilderness Cultivation World, you won't find such fine goods."
Fang Xing stroked his chin, feeling very satisfied.
Of course, while this Moonlight Spirit Cauldron was exceptionally rare, it still fell short compared to the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron.
One could say that without the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron, Fang Xing wouldn't dare to call himself a fourth-rank pill refinement master.
If the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron's divine effects were known, even sacred lands would be astonished!
'Master Wanfa indeed has astonishing luck, possessing such a divine object...'
'Unfortunately, his talent and luck are both lacking... That's why he stopped short of the Nascent Soul stage.'
'If he could break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he'd truly soar in the sky. Alas, what a pity, what a tragedy, what a joy!'
After all, if Master Wanfa hadn't been unlucky, the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron wouldn't have fallen into Fang Xing's hands.
Without the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron's assistance, Fang Xing wouldn't dare to consume large amounts of pills, and he wouldn't have achieved the myth of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage within a single cycle.
'If the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron is a fourth-rank treasure... then the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron is at least fifth-rank, or even higher...'
'A fifth-rank object, even just a piece of raw material, is a rare treasure in the Vast Sea Cultivation World.'
'Speaking of fifth-rank objects, there are many fine things within the Southern Flame Gate...'
This was Fang Xing's unexpected gain from soul-searching Yin Moon Saintess.
While investigating the Moonlight Spirit Cauldron, she inadvertently learned a piece of news—in the treasure vault of the Southern Flame Gate, there was a fifth-rank 'Southern Brightness Stone'!
This stone had already become spiritual, giving birth to a strand of fourth-rank 'Southern Brightness Flame'!
The Southern Brightness Flame is a renowned spiritual flame in the cultivation world, capable of dispelling all evil, with supreme power.
Don't be fooled by its current fourth-rank status; it's only because there's just a strand of primordial essence.
If it continues to condense, there's a good chance it will advance to fifth-rank or even higher in the future.
"This treasure is indeed fated to be mine."
Fang Xing's face lit up with joy.
He was now a righteous Sword Monarch, and while the Azure Yang Devil Lamp and Soul Devouring Demon Flame were sharp and useful, their demonic aura was too heavy, not suitable for his image.
If he could refine one or two righteous flames into it, changing the Azure Yang Devil Lamp's temperament and turning it into a 'Azure Sun Divine Lamp', that would be excellent.
Moreover, if his refinement skills were up to par, he could try to refine that 'Southern Brightness Stone' into a 'Southern Brightness Flame Sword' or refine it into the Azure Yang Devil Lamp.
Using fifth-rank materials, even with his poor craftsmanship, he could still improve the Azure Yang Devil Lamp by one rank, turning it into a middle-grade fourth-rank spirit treasure, and possibly upgrading it to a high-grade fourth-rank treasure in the future, without much difficulty.
(End of Chapter)
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