Chapter 349: Annihilating the Sect
Chapter 349: Annihilating the Sect
Boom!
The cultivators battling at Tian Yin Sect suddenly felt a chilling sensation.
Then, they witnessed a crimson sun rising slowly from the place where the Supreme Elder and the Guest Elder were in seclusion.
"Water and Fire Unity!"
At this life-and-death moment, Huoyun Zhenjun and Jiaoyue Zhenjun clasped their hands together, causing their respective essence energies to surge uncontrollably, and behind them, a faint shadow of the Tai Chi Diagram appeared.
This divine technique's might was formidable, and the Water and Fire Tai Chi Diagram might have even reached the threshold of a Great True Monarch.
However, all of this seemed like a joke in front of Fang Xing.
The Great Sun Buddha's manifestation appeared, and with a gentle palm strike, it shattered the divine technique of the Water and Fire Tai Chi Diagram.
Not only that!
The law bodies of Huoyun Zhenjun and Jiaoyue Zhenjun were enveloped by a cluster of golden sun flames, instantly turning them into ashes.
The Great Sun Buddha's manifestation did not stop there; instead, it extended its five fingers, transforming into another palm strike!
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The golden Buddha country gradually shrank, eventually landing in Fang Xing's hand and transforming into a tiny male and female Nascent Soul.
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Fang Xing's true self had long possessed the strength comparable to a Great True Monarch.
If he went all out, even a Divine Transformation cultivator would only last a couple of moves.
With his armor on, in the Cultivation World, he only feared the Divine Transformation Heavenly Venerable and the Holy Land's array formations.
Capturing two mid-stage Nascent Souls was as easy as a walk in the park.
...
Tian Yin Sect.
Fang Xing's cultivation doppelganger let out a light laugh. The Purple Azure Fire Dragon roared fiercely, its tail whipping out and sending a copper bell spirit treasure flying.
Then, a dazzling sword light suddenly appeared.
The shadow of the Rotten Iron Sword Treasure was hidden within, and with lightning speed, it struck out.
Whoosh!
A flash of golden sword light sliced through a female Nascent Soul cultivator's law body, revealing one of her Nascent Soul bodies with an expression of sudden realization.
"Supreme Elder, Golden Elder..."
Another female Nascent Soul True Monarch witnessed this scene and immediately gritted her teeth, riding a flower basket treasure and retreating.
Seeing the Supreme Elder and Huoyun Zhenjun captured, this woman had already lost her fighting spirit.
At this moment, she only thought about fleeing.
"Isn't it too late to run now?"
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His figure moved, his speed astonishing, blocking the path of the female Nascent Soul cultivator who was trying to escape using the flower basket treasure.
"Body Cultivator Great True Monarch."
The female Nascent Soul's expression changed several times, and then she revealed a hint of sorrow: "This subordinate Qinghua is willing to submit... I know all the secrets of Tian Yin Sect, and I am willing to be your servant, even if it means becoming a furnace..."
"A Nascent Soul furnace?"
Fang Xing nodded and then struck out with a palm.
"You're pushing it too far!"
Qinghua Zhenjun's body emitted pink spiritual light, and suddenly, several flying needles shot out from the flower basket treasure, landing on Fang Xing's arm but were easily brushed aside.
"I'm only interested in your Nascent Soul."
Fang Xing's current body was so powerful that the flying needles, mere spirit treasure-grade items, were of no concern.
Fang Xing laughed and clapped his hands.
With the Heaven-Covering Hand, everything within his reach seemed to be affected by his palm wind.
A palm imprint instantly shattered the flower basket treasure, and then it heavily struck Qinghua Zhenjun.
Crackle!
Her law body exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
Within the mist, a female Nascent Soul was frantically performing hand seals, attempting to unleash a powerful secret technique.
But Fang Xing merely chuckled, and an invisible spiritual wave landed on the Nascent Soul body.
"A divine perception attack?"
The Nascent Soul body screamed, and a wind-styled hairpin appeared on her head, which was actually a treasure used to defend against divine perception attacks!
"The Nascent Soul old monster indeed has many treasures."
Fang Xing sighed, and his martial arts will transformed into a beast image, following the spiritual attack into the female Nascent Soul's sea of consciousness.
There were treasures to defend against divine perception attacks.
But as for treasures that could defend against will attacks, at least Fang Xing had never seen any in the Cultivation World.
Qinghua Zhenjun's Nascent Soul shrieked in agony, her eyes filled with madness.
Then, just before her Nascent Soul extinguished, Fang Xing grabbed it with his giant hand, capturing the Nascent Soul body and stuffing it into a pitch-black jade bottle.
"Supreme Elder, two Great True Monarchs..."
The numerous Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators in Tian Yin Sect who were still resisting witnessed this scene, and they instantly collapsed.
In the Cultivation World, the rise and fall of major powers often depended on the top-tier cultivators.
With Tian Yin Sect's three female True Monarchs and a Guest Elder all killed, the sect's morale plummeted to an unprecedented low.
Some lower-level cultivators even knelt and begged for mercy.
"Li Hua, go through them one by one, interrogate, and then dig out Tian Yin Sect's treasures and secret caches."
Fang Xing calmly instructed.
Although he didn't care much for these things, his cultivation clone would need a vast amount of resources when it advanced to the Nascent Soul Late-stage and even when breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage. So, he could only slowly accumulate them.
...
Several days later.
As the Dark Kungun Ship returned to Dark Whale Island, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the Outer Sea - the Tian Yin Sect was annihilated!
Unlike the previous Southern Fire Sect, the Tian Yin Sect's headquarters was directly destroyed, and even with the combined efforts of two Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators, they still fell to the two Island Lords of Dark Whale Island.
Some busybodies had already listed Dark Whale Island as a top-tier power in the Outer Sea, only below those sects with Great True Monarchs.
And those who knew the origins of the two Great True Monarchs treated Dark Whale Island with even greater respect, warning all their disciples that it was an absolute taboo to provoke them.
After all, Jiaoyue and Huoyun, both Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators, were almost on par with a Great True Monarch when they joined forces.
Even if they were slightly weaker than a Great True Monarch, defeating and killing them were two entirely different matters.
The force that could annihilate this pair of Dual Cultivation partners must have the combat power of a Great True Monarch! With this battle, Fang Yun Zhenjun's reputation spread far and wide.
"A Body Cultivator Great True Monarch?"
"Hmm, that guess seems plausible..."
On the Dark Kungun Ship.
Fang Xing played with a fan in his hand.
The fan had phoenix feather patterns on its surface, and the embroidery was so exquisite it seemed like a divine creation. It was Tian Yin Sect's inherited spirit treasure - a Fourth Stage Upper Grade 'Cloud Wing Phoenix Feather Fan'! In terms of power, it was arguably the best spirit treasure in his possession.
Even if he sold it for spirit stones, it might fetch a higher price than the 'Bright Moon Spirit Furnace'.
Of course, in Fang Xing's heart, it was still inferior to the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron.
"This Huoyun Zhenjun and Jiaoyue Zhenjun are indeed Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators. They are truly... fat!"
Fang Xing sighed.
But when he thought about it, it made sense. In the vast sea of the cultivation world, there should still be thousands of Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
However, Great True Monarchs were extremely rare, as the bottleneck from the Nascent Soul Mid-stage to the Late-stage was so terrifying that even those with heavenly spiritual roots would feel despair.
With no Great True Monarchs around, it was natural for this group of Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators to dominate the scene, and they had plenty of good things in their possession.
Not to mention, these two Nascent Soul Mid-stage True Monarchs were originally the leaders of their respective forces, and their ancestors had left behind the legacy of Great True Monarchs, making them naturally wealthy.
However, all of this now benefited Fang Xing.
He even used the Soul Search secret technique before feeding them to his second Nascent Soul, squeezing out all the useful information and intelligence from their minds.
"Some treasures and hidden caches... those aren't much."
Even if it was a hidden disciple, Fang Xing couldn't be bothered to chase and kill them.
What caught his attention was the information about the Yuan Shen Sword Sect in the minds of these two Nascent Soul True Monarchs!
"Does Yuan Shen Sword Sect have five hidden lineages? The Golden Sword Lineage, Ten Thousand Marvels Lineage, Thunder Sword Lineage, Flying Immortal Lineage, and Killing Sword Lineage... each corresponding to one of the five inherited sword canons."
"Unfortunately, the Flying Immortal Lineage has turned against them and joined the Ethereal Immortal Palace. The other lineages don't seem to be doing well either."
"Oh? The Golden Sword Lineage refers to my Heavenly Sword Sect? Then that's fine..."
"As for the Killing Sword Lineage? They cultivate the 'Killing Sword Canon', entering the path through slaughter, and their killing intent is extremely strong... there's some news about them."
This also showed that Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators had access to more information than Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivators.
Even the Dark River True Monarch was unaware of the news about the Killing Sword Lineage's descendant appearing in the world.
"The Killing Sword Lineage passes down to only one person per generation, and their cultivation speed is extremely fast. Their sword techniques are deadly, and they are ruthless in battle, making it easy for them to lose control and go berserk... but once they achieve success, it's often astonishing."
"Because the sword cultivators of the Killing Sword Lineage need to release their killing intent from time to time, or they will go insane... so occasionally, they will cause major incidents."
"Recently, in the Outer Sea, there's a Nascent Soul Mid-stage sword cultivator who calls himself 'Taibai Sword Immortal'. He's ruthless and operates in the Red Algae Sea... suspected to be a descendant of the Killing Sword Lineage."
This piece of intelligence was questionable, but it was better than nothing.
After pondering for a while, he suddenly looked towards the place where his spiritual eye was located.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was in turmoil, like clouds and mist, rushing towards a central point, and it was a breakthrough phenomenon!
Judging from the situation, it wasn't an ordinary lower-level cultivator's breakthrough.
"Oh? Nascent Soul Mid-stage?"
Fang Xing muttered, watching as his cultivation clone emerged.
The fluctuations of essence energy on his body were strange. At times, it seemed like he was only at the peak of the Nascent Soul Early-stage, but at other times, it appeared as if he had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Mid-stage.
The cultivation clone chuckled lightly, touching his heavenly spirit, and a dark green Ghost Demi-Primordial of Ten Thousand Arts appeared.
Its aura was majestic, and it had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Mid-stage, but it was still somewhat difficult to control.
"Good, it's not for nothing that I've fed you so many Nascent Souls. You've finally broken through to the Nascent Soul Mid-stage."
"I never thought that cultivating a clone for decades would be less effective than swallowing a Ghost Infant."
Fang Xing laughed heartily.
Then, he reached out and took the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant.
At this moment, the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant was in a very strange state, its small face filled with resentment.
Once the restrictions were lifted, it might start to backlash!
"The Ten Thousand Phenomena Sect's second Nascent Soul secret technique has too many flaws and shortcomings."
Upon seeing this, Fang Xing shook his head and recited the Great Sun Buddha Incantation, performing a format reset on the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant.
After a moment, the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant opened its eyes, revealing a clear and foolish gaze, as it was grabbed by the cultivation clone.
"When the master is weak, the servant can cause trouble."
The cultivation clone placed the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant in the dantian position, and at that moment, one could see a white and tender Sword Infant beside the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant.
Although it was slightly thinner than the current Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant, its foundation was robust, its eyes were bright, and the sword scar between its eyebrows was even more prominent.
"With the help of the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant, I can indeed possess the power of a Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivator."
"With my control over it, even if it advances to the Nascent Soul Late-stage in the future, it will never escape the palm of my hand."
Upon seeing this, the Sword Infant couldn't help but giggle, casually tossing the Azure Sun Evil Lamp to the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant and ordering it to continue refining this treasure.
This 'Azure Sun Evil Lamp' was only a Fourth Stage Middle Grade, but its potential for advancement was great.
After all, Fang Xing also had a Fifth Stage Southern Ming Stone in his possession.
Moreover, it had already become the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant's Lifebound Artifact due to the power of the 'Purple Azure Divine Flame' on it, which was too formidable to give up.
"When the Ten Thousand Dharmas Ghost Infant advances to the Nascent Soul Late-stage, this Azure Sun Evil Lamp should at least reach the Fourth Stage Upper Grade to be useful... But by then, we can also change its name to the 'Azure Sun Divine Lamp'..."
Fang Xing stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
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Iron Sword Gate.
Fire Dragon True Monarch called several of his Foundation Establishment junior and junior sisters into his cave abode.
"Senior Brother Fire Dragon..."
Mengruo Shimei said, "Nowadays, rumors are spreading outside that the two Island Lords of Dark Whale Island joined forces to defeat a Great True Monarch at the Nascent Soul Late-stage. The rental prices for cave abodes in the market have skyrocketed... If we take this opportunity to rent a cave abode, we should be able to make a big profit."
Although the Dark Whale Island would definitely not acknowledge this act of subletting as a second landlord, the authorities would turn a blind eye as long as no one reported it.
"After subletting the cave abode, we can take advantage of the situation to occupy Flying Snake Island. The third-stage spirit vein on that island is quite good, and the 'Heavenly Serpent Sect' controlling that area is a vassal of the Sky Yin Sect. It's the perfect time to strike and take it from them."
Zhou Shidi, who was also a sword cultivator, was thrilled at the prospect of battle.
"This matter... Perhaps we should consider it carefully. There might be some connection between our Iron Sword Gate and Dark Whale Island."
Fire Dragon True Monarch's expression changed several times, but he said, "A connection?"
Mengruo Shimei and the others exchanged glances, all feeling speechless.
Fire Dragon True Monarch did not intend to explain further.
Not only were these junior and junior sisters' cultivation levels lower than his, but their sword skills were also inferior.
With Fire Dragon True Monarch's current sword cultivation level, he had already touched the threshold of 'Sword Intent Formation'. Once he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would become a genuine Nascent Soul Sword Monarch!
What he could see, his junior and junior sisters might not be able to perceive.
"...In any case, we should pay more attention to the news about the Dark Whale Island Lord."
Fire Dragon True Monarch sighed, "Besides that, the five hidden veins of our sect... The Killing Sword Lineage seems to be active in the outer sea, so we should be cautious."
...
One month later.
"It's been so peaceful..."
Fang Xing sat on the sofa in the Dark Whale Ship, looking helpless, "I, a rule-breaker, am standing right here, but no one is coming to fight me?"
"The Dark Cloud Palace is indeed full of cowards!"
"Even those top-tier forces and Divine Transformation Venerables are the same!"
Fang Xing, who had been fishing for trouble, expressed his disappointment.
"If none of you come, how can my second Nascent Soul improve? How can I cause trouble in the main universe?"
After venting his dissatisfaction, he was so bored that he went to see Li Hua to watch the surveillance footage.
"Since no one is directly attacking, they might be monitoring in secret, so we can follow the trail and catch them..."
During this time, Fang Xing had directly increased the surveillance intensity on Dark Whale Island, and indeed caught a few rats.
"I just don't know which force is behind them."
"Hmm? There's one right here on this island, the Iron Sword Gate? A trashy cultivator who has only reached the Foundation Establishment stage dares to mess with me?"
(End of Chapter)
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