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Chapter 628: Infiltration
Chapter 628: Infiltration
Several years later, with the mysterious deaths of two fugitive Yang Shen True Lords, the realm beyond the mortal world finally settled down.
The environmental protection policies that followed the Kill-Life Cult seemed rather peculiar.
However, for wandering cultivators and ordinary people, as long as the Kill-Life Cult wasn't planning to destroy the world, life could go on, and that was all that mattered.
One day, outside the Three Despairs Pass.
Fang Xing, dressed in animal skins, looked like an ordinary wandering cultivator, gazing at the towering pass in the distance.
"The Three Despairs Pass, a prominent point on the Long Wall Defense Line..."
"Even I'm in awe of this Long Wall... It's truly impressive."
Fang Xing looked ahead and saw a Great Wall, its height resembling the Northern Wall from his past life's fantasy drama, but without the snow-covered landscape.
Its towering grandeur stretched endlessly.
"Damn... With such a high wall, even cavalry would be in tears."
"Wait... The Great Zhou God Dynasty is the real powerhouse here. Why would they spend so much on building a wall like this?"
Fang Xing approached the wall, touching it, and his expression changed, "The power of Yin-Yang Five Elements and divine energy are concealed within..."
Over the past few years, besides planning to plant trees in the realm beyond the mortal world, he had been reading various seized scriptures of the Top Ten Evil Cults.
Calling himself a Great Ancient Daoist Master wouldn't be an exaggeration.
"Such a strong defense line, how did the Kill-Life Cult get through? Oh... They must have paid their way through the Three Despairs Pass..."
Fang Xing couldn't help but sigh.
The Three Despairs Pass welcomed any cultivator who wished to enter the realm beyond the mortal world.
However, trying to leave was exceptionally challenging.
"Fortunately, it's not impossible..."
Fang Xing glanced at his attribute panel:
[Name: Fang Xing]
[Age: 120/∞]
[Profession: Druid Level 22]
[Cultivation Realm: Middle Yang Shen]
[Talents: Nature Affinity, Wilderness Transformation, Botany Growth, Toxin Immunity, Eternal Youth, Thorn Technique, Bark Technique, Nature Cure, Enlightened Tree Spirit, Tree Shepherd, Toughness, Combat Casting, Enlightenment Technique, Regeneration, Eternal Youth Body, Nature Summoning, Advanced Nature Cure, Nature's Wrath, Immortality, Immunity to Instant Death]
[Skills: All-round Hand (Master 800/800), Origami Technique (Master 800/800), Beast Riding Technique (Master 800/800), Chi Concealment Technique (Master 800/800), Soulbewilderment Technique (Master 800/800), Flying Sword Technique (Master 800/800), Invoking Technique (Master 800/800), Skin Painting Technique (Master 800/800), Eight Divine Charms (Master 800/800)...]
...
"Hmm, after several years, I've advanced to the Legendary rank and awakened the 'Immunity to Instant Death' talent... It's just an ordinary talent, mainly allowing me to be exempt from instant death spells, like 'Death Spell'..."
"Besides that, my Yang Shen realm has also advanced."
The lifespan of a Yang Shen True Lord is about a hundred years, and it's possible to advance a minor realm in a few centuries.
Advancing a minor realm in just a few years, Fang Xing couldn't think of any other explanation besides his natural divine nature.
Nonetheless, the progress in the Yang Shen realm was a good thing.
With his dual-profession advantage, breakthroughs in either profession would bring significant benefits.
Additionally, with his Middle Yang Shen cultivation, learning minor techniques like Invoking and Flying Sword was as easy as turning his hand.
After some practice, he reached the Master level.
Hence, Fang Xing proclaimed himself the Great Ancient Daoist Master, and no one could refute it.
"The Great Zhou God Dynasty is indeed fascinating... Foreign divine systems dominate, while these ancient Daoist traditions are native, endowed with a certain destiny."
"By destroying the Top Ten Evil Cults, I've collected their residual energies and blessings..."
"If I could exchange talents, I'd at least have 'Heroic Luck' or even 'Epic Luck'..."
Fang Xing turned his gaze back to the wall ahead.
Not only was the wall tall, but it also concealed restrictions, and the most sinister part was that divine power lurked beneath the restrictions! Attempting to fly over directly would be suicidal.
If he did, he would be besieged by the defensive power of the entire wall, and even a Yang Shen Great True Lord would suffer.
"Fortunately, I have the Druid system that doesn't belong to this world."
Fang Xing smiled, and his body transformed.
- Wilderness Transformation!
- Jade Beetle Form!
His transformed jade beetle was now crystal clear like a piece of jade, with a hint of golden light on its back, as if inlaid with gold.
This was also due to the empowerment of his natural divine nature!
The jade beetle had become a divine being, and its talent skills had improved.
Fang Xing's jade beetle form, originally the size of a fist, trembled, and its aura concealed, flew towards the Long Wall.
Compared to the height of the wall, Fang Xing's jade beetle form seemed rather pitiful.
However, as he approached, Fang Xing's heart stirred, "I didn't trigger any restrictions? This might work!"
"The Druid heritage truly transcends; it has its remarkable aspects."
Although he initially focused on the plant domain, he also dabbled in the animal domain.
For instance, Wilderness Transformation, a core skill of the animal domain, was something he had been using all along.
Even after reaching the Legendary rank, the Druid's domain expanded to include planets, life, and death... all encompassed within the Druid's 'Nature.'
In essence, the greater the heart, the greater the domain!
"I'm flying!"
"I'm flying, flying, flying!"
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Xing finally flew up to the city walls and saw rows upon rows of terracotta warriors.
Most of them were in the form of clay sculptures, some kneeling with crossbows, and some holding weapons, aimed at the world beyond.
Not far from them, there was an embankment, behind which were rows of bed crossbows.
The bolts of these crossbows were as thick as a human arm, and they shimmered with various spiritual lights, clearly high-tier magical artifacts.
Not only that!
In addition to the patrolling guards, Fang Xing also saw many strange statues.
Each of these statues had a different divine expression, lifelike and vivid. Some gleamed with the color of fine iron, while others shone with the color of bronze, and they were all surprisingly movable golems!
When the time for war comes, they will likely possess the strength of Yin Shen Immortals!
"The soldiers defending the Three Despairs Pass are probably just the second-line troops of the Da Zhou Divine Dynasty... Are they all so elite?"
"How formidable are the true elite legions of the Da Zhou Divine Dynasty?"
Fang Xing's mind flashed with a thought, and then he thought of the battalions under the God of War.
"Well... Their legions are also very strong..."
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"I'm saying that in my divine kingdom, there aren't many prayer warriors... It turns out they were all killed."
He muttered to himself but remained cautious, not leaking a hint of his aura.
The divine nature of the Jade Beetle was like a speck of dust, slowly flying over the city walls and truly entering the mortal realm of the Da Zhou Divine Dynasty.
"The Da Zhou Divine Dynasty... This place, loved and hated by countless otherworldly cultivators, I have arrived!"
Fang Xing's thoughts were somewhat surging.
...
At the moment Fang Xing transformed into the Jade Beetle and crossed the boundary.
At the Three Despairs Pass.
In a temple.
Countless displayed armors hummed, and on a venerated statue of the City God, there was a faint flash of light.
Almost thirty breaths after this strange occurrence, a voice, as if dragging armor, came from outside.
A wolf-like general with a commanding presence entered the temple, and there seemed to be many guards standing around.
He looked at the statue of the City God and offered incense: "City God, you've revealed your divine might. Is there something strange happening at the Three Despairs Pass?"
This City God was once a Yang Shen cultivator of the court and also a general.
After death, he was posthumously enfeoffed as the City God of the Three Despairs Pass, capable of mobilizing some terracotta warriors and divine beast statues, and could vaguely sense the divine power within the city walls.
If someone crossed the boundary, he would surely sense it!
"Nothing unusual..."
The City God spoke: "Recently, the otherworldly realm has been unified by the Kill-Life Cult. I wonder how the General plans to respond?"
These human deities had power below that of semi-gods, and they still feared the Kill-Life Cult.
"This matter... I also cannot handle it."
The general sighed.
The Kill-Life Cult's entry into the otherworldly realm was something he was happy to see, as with the Kill-Life Cult's temperament, they would surely cause rivers of blood and cleanse the otherworldly realm.
However, he hadn't expected the Kill-Life Cult to unify the otherworldly realm so quickly, leaving him no room to intervene.
"Next... I'm afraid I can only petition the court and see how the officials decide."
...
The Da Zhou Divine Dynasty was vast beyond measure.
The closest to the Three Despairs Pass was the Feng Wu State.
On this day.
Fang Xing directly arrived at a large mansion outside a county town.
In a secret altar within the mansion's back room.
An old man wearing a merchant's robe was worshipping something, and from time to time, incantations could be heard:
"The Ancient Master of Emptiness, the True Demon Lord... All things in the world are illusory!"
This merchant was surprisingly a believer who worshipped the True Demon Lord!
When he finished his prayers, he was startled to find a figure in black robes standing beside the altar, not knowing when he had arrived.
The person was entirely shrouded in black robes, making it difficult to discern their features.
However, the spiritual light emanating from the altar did not warn or burn this person.
"I am a messenger of the 'True Master'... I need you to make an offering to our sect."
Fang Xing spoke solemnly.
Generally, when one is willing to pay any price, they become that price.
The students and teachers whispered about it, but the news spread.
"I don't know. If I were to seize more divine positions, what would happen?"
Watching this person respectfully retreat, Fang Xing secretly thought to himself.
(End of Chapter)
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