Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists

Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light!

Fang Xi had long heard of this great divine skill and longed to see it, yet he had never had the opportunity to witness it.

This time, he finally saw its true form!

Countless Dragon Chapter Scripts danced and merged into the Kuyong Mysterious Light, making its color indescribable.

In Fang Xi’s heart, there was a faint sense of panic, yet there was more excitement, "Finally... "

Whoosh!

As the ’Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light’ swept past, he felt his life span rapidly decreasing, a whole ten thousand years in the blink of an eye!

And across from him, the face of the Earth Immortal youth suddenly turned a shade paler, as he looked at his hair and shockingly saw many white strands, "Impossible... No... the Eternal Green Body?!"

His expression was one of surprise mixed with a hint of excitement, "How can such a top-level talent appear in the Mortal Realm?!"

Having cultivated the ’Eternal Green Body,’ Fang Xi knew this Spirit Body could weaken many Wooden Element divine skills!

And from previously searching the Soul of the Heavenly Maiden, he obtained even more information.

He knew that ’Eternal Green Body’ could indeed slightly counter the ’Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light.’

Of course, it could only weaken it a bit.

The Earth Immortal youth of now, whose realm was at the Returning to Emptiness stage, also deployed a superior divine skill of the Kuyong Mysterious Light, gaining a double boost!

The ’Eternal Green Body’ could only reduce a significant amplification, but in reality, the Earth Immortal still held the advantage.

His one year of life span should be able to reduce ten years of Fang Xi’s life span!

If it weren’t for the Eternal Green Body, it might have been a hundred or a thousand years!

But the opponent’s life span was not much!

A cultivator in the Returning to Emptiness stage had at most ten thousand years of life, and even if this Earth Immortal had various life-extending methods, it wouldn’t exceed by much.

Moreover, his persistence in integrating with his life-bound Spirit Plant within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm showed his limited life span!

Fang Xi’s bet now was that his own life span was long enough! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

As for things like ’Recurrence Talisman,’ they were just using the power of the Dragon Chapter Script, and in front of the Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light, they were useless.

Inside the Mountain Sea Pearl, the Ancestral Demon Tree frantically transferred the accumulated Blood Qi over this period using ’Longevity Skills,’ continuously replenishing Fang Xi’s body, compensating for his lost life span.

In just a short moment, he had recovered quite a bit.

"Impossible... How can your life span be so long?"

The Earth Immortal youth could also sense life spans and couldn’t help but have an extremely gloomy expression.

If the opponent could keep recovering life span, what use was the ’Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light’?

Even though he could succeed, the little bit of life span he had painstakingly accumulated since his long slumber would now be exhausted...

Moreover, such a Spirit Body was really rare; whether seized for soul possession or refined into an external incarnation, it was extremely good!

"Eternal Green Body?! Enough..."

The Earth Immortal youth held a jade Ruyi, his expression indecipherable, "Let me show you what the true ’Way of the Earth Immortal’ is!"

He formed hand seals, and a green rune emerged in the palm of his hand, then suddenly he clapped his hands together, "Spirit Realm... open!"

In an instant, Fang Xi felt the world spinning.

When he regained his senses, he found himself standing in a space akin to an emerald.

The spiritual power and Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy of the world had been isolated from his senses.

What was even more terrifying was... he had lost contact with the Mechanism City in the Nine States outside!

In front of him, the Earth Immortal youth stood leisurely, surrounded by the terrifying Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy.

"Similar to Yanmo Domain, yet even more dreadful..."

Fang Xi muttered to himself, "The Way of the Earth Immortal? What is an Earth Immortal?"

"In the True Immortal Realm, there are three levels of Immortals... You don’t need to know any more than that. Take this information with you as your soul scatters," said the Earth Immortal youth.

He pointed with his hand.

Boom!

A Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy descended, transformed into a terrifying giant hand.

Fang Xi formed a hand seal with one hand, and a black halberd appeared, with blood light spreading, transforming it into a black-red Flood Dragon.

The Flood Dragon bared its claws, suddenly lashed its tail, and struck the giant hand.

The giant hand flashed, showing little damage, and grabbed the Flood Dragon in its grasp.

Boom!

The next moment, this fifth-grade Spirit Communicating Treasure exploded with a bang, reducing the hand made of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy to ash.

"Self-destructing a Spirit Communicating Treasure?"

The Earth Immortal youth was slightly surprised, then smiled, "I want to see how many more you can blow up."

Within the Spirit Realm, his cultivation soared to no limits, vaguely exceeding the peak of the Mortal World.

Even so, colorful chains from the void were also repelled by the Spirit Realm, allowing him to fully exert his strength beyond the Returning to Emptiness stage!

This power of the Spirit Realm seemed to repel the rules of the Mortal World, causing that suppressive force to temporarily disappear!

The young Earth Immortal twisted a green leaf in his hands, chanting quietly to himself.

Suddenly!

He flicked his fingers.

Fang Xi’s expression changed dramatically, and he formed consecutive hand seals, moving his body at inconceivable speeds.

On top of that, he made various evasive moves that went beyond the limits of what a cultivator could achieve.

If it weren’t for his incredibly strong body, this feat would have been difficult to accomplish.

Whoosh!

A green light flashed, breaking through the phantoms of the Heavenly Phoenix, Five Elements Qilin, Profound Turtle, and Flood Dragon, and striking the ’Four Holy Beasts Armor’ on Fang Xi’s body.

This time, Fang Xi suddenly let out a pained cry as the Four Holy Beasts Armor shattered.

"Puh!"

He groaned and spat out a mouthful of essence blood.

"Thousand Demon Armor" Secret Skill was broken, and I’m afraid I must cultivate it anew before its might can be restored.

But as he gazed upon that young Earth Immortal, his heart stirred.

At first, the opponent’s face was truly like carved jade, graceful and poised against the wind.

However, after casting the "Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light", his hair had already turned grey.

Then, after transporting himself into the Spirit Realm and launching several attacks, he appeared significantly more aged.

"Indeed... the memories of the Heavenly Maiden were correct. This Earth Immortal has long been seriously injured and cannot overexert himself..."

"Moreover, it’s only a soul, and this body is but a temporary achievement. The more it is used, the closer it comes to collapse..."

"This is probably my only chance of victory!"

Fang Xi’s eyes blazed with fire.

Seeing this "little mouse" still jumping around lively, the young Earth Immortal furrowed his brow, suddenly relaxing the tips of his brows as a green broken sword appeared in his hand.

This sword was not more than a foot and a half long, with only the hilt and a small part of the blade remaining, the tip having disappeared long ago.

There were patterns on the blade, lush green like the annual rings of the Ancient Tree.

An extremely terrifying aura enveloped Fang Xi in an instant.

"This is..."

Fang Xi was suddenly alarmed, sensing a threat unlike anything before.

This sword gave him a feeling that it was even more formidable than the unsealed Fang Immortal Taoist Palace!

"Is this... an Integration Treasure? Or perhaps a Mahayana Semi-immortal Artifact? Or even... an Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure?"

Fang Xi’s voice was tense as he spoke.

"To recognize the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure, you do have some insight..."

The young Earth Immortal lifted the green broken sword.

He seemed strained, his aura rapidly fading, and his appearance becoming more aged.

Now, as he murmured incantations, a burst of clear, serene Sword Light suddenly sprang from the green broken sword.

This Sword Light was as clear as water, with an indescribable fluctuation.

An immense array of densely packed runes, swirling around the green broken sword like tadpoles, stirred the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy into a frenzy. It was the most intense Fang Xi had ever experienced in his life!

The young Earth Immortal, with great effort, aimed the Immortal Sword at Fang Xi, convinced that he had seen through all of Fang Xi’s strengths and weaknesses.

With this sword strike, he was certain he could slay this man!

Previously, due to wanting to capture him alive, he had held back too much, pushing this body to its limit.

Now he had abandoned any thought of capturing him alive and was filled with a murderous intent!

The young Earth Immortal’s expression was icy as he fiercely swung the sword down!

Bang!

Sword Light of various colors flashed, turning into chaotic flow that instantly submerged Fang Xi!

Spurt!

In a certain Void within the Earth Immortal Spirit Realm, Sword Qi exploded!

This young Earth Immortal’s one stroke had actually slashed directly through the Spirit Realm!

No, it should be said the old Earth Immortal.

Because following that stroke, the young Earth Immortal’s body surface developed countless wrinkles, showing even more signs of old age.

Clearly, he had paid a hefty price for the previous sword strike.

"At last..."

The aged Earth Immortal, looking at the nearby Nine States Mechanism City, showed a hint of dangerous intent on his face.

Suddenly, his expression changed as he saw a flash of blood light not far away, revealing Fang Xi’s figure emerging.

Fang Xi was engulfed in Demon Qi, looking pale, as if he’d suffered a great loss of Essence Blood.

"Demon Path Substitute Tribulation Secret Skill? You’re actually a Demon Cultivator?"

The old Earth Immortal was truly surprised.

This Cultivator’s change into Monster Clan techniques had already been baffling to him.

But now, the opponent had transformed into a Demon Cultivator!

Even employing a highly sophisticated Substitute Tribulation Secret Skill, using a great deal of Essence Blood in place of flesh to dodge the previous deathly strike!

"No... something’s not right!"

The aged Earth Immortal’s eyes suddenly became incredibly bright: "Even though you employed the Demon Path Substitute Tribulation Secret Skill, you could not possibly withstand the rule power of the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure..."

He had not failed to slay high-level Demon Cultivators before.

No matter what life-saving secret technique was used, they could not escape from this Immortal Sword, unless...

"On you, there must surely be a secret..."

The old Earth Immortal fixed his gaze on Fang Xi, eyes gleaming with greed: "Eternal Green Body, late-stage body cultivator after Transcendence... and such secrets... Aside from being low in cultivation, everything else is quite excellent, enough to serve as an alternative body for me."

He activated his Divine Thought: "This body can still sustain one more spell casting, well then..."

The old Earth Immortal’s hands formed a strange seal, and his body spontaneously ignited without wind.

His Flesh and Blood burned to ash layer by layer, until nothing was left but a green Nascent Soul right where he stood.

This Nascent Soul bore the same youthful features as the Earth Immortal, holding a broken sword in its embrace, exuding green luminance all around, vaguely forming a semi-transparent body. This phantom-like body was almost as tall as the original old Earth Immortal, but expressionless.

"The Nascent Soul is halfway substantiated; it can freely integrate with any Flesh and Blood!"

Fang Xi exclaimed: "You’re not a Returning to Emptiness cultivator, you’re an Integration cultivator!"

Integration Period!

Even within the Earth Immortal Realm, they were all prominent figures!

Such a personage, to be reduced to such a state in the Higher Realm, and with cultivation fallen to the initial stages of Returning to Emptiness or thereabouts, had clearly met with enormous trouble.

"Indeed... No matter how outstanding your talents, when it comes to the contest of Soul Possession, it is still determined by the level of cultivation. With the lack of two major realm advancements, your Divine Consciousness may be strong, but it will not surpass that of Returning to Emptiness!"

The green Nascent Soul smirked sinisterly, shifted in an instant, and dove into Fang Xi’s Sea of Consciousness!