Chapter 651 - 42: Conquest and Conversion

Inside the serene and solemn Immortal Hall, filled with auspicious light and brilliant colors, the flame upon the White Jade Lamp Holder suddenly flickered several times.

Within the flame, the seven-colored Buddha Light and the Ten Thousand Demons Forbidden God Talisman violently collided. The vast, thousand-zhang talisman suddenly shattered, transforming into countless purplish-black chains that coiled down toward the Buddha Light.

Amidst the seven-colored Buddha Light, the Nun’s figure emerged, and she formed a Buddhist Hand Seal.

Fang Cheng’s five incarnations almost simultaneously witnessed a Buddhist Pure Land slowly rising from the void. A majestic Buddhist temple, imbued with a sense of purity and nothingness, appeared within the endless sea of fire.

The purplish-black chains formed by the Ten Thousand Demons Forbidden God Talisman fell into this Buddhist Pure Land, instantly losing their spiritual energy and becoming still.

CLANG!

A sharp ray of sword light streaked through the sea of fire, instantly slicing the Buddhist Pure Land in half.

The Nun looked forward to see a somewhat provocative smile on the face of Fang Cheng’s Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation incarnation.

The endless purplish-black chains abruptly strained, darting out like vipers and coiling around the Nun one after another before vanishing.

Simultaneously, within the Nun’s sea of consciousness, countless purplish-black chains flared brightly, binding her divine soul. A vast and overwhelming demonic will, like a towering mountain, suppressed her soul beneath it.

This complete Sixth-rank Talisman was extraordinarily powerful. Even with her vast experience, she instantly conceived of several ways to break it, but limited by this incarnation’s Magical Power and soul strength, she could only sigh.

Once her divine soul was sealed, she was powerless to command her body, despite it brimming with Magical Power and physical strength.

Taking the Golden Lotus Magical Artifact and the Nun, Fang Cheng’s five incarnations used a Secret Technique, gracefully drifting out of the lamp flame and reappearing in the Immortal Hall.

"Do you have anything to say?" Fang Cheng asked indifferently.

The Nun said nothing more, simply sitting cross-legged on the ground like a statue of a beauty carved from white jade.

Fang Cheng waved his hand, and endless starlight cascaded down, forming a Grand Array that trapped the Nun. He then swept it into his sleeve.

The Golden Lotus in the Nun’s hand was also a Tier Six Fragmented Artifact, but unfortunately, it only lasted for a moment under the combined assault of the lamp flame and the five incarnations.

At present, each of Fang Cheng’s five incarnations might have been slightly weaker than the Nun in a one-on-one fight. But when they joined forces, they were virtually unrivaled among Tribulation Realm Cultivators.

Afterward, the five incarnations went to the rear of the Immortal Hall. They joined forces to chop down ten massive branches from the Great Sun Celestial Fire Tree. These branches held nearly a thousand Great Sun Celestial Fire Leaves, enough for him to refine a great many Great Sun Golden Crow Talismans.

Once this was done, the five incarnations left the Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion without a second thought. They leisurely flew out of the Lingkong Celestial Ruins, crossed the void, and headed back toward the Red Profound Realm.

...

「Six months later.」

「Red Profound Realm, Formless Realm.」

The Yellow Springs River coiled across the sky, encircling a massive chessboard.

Beyond the murky yellow river, a golden and magnificent Cloud Tower stood majestically.

Fang Cheng was not cultivating today. Instead, he had brought Beiming Cang Xue and Beiming Qingqiu to the Taixu Cloud Tower to watch the sunset over the sea of clouds on the horizon.

He had precisely calculated the return time of his five incarnations and was waiting here for them.

The vibrant colors of the sunset blazed like fire, dyeing the western horizon and the sea of clouds a brilliant gold.

A gentle evening breeze drifted by, as birds circled high above, letting out melodious cries.

The two Female Cultivators of the Beiming Immortal Race were already rare beauties. Bathed in the glow of the sunset, their fair skin seemed to reflect the crimson clouds and their bodies to radiate light, making them appear even more enchanting and brilliant.

Fang Cheng had been with many women in his life, but no two had ever felt the same to him.

He was like a gambler, always anticipating the moment the cards were turned over.

No matter how high his Cultivation or how astonishing his Divine Techniques, he could never know what the next "card" would feel like.

The "card" he was currently awaiting was the incarnation of a Spirit Immortal from the Upper Realm. Based on her appearance alone, Fang Cheng’s vast experience with women led him to a preliminary evaluation: ’Charming to the bone, delightfully alluring.’

This was her innate nature, unrelated to her Cultivation Technique or any deliberately feigned temperament.

In the dusk sky, five blinding streaks of light suddenly pierced through the Heaven-Defining Membrane and descended brilliantly.

Fang Cheng said with a broad smile, "Cang Xue, Qingqiu, today I’ve found you another sister."

Beiming Cang Xue’s beautiful eyes sparkled as she chided playfully, "Husband, you’re so greedy. Aren’t Qingqiu and I enough to satisfy you?"

As she glanced about, her innocent face held a faint, alluring charm that had never been there before.

Fang Cheng chuckled. "I’ve hit a bottleneck cultivating the Supreme Profound Origin Yin-Yang Immeasurable Treasure Scripture. I need a newcomer to aid my cultivation so I can break through."

Beiming Qingqiu asked calmly, "And where does this sister come from? What is her identity?"

Fang Cheng watched the five streaks of Escape Light draw closer to the Taixu Cloud Tower and said, "You two should have heard of her. She is Venerable Jiayin of Yuelang Heaven."

Beiming Cang Xue gasped. "You actually captured her..."

Beiming Qingqiu was also stunned. ’Fang Cheng is unbelievably audacious,’ she thought, ’to actually set his sights on a Spirit Immortal.’

With a flash of light on the horizon, the five Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations entered the Taixu Cloud Tower. Meanwhile, a ball of starlight, held aloft by the Magical Power of the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation, was sent to the top floor.

The interior of the Taixu Cloud Tower was vast and could be transformed into a training ground or a Cave Mansion. Now that the five incarnations had returned, they could continue refining Great Sun Golden Crow Talismans here.

Within the ball of starlight, a youthful Nun sat cross-legged, her expression solemn and dignified, like a sculpture carved from white jade.

At that moment, she lifted her gaze slightly to look at Fang Cheng’s true self, and a hint of surprise couldn’t help but appear in her beautiful eyes.

Even with her perception as a Spirit Immortal, she was still deeply astonished upon seeing Fang Cheng.