Chapter 680 - 52: Borrowing a Seed at Cloud Tower, A Beauty’s Ascension

Vanished.

The white-robed youth was stunned and uncertain. In his perception, the life force in his left arm had been completely annihilated, yet the Celestial Dao Origin of the Red Profound Realm hadn’t reacted at all.

He followed the wisp of aura from where his left arm had vanished, extending his Spiritual Sense. He immediately sensed an unbelievably immense Devouring Power.

Before this power, the Celestial Dao Origin of the Red Profound Realm was like a negligible speck of dust.

It was precisely this Supreme Power, one that far surpassed the Red Profound Realm, that had completely devoured his left arm.

It had vanished completely, unable to be regenerated using the Red Profound Realm’s Celestial Dao Origin.

A sense of worry, the likes of which he had never felt before, arose in the Demon Lord’s heart.

Even when the Spirit Immortals from the Upper Realm had descended to slay him back then, he had never felt this way.

He sensed his surroundings for a moment, then with a flick of his long sleeve, he retrieved his right arm—which was as massive as a mountain range—from below. Then, his figure flashed and disappeared.

In the void where he had been, a thousand-zhang-long strange fish appeared out of thin air, its eyes filled with confusion as it looked around in surprise.

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「Thunder Domain, Sealed Ancient Land.」

Starlight flashed in the sky, and a towering, colossal stele descended. Layers upon layers of vast, clear light spread out, and wherever it passed, the dense swarms of Celestial Demons in the Demon Fog were all reduced to ash.

The Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele!

The Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation and the Golden Crow Incarnation stood before the stele. Fang Cheng leisurely flew into the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Luminous Wave Tower Array and arrived at its base.

Through a shimmering golden restriction made of the Golden Seal Jade Talisman, Fang Cheng saw a colossal head as massive as a mountain.

Its features were somewhat similar to the white-robed youth’s, but more majestic and ancient.

Their eyes met, and a savage killing intent appeared on the Demon Lord’s giant face.

Fang Cheng paid it no mind. He did as he had done before, summoning the Immortal Copper Treasure Box and casting "Primordial Void" to banish the mountain-sized head to the Returning Ruins Vortex.

Outside the array, the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation and the Golden Crow Incarnation stood on guard, their gazes fixed on the white-robed youth standing in the distant sky with his hands clasped behind his back.

"So it’s the Returning Ruins Vortex..."

The white-robed youth muttered to himself, a look of realization dawning on his face.

’Use the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele to purge the Celestial Dao Demonic Intent, "sever" the connection between my demonic body and the Celestial Dao Origin, and then banish the body parts into the Returning Ruins Vortex.’

’Although my cultivation has greatly improved, I reckon I can’t defeat Fang Cheng’s two Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations and seize the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele in a short amount of time.’

’And the banished parts of my demonic body are as good as erased from this world.’

’Aside from the head here, I won’t be able to save the other remains...’

"What a fine move!"

The white-robed youth said, almost grinding his teeth.

The Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation said coolly, "This was at the Demon Buddha’s instruction. He’s beaten you... in more than just this one round."

"The Demon Buddha..." The white-robed youth sighed faintly, then sneered, "But in the end, he still passed into nirvana."

A flash of sword light appeared before the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation. The Boundless Flying Sword coiled like a dragon, its ethereal Sword Intent locking onto the white-robed youth. Pu Hua asked directly, "Demon Lord, shall we have another go?"

The white-robed youth gave him a deep look and shook his head. "Forget it. Just as you said, I have lost this round."

"Fellow Daoist Fang, the road ahead is long. We shall meet again in the Spiritual Sky Realm!"

With that, his figure flashed and disappeared.

Not long after, Fang Cheng’s true self and the Golden Crow Incarnation here walked out of the Treasure Tower Array. Then, the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation activated the Starlight Transmission Array and rushed toward the Celestial Wind Domain.

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In just one day, Fang Cheng banished all of the Demon Lord’s bodily remains to the Returning Ruins Vortex.

His five Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations and his true self searched for the Demon Lord’s incarnation, preparing to join forces to destroy it and then take the opportunity to banish it to the Returning Ruins Vortex as well.

The Demon Lord seemed to have anticipated this. He remained in hiding, teleporting through the void and avoiding a confrontation.

Finally, Fang Cheng arrived before the Ten Thousand Demons Origin Tree and directly banished the Demon Tree to the Returning Ruins Vortex.

Then, he set up the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele and channeled all his power into the treasure, continuously purging the Celestial Dao Demonic Intent.

The range of the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele’s clear light expanded from ten thousand li to a hundred thousand li, then a million li, and eventually covered an entire domain.

The remaining Cultivators of the Red Profound Realm did their utmost to exterminate the Celestial Demons within the World Heaven, wiping out the demonic atmosphere in one fell swoop.

「More than ten days later.」

Fang Cheng, who was sitting cross-legged beneath the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele, suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky.

An incredibly profound and mysterious feeling descended from the heavens.

He instantly had a realization—the Demonic Intent within the Celestial Dao Origin had completely vanished.

The Demon Lord had left this realm!

For the Demon Lord, after losing his bodily remains, this realm no longer held any value.

If he wanted to restore his peak strength, he would need to corrupt another Spirit Immortal Corpse.

But how could that be easy?

Even in the Lingkong Celestial Ruins, complete Spirit Immortal Corpses were exceedingly rare, let alone in other regions.

Now, the Red Profound Association was a scene of revival, with a thousand things yet to be done.

Barring any accidents, this realm would enjoy ten thousand years of good fortune. As for how many people could successfully pass the Nine Tribulations and ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm within those ten thousand years, that would depend on their own destiny.

Fang Cheng left the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele to the Dragon Elephant Wanderer and departed gracefully with Jia Yin, Feng Yan, and the other women.

The Dragon Elephant Wanderer had a profound foundation and was a genius in this realm, second only to the Demon Buddha. He had a good chance of ascending in the future.

As for the other Cultivators in the Red Profound Association, it would all depend on their opportunities and destiny.

Mo Liushang, as Fang Cheng had instructed, left a few incarnations in the Red Profound Realm and chose a Sacred Land for cultivation for the Fang Family.

In the future, descendants of the Fang Family born in the Red Profound Realm would need to return to undergo their tribulations, and they would have a place to stay.

Mo Liushang’s other incarnations returned to the Sand Soul Realm.

Within the next ten thousand years, the third person in the Red Profound Realm with a chance of ascending would be none other than her.

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「Jade Flower Realm.」

High in the Extreme Heaven, amidst a boundless sea of clouds, the Taixu Cloud Tower stood, resplendent in gold and jade, wreathed in auspicious light.

At the highest point of the Cloud Tower, only Fang Cheng and Feng Yan remained.