Chapter 559 - 278: All Things Return 1_2

Chapter 559: Chapter 278: All Things Return 1_2

To say the least, the cultivators of the Demon Sect were already trembling in fear, with some even suspecting it was part of that mysterious disaster, and the entire mortal realm was about to be destroyed!

Just as the Demon Sect was in chaos, Yao Yufei appeared above the sect gate and immediately swept the crowd with her voice, "Quiet!"

The crowd quickly fell silent, and then the sect leader bowed towards the direction of the back mountain: "We welcome the completion of the Demon Venerable’s Divine Techniques, willing to be the blade in the master’s hand, to cut through worldly immortals!"

The crowd was stunned upon hearing this, only then realizing that such a vast phenomenon signaling heaven and earth was actually a sign of Celestial Evil Demon Venerable completing his Divine Techniques?!

In awe and reverence, they all knelt down and bowed towards the back mountain: "We welcome the completion of the Demon Venerable’s Divine Techniques!"

Chu Xuan chuckled dumbly, the way Yao Yufei recited the words was quite theatrical, "worldly immortals" what the hell does that mean?

He was ready to officially emerge, but suddenly his face turned pale, clutching his chest, he coughed heavily, leaving behind a puddle of dark red blood.

Within the blood was a jade-white hollow cylindrical object, it was the Buddha’s finger relic he had previously swallowed, still smooth as jade, but now roughly one-third smaller than before.

Chu Xuan looked a bit surprised, wiping the blood from his mouth, he murmured to himself, "With my current level, I still can’t digest it? It’s starting to resemble something indestructible after a thousand tribulations."

Anyway, from the Celestial Evil Period till now, this was the first time he encountered something that the abyss whirlpool couldn’t digest.

After putting away this treasure, Chu Xuan began to comprehend his breakthrough gains, opening the door of his cave dwelling and heading out.

As previously mentioned, now the physical body was nothing more than a shell for Chu Xuan, the "Abyss" was his true form, and as long as it remained, he could resurrect even if pulverized.

Moreover, the "Abyss" was no longer staying at the brow position of the Purple Mansion, but relocating to the Qi Sea position beneath the abdomen.

Calculating, this retreat took seven years, and since no one forced notification, the Celestial Pool Secret Mansion shouldn’t have opened yet, allowing him relief.

The seventh realm within the Inner Core system is known as [Refining Illusion Realm], allowing free roaming in outer void, even refining illusion forces to replenish oneself, ensuring one can train despite the void’s lack of Spiritual Qi, and facing no issues replenishing during battles.

With the breakthrough into the seventh realm, Chu Xuan finally possessed his own domain, just like in the Celestial Evil Era, it was [All Things Return to One World].

In this domain, even if enemies have no direct or indirect contact with Chu Xuan, they will continuously have their Magical Power, Divine Sense, and origin devoured.

Meaning, Chu Xuan is that "one," and as long as they remain in his domain, even if resisting temporarily, they ultimately will be completely devoured by him.

The sole pity is the retreat time was too short, Chu Xuan couldn’t practice many spells or Divine Techniques, not mentioning those learned during the Celestial Evil period, even the ones learned during the Daoist Palace era, like the Four Monkey Divine Techniques, are mostly inconsistent.

Looks like in future battles, he will have to rely more on treasures, fortunately, he has quite a few good things on him.

For example, with Chu Xuan’s further enhanced strength, the power of the Six Souls Banner has increased exponentially, currently emitting light over a thousand zhang is no problem, it only gets stronger, totally following his growth.

Additionally, Chu Xuan checked that strand of Qianming Immortal Qi, still puzzled as to why, during his breakthrough, it snatched away his Dao foundation, or is the "Jade Capital Purple Star Daoist Core Secrets" truly this bizarre? Determined even unto death?

Never mind, fortunately, it didn’t affect the final result.

Another confusing point for Chu Xuan was that the Immortal Qi hadn’t attempted absorbing the Dao foundation to accelerate its recovery, instead trying to repair the shattered Twelve Towers Five Cities.

Just like when Chu Xuan’s cultivation was abolished back in the day, relying on a wisp of Immortal Qi to restore the Dao foundation completely.

Hey, hey, you don’t really want me to switch paths back, do you? That’s impossible now, I don’t even have a Dantian anymore, even if you return it to me, it’s no use, it’s just a snack to devour.

Furthermore, Chu Xuan estimated it will take thirty to forty years for the Immortal Qi to recover to its original scale, so in short-term, forget about using this trick for quick cultivation improvement, moreover, the harder the cultivation, relying solely on this wisp of Immortal Qi is minimal.

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As Chu Xuan walked out from the back mountain, "Xiaoxue", Qingqing, and Yao Yufei immediately rushed to greet him.

He was a bit surprised at the sight, "Where is Pei Shurou?"

Yao Yufei gently bowed and said, "I sent her out, master, your breakthrough this time was earth-shattering, truly timely."

"If nothing unexpected arises, the Celestial Pool Secret Mansion will open in three days, now its gateway phantom has appeared in the mortal realm, near Western Myofa Mountain."

Myofa Mountain? Chu Xuan remembered it’s the territory of the Buddhist Alanda Temple, he nodded, "What’s the current situation over there?"

Although he didn’t wish to let Pei Shurou venture out recklessly, but she was quite familiar with the Celestial Pool Secret Mansion matter, sending her there seemed reasonable.

"Various cultivators have been gathering towards that direction, fearing missing the Secret Mansion’s opening."

"Moreover, Profound Celestial Sect has mobilized fully, calling allies and helpers, seemingly not intending to explore the secret mansion, but rather aiming to intercept and kill the master."

Yao Yufei seemed a bit solemn while speaking this.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan instead felt relieved, the Shangguan Family kept dormant until now, giving him a feeling that Shangguan Yu that old schemer was plotting something?

Seeing now they expose intentions of intercepting head-on, instead made Chu Xuan calm, all he needed was to meet moves with moves.

"Then where is Shangguan Yu? The Secret Mansion opens for three days, he can’t possibly stay there waiting for me for three days, can he?"

Yao Yufei shook her head, "Haven’t seen him take action yet, but based on our assumption, he should be ready to move at any time."

"As soon as you appear, people from Profound Celestial Sect will hold you up, preventing you from entering the Secret Mansion, and finally, Shangguan Yu will hurry to join the siege."

Chu Xuan let out a mocking laugh, "Playing such a well-calculated plan, do they really think I lack allies? I don’t believe they can hold me."

At this moment, "Xiaoxue" interjected reminding, "Don’t be too confident."

Chu Xuan ruffled her hair, "Got it~"

Qingqing jealously hugged Chu Xuan’s arm, so he smiled and kissed her.

Yao Yufei continued, "Currently, we’ve started sending our people over as well, Wugen Ping constantly provides intelligence support, constantly updating the actual strength of the enemies."

"At present, Profound Celestial Sect doesn’t seem to have any intentions of ambushes or setting traps, but rather has fixed eyes on the master’s intent to enter Celestial Pool Secret Mansion, intending to have a face-off with Celestial Alliance."

Chu Xuan took this and slightly furrowed his brows, Shangguan Yu’s style, although usually verging on the righteous, this doesn’t prevent him from playing dirty.

Not to mention he’s been tormented by the five decays for so long, psychologically unsure of how twisted, the last ambush amidst the sea was seriously cunning.

Chu Xuan suddenly asked, "Are they so sure I’ll go to the Secret Mansion? What if I don’t go?"

Yao Yufei hesitated momentarily, "This point too we discussed and thought through, maybe several reasons."

"First, our people early on had secretly gathered intelligence on the Celestial Pool Secret Mansion before Wugen Ping joined, possibly alerting Profound Celestial Sect since then."

"Second, the master has a head-like ominous object with him, if nourished by ’Merak Immortal Pool’, might rebuild its form, advancing further."

"Third, speculation is that the Immortal Mansion might have some Ultimate means left behind by an Immortal, making the master understandably interested, not to mention Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace trying to remedy the disasters."

"Shangguan Family inherently believes Chu Xuan to be the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable, naturally considering this angle."

Chu Xuan grinned, "Interesting, I’ll meet this lot from Profound Celestial Sect then, to see if they can really stop me."