Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 216 The Underworld Emperor

"A fifth-rank City God... with a perfected foundation in Dao?"

Fang Qing gazed at the divine body before him, which resembled a small mountain, and couldn't help but smile slightly. He then commanded, "Kneel down!"

With the blessing of his divine status, the enormous, mountain-like body bent its knees, then roared in fury: "How dare you?!"

"Haha, what wouldn't I dare to do?"

With a wave of his hand, Fang Qing sent a blazing sun crashing down on the chest of the City God.

Stab it!

The scorching sun instantly burned through the man's official robes, and countless gold dust and gold nuggets exploded, scattering wine in all directions. Fang Qing could vaguely see a fifth-rank divine seal within it! Its base was crimson, with gold characters on top, clearly reading "Fifth-Rank City God of Jiujiang Prefecture, Great Sui Dynasty"!

"You're not a local practitioner?"

The City God's voice boomed, yet strangely tinged with a hint of joy: "You are an extraterrestrial demon? The Divine Court has decreed that killing an extraterrestrial demon grants Heavenly Merit! One can become a 'person in the Palace'!" Heavenly Merit is above Human Merit and Earthly Merit, and cannot be obtained through hard work; it is bestowed by Heaven!

To be able to enter the Divine Court is to enter the inner sanctum, becoming a high-ranking official of the third rank!

Even within the divine system, this is a huge leap forward for the divine rank!

"I see? Too bad... you're not strong enough."

Fang Qing laughed heartily, his magical power shifting as the light of [Female Earth] converged, suddenly transforming into a ferocious two-headed bat. Its wings spread, bringing a dark shadow that blotted out the sky, enveloping the City God's divine body. Countless clumps of black earth surged around, forming a mound that buried the divine body.

"After all, he's just a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator; how dare he provoke a disciple like Du Zi?"

He sighed softly, "Alas... I've been forced to confiscate your treasury..."

Just as Fang Qing sighed, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine!

The cultivator's sudden impulse was frantically issuing warnings, as if a catastrophe was about to strike at any moment!

"this!"

He grabbed a fragment of the golden statue and quickly calculated with his right hand: "A fifth-rank deity... has the power to report, and can submit a memorial to the divine court. Through incense offerings and rituals, it arrives instantly, reaching the ears of Heaven?" This is equivalent to how, although an ancient county magistrate could also write memorials to the emperor, it took a long time, resulting in a backlog that the emperor might not see immediately. But a memorial from a fifth-rank local official would go straight to the emperor's desk, very conspicuous!

"I've never been involved in Shintoism before, I was careless..."

"However, obtaining an important piece of information is not bad..."

Who will make a move next? Someone comparable to a True Immortal of the Purple Mansion, a third-rank Divine Path expert? That would at least be the position of a governor of a prefecture, or a great general. "By the time the Chis arrive, I could have already run away..."

Fang Qing planned to flee to the prefectural city to loot more.

Although it's just a body at the foundation stage, we should save as much as possible...

"No, if I can't catch them in time, why would I feel like disaster is about to strike?"

He instantly sensed something was wrong and suddenly looked up at the sky.

The next moment he saw it...

The fierce winds of the sky were blown aside, revealing an enormous face!

This face has distinct features and is full of divinity. It is neither male nor female. The face of this Dharma form alone has already surpassed all the divine bodies that Fang Qing had seen before! The sun and moon in that cave are merely the left and right pupils of the Dharma form!

Light!

A gaze as heavy as a mountain descended, carrying an indescribable weight of status, causing Fang Qing to immediately prostrate himself on the ground.

Countless divine runes converged on that inhuman face, meandering and shifting like a mask constantly changing colors. Thunder roared, and fierce winds howled…

Chi glanced at Fang Qing briefly, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow. They held both the lofty authority of someone who ruled the world and controlled the four corners of the universe, and the childlike innocence of someone observing a small insect through a glass dome. There was no malice in his eyes, only a hint of curiosity…

Then, Fang Qing's body died...

Qi Refining Channel.

Inside the Fangshi Cave.

A young man in a blue robe was sitting cross-legged, with a bronze halberd in front of him.

suddenly!

He opened his eyes, covered his forehead, and an astonishingly sharp aura continuously spewed out from his pores!

"The Dao gives birth to the Pearl!"

Fang Qing gave a soft shout, letting his own golden finger suppress the strange phenomenon of Dao transformation.

Then, he slowly began to recall the cultivation he had just been infused with and the information he had obtained:

"The metal element has become sentient!"

"Within the White Radiance Heaven, the ruler and source of the divine path... is a masterless golden element! A [Ghost Gold] golden element..."

"It doesn't seem to contain any remaining memories or cultivation of that True Lord, otherwise he would have already ascended to a higher level..."

"Even so, the metal element interacts with heaven and earth, and then transforms into essence... In terms of rank, it far surpasses all the Purple Mansion True Persons."

Because the Purple Mansion True Man does not possess the "metal element".

Once the "Golden Nature" is realized, it is no longer the Purple Mansion Realm.

Because there were no memories of the True Lord, the [Ghost Gold] cultivation obtained during this expedition was not much and was quite messy.

What impressed Fang Qing most was that divine throne:

"The Mysterious Vault of Heaven manifests as the Emperor of the Underworld to suppress the netherworld!"

"According to the divine system of that grotto-heaven, it should be a first-rank 'Golden Seal'..."

"The name of a god has power! At least in the White Heaven, as long as this name is uttered, it will immediately attract the attack of this Underworld Emperor, a desperate move that will lead to mutual destruction..." "Perhaps it can be used as a trump card."

Other cultivators can't use them, but Fang Qing has extra Mingzi, which can be used as suicide bombs.

"Golden nature transformed into the Dao, thus becoming the Yin Emperor? This strength is probably far beyond the peak of the Purple Mansion... Even the monster transformed into the Dao of the Plain Crow is no match for it." The Purple Mansion failed to prove the Golden nature, and the monster it transformed into was still within the Purple Mansion realm.

Just like the great demon Suwu, it was also devoured by several demon kings at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm...

The transformation of the Golden Nature into the Dao is almost equivalent to a portion of a Golden Core True Monarch's rank becoming a monster. Given the vast difference in cultivation levels, it's something no Purple Mansion True Person could possibly resist. "Now that True Monarchs are not appearing, I'm afraid no one can subdue the Yin Emperor in White Radiance Heaven… unless a Golden Core sect brings out its own Golden Core reserves… like the Yin Corpse Sect. If they activate the True Monarch's corpse in the Annihilation Land, perhaps they still have a chance to fight back… but no sect should be willing to pay such a price…"

Fang Qing's mind raced: "Should I use this Bai Yaotian to trick Lian Chen?"

"Well, it's safer to leave the schemes in Ancient Shu to Sangji... If he decides to do it, I'll just manipulate another Mingzi to cooperate... As for now?"

His gaze shifted to the bronze halberd before him.

He initially took this treasure to Fuqi Dao for Sangji, and later had Sangji send it to Baili Cave.

After the refining was completed, it was taken out and brought back to the Qi Refining Channel.

Unlike before, this bronze halberd now radiated a mysterious divine light, carrying an indescribable majesty and pressure.

This is the wondrous place of the Purple Palace!

"A magical treasure from the Purple Mansion!"

"It's finally done."

Fang Qing sighed contentedly and reached out to grasp the bronze halberd.

The spear, which originally seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, was as light as a feather in his hands, as if it were nothing at all.

After a brief refinement, he shook his head again: "It's too opportunistic. Although it barely became a Purple Mansion Magic Treasure, it only possesses one divine power, called [Divine Might]!" "Divine Might signifies dignified authority, imposing presence, and power that shakes mountains and rivers… This divine power can both empower oneself and intimidate enemies, and it can also be concentrated in the bronze halberd itself, amplifying its inherent power…" "Not a very good divine power, but it's alright…"

"This Purple Mansion Magic Treasure is different from the White Bone Relic; it's suitable for close combat... It could serve as the signature weapon of the 'Vajra Power Treasure'..." "See... As a disciple possessing a Purple Mansion Magic Treasure, the rumor that the Vajra Power Treasure is the White Bone Dharma King's favorite is now confirmed..." Fang Qing gripped the bronze halberd, his killing intent surging. He wished there was a Core Formation cultivator before him, allowing him to unleash the treasure's full power... "A third-tier body refinement combined with a close combat treasure... utterly reckless!"

He shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind: "War is dangerous and perilous... Unless there's absolutely no other way, it's best not to solve problems through combat." Fang Qing paused, then communicated with the "Dao Sheng Pearl" and checked on the situation of the people in the Qi Refining Path.

"Everything is stable in Xiaohuanhai, except that Shi Tiexin has confirmed that he failed to form his core... But now, Bihai Sect still has me, the core formation ancestor, making us two core formation masters. Under Yu Xiang'er's suppression, the remnants of the Extinction Alliance are hiding and have not made a move... And if something happens, with my speed of traversing the void, it will only take me a day or two to go there and suppress it..."

"Over at Yuanxin Workshop, Zhong Lingxiu has already officially brought Zhong Meng into the market. Thanks to that wave of speculation, they've made a fortune... Even Master Xuanqi didn't leave in the end, but instead joined Zhong Meng as a guest elder? Following Zhong Lingxiu to make a living? They've truly turned against the Heavenly Gang..."

After sorting things out, he stretched contentedly and walked out of the temporary cave he had rented in the market.

As far as the eye can see, there are flowers everywhere, and the sea and sky meet at the horizon.

A few white seagulls flew by, and a gentle breeze, purified by the array, brought forth a refreshing scent...

This place is Tianquan Island, which is already within the territory of "Xuanzhongmen", one of the nine major powers in the East China Sea.

Fang Qing had been strolling around, investigating the local customs and industries in the East China Sea, and also looking for a good spring for alchemy, before arriving at this island.

The Xuanzhong Sect excels in alchemy, possessing both water and fire techniques. On Tianquan Island, there is a fourth-order water vein, and surrounding it are numerous third-order low-grade, mid-grade, and even third-order high-grade spiritual springs, all available for rent. Therefore, Tianquan Island is a sacred place for water-based alchemy and is quite famous in the cultivation world of the East Sea.

"However... it is said that true alchemy masters of the fourth rank and above do not use fourth-rank spiritual springs... True water-based alchemy masters use 'sea eyes' as their alchemy furnaces, and even seek out auspicious times in the heavens and earth... relying on the power of the sea eye's breathing to create pills with the great forces of heaven and earth!"

"A master alchemist who can reach the point of using the power of heaven and earth to create elixirs must have extremely profound skills in water manipulation..."

"After all, there are three thousand great paths, but they all lead to the same destination..."

"It's a pity that in recent decades, there hasn't been a grandmaster of water magic refining pills in public, allowing me to observe..."

The water-based alchemy method was a grand affair, and the participants preferred to gather crowds to observe it.

Fang Qing didn't mind taking a job, and incidentally, she could openly and legitimately have fun with her teacher.

"My current alchemy skills? I'd say they're somewhere between mid-grade and high-grade of the third rank?"

"However, if I were to encounter a pill formula that aligns with my alchemy philosophy of Qi cultivation, then things would be different... It could open people's eyes on the spot!"