Chapter 343: Chapter 90: Great Hand, Demon Fiend, Providence
"Third, this man’s Sword Technique is superb. He is proficient in the Netherworld Sect’s Slaughter Treasure Techniques, and no one at his level is his match."
After hearing his analysis, an appreciative look appeared on the white-robed youth’s face. He nodded and said, "Not bad. You’ve been very observant, but you still missed one thing."
The black-robed man bowed deeply. "I ask for Master’s guidance."
The white-robed youth smiled. "I haven’t seen through him completely either. However, I can be certain that the providence he carries originates from some treasure, just like the Demon Buddha of old."
The black-robed man was stunned. "This person can actually be compared to the Demon Buddha..."
The white-robed youth clasped his hands behind his back and said leisurely, "Years ago, I corrupted the Celestial Dao of this World Heaven, causing all living beings within it to possess a demonic nature. In the future, when I get out, I will proceed to convert all living beings."
The black-robed man said piously, "This Disciple is willing to follow Master to ’demonically deliver’ all living beings."
With a smile, the white-robed youth’s figure slowly dissipated, as if he had never been there at all.
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Above the Demon Lake.
Fang Cheng and his Dream Spirit Incarnation joined forces, killing another six top-tier demons in a row.
Only two demons managed to escape by a stroke of luck.
Still, this harvest had long since exceeded his expectations.
After the Resentment Demon Bead devoured seven demons, the Spiritual Power it contained reached an unprecedented peak. It seemed to be "full," as if devouring any more would cause it to explode.
Fang Cheng decided to quit while he was ahead. By his estimate, the vast Spiritual Power now accumulated within the Resentment Demon Bead was enough for him to cultivate to the Late-stage Perfection Realm of Life Talisman.
So, he went ahead and captured a few more Tier Three Early Stage demons, refining them into Celestial Demon Beads. He gathered a total of nine beads and fashioned them into a bracelet.
All the Tier Three Demons near the Demon Lake had fled, not daring to show themselves again.
Only the First and Second Rank Demons were slow to react, still tirelessly fighting and devouring the endless Demon Crabs, evolving toward higher realms according to their instincts.
After this incident, the demons of the Earth Abyss were greatly depleted. The number of High-Tier Demons was drastically reduced. It would likely be a long time before another powerful Tier Three Demon was born.
Fang Cheng arrived at the lake’s shore and took a purple gourd from his storage bag. It was a Second-Order Top-grade Magical Artifact, one of the more inconspicuous items among his many spoils of war.
This gourd had the ability to absorb and refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and River and Sea Water, and it could similarly hold Demonic Qi.
Having comprehended the Ten Directions Netherworld Refining Hell Profound Skill, Fang Cheng naturally understood the value of pure Demonic Qi. Thus, he brought out the Purple Gourd and began to madly absorb the Demonic Qi above the Demon Lake like a whale swallowing water.
A long time later, the Purple Gourd trembled, its entire body erupting with Demonic Light. Only then was he satisfied.
’Finally, it’s full.’
He casually departed from the Ninth Floor of the Earth Abyss and headed for the upper levels.
Not long after, he passed through the giant pit in the center of the third and fourth floors, walked out of the Purgatory Array, and activated his Talisman Decree. His body was enveloped by a small Teleportation Array, and with a flash, he left the Earth Abyss.
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After returning to Demon Lion Peak, Fang Cheng entered seclusion for over a month to fully consolidate his newly mastered Ten Directions Netherworld Refining Hell Profound Skill.
He cultivated arduously without pause, completely assimilating the insights from the Creation Golden Talisman for his own use and benefiting immensely.
The more he cultivated it, the more he could feel the extraordinary nature of this Profound Skill.
’Truly worthy of being the top inheritance in this world!’
His Qi Sea was now like a vast, boundless Purgatory. Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that entered it was all refined into magma-like Magical Power, as vast as an ocean, surging and undulating.
A Dark Gold Demon Dragon coiled around an ancient, unadorned Talisman, quietly occupying the center of his Qi Sea. Not far away, the Resentment Demon Bead hovered silently, shimmering with Demonic Light.
Fang Cheng circulated his Profound Skill, nourishing his Life Talisman, continuing to expand his Qi Sea and increase his Magical Power as he progressed toward the Late-stage Perfection Realm of Life Talisman.
「In the Quiet Chamber of Canglan Cave.」
He sat cross-legged on the Jade Couch. Beneath it, the Purple Gourd was open, and a viscous Demonic Qi, like thick ink, gurgled out.
This Demonic Qi flowed ceaselessly into Fang Cheng’s skin, marrow, and blood.
He circulated his Profound Skill, allowing his physical body to undergo an indescribable transformation as it was steeped in the Demonic Qi.
This was the legendary Netherworld Dharma Body.
The Celestial Fire Body Forging Technique he cultivated was an extremely yang and rigid Body Refining Technique that had already forged his physical body to be as hard and powerful as a Magical Artifact.
Now, cultivating this Divine Technique gave him a feeling of yin and yang being harmonized.
He sat on the Jade Couch, his body like a towering mountain, yet he gave off an illusory and ethereal feeling, as if he had no physical form. But in the next moment, he seemed like a terrifyingly ferocious beast crouching there.
He felt the formless, immense power within him continuously growing. With every breath, his physical body resonated with heaven and earth.
One moment, a layer of faint Profound Light would appear on the surface of his body, making it seem as if he were turning into nothingness.
But in the next, his body would suddenly solidify, and an incomparably scorching aura would emanate from him, as if a great sun were hanging behind his back.
Both the Netherworld Dharma Body and the Celestial Fire Body Forging Technique could increase strength and fortify the physical body. The difference was that the Netherworld Dharma Body allowed a Cultivator to vanish into the void and turn solid into illusory using only their physical body’s power, making them fearless against ordinary Magical Artifacts and Divine Techniques, almost like a Talent Divine Technique.
The Celestial Fire Body Forging Technique, on the other hand, was all about overwhelming ten skills with one strike, using absolute power to shatter all kinds of magic and Divine Techniques.
Before he knew it, Fang Cheng had used the Demonic Qi he collected from the Demon Lake to cultivate his Netherworld Dharma Body to major completion.
Afterward, he began to cultivate the Netherworld Hand Seal.
This Divine Technique was even more profound and unpredictable than the Netherworld Sword Technique.
If the Netherworld Sword Technique was the Supreme Killing Treasure Technique within the Ten Directions Netherworld Refining Hell Profound Skill, and the Netherworld Dharma Body was a Body-Protecting Strange Skill, then the Netherworld Hand Seal was a true Supreme Divine Technique!
A single hand seal could produce ten thousand transformations, endlessly wondrous, truly and thoroughly unleashing the power of the Purgatory Talisman.
In cultivation, days and months cease to exist.
He was so immersed in his training that he couldn’t pull himself away.
During this time, Ye Yan came to the Quiet Chamber to find him. She said that staying on Demon Lion Peak for so long was getting a bit stifling, so she wanted to take a few of her sisters and the children back to Xiaocang Island to relax. They would also tour the Abyssal Marsh for a while, and she asked if he wanted to go with them.
Fang Cheng had become engrossed in cultivating the Netherworld Hand Seal and didn’t agree to go. Instead, he took out a restrained, jet-black bracelet and personally placed it on Ye Yan’s snowy-white, delicate wrist.
"If you encounter danger outside, bring out this bead."
Fang Cheng helped Ye Yan refine the Celestial Demon Bead bracelet and then gave her some careful instructions.
With Ye Yan’s current Magical Power and Divine Sense, she could just barely control a single Tier Three Demon.
Even so, that was enough for her to walk uncontested among Life Talisman Cultivators.
After all, there were very few Cultivators in this world who could fight above their realm and slay a Tier Three Demon.
Ye Yan was deeply moved. All these years, no matter how many other women were by Fang Cheng’s side, he always saved the best things for her.
In a way, their journey together had been one of mutual accomplishment.
"My dear, once Jingyuan and the others are grown, we should go out and find a Spiritual Land to serve as our family’s Ancestral Court. Demon Lion Peak is still sect property, after all, not the Fang Family’s private land. It’s rather inconvenient," Ye Yan said softly.
Fang Cheng nodded. "I already have a plan for this. In a little while, I’ll take you all somewhere."
There were no such rumors in Yun Country yet, but in the Wilderness Domain, according to Cang Wuya, many sects and families had discovered Immortal Mountains and Spiritual Lands in the outside world. They would use the Celestial Talisman Sect’s Mountain Moving Talisman to directly capture an Immortal Mountain or Spiritual Land within the talisman, bring it back to their sect or family, and then release it.
The Celestial Talisman Sect was one of the Ten Great Sects of the East Wilderness, and the endlessly profound Mountain Moving Talisman was one of the sect’s signature Talismans.
Fang Cheng planned to find an Immortal Mountain in the Wilderness Domain that contained a High-tiered Spiritual Vein, move it back to the Abyssal Marsh, and establish it as the foundation for the Fang Clan to take root.
The Wilderness was vast and sparsely populated, with dense Spiritual Qi. It was unlike Yun Country, where any place with a Spirit Vein had long since been occupied by established families and Loose Cultivators.
Ye Yan was extremely curious about the mysterious place Fang Cheng mentioned. She asked a few questions, but he just brushed them off.
In truth, Ye Yan had long had her suspicions, but unfortunately, Cang Wuya was always tight-lipped. Even the Cyan Simurghs he brought back had been trained by that Cyan Heaven Sparrow to be extremely obedient and didn’t dare leak the slightest hint.
Although Ye Yan was now a mother, she still had her charming and clingy ways. Fang Cheng couldn’t resist his wife’s wheedling and finally told her about the situation in the Wilderness Domain.
After hearing his explanation, Ye Yan’s confusion was cleared up. In high spirits, she bid farewell to Fang Cheng and left for Xiaocang Island with Dong Qing, Lu Wei, Mu Xuanyu, and the other women.
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