Chapter 471 - 83: Trillions of Talismanic Coins

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

「This day.」

Fang Cheng sat inside Mu Xuanyu’s Cave Mansion, his full attention fixed on the changes in her aura as he stood guard for her.

They had practiced Dual Cultivation for over a hundred days, aided by a vast amount of Spiritual Elixirs and Wondrous Medicines. Finally, they used the Vermilion Bird Divine Pill as a catalyst for her to break through to the Life Soul Realm.

Everything had fallen perfectly into place!

Dressed in an opulent robe, Mu Xuanyu sat cross-legged on a jade mat. Behind her, the spectral image of a Divine Spirit coalesced from flames floated silently.

She was still practicing the Profound Fire Record from the Flame God Palace.

The facial features of this Flame Divine Spirit’s spectral form were indistinct, yet it exuded an aura of immense majesty and noble pressure.

It seemed to wield some form of authority over the world, instinctively inspiring both awe and fear.

Countless Flame Runes swirled around the spectral image.

Mu Xuanyu circulated her Profound Skill. Streaks of fiery light surged from the void, disappearing into the surrounding Flame Runes.

Gradually, the Flame Runes coalesced into a hazy golden halo dozens of feet in diameter. Inside the halo, Mu Xuanyu’s form grew indistinct.

The Flame Runes churned within the halo, which began to emit a blinding radiance.

A terrifying, heart-stopping heat radiated outward!

From a distance, Mu Xuanyu’s magnificent, voluptuous body seemed to be enveloped in a blinding sun. On the sun’s surface, countless textured runes wriggled and spread like fiery patterns.

The blazing sun continuously devoured the dense Spiritual Qi within the Cave Mansion. Meanwhile, in the sky outside, a Spiritual Qi vortex nearly an acre in size slowly formed, gathering all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from dozens of miles around.

Thousands of rainbow-colored clusters of light materialized in the sky, all vying to pour into the Spiritual Qi vortex.

Several hours later, Fang Cheng saw Mu Xuanyu take a long, deep breath.

The astonishing, cataclysmic aura within the blazing sun was instantly drawn into her body, vanishing without a trace.

The fiery light in the Cave Mansion also dissipated into thin air.

And the spectral image of the Flame Divine Spirit behind her also slowly faded away.

In its place, a scorching and vast wave of Magical Power emanated from Mu Xuanyu.

Life Soul Realm!

Mu Xuanyu slowly opened her eyes, which shone with joy. She said to Fang Cheng, "Husband, I did it."

The breakthrough had gone far more smoothly than she had ever imagined. While the Vermilion Bird Divine Pill’s miraculous, creation-defying effects were a major factor, Fang Cheng’s constant companionship and guidance had been just as indispensable.

Fang Cheng took out a bottle of Tier Three Elixirs and said, "First, stabilize your Cultivation Realm."

"Mm." Mu Xuanyu’s eyes filled with tender affection. She took the Jade Bottle, removed a Spirit Pill, and consumed it, then resumed circulating the Profound Fire Record Heart Method to refine its energy.

Fang Cheng rose and walked out of the Cave Mansion. ’One more important matter taken care of,’ he thought with a sense of relief.

’This means Mu Xuanyu can now begin refining the White Tiger Divine Pill...’

Outside the Cave Mansion, Ye Yan, Feng Ling, and the other women were all waiting. When they saw Fang Cheng emerge, they looked at him questioningly.

Fang Cheng nodded. "She succeeded."

The women all breathed a collective sigh of relief, their faces lighting up with joy.

With Mu Xuanyu having paved the way, Ye Yan and the other women felt much more confident. The Life Soul Realm, which had once seemed impossibly distant, now felt within reach, and they were all eager to attempt their own breakthroughs.

Fang Cheng looked at Ye Yan and asked, "Has Jingyuan returned?"

Ye Yan smiled and replied, "He came back three days ago."

Fang Cheng said, "Have him and Jingxuan come see me in Yongchang Hall."

With that, he transformed into a streak of Demonic Light and was gone in a flash.

...

「Yongchang Hall.」

Fang Cheng sat cross-legged in the center of the grand hall. The Ten Thousand Worlds Compass floated before him, radiating golden light and pulsating with astonishing spiritual energy.

Jingyuan and Jingxuan entered the hall and bowed in greeting.

Jingyuan then took out a pitch-black Array Disc, eighteen Array Flags, and a long banner seething with sinister demonic intent. "Father," he said, "I have retrieved the Soul-devouring Array from the Nine Nether Demon Sect and the Netherworld Banner from the Yinluo Sect."

Fang Cheng examined the Soul-devouring Array set and nodded in satisfaction. "Excellent. It is indeed worthy of its reputation as one of the few Tier Four Arrays capable of suppressing souls."

He was, of course, quite familiar with the Netherworld Banner.

This Netherworld Banner had been one of the Yinluo Sect’s two foundational treasures, a Fourth-rank Magical Artifact. Yet now, at a single word from Fang Cheng, Su Miao and the others had readily entrusted it to Jingyuan to bring back.

A look of excitement appeared in Jingyuan’s eyes as he asked, "Father, are we going to that World Heaven now?"

Not long ago, he had taken a letter personally written by Fang Cheng, left Primordial Qi Celestial Island, and traveled alone to the Nine Nether Demon Sect to "borrow" this Tier Four Array from Bing Wuyi.

At the same time, he left a Vermilion Bird Divine Pill for Bing Wuyi.

They needed the Soul-devouring Array because Fang Cheng was preparing to explore the World Heaven discovered by the Qinghao Wanderer.

Time waits for no one. He had originally intended to explore that world at his leisure after breaking through to the Dharma Aspect realm, but with the appearance of the Demon Lord, he was forced to advance his plans.

According to the records on the jade slip left by the Qinghao Wanderer, that World Heaven was home to a powerful and dangerous race called the Soul Race.

This race possessed no physical bodies. They used their very souls as their forms, roaming the world and sustaining themselves by devouring the souls of other living creatures!

Thus, the Qinghao Wanderer had named it the Sand Soul Realm.

Among the Soul Race were Tier Five beings comparable to the Human Race’s Tribulation Realm Great Powers—entities not to be underestimated.

Fortunately, like the Tribulation Realm Great Powers of the Human Race, Tier Five members of the Soul Race were exceedingly rare and seldom appeared. As long as he was cautious and avoided the few areas the Qinghao Wanderer had marked as forbidden, he wouldn’t provoke such a being.

The other members of the Soul Race were troublesome, but Fang Cheng was confident he had ways to counter them. As long as he wasn’t surrounded by a large horde, his safety wouldn’t be a major concern.

His purpose for this trip was to find another race in the Sand Soul Realm: the Barbarian Race.

Finding these Barbarians meant he could obtain a continuous supply of Profound Iron Immortal Gold. If he could also find a precious material to substitute for the Tier Five Celestial Demon Remains, the mission would be a resounding success!