Chapter 566 - 79: Inquiring of the Spirit Immortals (Part 2)

Fang Cheng stood respectfully atop the Four Symbols Sacred Platform as another distant, ethereal voice reached his ears:

"Fang Cheng, you are the first Dharma True Monarch in the fifty-thousand-year history of our Qianyu Heaven to win the Spirit Ruins Magic Competition as an Outer World Cultivator. To show the respect of our Qianyu Heaven, the three of us have come here together. If you have any difficulties on your path of cultivation, you may ask any of us."

Fang Cheng had already prepared his words. He began, "Venerable Immortal Masters, this disciple’s home, the Red Profound Realm, has entered its Age of Last Tribulation. After a Tier Six Celestial Demon corrupted a Spirit Immortal and attained the station of a Demon Lord, it was besieged by several other Spirit Immortals. It escaped into my Red Profound Realm and has corrupted the Celestial Dao..."

He slowly explained the predicament facing all the Cultivators of the Red Profound Realm—

With the Demon Lord corrupting the Celestial Dao, any Tribulation Realm Cultivator who attempts to undergo a Celestial Tribulation is easily transformed into a Demon Fiend, their life and cultivation utterly destroyed. To this day, no one has been able to pass the Seventh Celestial Tribulation.

The path to ascension is severed. How can it be overcome?

Strictly speaking, this was not a question about the practice of cultivation itself, but it was inextricably linked to one’s cultivation path.

The rise and fall of a world is a natural process of the Great Dao. The Demon Lord chose the Red Profound Realm’s Celestial Dao Origin to preserve its own life—a turn of events that seemed fated, something that could not be helped.

The "Hardship of the Final Tribulation" was a well-known phenomenon across the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms, so the three Spirit Immortals were not surprised.

After Fang Cheng finished speaking, the avatars of the three Spirit Immortals in the sky remained silent for a moment before a pleasant female voice spoke up: "My Dongyang Immortal Alliance has a Reincarnation Secret Technique. Many fellow Daoists have relied on this technique to avoid the final tribulation of their World Heavens and ultimately succeeded in their tribulation and ascension."

"However, this Reincarnation Secret Technique requires you to establish a clan in a World Heaven that has not yet reached its final tribulation, allowing your bloodline to prosper. Only then can you reincarnate and awaken in the body of one of your descendants."

"As for which generation of descendant you awaken in, that is difficult to control. Therefore, this method takes a very long time to set up—hundreds of years at the shortest, or even a millennium... I wonder if my two fellow Daoists have a better solution?"

After the female Spirit Immortal finished, she said no more.

Fang Cheng bowed in thanks. The Spirit Immortal’s words had indeed verified the theory he and Yang Yi had about that mysterious clan in the Extreme Jade Heaven.

’The Reincarnation Secret Technique is real, but whether I can preserve a wisp of my True Spirit through the reincarnation process seems fraught with risk.’

’Especially when it comes to the Creation Golden Talisman in my sea of consciousness. If only my Spiritual Memory is reborn, but the Creation Golden Talisman disappears, the loss would be immense.’

At that moment, another Spirit Immortal in the sky spoke, his voice the same deep and resonant one from before:

"In the Spiritual Sky Realm, there are also fellow Daoists who have ascended from worlds in their final tribulation. Throughout history, it has not been uncommon for people to break through such predicaments with sheer force. You might as well cultivate a few more inheritances from the Upper Realm, slay the Demon Lord while still in the Tribulation Realm, cleanse the Celestial Dao, and then ascend at your leisure."

"I have an Upper Realm inheritance here that is quite compatible with the Taishi Demon Qi you cultivate. It is called the *Primordial Celestial Demon Strategy*. You may wish to practice it."

Fang Cheng thanked him once more.

’For anyone else, this method would be even more difficult.’

’An ordinary Cultivator who manages to master a single Spirit Immortal’s inheritance in their lifetime is already considered a prodigy of supreme talent.’

’Take Xiao Yunyi, Murong Qing, and Li Xinghe, for example. Once they cultivate a Spirit Immortal’s inheritance to a profound level, they become invincible among their peers, able to suppress an entire generation.’

’The difficulty of cultivating multiple techniques at once and achieving proficiency in all of them is beyond imagination.’

’But for me, with the Creation Golden Talisman in hand, it isn’t so difficult.’

’The only problem is that Spirit Immortal inheritances are incredibly hard to come by.’

’Although the ten great academies of this world possess Spirit Immortal inheritances, they would not necessarily give one to an outsider like me.’

’Perhaps I’ll have to wait until after I break through to the Tribulation Realm. Then I can travel the heavens and gather Spirit Immortal inheritances to continuously increase my power.’

Finally, the ethereal voice spoke again. "My two fellow Daoists are both correct, and I have no better suggestions. I see that you possess Light Yin Divine Techniques, but they seem incomplete. Thus, I will grant you a fortunate opportunity. In the future, if you ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm, you should come visit us at the Dongyang Immortal Alliance."

As he finished speaking, a stream of light descended from the sky and entered Fang Cheng’s sea of consciousness.

Fang Cheng was overjoyed and hurriedly expressed his thanks.

The technique bestowed by this Spirit Immortal was a Light Yin Secret Technique called the *Sundial of Reversion*, a profound Divine Technique that could similarly manipulate the flow of time within a given space.

It even had more profound aspects that Fang Cheng had not yet had time to examine closely.

The other two Spirit Immortals also bestowed Secret Techniques upon him. They were—

The *Primordial Celestial Demon Strategy* and the *Reincarnation Technique*.

By the time Fang Cheng came to his senses, all the strange phenomena in the sky had vanished.

The Four Symbols Sacred Platform was now empty and silent, but Fang Cheng’s mind was in turmoil.

He thought to himself, ’As expected of Spirit Immortals. Their magnanimity and grace are truly admirable!’

’For a minor Dharma Cultivator from the outer worlds like me to defeat several of this realm’s most talented Immortal Seeds and actually earn the favor of Spirit Immortals, who so generously bestowed their techniques... this is a truly auspicious connection. If my cultivation is successful in the future and I make it to the Spiritual Sky Realm, I will certainly visit the Dongyang Immortal Alliance to thank them in person.’

’I suppose the three Spirit Immortals did this to forge an auspicious connection of their own, placing a bet on my future.’

Fang Cheng stood in place, silently reviewing his battle with Xiao Yunyi. He realized that the greatest factor in his victory was not the Mixed Element Seven Tribulations Diagram, but the Demon Lord’s avatar!

Without those repeated life-and-death battles against the Demon Lord’s avatar, he could never have defeated a formidable Sword Cultivator like Xiao Yunyi.

He let out a long breath. With a thought, a constantly rotating golden ring appeared before him.

He left the Four Symbols Sacred Platform and returned to his Cloud Sea Celestial Palace within the Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm.

Then, his spirit left the Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm and returned to the physical world.

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「Chongxuan Academy」

In a manor’s Quiet Chamber, Fang Cheng sat cross-legged on the Jade Couch, contemplating the three new Upper Realm inheritances he had just obtained.

In his sea of consciousness, the Creation Golden Talisman trembled slightly, and the words upon it changed.

[Talisman Master] Fang Cheng

[Divine Power Techniques]

Mixed Element Seven Tribulations Diagram · Great Success (136,936 / 50,000,000)

Sundial of Reversion · Initiate (0 / 1,500,000)

Primordial Celestial Demon Strategy · Initiate (0 / 800,000)

Reincarnation Technique · Initiate (0 / 650,000)

...

Creation Points: 3,786

Fang Cheng gave a wry smile as he looked at the long strings of numbers on the Creation Golden Talisman.

He had already invested all the Creation Points he had acquired since coming to Qianyu Heaven into the *Mixed Element Seven Tribulations Diagram*, pushing the Divine Technique to the Great Success Realm.

But he was still a long way from true mastery and breaking into the Perfection Realm.

As for the three Cultivation Techniques gifted by the Spirit Immortals, they were each of a different caliber.

Using the *Mixed Element Seven Tribulations Diagram* as a reference, it had required 990,000 Creation Points just to reach the Initiate level.

The *Sundial of Reversion*, however, required a full 1,500,000 Creation Points to initiate, a testament to its high degree of difficulty.

The *Primordial Celestial Demon Strategy* was a notch below, requiring only 800,000, while the *Reincarnation Technique* needed 650,000.

The Reincarnation Secret Technique was a last resort, so Fang Cheng set it aside, deciding not to waste Creation Points on it for the time being.

The *Sundial of Reversion* was a Light Yin Divine Technique. It was strange, profound, and could be of great use at critical moments, so he had to cultivate it.

Moreover, after carefully examining this technique, Fang Cheng realized that if he could cultivate it to its peak and pair it with a certain Light Yin Attribute Magical Artifact, he could even travel through time and space to return to the past.

However, according to the technique’s description, not even a Spirit Immortal had ever managed to cultivate it to that stage. It was merely a hypothesis proposed by the technique’s creator.

If that were truly possible, Fang Cheng would only need to travel back to the time before the Demon Lord brought chaos to the Red Profound Realm. He could then pass the Ninth Celestial Tribulation and ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm with ease.

This was his middle-path strategy!

The most practical plan for his current situation was still the first one: cultivate several more Spirit Immortal inheritances, obtain a Heaven-defying Divine Technique, and have a decisive battle with the Demon Lord.

This was especially true if he waited for the Red Profound Association to refine a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact capable of cleansing the Celestial Dao Demonic Intent. He could then use that window of the Celestial Dao’s clarity to complete the Ninth Celestial Tribulation. At that point, no matter how powerful the Demon Lord became, the Red Profound Realm would no longer be able to hold him.

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