Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 202 East China Sea

Beyond the suspended mountain.

"It's not easy for True Immortal Xuan Tu either. After all, he's only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, having mastered one divine ability, and he doesn't even have a Purple Mansion magic treasure..."

"If we keep fighting, he could really be beaten to death by the six of us."

Fang Qing held a bronze halberd and watched Xuan Tu Zhenren depart.

Even if the Purple Mansion Immortal couldn't defeat him, escaping would be quite easy.

The few times he'd heard of someone falling from the Purple Mansion realm were either trapped in a blessed land or a Grand Master in the late Purple Mansion stage intervened—all special cases. "But Master Xuan Tu is truly in a terrible situation this time. He lost his mountain gate and couldn't even take the Purple Mansion Grand Array..."

Relocating the Purple Mansion Grand Array is a very troublesome matter. True Immortal Xuan Tu hadn't even reached that point when the White Bone Path attacked him at his doorstep. "But the White Bone Path has also incurred the wrath of a Purple Mansion enemy, and the Cloud-Piercing Cliff... True Immortal Si Chen should be careful..."

"Once we're free from the pressure of the demon race, they'll definitely have more plans..."

Fang Qing sighed and brandished the bronze halberd in his hand.

He has now reached the third level of body refinement, and his blood and qi are soaring to the sky, making him look like an invincible demon. The bronze halberd in his hand is of extraordinary quality, yet it easily withstood his immense strength. His whole body shimmers with bronze radiance, transforming into a bronze pillar that crashes down onto the Suspended Mountain Purple Mansion Grand Array.

The magnificent Purple Mansion Array, with its boundless radiance, suddenly transformed into countless ravines and valleys, and also formed the image of Xu Yuan becoming Kun, thus blocking it firmly.

"Not bad..."

Fang Qing praised him and shouted, "Let's do it together!"

In an instant, figures of Tara appeared.

Moonlight spills down, the five elements' divine light touches the ground, there is auspicious green, and then there is darkness...

Numerous wondrous things converged, seemingly transforming this entire world into a pure land of Brahma, with radiant Brahma light, a shower of celestial flowers, and golden lotuses springing from the ground... Whoosh!

Suddenly, the Purple Mansion Grand Array activated, revealing a Foundation Establishment cultivator followed by a group of cowering, submissive cultivators. "Tu Yuanzi of the Xuan Tu Sect is willing to submit..."

The Dao Foundation cultivator knelt on the ground, holding the sect leader's seal high in his hand.

Fang Qing picked it up without a second thought. He saw that the seal was a small, earthen-yellow seal, as if it were carved from a single piece of bright yellow stone.

After refining it, one can sense this Purple Mansion Array and have control over it.

"The Thousand Ravines and Ten Thousand Valleys Formation? It was set up by a master of formations from Moyun Cliff back then, and it corresponds to a supernatural power within the [Di Earth] element—'Xu Yuan Kun'!"

"Back then, in order to establish this Purple Mansion Formation, True Person Xuan Tu and the entire Xuan Tu Sect served as slaves to the formation masters on the cliff for fifty years, barely managing to pay off their debts... This also delayed True Person Xuan Tu's cultivation, preventing him from even offering a single Purple Mansion magic treasure..."

"The entire Xuan Tu Sect's treasury is actually not as valuable as this Purple Mansion Grand Array... This feud has now been formed."

Fang Qing casually tossed the small seal to the Moonlight White Tara beside him.

This Purple Mansion Grand Array definitely needs to be dismantled, since True Person Xuan Tu must still have the highest control authority, and keeping it would only aid the enemy.

When the time comes, we will replace this suspended mountain formation with the Brahma Mandala Ritual Formation, so that even if the Mysterious Earth True Man comes, he will not recognize the sect.

He then took the several ancient books handed to him by Tu Yuanzi.

The first book is the "Mysterious Earth True Scripture"!

"This cultivation method cultivates the [Di Earth] 'Twilight'... which is at the Purple Mansion level."

"Unfortunately, I already have a better one, Tude."

Fang Qing glanced at it, then casually tossed it to Kongque Dumu, before looking at the final list of disciples and the treasury accounts.

"Hmm... After all, it's a Purple Mansion Sect; they do have some reserves..."

"After the last raid, they've finally recovered. It's a pity they ran into the unreasonable bunch from the Secret Realm."

"This...break down their mountain gate, seize their sect leader, and force him to kneel before the steps..."

"The Xuan Tu Sect... has it really been wiped out?"

Below, among the many cultivators practicing Qi cultivation.

Le Mingxue gripped the Xuanqing magic sword in her hand, staring blankly at this scene.

She recognized the Xuan Tu Sect; it was this sect's foundational cultivator who, years ago, piloted the giant ship and summoned the high-ranking members of the Kitchen God Sect, along with her husband, away, never to return…

Later, I heard that my father-in-law, along with the Buddhist soldiers, had once breached the gate of this mountain, but returned with regret, unable to achieve complete success.

I never expected that on my second visit to this place, I would see the Xuan Tu Sect... wiped out!

"I'm sure my husband and father-in-law, in heaven, would be pleased to hear of this..."

Le Mingxue relaxed her body and glanced at the monk Fayuan beside her.

This monk has truly surrendered; he shares the fate of the Fang family, whether it prospers or suffers.

With the spiritual resources from the Fang family, they were able to barely maintain their magical cultivation and recover from their injuries, and together they came to attack the Xuan Tu Sect.

"The fall of the Xuan Tu Sect is just the beginning..."

Fa Yuanseng's expression was grim: "If the enemy of Brahma is merely the Xuan Tu Sect, why should this humble monk bow and scrape... This time, we will raise a large army to break through Xuan Tu, attack Wushan, fight our way through Ancient Shu, and reach the territory of the Hehuan Sect, where we will then contend with this Golden Core Sect..."

Fang Wujiu and Yue Mingxue both sighed, inwardly cursing, "What's wrong with this damned monk? What did the Hehuan Sect do to you? Why did you travel thousands of miles to risk your life...?"

Unfortunately, that's the nature of secret treasuries; they are extremely tightly controlled. A single thought from the person in charge can instantly turn everything upside down...

Qi Refining Path, Taibai Island.

With a flash of light, Fang Qing's figure quietly appeared.

"After breaching the Xuan Tu Sect, we still have to travel..."

"The army consists mostly of Qi-attaining cultivators, who can't fly very far. They mainly rely on walking... Not to mention the numerous Foundation Establishment and Qi-attaining forces along the way... They also have to attack Wushan County, the gateway to Shu, and then head to Hehuan territory... Just traveling there will take at least several years."

Crossing the ancient Shu region is already difficult for cultivators, and the additional task of conquering cities and territories makes it even more time-consuming.

Fang Qing clearly had no interest in such a protracted and tedious war.

They immediately returned to Taibai Island, preparing to explore the vast cultivation world of the East China Sea.

After all, he has now cultivated to the level of a cultivator, and the vast sea route that was once quite distant for a Core Formation cultivator is now only half a day's time in the Great Void.

As usual, Fang Qing left the pass, intending to enjoy himself before continuing his journey.

At this moment, Bei Lingxu came over with some bad news from the sect.

"What? The sect experienced a Core Formation phenomenon three days ago?"

Fang Qing's heart skipped a beat, and after some calculation, he thought, "So that's how it is. It was Shi Tiexin. That Golden Core pill was prepared for him last time... With his cultivation level, aptitude, and a Golden Core pill, the probability of him forming a Golden Core was almost 50%, yet he failed..."

"This isn't my fault. It's not like I cursed or scared them, is it?"

"Fortunately, Xiao Huanhai no longer has any enemies. Even a Core Formation Ancestor like Ruan Zhixuan is enough to suppress them..."

"Send a message of condolence on behalf of this old ancestor, that's all..."

He waved his hand dismissively.

Bei Lingshu retreated, his face full of doubt.

Her intelligence report only described the phenomenon of Core Formation on Jade Island, without mentioning the success or failure of the event.

How come this Old Ancestor Fang is so certain that the other party has failed to form a core?

In the world of Qi Refining, the Xiao Huan Hai Immortal Cultivation World is merely a corner of the East Sea Immortal Cultivation World.

Furthermore, the only connection between this place and the cultivation world of the East Sea is the vast sea route, which contains many desolate and dangerous places. Not only is the journey long, but it is also extremely perilous. In addition, this place has very few special products, and even fewer spiritual animals of the third rank or above, which means that high-level cultivators rarely come here unless they are native to the area. Even Core Formation cultivators, when using their escape light, need to travel for nearly a month to cross the vast sea route.

But for Fang Qing, he was merely entering the void, occasionally circumventing the void storms to avoid danger.

After spending half a day, they arrived at a sea area.

The sea was a deep crimson, and the seabed was full of all kinds of iridescent blood-red corals.

In the mortal world, any coral can fetch an astronomical price, but to cultivators, anything without spiritual energy is just trash.

"We've arrived. This should be the Red Coral Sea..."

Fang Qing took out the sea chart that Zhong Lingxiu had given him earlier and compared it with the map: "The Heavenly Frost Sect is not far from this sea area. It occupies many sea areas under its command, and this island has a fourth-order spiritual vein... It also governs many third-order spiritual islands. Zhong Lingxiu is currently staying temporarily with the Zhong family on 'Ice Sky Island.' There is a market on 'Ice Sky Island' that rents out cave dwellings, with the highest rent reaching the third order... He has now established a small force called 'Zhong Alliance,' which is affiliated with the Heavenly Frost Sect..."

In the cultivation world of the East Sea, any force without a Core Formation cultivator in charge is simply not worthy of a name.

Ice Island.

Although it is called an island, it looks like a majestic continent.

In the very center of the continent, a magnificent building rises from the ground, divided into nine levels, each with numerous palaces, stretching as far as the eye can see. A formation completely envelops this building, responding to the stars above, drawing upon the light of the Milky Way, and grounding itself with the life force of the four directions, gathering the vital energy from all directions—it is actually at the near-fourth tier!

Within the many palaces, there are patches of miraculous herbs, cranes cry out, and monkeys pluck fruit...

This market town has its gates wide open in all four directions. On either side of each market town gate stand strange ice sculptures, all of which are third-tier ice golems!

"Ice Heaven Market... This market isn't even ranked in the East Sea cultivation world, yet it's so magnificent..."

"No wonder cultivators who have visited the cultivation world of the East Sea look down on that rural place, Xiao Huan Hai..."

Fang Qing did not go to the market, but instead went to another part of Ice Sky Island.

What came into view was a frozen canyon with numerous castles built there, and faint traces of near-third-order spiritual energy emanating from it.

At the highest point of Frost Castle, there is a snow-white flag with the words "Zhong Meng" written on it!

Inside an ice palace.

Zhong Lingxiu was drinking tea with a black-robed Core Formation cultivator: "Fellow Daoist... could you give me a little more leeway?"

The black-robed Core Formation cultivator was a steward from the Ice Heaven Pavilion, whose Daoist name was "Xuan Qi." Upon hearing this, he shook his head: "Our pavilion has opened its gates wide, renting out spiritual veins to various families. Naturally, it's all based on business. If you weren't an elder of the Heavenly Frost Sect, we might not be able to offer this price. We can't go any lower..."

Xuan Qi took a sip of spiritual tea and said, "Fellow Daoist, you have truly worked hard. In fact, if we didn't maintain this small force, we True Core cultivators would be living a carefree life..."

"Alas...in the end, they are still my people."

Zhong Lingxiu replied with a wry smile.

In fact, if it weren't for the young master's instructions, he would have already gotten rid of these burdens and gone to the Heavenly Frost Sect to enjoy himself...