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human race.
Universal Sect.
Spring Peak, a pavilion.
Fang Qing sat in his seat, watching Sect Master Xuanmiao brew tea in front of him.
He chuckled softly, "Sect Leader has been so busy these days, it's rare for him to come and sit at my Spring Water Peak..."
Upon hearing this, Sect Master Xuanmiao glanced at Fang Qing with a hint of resentment.
If it weren't for the elder bringing back that crucial news, would he have been so busy until now?
But by this point, he felt the external situation was becoming increasingly dire.
"To be honest... I've heard some things. Our human race's pillar of strength, our anchor of the world—Senior Ling Xuzi—has already gone to the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, and I'm afraid he's already trapped there..."
Sect Master Xuanmiao sighed.
"Not only us, but other alien races are also in the same boat, lacking high-end combat power... It should be manageable."
Besides consuming elixirs to strengthen his body and cultivating the "Nine Heavens Book" these days, Fang Qing has been paying more attention to the cultivation of qi, so he is not very familiar with the situation outside.
Upon hearing this, Sect Master Xuanmiao gave a wry smile: "Indeed, many high-level cultivators from the Bone Pattern Sacred Clan, Winged Clan, and Mirror Scale Fish Clan are also trapped in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm... It is said that those great clans are even preparing to call upon cultivators above the Mahayana stage to carry out a rescue... Of course, this is none of our business, but the truly unsettling signs have already appeared... Traces of Dream Spider Clan activity have been found among the nearby Winged Clan and Mirror Scale Fish Clan..."
"The Dream Spider race?"
Fang Qing thought for a moment, recalling a miscellaneous book he had read: "Is it that alien race that once vied for supremacy with the Bone Pattern Holy Clan? Wasn't they wiped out?"
"It seems that we weren't careful enough when we wiped out the clan back then, and some escaped... Now that they've gained power, they've come back for revenge."
Sect Master Xuanmiao coughed.
"If you want revenge, go after the Bone-Patterned Holy Clan. Why come after us?"
Fang Qing found it strange.
"This is something that has not been recorded in many human history books... Back then, our few small clans were recruited by the Bone Pattern Holy Clan, and we also made great contributions in pacifying the Dream Spider Clan..."
Sect Master Xuanmiao said, "Because this matter is not honorable, it is not recorded in ordinary historical books, but only in some secret histories..."
"In tribal warfare, the losers are destined for whatever fate they may face. But now that the king has returned, we can only endure it... We must stand firm while we are being beaten."
Fang Qing scoffed: "What is the current strength of the Dream Spider clan?"
"I don't know, but there are at least several Cave Profound cultivators... and it's suspected that a Mahayana cultivator is behind it all!"
When Sect Master Xuanmiao said this, his expression became extremely solemn. This was a crisis that could cause turmoil or even extinction for the human race!
When the Dream Spider Clan came to retaliate, they would definitely need to accumulate strength at first. They wouldn't retaliate against the strongest Bone Pattern Saint Clan, but would only target the smaller clans. Meanwhile, the human race's highest combat power, Ling Xuzi, was trapped inside the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm!
"There's actually a Mahayana practitioner here?!"
Fang Qing seemed to gasp, but he couldn't really be shocked...
"How did the Winged Clan and the Mirror-Scaled Fish Clan survive?"
He did have this question, since neither of those two small clans seemed to have a Mahayana cultivator protecting them.
"Those two races that can form an alliance with our human race naturally have their own strengths... Some have eighth-order talismans and thunder beads passed down from their powerful predecessors... Others have strange methods to enhance their strength."
"For example, the Winged Clan has an 'Ancestral Altar,' which can be forcibly activated when faced with a crisis of extinction, summoning ancestral spirits to possess them... Although only cultivators in the late stage of the Cave Profound Realm can barely withstand this power, and they also need to pay the price of a great loss of essence, it is enough to contend with Mahayana cultivators in the short term..."
Sect Master Xuanmiao said, "Half a month ago, the Mirror Scale Fish Clan lost several members of the Cave Profound Clan, and several major tribes were sacrificed... Seven days ago, the Winged Clan was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties... The Grand Elder had no choice but to activate the altar, which confirmed that the enemy had information about a Mahayana cultivator... And judging from the route, that Mahayana cultivator's next move will definitely be to our human race's territory!"
"As for the Three Saints Pass, can the Three Saints Heaven-Suppressing Formation withstand it?"
Fang Qing asked.
"If that alien Mahayana cultivator directly attacks the Three Saints Pass, our human race, with its years of accumulated strength, can naturally resist it... But I'm afraid it will take a detour and penetrate deeper... In that case, this super formation will only have the effect of positioning."
Sect Master Xuanmiao let out a soft sigh.
No matter how powerful a super formation is, it is impossible to encompass the entire territory of the human race.
It can only roughly sense the direction of the fluctuations in the alien race's magical power, and even that is already at the level of an eighth-order formation.
"It seems that if they attack my Huanyu Sect... even my sect might not be able to escape unscathed."
Fang Qing sighed.
"Therefore, I have come to inform the elder that we cannot engage in deep seclusion during this period; we must remain vigilant at all times..."
Sect Master Xuanmiao discussed several countermeasures with Fang Qing before taking his leave.
"Elder..."
When Fang Qing returned to his cave dwelling, he saw Bei Gongwei looking at him with a face full of unease: "I heard... that a foreign race is coming?"
"indeed……"
Fang Qing smiled, then suddenly spoke: "Give me a drop of your blood..."
"Yes."
Bei Gongwei was startled, and then immediately forced out a drop of blood from between her fingers.
With a wave of his hand, Fang Qing's silvery-white magic power, like crystal, enveloped the drop of blood essence. It appeared like mercury paste, with a hint of frost-white color inside.
He returned to his secluded room and silently used the karmic connection of this bloodline.
Suddenly, a faint, almost imperceptible sensation, as if it were located in the void, appeared.
"Hmm, it's somewhat similar to the Mountain and Sea Token and the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, but even more elusive and difficult to find... It's still not enough to grasp the tail of the 'Myriad Beasts Immortal Palace' with just this drop of essence blood... What a pity, if we drained the essence blood of that divine beast 'Ao Yin' and used it as the key to opening the cave heaven, there should be hope of opening the Myriad Beasts Immortal Palace..."
"After all, as a True Monarch of the Dao of Qi Cultivation, I'm quite an expert in this area..."
Fang Qing chuckled: "However, we still need to collect more immortal beast bloodlines... Different bloodlines may represent different levels of authority within the Myriad Beasts Immortal Palace."
Now, in the spirit realm, what interests him most are the secrets of the various celestial palaces.
The Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace is a bit dangerous, so let's choose another one.
……
Inside the cave.
Fang Qing sat cross-legged, cultivating the "Nine Heavens Heavenly Book".
He swallowed another elixir from the jade gourd, and his magical power surged once more.
Then, his aura surged wildly, and a crisp cracking sound came from his dantian, indicating that he had actually broken through to the late stage of the Cave Profound Realm!
If Sect Master Xuanmiao were to witness Fang Qing's cultivation progress, he would likely be utterly astonished and strongly suspect that he was some kind of reincarnated immortal...
Although theoretically, this cannot be considered wrong.
"To further advance my cultivation of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Book, I still need to comprehend the Great Dao of the Great Void... However, my comprehension has already reached the Mahayana level of the Great Dao of the Great Void... It's just that I haven't fully comprehended the Great Dao of the Great Void yet..."
Just as he broke through to the late stage of the Cave Profound Realm, the surrounding spiritual energy surged and transformed into snow-white flowers that descended one after another.
Fang Qing's thoughts drifted, and he sensed the deepest secret realm of the Universal Sect once again.
Within the secret realm, a lotus flower slowly rotates, its roots transforming into translucent chains, inside which seem to be countless skulls overlapping and wailing…
Beneath the lotus flower stood a towering Taoist priest.
He was dressed in a tattered Taoist robe, surrounded by wind and thunder, and accompanied by water and fire. His exposed skin was rotting in many places.
One after another, emaciated humanoid beings seemed to be climbing, or perhaps forming the giant's armor and robes with their own bodies...
His face was blank, radiating a light of the void, and his head split open from the middle, like a giant door connecting all directions...
A roar came from inside the door, like the howls of countless wronged souls in hell, all overlapping together...
It was none other than the Supreme Elder of the Universal Sect, a peak-level cultivator at the Cave Profound Realm, who was attempting to break through to the Great Ascension Realm in seclusion, 'Master Xuan Guang'!
The opponent failed to break through, his physical body was transformed into Tao, and his primordial spirit turned into a lotus flower to suppress his physical body, which lasted for an unknown period of time.
When Fang Qing first began cultivating the Nine Heavens Book, he sensed this Dao Abomination through the all-pervasive power of the Dao-Born Pearl due to the causal resonance of the cultivation techniques.
At this moment, the sensation becomes even clearer.
"Kill...me!"
The clear lotus flower slowly rotated, and an ancient divine thought was transmitted, containing an incantation that could manipulate the Universal Sect's "Great Thousand Illusionary World Array," combined with several sect treasures... In addition, since this evil spirit was suppressed, it could be killed in one blow!
"This old bastard, his primordial spirit is almost giving out? He's even losing his senses... What if I'm the bad guy? If I get this key, I could completely overturn the Universal Sect..."
Fang Qing stared speechlessly at the incantations and hand seals transmitted by Master Xuanguang.
"Perhaps... he was facing certain death and didn't want the Dao Demon to be born, so he took a gamble. If he did nothing, the Huanyu Sect would still be destroyed once the Dao Demon emerged..."
"Of course, it's also possible that he sensed a similar cultivation technique, or that he's lost his mind..."
He pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "That alien Mahayana cultivator still needs someone to deal with him..."
In the blink of an eye, the [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] shone brightly, transforming into a bright moon that rose up in that realm.
It is the [Heart Moon] supernatural power—'Jade Mirror'!
A series of luminous rays flashed by, causing the countless corpses and skeletons on the rotting Taoist to scream in agony and turn into wisps of smoke.
"Thank you... fellow Daoist... this old Daoist... is no longer fit..."
Intermittent divine thoughts emanated from that lotus flower.
The next instant, however, his expression turned to surprise: "Fellow Daoist... Senior?"
"Hmm..."
The moonlight coalesced, transforming into a figure in a silver-white robe—it was Fang Qing.
A crescent moon mark etched between his brows as he gazed at the colossal, monstrous form before him: "Either die or become my servant! I'll give you a chance to live and advance to the Mahayana stage. Choose one!"
The enormous giant fell silent, and even the wind, thunder, water, and fire on its body were suppressed.
In the vast secret realm, there was only deathly silence.
After a long silence, a voice finally rang out: "I choose... to live!"