Chapter 240: I Come From the Immortal Realm

The sky blazed with noonfire, as if the preceding scene had merely been an illusion; before him now was a fiery sphere radiating endless light and heat, like a blazing sun.

Xu Xing's eyes reflected the flames; terrifying heat waves surged and rolled outward at every moment.

Though the body perished and the soul vanished, the Dao still endures.

The past was buried entirely after the Beast God ascended to immortality, yet traces of its peerless form still faintly appear under the name 【Xi】.

"Dawn's radiant light clears the demonic miasma; the great sun rises, dispelling misfortune and resolving calamity…" Xu Xing murmured softly.

The light of 【Xi】 shines brilliantly…

This 【Xi】 had discovered, at the final moment, the "anchor" left by this realm's Tianyi upon himself.

After being defeated by the Beast God, 【Xi】 ignited his entire essence with the Dao he had cultivated, using the "anchor" left by Tianyi to burn away all impurities, leaving behind for humanity's descendants this purest trace of Daoic essence.

To perceive and counter the anchor left by Tianyi while in the realm of Dongzhen…

"Remarkable."

This trace of Daoic essence is hidden within the realm's laws and principles; because it shares the same origin as the "anchor" left by Tianyi itself, even that half-mad Tianyi-immortal could not detect it.

It must have been at the very instant of defeat that 【Xi】 comprehended everything and made his decision.

"A pity."

Even in the present Xuan Realm, among those Daoists who have reached Dongzhen's peak and are about to knock on the Immortal Gate, only a handful could rival 【Xi】.

Had he been born in the Xuan Realm, he might well have attained True Immortality through this Dao.

Radiant light descended to the eight extremities; Xu Xing stepped forward, and as he did, the flowing flames leapt—slowly, the fiery sphere resembling a blazing sun began to "open."

Yet despite such brilliance, 【Xi】 still fell to the Beast God…

Thus, the Beast God's strength is evident.

No wonder the Beast God, despite being preemptively schemed against and having his essence invaded, still tangled with this realm's Tianyi for so long.

Huhuh~

As Xu Xing stepped into the fiery sphere, the churning flames within gradually calmed; streams of fire drifted in from all directions, forming a series of magnificent crimson-golden steps.

Walking up the steps, Xu Xing gazed to one side, where golden and red hues interwove like a curtain, hanging down.

"Four…"

Within this fiery sphere were four human cultivators who had reached the peak of Fanxu.

And these, surely, were the last reserves of humanity in the Beast God Realm!

Bathed in the light of 【Xi】's Daoic essence, their cultivated Dao was similar to 【Xi】's, allowing them to partially weaken the Dao Net's lock.

Given the current state of the Dao Net…

Xu Xing made a quick calculation and soon arrived at the answer.

The four Fanxu cultivators within the fiery sphere would, when reflected upon the Dao Net, appear to be at the early stage of Jin Dan.

As his thoughts turned, Xu Xing had already ascended the magnificent crimson-golden steps and stood before one of the Fanxu cultivators.

The flaming waves behind him surged and closed, sealing the passage he had just opened.

"The Fu Mu lineage."

Xu Xing gazed at the woman seated before him, eyes closed in stillness.

Her features were exquisite, clad in a white robe now dyed bright crimson-gold by the surrounding radiance.

Her black hair fell down her back, its ends glowing like molten gold, as if burning with eternal, unextinguishable true flame; beneath her pale skin, threads of golden auspicious aura flowed like rivers.

Xu Xing's voice was not concealed; though she did not sense his presence, she still heard his words.

Her brows slightly furrowed, then her eyes opened—her pupils edged with a golden ring resembling a solar corona.

Seeing Xu Xing standing before her, her eyes held a flicker of confusion.

"Who are you?"

The moment the word "who" left her lips, she extended two fingers like a sword; golden aura ignited at her fingertips and shot toward Xu Xing's third eye.

Confusion and questioning were merely pretense.

Beneath the illumination of 【Xi】's Daoic essence, she held the advantage of terrain.

This single finger thrust now came like a meteor of fire piercing the dawn night.

Xiong Xiong!

Crimson-golden flames surged from all directions, like a storm.

Had this finger struck in the starry void of the Xuan Realm, it could have burned half a galaxy to ash. The flame waves twisted and churned.

The golden-aura-tipped fingertip halted, frozen one foot before Xu Xing, unable to advance another inch.

"A bit hasty, but not bad." Xu Xing nodded slightly.

From sensing something amiss to making a decision, she showed no hesitation whatsoever; though she had been in seclusion since Jin Dan, her vigilance had never waned.

As one of humanity's last four Fanxu cultivators, she must eliminate all possible surprises.

"Sit."

As soon as the word fell, the woman found her body moving against her will—she sank back into her seat.

The woman snapped her head up, staring intently at Xu Xing, her eyes filled with shock.

Before her shock had even subsided, Xu Xing gestured.

The other three Fanxu cultivators were summoned over, landing beside her.

!. Du

Hm?!

Before the three could react, the moment they saw Xu Xing, their instincts flared—they tried to attack.

But they found themselves utterly immobilized.

Even attempting to connect with 【Xi】's Daoic essence felt dim and muddled—as if the connection they had built over so long had been completely severed.

What on earth is going on?!

Xu Xing glanced at the four of them.

【Fu Mu】, 【Chong Ming】, 【Fu Guang】, 【Jing Yao】.

Each of the four had inherited a Dao vein extremely similar to the Dao essence left by 【Xi】.

Only thus could they find shelter beneath this trace of Dao essence.

The cultivation system of the Beast God Realm, though named the same as the Tai Xuan Realm, differed fundamentally in its early stages.

In the Tai Xuan Realm, from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment, save for those who achieved Transformational Foundation Establishment, practitioners merely drew in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen themselves.

Spiritual power was just spiritual power; true origin was just true origin; at most, they varied in density and purity.

But fundamentally, they were the same.

The special properties displayed by spiritual power and true origin in battle all stemmed from the sword arts and techniques the practitioner cultivated.

Only upon reaching Jin Dan, when true origin transformed into magic power, did fundamental differences arise due to variations in the cultivation scriptures.

But the Beast God Realm's cultivation system was different again.

From the moment one entered cultivation, practitioners had to choose a suitable path based on their physical constitution—even their destiny.

For example, Min Feng, who inherited the 【Shuo Feng】 vein, must possess a corresponding physical constitution and destiny.

These four before him were the finest individuals, meticulously selected by the Sacred Site over tens of thousands of years, whose destinies matched 【Xi】's and whose talents were unparalleled.

Yet even these four could not inherit 【Xi】's Dao essence.

"Don't be nervous—I'm also human," Xu Xing sat down before them. "Though not human of this world."

He had no intention of concealing his origins.

When my sister and these four companions arrive, the commotion won't be small.

It's better to be open now.

Not… human of this world?!

The four were shaken, suddenly recalling ancient texts they had once read, which indeed mentioned worlds beyond their own.

But those accounts seemed too ethereal and distant; even after reaching the very limit of their realm, they had never touched upon such things, so they paid them no mind.

"…"

A silence fell; the four exchanged glances again.

Finally, the woman who had spoken first broke the quiet.

"You… where are you from?"

Where?

Xu Xing paused, as if recalling something, then said calmly:

"I come from the Immortal Realm." (End of Chapter)