Chapter 121: Baize Bestows Creation, Metal Qi Returns to the Innate【4k】

The Green Leaf Dharma Boat slowly passed through the star vortex, and a vast, heavy aura rushed toward them.

Fang Longye put away the ancient animal-skin scroll returned by Jiao Mowang and looked around the Green Leaf Dharma Boat; white clouds drifted leisurely, and misty waters rose everywhere.

It was as if a dense layer of fine feathers covered the high sky, like willow catkins, like frost and snow, a snowy expanse, soft and fluffy, swaying gently.

A sea of clouds with no end in sight.

The Green Leaf Dharma Boat continued to fly, and Fang Longye narrowed his eyes slightly; from head to toe, from inside to out, he felt an indescribable discomfort and oppression.

Particularly uncomfortable.

He finally understood why Jiao Mowang had said "a space-time dominated by the Demon Clan" before exiting that star sea passage.

Although Beiju Luzhou was also home to many of the Demon Clan, it was, after all, a continent within the Earth Immortal Realm.

The terrain was complex, and the myriad living beings of heaven and earth lived in a mixed state; although it was led by the Demon Clan, how could it compare to the purity of the world before him? This was a world that truly possessed nothing but the aura of the Demon Clan.

Fang Longye channeled his divine ability, augmenting his Dharma Eye. He saw the landscape beneath the sea of clouds in its entirety.

Unlike the scenery outside, this world—its mountains and rivers, peaks and ridges, forests and trees, grasslands and fields—was vast and empty, possessing a primitive and boundless quality.

Within it, ordinary birds and beasts were few and far between, and even when they did appear, their bodies were at least ten times larger than their counterparts outside.

Vast, ancient, boundless, empty, wild.

The space-time was permeated with the atmosphere of the Demon Clan.

It felt as if he had returned in an instant to the era when the Demon Clan dominated heaven and earth and ran rampant across the eight wildernesses.

Upon arriving in this world, as long as one was of the Demon Clan, one could feel as if they had returned to their true home.

Take Qingli, for example; she smiled involuntarily, released her aura, and resonated with the entire world.

Her essence, energy, and spirit circulated rapidly, her entire body's strength seemed to receive a boost, and her Bloodline felt lively and vivid, unexpectedly comfortable.

Fang Longye was different; he did not receive such treatment.

As the saying goes, appearance stems from the heart; a cultivator's aura also changes according to the shifts in their intent.

The distinctions between Demon Qi, Witch Qi, Dao Qi, Buddhist Qi, Immortal Qi, etc., were formed not only by cultivation techniques but also by one's own self-perception.

Fang Longye identified as a member of the Dragon Clan, and his Bloodline was that of a pure Dragon Clan, so the aura naturally swirling around him was Dragon Qi.

This was not well-received.

Furthermore, because Fang Longye had discarded his Demon Clan identity in his heart, he was naturally repelled by this world.

He looked at Jiao Mowang; how was this "Demon traitor" who favored the Dragon Clan completely fine? Well, he saw that Jiao Mowang was covered in thick Demon Qi, looking like a great demon at a glance.

Having forgotten that he practiced the "Heavenly Demon Slaughtering God Art" and lived out the path of the Heavenly Demon, he was more of a die-hard member of the Demon Clan than anyone else.

Sensing Fang Longye's gaze, Jiao Mowang chuckled: "Fellow Daoist, forgive me; I was born with half the Bloodline of a Black Water Mysterious Snake, naturally attuned to the Demon path."

Fang Longye waved his hand. In any case, this was just a feeling of oppression and aversion, equivalent to him and this world not seeing eye to eye.

Other than that, there was no impact.

Furthermore, this was only because his strength was insufficient that he had such a feeling.

If a Great Luo Realm expert from another faction were to visit, no matter how much the Demon Clan atmosphere surged in this world, that bit of repulsive force would be nothing more than a breeze brushing against their face.

He then examined the surrounding scenery, feeling the landscape of this world.

Aside from the pure Demon Clan atmosphere, the greatest impression it gave him was that it was vast and boundless.

Feeling the Dao principles within the entire world, to him, they were no different from the Earth Immortal Realm.

"Fellow Daoist, no need to contemplate further. This is a Great Thousand World opened up by the Mansion Master. The scenes you see are but a drop in the ocean, and the Dao essence you can feel is but a drop in the bucket."

Fang Longye naturally understood and responded to Jiao Mowang with a smile, saying: "I just wanted to broaden my horizons."

A Great Thousand World was something very difficult for the current Fang Longye to see. Such a world, based solely on its own Dao principles, could support Taiyi Realm cultivators in their contemplation and practice.

If one were to really discuss it, every Great Thousand World could nurture a Great Luo.

Or rather, after every Great Luo falls, if not interfered with by others, they can transform into a Great Thousand World.

A world of this level could already sit stably within Chaos, constantly developing and growing.

Naturally, it was not something at his level that could be seen through.

Seeing this, Jiao Mowang said no more, and while Fang Longye observed the scenery along the way, he would occasionally introduce the situation of the Demon Master Mansion to help him understand.

……

Woo—

A blast of a vast and ancient horn sounded.

The sea of clouds surged, and after traveling for an unknown amount of time, this Green Leaf Dharma Boat finally arrived and docked beside a suspended high platform.

Above the high platform, flowers bloomed across the peaks, falling in a riot of color, while the sound of horns echoed incessantly.

A rainbow bridge emerged, the ground covered in pearl-like flowers, swirling with five-colored mists, which swept up the three people who had just stepped off the Green Leaf Dharma Boat and headed toward an unknown destination.

Opening his eyes again, Fang Longye found that the three of them had arrived before a towering palace.

Five-colored brilliance intertwined all around, deriving hexagrams, purple and green mists, falling downward like blooming lotus flowers, tens of thousands of them, countless in number.

Above the lotus flowers hung precious lamps, glowing with a single point of light, illuminating the surroundings.

The bright light shone, making everything clear.

Just as they landed, a misty fragrance rushed toward their brows.

"Extraordinary!"

Fang Longye stood where he was, standing straight, sensing the Creation Spiritual Essence filling the space above, below, and all around, which had already naturally formed into flowers and risen to become lamps.

The lamps and flowers swayed, producing a fragrance; even if it was just a corner, it was something he had never seen or heard of before.

Immersed within it, he felt intoxicated as if by wine.

After a brief pause, before Fang Longye could investigate further.

The palace before him shone with great brilliance, the sky and earth one color, bright and dazzling, golden and resplendent, exceptionally conspicuous.

Clang—

The vermilion gates, originally tightly shut, opened immediately, projecting layers upon layers of starlight that crisscrossed like clouds and mist obscuring the sun, grand and imposing.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment while I report to the Mansion Master first." Jiao Mowang straightened his robes and smiled at Fang Longye.

"Such etiquette, I naturally understand."

Fang Longye cupped his hands in acknowledgment.

After Jiao Mowang stepped inside, Fang Longye looked at the layers of restrictive Dharma arrays derived from the gateway.

One had to admit, the Demon Clan truly possessed a glorious past of ruling the heavens and the earth; he did not know how many years the Zhou Tian Star Array had been steeped in.

In the way of the stars, their attainments were truly profound. Just looking at the star mysteries on this restrictive Dharma array, as well as the star essence energy derived from it in the surroundings.

It almost made him think he had arrived at the Dou Department of the Heavenly Court, rather than the residence of the Demon Master Mansion's Mansion Master.

Tsk tsk, although Fang Longye did not quite understand it, he speculated that the complexity and power of such star-type restrictive Dharma arrays would likely be difficult for other forces in the Earth Immortal Realm to achieve.

He even dared to say that even in the current Heavenly Court, there were likely few who could compare with the Demon Clan in this regard.

Just as he was pondering, Jiao Mowang strolled out from within, saying calmly: "The Mansion Master is inside, please come in!"

As soon as the words fell, the starlight in the gateway seemed to have sensed something and parted to both sides.

Like a waterfall being rolled up, it hung three feet above, chiming with a tinkling sound.

Fang Longye nodded, signaled for the already restrained Qingli to wait outside, and stepped inside with his head held high.

In the blink of an eye, the scene changed.

He looked up and saw that above the hall, there was no ceiling, but a semi-arched starry sky covering it.

Stars fell from time to time, flickering bright and dim, trailing long tails as they landed on the ground.

But miraculously, as the stars fell, they turned into water color the moment they hit the ground, permeating the surroundings.

Looking closer, beneath the starry sky was a high platform, topped with a magnificent canopy, decorated with yellow conch, agate, mysterious essence, and water ink, in a thousand postures, shining brilliantly.

Beneath the canopy, a great power sat upon the high platform. One could see he wore the Sun Reflecting Crown and was draped in the Ten Thousand Beasts Roaring Heaven Dharma Robe; his demon aura naturally formed tassels and bead curtains that hung down, every word a pearl of wisdom, expounding the Dao of the Demon.

A sage of the demons, truly deserving of the name.

Baize!

As soon as this great power entered his sight, Fang Longye knew his identity in the dark.

Baize, this great demon power who had existed from ancient times to the present, could be called an existence that spanned all eras of the Honghuang.

Possessing wisdom, versed in the past and present, and knowing all things under heaven, he was the undisputed wise man and sage of the entire Demon Clan.

In the various legends of his past life, Baize always appeared in a fleeting glimpse, with few records.

But even if he did not appear much in the present world, he had had dealings with the Yellow Emperor, that ancient Great Emperor of the Human Race.

He had wondered who the Mansion Master of the Demon Master Mansion was. But thinking of the status of Kunpeng Ancestor in the Demon Master Mansion, he always assumed it was some newly emerged great demon power.

Yet he never expected that the Mansion Master of the Demon Master Mansion would actually be Baize, this veteran great demon power.

This made Fang Longye feel even more respect for Kunpeng Ancestor.

After all, logically speaking, these two were colleagues and should belong to the same generation.

Yet, Kunpeng Ancestor was able to convince Baize to establish a lineage for him and be worshipped as a supreme deity.

How should one put it?

This was equivalent to Zhenyuanzi establishing a lineage force and then worshipping the Three Pure Ones above it.

From this, one could see the transcendent status of Kunpeng Ancestor within the Demon Clan.

Collecting his thoughts, Fang Longye bowed properly: "Greetings, Senior!"

Baize was not one for empty pleasantries; he nodded with a smile and said straightforwardly: "Little friend, I suppose you already know some of your own foundations."

"I will not say much more; summoning you here is naturally to bestow upon you a stroke of fortune and forge a good connection."

Fang Longye lowered his eyelids and said in a deep voice: "A gift from an elder, I dare not refuse. Many thanks, Senior!"

Baize smiled and said: "I observe that your cultivation has reached the point of reversing the Five Qi in the Chest."

"I shall bestow upon you an Innate Spiritual Object to help your cultivation along!"

Having said that, he pointed a finger, and a golden glow, appearing neither like a sword nor a saber, manifested, circling and dancing in the hall.

Evil energy swirled, with purple and green forming a canopy.

Faintly, billions of runes rose up, appearing like chains, yet also like thunder, containing incredible power.

Just by observing it with the naked eye, it gave one a feeling of being unfathomable.

Innate Golden Glow!

A top-tier metal-attribute spiritual object ranked among the Innate.

Fang Longye sensed the environment filled with flourishing metal Qi, his eyes revealing joy.

The lively Dao Rhyme of Metal swirled around.

"Summon your own forged personal weapon; this is also a stroke of fortune for it~"

Fang Longye nodded to show he understood and immediately summoned the Panlong Spear.

Baize flicked his sleeve, and the Innate Golden Glow that had been circling in the hall immediately paused, then headed toward Fang Longye's direction.

It submerged directly into the Panlong Spear.

"Ang~"

A dragon's roar resounded through the hall.

The Innate Golden Glow was specialized for the needs of forging sharp weapons and divine armaments.

Of course, it also had miraculous effects for reversing the Five Qi in the Chest.

However, because it was too sharp, it was generally used indirectly.

Ding dong, ding dong—

A tapping sound rang out from within the Panlong Spear, and some infinitesimal impurities were forced out.

The entire body of the spear was suffused with frosty golden Qi.

A sharpness capable of tearing the heavens and splitting the earth surged forth, wanting to soar into the sky, yet it was restrained by the palace.

The Innate Golden Qi that filled the space above, below, and all around spilled out from the Panlong Spear, swirling around Fang Longye.

Having already attained enlightenment, Fang Longye had long since sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes observing his nose, and his nose observing his heart.

With every breath, he inhaled and swallowed the Innate Golden Qi, which had become somewhat peaceful after being absorbed by the Panlong Spear and having the sharpest part of the Innate Golden Glow removed.

The golden Qi inside Fang Longye's lungs transformed into a divine dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, constantly absorbing the Innate Golden Qi to undergo a metamorphosis.

Its scales became increasingly distinct, its patterns grew clearer, and most crucially, it revealed a dense Dao Rhyme within, thread by thread, gradually blooming with innate radiance.

The principles of the Metal element proliferated, driving the progress of the other Five Qi in the Chest.

Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, and Earth generates Metal; the five-colored Qi waves in his chest surged.

His entire being manifested a primordial spirit auspicious cloud, and he sank into deep-level cultivation.

Beneath the canopy.

Baize sat upright on the Cloud Couch, surrounded by warm mist like jade water, curling and hanging down, condensing without dispersing, falling like water from a suspended pot, with a tinkling sound.

He glanced at Fang Longye, seeing the path of his cultivation entirely, and could not help but nod to himself.

Worthy of one with great fortune, he is indeed clever.

It is just that, looking at it now, his intentions truly are to avoid having too much involvement with the Demon Clan!

Thinking of this, Baize stretched out his hand and stroked the handle of the Jade Ruyi; lotus flowers bloomed, the patterns were fine, the cloud waves were vast, and it possessed a natural chill.

He smiled in his heart; fortunately, the Demon Master is the Demon Master after all. The few words he wanted him to relay would surely allow this lucky little friend to have a few more entanglements with the Demon Clan.

Fang Longye's Five Qi in the Chest were swirling, the golden Qi growing increasingly vigorous, and the innate quality becoming stronger.

In the end, the golden Qi in his lungs shone like divine brilliance, and the innate patterns constantly intertwined.

Phantoms of various divine weapons and sharp blades, such as sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, appeared around his body. Above his head, there were faintly various zithers, Golden Bells, and bronze drums, playing together a stirring, clanging divine sound.

Finally, a dragon's roar, carrying the sound of metal and stone, resounded through the palace.

The lung golden Qi, one of the Five Qi in the Chest, had completely achieved Reverse Innate!

Fang Longye retracted the phenomena and savored the feeling for a long time.

He opened his eyes, and the image of golden spears and iron horses appeared within them, brilliant and shining.

Afterward, he stood up and bowed deeply to Baize.

"Many thanks, Senior, for your generous gift!"

Baize held the Jade Ruyi, the clear light like a blooming lotus, one moment bright and one moment dark, appearing both void and real, and smiled: "There is no need for this; it is merely a good karmic connection. Besides this, there is someone else who has words for me to relay to you."

"When you strike at the Great Luo, the karmic law that is owed will naturally be fulfilled."

"At the same time, he also gave you a piece of guidance."

"All things are Yin and Yang; the path of Reverse Innate has had the Three Talents occupied by others, but Yin and Yang have not yet been."

"The path of Yinglong is not impossible to imitate."

Seeing that Fang Longye did not understand the meaning for a moment, Baize smiled: "I observe, little friend, that among your current divine abilities, the one in which you have the deepest attainment should be Summoning Wind and Rain, right?"

Fang Longye said with a look of shame: "After all, it is a Bloodline divine ability, and I have become more accustomed to using it. I have indeed neglected the other few Great Divine Abilities."

"Do not belittle yourself; this divine ability does not only contain wind and water, but also the path of Clear and Turbid."

"The path of Clear and Turbid is quite extraordinary."

Having said this, he swept his sleeve, directly sending the bewildered Fang Longye out of the palace.

(End of this chapter)