Chapter 509: Spacetime Lotus

"Have my Nine Sources Star Body Secret Art and Star Palace scrolls been merged into the Pan Wu Grand Scripture?"

Fang Xing stared at his attribute panel, lost in thought.

This meant that although he still followed the Source Power system, he had a high likelihood of one day attaining the "Pan Wu Great Dao," and even further aspire to the "True Wu Great Dao!"

"If I forge my own Dao, it shall be the True Wu Dao!"

This was the advantage of possessing an Eternal Realm inheritance—knowing exactly how to walk the path ahead, silently accumulating and preparing even while still in the Law Lord realm.

"And the Great Sun Tathagata Spell—has it finally transformed into the Spacetime Imperishable Great Sun King Spell after I condensed the Imperishable Great Sun Body above Infinite Spacetime?"

Fang Xing gazed at this newly appeared section, his eyes carrying a hint of scrutiny.

The evolution of the Great Sun Tathagata Spell was a good thing, but its essence remained a curse from a phantom evil deity in the Creator Universe.

It had even surpassed Lei Ousi in power.

This made no sense!

"Unless… the attribute panel's influence had tainted it? Infusing the original Great Sun Tathagata Spell with a trace of the panel's essence?"

"If so, perhaps my path to transcendence lies in this 'Spacetime Imperishable Great Sun King Spell'?"

Fang Xing carefully sensed it and found that the Spacetime Imperishable Great Sun King Spell had fully inherited everything from the Great Sun Tathagata Spell—including the "Heavenly Mother Virtuous Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Fundamental" and the "Great Sun Tathagata Divine Palm."

Under its enhancement, the power of these techniques had all improved, with ample room for further growth.

After all, both had previously been sub-sections under the Great Sun Tathagata Spell; now that the parent spell had upgraded, their power increasing was only natural.

"My current strength is far beyond my former self."

If the previous black hole-level Fang Xing had possessed power comparable to a Celestial Immortal of the third or fourth tier,

then after breaking into the Law Lord realm, his combat power had surged directly to the sixth or seventh tier of a Celestial Immortal!

He could be called a true powerhouse within the Law Lord realm the moment he broke through.

"Hm? Finished cultivation?"

As Fang Xing silently pondered, he suddenly glanced into the depths of the cave dwelling.

Inside a chamber sealed by layers of restrictions, a youth of fifteen or sixteen, clad in white robes, with sword-like eyebrows and starlit eyes, sat cross-legged, quietly concluding his practice.

Before him floated a flying sword, seemingly resonating with his aura.

"Perfectly refined to the Union Stage."

Moments later, Fang Xing's cultivation avatar opened his eyes and exhaled a streak of white light.

Within the white light, the rusted sword violently melted, transforming into a white pill-shaped sword core speckled with starlight, which he swallowed in one gulp.

"Now, if I break through to the Ascension Stage and then ascend… I shall become a Sword Immortal!"

He smiled, but did not immediately leave his seclusion; instead, he began activating the method from the Spacetime Lotus.

"Originally, I cultivated the Spirit Void Sword Scripture—it wasn't particularly outstanding in the Spirit Realm. Even after seizing legacies from major sects like the Nine Fragrance Palace, I could only elevate the Spirit Void Sword Scripture to the Union and Ascension stages… still insufficient for ascension or surviving the Tribulation to become an Immortal."

"But activating the Spacetime Lotus method is enough."

The Spacetime Lotus method, obtained by his true body, could rightly be considered the successor to the Spirit Void Sword Scripture.

And it suited his cultivation avatar far better than the Spirit Void Sword Scripture, which focused solely on Void and Sword Dao.

"Begin."

The cultivation avatar slowly exhaled, and the celestial energy of heaven and earth responded.

He had already reached the highest levels in both Time and Void laws—even many Ascension cultivators might not rival his mastery of these two principles.

At this moment, Fang Xing's pupils suddenly changed.

One pupil glowed pure gold; the other emitted silver radiance.

Around him, countless ancient, intricate cloud-script characters drifted in the air.

These ancient cloud-script characters were either pure gold or pure silver.

The silver cloud-script characters carried impossibly complex yet exquisitely refined spatial structures, as if assembling the very spatial origin Fang Xing had once seen.

The golden cloud-script characters brimmed with dense temporal energy, like countless rivers of time—unknown in origin, unknown in destination—rippling with overlapping structures of past, present, and future.

The gold and silver script characters rushed into Fang Xing's body, converging in his dantian to form a golden-silver lotus seed.

This "Spacetime Lotus Seed" took root instantly within his cultivation avatar's dantian, continuously drawing upon his immense cultivation energy.

The original river of cultivation energy, after being absorbed by the seed's roots and exhaled anew, subtly transformed into golden-silver spacetime cultivation energy.

"Even a True Immortal might not match the quality of my spacetime cultivation energy."

Since his true body had already comprehended it, his cultivation avatar could quickly grasp the basics and establish the seed.

As for sprouting, growing into a lotus stalk, and blossoming petal after petal—that was a distant goal…

After all, if the Spacetime Lotus fully matured, it would signify his ascension to the Fourteenth Realm as a Chaos Dao Lord.

When Fang Xing emerged from seclusion, his true body had already departed.

After all, his true body had only come to avoid attention; he still needed to travel to the Blood Prison Civilization to prepare for confronting the Blood Yuan Mountain Lord.

"The True Immortal Realm…"

Fang Xing's cultivation avatar silently gazed at the seemingly unchanging architecture within the cave dwelling, lost in thought: "The many worlds of the cultivation realm are also peculiar… The items I brought from the other world didn't vanish into illusion—either the cultivation realm has unique laws that turn illusions into reality… or the entire cultivation realm is itself an illusion?"

"Does continuous ascension mean a continuous process of transforming illusion into truth?"

"Regardless, my doubts should find answers in the True Immortal Realm…" Fang Xing's heart stirred with quiet anticipation.

He stepped out of the cave dwelling and saw a vast immortal city.

This was Tianyuan City, the largest free cultivator city in the Spirit Realm.

Legend said the city was built atop a broken fragment of an immortal vein, granting it abundant spiritual energy—enough to rank among the top five in the Spirit Realm.

Fang Xing arrived outside his cave dwelling and casually reached out, retrieving several jade slips.

As a Union Stage free cultivator residing in Tianyuan City's finest cave dwelling, he naturally attracted attention from all sides.

Yet, the major factions that had truly guessed his identity remained deeply silent on the matter.

"Hm?"

"These two factions? That's interesting."

Fang Xing's spiritual sense swept through the jade slips and spotted something intriguing; he selected two of them.

He glanced at them briefly, smiled faintly, and uttered a single word: "Accepted."

Instantly, the two jade slips dissolved into spiritual light and flew out beyond the cave dwelling.

In the Spirit Realm, jade slips served not only as formal invitations but also carried a rudimentary "reply" function—a small innovation.

Not long after, two streaks of light arrived before the cave dwelling, revealing two Union Stage cultivators.

One wore a ceremonial robe adorned with mountains, rivers, plants, trees, sun, and stars—radiating solemn majesty.

The other was a stunningly beautiful girl clad in a moon-hued Daoist robe.

As Union Stage cultivators, they were powerful lords anywhere in the Spirit Realm—but now their expressions were filled with awe and trepidation:

"Grand Preceptor of the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court, Prince Ji Ru Zong, pays homage to Elder Fang."

"Disciple of the Spirit Moon Sect, Feng Zhuiyue, bows before Elder Fang!"

BOOM!

The cave dwelling's gate burst open, its seals crumbling as a young voice rang out: "Come in!"

Ji Ru Zong and Feng Zhuiyue exchanged glances, then entered the cave dwelling.

Inside, the space bloomed with birdsong and floral fragrance, and a small spiritual spring cascaded down.

Beneath the cascading waterfall, a pavilion of jade stood.

Inside the pavilion sat a youth raising a cup to his lips; a potent aroma of liquor filled the air—just inhaling it induced a drowsy euphoria, unmistakably immortal wine.

"Please, take your seats. I just opened a bottle of 'Drunk Immortal Wine'… and according to cultivation realm customs, since our realms are equal, you need not call me Elder."

Fang Xing appeared exceedingly amiable.

"This… thank you, Elder… Daoist."

Ji Ru Zong inwardly scoffed—if he didn't know this Fang cultivator, a newly ascended immortal, had brutally slaughtered the Ascension Ancestor of the Nine Fragrance Palace and later wiped out several Union Stage sects that had opposed him, he'd believe this man looked as harmless as he seemed.

"Thank you, Daoist… This Drunk Immortal Wine is said to originate from the Immortal Realm; even for us, it enhances cultivation. Today, little sister is truly fortunate."

Feng Zhuiyue sipped the wine with a smile, yet deep within her beautiful eyes, fear remained barely concealed.

"Enough. I am a cultivator devoted solely to practice. What brings you both here?"

Fang Xing lifted his cup, asking casually.

"This…"

Feng Zhuiyue and Ji Ru Zong exchanged glances; Ji Ru Zong spoke first: "Daoist, have you heard of 'Realm Descent'?"

"What kind of disaster?"

Fang Xing's expression turned odd: "Don't tell me some ancient demon or devouring beast is awakening and about to escape its seal?"

Feng Zhuiyue paused, then laughed: "Daoist, you're amusing. With the Spirit Realm's resources, even if one or two ancient demons or beasts escaped, we wouldn't fear them—even celestial demons or celestial beasts, if they don't ascend, are suppressed by the realm's domain force, unable to unleash more than two or three tenths of their power. With proper arrays and immortal relics, we might even reverse and slay them."

The Spirit Realm's history includes examples of killing higher-realm Immortals!

"If that's the case, what's there to worry about?"

Fang Xing was puzzled.

Feng Zhuiyue continued: "Daoist, have you heard of 'Realm Convergence'?"

"Yes."

Fang Xing nodded.

"When a higher realm descends into a lower one, it's called 'Realm Descent'… when realms of equal level merge, it's called 'Realm Convergence'…"

Ji Ru Zong said: "According to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's report… within no more than three years, the Spirit Realm will merge with the Demon Realm and the Beast Realm. At that time, not only will ancient demons and beasts freely cross between realms, but due to the three realms merging, they will face no suppression whatsoever and can unleash their full power…"

"Three Realms Converging?"

Fang Xing heard this and felt a stir in his heart.

'The Borderlands... the Disaster of the Border? This description is quite similar to the Great Xia Universe...'

'I wonder if the True Immortal Realm and the Great Xia Universe have any contact? Or are they merely different paths leading to the same end?'

(End of Chapter)