Chapter 510: Nine Dragon Treasures

Within the jade pavilion.

Fang Xing took a sip and drained the Immortal's Drunken Brew.

"So what?"

Must I now take his place simply because he wiped out Jiuxiang Palace, one of the Three Pillars of the Immortal Realm?

Hah, you're overthinking this.

The Immortal Dao values self-interest!

Besides, the convergence of the Three Realms will last only a limited time before they separate again.

If I encounter ancient demons or ancient beasts harming others during the convergence, I will naturally intervene.

But to become a hired sword for the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court and the Spirit Moon Sect solely for this purpose? That's pure fantasy…

Ji Ru Zong and Feng Zhuoyue exchanged glances, realizing it was essentially impossible to persuade this transcendent cultivator to exert real effort.

"We've heard you previously sought out ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs. If we offer such materials as payment, could you be persuaded to lend your hand a few times?"

Feng Zhuoyue's exquisite eyes flickered, then she spoke up.

"Ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs?"

Fang Xing glanced at Ji Ru Zong and Feng Zhuoyue, making both compound-phase cultivators feel their hearts tremble: "Indeed, your sect still has some treasures… Too bad, I no longer need them."

Previously, I desperately extracted precious herbs to reach the peak of the Compound Phase.

Now that my cultivation has reached its limit, I can break through to the Ascension Phase anytime.

Even crossing the Ascension Tribulation and the Immortal Ascension Tribulation—leaving behind a legendary tale that shocks the Immortal Realm—is no great challenge.

'Wait, maybe I should delay this a bit longer… Otherwise, it'll look like I'm rushing my ascension just to escape the Great Convergence of the Three Realms. That wouldn't sound good at all…'

Fang Xing silently grumbled in his heart.

"No longer need them?!"

Feng Zhuoyue and Ji Ru Zong exchanged glances, both seeing shock in each other's eyes: "Your cultivation…"

"Hah, I've just completed my cultivation recently. Perhaps soon, I'll be ready to undergo the tribulation."

Fang Xing had no intention of hiding this.

Even as a Void-Refining cultivator, he could kill Compound Phase cultivators. Now that he commands a complete Law, he'd dare challenge even a celestial descending from heaven.

Even if the other two Ascension Ancestors joined forces to kill him, he wouldn't fear them.

"Peak of the Compound Phase…"

Feng Zhuoyue felt a bitter pang in her heart. Though she was the most gifted cultivator in Spirit Moon Sect in ten thousand years, she knew how hard each cultivation realm was to cross.

But how many years has this cultivator been transcended?

Has he really reached this point already?

Even the Ascension Tribulation seems trivial to him.

Truly, comparing oneself to others only breeds despair.

'Could it be… this person is one of those legendary Immortal Bodies destined to become an Immortal?'

…

While the two great Ascension sects prepared for the Three Realms Convergence, quietly stockpiling and recruiting powerful allies, the Demon Realm and Beast Realm would not sit idle.

In the Immortal Realm, the Wild Lands.

Massive, monstrous beasts roamed, playing and frolicking…

Suddenly, a distortion in space erupted, and dozens of strange butterfly and bee demonic beasts flew out.

Each butterfly had silver-white wings, riddled with tears and damage; each bee was entirely black, save for a faint emerald glow on its tail stinger.

Buzzzz!

Spotting several beasts comparable to Void-Refining cultivators, they cheered and lunged forward.

Though these beasts had thick hides and innate abilities, they offered no resistance against the demonic butterflies and bees, dying instantly, soon reduced to towering piles of white skeletons.

Only then did countless silver rays explode from the void, converging into a spatial rift.

From within the rift, resembling a mirror of silver, emerged a massive black vessel.

Several profound demonic figures stood on the deck, faces filled with lingering dread: "Damn space storm… My Bu Xu Butterflies and Kong Kong Poison Bees lost at least ninety percent…"

"Hmph, Meng Du, count yourself lucky. Without the Three Realms Convergence shortening the distance between the Void Realms by half, even with this 'Demon Heaven Vessel' to protect us, we could never have successfully smuggled ourselves into the Immortal Realm… and we wouldn't be so lightly suppressed here."

The speaker was a demonic woman clad in an outrageously revealing demonic armor, with two pairs of goat-like horns on her head and purple demonic runes across her body.

"We've been ordered by the Demon Ancestor to lay the groundwork for the coming Three Realms Convergence… This place seems to lie within the Immortal Realm's Wild Lands. Should we first establish a base, or infiltrate and corrupt the upper echelons of human cultivators?"

Asked a fat, round-faced demon with a constant smile.

"Don't be flashy at first. Otherwise, we'll be surrounded and crushed by the Three Great Sects of the Immortal Realm—they have Ascension cultivators guarding them."

The female demon warned: "Even if Ascension cultivators don't come, if ten or twenty Compound Phase cultivators arrive, we'll be in deep trouble… We might all die here, with only Tian Ge brother having a chance to escape."

They were all Compound Phase demons, yet they all nodded in strong agreement.

"Tian Ge brother" was a strikingly handsome black-haired youth. He merely smiled: "Do as you please. I've been entrusted by the Demon Ancestor with another mission—I must infiltrate human territory. But with my cultivation, even if I meet an Ascension cultivator, I may not win, but I can certainly escape." Before his words finished, his figure vanished like a phantom.

The female demon and the fat demon both exhaled in relief: "That lunatic is finally gone…"

"Shh… Don't you know how dangerous Tian Ge is? His demonic sense far surpasses ours—he might be eavesdropping on purpose."

Meng Du immediately sent a demonic thought-message: "Still, Tian Ge's strength vastly exceeds ordinary Compound Phase demons. He may well become our next Demon Ancestor…"

…

Several months later.

Human territory.

"Who dares disturb the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court?!"

A Compound Phase cultivator, seeing the blood-sacrificed city below, was filled with fury.

The Eastern Dragon Imperial Court adopted a human imperial system: Shattered Phase cultivators were enfeoffed as Marquises, Void-Refining cultivators as Dukes, and Compound Phase cultivators as Kings, each with their own territories.

This region belonged to the "Prince Xuan," who ruled over a hundred spiritual cities and sixty-one Void-Refining sects.

But recently, demonic cultivators had been causing chaos, performing blood sacrifices on dozens of Void-Refining sects and countless mortals.

This forced the "Prince Xuan," who had been in seclusion, to emerge.

Prince Xuan was about to fly to the next blood-sacrificed city to investigate when his expression changed abruptly—surrounding light and shadow twisted, and a torrent of crimson light erupted: "A formation? Demonic cultivators?"

"Correct. This is the Demon Blood Formation."

Tian Ge appeared, holding a small black cauldron.

Inside, half the cauldron still swirled with crimson blood: "My divine treasure, the 'Demon Spirit Cauldron,' is incomplete. Later, with the Demon Ancestor's guidance, I refined it using the Demon Heaven Treasure Refining Scripture. But it still requires massive blood sacrifices to restore seven or eight tenths of its power. Will you kindly sacrifice your essence and soul to me?"

"Dream on!"

Prince Xuan's heart lurched—he immediately shattered a talisman hidden in his sleeve, sending a plea for aid to the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court.

Simultaneously, he formed hand seals, murmured incantations, and summoned a jade seal—square, with six dragons as handles—the "Prince Xuan Seal!"

The Eastern Dragon Imperial Court possessed a unique "Qi-Refining Treasure Art," capable of gathering human qi and dragon qi to forge the "Nine Dragon Treasures!"

This "Prince Xuan Seal" was modeled after the strongest of the Nine Dragon Treasures, the "Son of Heaven's Seal." Legend says the true Nine Dragon Son of Heaven Seal rivals a complete Divine Mansion Treasure. Even this replica, though weaker, equals a partial Divine Mansion Treasure.

Especially within the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court's territory, the Nine Dragon Treasures can draw upon the people's qi and heavenly dragon qi without requiring cultivation energy, unleashing their full power instantly!

Of course, once taken outside the territory, they require the cultivator's own energy to activate.

And their greatest flaw: they depend entirely on the Imperial Court—if the Court falls, the Nine Dragon Treasures instantly lose all their divine properties.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Six dragon roars echoed as six jade dragons emerged, each nearly equal to a Compound Phase cultivator at the early stage. With the formation's aid, together they could challenge even a late-stage Compound Phase cultivator.

"Not bad, not bad… Human cultivators still have some substance."

Tian Ge chuckled, casting a spell onto the Demon Spirit Cauldron.

The demonic blood inside boiled violently, suddenly extending a hilt, then a crimson blade, then a fearsome edge…

"Demon Blood Transformation, One Slash to Claim a Life! Slash!"

Tian Grasped the Demon Blood Blade and swung it lightly.

The laws of heaven and earth were stirred, forming an indescribable, terrifying force.

Runes wrapped the blade, forming an indescribable slash of light that struck the formation.

The six jade dragons shrieked—one was instantly decapitated!

Prince Xuan's face twisted in disbelief.

This demon's might approached that of an Ascension cultivator!

…

Fifteen minutes later, the Demon Blood Formation dissipated.

Tian Ge stepped out, the Demon Spirit Cauldron in his hand, its demonic blood churning, within it a soul fragment floating.

"A Compound Phase soul fragment—truly exquisite… Especially this Prince Xuan, whose cultivation likely reached late Compound Phase."

Tian Ge smiled: "Eight more such souls… and the Demon Spirit Cauldron's power will rise another level. Then, even facing an Ascension Ancestor won't frighten me…"

"But I can't stay here in the Eastern Dragon Imperial Court anymore…"

He was arrogant, not foolish.

Pretending to be a human demonic cultivator to lure out Prince Xuan was already the limit.

The Eastern Dragon Imperial Court wasn't stupid—they wouldn't keep sending more cultivators after Prince Xuan's death.

Next time I appear, they'll send an Ascension cultivator personally, accompanied by a dozen Kings.

The Eastern Dragon Imperial Court's ancestral elder has the reputation of being "Invincible in His Territory."

"Hmph… The Eastern Dragon Imperial Court controls its territory most tightly. The other two sects? Not so much… Hah, I just learned that Jiuxiang Palace has sealed its gates…"

Tian Ge pulled out a captured human map and studied it carefully: "The nearest areas here are where human cultivators without sects operate—perfect for hiding… Among these free cultivators, there are many Compound Core experts—perfect for refining the Demon Spirit Cauldron!"

(End of Chapter)