Chapter 648: Return

“The Great Sage Dynasty, the Heavenly Court, and the Underworld have all been organized…”

“With a True God in place, this system should function smoothly for at least ten thousand years, right?”

Fang Xing did not believe his designed system could be flawless or eternal.

And even the most perfect system requires people to enforce it.

As long as it’s people, they are imperfect, prone to selfishness, and resentment gradually accumulates until, at last, the contradictions become too sharp to reconcile—and then they explode…

“Even if I vanish, if this world can still last ten thousand years, it’s none of my concern.”

Fang Xing thought, utterly irresponsible.

Upon the Throne of the Destroyed Divine Realm.

He closed his eyes, and the dense power of the Pan Wu Dao descended, instantly elevating his physical form to an unimaginable level.

Powerful!

Dominant!

This is “Pan Wu”!

“Attribute Panel!”

After breaking through to the Fourteenth Realm as a Dao Master, Fang Xing summoned his Attribute Panel, allowing the Dao power to seep into it.

Colors of light flickered continuously across the Attribute Panel.

Then, they coalesced upon the icon representing the “Gate of All Realms.”

“After breaking through to Dao Master, have I further refined the Gate of All Realms?”

Fang Xing opened his eyes and sensed a subtle difference.

Most crucially, he could now control the opening and closing of the “Gate of All Realms” with far greater ease.

Even the coordinates of the worlds he had traversed now clearly appeared before his mind’s eye.

A single thought could return him there.

“Qingyuan Great Realm?”

Fang Xing saw a coordinate and nodded: “Pan Gu Wu told me to return… I still have some karmic ties there.”

“Besides… I still have a Black Dragon avatar there!”

Now that he controlled the Gate of All Realms, he could freely switch between transporting his true body or merely projecting his consciousness.

“But beyond the Gate of All Realms, my mastery of the Attribute Panel remains mediocre…”

“This my golden finger can suppress the aura of Transcendent Blood and digest Transcendent legacies…”

“If there’s any karmic debt on me greater than the Druid legacy, it’s this.”

Too many lice to worry about!

A golden finger capable of such feats is terrifying even among Transcendents.

It might even transcend Transcendents!

So Fang Xing simply lay back, ignoring the remaining karmic debts.

Even if the Transcendent God-Xi Fan was powerful, could he surpass the Attribute Panel?

As for Pan Gu Wu’s trivial karmic debt, it wasn’t even worthy of a seat at the table!

“If other Transcendent legacies appear in the future, I should take more…”

“Owing a debt to one Transcendent, I don’t know how to repay it—but if everyone owes me, they’ll all beg me not to die!”

Fang Xing made his decision.

Then… he pushed open his palms, as if unlocking an invisible door, and vanished instantly.

Shadow Divine Realm.

The Lord of Shadows was creating his petitioners.

The petitioners of gods vary in traits according to their divine realm and divine office.

For instance, those within the Shadow Divine Realm are naturally attuned to shadow power; if their souls are strong enough, they may awaken shadow-based pseudo-magical abilities.

Even generate advanced shadow-class occupations!

At that moment, the Lord of Shadows suddenly looked up, gazing toward the Destroyed Divine Realm: “The Main God… has left?!”

He could sense the Destroyer Lord had not died—his divine realm still pulsed with vitality.

But he had departed.

“Left this crystal layer… has the Main God’s divine power surpassed the rank of deities?”

The Lord of Shadows murmured to himself.

…

The Great Xia Universe.

New Blue Planet.

Fang Xing appeared with a flash, releasing his spiritual sense.

Instantly, everything on New Blue Planet lay clear before him; he even connected to the network to check recent news:

“Hmm, all is calm… even the great wars against the insect race and alien beast civilizations haven’t begun.”

“After all, everyone’s still meditating on the Transcendent legacy… if they fight, it’ll be inside the Transcendent Realm…”

As for Gu Yun, Liu Wei, Nangong Xue, and others he knew, each had their own lives, their own brilliance.

“The beings from the Creator Universe have integrated well too.”

Fang Xing nodded: “Looks like I can continue my ‘seclusion’.”

Since the Great Xia Universe was fine, he had no rush to emerge.

As for the Star Civilization’s mission?

Even if the deadline passed, it didn’t matter.

After becoming a Dao Master and further refining the Gate of All Realms, Fang Xing now had sufficient confidence to escape from a Fifteenth Realm entity.

“As for Transcendent Blood… and my Druid legacy… neither has drawn any attention.” “Indeed, the Attribute Panel is still the strongest—it sealed these two treasures so perfectly, and its rank must be higher than both?”

Fang Xing murmured, shifting his focus to the Attribute Panel:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Class: Star Warrior】

【Fourteenth Realm: Dao Master】

【Transcendent Trait: Great Divinity】

【Mastered Dao: Pan Wu】

【Heart Power: 6892/20000 (Proficient)】

【Eternal Unextinguished Sun King Spell: 1/8000 (Master)】

【Gate of All Realms (Can Be Opened)】

…

!

The Attribute Panel appeared simple, but each sub-item, when opened, revealed dense lists of options and explanations.

Just the “Great Divinity” entry alone encompassed the Druid legacy, ancient god abilities, and more.

“I… am stronger.”

Fang Xing first examined the Heart Power legacy, nodded, then turned to the “Eternal Unextinguished Sun King Spell”: “I didn’t expect that becoming an Ancient God would boost this spell so dramatically… I suppose, once I ascend to the Fifteenth Realm, this will reach Master’s peak, and I’ll then condense my own unique Transcendent Trait?”

“My current strength is far more than merely newly entered Dao Master… but I seem to lack knowledge about the divisions of power and secret arts among Dao Masters?”

The Pan Wu Scripture ends at Dao Master; the later sections may require seeking out Pan Gu Wu.

Moreover, Fifteenth Realm Eternal Beings must “Forge a Dao”—open a completely new path—and others’ experience may not apply.

As for the Druid legacy?

The content beyond Dao Master naturally involves ancient god abilities and applications, which don’t suit Fang Xing’s current state well.

“As for my true strength, I’ll need to find a Dao Master to fight to find out.”

The Great Xia World still has too many constraints—he couldn’t fully let loose.

But the Qingyuan Great Realm? That might not have this problem.

If Qingyuan Great Realm isn’t suitable, there’s still the True Immortal Realm, where he could strike freely.

“Better start with lower difficulty—head to Qingyuan Great Realm first. If my cultivation avatar in the True Immortal Realm dares show its face, the Demon Sovereigns and Beast Sovereigns will come straight for me…”

“As a Dao Master now, I can at most fight Dao Lords—Dao Ancestors? Forget it…”

…

Qingyuan Great Realm.

Qingmu Realm, the Darkless Abyss.

Several streaks of light descended, revealing a group of heroic-looking Yuan Shen cultivators.

These were cultivators of the Qingyuan Great Realm; Yuan Shen cultivators have a ten-thousand-year lifespan but cannot exceed that limit.

In Qingyuan Great Realm cultivation, beyond Yuan Shen comes the Heavenly Immortal/Heavenly Demon Realm, equivalent to the Thirteenth Realm’s Fa Master.

Above Heavenly Immortal/Heavenly Demon is the Chaos Emperor Realm, equivalent to the Fourteenth Realm’s Dao Master.

Chaos Realm experts already possess the power to establish holy sects, such as the Green Emperor Palace, the Boundless Mountain, the Primordial Demon Sect, the Nüwa Palace, the Three Leaves Sect, the Return to Spirit Sect…

Qingmu Realm has a unique nature—it is a newly formed small realm that repels external Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons; only Yuan Shen cultivators may enter.

Of course, among Yuan Shen cultivators, there are Yuan Shen Tyrants capable of battling Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons.

“Arrived—Darkless Abyss, Black Dragon Secret Realm!”

Among several Nascent Soul cultivators, a young man in black robes, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and a graceful demeanor, laughed: “This realm is most peculiar—guarded by the Flowerwood Clan, a native race of the Green Wood Realm, led by a Sky Demon-level powerhouse, no ordinary being. To enter the Black Dragon Realm, we must gain their consent… Fortunately, this Black Dragon Realm originally belonged to our Wuji Mountain, so an agreement can be reached…”

“I’ve heard of the Black Dragon Realm for years,” said a young girl in a green dress, slender-waisted as a willow, cheeks flushed with peach-bloom, smiling sweetly. “They say it’s a sacred ground for Body Cultivators… Its interior is filled with strange gravitational forces—the deeper you go, the stronger the gravity, and the greater the weight. The closer to the core, the better the body tempering effect—I wonder if it’s true?”

A young girl dressed in a green gown, waist slender as a willow, cheeks flushed with peach-bloom, smiled sweetly.

“Indeed.”

The Wuji Mountain Nascent Soul cultivator said: “Speaking of it, the Black Dragon Realm is deeply tied to our Wuji Mountain—it was created after the death of that one ‘Black Dragon Imperial Son.’”

“Each major sect’s ‘Imperial Son’ carries the potential to one day ascend to the Chaos Realm as a Demon Emperor—even if only one in ten thousand ever achieves it, that potential is still extraordinary…”

A Nascent Soul cultivator dressed as a scholar sighed: “Back then, the Black Dragon Imperial Son emerged suddenly, slaying two Demon Emperors while still at the Nascent Soul stage, making his name resound across Qingyuan… Too bad heaven denied him longevity.”

“Hmph. It was the Qing Emperor Palace’s doing—they used the Qing Emperor’s Longevity Spell to assassinate our Imperial Son.”

The Wuji Mountain cultivator snorted.

But such covert assassinations of prodigies among great powers were an unspoken rule—he cursed a few times and fell silent: “Rumors say this Black Dragon Imperial Son had endless strokes of fortune—he gained great rewards in the Pangu Realm, and even acquired an Imperial Weapon!”

“An Imperial Weapon—that’s a weapon forged in the Chaos Realm… Even the most powerful Celestial Immortals and Sky Demons of the Ninth Layer covet it desperately.”

The girl smiled: “Then… this artifact must still be inside the Black Dragon Realm. I wonder if anyone has taken it yet?”

“It’s still there.”

The Wuji Mountain Nascent Soul cultivator smiled proudly: “Previously, the Nüwa Imperial Palace, the Yuanmo Sect, and other major forces sent their Nascent Soul overlords to jointly enter the Green Wood Minor Realm, forcing the Flowerwood Clan’s Ancestor to sign a pact and open the Black Dragon Realm—all to find that Imperial Weapon. Yet even Nascent Soul overlords struggled to penetrate the core of the Black Dragon Realm… Rumor has it the Black Dragon Realm continues expanding. One day, even Celestial Immortals of the Seventh Layer—or even Celestial Immortal Overlords—may no longer be able to breach its core.”

As they pressed forward, they arrived at the entrance to the realm.

A patrol group of Flowerwood Clan members stood guard: “Halt! Who dares trespass into our Duomi Clan?”

“We are Nascent Soul cultivators from major sects, here to enter the Black Dragon Realm.”

The girl stepped forward with a smile, presenting her token.

“Fine, go ahead. The Black Dragon Realm is expanding rapidly—watch yourselves, or you’ll die.”

The Flowerwood Clan members, their faces marked with emerald spiritual runes, exchanged glances and stepped aside…

(End of Chapter)