Chapter 722: Return to the Immortal Realm

"My current cultivation is not far from transcending through sheer power..."

"As long as I satisfy the final two proficiency levels of the Eternal Unyielding Sun King Spell, it will be perfected..."

Fang Xing fell into thought.

The Eternal Unyielding Sun King Spell originated from the Sun Tathagata Spell; both have shortcuts.

When encountering a bottleneck or threshold... burn something.

"Sacrificing two Eternal Beings should be sufficient to bring my Eternal Unyielding Sun King Spell to Master perfection and fully consolidate 'transcendence'."

With the two transcendence traits combined, Fang Xing had the baseline for transcending through sheer power.

Yet the True Martial Dao's existence was the greatest constraint.

In that case, if Pan Gu Wu's transcendence fails to occur, I can use the True Martial Dao's pull to forcibly delay my own transcendence for a while, preparing more thoroughly.

"If so, then let's act first!"

"At the very least, I must ensure that even if the worst happens, I still have a trump card for transcendence..."

With this thought, Fang Xing immediately split off another Eternal Mark, landing within the True Immortal Realm.

As for his true body?

Naturally, he still remained stationed in the Great Xia Universe, observing events through the Gates of All Realms, ready to strike from afar if anything went wrong.

True Immortal Realm.

Within the Dao Court.

A strange emerald glow suddenly erupted.

Under this glow, plants became spirits, stones became demons.

One by one, the True Immortals screamed, watching their bodies sprout demonic traits, dying in gruesome horror.

——Heavenly Demon Transformation!

Xiao Yao Daojun, seeing this, showed a hint of pity on his face: "Demon Sovereign... please hold your hand."

"Hmph!"

The Demon Sovereign sneered and waved his hand casually.

Xiao Yao Daojun clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground.

"Since the Dao Sovereign's demise, have I been too lenient with you?"

The Demon Sovereign's voice was calm and unhurried: "You've spent years searching for the whereabouts of a mere True Immortal... and still found nothing..."

"Meanwhile, you've secretly conspired, clandestinely sought the Dao Sovereign's treasures, and even sent a female Daojun into the Transcendence Secret Realm..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yao Daojun's face twisted in bitterness.

Some of these matters he knew; others, he didn't even understand.

After all, this was a human cultivator rebellion against demons and monsters—he, as the public puppet, was kept in the dark on many things.

Even some intelligence and information, carried by human traitors, were deliberately leaked to the demon and devil clans—this too was part of the plan.

'This has been going on for so long... why has the Demon Sovereign suddenly struck now? Has he found decisive evidence?'

'Or... has he already found the Transcendence Secret Realm and no longer needs us?'

Seeing this, Xiao Yao Daojun suddenly felt a foreboding stir in his Dao heart...

True Immortal Realm.

Somewhere.

Fang Xing's figure appeared out of thin air.

"Hmm? The True Immortal Realm's primordial essence... is indeed on the level of All Realms."

Fang Xing sighed, delving his awareness into the world's primordial essence and locating two traces of True Immortals.

Then...

He swept his hand.

Two figures—a man and a woman—materialized from empty space.

The woman wore a green robe, her expression gentle.

The man was unrestrained, a wine gourd hanging at his waist.

They were 'Bi Xia Xianzi' and 'Luo Yun Zhenxian'.

These two immortals were friends of Fang Xing's cultivation avatar; he had once visited their graves during his Dao Master stage, and even killed Qiushui Daojun on the side.

He never expected that on this visit, he could resurrect them directly.

Since Fang Xing chose a 'state' different from the Dao Court era, the influence of the Heavenly Demon Transformation should not carry over.

"Ah..."

Bi Xia Xianzi's eyes regained their luster, her astonishment unmistakable: "We... weren't we dead? Killed by the Demon Sovereign's Heavenly Demon Transformation?"

"I?"

Luo Yun Zhenxian instinctively looked at his lower abdomen: "Bad..."

In the next instant, his belly began swelling again, as if countless snakes and vipers coiled inside.

"Huh?"

"This Heavenly Demon Transformation doesn't just attack the body and alter bloodlines—it also affects the mind, like a spiritual plague?"

Seeing this, Fang Xing flicked his fingers slightly.

Two blades of light struck the foreheads of Bi Xia Xianzi and Luo Yun Zhenxian, erasing their memories from the Dao Court era.

Only thus could they avoid perishing again immediately upon resurrection.

'Indeed... only another Eternal Being can resist an Eternal Being.'

Fang Xing smiled at them: "My two fellow Daoists, how do you feel now?"

"I should have... died once, but death held great terror, so I forgot."

Luo Yun Zhenxian looked puzzled: "I only remember... the Dao Sovereign transcended, then the Demon and Devil Sovereigns attacked... I died?"

"Detailed memories would bring trouble, so I blurred that period."

Fang Xing smiled: "Congratulations on your resurrection."

"Resurrection?"

Bi Xia Xianzi was astonished: "That's a power only a Dao Sovereign possesses—and even then, only usable on True Immortals and below..."

"Precisely."

Fang Xing nodded: "So I cannot resurrect Daojuns... fortunately, I don't have any Daojun friends I wish to revive..."

"This is irrelevant... Fang Daofriend... no, Elder." Luo Yun Zhenxian forgot his wine: "Could it be... could it be..."

His speech grew halting.

"Could you have ascended to Dao Sovereign?"

Bi Xia Xianzi could hardly believe it: "How many aeons have we been dead? Alas... I never imagined you would possess Dao Sovereign potential. To have known you back then was truly the greatest fortune of my life."

"I feel the same," Luo Yun Zhenxian nodded.

"Actually, you died not long ago..."

Fang Xing smiled: "At least... the Dao Court hasn't been fully destroyed yet—oh, wait, it's already begun."

The Demon and Devil Sovereigns kept the human Dao Court alive, likely to keep squeezing it dry.

Now that human cultivators have little value left, they're naturally beginning to slaughter the ox after the cart is unloaded.

"They held out this long?"

"Could it be... the Transcendence Secret Realm within the world's primordial essence has been discovered?"

Thinking of the Transcendence Secret Realm, Fang Xing recalled his previous trial.

Of course, also the female Daojun who came afterward.

Of course, there was also the female Dao Lord who came later.

Using the Gates of All Realms, he scanned half the True Immortal Realm by the female Daojun's aura from before, locating a celestial mansion.

The mansion was entirely jade-like, seemingly carved from a single block of jade, floating in the space between worlds.

Clearly, its owner planned to flee into the Chaos and Void at the first sign of trouble.

But now, black chains coiled around the jade mansion, accompanied by the chants of Heavenly Devils.

One strange laugh from within the mansion—countless tens of thousands of True Immortals and Daojuns perished.

"Is this... the Devil Sovereign finding the last essence of the Dao Court?"

Fang Xing raised an eyebrow: "Last time, I was late for the insect war... this time, I'm just in time."

He looked at Bi Xia Xianzi and Luo Yun Zhenxian: "My two fellow Daoists, please wait a moment—I'll go kill the Demon and Devil Sovereigns first, then discuss the rest..."

Before his words ended, his figure vanished.

"Bi Xia Xianzi... what did Elder Fang just say?" Luo Yun Zhenxian turned, dazed, to Bi Xia Xianzi: "I didn't mishear, did I? He said... he'd kill the Demon and Devil Sovereigns."

"You didn't mishear."

Bi Xia Xianzi was strangely excited: "If so, the day when human cultivators dominate the True Immortal Realm is not far off..."

Luo Yunzhen stared blankly as she turned to Bi Xia Xianzi: “Did I hear that right? He said… he was going to beat the Demon Sovereign and the Devil Sovereign to death.”

You didn’t hear wrong.

The Immortal Lady Bi Xia was somewhat excited: “If so, the day when our human cultivators dominate the True Immortal Realm is not far off…”

……

Within the world’s fissure.

Upon the Heavenly Demon Chains, black demonic flames burn, continuously scorching the Immortal Mansion.

Within the white jade walls, five-colored runes dart like golden fish, yet under the demonic flames they crumble steadily, causing the jade walls to melt like candles…

Inside the Immortal Mansion lies a miniature world.

For a Dao Lord, embedding a vast space within the Immortal Mansion poses little difficulty.

But now, within this miniature world, it is a scene of cataclysmic apocalypse.

The heavens are shattered, and occasionally, streams of demonic fire descend, easily burning mountains and boiling seas.

Sometimes, from rifts in the void, strange demonic entities emerge, recklessly devouring life.

At the highest reaches of the miniature world, within the Heavenly Court.

“Dao Jun Gou Yi… what are we to do?”

Several Dao Lords gathered together, gazing up at a supremely elegant female Dao Lord seated above.

They were all only First- or Second-Step Dao Lords; only this Dao Jun Gou Yi had been the final disciple of a former Dao Sovereign, ruler of the “Dun Tian Palace,” and possessed extraordinary talent, advancing three steps even after becoming a Dao Lord.

Had she not fallen short during that ancient realm expedition and secured a primordial spiritual treasure, the human cultivators’ plight might not have reached this state.

“I just received my brother Xiao Yao’s final letter… the Demon Sovereign has already struck within the Dao Court.”

Dao Jun Gou Yi sighed softly: “We… lacked the resolve. Had we followed our Master’s dying command and fled straight into the Grand Void back then, perhaps we might have escaped this demonic calamity.”

Upon hearing this, the Dao Lords’ expressions turned grim.

They had indeed once had the chance to escape this true Immortal Realm, yet each had hesitated.

Because the River of Time and Space was simply too vast!

Even as Dao Lords with infinite lifespans, wandering the Grand Void for hundreds of thousands of years might still fail to find another Celestial World.

As for ordinary Small, Medium, or even Great Worlds—they were far too cramped and isolated for Dao Lords.

Residing in such environments, their cultivation could barely advance, and they found no opportunities useful to Dao Lords.

Even so, they still clung to the dream that one among them might become a Fourth-Step Dao Lord of unparalleled might, capable of rivaling Eternal Beings and reclaiming the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms.

The result? They had merely drifted within the world’s fissures—until the Demon Sovereign finally caught wind of them.

Now, they faced utter annihilation!

“The world is thus. We must sacrifice our bodies to uphold the Dao…”

Dao Jun Gou Yi felt a deep sorrow; as her thoughts drifted, she recalled her last transcendence trial.

Had she obtained a primordial spiritual treasure, perhaps her unique Dao could have granted her eternal combat power?

Yet she could not fathom why the trial’s difficulty had been so high—after her reincarnation, she had been taken by Emperor Gan, forced to bear a Crown Prince, and then spent years exhausted in struggles with the imperial harem, court officials, and noble clans…