Chapter 655 - 43: Fortuitous Encounter in Gui Xu, Golden Jellyfish

Fang Cheng returned without alerting anyone.

He quietly observed his surroundings and found that under Jingyuan’s governance, the Fang Family had grown ever more stable and prosperous over the years.

The members of the Fang Family were all brimming with vitality, their bodies powerful. It was clear they had all cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique.

With an unlimited supply of Merit Talismanic Coins within the clan, the bodies of many younger Fang Family members had already reached the third revolution, putting them on par with Life Soul Realm Body Refining Cultivators.

To Fang Cheng’s considerable surprise, there were also over fifty members who had reached the fourth revolution.

As for the brothers Jingyuan and Jingxuan, the first ones he had personally taught the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique, they had already reached the fifth revolution, putting them on par with Tribulation Realm Body Refining Cultivators.

Their Cultivation had also reached the peak of the Dharma Realm. It looked as though they would soon be able to take the Cyan Dragon Divine Pill and attempt to break through to the Tribulation Realm.

The clan was thriving. Meanwhile, in the Sand Soul Realm, the Barbarian Race was experiencing unprecedented prosperity now that their natural enemies, the Soul Race, had been all but wiped out. The populations of both ordinary barbarians and powerful experts were growing in tandem. In the Holy City beneath the Qianhuan Immortal Mansion, Fang Cheng even sensed the presence of three fifth-rank barbarians.

After all, just a few decades ago, the strongest Barbarian in this realm had only reached the fourth rank.

It was foreseeable that the number of fifth-rank barbarians in the Sand Soul Realm would only continue to grow.

Whether or not this realm could be controlled and conquered now depended on Fang Jingyuan’s methods.

Fang Cheng did not interfere. The growing strength of the Barbarian Race was an external pressure on the Fang Family, one he felt was necessary to keep the clan vigilant and dynamic.

After touring the Sand Soul Realm, he leisurely made his way into the depths of the Qianhuan Immortal Mansion.

Within an elegant palace courtyard, a hundred flowers bloomed in a serene and graceful environment.

He stood in the garden, hands clasped behind his back, admiring the Spirit Flowers and exotic herbs with great interest. He then calmly sent a voice transmission to the person inside the hall.

The wards on the main hall flashed and disappeared. Mo Liushang walked out, a hint of surprise on her face. She bowed and said, "Master."

She had already solidified her Tribulation Realm Cultivation. Her aura was profound and steady, containing a wondrous and astonishingly cold intent.

Fang Cheng asked, "How is the refining of your nine incarnations coming along?"

Mo Liushang silently sensed the oceanic aura emanating from this incarnation of Fang Cheng, a sensation that only made her feel all the more insignificant. She replied respectfully, "Master, thanks to this realm’s Taiqing Divine Iron, I have refined all of them to the fifth rank."

"You have done well," Fang Cheng said calmly. "The Sand Soul Realm has stabilized, so there is no need for you to keep so many incarnations stationed here. I have another task for you."

Mo Liushang looked at Fang Cheng, her expression attentive.

Fang Cheng smiled, took out a storage bag, and handed it to Mo Liushang.

She opened it out of curiosity. Her face immediately filled with astonishment, and she looked at Fang Cheng in confusion.

"Inside are various materials for refining Spiritual Mechanisms that I’ve gathered over the years, along with some leftover Void Demon Embryo," Fang Cheng explained. "I need you to refine all thirty-three Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations as quickly as possible. When the time comes, take the Red Profound Order from the storage bag and send all the incarnations to the Heaven Crossing Hall in the Red Profound Realm’s Mingxiao Domain. They are to assist the Dragon Elephant Wanderer in refining the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele."

Mo Liushang was shaken to the core; she hadn’t expected such a grand undertaking.

’Thirty-three fifth-rank Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations... just how many priceless materials would that require?’

Most incredible of all, the two masses of Void Demon Embryo in the storage bag were enormous—large enough for her to divide into more than twenty pieces, enough for all the Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations she needed to create.

"I obey your command." Suppressing the ecstatic surprise in her heart, Mo Liushang bowed to Fang Cheng once more.

She was the sole successful outcome of the Spiritual Palace City Lord’s countless experiments with the soul. As a result, her own soul was innately powerful and capable of splitting into thirty-three parts.

In contrast, even someone like Fang Cheng, despite having cultivated the Sutra of the Buddha’s Hidden Talisman to the Perfection Level, was limited to splitting his soul into a mere nine parts.

If she could possess thirty-three Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations, she would be a virtually invincible existence among cultivators of the same realm.

She wouldn’t even have much to fear when facing heavenly tribulations.

Fang Cheng then briefly explained the coming apocalypse in the Red Profound Realm. When Mo Liushang heard that the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele was a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact, her eyes lit up with even more excitement, eager to begin.

"You are an expert in Artifact Refining, and you have your nine Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations to assist you," Fang Cheng asked as a final question. "How long do you estimate it will take to complete all thirty-three incarnations?"

"A minimum of five years, a maximum of ten," Mo Liushang replied without hesitation. "This realm has numerous Fire Veins. With their help, my efforts will be twice as effective."

Fang Cheng took out two Tier Five Flying Swords and handed them to Mo Liushang. "Keep these for your protection," he said. "And be wary of the Barbarian Race."

Over the years, Fang Cheng had slain countless foes in Jade Flower Heaven and the Lingkong Celestial Ruins, accumulating a vast number of fifth-rank Magical Artifacts. These days, Fifth-Order Middle and Lower Grade Magical Artifacts like these flying swords were no longer worth his notice.

Mo Liushang accepted them respectfully and thanked him again. When she looked up, he had already vanished.

She stood quietly in the garden for a moment before returning to the main hall.

After leaving the Qianhuan Immortal Mansion, Fang Cheng went to the Fang Family Treasure Vault on the Primordial Qi Celestial Island. There, he silently deposited over twenty fifth-rank Magical Artifacts, Talismans, and other treasures. He left a letter, and then departed as quietly as he had come.

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「Red Profound Realm.」

Time flew, and another seven or eight years passed in the blink of an eye.

There was a saying: all those beneath the Tribulation Realm were nothing but ants.

The vast majority of Cultivators carried on as always, struggling to stay afloat in the great torrent of cultivation. Some succeeded, others failed. For them, the Red Profound Realm’s impending apocalypse was still nothing more than a distant, unreachable legend.

Only a few Dharma Realm cultivators from the major sects and prominent families faintly sensed the mounting tension—the feeling that a storm was on the horizon.