Chapter 656 - 43: Gui Xu Fortuitous Encounter, Golden Jellyfish (Part 2)

Tribulation Realm Great Powers were already reclusive, elusive figures, rarely seen in public. Over the past few decades, this had become even more the case.

On this day, thirty-three brilliant streaks of light appeared in the sky above the Mingxiao Domain, landing before the Heaven Crossing Hall not long after.

Mo Liushang, holding Fang Cheng’s Red Profound Order, requested an audience with the Dragon Elephant Wanderer.

All thirty-three Spiritual Mechanism Incarnations were at the Tribulation Realm level. They were identical in appearance and height—cold, stunning Female Cultivators who represented a perfect fusion of flesh and Profound Gold Spiritual Mechanism. They looked like Spirit Puppets cast from the very same mold, a sight that was not only breathtaking but also inspired deep admiration.

Even someone as worldly and experienced as the Dragon Elephant Wanderer found himself looking at Mo Liushang with newfound respect.

He personally led Mo Liushang and her thirty-three incarnations to the Grotto Heaven Secret Realm to meet with Ascendant Dun’an.

Ascendant Dun’an and the other members of the Red Profound Association were utterly astonished by this. Who would have thought that a single subordinate sent by Fang Cheng could, in an instant, increase the number of people refining the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele by half?

Moreover, once Ascendant Dun’an started talking with Mo Liushang, he couldn’t stop. He was completely won over by her talent in Artifact Refining and, overjoyed, said confidently to the Dragon Elephant Wanderer, "With Fellow Daoist Mo joining us, the refining speed of the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele will increase by three to five times!"

Mo Liushang did not disappoint, quickly immersing herself in the forging of the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele.

With her assistance, the pressure on Ascendant Dun’an was greatly reduced. Her thirty-three incarnations spread out to various points of the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Stele, coordinating the efforts of the other Tribulation Realm Great Powers and drastically improving efficiency.

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Fang Cheng remained stationed by the Grotto Heaven Chessboard, comprehending the Path of Returning Ruins, refining Great Sun Golden Crow Talismans, and engaging in Dual Cultivation.

With his help over the years, Beiming Cang Xue’s strength had soared. Coupled with her astonishing talent, she had already broken through to the Tribulation Realm.

To step into the Tribulation Realm in less than a hundred years of cultivation was an inconceivable speed. Even across the three worlds of Beiming Heaven, Yuelang Heaven, and Kunyu Heaven, such a person would be considered a peerless, world-class genius.

Beiming Cang Xue had obtained a partial inheritance from that Spirit Immortal, refined the Bosu Meditation Mat, and focused on the *Supreme Profound Origin Yin-Yang Immeasurable Treasure Scripture*. Furthermore, she had an ideal Dual Cultivation partner in Fang Cheng. It could be said she possessed every possible advantage—the right time, place, and people. Even Venerable Jiayin praised her endlessly, commenting that she had a promising future for ascension.

As for Beiming Qingqiu, although her gains were not as great as Beiming Cang Xue’s, her own Magical Power had still multiplied several times over compared to when she was in the Spiritual Sky Realm.

She had gone from resistance and struggle upon her arrival to her current state of gentle affection and complete obedience. It had truly been a complex emotional journey. Her cultivation experience in the Taixu Cloud Tower, along with those unprecedented boudoir pleasures, were etched into her very soul, unforgettable for a lifetime.

Under Fang Cheng’s various ministrations, both her body and mind had been completely conquered. To her, the most important things in this life were now her path of cultivation and her lover; the Beiming Immortal Race could only come second.

Venerable Jiayin, on the other hand, was engaged in a long, drawn-out battle of wills with Fang Cheng.

She intended to use a supreme, esoteric art of the Buddhist Sect, with her own body as the bait, to convert Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng, in turn, wanted to conquer her through tyrannical dominance, to utterly shatter her Dao Heart and her dignity.

For years, the two had been secretly wrestling for dominance, yet on the surface, they were a harmonious Dual Cultivation couple. They cultivated together, comprehending the Yin Yang Dao, and both reaped considerable benefits.

Among these three Tribulation Realm Female Cultivators, Fang Cheng benefited the most from his Dual Cultivation with this woman.

As expected of a Spirit Immortal Incarnation, her Dharma Body was even more perfect than that of a Nine-Tribulation Great Power. She was, simply put, a supreme tonic.

In addition to their Dual Cultivation, during their moments of lingering intimacy, the two would also discuss the Dao and its techniques.

Initially, given Venerable Jiayin’s lofty perspective, she would have scorned such discussions. But as they grew more familiar, she discovered Fang Cheng’s astonishing "aptitude" for various Daoist arts. Many of his viewpoints and insights were highly enlightening for her, and she couldn’t help but begin to see him in a new light.

With her help, Fang Cheng also resolved many of his own points of confusion, delving ever deeper into the Path of Returning Ruins.

In addition, he had also gained some understanding of the Spiritual Sky Realm.

In the Spiritual Sky Realm, there was no such thing as the "Tribulation Realm."

For native Cultivators within the Spiritual Sky Realm, the stage after perfecting the Dharma Aspect was called the Yin Spirit Realm.

After the Dharma Aspect was perfected, it transformed into a Yin Spirit, which could then further command the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and roam the Chaos Void.

Yin Spirit Realm Cultivators did not need to undergo tribulations, but they did have to experience the "Four Disasters."

The first was the Thunder Disaster, which was similar to the heavenly tribulations of the Lower Realm. One’s Yin Spirit had to bathe in the great disaster of Celestial Thunder for forty-nine days. Upon success, the Yin Spirit would transform and grow stronger.

The second was the Fire Disaster. A Yin Fire would descend from the heavens and ignite from within the Yin Spirit, burning from the inside out. If one could not withstand it, their entire life’s cultivation would be burned to nothing.

The third was the Wind Disaster. This wind was called the ’Bixi Wind,’ a great gale born from nothingness that no one except the victim could perceive. This wind would blow in through the crown of the head, pass through the six viscera, cross the Qi Sea, and pierce the nine orifices. If one could not block it, their flesh and bones would dissolve, and their body would simply disintegrate.

The final one was the Demon Disaster. This disaster was different for everyone. When afflicted by it, nothing would go right, one’s qi and luck would wane, Heart Demons would breed, and external enemies would lie in wait. One would encounter all sorts of hardships and setbacks, experience one life-and-death crisis after another, and be besieged by an endless stream of internal and external threats. The slightest misstep would result in the complete annihilation of both body and soul.

After passing the Four Disasters, the Yin Spirit would be perfected and strengthened. It would then merge with the spiritual soul to become a Yang Spirit.

The physical body is the Worldly Treasure Raft, and the Yang Spirit is the means to pilot that raft.

Once the Yang Spirit was formed, one could open a Qiankun Cave Heaven within their body, absorbing the Qi Sea into it. The Yang Spirit would then reside within, gathering and refining qi, circulating it through a full celestial cycle.

This was the cultivation path of a Spirit Immortal.

Among Spirit Immortals, the level of their Magical Power was measured by their "Circulation Fire." According to Venerable Jiayin, cultivating a single Cycle of Heavenly Magical Power required tens of thousands of years.