Chapter 388 - 168: Demon Emperor, Nirvana

Chapter 388: Chapter 168: Demon Emperor, Nirvana

"What should we do?"

"We still haven’t been able to contact Lord Fang. Could something have happened to him?"

Cao Yunlong said with a grim expression.

Hearing this, Sun Jiang, who was standing to the side, had a somber look on his face.

"That’s unlikely. Lord Fang should have an Exotic Treasure protecting him. He might just be severely injured."

Cao Yunlong looked at him, clenching his fists. "Then what’s our next move?"

Sun Jiang pondered for a moment, then glanced at the County Town in the distance.

"Let’s enter the town first to rest and recover. We can try contacting the Lord again then. If we still can’t, we’ll head back to Qing Province City."

"...Alright, then." Cao Yunlong nodded, saying no more. The two of them then headed toward the nearby County Town.

After resting for half a day in a room at the Post Station, the two exchanged a look. Sun Jiang gazed out the window.

"Let’s go back first."

"We need to report back. Lord Fang has probably just been injured and is recuperating."

"Mm." Cao Yunlong nodded silently. Then, the two left the guest room.

...

Qing Province, the Observatory.

Inside the study of the Commander-in-Chief’s Residence, Hong Miaojin was frowning in thought.

A green-robed elder stood to the side. Watching the pensive Hong Miaojin, he spoke up, "Miss, Lord Fang should be fine. But there’s no doubt he was injured. He ought to be recuperating now."

"Are you certain you detected a fluctuation of the Power of Destiny?" Hong Miaojin asked, looking at the green-robed elder.

The green-robed elder nodded. "Yes, that is correct. Lord Fang must have used the Destiny Decree to block the Demon Emperor, leaving after severely injuring it."

"Is there any change in his Life Plate?" Hong Miaojin asked.

The green-robed elder replied, "I just checked. The light on Lord Fang’s Life Plate has only dimmed slightly. His life is not in danger. He should return once he has recovered."

Hong Miaojin nodded lightly. Looking at him, she said, "This incident was an accident, a failure of our intelligence. Rectify it as soon as possible. I don’t want something like this to happen again."

"Yes!"

"You may go." Hong Miaojin waved her hand.

The green-robed elder clasped his hands in a salute. "This old servant takes his leave!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure turned and vanished from the study.

Watching the green-robed elder disappear, Hong Miaojin’s gaze shifted to the window.

’It seems the situation is changing rapidly, and the Demon Alliance is speeding up its actions.’

’Hmph, I’ll wait for him to return. Right now, I still need Fang Xing to solve some problems.’

The thought flickered through her mind, and Hong Miaojin slowly closed her eyes.

—-

In Qing Province, within a cave halfway up an unnamed mountain, an ancient mirror hovered in mid-air.

Inside the Mountain and River Treasure Mirror, Fang Xing lay on the ground, his entire body suffused with a brilliant golden light.

Gradually, the enveloping golden light dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

His eyelashes trembled, and Fang Xing slowly opened his eyes.

"Hiss..."

He rubbed his head and slowly got to his feet.

Glancing around, he couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

’The Nirvana is over...’

’True Gang Ninth Layer!’

’Just one step away from Perfection!’

As Fang Xing sensed his cultivation, his eyelid couldn’t help but twitch.

Shock, astonishment, joy...

He had soared from the True Gang Sixth Layer Cultivation straight to the True Gang Ninth Layer in one go.

Even he hadn’t anticipated such an astonishing rate of progress.

The effects of the Nirvana were even more powerful than he had estimated.

’It must have been about two months...’ Although he had been in a semi-conscious state during the Nirvana, he could still roughly estimate the passage of time.

A single Nirvana had lasted a full two months.

Two months was a long time, but to make this much progress in two months was truly astounding.

’This effect is really something. One more time, and I could probably break through to Perfection.’

Fang Xing thought to himself.

But that was just wishful thinking.

Even with a second Nirvana Golden Core, it wouldn’t have the same effect.

The first Nirvana brings the greatest change.

Using his Inner Vision of the Dantian, Fang Xing looked at the Innate Celestial Gang Qi within his Dantian.

The Golden Gang Seed inside him had already grown to the size of his fist.

His Gang Qi had increased by at least several dozen times!

His meridians and Dantian were filled with a powerful and pure Gang Qi.

His Power had become much deeper.

His Martial Arts would be able to unleash far greater effects as well.

Besides the leap in his cultivation, his body had also undergone some changes, with his strength increasing.

However, compared to the changes in his cultivation, this was not significant!

Snapping back to reality, he felt the vast, surging Gang Qi within him and even had the urge to test himself against a True Essence Grandmaster.

’Now, at least I won’t be in such a sorry state when facing a Grandmaster.’

’It’s just a shame that my Protective Talisman, the Destiny Decree, is gone.’

Fang Xing sighed.

But when it needed to be used, it had to be used.

A Protective Talisman was meant for saving one’s life.

If not for the Destiny Decree, he wouldn’t have undergone Nirvana Rebirth; he would likely have died at the hands of that White-Robed Demon Emperor.

This was the most perilous encounter he had faced since achieving Divine Skill Great Success.

But even without the Destiny Decree, he still had an annihilating trump card.

Even if it meant shattering his Divine Spirit, he would have had no problem escaping.

The effect of Void Silence was greatly diminished against a True Essence Realm existence.

However, delaying them for a few breaths wouldn’t be too much of a problem.

But this was a method he would not use lightly, unless absolutely necessary.

The Divine Soul Secret Technique was his final trump card.

Even if he could escape, the subsequent consequences were completely unknown.

’I was gone a long time. Hmm, I should head back first.’

With a thought, Fang Xing instantly vanished from within the Mountain and River Treasure Mirror.

His figure appeared in the cave. With a wave of his hand, he put away the Mountain and River Treasure Mirror, and then stepped out of the cave.

He looked up at the blazing sun in the sky.

’I should probably give a simple report.’

Fang Xing pondered for a moment and took out the Sound Transmission Bell.

He reported to Hong Miaojin, only mentioning that he had been injured and recovering for the past two months.

After receiving Hong Miaojin’s reply, Fang Xing put away the Sound Transmission Bell and used his Primordial Spirit Projection to scan his surroundings.

Just as he was about to leave, Fang Xing’s gaze suddenly fixed on a point in the distance, his eyes narrowing.

’Is that... Baili Qingtian?’

’What’s he doing here?’

Probing with his Primordial Spirit, Fang Xing was taken aback. He hadn’t expected to run into an acquaintance in the middle of nowhere right after coming out of seclusion.

An acquaintance he hadn’t seen in a long time, at that.