Immortal of the Nine Realms

The old flood dragon was slightly taken aback. He sensed that the two had considerable cultivation, but he hadn’t expected them to be the Head and Deputy Head of the Heavenly Sword Division.

”You two have also taken the Ghost God Path, haven’t you? Otherwise, I must be seeing ghosts in broad daylight,” said the old dragon with a faint smile.

He had long known of the Heavenly Sword Division and Nine Immortal Mountain’s downfall decades ago. So seeing Li Wuwang today did not surprise him.

With time, he had pieced together his own guesses about why he had survived his tribulation back then. He understood now what that conferral had meant.

Li Wuwang smiled slightly and glanced at Fang Chen. ”Now that I think about it, the old dragon is the same.”

Having entered the Underworld, many of Fang Chen’s methods that were once unclear had gradually become clearer.

Once he entered the Underworld, many of Fang Chen’s methods that had once baffled him gradually became clear. The reason the old flood dragon had stationed himself here was simple—he had chosen to walk the path of the Ghost God and become an underworld god. That way, he no longer feared heavenly tribulations. Even in death, he could cultivate.

”The old dragon chose the path of Ghost Gods back then, which is why he wasn’t afraid of the frequent lightning tribulations and traveled thousands of miles to guard Grand Xia for Young Lord Fang.”

Li Wuwang chuckled. ”Back then, some sword cultivators in the division had conflicts with you; please don’t hold it against us.”

The old dragon waved his hand. ”No worries, no worries, I didn’t lose out.”

”Besides, at the time, I didn’t even know I had taken the path of Ghost Gods. I was just tricked by Young Lord Fang. I suppose back then, among the true gods of the underworld under his command, I was the strongest.”

Li Wuwang was momentarily stunned. ”You didn’t know? Then why...”

The old dragon laughed. ”Don’t you know? Young Lord Fang helped me avoid the lightning tribulation. In those few years, I successfully advanced to the fourth transformation. Thanks to the deep heritage of my Flood Dragon clan, there had long been a Fourth Transformation immortal herb passed down for generations, and I only had the chance to use it in my generation.”

Huang Wuji and Li Wuwang exchanged a glance, a chill suddenly rising in their hearts.

Back then, the old dragon guarding this place was already a fourth transformation immortal?

If at that time they had forcibly intervened in Tuxiong Star as Song Zhili proposed, or even come to Grand Xia’s side, they would have had to face a fourth transformation immortal....

No matter how strong a sword cultivator was, they could only dominate among peers of the same level. If they really face someone an entire major realm above them, even two sword cultivators working together might not last ten moves.

The two exchanged a somewhat helpless look.

The old dragon spoke up. ”Lord Fang, that thing you’ve been worried about... is it coming or not? I’ve been here for quite some years.”

”It will come sooner or later. Don’t worry, old sir. From now on, Brother Huang will stay here with you, so you won’t be alone,” replied Fang Chen.

Huang Wuji thought for a moment. If he could break through to the fourth transformation here, guarding this place wouldn’t be a problem.

The old dragon shook his head. ”Him? He’s only in a third transformation. What use is he here? The thing you worry about needs a fourth transformation to handle, right?”

”Soon, he won’t be just that anymore.”

***

This was why Fang Chen had brought Huang Wuji here to break through. The old dragon would certainly sense the aura, so it was best they met face-to-face. At the same time, the old dragon could help lay prohibitions to conceal the aura of his breakthrough.

He also asked the old dragon to help set up a forbidden formation to mask Huang Wuji’s aura during his breakthrough. But whether Huang Wuji could succeed depended on his own foundation. An immortal medicine was only one of the necessary conditions. If his foundation was lacking, even taking the medicine would not suffice.

Huang Wuji never saw the appearance of the immortal herb, as Fang Chen had directly stuffed it into his mouth with reservation.

It didn’t take long for him to feel its effects. His aura surged like boiling water, churning up. He immediately transformed into a streak of light and dove under an iceberg.

The old dragon stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Fang Chen with a slightly strange expression, ”Lord Fang... you actually managed to get him a fourth-transformation immortal medicine?”

Fang Chen said, ”I just happened to have one. It didn’t take much effort.”

”Just happened to have one...” The old dragon stroked his beard thoughtfully. ”Lord Fang, when you have time, could you also casually consider a fifth-transformation immortal medicine for me?”

”What path of immortality do you follow, sir?” asked Fang Chen.

The old dragon’s eyes brightened. ”I’m on the Blood Flesh Demon Immortal path.”

”Blood Flesh Demon Immortal?” Li Wuwang murmured thoughtfully, though his focus remained beneath the glacier.

His eyes flickered with excitement.

Now he was certain Fang Chen had not deceived him. There truly was an immortal path for sword cultivators to advance. Fang Chen had really produced a fourth-transformation immortal medicine.

If Huang Wuji succeeded in breaking through, becoming a fourth-transformation sword cultivator, who would still dare say sword cultivators were mere leftover immortals?

Sword cultivators had an immortal path of their own.

Of course, this path could not be revealed publicly, not yet.

Li Wuwang’s eyes flickered. No wonder he needs Brother Huang to stay and guard Grand Xia. Normally, no immortals pass through here, and even if they did, none would be at the fourth or fifth transformation. This way, the sword immortal path won’t be revealed.

By this logic, Huang Wuji probably won’t be able to leave here for a long time. But that’s no problem. If an immortal medicine for the fourth transformation existed, why wouldn’t one for the fifth transformation?

Compared with what Song Zhili had once offered the Heaven Sword Division, the difference was night and day.

”I know a fifth-transformation immortal who follows the Blood Flesh Demon Immortal path. I’ll ask him for you when I have time and see what the fifth-transformation immortal medicine of that path is like,” Fang Chen said with a smile.

The old dragon was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became excited. ”Really? Young Lord Fang, you actually know a fifth-transformation Blood Flesh Demon Immortal?”

”I do, and quite well.” Fang Chen smiled. ”I’ll leave you two to watch over things here for a bit. I haven’t been back to Grand Xia in a long time and plan to travel around.”

After Fang Chen left, the old dragon remained immersed in excitement. He hadn’t expected that a casual comment of his would receive such an exhilarating reply.

Regarding the Blood Flesh Demon Immortal path, he had only ever known the fourth transformation herb. Anything after that was beyond him. That was already the limit of his clan’s heritage.

Even acquiring that one medicine had cost generations of sacrifice.

”Li Wuwang, your Heavenly Sword Division chose the right path,” said the old dragon calmly,

Li Wuwang smiled. ”You too.”

***

The Grand Xia Imperial Palace.

Xia Xuanji was reviewing memorials while speaking. ”You haven’t been back in eighty or ninety years, right? What wind blew you here now?”

Fang Chen walked up to the desk, glanced at the memorials before him, and smiled. ”Busy? Let me tell you something.”

”What is it?”

Xia Xuanji closed the memorials and looked at Fang Chen calmly, faint exhaustion hidden in his eyes.

It seemed that the expansion over these hundred-plus years had indeed drained much of his spirit.

Fang Chen said, ”I got a piece of news from the Corrosive Dragon King. I don’t know if it’s true, but you can take it as a reference.”

”Spill it. Don’t keep me in suspense.”

Fang Chen said, ”You two are twins. More precisely, you had no chance to be born alive. You died before birth.”

Xia Xuanji was stunned. His expression darkened instantly.