"Well spoken, this is indeed a great change unseen in two thousand years, otherwise I would not be standing before you."
Ji Xiang feigned praise for Chen Taichu.
You did well, you've said everything I wasn't clear about.
Now I understand completely.
You can die now.
The second divine ability of the Ascension Realm, divine sword taking form!
Seven swords manifested in total!
As Chen Taichu watched the heavenly laws and was continuously interrupted from chanting scriptures by the retribution of the Emperor of Heaven, Ji Xiang had already condensed his divine swords for combat. At this moment, the divine swords were unleashed and arrived in an instant. However, although Chen Taichu had fallen from the immortal level, his divine abilities could still be unleashed!
Divine sword against divine sword, when comparing a banished immortal with a fallen immortal, the banished immortal is ultimately stronger!
"Weakened, but the weakening is limited."
The divine sword unleashed by Ji Xiang was offset by the sword light manifested between Chen Taichu's eyebrows. However, due to his demotion to a banished immortal and the shattering of his Dao heart, his divine sword could no longer be instantly unleashed like a normal Ascension Realm cultivator.
There was a process of brewing, which was the mark of falling from the immortal level.
Chen Taichu was somewhat agitated, while Ji Xiang's heart was as clear as a mirror.
Although a fallen immortal is not as good as a banished immortal, a fallen immortal will grow stronger, and a banished immortal will grow weaker. As time passes, this gap will shrink.
Moreover, the speed at which a banished immortal weakens is almost immediate.
"Uh huh!"
Chen Taichu let out a pained cry. He had unleashed the divine ability of ascension, but he no longer possessed the magical power and state of mind that matched the immortal level. Furthermore, the tribulation of the regression of his Dao heart had not yet ended, and as long as Ji Xiang was alive, the tribulation would continue to exist!
Therefore, his act of forcibly condensing the divine sword caused his already damaged Dao heart to shatter even more severely, and it even faintly showed signs of a secondary regression!
In Buddhism, there was once a Bodhisattva who regressed his Dao heart six times and died on the seventh, but throughout the history of cultivation, only this one Bodhisattva dared to do so, or rather, achieved the miracle of regressing six times and still being able to cultivate again.
Ji Xiang seized the opportunity and unleashed the Three Capitals Seal!
"Let me see, the guide for the Inner Scenery Divine Tablet mentions some important spells, but for Ascension Realm divine abilities, one can only dodge them with遁术 (escape techniques) or confront them with similar divine abilities. There isn't a very convenient solution..."
The Great Seal of the Three Capitals was smashed out. Chen Taichu shattered it with his divine ability of shattering void, scattering the three vital energies in all directions. This surprised Ji Xiang greatly. He thought that his own shattering void could never shatter the Three Capitals Seal in such a way. Indeed, the application of Ascension Realm divine abilities by a fallen immortal was still a far cry from this fellow before him.
Chen Taichu also felt a lingering fear. If Ji Xiang had unleashed his divine swords consecutively just now, and if he hadn't kept a trace of his consciousness, he might have been pierced through the heart by the seven swords in an instant!
"Fallen immortal, do you really think I can be bullied!"
Chen Taichu rebuked, "Although I have fallen from the immortal realm, I am still stronger than a Pure Yang cultivator. With my physical strength alone, I can crush your mere Earth Immortal body!"
"Moreover, I still have tens of thousands of Yang God avatars!"
"You cannot unleash them."
Ji Xiang suddenly spoke, puncturing Chen Taichu's words.
"You are bluffing. Your condition is not very good, and you left all your Yang God avatars at the Jade Dragon Dao Academy."
Chen Taichu was startled.
How did this fallen immortal know his situation?
"Are you wondering how I know your situation?"
"Why not go ask those people you've met."
Ji Xiang also threw a smoke bomb at Chen Taichu. In fact, this situation was displayed by the Inner Scenery Divine Tablet.
The fact that the opponent had no Yang God avatars was the basis for Ji Xiang's immediate action.
Yang God avatars were not exclusive to immortals; they could be used by cultivators at the Nascent Soul level. Above Nascent Soul, there were one to four avatars. Even at the Spirit Refining realm, there wouldn't be much growth. However, once the Solar Refinement of Form was completed and one ascended to the Pure Yang realm, there would be eighty-four thousand Yang God avatars!
To deal with a cultivator in the Pure Yang realm, one had to deal not only with their main body but also with these eighty-four thousand Yang God avatars.
That's why when the Mountain Master of the Shangqing Sect suddenly disappeared, Ji Xiang thought that he could not have been killed. It was a joke. A Pure Yang realm cultivator was an army in himself. Even one Pure Yang realm cultivator was enough to establish a sect. No matter how many people below Pure Yang came, it would be useless.
Chen Taichu gritted his teeth, but it was of no great use to regret it now!
Because Ji Xiang had already begun to cast his spell and attack!
The Great Seal of the Three Capitals was pressed down, vast in momentum but not heavy with killing intent. Chen Taichu didn't know what Ji Xiang was doing, but it had nothing to do with him!
Since he still dared to treat himself like a cat playing with a mouse?
A mere fallen immortal, nothing more than a demon tribulation!
Tribulation is meant to be overcome!
"The Sun and Moon Heavenly Dipper, when in the human body, are the left eye, the right eye, and the space between the eyebrows. Innate divine beings all possess three eyes, such as Dou Mu and Lei Zu..."
He began to use immortal techniques!
Taiyi Immortal Technique!
Chen Taichu's two eyes transformed into the sun and moon respectively. This was an extremely powerful immortal technique that could manipulate the light of heaven and earth and condense the essence of the sun and moon. The yin and yang energies of the struck object would instantly separate. For ghosts and demonic cultivators, it was an immortal pháp that was extremely restraining!
"Since it is a tribulation, there must be a method to overcome it!"
Ji Xiang's eyes brightened. If Chen Taichu had continued to confront him with divine abilities, he might have had a slight advantage. Now that he had used a spell, the outcome of the battle would no longer be in his control.
"But if the tribulation is not overcome, then there is only death and the destruction of the Dao!"
Ji Xiang began to recite a passage of scripture: "The furnace is formed, the first yang arises, and the pure yin is complete. The two energies of heaven and earth are separated to the north and south, yin and yang occupy their positions, and the sun and moon in the middle are controlled!"
The scripture recited this time, and the spell cast, was not to eliminate the opponent's immortal pháp.
As the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy just condensed onto Ji Xiang's body, it instantly separated, without taking away any of the yin and yang energy within. And the purple-gold pill within Ji Xiang's body suddenly shone brightly and began to rotate!
"The Golden Core corresponds to the profound imagery of the sun and moon. Dragons and tigers rise and fall, water and fire are utilized, and the correct timing of the four seasons is achieved!"
Thanks to the power of the purple-gold pill, Ji Xiang could maximize the use of these unlearned immortal techniques. Even if it was just a small portion from some immortal scriptures in the blank divine tablet, with the enhancement of the purple-gold pill, the power it unleashed was enough to make the opponent's face lose its color.
At the Earth Immortal level, with the help of the purple-gold pill, one could fully unleash the power of immortal techniques of the middle and lower stages of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
And the opponent claimed to be a Taiyi Loose Immortal. From the guide of the blank divine tablet, it could be known that Taiyi Loose Immortal was a state between the Ascension Realm and the peak of Ascension. They had not entered the true stream, but they were still much stronger than immortal corpses who had achieved liberation. They had the ability to glimpse heavenly secrets.
The sun and moon heavenly dipper energy flowed around Ji Xiang, and Chen Taichu's pupils contracted violently!
Not good!
"Go!"
Ji Xiang counteracted the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy, allowing this supreme divine ability to be seized and controlled by Ji Xiang. Thus, the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy appeared before Chen Taichu. The latter immediately used his escape technique to try to flee. Even though the escape technique would condense his consciousness, and such an action would cause the true deterioration of his Dao heart with secondary regression, he could not care about that anymore.
He understood the power of the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy the best.
If his yin and yang energies were stripped and shattered, it would mean that the immortal vital energy within his body would rapidly drain. Among immortals, except for ghost immortals, all immortals who had ascended were absolutely pure yang bodies, with no yin energy present within them. The result of being struck by the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy would be the instant collapse of his pure yang body, endangering his life's foundation.
"How can you just leave like that!"
Ji Xiang waved his hand!
Emperor of Heaven's Retribution!
The consciousness that had just condensed was instantly interrupted. The escape technique that was forcibly unleashed was stopped halfway through its execution. Half of his body turned into invisible wind, while the other half still maintained a human form.
"So it's Wind Escape! This is a superior escape technique among the Thirteen Great Escapes."
Ji Xiang saw the true form of his escape technique. This Wind Escape was far more powerful than his own Gold Escape. Even a mere exhale, as long as there was airflow, it would create wind, and he could escape his current location with this instant wind.
Therefore, as long as a person was alive and could breathe, Wind Escape could be unleashed.
Gold Escape, however, required contact with metal objects to be used. Although he had obtained the divine abilities of moving metal objects and turning stone into gold when he obtained the purple-gold pill, if he wanted to go to a distant place, these two abilities could not be used remotely and were of little use.
The limitations were great, and the effects were not satisfactory.
"This is truly dangerous. Defeating you and turning you into a banished immortal beforehand was to prevent you from escaping with your escape technique. It seems my foresight was correct. When dealing with someone, one must consider their means of escape. You come without a shadow and go without a trace; it turns out you were using Wind Escape."
"With just a breath, you can disappear before my eyes. Even if I have a thousand methods and ten thousand magical powers, with a turn of your mind, you can appear in various places. Unfortunately, you cannot condense your mind now."
Ji Xiang thought that earlier, he had glanced at the guide. The blank divine tablet had a stern warning, telling Ji Xiang not to use the "Nine Heavens Dipper Wind" that he had just obtained.
Ji Xiang originally thought it was out of concern for him, that his control over the Nine Heavens Dipper Wind was not proficient enough. He did not expect it was because the opponent was a Wind Escape user, and unleashing the Dipper Wind would be like letting the opponent hitch a ride.
But now, the opponent's condition was somewhat strange.
However, since he already knew the opponent's escape technique, there was no need to hold back his killing blow!
Chen Taichu's half body had turned into invisible wind and had escaped. The remaining half of his body, only half a face and half a body. The lost space in the middle did not flow with blood, but with pure yang energy!
His expression was shocked. The sun and moon heavenly dipper energy immediately acted upon him, causing his pure yang body to spew forth surging immortal blood!
And a trace of nine-colored flowing light had appeared at Ji Xiang's fingertips!
"Dying but not dead?"
This light, an inch long, could brush away anything!
"Floating clouds obscure the sky after the third watch."
"Pure colors flow for ten thousand miles!"
Ji Xiang's voice transmitted over, and the nine-colored flowing light also transformed into a flying sword and shot towards him!
"Tai Xu Treasure Light! You truly have it too!"
Chen Taichu was terrified. Although it was known to many experienced immortals that Yuqing cultivators possessed the all-consuming Tai Xu Treasure Light, very few people had actually encountered it. After all, those who did encounter it rarely survived.
Tai Xu Treasure Light required Tai Xu Treasure Artifacts as carriers, which were the twelve glazed cauldrons. This was the key to refining Tai Xu Treasure Light. Therefore, even if the Tai Xu Treasure Light was taken by others, as long as one possessed the Tai Xu Treasure Artifacts, they could instantly retrieve the Treasure Light.
However, Chen Taichu naturally could not carry Tai Xu Treasure Artifacts.
The nine-colored radiance instantly enlarged, engulfing him within it!
As the treasure light disappeared, Chen Taichu's body also vanished. Only a cluster of sun and moon heavenly dipper energy, which had just killed its master and was now ownerless, roamed between heaven and earth. The Tongtian Mingyan surged, devouring the sun and moon heavenly dipper energy completely and drawing it into the blank divine tablet, converting it for his own use!
"This is your own doing. If you hadn't been wary of demonic energy, dealing with you would have been a tough battle."
"But... only half of you escaped. The remaining half can live, and the escaped half... should also be able to live. As expected of an immortal, even if demoted, they are not easily killed."
"He should still have Yang God avatars. By taking one avatar, he can recover his original form, but his strength should be greatly reduced."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Suddenly, a strange howl echoed from Phoenix Mountain!
Ji Xiang suddenly heard the wails of countless common people. But these sounds were not coming from living beings, but from the mysterious void, like prayers and laments.
.......
Half of Chen Taichu's body escaped through Wind Escape, and the pure yang energy emanating from his body quickly restored this half of his body. He felt a lingering fear, not expecting that his Wind Escape could be interrupted by that strange spell!
"That must be an immortal technique, definitely not a mortal technique!"
"The tribulation is difficult to overcome! I must leave this place first and lie low for a while before making further plans."
Chen Taichu sensed his nine Yang God clones, but found that he could no longer sense their situation, as if they had just perished!
This greatly surprised him. Yang God avatars possessed strength close to the main body. Even though he had become a banished immortal and lowered the upper limit of his avatars' strength, they should at least possess the combat power of the Pure Yang realm.
The Pure Yang realm was already the peak in the mortal world. How could they perish within his senses?
"Could it be that after his Dao heart regressed and shattered, he was unable to condense his consciousness during this period, and thus his avatars also disappeared?"
Chen Taichu shook his head. Without experiencing the shattering of his Dao heart, guessing would naturally lead to no conclusions.
Just as he was about to leave, his steps suddenly stopped!
A powerful tearing force erupted on his body!
"My form and spirit!"
Chen Taichu's form and spirit suddenly split, and were about to detach from his physical body! The immortal's dwelling form began to disappear. Chen Taichu was terrified, not knowing what had happened!
"I have already consumed the Dew of the Azure Candle, and this should not be happening! Could it be because half of me was destroyed, leading to an incomplete form and spirit!"
"No... no! My form and spirit are collapsing and dissolving!"
"This, this is!"
"Form dissolution and dissipation, relying on matters of ghosts and gods!"
"Xu Fu, Xu Fu, you damned fellow!"
The Dew of the Azure Candle had a problem. Xu Fu had added something to it!
The poisonous methods of the Pre-Qin Fang Xian Dao, destroying a person's form and spirit, then transforming the person entirely into a wish, and then transforming the wish into a vengeful spirit, thus making them immortal and indestructible, serving the Immortal Lord, and capable of myriad transformations.
"You fellow, you want to turn me into a vengeful spirit?"
"Then you are probably not qualified!"
"That fallen immortal bullied me... He is a trial demon king, and my poisoning by him is also due to tribulation, which is the will of heaven and cannot be defied. That's fine!"
"Now, you useless immortal also want to ride on my head?"
Within Chen Taichu's body, as his form and spirit cracked, strange black qi began to emanate!
His appearance began to change. The second form and spirit emerged from within his body, but it was no longer in human form!