Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 357 Incarnation
With the Dragon King leading the way, riding on her auspicious clouds, it only took the time it takes to burn an incense stick to travel from Kunlun Hill to Beiji Liuzhou.

Even back in the previous game, after Fang Xianyu attained the Dao of Taiyin, she couldn't achieve such speed. She could only sigh in admiration; the Yinglong King truly lived up to his reputation as the head of the Yinglong clan, his cultivation and Dao attainment were truly extraordinary.

When they arrived at the Soul Devouring Rift, the sky was clear and the air was fresh, but Baili Shuang was in a bit of a predicament.

She dared not go down, only watching the live stream from Blue Star—the two players had already rested at the bottom of the valley for a night and had long since bypassed the pair of eyeballs, continuing their exploration. However, apart from the Yinglong eyeballs, the two didn't seem to have discovered anything else special.

Looking at the rift valley before her, Baili Shuang hesitated before asking, "I wonder if King Yinglong is confident?"

Yinglong King said, "Since you say that your Taiyin Sect disciples' souls are not in the Guixu Realm, you can avoid it. Then we will also cover our souls outside the Guixu Realm, and naturally we will not be afraid."

Baili Shuang was taken aback: "Outside the Ruins of Return...you mean, the Nine Netherworld?"

King Yinglong shook his head and said, "No, if the Nine Netherworlds could be a place to hide, the Sword God would have found a way out long ago!"

"Then you mean..."

"Return to the ruins."

Upon hearing Yinglongwang's answer, Baili Shuang and Huai Ren, who had remained silent until now, were both astonished: "Guixu!?"

The term "Guixu" has many meanings.

It can refer to the Guixu Realm, the Five-Colored Array at the Guixu Pass, or the Guixu Sea.

However, the Guixu mentioned by Yinglongwang does not refer to any of these three meanings. Instead, it refers to the true Guixu land, which is outside the Guixu boundary. One must enter the Guixu Pass and cross the Guixu Sea to reach it.

Legend has it that the Land of Return to Nothingness was a chaotic place, teeming with all sorts of strange beasts and evil spirits. The spiritual energy was disordered, and storms and lightning were everywhere, making it an extremely dangerous place.

If it were Fang Xianyu, who had already attained the Dao of Taiyin in the previous cycle, she might have dared to explore the Guixu Land. But in this cycle, she hasn't even had time to cultivate into an immortal body, so she doesn't dare to go to such a place at all!

King Yinglong nodded and said, "The Ruins of Return are indeed very dangerous, but with my abilities, it shouldn't be a problem to take Huai Ren there for a few days. As for Fellow Daoist Baili, since you have your own secret methods, you don't need to risk your life with us."

Since she didn't need to come along, Baili Shuang had no objection: "In that case, I'll wait for you two here."

"Alright," Yinglong King replied, then turned to Huai Ren and asked, "Have you mastered the art of creating an avatar?"

Upon hearing this, Baili Shuang suddenly understood.

The technique of creating an external avatar is a widely circulated supernatural ability in the Realm of Returning to the Void. Whether human cultivators or any other race, almost everyone with sufficient cultivation and spiritual attainment knows this ability—many spirits and demon cultivators don't even need to specifically learn it; they naturally comprehend it. For example, the small snake transformed from the leaf that Jin Li released when he secretly explored the Three Stone Cave was a type of external avatar. However, there are many types of external avatars. Some, with insufficient cultivation, require a fragment of their soul to reside in. Others, having already attained enlightenment, only need a wisp of divine thought. And someone with the spiritual attainment of the Yinglong King could probably move freely even with just a fraction of his consciousness.

Baili Shuang could understand, and Huai Ren naturally guessed Yinglong Wang's meaning as well. He frankly said, "It's quite skillful, but you need to separate your divine consciousness to establish an incarnation."

“Divine sense is not an option; it might be dangerous.” King Yinglong frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked in a deep voice, “Huai Ren, what are your thoughts?”

Yinglongwang's words were actually asking Huai Ren whether he still wanted to follow him down into the rift valley—a place where even the Sword God had been defeated was definitely not something a Kui dragon with hundreds of years of cultivation could handle. Therefore, even if he stayed on the ground, Yinglongwang would accompany Baili Shuang when they went down into the rift valley, which gave him a chance to back out.

Unexpectedly, Huai Ren, who was usually quiet, spoke with a firm and resounding voice: "This is a matter concerning the Dragon Clan, how dare Huai Ren back down!"

"Excellent! As expected of the son of Princess Pingjun!"

King Yinglong praised him highly and then instructed, "You transform yourself first, and I will take care of the rest!"

Huai Ren nodded upon hearing this, and immediately plucked a white scale from somewhere. He then concentrated his energy and spat out a golden bead. Several wisps of light golden light flew from the bead and attached to the scale. Afterward, the scale flew into the air, and a cloud of colorful mist spread out, transforming into a small flying dragon as thick as a finger. It looked like a miniature version of the Water Dragon King, quite adorable—this was Huai Ren's avatar.

After doing all this, Huai Ren put the dragon pearl back into his mouth and said somewhat embarrassedly, "My cultivation is insufficient, so this is all I can do."

"That's already pretty good!"

Yinglongwang casually praised it, then raised her hand and took out a small crystal carving of a Kui dragon, only the size of a palm, exquisite and cute. She placed the ornament in front of her, supporting it with her spiritual power, and said, "You can use it for now. I will use the 'Staff Transfer' technique to connect the divine consciousness in your avatar with it."

As he spoke, King Yinglong cast a spell, and Huai Ren felt his normally sharp-eared and sharp-eyed avatar suddenly become dazed. When he came to his senses, he was surprised to find that he could perceive two "bodies" at the same time!
No, if we include his true form, then there are three!

Before he could even be surprised, the Dragon King used his fingers to draw out a few strands of spiritual energy, temporarily "enlightening" the crystal dragon into a living being. Huai Ren immediately discovered that he could not only sense the five senses of the crystal dragon, but also move freely using its body!

Even Baili Shuang couldn't help but exclaim, "What an ingenious technique!"

Fang Xianyu herself knew the spell "staff transfer," but she hadn't considered first having Huai Ren create an external avatar, and then connecting that avatar with the object used for the staff transfer. This way, by using the staff-transferring object connected to the avatar to descend into the rift, a double layer of security was provided. This operation even resembled Fang Xianyu's "cross-dimensional network"—an avatar not controlled by divine sense or thought, which greatly enhanced security!
"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me."

Yinglong modestly said something, then took out an exquisite four-legged square cauldron and instructed Huai Ren, "This is a Heaven-rank magic treasure of mine. You and your avatar should come in to avoid being impacted by the chaotic energy of the Guixu Pass."

This was not the time for Huai Ren to act tough. He nodded and obediently transformed into his original form, shrinking into a small white Kui dragon the same size as his transformed form. The two small white Kui dragons looked exactly alike and crawled into the four-legged cauldron one after the other.

The small cauldron was only the size of a palm, radiating a golden light, and hovered slightly above and below Yinglong King's palm. Only after Huai Ren crawled inside did she put the small cauldron away.