This is not how immortals cultivate

Chapter 483 Demon-Summoning Banner

Although the well contains yin and yang, clear and turbid, it does not distinguish between the sun and the moon.

Xiang Yuan didn't know how long it took for him to recover from his injuries; he only knew that as he kept changing the jade in his arms, his primordial spirit was thoroughly "marinated."

Can he tolerate this injustice?

Pickled and taken back!

The sword sheath was shattered by the Bull Demon King and merged into his flesh and blood. It has now been completely refined, which not only enhanced the medicinal power in his body but also strengthened his physical defense. It can be said that he has turned misfortune into blessing.

In addition, the medicinal power of the sword sheath was not completely digested; only a portion was digested. If one continues to cultivate, the physical defense will become stronger and stronger.

"Even the strongest can't withstand a bull's horn..."

Xiang Yuan muttered to himself, silently comforting himself. After all, that was the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. Even the Monkey King needed help to defeat him. It wasn't shameful to lose.

Whether it's embarrassing or not is secondary; the key issue is that we can't win.

If you can't defeat the Bull Demon King and can't get the last Reincarnation Relic, the quest is stuck at 2/3, and you can't open the Yama Gate, so you can't return to the Qianyuan Realm.

Xiang Yuan glanced at Bai Wuyan in his arms, then looked at Su Ran Sword Master beside him who was hiccuping incessantly and was clearly unable to eat anymore, but was still queuing up to be forced to eat. He felt that there was no bright future ahead.

To reiterate, he wanted Xiao Chan, he wanted the backyard of the Overlord's Mansion, and he didn't want to live with the couple in front of him.

In this godforsaken place, the Demon Ruins Realm, there isn't even a Tyrant's Mansion. If Bai Wuyan and Sword Master Su Ran were to fight, he would be the one whose mansion would be destroyed.

The mission must be completed!

We absolutely cannot settle for anything!
For a time, Xiang Yuan was full of energy, thinking about how to defeat the Bull Demon King and retrieve the Reincarnation Relic.

Defeating him is impossible. The Minotaur God of War is at maximum strength. Even if the three of them continue to cultivate together without any new opportunities to strengthen themselves, they will never be able to win even if they stay at home and work hard for a lifetime.

To defeat the Bull Demon King, one must resort to trickery.

"The banana leaf fan is gone..."

Xiang Yuan felt heartbroken. If he had known the Banana Leaf Fan had durability, he would have used it sparingly: "On the bright side, the Bull Demon King has taken so many powerful blows. Even if he doesn't die, he's now seriously injured. His already weakened body is now even more unable to straighten up. He might fall apart with just one punch."

Hiss!

Bai Wuyan scratched his back.

Bai Wuyan coldly opened her eyes, telling Xiang Yuan to cultivate properly instead of remaining motionless like a dead person.

Xiang Yuan grinned, put one arm around his waist and the other around his buttocks, and quickly got to work.

After the dual cultivation ended, Sword Master Su Ran rubbed his hands together and stepped forward. Xiang Yuan politely declined her advances, saying that it was time to stop for today, as he was too exhausted to continue cultivating.

Sword Master Su Ran was extremely dissatisfied. While burping, she complained about the two scoundrels who had betrayed her after using her. She said that without her help, this big medicine would not have been able to be repaired at all.

What she said was true, but the way she hiccuped while speaking was unconvincing, and the way she rubbed her hands like a fly made Xiang Yuan feel that he was being ruined. Bai Wuyan also felt annoyed, feeling that her elixir of immortality had been defiled.

The adulterous couple unanimously decided that today's practice would end here, and tomorrow...

Tomorrow, Sword Master Su Ran won't have anything to do; she can just stay on the sidelines and watch the two of them cultivate together.

I've shown it to you for free, what more do you want!

Not to mention that Sword Master Su Ran was so angry that he stomped his feet on the spot and gritted his teeth, saying that he would go back and deal with A Ping. Looking around, he learned that this place was the well of the Abortion Spring in Jieyang Mountain, and he immediately had an idea.

During his days of dual cultivation, he had already noticed the abnormality of the well water.

The yin and yang energies are like an endless source, inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

Based on Xiang Yuan's previous experience of being tricked, cough cough, and seizing opportunities, the anomaly of the Abortion Spring is only the surface. The real core lies within, where Yin and Yang energies emanate from the inside out, resulting in an inexhaustible supply.

"The True Immortal Ruyi wasn't lying about this; it's seven parts truth and three parts falsehood. This well is integrated with the Demon Ruins Realm, and it might truly be the entrance to the Demon Tomb..."

Looking around, Xiang Yuan saw that the demon tomb contained the remains of a demon emperor who refused to fall to the ground after his death. According to calculations, the Bull Demon King was just a gatekeeper, and it was this virtuous man who was destined to be buried.

The fact that the Bull Demon King can't get in doesn't mean he can't get in.

Xiang Yuan recounted his conjecture, his unfounded confidence leaving Bai Wuyan silent and Su Ran Sword Master mocking him. The three searched everywhere but found nothing. Finally, when the small worlds merged, encompassing the entire Yin-Yang world, they found a sealed portal.

The one who sealed the gate must be the Bull Demon King; there is no doubt about that. In the current Demon Ruins Realm, only he has such ability.

Xiang Yuan looked at the black and white rotating portal in front of him, and saw the recessed grooves at the fish-eye position. He raised his hand to touch his chin, his eyes flashing with a glint of light.

What a coincidence, he seems to actually have the key!

Bai Wuyan stepped forward, conjured Yin and Yang energies with her fingers, and injected them into the slot, condensing a key-shaped phantom that perfectly fit into it. Then, she rotated her hands in the motion, attempting to open the portal using this method.

Unsurprisingly, it failed.

"Hmph, you think you can open the door with such tricks? If it were that easy, the Bull Demon King would have taken the opportunity long ago, and it wouldn't be your turn." Sword Master Su Ran didn't miss any opportunity to mock Bai Wuyan, and immediately said that the old hag had something wrong with her brain and deserved that the pretty boy fell in love with someone else.

Previously, Xiang Yuan thought that the person who orchestrated the reincarnation in the White House was a wicked woman with ill intentions who took the initiative to extend her evil claws to Su Ran Sword Venerable.

Now, because of Su Ran Sword Master's babbling mouth, I feel that the White Palace Master did the right thing. Fairies from prestigious sects like her should be taken back to Wushuang Palace and locked up in the basement.

Bai Wuyan's face darkened upon hearing the mockery, but Xiang Yuan pulled her into his arms, and after hearing a series of kind words, she gave a cold snort and gave up.

She nestled in Xiang Yuan's arms, embracing him naturally, and looked at Sword Master Su Ran with a blank expression.

Although no words were spoken, the meaning was clear: those lowly maids were merely a part of the play, and infidelity was just a seasoning to relieve boredom.

The cold dog food was slapped mercilessly in his face, which disgusted Su Ran Sword Master. Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, he saw two fish, one black and one white, fly out from between Xiang Yuan's eyebrows.

The white blade is like floating light, and the black blade is like flowing shadow. They are a pair of magical treasures from the Demon Continent of the Blue Star Realm.

This set of magical artifacts is of quite good quality, but Xiang Yuan has never been able to find the right way to use it. Even when using the Yin-Yang method to control it, the output power is only average.

It now seems that this set of magical artifacts was never intended for attack.

But the Blue Star Realm and the Demon Ruins Realm are completely unrelated...

Why think so much? It's all just scheming anyway.

The black and white double blades fit perfectly into the groove in the fish eye, like a key struck by lightning and a lock. Bai Wuyan frowned upon seeing this, and Su Ran Sword Master spoke directly: "There's a big problem. It's obviously a scheme. Where did you get the key?"

"In a world full of demons, a huge demon core fell like a meteorite. I, Xiang Yuan, regarded the demon core as a rare treasure and refined it, thus obtaining its inheritance," Xiang Yuan said succinctly.

"That's interesting. I'll go take a look with you sometime." Sword Master Su Ran said with some curiosity.

Bai Wuyan also had her own ideas.

Xiang Yuan did not respond. The Blue Star Realm was reduced to a lower realm of the Celestial Realm, and the Demon Continent was a human pasture. The reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West and the reincarnated people went to this realm. The best outcome was that they were captured on the spot by the True Martial Emperor and imprisoned in the basement of the Xuanwu Tongchu Mansion.

It's already much better than being captured by that shameless Nine-Fingered Heavenly Emperor.

The black and white colors swirl, the yin and yang gates become transparent, and slowly fade and dissipate. Floating light and flowing shadows hang in mid-air, chasing each other forward, like arrows pointing the way into the distance.

The Demon Tomb is vast, comparable to an entire realm.

Golden flames descended like a curtain from the sky, while rotting bones and pus formed a swamp on the earth. Yin and Yang energies intertwined violently in this realm, and perilous situations where Yin and Yang flowed in reverse could be seen everywhere.

In some areas, the yang energy is as intense as a furnace, and any living thing that steps into it will be instantly reduced to ashes; in other areas, the resentment is gloomy and the thought of time and space is frozen; the most dangerous is the reverse flow zone, where yin and yang are reversed, laws and principles are broken, and there is no order to speak of.

The world was filled with an ancient, majestic, scorching, and heart-pounding pressure, violent, arrogant, and disdainful of everything, carrying the oppressive feeling of being at the top of the food chain, looking down on everything and disdaining all things.

But upon closer examination, one will discover that this oppressive aura conceals deeper emotions: the unwillingness and resentment of dying and vanishing...

It was a very awkward kind of momentum, which can be simply understood as, "Even though I'm dead, I'm still not convinced."

The Demon Tomb is a dangerous place. Even if the two strong women put up their protective magic treasures, they would be badly injured if they dared to rush in. Xiang Yuan was even worse off. Without the protection of his sword sheath, he became cautious again and obediently clung to the four long legs.

This is what it's like to be a kept man; it's not shameful!

With shimmering light and flowing shadows clearing the way, two beams of light darted and swam ahead like fish, pointing the direction and planning the trajectory, avoiding various dangerous places along the way. The journey was thrilling but safe, and no dangers were encountered.

The three of them easily passed through the chaotic area. They were all sharp-eyed and could see a colossal pillar that stretched from the sky to the ground from afar. It was buried deep in the muddy swamp and disappeared into the golden flame sky. The pillar was so thick that it would take a hundred people to hug it, but its exact shape was not clear.

It looks like a bluish-gray stick, or it could be a spear or lance.

Beside the towering pillar, a severed corpse, imbued with an ancient and enduring pressure, continuously emanated yin and yang energy. A surge of resentment further disrupted the stability of the yin and yang energy, creating perilous situations within the Demon Tomb. This powerful aura stirred the world of the Demon Tomb, shattering spatial barriers and sending the decay of time into the Demon Ruins, thus ensuring its own immortality and eternal existence.

There's been a misunderstanding about the Demon Tomb. The powerful being didn't become corrupt himself and then drag the entire Demon Ruins down with him. Rather, he didn't want to be corrupt, so he threw out the side effects, making the Demon Ruins bear the consequences.

Such domineering and shameless behavior could only be done by the shameless and arrogant Heavenly Emperor.

"This corpse..."

"Three-Legged Golden Crow!" x2
Bai Wuyan and Su Ran Sword Master spoke in unison. The golden, bristling bird was now only half a corpse, making it difficult to see its true form that once blotted out the sky. However, three-legged toads were hard to find, and three-legged, bristling birds were even more unique.

With the sun's true fire blazing everywhere, the true appearance of the corpse is practically a freebie.

Xiang Yuan nodded in agreement, recalling the Demon Emperor who sat in the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan on the mural, and the golden-armored demon god clone created by the shameless Heavenly Emperor, guessing that the corpse in front of him had a great background.

But he couldn't guess which makeshift Heavenly Emperor it was.

Looking into the distance at the pillar whose true form was hard to see, and thinking of the giant banner held by the Demon Emperor, his eyes immediately lit up.

The shameless Heavenly Emperor imitated the ancient Heavenly Court and also made himself a giant banner. However, as a later entrant, he had not yet gathered all the materials, and his supernatural powers were limited, making it far less effective than the original giant banner.

If the three-legged golden crow corpse in front of us is the Demon Emperor of the ancient Heavenly Court, does that mean that this giant banner is the Demon Emperor's treasure?
This can be!
"Hehehe..." x2
Xiang Yuan instinctively rubbed his hands together, then suddenly noticed the accent. He turned his head and saw that Sword Master Su Ran was rubbing his hands together, staring at him lecherously.

Sword Master, please, please, at least tone it down a bit, so as not to be unworthy of your stunningly beautiful face.

Promise me you won't use that tempting little mouth to spout those takin-like yellow-haired nonsense!

Xiang Yuan rolled his eyes: "Sword Master, why are you so happy? You don't have the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, so this scheme isn't for you to enjoy."

But you do!

Su Ran Sword Venerable said happily, "Xiang Yuan has succeeded in her scheme and seized the opportunity. She has benefited from dual cultivation and the elixir of immortality. Everyone has a bright future. Isn't that something to be happy about?"
What did she say? The immortal medicine can't be kept in a greenhouse; it has to be let out to roam freely. As long as you don't interfere, it will grow vigorously on its own.

At that time, by using Aping to bait the spot, you can catch the immortal poison.

"Whether I am or not is none of your business. I'm just the White House's gigolo." Xiang Yuan's stance was clear.

Bai Wuyan nodded, very satisfied with Xiang Yuan's unwavering attitude.

"You can't say that. This world is too vast. With your current cultivation level, it's practically impossible for you to refine it all. But if I help you, I can use the method of a small world to integrate it into your body, and the situation will be completely different." Sword Master Su Ran smiled slightly, looking very refreshing.

Instantly, Bai Wuyan's face turned ugly.

It was clearly her elixir of immortality, yet she had to rely on a lowly maid, making it seem like they were sharing it.

Seeing that the White House Master was unhappy, Xiang Yuan put his arm around him and tried to persuade him with kind words. In front of Su Ran Sword Master, he talked about how Su Ran Sword Master was practicing his skills outside and earning money to supplement his family's income.

That's not the original quote, but the translation captures the essence.

The taste was a bit pungent, making Bai Wuyan roll her eyes, and Su Ran Sword Master also expressed his dissatisfaction.

You clearly enjoy it. x2
Su Ran Sword Master possesses the Law of the Small World, while Xiang Yuan possesses the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed plus the Law of the Small World. When the two combine, it is almost equivalent to the Heavenly Emperor's successor coming to hand over the inheritance. As the two closely integrated small worlds spread out, they quickly occupied the entire Demon Tomb.

Xiang Yuan's perception was also expanded, and his perception was no longer hindered. He penetrated the sun's true fire that formed a curtain over the sky and saw the entire view of the pillar that stood tall.

Just as he had expected, it was not a stick, nor a spear, but a peerless evil banner that could suppress all demons.

Demon-summoning banner!
The flagpole is entirely bluish-gray, resembling both bronze and some kind of innate divine iron. Its surface is covered with dark red demonic patterns, like dried bloodstains or some kind of ancient contract.

The banner, spanning thousands of miles, fluttered and billowed amidst the golden sea of ​​fire. Each flutter caused the void to tremble, as if the entire world was breathing and pulsating in response.

The banner was painted with countless demonic figures, including the nine-headed Xiangliu, the Sky-Swallowing Bashe, the Golden-Winged Roc, and the nine-tailed fox...

This banner is the Demon Emperor's most precious treasure, capable of commanding all demons.

Any demon that sees the banner will be subject to its control, regardless of their cultivation level, and will find it difficult to escape its restraint.

However, this demon-summoning banner didn't really like Xiang Yuan. Even after being moved into the small world, it remained independent and refused to submit to Xiang Yuan's control.

You can see it, you can even touch it, but you can't use it.

Xiang Yuan was puzzled, so he consulted the two powerful women and finally received a clear answer: only the Demon Emperor/Heavenly Emperor can wield the Demon Summoning Banner, and the three people present could not even form a Demon Emperor/Heavenly Emperor.

Xiang Yuan was able to touch it only because of the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed; otherwise, he wouldn't even be allowed to touch it.

This greatly annoyed Xiang Yuan. He had thought that with this item, he could command all the demons, and even the Bull Demon King would have to kneel down obediently. But it turned out he could only look at it and couldn't use it...

What use do you want?

"It's not entirely useless. When you open the small world and let out a little bit of the Demon-Summoning Banner's aura, you can use your power to intimidate the Bull Demon King and put on a show. Maybe you'll scare him away," said Sword Master Su Ran.

I don't believe you. The Bull Demon King isn't new to this world; he's seen it all.

Xiang Yuan shook his head repeatedly. He had no problem with acting skills, but whether the Bull Demon King would fall for it was not up to him.

"There is another method..."

Su Ran Sword Master Cat nestled in Xiang Yuan's arms: "Quickly refine this world to aid my cultivation. Only when my strength increases can I reason with the Bull Demon King."

This time, Xiang Yuan didn't refute. Might makes right, and those who are both wise and brave will be regarded as the golden rule, even if they lie through their teeth.

Besides, we're already here, and things have come to this, so let's focus on our cultivation first!

The small world merges with the three-legged golden crow's corpse, transforming it into a continuous stream of yin and yang energy. This energy is either incorporated into the small world or introduced into Xiang Yuan's body. Then, with the operation of the Formless Seal Technique, the three-legged golden crow's corpse is regarded as an external supplement, refining its flesh and blood into a great medicine, which is then absorbed into the limbs and bones.

Although the Demon Emperor has fallen, his will remains. He does not want to become a part of Xiang Yuan, but because of the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, he is unwilling and has no other choice.

Seeing that he could not stop it all, countless resentful thoughts surged wildly within the small world, desperately conveying a single message: "The fate of the demon race is gone... Those who curse the human race are not... demons..."

"The Heavenly Emperor used the destiny of the demon race to curse the innate Dao bodies of the human race... making them unable to cultivate..."

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Xiang Yuan, who was practicing cultivation, frowned and felt that the resentment was quite noisy.

He seemed to be deep in thought, opening up his body to the interplay of Yin and Yang, and the mutual generation of the Five Elements.

The cultivation method using the Five Elements Beads comes from Yue Huanjiang. It is a cultivation method created by the demon race based on the cursed cultivation realm of the human race. It directly points to opening the mind and building the foundation, returning to the past and regaining the innate Dao body.

Because the relationship between humans and demons was irreconcilable, this method was thrown into storage by the demons after it was created.

Xiang Yuan didn't know who created this method, but upon hearing what the Demon Emperor's will said, the latter had always resented the Heavenly Emperor for using the demon race's fortune to curse the human race, and for the demon race to take the blame. He took the initiative to reveal this method, indicating that the two races had reconciled, and told the Demon Emperor's will to stop talking nonsense.

The neighbors have to go to work tomorrow!
Seeing the Yin-Yang and Five Elements within Xiang Yuan's body, a long sigh echoed through the world, and the resentment slowly dissipated.

It actually works!

Xiang Yuan only tried it out, but unexpectedly it actually worked. Then he thought back to when the demon core was being refined in the Blue Star Realm, the resentment was initially difficult to dispel, but later…

It must have been because they saw that he, being a human, had turned his back on his former self using the techniques taught by the demon race, that they dispersed their resentment and entrusted Fu Guang and Liu Ying to him.

In a daze, Xiang Yuan saw a group of demons who were dissatisfied with being blamed, full of complaints and grievances.

A thousand words merge into one sentence:

"The Heavenly Emperor is a real scoundrel!"

He said this to the demon race who had been scapegoated by the distant past.

In his arms, Sword Master Su Ran tilted his head and bumped it against Xiang Yuan's chin, then scratched his back like Bai Wuyan: "Stop talking, move around, you're like a dead person!"

"Oh."

Xiang Yuan closed his eyes, said no more, and began to practice the Formless Seal Technique and the Small World Technique.

Strengthen the inner spirit and enhance the outer divine power...

The heat-inducing medicinal properties settle down, causing blood vessels to dilate and the blood to surge like a mighty river.

After the Xuanhuang Blood Sea, through several accumulations, quantitative changes led to qualitative changes, ushering in the seventh blood and marrow cleansing!
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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