Man is in the heavens, parasites are born

Chapter 238 Reward
Judging from Ye Fan's tone, it didn't seem like he was just trying to raise Fang Ming's strength to the level of a quasi-Immortal Emperor; it seemed like he had a higher purpose.

In fact, Fang Ming didn't think they had that ability; it was a bit unrealistic.

If there really were a way to raise a cultivator's cultivation level to surpass that of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, they would probably have already used it and promoted it widely.

Even if it only reaches the level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, it is still worth promoting. The power of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is enough to change too many things.

Not to mention those above Quasi-Immortal Emperor, who haven't even reached the true Immortal Emperor level, but have only touched upon it.

The reason why the Celestial Emperors of the Weird Clan are so numerous is because of the strongest polluting substances in the highland calamity soil.

These pollutants are the remnants left after the master of the Three-Life Coffin sealed himself and burned himself. Although they are not the true power of the sacrificial path, they have surpassed the sacrificial path by an unknown amount, which is why they were able to create an Immortal Emperor.

Most of the Immortal Emperors of the Mysterious Clan rose to power through the use of strange substances, but this does not mean that all of them were born in this way, nor does it mean that there are no strong individuals among them.

Among them were figures like the Dark Immortal Emperor, who was targeted by the Strange Clan before becoming an Immortal Emperor. After becoming an Immortal Emperor, he was immediately corrupted and attacked by the Strange Immortal Emperor with his strongest true blood, causing him to fall and become the Strange Immortal Emperor.

For example, if it weren't for the birth of the anomaly Shi Hao, the Dark Immortal Emperor would have been guided back to the Bizarre Calamity Land and would have become an incomparably powerful Bizarre Immortal Emperor.

Of course, such bizarre Immortal Emperors are extremely rare, only one or two out of ten.

"How is this possible? If such a method truly exists, why don't you fellow Daoists help your relatives and friends improve their cultivation?" Fang Ming asked.

Looking at the five people, he guessed, "Do you fellow Daoists intend to refine my five avatars into weapons?"

As he spoke, Fang Ming subconsciously frowned, feeling that this was very inappropriate.

Regardless of whether they still have the ability to forge Immortal Emperor weapons, Fang Ming believes that with their abilities, even Wu Shi, who has only recently become an Immortal Emperor, has a strong enough Dao Fruit to support him in forging two Immortal Emperor weapons.

If one's clone is forged into a weapon, its strength will leap by countless dimensions. Even if one's main body is not affected, who will have control over this situation?
However, a weapon is a continuation of its master's Dao and a part of his Dao fruit. If it is truly refined into a weapon of an Immortal Emperor, how can the initiative still be in his hands?
Although he believed in their character, this kind of thing cannot be justified by belief alone.

Even if the refiner actively severed the connection, that unpleasant feeling would still linger, like a lump in the throat, and would certainly not be forgotten.

Seeing Fang Ming's expression, the others present immediately understood what was going on.

“Fellow Daoist must have misunderstood,” Ye Fan said with a smile. “Indeed, it can be considered a weapon, but it is not a weapon in the ordinary sense, much less a weapon that transforms your avatar into a weapon that is intertwined with our lives, or an extension of our Great Dao.”

If you want to improve your strength quickly, there is actually no other way.

Fang Ming's original purpose in splitting his body into five parts was not this. In fact, his purpose was similar to that of Ye Fan and others: to cultivate multiple Dao Fruits and return to his main body in the future to break through to an astonishing level.

His original plan, which he called taking an unorthodox approach, was actually to ask a ruthless person to help him devour the origin of the River of Souls and even the Underworld, so that he could leap forward at a rapid pace.

Fang Ming asked with considerable curiosity, "Oh? So what do you fellow Daoists plan to do?"

"Using your body and the celestial gold of the heavens as a cauldron, our sacrificial Dao patterns transform into your main protective layer. Then, using the strange Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit as material, we refine it with sacrificial Dao fire, like forging a weapon, to elevate it to its strongest level in the shortest time." Shi Hao looked at Fang Ming and explained with a smile, "Of course, it's not that everything is fused together, but rather that the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit needs to be refined with sacrificial Dao fire, and then..."

Shi Hao paused, looked at Fang Ming, and said confidently, "...extract the Great Dao from the Immortal Emperor's Dao Fruit that is in line with your split body's Dao, and with our help, integrate it into your Dao Fruit, imprint it on your split body, and sublimate and expand your Great Dao. It will be improved in the most intense and rapid way, without any side effects, just like how the Quasi-Immortal Emperor of that strange race improved to the Immortal Emperor level."

"In this way, your Great Dao can be deduced to an extremely high level. Even if you don't become an Immortal Emperor, it will be enough to elevate your avatar to the level of condensing the prototype of an Immortal Emperor's Dao Fruit." Shi Hao was very confident, obviously having deduced and even verified it.

"This is a sacrificial weapon technique that we created together. The inspiration for it comes from the grand sacrifice of the strange race. Your clone is the one who enjoys the sacrifice. The specific effect depends on the quality of the offerings," Ye Fan added.

However, how bad could the effect be if an Immortal Emperor were used as a sacrifice? Without some special protection, Fang Ming really didn't think he could enjoy such a sacrifice.

Even if an Immortal Emperor is one who achieved his status through strange substances, he is still a true Immortal Emperor, and his own Dao encompasses countless Great Daos at the Immortal Emperor level.

Moreover, it's not that the Immortal Emperors of this clan stop progressing after becoming Immortal Emperors.

According to their deduction, if one obtains the Dao Fruit of the Strange Immortal Emperor and uses it as material to refine it with the fire of the Dao, it is indeed possible to do such a thing.

But that's all it can do. If it's just a Celestial Emperor, it can only create a rudimentary Celestial Emperor Dao Fruit that surpasses the Quasi-Celestial Emperor realm, but it cannot create a true Celestial Emperor!

Moreover, the so-called Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit prototype realm is clearly a transitional realm, a realm that was forcibly created and divided, and there has obviously never been such a realm in history.

To achieve such a realm means that a Celestial Emperor must have his Dao Fruit taken away, and he must truly perish and be utterly and eternally silenced!
Even the eerie highland soil cannot bring him back to life!
Throughout history, apart from the progenitor of the strange race, the number of people who could do such a thing could be counted on one hand! Now, there are three people in front of him who can do such a thing.

"The embryonic form of the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit..." Fang Ming hesitated, clearly understanding that this realm did not originally exist, but was forcibly inserted between the Immortal Emperor and Quasi-Immortal Emperor realms.

While the immediate pleasure may be enjoyable, it would be disastrous if one stopped there in the future.

At this moment, seemingly noticing his worries, Ye Fan spoke up, saying, "Fellow Daoist, there is no need to worry about not being able to improve in the future. For you, the Immortal Emperor of the Strange Clan is the best supreme elixir."

"Fellow Daoist, do not forget how the Immortal Emperor of the Strange Clan was born, and do not forget that you possess the ability to open different dimensions!" Ye Fan said meaningfully.

In an instant, Fang Ming felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and the dark clouds dissipated.

Yes, it's true that the Immortal Emperors of the Mysterious Clan rose to power through mysterious substances, but that doesn't mean their own Dao and methods are the same.

Clearly, they ascended to the position of Immortal Emperor by elevating their Dao and Dharma through strange substances, rather than by inheriting the Dao and Dharma of their predecessors.

If they inherited the Dao and laws of their predecessors, and the power originating from the Strange Plateau, then given the status of the Strange Plateau, it is clearly impossible for anyone to completely kill the Immortal Emperor of this race.

However, this is clearly not true, because more than one Immortal Emperor from the strange race was completely killed.

“That’s right. I have killed more than one Immortal Emperor of the Strange Clan. Although they later filled the positions of the Immortal Emperors I killed, the Dao of the Immortal Emperors who filled the positions later was not the same as that of the Strange Immortal Emperors I killed.” At this moment, Shi Hao’s voice rang out.

"If one mysterious Immortal Emperor cannot make your avatar an Immortal Emperor, then what about two? Three? Or even four?" At this moment, the ruthless woman, who had been silent until now, spoke up. She looked at Fang Ming and said, "Make reasonable use of your own advantages. I rose from humble beginnings by using external means, and I have reached this point today as well. There is no need to worry too much about these things."

Fang Ming smiled. Of course, he wouldn't be bound by these things, and he had never been averse to taking shortcuts.

As long as it doesn't affect the main body, and he can even experience the profound mystery of that high realm in advance, Fang Ming certainly wouldn't reject it.

Having reached this level of cultivation, the importance of physical form has greatly decreased, and it is no longer the top priority, so Fang Ming doesn't care much about it.

Immediately, Fang Ming smiled and looked at the group, saying, "If it doesn't affect my main body, then we'll have a pleasant cooperation!"

Upon hearing this, all five people present smiled. To them, this was a very important and crucial collaboration.

This is the key to breaking the deadlock!
"Of course it won't affect your main body!" On the tranquil and refreshing sea, Shi Hao, Ye Fan, Ruthless Man, Wu Shi, and Yuan Shi spoke at the same time with smiles.

Fang Ming's smile faded as he looked at the five people and asked, "According to your calculations, how long would it take to successfully complete the second Dao sacrifice?"

"It won't take long. It only took me a little over a million years for the first Dao sacrifice." Shi Hao recalled the past with a dazed look, but then quickly became serious and said, "But the second one won't take that long. It might be a few hundred thousand years, or at most a million years, before Ye Tiandi and I can cultivate the second Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit and successfully perform the second Dao sacrifice. At that time, we will basically no longer be afraid of the strange plateau."

With the existence of the Great Law of Other-Transformation, the time it took him to cultivate to the level of Sacrifice is arguably the shortest ever, without exception!

After a brief pause, Shi Hao looked at the ruthless man and said, "As for the Empress, she can enter the realm of sacrificial rites at any time. If she is willing, she can try to enter this level now. It all depends on her choice."

“If one is unwilling to perform the Dao sacrifice in the near future and instead chooses to perform the sacrifice with two Dao fruits, it may take around a million years,” he said.

He did not mention Wushi and Yuanshi.

Wu Shi was delayed for too long and was only recently resurrected. He has not been an Immortal Emperor for very long, and his accumulation is still insufficient. He is still far from the level of sacrificial rites. Cultivating dual Dao fruits to perform sacrificial rites is a better choice.

The same principle applies to the original state; if one's foundation is insufficient, one needs to strengthen it in order to have any hope of reaching the level of sacrificial rites.

"Once the Empress successfully completes the sacrificial ceremony, even if we cannot invade that strange land, we can truly stand on equal footing with the Strange Plateau. Even if all the Strange Ancestors emerge, we will have nothing to fear," Shi Hao said confidently.

"Does Fellow Daoist know how many ancestors there are?" Fang Ming asked with some surprise.

“It’s not hard to guess.” Shi Hao nodded and said solemnly, “The strange race has ten Immortal Emperors, and correspondingly, there are most likely ten Ancestors as well.”

"After the second sacrifice is successful, the Desolate Emperor and I will be able to hold off the Ten Ancestors." Ye Fan said with great conviction.

At their level, they naturally had a clearer understanding of the progenitor's strength.

(End of this chapter)