Cultivating To Immortality

Fang Hong quietly floated behind the Golden Winged King, his expression cold and stern.

Ultimately, his Dragon Fist had prevailed.

Just then, a golden demon core shot out from the Golden Winged King's corpse, fleeing towards the sea below with incredible speed.

Fang Hong had anticipated this, his Divine Sense firmly locked onto the demon core's aura.

He immediately activated the Swift Wind Secret Technique, flying at extreme speed, and just as the demon core plunged into the sea, he firmly grasped it in his hand, leaving the Golden Winged King utterly despairing.

With a loud 'boom', the Golden Winged King's massive and heavy body plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the already dilapidated deserted island below, the impact stirring up layers of ocean waves that swept outwards.

"You lost."

Fang Hong floated in mid-air, holding a dazzling golden demon core in his hand, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The Golden Winged King's demon soul floated above the demon core, its gaze fixed coldly on Fang Hong, not saying a word, filled with both resentment and fear.

However, it also understood that in this world where the strong prey on the weak, the victor takes all, and everything was over; nothing it said now would matter.

Seeing its silence, Fang Hong simply collected it into a jade bottle spiritual artifact; the first Demonic King had finally been successfully hunted.

Fang Hong landed next to the Golden Winged King's massive corpse and began collecting its demon blood, which was precious grade 10 demon blood, perfectly suited for strengthening the Four Symbols Formation.

After collecting the demon blood, Fang Hong cut off the Golden Winged King's wings.

He had finally obtained the Demonic King's wings he had longed for; next, his Swift Wind Wings could be upgraded again.

In addition to the demon blood and wings, Fang Hong also collected some valuable materials from the Golden Winged King, especially its sharp claws, which were incredibly hard and excellent materials for artifact refining.

Finally, Fang Hong fed the entire corpse to the demon gourd, refining it into a grade 10 demonic beast spirit pill.

Fang Hong's gaze swept around, seeing small demonic beast corpses floating everywhere on the sea surface, a shocking sight.

He did not waste these 'resources', once again activating the demon gourd to absorb all the small demonic beast corpses into the gourd, leaving none behind.

In an instant, he harvested over a thousand demonic beast spirit pills, the abundance of which greatly pleased him.

Fang Hong's harvest this time was a great success; not only did he slay a Demonic King, but he also collected so many demonic beast spirit pills, and after a period of secluded cultivation to digest them, his strength would surely increase significantly.

Fang Hong contentedly retrieved the Four Symbols Formation Flag, no longer lingering in place, and with a leap, flew away.

Before long, Fang Hong arrived at the former site of Demon Subduing Island, only to find that the entire island had been sunk and vanished.

Fang Hong shook his head and sighed softly, feeling a touch of regret.

Without the aid of the teleportation array, returning to the Inner Sea would require him to fly across the vast sea on his own; although it would take a long time, with his current cultivation, it was not a major problem.

Fang Hong left the ruins of Demon Subduing Island and circled above the nearby sea for a moment before finding a small deserted island, where he casually opened a temporary Immortal Cave.

Entering the artifact refining secret chamber within the Immortal Cave, Fang Hong wasted no time and began to perform the Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts on the Golden Winged King.

The Golden Winged King immediately let out a series of piercing and painful shrieks, its soul shadow twisting and rolling, unable to escape, only able to struggle in agony.

...

The Golden Winged King's demon soul truly lived up to its reputation as a Level 10 demonic beast, possessing incredibly tenacious will and astonishing resistance; Fang Hong spent a full seven days and nights before finally completing the soul reading.

During this soul reading, Fang Hong still obtained a lot of useful information.

The most important information was the specific Immortal Cave locations of the four Demonic Kings.

Besides the recently killed Golden Winged King, Fang Hong now knew the habitats of the Eight-Armed Beast King, Azure Whale King, and Dragon King.

This demonic beast riot was jointly initiated by these kings after all, and Fang Hong had only killed experts from these three royal families.

In addition to information about the Demonic Kings, Fang Hong also obtained a very interesting secret art; this secret art was not a cultivation secret art, but a secret art for commanding all demonic beasts.

This secret art could only be performed by a Demonic King, using the Demonic King's innate demon blood to activate it, thereby commanding various small demonic beasts in the sea, similar in effect to the 'Demon Attraction Powder' used by human cultivators.

The Demonic King's innate demon blood held a strong allure for low-level small Demonic beasts; refining it could allow them to advance quickly, so they were willing to obey the Demonic King's commands.

Fang Hong suddenly felt that this commanding secret art might be more effective than Demon Attraction Powder, and he could try it another day.

After the soul search was complete, Fang Hong took Little Rainbow and left the deserted island, flying directly towards the Golden Winged King's old lair; there were bound to be many cultivation resources there, and it would be a waste not to collect them.

Fang Hong flew northwest for about ten days, finally arriving at the island where the Golden Winged King resided.

This island was quite vast, hundreds of miles in circumference, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and abundant spiritual energy; it truly lived up to its reputation as a Demonic King's lair, with an excellent environment.

Fang Hong used his Divine Sense to scan the island from above and quickly found the specific location of the Immortal Cave; however, there were also two to three hundred low-level Golden-winged Birds living around the Immortal Cave.

These Golden-winged Birds were generally not very strong, all at grade 6 or 7, and their intelligence had not yet awakened; they were very likely the Golden Winged King's descendants or relatives.

Fang Hong's expression was cold; his figure flashed, and he appeared outside the Immortal Cave, the Heavenly Thunder Needle transforming into streaks of golden light that shot out.

Hiss.

A series of mournful shrieks continuously emanated from within the island; a few breaths later, all the Golden-winged Birds around the Immortal Cave were completely slain by Fang Hong, fed to the demon gourd, and refined into spirit pills.

Having cleared out these Golden-winged Birds, Fang Hong completely occupied the island and planned to meditate here for a period.

He was not afraid of anyone causing trouble; after all, this was a Demonic King's Immortal Cave, which demonic beast would dare to offend?

Fang Hong swaggered into the Immortal Cave, and after a thorough search, once again harvested many cultivation resources.

He collected over ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, a large pile of underwater mineral materials, and ten low-level spiritual artifacts.

Although there were not many rare treasures, they were all useful Cultivation resources, especially the more than ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, which greatly enriched Fang Hong's personal wealth.

After plundering the Immortal Cave, Fang Hong set up a Four Symbols Formation around the Immortal Cave as a precaution.

Afterward, he chose a secret chamber with abundant spiritual energy, sat down cross-legged, took out the Golden Winged King's wings, and, expelling Nascent Soul Fire, began to fully temper his Swift Wind Wings.

...

Time flew by in Cultivation; another half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep within the Golden Winged King's Immortal Cave, in a secret chamber, the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron stood peacefully in the center, a golden halo emanating from within the cauldron.

With a clear ringing sound, the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron vibrated violently, and a golden light mass flew out from within the cauldron.

After the golden light dissipated, Fang Hong's figure appeared; he looked calm and composed, with a relaxed smile on his face, clearly indicating that this period of secluded cultivation had been quite fruitful.