Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Master, the alien demons are increasing in number. Let's not wait any longer; let's break through," Wu Yuankui said anxiously, seeing the luster of the earth-thunder defense formation formed by the high-grade, low-tier earth-thunder talisman becoming increasingly dim.

"Don't rush, let's observe further," Qi Tianxiang shook his head. "Yuankui, you never seem to be able to change your impatient nature."

"If we continue to drag this out, I fear our thunder talismans will be exhausted before we even enter the 'Mustard Seed Space'," Wu Yuankui said, knowing that thunder talismans were extremely difficult to make, especially high-grade ones. Each one was the result of Qi Tianxiang's painstaking effort and precious materials.

"It doesn't matter. No matter how precious thunder talismans are, they are meant to be used," Qi Tianxiang squinted at a certain spot within the dark alien demon horde, where three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons were lurking, likely the same three they had engaged in battle multiple times.

Having reached the Nascent Soul level, the intelligence of alien demons was no less than that of cultivators of the same rank. Therefore, despite his several attempts to lure the three alien demons closer together in order to kill them all with a single strike from his strongest thunder talisman, he had not succeeded. He was still unwilling to give up and wanted to try one more time.

"Tiancong, do you have any ideas?" Qi Tianxiang asked Hu Tiancong.

Among the three late-Golden Core cultivators of the Xuantian Sect, excluding Wu Yuankui, his personal disciple, he was more satisfied with Hu Tiancong than with Xie Tianwei, who was more calculating and had more distracting thoughts.

Moreover, Hu Tiancong was younger and had a better chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage normally, becoming a pillar of the sect. Unfortunately, Xie Tianwei was unwilling to come here, so he could only bring Hu Tiancong. If anything happened to him, it would truly be a great loss to the sect.

"Real Person, if you want to gather those three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons, you can only rely on formations. With our manpower, I can only think of one method, which is to use the Three Talents Formation as the foundation, employing nested large and small Three Talents Formations. First, we lure one in, trap it, and slowly attack it. When the other two exert their strength, we take advantage of the situation and let them in, have you hold them back, and then change the formation, reversing the inside and outside, trapping the three alien demons together and killing them all at once."

Hu Tiancong had obviously been thinking about this problem for a long time. As soon as Qi Tianxiang asked, he spoke eloquently, presenting a plan.

Qi Tianxiang was an expert in formations. As soon as Hu Tiancong explained, he understood the arrangement and methods involved. He remained noncommittal and looked at Yu Tianwan: "Tianwan, what do you say?"

Yu Tianwan gave a slight bow before saying, "Real Person, I agree with Senior Brother Tiancong's plan. After all, we are dealing with three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons, so we have to take some risks. As long as you can kill them all in a very short time when the three demons gather, then there won't be any problems. At most, everyone will have to use a few more life-saving measures. But it's worth it. If we don't get rid of these three alien demons as soon as possible, and the cultivators from the Abyss of Heavenly Demons catch up, the situation will only become more dangerous."

Qi Tianxiang nodded: "Then let's use Tiancong's plan. I'll repair the earth-thunder defense formation first. You guys refine the plan, consider it thoroughly, anticipate the enemy generously, and prepare more backup plans. We can fail, but we can't collapse and lead to a dangerous situation."

Everyone gathered around. First, Hu Tiancong explained his considerations in detail, and then everyone chimed in with their supplements. In less than a quarter of an hour, an enemy-luring formation that focused on defense and incorporated offense within the defense was designed.

This formation was roughly composed of nine people forming three small Three Talents Formations, which were then combined into a simple large Three Talents Formation in a one-above, two-below arrangement. The three outermost points were two late-Golden Core cultivators and the strongest mid-Golden Core cultivator, Zeng Tianshou. Six cultivators were placed on the three sides, but slightly closer to the center. Qi Tianxiang's position was close to the center of the large Three Talents Formation, making it easy for him to provide assistance based on the battle situation.

Of course, people were only one component of this formation. The other component was the more important earth-thunder defense formation, which was transformed from thunder talismans and had already been set up in the void. It was with the help of this formation that Golden Core cultivators could withstand the attacks of Nascent Soul-level alien demons.

The most crucial and dangerous part of this formation was when switching from defense to offense. Because alien demons were let in, gaps appeared in the earth-thunder defense formation, and the cultivators had to rely on their own strength to block the other alien demons surging towards the gaps. At the same time, they also had to face the attacks of the three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons trapped in the center.

At this time, they could only rely on the powerful gold-thunder talismans. Every Golden Core cultivator had to have one high-grade, mid-tier gold-thunder talisman, and the cultivators at the three apexes had to each hold one low-tier, high-grade gold-thunder talisman to deal with the Nascent Soul-level alien demons.

The Xuantian Sect excelled at thunder techniques, but cultivators could only learn thunder techniques after cultivating the Xuantian Heart Sutra to a high level. This usually happened in the late-Golden Core stage, and even then, they could only practice low-level thunder techniques. Therefore, in the Golden Core stage, Xuantian cultivators rarely used thunder techniques to fight enemies. However, in the Nascent Soul stage, thunder techniques were the main means of fighting enemies, and they could refine various thunder talismans.

After listening to Hu Tiancong's formation arrangement, Qi Tianxiang took out eight mid-tier, high-grade gold-thunder talismans and three low-tier, high-grade gold-thunder talismans from his storage ring and handed them to everyone without saying a word. He showed a look of regret in his eyes as so many thunder talismans were used, but he still instructed, "Use them when it's dangerous, don't take risks!"

The three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons lurking in the alien demon horde, seeing Qi Tianxiang repair the formation and the earth-thunder power become even stronger, drove more low-level alien demons to attack the formation like ants. Having suffered from Qi Tianxiang's thunder talismans and thunder techniques several times, these three alien demons became extremely cautious. Before entering the field, they always used low-level alien demons as a vanguard to consume Qi Tianxiang's mana.

The group assigned their tasks, stood in their respective positions, and constantly killed alien demons relying on the formation. As time passed, they gradually showed signs of fatigue, the formation began to shrink, and the thunder power of the earth-thunder formation was greatly weakened. Qi Tianxiang walked back and forth in the inner circle, repeatedly repairing the weak points of the earth-thunder formation, but the effect became worse and worse. Obviously, his mana was also insufficient.

At this time, eight early-Nascent Soul alien demons began to concentrate their attacks on the positions guarded by Zeng Tianshou and Wu Yuankui, trying to break through from these two locations. The three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons were still lurking on the periphery, showing no signs of attacking.

The group had anticipated this. With Wu Yuankui and Zeng Tianshou as the two upper points, two people each approached below, forming two compact Three Talents Formations, supporting each other, and mobilizing the earth-thunder formation power to fight against the eight alien demons that had suddenly attacked. Qi Tianxiang, with Hu Tiancong and Jin Tianwu, who had the shallowest cultivation, retreated to the inner line, giving up half of the earth-thunder formation's territory and fully supporting the other two Three Talents Formations.

As a result, the eight alien demons, divided into two waves of attacks, appeared scattered. One was killed and another was injured by the combined efforts of Wu Yuankui, Zeng Tianshou, and the other four, and the remaining ones appeared somewhat flustered, and their attacks became sporadic.

One of the three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons immediately moved out and attacked the weaker point of Zeng Tianshou. The three people in Zeng Tianshou's small Three Talents Formation threw out mid-tier, high-grade gold-thunder talismans together. Three golden thunderbolts cut through the darkness and struck the powerful alien demon directly. Alien demons were inherently afraid of thunder power, so as soon as the gold-thunder appeared, it immediately retreated, but it was still hit by the thunder power, emitting thick black smoke. In the blink of an eye, the demon disappeared into the darkness, not knowing where it was hiding to lick its wounds.

Before the group could catch their breath, another alien demon moved out and attacked Zeng Tianshou again. This alien demon was very clever, guessing that Zeng Tianshou and the other two had no strong methods left. Of course, it did not exert its full strength, but attacked tentatively, dividing many strangely shaped small black clouds from its body, which floated over one by one, constantly impacting the formation.

The last mid-Nascent Soul alien demon lurked to Qi Tianxiang's side, stopping at a position behind Wu Yuankui's right. Because Qi Tianxiang had to support Zeng Tianshou, he was closer to the Three Talents Formation where Zeng Tianshou and the other two were, leaving a gap behind Wu Yuankui. This alien demon obviously saw the flaw, but it was very cautious and did not attack immediately, but stood outside the formation, lurking and not attacking.

Wu Yuankui and the other two felt like they had a fishbone stuck in their throats, their backs were cold. While dealing with the waves of attacks from a large number of alien demons in front of them, they had to spare attention to look after their backs, and they had no extra strength to assist Zeng Tianshou and the other two in battle.

The two sides continued to stalemate, and time passed bit by bit, half an hour, an hour. The cultivators couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

At this time, a splash of ink-colored shadow flashed behind the demons. A ball of black cloud shaped like a tree root emerged from the darkness and rushed straight towards Qi Tianxiang. It was the alien demon that had been injured earlier. Its injuries had healed, and it was alive and kicking again. At the same time, the alien demon that had been stationed behind Wu Yuankui's right also moved, directly attacking the flaw in the formation, and the alien demon in front of Zeng Tianshou also attacked with all its strength.

Wu Yuankui shouted loudly, and a golden light flashed in his hand. The two Golden Cores behind him also activated mid-tier, high-grade gold-thunder talismans at the same time. Three golden thunderbolts struck the four early-Nascent Soul alien demons pressing in front of Wu Yuankui. In the "噼啪" sound, one alien demon was annihilated, and the other three fled in panic with black smoke rolling around them.

This wave of powerful thunder strikes stunned the alien demon behind Wu Yuankui. It stopped instantly, realizing that something was wrong. However, the alien demon attacking Zeng Tianshou and the other two successfully broke through the earth-thunder defense formation, broke up the formation of the three, and forced its way behind Qi Tianxiang. It immediately saw the opportunity and covered Qi Tianxiang like a cloud of black mist.

Alien demons were beings formed by the combination of void power and some special substance. They did not have a substantial body. Their attacks did not rely on strength, but on a kind of devouring, a devouring of the origin of spiritual power by the void, which for cultivators meant devouring their physical bodies and souls. Therefore, their means of attack were either to directly pounce on the physical body or to erode the soul.

Facing the siege of three powerful alien demons, Qi Tianxiang was busy but not chaotic. He waved his hands together, slapping out two palms, sending Hu Tiancong and Jin Tianwu away, and then a light green spiritual talisman in his hand flickered, and three green light ribbons flew out of thin air, rolling towards the three alien demons.

The three alien demons did not know what this was, but they smelled the aura of thunder power, and were immediately frightened and hurriedly retreated. However, the green light ribbons spread extremely quickly, sweeping across the sky in an instant, tightly binding the three alien demons together and dragging them together.

At this time, another colorful talisman rose into the air from Qi Tianxiang's hand. This talisman was called the Five Thunder Heaven Opening Talisman, and it was the strongest kind of thunder talisman in the Xuantian Sect. It was extremely difficult to make, and even the lowest-level talisman could exert the strength of the early Nascent Soul level. The Xuantian Sect had continuously manufactured and consumed it throughout the ages. When it was passed down to Qi Tianxiang, there were only six of them, one high-grade, two mid-grade, and three low-grade. This time, when entering the Void Demon World, he anticipated the enemy generously and brought one high-grade, one mid-grade, and one low-grade. He carried the high-grade and low-grade talismans himself, while Wu Yuankui held the mid-grade talisman.

The one used this time was only a low-grade talisman. If it was just a single low-grade Five Thunder Heaven Opening Talisman, it might not be enough to kill three mid-Nascent Soul alien demons, but adding the thunder power provided by a high-grade, low-tier wood-thunder talisman was enough.

The Five Thunder Heaven Opening Talisman suspended in mid-air was shaped like a palm, as brilliant as a flower, and looked like a delicate work of art. The talisman radiated five-colored light, flashing five different colors of thunder light: gold, green, black, red, and yellow.

These thunder lights rotated in the sky for several weeks, and then condensed together, forming a huge white light, emitting a "轰隆" loud sound, like a waterfall flying straight down,劈 on the three alien demons. The light exploded and the shadows rolled. The three alien demons seemed to have never existed, and were completely gone without a trace.

The violently beating light was extremely dazzling in the thick darkness. All the other alien demons, regardless of strength, stood still on the spot, shivering. This was a fear from their nature, inherently hidden in their memories. And the Golden Cores of the Xuantian Sect were also shocked by this amazing power, and completely forgot to take the opportunity to kill those alien demons who had no intention of fighting.