I Can Traverse Multiple Worlds-Chapter 55: 5 Years Later, a Bright Mid-Autumn Moon

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: 5 Years Later, a Bright Mid-Autumn Moon

Listening to Xu Muying, Wang Xiao felt a sense of absurdity. It was like a scene from *Journey to the West*, where the Nine-Headed Insect Prince Consort tells the Catfish Spirit, "Go and get rid of Tang Monk and his disciples."

Just who was the Demon Lord?!

One of only two Celestial Beings in the world.

He had lived for at least three hundred years.

He had lived even longer than Nangong Shuang, the Sword Holder of Celestial Sword Mountain.

His power was probably even greater than that of an ordinary Celestial Being.

Even though they were both already in the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm, trying to eliminate the Demon Lord was still pure fantasy.

It was already a blessing that the Demon Lord hadn’t come looking for trouble with them.

Seeing Wang Xiao’s stunned expression, Xu Muying suddenly smiled:

"Hehe, Monk. Boggled your mind, didn’t I? I was just joking around, you didn’t actually take me seriously, did you? I’m far too clever to volunteer for a suicide mission."

"Besides, Master strictly forbids me from going deep into the Wilderness."

Wang Xiao was left speechless.

’To think that Xu Muying, who looked so earnest with her bold eyebrows and big eyes, would actually pull a prank like that.’

’It seemed she wasn’t as pure and guileless as he’d imagined.’

Xu Muying let out a breath, her expression turning solemn again as she said:

"But one day, I will march deep into the Wilderness and personally end this five-hundred-year war between the righteous and demonic factions!"

Wang Xiao slowly rose to his feet and chanted a Buddhist mantra:

"Amitabha. With a talent like yours, once you reach the Celestial Human Realm, you’ll certainly have a good chance of killing the Demon Lord!"

’Xu Muying was indeed the most talented person he had ever met!’

’Once she broke through to the Celestial Human Realm, with her talent, it wasn’t impossible that she could advance even further.’

However, the price for breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm was also immense.

It meant becoming completely emotionless, utterly heartless and detached!

’At that point, would Xu Muying still be Xu Muying?’

’Would her cultivation talent still be effective?’

’Wang Xiao had no way of knowing.’

Xu Muying tilted her head and looked at Wang Xiao:

"So, Monk, what about you? What are your plans?"

Wang Xiao didn’t hide anything:

"To tell you the truth, I came to the Wilderness for two reasons. First, to spar with you. Second, I want to kill some High Tier Demon Cultivators. The Demon Crystals inside their bodies are of some use to me."

A glint appeared in Xu Muying’s eyes:

"You’re already at the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm. For something to be useful to you, it must be something that can help you break through to the Celestial Human Realm. So... you’re trying to break through?"

Wang Xiao nodded:

"Of course. Throughout history, what Half-Step Celestial Being hasn’t wanted to take that final step and reach the Celestial Human Realm?"

Xu Muying said:

"But, my master said that in today’s world, only the Celestial Sword and the Blood Pool deep within the Wilderness can help a person break through to the Celestial Human Realm. For anyone else, it’s impossible. Isn’t that so?"

Wang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Why is that?"

Xu Muying shook her head:

"I don’t know about that part. That’s just what Master said. I think she even mentioned you, saying that no matter how great your talent is, since you missed the Celestial Sword’s inheritance, you’ll never have any hope of breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm."

Wang Xiao didn’t seem to mind and smiled faintly:

"Whether I can break through to the Celestial Human Realm isn’t for your master to decide. Where there’s a will, there’s a way."

’He actually knew why Nangong Shuang would say he couldn’t break through to the Celestial Human Realm.’

’To break through to the Celestial Human Realm, one needed to break through the Celestial Gate, achieve the Unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and completely transform Inner Qi into True Qi.’

’It was impossible to break through the Celestial Gate relying on immense Inner Qi alone.’

’The Spirit stored in the Mud Ball Palace also needed to be condensed and exerted. Only by unifying the two could one open the Celestial Gate!’

’In Nangong Shuang’s understanding, only the Celestial Sword and the Life Essence within that Blood Pool could allow one to condense their Spirit and then break open the Celestial Gate.’

’However, what Nangong Shuang didn’t know was this.’

’By analyzing the runic information of the Blood River Race from the Demon Crystals, and the Spiritual Condensation Technique from the Heartless Sword, Wang Xiao was already close to creating his very own Spiritual Cultivation Technique!’

’This technique would allow him to break open the Celestial Gate without the aid of Life Essence!’

’Furthermore, unlike the Celestial Sword inheritance of Celestial Sword Mountain, it wouldn’t cause one to become completely emotionless after breaking through the Celestial Gate!’

Of course, a secret like this was his alone. Wang Xiao definitely wouldn’t speak of it to anyone before he had broken through the Celestial Gate and become a Celestial Being.

Xu Muying thought for a moment:

"Those Demon Cultivators at the Refining Acupoints Human Immortal Realm are mostly scattered across the various cities in the Wilderness right now. Finding them is probably going to be a real pain."

Wang Xiao replied:

"There’s no rush. I’ll just take my time and look for them."

’The war between the righteous and demonic factions could last for ten years.’

’He just needed to hunt down enough Refining Acupoints Human Immortal Demon Cultivators, and even Demon Cultivators at the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm, within the next ten years. Then he could create his Spiritual Cultivation Technique.’

Xu Muying smiled: 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"It’s a good thing you ran into me. We can’t kill the Demon Lord together, but wiping out all those Refining Acupoints Human Immortals and Half-Step Celestial Human Realm Demon Cultivators is definitely possible."

Wang Xiao’s expression flickered:

"You have a way to find those High Tier Demon Cultivators?"

Xu Muying patted the Celestial Sword on her back:

"I don’t have a way, but it does."

"It can sense High Tier Demon Cultivators within a ten-li radius. We just need to go to each city in the Wilderness one by one, and we’ll be able to find these Demon Cultivators."

Hearing this, Wang Xiao’s eyes lit up:

"It can do that? That would certainly make things much more convenient. You can handle killing the Demon Cultivators, and I’ll stand guard and harvest their Demon Crystals. It’ll be foolproof."

’He and Xu Muying were second in power only to those in the Celestial Human Realm.’

’If the two of them joined forces, even a Half-Step Celestial Being Demon Cultivator would be finished off in a few moves!’

’They could kill and leave, and not even the Demon Lord would necessarily be able to corner them.’

Xu慕影开口道:"不过,我也有条件的噻."

"What condition?"

"You have to give me half of your seasonings. That way, I can enjoy my grilled fish even more."

Wang Xiao’s mouth twitched.

’Young lady, just how much do you love grilled fish?!’

"Fine."

A resigned voice echoed by the lake.

...

Around the time Wang Xiao and Xu Muying met, the great war between the righteous factions of the Central State, led by Celestial Sword Mountain, and the Demon Cultivators of the Wilderness had fully erupted.

Fierce battles began to break out along the various border passes.

Banners snapped in the wind, great fires blazed, and the air was filled with the cries of battle!

With Celestial Sword Mountain leading them, the various sects of the Central State initially held a great advantage, conquering cities, capturing strongholds, and rescuing many of the "Vegetable People" within the Wilderness.

However, the Demon Cultivators of the Wilderness quickly reacted.

The City Lords and the Demon Cultivators of the Refining Acupoints Human Immortal Realm began to cooperate, setting up ambushes for the sects from the Central State.

The Demon Cultivators’ immense power and terrifying regenerative abilities caused the sects of the Central State to suffer heavy losses; even a Priest from Celestial Sword Mountain was killed!

The war between the righteous and demonic factions immediately devolved into a stalemate.

But the stalemate did not last long.

A particular development completely changed the situation.

Within the Wilderness, Demon Cultivators at the Refining Acupoints Human Immortal and even the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm began to die mysteriously, one after another.

In the short span of half a year, more than thirty Refining Acupoints Human Immortals and one at the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm were dead!

Immediately, a sense of panic spread among the Demon Cultivators, and they began a steady retreat!

Some of the Righteous People claimed to have seen the assassins who were killing those High Tier Demon Cultivators: a young man and a young woman.

The upper echelons of the righteous factions who knew some inside information quickly guessed the identities of this man and woman.

In the world today, the only ones capable of such a feat were Wu Chen, the Buddha’s Son of Wuxiang Temple, and Xu Muying, the next Sword Holder of Celestial Sword Mountain!

They just hadn’t expected that these two once-in-a-millennium prodigies would join forces to assassinate Demon Cultivators.

The assassination of High Tier Demon Cultivators greatly boosted the morale of the Righteous People.

Under the leadership of Celestial Sword Mountain, the various sects of the Central State launched a fierce offensive while the Demon Cultivator City Lords were in disarray!

In just two years, a quarter of the cities in the Wilderness were occupied by the righteous factions.

Eventually, the Demon Lord was forced to intervene personally, which gradually stabilized the situation.

The two sides, righteous and demonic, once again began a protracted conflict!

This battle raged on for another two and a half years.

Time quietly passed, and the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived.