Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

The situation had now completely reversed. The expansion and transformation of the Immortal Mansion were bringing Fang Qingyuan comprehensive improvements in every aspect.

His spiritual sense was just one aspect; his body and Magical Power were now endlessly strengthening.

As a result, the tribulation thunder that had felt immensely powerful just moments ago now seemed significantly weaker in his perception.

It wasn’t that the Celestial Tribulation’s thunder had weakened, but that Fang Qingyuan’s own cultivation was soaring. The thunder was the same, but Fang Qingyuan was already completely different from the person he had been just a moment before.

When the Celestial Tribulation reached its seventh wave, the Heaven and Earth Law Will seemed to sense Fang Qingyuan’s transformation. The heavens would never give him such a leisurely opportunity to grow stronger. Instantly, thousands of bolts of Thunder Fire rained down—Sword Fire Thunder, Tomb-Slaying Thunder, Jade Pillar Thunder, and Immortal Capital Thunder, all unleashed at once.

Sensing this, Fang Qingyuan could only curse inwardly, ’Damn you, heavens!’ before playing his second card. He activated the Jade Chen Awakening Spirit Opening Heaven and Earth Gate Array!

A grinding sound echoed from the horizon. Fang Qingyuan looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through thousands of feet of rock to see a magnificent, vermilion gate slowly opening high above in the Celestial Domain. In the far distance, brilliant rosy light cascaded down like brocade.

The vermilion gate opened just a crack. In a fleeting glimpse, Fang Qingyuan saw a brilliant ball of light leap out from within. It transformed into towering pavilions and palatial halls, where figures like Immortals seemed to move about.

One of the Immortals—he couldn’t tell which—seemed to notice him. A smile graced its ethereal face as it stretched out a palm and made a gentle patting motion toward him.

Instantly, a torrent composed of the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Lights Essence Qi surged from within the gate. It crossed an immeasurable distance and poured precisely into Fang Qingyuan’s body.

"In the heavens lies Baiyu City, with its five pavilions and twelve cities.

An Immortal caresses my crown, granting me eternal life."

Fang Qingyuan recited the lines softly. Once the boundless essence qi had entered his body, he clasped his hands in a salute toward the Immortal in the vermilion gate above, offering his thanks.

The vermilion gate then closed, and the scene within vanished. With a faint sound of cracking, the Jade Chen Awakening Spirit Opening Heaven and Earth Gate Array turned to ash.

This was the miraculous effect of the Jade Chen Awakening Spirit Opening Heaven and Earth Gate Array: it opened a gateway to the immortal realms, drawing boundless essence qi into the user’s body and forcibly raising their cultivation by an entire realm.

Feeling the boundless essence qi at his command with every gesture, Fang Qingyuan laughed heartily. ’These four thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones were well worth it.’

Looking again at the rapidly descending Thunder Fire, Fang Qingyuan was now filled with confidence. With a single thought, the boundless essence qi mixed with his Magical Power and surged into the Seven-Star Altar. In the next instant, he raised his Sacrificial Sword.

The Five Thunders Order on the Magic Altar pulsed, then leaped into the air. It exploded with a BANG, and five spheres of differently colored Thunder Fire materialized. They grew from small to large, from weak to strong, and flew up to meet the descending Thunder Fire.

These five spheres of Thunder Fire were Celestial Thunder, Earth Thunder, Water Thunder, Divine Thunder, and Community Thunder. Fang Qingyuan was using Thunder Fire to fight Thunder Fire, grinding down the tribulation’s might with his own.

With an earth-shattering explosion, the ground a few miles above Fang Qingyuan violently collapsed. The soil lost all cohesion, instantly pulverized into dust.

The sight was enough to make anyone’s heart pound with terror, but down below, Fang Qingyuan smiled. This meant the Celestial Tribulation’s destructive power was dispersing. The Thunder Fire, which had been a concentrated beam, was now spreading out. Its threat was now at least fifty percent weaker than before.

Still, surviving the remaining fifty percent would be no easy feat.

When the torrent of Thunder Fire finally subsided, Fang Qingyuan was revealed below. His crimson Daoist robe was still intact, but the Seven-Star Altar had taken immense damage. It was now covered in a web of cracks, a shocking sight.

Only the stick of Dongzhen Incense in the censer continued to burn slowly, providing Fang Qingyuan with various blessings.

An ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Celestial Tribulation would have ended by now. But Fang Qingyuan knew that his ordeal was far from over.

The Heaven and Earth Law Will had only paused to gather strength for the next wave of Thunder Fire.

Regardless, Fang Qingyuan finally had a moment’s respite.

He submerged his consciousness into his Immortal Mansion. He watched as it continued to expand, and saw the living beings below all prostrated on the ground. Faint whispers from their hearts streamed toward him.

He then looked up toward the Four Directions Star Realm, where without the illumination of the Three-legged Golden Crow, countless stars twinkled brightly. He also saw the Three Circles Land situated within it.

The Five Phases were hidden, fusing with this Star Realm. As the Dharma Idols Fang Qingyuan had accumulated over a century dissolved, the stars in this realm grew even brighter.

’This is the evolution of a world,’ Fang Qingyuan realized with a flash of insight. But watching the speed of this evolution, he knew he couldn’t count on it being ready by the time the next wave of the Celestial Tribulation arrived.

Listening to the prayers from the inhabitants of the Immortal Mansion, Fang Qingyuan had an idea. ’All living things crave stability, and they crave light. The Fire Element Three-legged Golden Crow Dharma Idol has already fused with the stars to become the Vermilion Bird Star Realm. So, what will become the great sun of the Immortal Mansion?’

At this thought, Fang Qingyuan, empowered by the boundless essence qi, began to expend a great deal of mental energy on deductions. After just a few moments, inspiration struck. He ’saw’ his own innate Talent: ’Longevity Qi’.

Longevity Qi was one of his Innate Divine Techniques. It originally only extended his lifespan by two or three hundred years. But thanks to the Qi Eating Technique taught to him by Lechuan, he could borrow the Immortal Mansion Primordial Qi and convert it into his own Innate Primordial Qi, thereby extending his life even further.

However, while the Innate Primordial Qi provided sufficient longevity for his physical body, his spirit couldn’t endure for such a long time. Even with a Soul Dao Technique, if his cultivation didn’t advance, his spirit would inevitably wither over the long years. The only alternative would be to turn to the Ghost Dao, but that was contrary to his goals. That was why Fang Qingyuan had resolutely taken the step toward Core Formation.

Returning to Longevity Qi, this Divine Technique was innate to him. But now, as he was fusing with the Immortal Mansion, what was innate to him also belonged to the Immortal Mansion.

’Since all things crave light, and since this world needs a sun and moon... my Innate Qi can transform the Immortal Mansion’s Primordial Qi to nourish me. This means my Innate Qi Divine Techniques can also nourish all things and all beings. With that in mind, what’s the real difference between the function of my Innate Qi and that of a great sun?’

He replayed the inspiration in his mind, confirming its feasibility. Fang Qingyuan calmed his heart and projected his image at the apex of the sky, manifesting as a divine being.

Seeing that the Celestial Tribulation outside was about to resume, Fang Qingyuan proceeded methodically. He slowly raised his hands, faced the east, and bowed deeply:

"Longevity Primordial Qi, may your trickles gather into a sea! One Qi toward the morning sun, may the great sun manifest its True Spirit! I invite you to take your throne!"

The moment his voice faded, clusters of flames suddenly ignited across the Star Realm and the dark earth below. They passed through living creatures and trees without causing the slightest harm, and through water and marshes without diminishing.

They appeared as mere wisps and strands, but in the blink of an eye, thousands of bean-sized flames became hundreds of millions.

Hundreds of millions of flames danced, making the Immortal Mansion seem as if it were on fire. But the flames flickered only for a moment before converging in one spot. The fiery light flowed and shifted, transforming endlessly as it rose into the sky, taking the form of a true sun.

As the sun rose, it cast down boundless radiance. This light contained the Immortal Mansion’s Primordial Qi, and as it shone upon the living beings, a feeling of comfort washed over all things.

Seeing the sun ascend and take its place, Fang Qingyuan turned to the west and bowed just as he had before:

"It rises in the east and sets in the west, for a lone sun cannot endure; Only through new moon and full, waxing and waning, can the soul glimpse the Netherworld. I invite you to ascend your throne!"

In an instant, the power of the Soul Daoist Techniques Fang Qingyuan had cultivated over the years manifested. The souls of all the beings he had absorbed appeared one after another, flickering in and out of existence amidst surging layers of black mist. A thousand types of filth and ten thousand demonic forms all revealed themselves.

Yet, as soon as these souls and demonic thoughts manifested, they were lifted high into the sky by the will of the Immortal Mansion. Bathed in the radiant, primordial qi of the great sun, they were instantly purified, turning a brilliant white before coalescing in the sky to form a pristine, full moon.

Thus, the sun and moon hung in the sky, shining together. Above them, in the celestial dome, Spiritual Light blazed. The constellations spread out, and hundreds of billions of stars densely populated the vast, boundless firmament.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the Celestial Tribulation, having gathered its power, finally unleashed its Thunder Fire once more. This time, as the bolts descended, an aura of death enveloped Fang Qingyuan’s heart.