CHAPTER 957: CHAPTER 484: IRON BANNER

When Fang Zhixing advanced to the Upper Immortal Realm, Xigou advanced along with him.

The progress was quite significant!

Firstly, Xigou’s fur turned a dark red-black color, more obscure, making it more advantageous for concealment.

Secondly, his bloodline was elevated to level 11;

Thirdly, his two bloodline divine abilities, [Rabies] and [Dog Shit], merged and upgraded to [Rabies Plague Soil].

It must be noted that one of the Five Great Earth Tribulations is precisely the Plague Soil!

[Rabies Plague Soil: The dog shit you leave can pollute a piece of land into a terrifying plague soil, where any person or creature entering it will gradually lose control and become completely rabid!]

Just ask yourself, isn’t that powerful?!

This shows that Xigou is actually a natural earth attribute calamity.

When a cultivator breaks through to the Upper Immortal Realm, they transform themselves into a type of calamity.

Likewise, immortal beasts also gradually evolve their bloodline into a type of calamity.

Fourthly, Xigou also awakened an extremely powerful bloodline divine ability, [Earth Escape], which is incredibly impressive!

Earth Escape allows the alteration of basic properties like hardness, quality, and gravity of matter.

With just a thought, Xigou can turn mountains into basins or transform mud into steel-like hardness.

Moreover, Xigou can change the gravity of a piece of soil or rock, lifting himself to fly through the air.

Xigou can finally fly!

And that’s not all!

Relying on Earth Escape, Xigou can also traverse through the earth at will, and very quickly indeed.

The only thing that weakened was his dog lives, reduced from nine to five.

Even so, the immense power boost made Xigou feel smug, restless, a bit inflated, and eager to join a battle to show off.

Unfortunately, Fang Zhixing became even stronger, and combined with the enemies being too weak, Xigou had no chance to take action.

"Just lie low for now, when the great war arrives, you’ll have your chance to shine!" Fang Zhixing reassured.

Xigou gave a slightly proud snort, walked into the courtyard, glanced sideways at the Purple Water Chestnut Moth, and stomped his foot.

Boom!

The ground shook, and four walls of earth rose, forming a doghouse.

"Plague Soil?!"

The Purple Water Chestnut Moth was shaken to its core.

This is the power of a calamity!

Xigou cast a calamity on the land, forcing the soil to transform into a doghouse.

The targets of a calamity can be not only humans but all living beings and all things.

Of course, to cast a calamity upon all beings, one’s cultivation must surpass the See All Living Beings Realm.

This implies that Xigou’s current strength is at the Upper Immortal level, surpassing her!

The Purple Water Chestnut Moth was inexplicably surprised, utterly taken aback, having no idea when Xigou completed the upgrade, without a single disturbance.

"Hmm~" Xigou’s lips curled as if showing a proud smile, stylishly burrowing into the doghouse, wagging his tail, almost pointing to the sky.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the next afternoon.

Iron Banner Star!

Buzz~

Accompanied by the grand brilliance of the interstellar teleportation formation, a humble elder in a gray robe descended onto this planet.

The gray-robed elder was of intermediate stature, his temples slightly frosted, features unmemorable, hair tips curled, his face lined with wrinkles, giving a mundane and unremarkable impression.

"It’s been a long time since I came to Iron Banner Star."

Elder Duan slightly hunched his back, low-key wading into the crowd.

People came and went around him, yet no one noticed an Upper Immortal Late Stage expert passing by.

Less than ten miles from the interstellar teleportation formation, there was a super magnificent Immortal City, with eight streets and nine alleys, imposing and grand.

The Immortal City was divided into two layers, inner and outer.

The Inner City occupied a third of the Immortal City and belonged to a single Immortal Cultivation family.

The Meng Family!

In fact, the entire Immortal City was built around the Meng Family.

After all, the Meng Family had a patriarch, an Upper Immortal ancestor, dominating the region and naturally qualifying to be a local hegemon.

The Meng Family’s influence was vast, encompassing Iron Banner Star and its surrounding hundreds of planets and satellites.

Elder Duan entered the Immortal City as a tourist, walking silently on the streets, his pace neither fast nor slow, yet in the swiftly flowing crowd, he moved without pause, faster than those riding mutant beasts as mounts.

After a while, he looked up and saw a restaurant named "Great Banner Tavern," entered the hall, found a table, and sat down.

The waiter trotted over, wiped the table, and greeted enthusiastically: "Old gentleman, what would you like to eat?"

Elder Duan casually tossed out a Middle Grade Immortal Jade and said, "Bring me a pot of East Dawn Star’s speciality Maofeng tea to quench the fire."

"Sure thing!"

The waiter was delighted, knowing this was an esteemed guest, and served with more care.

A pot of good tea was brewed, the waiter filled a cup.

Elder Duan picked up the teacup, leisurely tasted a sip, smacked his lips, and sincerely praised: "This taste is truly nostalgic."

The waiter responded: "Old gentleman, have you been at East Dawn Star?"

"Yes, I was born on East Dawn Star,"

Elder Duan nodded, reminiscing: "Many years ago, there was a powerful Immortal Cultivation family on East Dawn Star, surnamed Duan, with numerous clan members, several Immortals in town, respected by all.

One day, a young master from the Duan Family went out to play, encountered a beautiful village girl, and violated her on the spot, and later I was born."

The waiter’s heart skipped a beat, his face turning pale, momentarily speechless.

Elder Duan continued on his own: "My mother’s innocence was ruined, and her family not only didn’t seek justice for her, they blamed her for tarnishing their name, called her lowly, and drove her out, abandoning her to fend for herself.

To survive, my mother became a prostitute in a brothel, and she had a habit of marking a line on the wall each time she entertained a guest.

By the time I was three, the wall was covered with dense marks, leaving no room left, so my mother used a knife to mark on me instead..."