It was only natural to guess it was him.
...
"The wind is rising..."
Fang Ming stood on a high mountain, feeling the wind blow, and felt a sense of exhilaration.
It seemed as if the wind could restore his mood.
His mood had been excellent since he arrived in this world.
This was only natural—he had almost effortlessly acquired the body of a Ascended Realm cultivator and mastered its power. For Fang Ming, whose cultivation was merely at the peak of the mid-stage Dao Foundation realm in the Kyushu world, this was undoubtedly a cause for great joy.
Anyone who had achieved such a significant breakthrough in such a short time, without arduous effort, would feel this way.
This was the power to overturn mountains and move stars with a mere thought. If he had to traverse other worlds with his physical body, it would have taken him dozens of worlds to achieve such strength.
Yet, he had obtained it through a single transmigration of his true spirit.
How exciting this was.
At this moment, due to the fusion of his true spirit, Fang Ming's dantian still contained the cultivation system of the Kyushu world—six spiritual meridians had been opened.
His body had also mastered the ability of "subtle perception," a residual effect of taking gene enhancement agents.
The magic power cultivated through the "One Qi Art" also existed within his body.
However, whether it was the opened spiritual meridians, the subtle perception ability of his body, or the magic power of the "One Qi Art," all were insignificant compared to this semi-immortal body that had already weathered the lightning tribulation and the Yin Fire tribulation, possessed an immortal body, and whose magic power had been sublimated into immortal energy.
It was like a drop of seawater entering the ocean. In terms of total volume, the energy contained had indeed increased, but this small increase was entirely negligible.
From this, one could imagine how delighted Fang Ming must have been to possess a semi-immortal body and semi-immortal magic power.
However, this good mood seemed unlikely to last.
After standing on the mountaintop for only a moment, Fang Ming's expression changed.
His mood value had clearly decreased.
Because he had sensed a vast energy approaching from afar.
And it was evident that this immense energy was directed towards him.
The owner of this energy harbored malice towards him.
This was the first conclusion Fang Ming reached.
Judging by the scale of the energy, its owner must be a semi-immortal, and one who had already broken through two trials.
This was the second conclusion Fang Ming reached.
These two conclusions combined made Fang Ming's expression visibly worsen.
"Why would a semi-immortal come here?"
This was a question, but one that could be answered.
Fang Ming searched his memories and found a possible explanation—one of the most likely reasons for this semi-immortal's arrival was to "exterminate demons."
Exterminate demons.
As Fang Ming realized this, certain parts of his memory seemed to light up.
These illuminated parts told Fang Ming what a demon was.
The so-called demon referred to a semi-immortal body that had passed the Yin Fire tribulation and achieved immortality. If, during the divine consciousness or magic power trials, they failed and their primordial spirit was destroyed, under certain circumstances, another soul could be born from the body that, though its primordial spirit was annihilated, remained eternally incorruptible.
The soul born in this manner would harbor a clear malice towards the entire world.
This was a "demon."
And this world had a structure for demon extermination, with its main forces composed of numerous semi-immortals and several true immortals.
As Fang Ming realized this, his expression quickly shifted from displeased to ashen.
What kind of world was this, where semi-immortals risked turning into demons? And there were dedicated demon-extermination organizations?
Did this not mean he would be mistaken for a demon and eliminated? His situation was extremely perilous.
No wonder another semi-immortal was coming. They must have discovered that this Tai Xu Daoist had failed his tribulation but not died, thus concluding that Fang Ming was the newly born soul of this body, a so-called demon?
"This is troublesome."
This thought crossed Fang Ming's mind.
However, the activation time for his world-hopping talent had not yet arrived and was still on cooldown, so Fang Ming could not escape.
Therefore, he could only brace himself to face it head-on.
Soon, the old monster Cheng Fu arrived.
He came riding a rainbow of light, exuding an imposing aura.
He scrutinized Fang Ming with cold eyes, as if he were absolutely certain of his ability to kill Fang Ming.
"Since you are a semi-immortal who failed your tribulation and perished, why did you leave your physical body behind?"
"Thus giving rise to a new soul, a demon!"
"Tai Xu Daoist! You have truly left me a difficult problem."
"I am Patriarch Cheng Fu! Today, I shall resolve this problem!"
Fang Ming clearly noticed that Cheng Fu's words were not directed at him, but at the original owner of this body, Tai Xu Daoist.
Fang Ming frowned.
He spoke in a calm tone, "Fellow Daoist, we have no enmity. You have made a mistake in your judgment."
"I am not a newly born primordial spirit within this body, nor am I a demon. I am merely someone who has taken over this body."
"I will bring no malice to this world, nor will it benefit me."
Fang Ming's statement first emphasized that he was not a demon.
Cheng Fu's purpose in coming here was undoubtedly to exterminate demons. Demons originated from the original body giving rise to another primordial spirit, being of the same root and origin as the body. That was a demon.
But Fang Ming stated that he was an external primordial spirit who had taken over the body, not of the same root and origin as the body. This explained his identity as not being a demon.
According to Fang Ming's speculation, this declaration had a certain chance of convincing Cheng Fu and letting him go.
But unfortunately, things did not develop in that direction.
Patriarch Cheng Fu let out a cold laugh, "Oh, you are not the soul born from the original body, but one who has taken it over?"
"Are you joking, thinking I have no knowledge of soul-snatching in the cultivation world?"
"Among ordinary cultivators, soul-snatching can occur between them."
"But semi-immortals have already reached the realm of immortals in certain aspects and are fundamentally different from ordinary cultivators. How can they still soul-snatch each other?"
"The Three Disasters have already drawn a fundamental distinction between ordinary cultivators and semi-immortals."
"To soul-snatch a semi-immortal, unless one is a true immortal, one cannot perform the soul-snatching secret technique on the body of a semi-immortal."