The ancient city of Quanzhou unfolded on the horizon, entering Fang Han's line of sight. Rather than calling it an ancient city, it was more like a massive kingdom world, similar to a self-created world like the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss or the Eternal Demon Domain.
This ancient and magnificent city was situated on the land. At a glance, it was unknown how many experts were hidden within it; people came and went, with countless Heavenly Immortals, Divine Immortals, and Mystic Immortals entering and exiting.
In comparison, the great worlds in the mortal realm were truly nothing at all.
Moreover, within the city, space connected with space, and kingdoms linked with kingdoms. Every plant and tree, every stone and drop of water contained the traces and textures of the Grand Dao. It was clearly meticulously constructed by peerless experts.
Fang Han felt that even with his current cultivation, if he entered the city to kill and cause a disturbance, he would very likely be besieged and unable to get out.
"This ancient city of Quanzhou's underground spirit vein…" What Fang Han was most interested in was naturally the ancient spring of life. If he could quietly sneak into the center of the spirit vein and absorb the true qi, advancing to a Golden Immortal was not an impossibility.
He opened the Cave Heaven Divine Eye and looked towards the underground. In the profound depths underground, it was actually brilliantly radiant, as if countless lights were surging; he simply could not clearly see what exactly the "ancient spring of life" spirit vein was.
That the "ancient spring of life" spirit vein could actually prevent him from seeing through it was somewhat astonishing.
The earth of the Heavenly Realm was unimaginably thick, its bottom forever unknown. The soil of the Heavenly Realm was also tough and rich in spiritual energy, nurturing billions and trillions of spirit veins that immortals could not see through. But Fang Han's "Cave Heaven Eye" was one of the Thirty-Three Heavens supreme treasures, possessing the ability to see clearly through the rules of the Heavenly Realm. Yet even it could not clearly see what the ancient spring of life looked like. There was only one possibility: the ancient spring of life was sealed by those with great divine abilities, at the very least formidable figures at or above the Golden Immortal level, and perhaps even more than one.
"What a formidable restrictive magic."
Fang Han observed with the "Cave Heaven Eye" for a while. That mass of brilliant light beneath the ancient city of Quanzhou, fully the size of a great world, flashed so intensely that it made him a little dizzy.
He knew this was a formidable restrictive magic.
"Relying on the Thirty-Three Heavens supreme treasures, I could sneak into the underground and might be able to get close to the ancient spring of life spirit vein, but the risk of being discovered is also great."
He shook his head, descended, and walked into the ancient city.
At the gates of this ancient city, squads of experts stood guard. These guards were actually all Heavenly Immortals, and each one brimmed with divine light, being outstanding figures among Heavenly Immortals. The squad leaders in particular were Divine Immortals, wearing low-grade immortal artifacts, strutting proudly, and as solid as mountains, making anyone who saw them not dare to cause trouble.
Upon entering the ancient city, a dazzling array of sights greeted him; it was entirely filled with shops—restaurants, teahouses, medicinal herb shops, pill shops, weapon shops… every single one was a tall building or a vast hall, with people coming and going, and immortal qi floating about.
Compared to Ancient Mang City, it was prospering countless times over.
For a moment, being situated in this bustling ancient city kingdom of immortals, Fang Han actually felt a slight sense of getting lost.
The prosperity of the Heavenly Realm was displayed to the fullest within this massive ancient city.
In the mortal realm, there was absolutely no city this large; even the Cultivation Great World did not have half the prosperity found here.
"Fresh dragon meat, fresh dragon meat, slaughtered on the spot! This Dragon Emperor was captured from the Dragon Realm." At the entrance of a tall restaurant, a massive golden dragon struggled desperately under the suppression of several immortals, but was butchered and disemboweled alive; its steaming heart was taken out.
"A plate of Sacred Demon heart and liver, for only three hundred Origin Pills! These are pure Sacred Demons, fiends that cultivated to the Heavenly Immortal realm. Their demon hearts were dug out alive and stir-fried into a peerless delicacy using three thousand techniques."
In another restaurant, several immortals grabbed a few Sacred Demons captured from the Extraterrestrial Demon Domain, slaughtered them alive, and pulled out their hearts to hand to the chef.
Anything that was rare or simply invisible in the mortal realm could be seen here.
"Step aside, step aside!"
Suddenly, loud thunder resounded in the sky, and a squad of guards entirely composed of Divine Immortals descended. Heavenly drums thundered among them, as if they were broadcasting some order.
"These are the Divine Spring Guards of the Heavenly Spring Sect! Why are they all mobilized?" Some immortals looked at this squad of guards, all of them shocked. Every single one of these Divine Immortal guards was an elite. If placed in the mortal realm, they could probably each govern a great world and become its master.
Now, in the Heavenly Realm, they could only serve as guards.
However, this squad of guards stood extraordinarily; if a fight broke out, even Mystic Immortals would likely suffer a disadvantage.
"They are relaying orders from the Heavenly Court. Rumor has it that the Heavenly Court has recently been at war with the God Race from the lower realms. The God Race gained the upper hand and opened breaches in the Heavenly Realm, allowing many strange people to ascend. The Heavenly Court is currently issuing massive bounties. Let's go to the Ten Thousand Springs Square and see exactly what notices the Heavenly Court will post."
Many immortals flew in that direction.
Fang Han remained calm and collected. He had already changed his face, silently transforming into an imposing middle-aged man, carrying some of the demeanor of Emperor Huangquan from the past.
He was now one of the most wanted fugitives in the Heavenly Realm and naturally had to disguise himself.
Fortunately, having currently cultivated the Great Reincarnation Technique, he could trigger the various divine abilities of the Reincarnation Disk. Combined with his cultivation as a Half-Step Golden Immortal almighty, he had cultivated the Incarnation Rebirth Art to a terrifying degree. After changing his identity, no one could see through it. Even Golden Immortal almighties using magical treasures to see through one's original face would find it entirely useless.
Following the numerous immortals, he arrived at a massive square.
In the center of the square stood a totem pole like a pillar holding up the sky, where the Divine Immortal guard squad was posting a massive notice. Amidst the crowd of immortals, Fang Han saw one portrait after another on the posted notice, each incredibly lifelike, directly penetrating to the origin.
It was actually a wanted poster.
At the very top of the wanted poster, there were numerous runes—Disaster, Eternal, Thunder Emperor… all mimicking the textures of imperial decree seals. They represented the supreme authority of the Heavenly Court.
"These runes are the marks of the most ancient Heavenly Lords of the primordial Heavenly Court. Seeing the decree is equivalent to seeing them in person."
Some knowledgeable immortals saw the rune seals on the notice, and all were shocked. The Heavenly Court was currently ruled jointly by several ancient Heavenly Lords; they represented nearly the highest authority in the Heavenly Realm. They were existences that countless immortals looked up to, and it was impossible to even see such super grand figures.
"These people are the targets wanted by the Heavenly Court; many more have been added."
"Haven't you heard? This time there have been changes in the rules of the Heavenly Realm, and many figures from the lower realms have run up to the Heavenly Realm."
"Hmph! The lower realm is just a small pond, a garbage pit; what experts could it have? Spiritual energy is deadly scarce. I heard even pure Yang qi is extremely precious. Here in our Heavenly Realm, any casual breath is pure Yang qi."
"You still cannot underestimate it; the lower realm has produced many experts. Gods, Demons, Buddhas, and Monsters have all produced unparalleled figures of their time. Think about it; to be able to cultivate into an immortal in the spiritually impoverished lower realm, reaching the Heavenly Realm, who knows what they will grow into."
"That is true. Ah! That number one wanted fugitive is still Wu Chang; it hasn't changed. Who dares to snatch his position as the number one wanted fugitive?"
"Rumor has it that this person has cultivated into a Golden Immortal. The Heavenly Realm issued bounties for him several times, and he killed many Heavenly Court envoys, even slaying Golden Immortals of the same level. And now, it seems he may have even surpassed Golden Immortal to reach an even more profound realm."
"The ones below are newly added. A man named Fang Han, oh, if this person is captured, the reward is generous. It is actually a full thirty-six billion Origin Pills, a choice of various immortal artifacts, and even the transmission of the Heavenly Court's cultivation divine abilities, various supreme great immortal magics, and Three Thousand Great Daos."
Fang Han's expression flickered. He saw his own name strikingly listed on the notice, the image so lifelike it was identical to him, as if it was a brand of his own soul.
Fang Qingxue's name, however, was not on it.
On the notice, there was a list of over a hundred names and details. If any of them were captured, there would be immense rewards; his own name was placed at the end.
Ranked first was a young man with a ruthless face and icy eyes. His two eyes seemed like two great worlds of solid ice; one look at them would freeze one's entire body.
This young man's name was "Wu Chang".
"This Wu Chang is formidable!" Fang Han sighed in admiration. Seeing the portrait of this young man, he knew he was a formidable character.
"Hmph! This Wu Chang is just so-so. The truly wanted experts by the Heavenly Court could not possibly appear on the list." Just as Fang Han sighed, a voice rang out near his ear.
Fang Han turned around and saw that it was actually a woman dressed in scholar's robes, playing with a folding fan in her hand. She was dressed as a man, bearing some resemblance to Immortal Venerable Linglong. Moreover, her aura had reached the realm of Mystic Immortal. This woman was also looking at the Heavenly Court's wanted list, full of disdain.
"Oh? Then may I ask what kind of people are the truly wanted experts by the Heavenly Court?" Fang Han moved his divine sense and asked this woman.
The woman glanced at Fang Han and said lightly: "For instance, Heavenly Lord of Chaos. Countless Heavenly Realm epochs ago, he rebelled against the Heavenly Court and descended to the mortal realm. The Heavenly Court simply did not dare to openly issue a bounty for him. Also, when Immortal King of Fortune still existed, he issued a bounty for Daoist Grand Primordium. Now, those ruling Heavenly Lords don't even dare to mention this name."
"Oh?" Fang Han took a deep look at this woman and found that she knew an exceedingly large amount. He could be considered an inheritor of Heavenly Lord of Chaos. Heavenly Lord of Chaos was indeed a wanted target by the Heavenly Court, yet nobody dared to hunt down this ancient Heavenly Lord.
With strength having reached such a level, he could roam undefeated wherever he went.
"Miss, why are you here? When the notice from the Heavenly Court came into the city, didn't Miss already look at it long ago?" Just at this moment, suddenly, a squad of guards posting the notices saw this woman dressed as a man. The Divine Immortal leading the squad immediately walked over and knelt respectfully in front of this woman.
This woman clearly held an illustrious status.
"Rise, there are many people here, do not expose my identity." The woman hastily waved her sleeve, signaling the Divine Immortal to stand, and then said: "Whenever fugitive notices are posted, they will come to take a look. I am just searching to see if any wanted people by the Heavenly Court have entered our city."
Hmm?
As Fang Han heard this woman speak, suddenly, he felt a wave of chill spreading from the crowd in the square. It was extremely subtle, but the murderous intent was powerful, simply unparalleled.
"Someone has discovered me?"
He immediately looked over and saw a person in black, seeming like a shadow. Suddenly, with a sword strike, he thrust directly toward the woman beside him.
It was actually an assassin. The one being assassinated was not him, but the woman right next to him.