Fang Han was incredibly fierce. After defeating the three great inspector envoys Ouyang Jun, Huang Ziqi, and Chen Yuansheng in one fell swoop, he did not let them off despite holding the upper hand, wanting to extract half of the Great Luo laws from their bodies.
Although they were Heavenly Court inspector envoys and had the support of major sects behind them, Fang Han was entirely alone with no attachments. Even if he was hunted by the Heavenly Court, it meant nothing to him. Furthermore, after these three lost half of their Great Luo laws, their cultivation would drop drastically, and their sects might not necessarily forcefully stand up for them.
"What? You want to extract the Great Luo laws from our bodies? This is simply wishful thinking. Do you dare!"
Ouyang Jun roared, turning from embarrassment to anger, and fled outwards.
Fang Han's speed was extremely fast. His left hand grabbed, forming a vortex. A thousand black holes appeared, accompanied by lightning and thunder. In a flash, he deeply clawed into his body. Suddenly, Ouyang Jun's body began to wither, and streams of golden light flowed into Fang Han's body.
"Go!"
Seeing this scene, the other two were so terrified their souls flew beyond the heavens.
They hastily fled.
But it was too late. Fang Han actually split out two additional bodies, blocking in front of the two men. Striking left and right, his claws also pierced deeply into them. The two men began to wail, the Great Luo laws in their bodies continuously draining away.
With super tyrannical power and predatory methods akin to a Heavenly Demon, Fang Han actually forcefully stripped the Great Luo laws from the bodies of the three men to supplement himself.
The Great Luo laws were one's own comprehension of the Heavenly Dao. Pulses of Heavenly Heart consciousness, natal essence blood, and one's own origin qi and soul combined and condensed into rune upon rune. After undergoing a transformation, they derived the True Intent of Great Luo. For every Great Luo law a cultivator condensed, the power of their body would become one fraction deeper.
When the accumulation of Great Luo laws reached a certain level, one could attempt to assault the Golden Immortal karmic position.
Even among Half-Step Golden Immortal almighties, the amount of Great Luo laws contained within the body was the standard to measure an expert's strength.
Because Fang Han had refined the Golden Immortal laws of the son of Heavenly Lord of Disaster, a grand figure of the Heavenly Realm, his Great Luo laws were originally unreasonably profound, far surpassing ordinary Half-Step Golden Immortal almighties. Having also forcefully refined Shang Ziluo, the amount of Great Luo laws currently in his body was more than double that of these three Heavenly Court inspector envoys combined.
Suppressed and stripped by such tyrannical power, the three men simply had no ability to resist at all.
Streams of Great Luo laws were rapidly stripped away. Fang Han's body emitted a golden luster everywhere, while the origin qi of the three men continuously declined. Their faces turned yellow and withered, as if their blood had been drawn completely dry. Finally, with a thud, they fell to the ground, only able to pant, unable to move.
The loss suffered by these three people all at once was too great. From now on, they would never again have the possibility of aspiring to become Golden Immortals.
As for Fang Han, he did not refine all the Great Luo laws he plundered from the three men. Instead, he drove them all into the Staff of Legend. That treasured staff, which was already approaching a mid-grade immortal artifact, began to bloom with luster.
The treasured staff rotated within his inner world, complementing the Wings of Freedom, seemingly sharing a resonance.
Both of these treasures were replicas of sacred-grade immortal artifacts, but their styles, wills, and the truths they represented all communicated with the true sacred-grade immortal artifacts. They could receive the blessing of the sacred-grade immortal artifacts.
One represented freedom.
One represented legend.
That Staff of Legend flew around for a long time, seemingly digesting these Great Luo laws, and then fell silent again. It did not promote; clearly, the Great Luo laws were still insufficient to promote it to a mid-grade immortal artifact.
"A pity, a pity! As long as this Staff of Legend promotes to a mid-grade immortal artifact, it can attract the blessing of the true sacred-grade immortal artifact. Relying on that blessing power, and then unifying this staff with myself, integrating the Great Luo laws into my own body, I would still have hope of assaulting the Golden Immortal realm. Should I just go all the way and slaughter all three of these guys?"
Fang Han's fierce light was fully exposed, not concealing the murderous intent in his eyes in the slightest.
"You, you actually really plundered half the Great Luo laws from our bodies!" After a long while, the three experts recovered a trace of origin qi, took out pills from their bodies, and swallowed them. They swayed and stood up: "You still do not dare to kill us. But as long as you do not kill us today, we will make you die very miserably! Let's go!"
As they spoke, the three experts barely joined hands, tore open the void, and disappeared without a trace.
Fang Han let out a long breath and shook his head: "Truly not knowing life from death."
"You actually defeated the three of them just like that so simply!" Wang Pian widened her eyes. "These three are outstanding figures among Half-Step Golden Immortal almighties. Exactly how strong are you? You aren't a Golden Immortal, are you."
"I am rather somewhat embarrassed to have brought trouble to the Heavenly Spring Sect. However, I will bear all future troubles myself. If the Heavenly Court comes looking for me, or the sects behind these three men come looking for me, I do not care very much either," Fang Han said.
"What words are you speaking, little friend." Suddenly, a majestic voice rang out. "These Heavenly Court inspector envoys came to Quanzhou and issued orders left and right. The sects behind them also wish to scheme for the ancient spring of life in our Quanzhou. I am very pleased that little friend was able to take action and defeat them, letting them know how formidable you are. My Heavenly Spring Sect will take on the consequences."
That majestic voice was precisely the voice of the Heavenly Spring Sect Master. A peerless Golden Immortal.
"So, this person has been observing the commotion all along but did not step in to stop it. He wanted to see me defeat these three, preferably killing them. But for the Heavenly Spring Sect to step in and shoulder the responsibility, what does this mean? Could they be trying to recruit me?" Fang Han speculated in his heart.
"Many thanks to the Sect Master then." Although puzzled in his heart, Fang Han still cupped his hands and replied.
"Within my Heavenly Spring Sect, there is the ancient spring of life spirit vein. You can cultivate here with ease. The ancient spring of life is not only filled with Origin Qi, but also harbors the gentle will of ancient sages, making it the most suitable for nourishing the Great Luo laws within the body. I saw that you forcefully plundered half the Great Luo laws of the three men, you will also need to properly condense them." The Sect Master's voice was transmitted over again: "Pian'er, give the Life Spring Secret Room used for closed-door cultivation to little friend Heng Budong."
"Many thanks."
Fang Han naturally wanted to cultivate for a while, and he was not afraid of the other party seeing through his foundation.
"Mister, please come with me."
Eldest Miss Wang Pian reached out a hand and tore open the void. Inside, however, there was no violent spacetime storm, but rather a massive tunnel, like a maze, leading to a quiet room.
That quiet room was completely square, seemingly built of stone, though it was unknown what kind of stone it was, floating within spacetime. With a slight sweep of his divine sense, Fang Han perceived that beneath the quiet room, there was massive Origin Qi and an ocean brimming with life force surging upwards.
With every breath, a thick flow of Origin Qi and a trace of the power of ancient sages were transmitted into his mind, cleansing distracting thoughts and placing him in an upright and honorable realm at all times, unbiased and impartial, experiencing the golden mean.
This was indeed a quiet room for cultivation, not a cage. Relying on his intuition, Fang Han felt there was no danger. Even if there was danger, he could execute the Thirty-Three Heavens supreme treasures and his thirty-three times combat power to break the seal and escape.
"Mister can cultivate here. This Life Spring Secret Room is used by our Heavenly Spring Sect to entertain distinguished guests. As soon as Mister calls, I will come over immediately."
Seeing Fang Han sit quietly with his eyes closed to regulate his original spirit, Wang Pian slowly backed out. A strange luster flashed in her eyes, leaving it unknown what she was thinking.
At the same time, in another quiet room, also located deep within an endless void fault, close to the ancient spring of life beneath the Ancient City of Quanzhou, this room was much larger, forming a solid kingdom. Golden Immortal laws densely connected into lines on all sides, merging with the ancient spring of life below. It looked just like countless tree roots absorbing nutrition from the ancient spring of life.
This was the formidable aspect of the Heavenly Spring Sect.
The entire sect was already unified with the ancient spring of life. If they encountered enemies, using it to resist could unleash several times the combat power.
At this moment, the Sect Master of Heavenly Spring, Wang Yan, sat upright within this kingdom. Beside him were many elders of the Heavenly Spring Sect, fully several hundred of them, all Half-Step Golden Immortal almighties. The only Golden Immortal was the Sect Master himself.
However, the combined power of these Half-Step Golden Immortal almighties was also extremely terrifying. In particular, a few of them were only half a step away from a true Golden Immortal, infinitely close to the Golden Immortal realm. The Great Luo laws on their bodies tumbled and rolled, weaving into a net of fractured marks above their heads, resembling auspicious clouds or a grand canopy.
This was extremely terrifying.
"Everyone, what do you think of this person Heng Budong?" The Sect Master of Heavenly Spring waved his hand, and an image of Fang Han cultivating diligently appeared in the space. From all the pores on his body, Great Luo laws sprayed out, wrapping himself up into a dense cocoon.
"Formidable, unfathomably deep. Although he has not cultivated into a Golden Immortal almighty, it is probably only a matter of time. My body currently contains three hundred and sixty thousand Great Luo laws, which is already the limit. But this person is more than twice as profound as I am." A middle-aged man beside the Sect Master of Heavenly Spring said.
This was the Sect Master's younger brother, Wang Shan.
Above his head, Great Luo laws wove into streak after streak of picture-like fractures, as if the firmament had been torn apart by someone, highly shocking and spectacular.
"That Ouyang Jun, Huang Ziqi, and Chen Yuansheng are already the genius disciples of their respective sects. To think they were defeated by him so simply, and I can feel that this is still not his true strength."
Another Half-Step Golden Immortal almighty expert said in shock.
"Sect Master! Our Heavenly Spring Sect's influence is still not secure, because you are the only peerless Golden Immortal. If one more could emerge… then all the sects in Quanzhou would truly treat our Heavenly Spring Sect as the supreme authority."
"For those among us, cultivating to Golden Immortal is truly too difficult. It is far inferior to this person's potential. If this person can cultivate into a Golden Immortal and is recruited by our Heavenly Spring Sect, that would truly be a blessing. Has the Sect Master figured out his origin?" Yet another Half-Step Golden Immortal asked.
"I have guessed about eighty or ninety percent of it. What he wields is the legendary Eternal True Self Unmoving Great Immortal Magic. It is the peerless secret method of the Heavenly Court's Eternal Heavenly Lord!" The Sect Master of Heavenly Spring said: "Rumor has it that Eternal Heavenly Lord likes to search everywhere for peerless geniuses, impart power to them, and groom them to see how their destinies unfold. If this Heng Budong truly holds the legacy of the Eternal Heavenly Lord, then without a doubt, he possesses great destiny. In that case, he could indeed help us open an ancient secret treasury…"