"There are tens of millions of major aristocratic families in the Heavenly Realm. The most formidable are the Huangfu Family of the Divine Prefecture Pure Land, as well as the Makino Family, and the Xuanyuan Family. Additionally, families like the Nangong and Ouyang are not smaller than our Feather Transformation Sect, and they have inextricably linked ties with the Heavenly Court."
Above the Liangxu River.
Thick fog filled the air. As Fang Han, Dao Xu Holy Son, and Supreme Elder Chen Yimei walked through the void, the thick fog automatically dispersed to form a passageway. Looking into the distance, a mountain range lay prostrate like a giant dragon. Within the mountain range, spirit veins inhaled and exhaled, mirage qi rolled, and fish and dragons multiplied, resembling an illusion.
That was the "Void Measure Mountain," the location of the Void Family. Fang Han and the others came here first to see Xu Muyun, and second to probe the tone regarding the recent killing of Tu Gang to clear themselves of suspicion, checking if the Void Family people had reported the matter of "Wu Chang" intercepting them halfway to the Heavenly Court.
While heading toward the Void Family, the three conversed about some of the kingly major aristocratic families in the various prefectures of the Heavenly Realm, especially the Nangong Family.
Within Fang Han's mind, having devoured countless experts, he possessed massive memories and knew an extreme amount of information. However, finding useful things in that vast, sea-like memory was very difficult, just like trying to find a useful book in a massive library.
But now it was different.
He had advanced to Ancestral Immortal, and both the Eight部 Pagoda and the Zhou Tian Instrument had transmuted into high-grade immortal artifacts.
His calculation ability had increased by no less than a hundred times. In his own divine kingdom crystals, every Ancestral God was a grand god spirit calculating the future, combining together. Those strings of memories were all clear; as long as a thought moved, useful memories immediately appeared, taking almost no time, zero instants.
The memories of Cao Zhengyang, Yi Tianxing, Murong Shi, Jin Mieyu… and the others he had devoured seemed somewhat insufficient. The memories were too few.
Originally, these people were all erudite scholars, especially the young masters of the Heavenly Court, who read extensively and obtained a great deal of information. A single person's memory was infinite and endless. But now, the divine kingdoms inside Fang Han's body were too vast and numerous; all their memories combined were but a drop in the ocean.
So much so that Fang Han felt himself to be empty right now.
Not empty in terms of vital energy and power, but knowledge. He needed to absorb more knowledge to supplement his wisdom. The best would be to incorporate some histories of civilization from many epochs past into his body; then he could obtain more knowledge, providing a greater supplement to the Epoch Divine Fist.
What Fang Han lacked now was not vital energy, but knowledge. After obtaining knowledge, it could precipitate, transform into his own, and then, through the calculations of his own divine kingdoms, become his own wisdom.
His next realm to advance to was "Origin Immortal." According to rumor, to advance to Origin Immortal, one absolutely had to accumulate boundless knowledge, recognize the latitude and longitude of heaven and earth, and comprehend the various mysteries of ghosts and gods, sun and moon, space and time, myriad worlds, and all immortals… tracing back to the "Origin" point, thereby reaching the realm of "Origin Immortal."
The status of an "Origin Immortal" in the Heavenly Realm was second only to a Saint Immortal.
"The best would be to obtain some knowledge and civilization histories of the previous epoch, or even tracing back through various epochs, which would be of great help to my advancement to Origin Immortal. Moreover, it would enrich my Epoch Divine Fist even more."
Fang Han internally observed the talisman of the "Epoch Divine Fist."
This talisman had also undergone a transformation when he advanced to Ancestral Immortal, growing significantly more robust. Furthermore, it began to act like the Little Fatalism Art, devouring divine powers. All those divine powers of the various sovereigns revolved around the Epoch Divine Fist, then melted into it, enriching the Dao of the Epoch.
The various sovereigns of the ancient Heavenly Court were all figures of illustrious repute who comprehended heavenly secrets. Although the martial arts they created could not compare to the Divine Fist of Good Fortune, they surpassed Fang Han's by far too much.
Especially the "Fate Sovereign Invincible Great Thousand Divine Fist" from Tu Gang's body that Fang Han had just absorbed, which contained the Dao of life and explored the principles of fate, providing great help to his comprehension of destiny.
As the talisman of the Epoch Divine Fist expanded and contracted, inhaling and exhaling, Fang Han estimated he could already unleash ten times battle power. It was enough.
In the Heaven-Mending Furnace, there was still a massive amount of Heaven-Mending true qi, allowing him to carry out devil-style training all the same. Moreover, during the process of advancing to Ancestral Immortal, that Saint Immortal Buddha lamp oil had not been fully consumed, so it could still temper his bodily form and forge laws. His path forward was bright and boundless.
"Feather Transformation Sect's Dao Xu, Yimei, and Feng Yuan come to visit the Void Family. Is the host still not coming out to welcome us?"
Crossing over the Liangxu River, they saw mountain peaks and mountain ranges before them, one after another. The heavenly dome warped slightly, resembling an eggshell-shaped heavenly canopy that shrouded all the mountain ranges within. This was the Void Family's restrictive magic, capable of resisting the attacks of a grand army.
In the Heavenly Realm, many demons and demonic beasts formed beast tides, charging everywhere, causing even some kingly major sects to suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, the array formations guarding the mountain gates of many kingly major sects were extremely formidable, capable of killing gods and exterminating Buddhas, being omnipotent.
Although Fang Han could forcefully break through, there was no need now.
In his eyes, the various arrays were displayed before him, one by one. Many of the mysteries within could not hide from his will. For some of the weak links in the arrays, he could entirely utilize the Dao of Heaven-Stealing to infiltrate invisibly.
Outside the mountain-guarding grand array, Dao Xu Holy Son raised his voice and transmitted it inside, letting the Void Family people know, while Fang Han and Supreme Elder Chen Yimei chatted as they observed the mountain-guarding grand array.
"Junior Brother, this Void Family's mountain-guarding grand array contains the momentum of galloping dragons and tigers. Look inside, there is the Profound Heaven Prajna Zen Dharma, the Zhou Tian Star Elephant Great Reversal, the Void Five Elements Reversal, the Black and White Ancient Cave… Every single killing array is interconnected. As the spirit veins operate, once activated, borrowing the power of heaven and earth to descend, it is fully capable of grinding away an Ancestral Immortal expert with a single strike." Chen Yimei clicked his tongue in praise: "However, it is not as formidable as the array deployed by our Feather Transformation Sect's Hua Heavenly Monarch within the Feather Transformation Heavenly Kingdom, because the Void Family has never produced a world-covering Heavenly Monarch."
"Although these array formations are formidable, their operation is somewhat unfamiliar. Obviously, the magic force of the people holding the fort is too shallow. Look at that mountain peak; the disciples operating the Black and White Ancient Cave are actually just five Golden Immortals? How can this be activated? It's simply a joke." Fang Han shook his head, "If I were to exert my full power, in a single instant, I could break this grand array and kill all five Golden Immortals on the spot, leaving not a single one alive."
"Junior Brother, not to mention you are a freak and a deviant." Chen Yimei was startled, "You absolutely must not try it. The Void Family still has formidable figures. It is said that the founder is a son of the Void Sovereign, Xu Wuhui. His current cultivation is at the absolute peak of Zenith Immortal. He still exists today, striving to break through the shackles to reach the karmic position of a Heavenly Monarch."
"The karmic position of a Heavenly Monarch is not something that can be broken through with bitter cultivation." Fang Han's cultivation had now reached the realm of supreme Ancestral Immortal. Sensing the Ancestor realm in the obscure void, he completely and thoroughly comprehended some elements concerning cultivation, knowing the formidability of the Heavenly Monarch realm, which was supreme and unsurpassable. One absolutely must possess immense serendipity and gain the favor of destiny to possibly step into that supreme realm. One's own willpower, wisdom, comprehension, and natural talent were not the most important.
Many old antiques cultivating bitterly within great aristocratic families, major sects, and the Heavenly Court, goods that had lived for hundreds of millions of Heavenly Realm years, reached Zenith Immortal, but could never achieve Heavenly Monarch. They could not gain the favor of destiny.
According to his massive memories, no one in the Heavenly Realm had cultivated to become a Heavenly Monarch for a very long time.
The most recent Heavenly Monarch was someone named Makino Huang who cultivated to become a Heavenly Monarch three hundred million Heavenly Realm years ago, shocking heaven and earth, and the immemorial. This person was called the War King Heavenly Monarch.
"Indeed, Heavenly Monarch is hard to achieve, it has now become a distant legend." Chen Yimei shook his head: "Several ancestral masters of our Feather Transformation Sect went into secluded mediation fifty million Heavenly Realm years ago, borrowing the Heavenly Court's heavenly veins, yet still have not been able to break through. Pity, what a pity. If even one could break through, our Feather Transformation Sect's strength would not be like this. A sect sheltered by a Heavenly Monarch can basically stand firm and unfallen in any great tribulation."
"Did our Feather Transformation Sect's Hua Heavenly Monarch perish or disappear?" Fang Han asked. For some reason, every time the Feather Transformation Sect's founder Hua Heavenly Monarch was mentioned, he thought of Hua Tiandu.
Hua Tiandu had already ascended to the Immortal Realm by now.
"At that time, he was brought into the Heavenly Realm by that Heavenly Realm envoy. Who knows how he is doing now; is he cultivating bitterly in the Taiyi Sect? Or has he already died? When he entered the Heavenly Realm back then, he was only at the cultivation of the Undying Body of the Longevity Mystic Realm. In the Heavenly Realm, he was worse than a slave, a mere mayfly."
Fang Han pondered in his heart.
According to the memories he had attained and calculated, that Meng Shaobai was highly likely to be the Son of Slaughter. And Yan Shuitian could potentially be the Eternal Heavenly Monarch's adopted daughter. As for Hua Tiandu, he had never heard any news about him. Even the well-informed Jade Mansion Prince and Golden Pavilion Prince had no impression of him.
One must know that Fang Han's Dao of Calculation had reached perfection; with just a trace of related memory, he could deduce many clues and traces.
But traces of Hua Tiandu seemed to have been erased. No matter how he calculated, he could not deduce anything.
As for Fang Qingxue, Immortal Venerable Linglong, Feng Baiyu, and those people, they could not be deduced either, and it was unknown whether they had entered the Heavenly Realm or were in the secular world.
He hadn't seen a single one of his old acquaintances from the past.
In his heart, Fang Han could not help but feel some emotion.
Rumble!
Just amidst this thought, the array formation within that "Void Measure Mountain" opened wide, and a jade bridge grandly extended out from the clouds and mirage qi.
Standing on the jade bridge were several Ancestral Immortals, all existences at the level of the Void Family's Supreme Elders. Sweeping their gazes, they saw the three people, and particularly looking at Fang Han for a long time, displayed looks of shock: "Ancestral Immortal? Broken through so quickly."
Evidently, they were certainly already very familiar with "Feng Yuan."
Fang Han was also very understanding in his heart; he was close to "Xu Muyun," and had gained much limelight recently, especially making a young master of the Nangong Family kneel for three days and three nights. News of this action had already spread.
The Void Prefecture was close to the Great Shang Ancient Prefecture; there was no reason not to know of such a thing.
Perhaps the matter of him obtaining the "Bone Saint's" inheritance had also spread more or less. He had now suddenly gained fame.