"The appearance of this person is shrouded in stone mist, making it utterly impossible to see his true face clearly, nor to peek into what profound art he is cultivating. However, this person's strength is so formidable. With so many long rivers of King-tier spirit veins rotating around his body, is it to prepare for his own breakthrough to Origin Immortal? This is too astonishing."
Fang Han continuously operated the Zhou Tian Instrument to deduce with all his might, but somewhere in the dark void, a massive power appeared out of thin air to obstruct him, making it impossible to deduce out. He knew that the "Little Stone Emperor" Song Tengfei was reversing the heavenly secrets to block the deductions of his enemies.
Since he intended to advance to the Origin Immortal realm within the Archaic Ruins, there were simply too many people spying on him.
The sects hostile to the Taiyi Sect were not just the Yuhua Sect alone. There were also some families, such as Huangfu and Muye. The experts in these families would definitely not just watch and let him advance so smoothly, and then allow themselves to become fish on a chopping block at his mercy.
Even sects that had no enmity with the Taiyi Sect coveted the husk of a King Grade Immortal Weapon like the God Consolidating Stele. They would try every possible means to snatch it. One must know that King Grade Immortal Weapons were at the very least at the Saint level, containing saintly energy within. If obtained by an Ancestor Immortal or an Origin Immortal, it would be of tremendous help to their own advancement to the Saint Immortal realm.
Who wouldn't harbor ulterior motives? Who wouldn't want to snatch it?
Although the "Little Stone Emperor" Song Tengfei was wrapped in stone mist, within that mysterious divine kingdom, there were a full five King-tier spirit veins flowing like long rivers. Every King-tier spirit vein meandered like a giant dragon, willfully radiating a kingly aura.
A full five veins, meant to be used for advancement.
From this point alone, Fang Han judged that if this person advanced to the Origin Immortal realm, he would probably truly not be beneath himself. He himself had no assurance of defeating him.
"It seems I still underestimated this person. If I want to advance to the Origin Immortal realm and comprehend the Dao of Returning to the Origin, I also need more than five King-tier spirit veins. This person can actually compare to me? Truly worthy of being the reincarnation of a King Grade Immortal Weapon, formidable."
After detailed calculation, Fang Han became alert. If this person advanced to Origin Immortal and reached a realm higher than himself, he would be completely unable to suppress him.
Under these circumstances, it became urgent. He had to kill this person before he advanced to Origin Immortal, otherwise, it would definitely be disadvantageous to himself.
"Zhou Tian Instrument, deduce again. Crystal divine kingdoms, operate immediately." Fang Han burned Primordial Energy once again. Those countless crystal divine kingdoms began to calculate cyclically, and the major civilization histories of the Epoch Book also began to operate. With this action, those civilization histories once again consumed and burned thousands of first-tier spirit veins.
Immediately, that stone mist began to dissipate, and faintly, the shadow of an emperor was revealed inside. This emperor wore a dragon robe and a flat-topped crown on his head. Tall and towering, sitting upright there, he possessed a flavor of controlling the world. This was the imposing aura of a true major figure. With a slight movement, he could swallow mountains and rivers, sitting like a tiger and coiling like a dragon. However, his face could still not be seen.
"A pity, truly a pity. It is because the realm of the Zhou Tian Instrument is not enough. If it were a Supreme Grade Immortal Weapon, it could deduce the true face of the Little Stone Emperor, and I could even peek at what magic arts he is cultivating. That way, I would be able to stand in a more invincible position."
Fang Han secretly cried a pity in his heart.
However, as for the specific location of this Little Stone Emperor, he had deduced it quite close to the truth.
Just as he was about to withdraw the deduction of the Zhou Tian Instrument, suddenly, within that picture, the stone mist shattered at once. That Little Stone Emperor stood up, letting out a rolling voice: "Little Rain Empress Xia Zhiqiu! You are still spying on me like this? Do you think you can deduce my true location? Let me tell you, you are completely and utterly wrong."
While speaking, he beckoned with his hands. Above his head, that God Consolidating Stele rotated slowly. An eyeball within it fiercely shot forth a destructive divine light, shooting deep into the void, bombarding towards a distant kingdom.
For an abnormal freak of an expert like him, even though he hadn't advanced to the Origin Immortal realm, ordinary beginner Origin Immortals would truly be killed by him. The abilities he possessed now were already not much different from an Origin Immortal. He could bombard across the distance of a Heavenly Realm province from afar, or even several Heavenly Realm provinces.
"Little Stone Emperor, to think you actually found the God Consolidating Stele, your main body. Good, very good! When you advance to Origin Immortal, you will encounter the tribulation of destruction, the judgment of the end of days. At that time, I will come to take your life."
At the place where that divine light shot, within a distant kingdom, a woman's voice was transmitted out. Fang Han immediately urged the Zhou Tian Instrument, spewing out rolling original energy again to make the image upon it somewhat clearer.
"Buzz!"
Within the Zhou Tian Instrument, the image fluctuated. The divine light shot out by the God Consolidating Stele was shattered by the woman in the distant kingdom. Following that, countless rain showers descended from the void. Each drop of rainwater was not a raindrop in the simple sense, but presented the shape of a teardrop. Within every drop of rainwater was a world, a kingdom, where a deity sat upright, bearing quite some resemblance to Fang Han's crystal divine kingdoms.
This rainstorm struck over, hitting the God Consolidating Stele. That stone stele immediately began to spin.
The Little Stone Emperor stepped on all eight directions, his palms like the stars in the sky, his aura continuous and unending. His entire body expanded, swallowing mountains and rivers, pulling up great peaks, and he attacked again. A stream of stone energy surged out, transforming into a rolling stone river, turning into stone cities, stone soldiers, stone men, stone horses… colliding with the raindrops. With every collision, a kingdom was shattered; with every clash, a law was destroyed.
The Little Stone Emperor deduced the law of "Stone" to a startling degree, while that woman named "Little Rain Empress" Xia Zhiqiu evolved the essence of rain into the traces of an eternal Great Dao.
The two exchanged blows in an instant. Their strength was formidable, their auras majestic, simply peerless. The shockwaves of those powers alone could cause ordinary beginner Ancestor Immortals to collapse and turn into dust.
Suddenly, the Little Stone Emperor unleashed his might again. His palms propped up the sky. Between heaven and earth, streams of stone energy appeared everywhere. These stone energies actually condensed into the appearance of the cities of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand provinces, forming a heavenly map.
The Heavenly Realm had its central position occupied by the Heavenly Court, divided into a total of a hundred thousand provinces, where a hundred thousand ancient cities were established. The construction of these hundred thousand provincial ancient cities and the division of their borders contained the profound mysteries of fortune.
Now, the Little Stone Emperor actually struck out a heavenly map composed of stone energy, enclosing all the geography, mountains, and rivers of the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand provinces within it. Immediately, Fang Han saw something incomparably profound. Those hundred thousand provincial ancient cities and the geography of mountains and rivers were actually established like a great formation, evolving all creations within it.
"This… Even the Yuhua Sect does not have all the maps of the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand provincial ancient cities, and I have never seen them either. To think it is so majestic and towering!"
With a movement of his mind, Fang Han instantly and deeply memorized this stone map in his heart.
As soon as that stone map of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand provinces emerged, it immediately ground the void away. Its power traced back through ancient and modern times. All the raindrops completely vanished, and it drove directly deep into the void, submerging that woman's figure.
Hmph!
From deep within the void, the Little Rain Empress Xia Zhiqiu transmitted a cold snort, seemingly having suffered an injury, and vanished without a trace in the air.
With a ripping sound, the Little Stone Emperor retracted the stone energy, and a piece of clothing appeared in his hand, bearing blood traces upon it.
"If it weren't for the fact that I need to comprehend the Dao of the Origin Immortal, you would probably be gravely injured today if not dead, Little Rain Empress Xia Zhiqiu. Did you really think you could contend with me? How was that move of mine? The topography of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand provinces is all within my grasp." Raging flames appeared on the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei's palm, and instantly burned that piece of clothing to nothing.
Subsequently, this mysterious kingdom where he was located suddenly shrank and disappeared into the air.
"Formidable, indeed formidable. Just relying on that move just now, striking out the stone map of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand provinces, if I encountered it, although I could resist it, I could not shatter it. My current strength is on par with this Little Stone Emperor, at most just a tiny bit higher than him, and that's not even counting the situation where he holds a hidden trump card. It seems it will be very difficult to kill him with absolute certainty. However, I can use vertical and horizontal alliances."
Fang Han pondered deeply in his heart.
The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei was extremely alert, shrinking back into his divine kingdom and changing locations.
A figure like this, with powerful strength and heaven-reaching wisdom, was very hard to kill. Especially since there were many Taiyi Sect Holy Sons protecting him by his side. Naturally, Fang Han was unwilling to go knocking on his door right now. Even if he defeated the Little Stone Emperor, it would be a tragic victory where both sides suffered heavy losses. If he were then taken advantage of by powerful enemies and refined himself, he wouldn't even have tears to cry.
He restored his mind and looked at the air.
The Holy Sons and Holy Daughters of the Tongling Daoist Sect, the Yanshen Marquis Gate, and his own Yuhua Sect had already swept the air clean of all spirit veins. Some even slaughtered a few remnant demonic beasts, the Hell Bats.
Once a Hell Bat was captured and tamed, or sealed within a magic treasure or a great formation, it could be brought out against enemies. If enough were tamed, they could likewise form Demon Wings to flap behind one's back, enhancing one's speed to come without a shadow and leave without a trace, greatly improving combat power.
Even Sun Shihua, Xing Yuehua, and Yao Yu flew out and subdued tens of thousands of Hell Bats, taming them with their own will, combining them once more to form a pair of Demon Wings flapping behind their own backs.
"Every one of these Hell Bats is equivalent to a peak Golden Immortal existence. Combined together to incarnate Demon Wings, it is exceptionally profound. If I could capture even more Hell Bats to form Demon Wings, my speed could be elevated once again." Sun Shihua said: "These Hell Bats are demons that flew out from the restricted areas of the Heavenly Court, never seen before. I wonder what kind of powerful demons we will encounter if we go deeper inside?"
"In the depths, I saw Hell Bats at the Ancestor Immortal level. They seemingly saw Brother Feng Yuan's formidability and didn't dare to come out. However, I feel that if we continue to go deeper into it, we will encounter very great danger." Xing Yuehua said.
"How can one obtain tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den?" Yao Yu said: "Besides, that Little Stone Emperor is inside, we have to go in to search for him. How about it? Brother Feng Yuan, have you deduced the true location of the Little Stone Emperor?"
"His location is constantly shifting." Fang Han's brows were tightly locked, "However, I can still grasp his context. But this person is too powerful, I cannot end up mutually injured with him. I must first seek a powerful collaborator. Let's go! Follow me, let us go find the Little Rain Empress Xia Zhiqiu of the Supreme Nine Purities Heaven to join hands."