In the sky, thunder permeated, and the aura grew ever vaster. The world within this stretch of demonic monster caverns was completely ruined. Wherever the thunder explosion swept, that place turned into rubble.
The monsters, demons, ghosts, and fiends had long had no corpses or bones remaining.
This was the doom triggered directly by Fang Han. Little Axe Emperor, Little Rain Emperor, and the others had long hidden far away, completely unable to clearly see where Fang Han was.
This kind of fierce thunder explosion had even manifested the phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor; forcing one's way up was no different from seeking death. They did not know how exactly Fang Han was doing either, only able to hide far away and quietly observe the developments.
But everyone's heart was exceptionally heavy, knowing that Fang Han facing this was definitely fraught with more ill fortune than good. This heavenly tribulation was far, far more terrifying than a Saint Tribulation. Even if an existence at the peak of Origin Immortal came to undergo the tribulation, it would result in certain death.
Because the thunder explosion was too fierce, they had not even seen clearly the moment when Fang Han burst the thunder pool, charged out, and shattered the phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor with a single punch.
"Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor, this was not a true descent of intent and form! Rather, it was a wisp of aura naturally condensed within nature, and it was already this powerful. If it were the real Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor, it would be unimaginable!"
Having cultivated into an Origin Immortal, Fang Han's strength increased. Compared to before, he was a completely different person. He now had a feeling that he would probably not be cowardly even if he encountered a Saint.
His current strength had likely reached the true peak of an Origin Immortal, becoming the realm of a "Half-Saint."
His accumulations were far too abundant. Upon promoting to an Origin Immortal in one go, relying on the power of the essence blood within the Ghost Martial Sacred Diagram, the indestructible spiritual light he melted and forged surpassed that of any Origin Immortal. The laws on his body were also much thicker than Little Stone Emperor's.
It was precisely because of this that the phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor could already do nothing to him.
Of course, this phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor was not the genuine intent of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor descending, but the supreme existence naturally spawned when the tribulation clouds and thunder explosion reached extreme limits. If Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor were to deal with him personally and his intent descended, it would be a hundred times more formidable, completely not something he could resist, unless Heavenly Lord Chaos intervened once again.
"Break! Kill! This Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor phantom, utterly drawn into my body; it is the final grand meal of the heavenly tribulation. By swallowing the Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor phantom, I will have more comprehensions regarding the dooms."
After shattering the phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor with a punch, Fang Han opened his mouth and inhaled. The thunder explosion energy of this shadow rolled and plunged into his body, initiating condensation. The berserk power was dissolved into peaceful nurturing power. Fang Han thus gained a deeper understanding of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor's form, as well as the splendid aspects of the heaven and earth Great Dao contained within thunder techniques.
Just at the final juncture of him "enjoying" this last grand meal of the heavenly tribulation, suddenly, a streak of black storm swept up from the ground, blasting through the thunder explosion and launching an attack against Fang Han.
This black storm was precisely Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei.
At this moment, his color was no longer those of stones, but black, seemingly contaminated with some demonic aura. Yet his power was incomparably more formidable than before, rippling with waves of Saint's aura throughout his whole body.
"Hahahaha! Feng Yuan, I truly have to thank you. You actually triggered such a ferocious heavenly tribulation, causing the vital energy inside this demonic cavern to fluctuate and the sealing restrictions to rupture. If not for you, I wouldn't have been able to obtain a clone left behind by the ancient demonic dao Saint, Cang Sheng, inside the demonic cavern, drawing it into the God Sealing Stone Monument and restoring the might of a King-Grade Immortal Artifact! My cultivation base is now already a Half-Saint, the utmost peak of an Origin Immortal, a half-step Saint, do you know that?"
Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei teleported right next to Fang Han in a flash and struck out a punch. The offensive was fierce, carrying stone energy within the black storm, becoming far more thoroughly perfected.
As soon as the fist wind arrived, a thick shell of black stone condensed around Fang Han's body, practically trying to seal him up completely.
"What? He found the clone left behind by Cang Sheng, fused it with his own body, and his cultivation base reached the Half-Saint realm. This Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei is indeed hard to kill! I survived the heavenly tribulation and achieved Origin Immortal, originally thinking killing him would be as easy as flipping my hand. Yet he actually obtained such a miraculous encounter? Is he truly not fated to die?"
As Fang Han's entire body moved, the black stone shell exploded inch by inch. Fists colliding, he engaged in a direct clash with Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei.
Immediately, as the two fists struck each other, a berserk power that was a fusion of demonic dao and stone dao surged into Fang Han's body. In an instant, demonic shadows overlapped before Fang Han's eyes. Demonic power and stone power rampaged aggressively within his body, causing all the crystal divine kingdoms about him to creak noisily.
"The civilization of demons, the civilization of stones…"
What cultivation base did Fang Han possess at this time? With a quiver of his mind, the two great civilizations emerged and subdued these two streams of power. Thoroughly dissolving them, they did not cause any destruction within his body at all; instead, they became his nourishing true essence.
On the other hand, from the clash, Little Stone Emperor retreated continuously, and multiple places on his body exploded. It turned out that during the single strike, Fang Han's power had also penetrated into his body. Having just promoted to an Origin Immortal, how fierce, vigorous, and ferocious was Fang Han's power at this moment? Even the phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor had been pierced through. Although Little Stone Emperor had now obtained an immense fortuitous encounter, neutralizing it was still quite arduous for him.
"Having passed the heavenly tribulation, how are you so ferocious!"
With stone energy rolling all over his body and demonic aura permeating, Little Stone Emperor managed with great difficulty to suppress the fundamental essence energy inside his body, his face already losing color in immense shock.
"Even if you obtain a fortuitous encounter and become a Half-Saint, I can still kill you."
Fang Han took a step through the void, reaching directly in front of Little Stone Emperor, and struck out another punch. Amidst this punch, thick lightning everywhere condensed into the Universe Diagram, Myriad Emperors Diagram, Altar of Soil and Grain Diagram…
Fang Han was actually restoring the might of the heavenly tribulation to attack Little Stone Emperor.
Little Stone Emperor had just torn apart a divine diagram with both hands, yet more divine diagrams appeared, enveloping him alive, causing a charred smell to arise from his body. Even stones were being blasted hot enough to crack.
"Damn it!"
His face immediately turned malevolent. Behind his physique, a towering demonic shadow resembling a Saint emerged. That demonic shadow had been sealed within the God Sealing Stone Monument. Seizing the momentum and grabbing, all the divine diagrams were torn open at once!
"Feng Yuan, arriving at this moment, I must admit that among the many Saint Sons, you are the sole person who can contend against me. Today I won't fight you. When I have truly refined the clone of Cang Sheng in my body and my magic force reaches its full culmination, I will thoroughly kill you. You just wait."
After tearing apart the divine diagrams in one stroke, Little Stone Emperor's entire body twisted and flickered, retreating into the void, unexpectedly escaping directly without battling Fang Han any further.
Fang Han remained completely silent, following closely after him. Both hands struck out an absolute killing technique. The recently comprehended thunder secret technique directly initiated a slash through space. Now that he had promoted to an Origin Immortal, all laws had condensed into indestructible spiritual light, capable of violently attacking across vast Heaven Realm provinces, fundamentally not caring how far Little Stone Emperor fled.
Streaks of thunder light condensed in the open air, unexpectedly transforming into a phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor directly pouncing over, disappearing into the depths of the dark demonic caverns. Only after a full dozen or so breaths did a miserable scream transmit back out.
Fang Han stood motionless, quietly waiting. Before long, that phantom of Heavenly Lord Thunder Emperor flew back and integrated into his body, while on his hand, an extra drop of fresh blood appeared.
This drop of fresh blood exhibited the color of stone. On it, the shadow of Little Stone Emperor faintly flickered in and out, seemingly possessing a soul. Evidently, Fang Han had severely injured this person in one strike, acquiring his life-bound essence blood.
"Feng Yuan, you actually completely survived this heavenly tribulation that is stronger than a Saint Tribulation. Even the heavens cannot obliterate you. Congratulations on promoting to the Origin Immortal realm! From now on, you are only one step away from achieving a Saint. When that time comes, I wonder how to address you; will it be Saint Feng?"
Little Rain Emperor and Little Axe Emperor flew over, repeatedly extending congratulations.
"A pity that I was unable to kill Little Stone Emperor." Sun Shihua and the numerous Saint Sons incarnated as Heavenly King Holy Spirits also flew over, sighing repeatedly: "He actually obtained the Cang Sheng clone left behind inside the demonic cavern. His prospects will be boundless. It signifies a major threat to our Ascension Sect."
"No matter. I just severely injured him and furthermore acquired a drop of his heart's blood. In the future, I can employ various means to deduce his existence. Everything about him can be said to be within my grasp." Fang Han tossed this drop of stone energy fresh blood into the Heavenly Cycles Instrument. "He has now joined up with the many Saint Sons of the One Heavenly Sect. I am considering whether or not to actually enact a great massacre and completely slay all those Saint Sons of the One Heavenly Sect, or to bide my time?"
"Brother Feng, in all things, do not go too far. Your heavenly tribulations are growing greater and greater. When promoting to an Origin Immortal, the heavenly tribulation you underwent was already stronger than others' Saint Tribulations. If you promote to a Saint Immortal to become a Saint, just how strong will that heavenly tribulation really be? If you kill all the Saint Sons of the One Heavenly Sect, I am afraid that the moment you leave these Immemorial Ruins, those old fellows of the One Heavenly Sect will ignore the rules to seek out your trouble."
Little Rain Emperor Xia Zhiqiu advised.
"Very well, I shall put this matter aside for the time being. Helping you pass through your Origin Immortal heavenly tribulations first is the priority."
Fang Han looked at the two of them, knowing their auras had also reached the critical point and they could soon break through to the Origin Immortal realm and condense indestructible spiritual light.
Thus, he was helping the two of them along. Once they cultivated into Origin Immortals, there would be powerful assistance in plundering the treasures inside these Immemorial Ruins.
While speaking, he pointed a finger, respectively shooting two streaks of indestructible spiritual light into their bodies. Immediately, the auras on their bodies could no longer be suppressed. Their entire bodies began to tremble, and above their heads, streaks of tribulation clouds condensed into shape.
"Brother Feng!"
Little Axe Emperor Xuanyuan Po gave a massive roar.
"No matter. With me present, your heavenly tribulations are nothing but child's play, and you will pass through them very soon. Besides, although you are reincarnations of Emperors, and your heavenly tribulations are much fiercer than average cultivators, they still aren't as fierce as to reach my level. Quickly pass the doom and achieve Origin Immortal. I will make up for your period of weakness after passing the doom."
Fang Han furiously shouted, serving as a direct wake-up call, much like pouring enlightenment over their heads.
The two Emperor reincarnations immediately sat cross-legged in the air, with solemn expressions, facing the heavenly tribulation in the sky to accumulate strength, ready for ferocious battle.
Half an incense stick of time later, the tribulation clouds truly began to thicken. Enormous thunderbolts resembling water buckets poured down. Within them, many martial dao weapons also evolved; there was even the likeness of the Immortal Ancient Thunder Cannon bombarding the two of them.
Particularly with Little Rain Emperor, within her tribulation clouds, there unexpectedly appeared a full hundred ancient thunder cannons.