"Alright, we will discuss this kid's matter in the future. Let us first head to the entrance of the Pill Realm, break open the seal, and talk. Entering it and plundering an endless number of pills is the right path. Perhaps the Sect Master can find the legendary Creation Divine Pill and ascend to the realm of a Heavenly Monarch in one fell swoop. At that time, our Yuhua Sect will truly show off its prestige, no longer restrained by the Heavenly Court, just like the Muye World and the Huangfu Family of the Divine Province Pure Land."
At this critical juncture, Hua Wenchang could not care less about Fang Han's whereabouts. His priority was to lure Emperor Feather into the trap first.
As he said these words, the five old antiques of the Hua family, the Supreme Immortal Emperors, exchanged glances. Their spiritual sense communications were entirely filled with a conspiratorial atmosphere, but they hid it exceedingly well.
Emperor Feather seemed to not have noticed a thing.
This made them secretly rejoice in their hearts.
"Indeed, he who strikes first gains the upper hand, and he who acts late suffers disaster. Emperor Feather could never dream that the people of our Hua family are maliciously scheming against him now, intending to put him to death. Hmph! But I am not that foolish. During the siege, I will certainly let Emperor An, Emperor Ning, and the others take the blame. Emperor Feather will definitely slay them first, and when the time comes, we will reap the benefits as the fisherman! Waiting until afterward, we will refine Emperor Feather. I will obtain his core essence and can directly transform into a powerhouse of the exactly same age as Heaven and Earth, making all of Emperor Ning's efforts in vain. As for Emperor Lie, Emperor Yan, Emperor An, and Emperor Xin, all of them must die, leave not a single one alive! They will be refined into puppets by us."
Hua Wenchang also had vicious calculations in his heart. His schemes were extremely deep, and he would absolutely not foolishly follow in Emperor Ning's footsteps and be manipulated by him.
He had long calculated a set of conspiracies to gain advantages from both sides.
"The disciples of our Hua family inherit the bloodline of Heavenly Monarch Hua, how could we be manipulated?"
"That's right, even Heavenly Monarch of Disaster cannot manipulate us. Once we grasp the grand authority of the Yuhua Sect, we can eliminate dissidents, massively plunder resources, annex other sects, and make important preparations to welcome back Heavenly Monarch Hua."
"Indeed, when the five of us were cultivating, we already secretly sensed that Heavenly Monarch Hua is about to return. As long as he returns, even Heavenly Monarch of Disaster will not be able to make a move against us."
"Everything is for the glory of my Hua family. Emperor Feather does not understand the current times. Even if he is a powerhouse with a lifespan equal to heaven and the Sect Master of our Yuhua Sect, he cannot escape the fate of being slaughtered. Our Hua family are the true rulers, truly possessing a lifespan equal to heaven. In the future, we will surpass the world and achieve an eternal, indestructible legend."
The five Emperors of the Hua family communicated with spiritual senses among themselves as they flew up.
Emperor Feather followed behind impassively without saying a word, but his spirit was conversing with Fang Han: "Junior Brother Fang Han, there will soon be a fierce battle. Are you prepared? Although you have cultivated to become a Saint, and your strength is above a hundred Saints, you cannot compare to genuine Emperors. Especially when you execute the Little Fatalism and summon the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor, your body will be weak, and it will be exceedingly dangerous. You must hide in my Heaven-Equal Realm. I will exert all my efforts to protect you, and the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor you summon will come out to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with me to slay the enemies! The Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor's strength is not below mine. With the two of us joining forces, acting with lightning speed, we can slay an Emperor. However, take note, you cannot slay Emperor Ning, or else Heavenly Monarch of Disaster will be enraged, and we will be in utmost danger."
"Senior Brother, I understand this, but should we first slay the Emperors of the Hua family?"
Hidden within Emperor Feather's own "Heaven-Equal Realm," Fang Han's spiritual sense flickered, but he had his own calculations.
The realm of Emperor Feather, sharing the same age as Heaven and Earth, is also called "Lifespan Equal to Heaven." Therefore, the kingdom he created himself is called the "Heaven-Equal Realm," which is much more formidable than the "Supreme Realm" of ordinary Emperors.
A Saint uses their own will to forge the "Heaven's Heart Holy Realm," while a Supreme Immortal Emperor has the "Supreme Realm," and powerhouses with a lifespan equal to heaven have the "Heaven-Equal Realm."
"The Emperors of the Hua family are, after all, part of our Yuhua Sect's strength; do not slay them. Once we slay Emperor An, Emperor Lie, Emperor Xin, and Emperor Yan, the four Emperors, their plan to jointly besiege me will be completely shattered. I believe that Emperor Ning is not someone who fails to understand the situation! He will definitely retreat! Furthermore, his plotting against me this time is a severe violation of the Heavenly Court's regulations. As long as I expose this, the majesty of Heavenly Monarch of Disaster will be damaged. So I want to use this opportunity to reorganize the Yuhua Sect. Having caught these Emperors of the Hua family by their vulnerabilities, I am not afraid they will refuse to submit to me. All future operational affairs will proceed smoothly."
Emperor Feather had long made his plans in his heart.
After listening, Fang Han did not speak.
"This Senior Brother Emperor Feather is still somewhat soft. He wants to gain advantages from both sides and use this opportunity to first shock and awe the Hua family in order to reform again. But he doesn't know that even if the Hua family fails this time, all pretense of cordiality has been completely shredded. They will absolutely not let it drop so easily. Rather than keeping them, it's better to kill them all! Or completely cripple all their mana and absorb them to refine my treasures! If my Babu Pagoda can absorb all the mana of the five powerful experts of the Hua family, coupled with the vital energy drawn from the Treasure Realm, it will definitely be able to advance into a King Grade Immortal Artifact in one go! At that time, who can contend with me?"
Fang Han said secretly in his mind.
Now that the pretense was shredded, there was no point in thinking about reform. Emperor Feather's intention was to seize the leverage of these Hua family members plotting against him, and then simultaneously restrain them so they wouldn't make trouble anymore, but Fang Han didn't think so. He could foresee that with the complete shredding of face this time, even if Emperor Feather didn't kill them, they would probably turn around and immediately announce the splitting of the Yuhua Sect.
Fang Han had seen through some matters. At this point, it was impossible to talk about sentiments. Those who should be killed must be killed, those who should be crippled must be crippled.
"Hmph! Regardless of anything, when the time comes, I will specially strike against the Emperors of the Hua family, making preparations to refine the Babu Pagoda into a King Grade Immortal Artifact! This time, I will make a massive move."
Currently, although Fang Han's inherent strength was hundreds of times that of a Saint, he could only contend with Emperors in their initial stages. But, if the Babu Pagoda was refined into a King Grade Immortal Artifact! How much would his power increase… Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Refining the Babu Pagoda into a King Grade Immortal Artifact, even a powerhouse like Emperor Feather could not consider it, but Fang Han now had a chance. Being able to boundlessly absorb the vital energy of the Treasure Realm, without any shortcomings in terms of materials, and if he could slay the five Supreme Immortal Emperors of the Hua family, then it truly might be possible.
At that time, he could even directly kill people above his level and slay Emperors. Below the Heavenly Monarchs, he would have no opponents.
Only then would it be considered safe.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Moving as fast as the wind and lightning.
While Fang Han's thoughts were churning, Emperor Feather, Hua Wenchang, and the five Supreme Immortal Emperors of the Hua family had already left the Yuhua Sect, flying toward the edges of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand grand provinces.
Every grand province in the Heavenly Realm possessed endlessly vast stretches of earth, mountains, oceans, rivers, deserts, and primeval forests. A Golden Immortal often took years of flight time; they could only arrive by taking a teleportation array.
Unfortunately, these distances were just a piece of cake for Saints, let alone formidable figures like Emperor Feather and Hua Wenchang, who were Supreme Immortal Emperors.
After flying for a little over two hours, they had already flown from the middle province of the Yuhua Sect and reached the outer edges of the Heavenly Realm's hundred thousand grand provinces, diving into those Barbarian Lands.
In the Barbarian Lands, there were mountains high enough to prop up the heavens everywhere, each one like a pillar of heaven, towering above the firmament. Clouds and mist lingered, with an aura of savagery blowing straight against the face. Dragons and snakes were mixed together, fierce beasts emerged in endless succession, and rumor had it that deep in the barbaric remote areas, the danger level was hundreds of times more perilous than the Primordial Ruins.
Some primordial divine beasts were larger than giant mountains. Lying low and opening their mouths, they could directly swallow billions of miles of space. Even Saints would find it hard to escape a single suction.
Emperor Feather, Hua Wenchang, and the others had now gone deep into the Barbarian Lands, but what level was their cultivation? Soundlessly and tracelessly, they directly laid low in concealment. Who knew just how many spatial layers of the Barbarian Lands they had gone deep into, the scenery inside growing increasingly ancient and the aura increasingly barbaric.
There were some regions rarely seen since ancient times. Fang Han even split off a portion of spiritual sense to observe the Barbarian Lands, discovering that fierce beasts were roaming practically in packs. Hidden among some mountains, lands, prairies, and lakes were numerous spiritual herbs and ores that were rare even for Saints, and deep within the earth lay the existence of king-tier spiritual veins, where some powerful divine beasts capable of rivaling Saints cultivated deep within the spiritual veins.
By slowly utilizing the Astrolabe to deduce, he discovered this. Within these Barbarian Lands, in some independently carved-out kingdoms, formidable barbarian tribes and powerhouses from foreign realms gathered densely, just like a honeycomb.
Even a Supreme Immortal Emperor, if they entered these Barbarian Lands and initiated a mass slaughter, might alarm the barbarian armies and foreign realm powerhouses. Being besieged, they would end up dying and having their dao extinguished.
Emperor Feather had evidently felt these auras as well, his expression gradually turning solemn.
"Sect Master, that vestige is just ahead, right in front." Hua Wenchang seemingly noticed Emperor Feather's solemn expression, and for fear of something going wrong, he suddenly pointed. Sure enough, amidst a colossal mountain range ahead, an unusual medicinal fragrance faintly emanated.
"It really is the scent of pills."
Emperor Feather's expression shifted, taking a glance over. Circulating the unique realm of coexisting with Heaven and Earth, he could see that the massive mountain range seemingly formed a natural array. At the deepest core of that array lay an ancient altar, exuding the vicissitudes of history. There were powerful restrictive spells on the ancient altar, and no one could draw near, but one could sense that this ancient altar connected to a mysterious kingdom. That intense medicinal fragrance was transmitting out from inside the ancient mysterious kingdom.
Everything indicated that this altar connected to the Pill Realm. The seal had now slightly loosened, causing the medicinal qi of the Pill Realm to seep out.
"This medicinal qi…" Emperor Feather hesitated in his heart. "It is so archaic; it seems it is not the aura of present pills. Is it truly a vestige of the Pill Realm?"
"Senior Brother Sect Master, you don't need to overthink anything. This must be a trick employed by Emperor Ning to make you fall into the grand array, and that's it." Fang Han sneered repeatedly. "This is nothing much. With Emperor Ning's identity, creating such an anomaly is nothing at all. Moving forward, we must tread carefully."