Desolate lands, massive mountain ranges, an ancient altar, a space-time tunnel, the fragrance of medicinal pills… all these elements formed a picture of a treasure trove.
However, Fang Han knew that there was killing intent at almost every step here.
Utilizing the Minor Destiny Technique, he faintly sensed sure-kill methods being transmitted from within the void. At this moment, he felt as if he had been secretly targeted by a peerless assassination, having to endure a fatal strike at any time and any place.
"Sect Master, that altar is the entrance to the Pill Realm we discovered. We jointly refined it for a long time, but there has never been a result. Let us go up together and take a look."
"Correct, the Supreme Sect Master has obtained the holy scripture of faith left behind by the ancient holy church; he will surely be able to find the profound mystery."
Seeing Emperor Yu hesitate, Hua Wenchang and other Emperors of the Hua Family hurriedly said.
"Very well, let us go in together and take a look." Emperor Yu nodded: "If this really is the entrance to the Pill Realm, then our Yuhua Sect truly will ascend to the heavens in a single step."
As he spoke, he strode boldly toward the massive mountain range.
Joyful expressions appeared on the faces of Hua Wenchang and the other Paragon Immortal Emperors of the Hua Family, and they followed behind. As the five of them followed, they seemed to faintly form a formation, cutting off Emperor Yu's path of retreat.
Emperor Yu's body gave a slight tremor. With his cultivation level, he could naturally see that these old ancestors of the Hua Family indeed harbored malicious intentions and were actually initiating absolute killing intent towards him.
Within his "Heaven-Equaling Realm," Fang Han sensed Emperor Yu's emotions: heartache, grief and indignation, and questioning, yet there was a resoluteness and decisiveness; he knew this person was making a certain resolution.
Now, Emperor Yu was truly certain that this group of old antiques from the Hua Family wanted to harm him.
Thinking about how much this person had done for the Yuhua Sect, suppressing the heroes to make the Yuhua Sect stand unyielding, only to now turn around and be secretly plotted against by the stubborn faction of the Yuhua Sect, Fang Han could also understand the grief and indignation in Emperor Yu's heart.
Step by step, they approached the ancient altar in that massive mountain range.
Fang Han could feel that some inexplicable killing intents in the void were becoming increasingly intense, and the five elders of the Hua Family behind were growing more and more tense, almost ready to launch a fatal strike at Emperor Yu from behind at any moment.
The killing moves were on the verge of breaking out.
Suddenly, Emperor Yu's footsteps halted.
This sudden pause immediately caused the situation to change, and the killing intent accumulating in the void scattered slightly.
"Junior Brother Fang Han, on the left, deep within five thousand four hundred and ninety-six spatial faults, the Flare Emperor is hidden inside. Although he is concealing himself very well, his Innate Fire God Body allowed me to sense him. I have already locked onto the location of his soul. Let us strike together and kill him first."
A thought appeared in Fang Han's mind like lightning and sparks.
It turned out that Emperor Yu's momentary pause was because he perceived the hiding assassin.
Sure enough, a fiery red figure appeared in Fang Han's mind, deep within the spatial faults. The Paragon Immortal Emperor aura emanating from this figure was concealed extremely well, simply flawless. Fang Han himself could not have discovered this person at all; unfortunately, he was still detected by Emperor Yu.
"Emperor Yu is truly formidable; the gap between my realm and his is vast. Very well, let us strike together first, kill the Flare Emperor, and eliminate a massive scourge. These Paragon Immortal Emperors surround to form a grand trapping formation; by eliminating one, the grand formation will not be complete and will be easier to disintegrate."
Fang Han knew that no matter what, today's battle would be a peerless fierce fight. For the Ferocious Emperor to arrange experts to besiege and kill Emperor Yu, he definitely prepared absolute killing methods. To kill a powerhouse of the Heaven and Earth Co-Longevity, it was nearly impossible unless a Heavenly Lord took action.
"Strike!"
Roar!
In an instant, Emperor Yu transmitted his divine sense, informing him of the Flare Emperor's concealed position. Taking advantage of the chaotic killing intent among the numerous experts, he suddenly let out a massive roar that shook heaven and earth. The surrounding space immediately shattered like a mirror, and a destructive wave of magical power penetrated deep into space and time, consecutively shattering hundreds of parallel spaces. In the depths of that shattered space, a bright red shadow appeared. Within that shadow, an Emperor formed by a Fire God also appeared, resembling a blazing sun, incomparably berserk, radiating divine light as bright red as blood.
"Kill!"
Emperor Yu lashed out with four consecutive sword strikes, cleaving towards that blazing sun. These four swords were coalesced from his lifelong cultivation merit, using the sword to control the divine, using divine abilities to direct qi, and using qi to condense will.
"One sword severs karma, two swords slash long-cherished wishes, three swords break all dharmas, four swords seek the future! The Sword of Faith!"
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
Between the four swords, divine grace was like the sea, as vast as the tide; heaven and earth were submerged by this sword intent.
"Ah!"
Before the concealed Flare Emperor had time to execute a divine ability, he suffered an abrupt strike from Emperor Yu. The four swords slashed his body continuously, erupting with all sorts of divine daos of faith of the ancient holy church, causing him to feel a sensation of being thoroughly torn apart from flesh to soul, plunging into the boundless hell.
"Emperor Yu, you are so ruthless! I am not resigned! My Flare Emperor Holy Body has lost eighty percent of its origin qi, and my lifespan has been slashed by more than half all at once! I am not resigned! How could this be? I concealed myself perfectly; how was I discovered by you all at once? Hasn't the Redemption Divine Talisman concealed calculations concerning you? How did you know of our ambush!"
The Flare Emperor let out a voice of unwillingness, trying his utmost to transform and escape the terrifyingly dreadful sword qi.
But Emperor Yu did not give him this chance at all, unleashing another four swords.
"One sword reveals miracles, two swords move the universe, three swords cleave mountains and rivers, four swords shift heavenly tribulations."
Boom!
The four swords coalesced once again into a thick divine light of faith, piercing outwards, directly tearing apart all the holy bodies of the Flare Emperor; even Fang Han felt his "Paragon Realm" begin to fracture.
"I'm dead, am I dead just like this? No! Impossible!" The Flare Emperor turned into flames and boiled up once more. At this moment, Emperor Yu's eight continuous sword strikes had broken all of his divine ability protective astral qi and magical treasures. He then soared up, transforming into a massive sun god flower flame. That flame boiled and billowed, breaking through the blockades, about to escape without a trace.
However, just as he soared up, a giant Buddha hand descended from the sky, landed on top of this sun god flower, and directly grabbed it, holding the flame god flower in its palm. From within it, Fang Han's thought was transmitted: "Flare Emperor, you are surely dead today. All your life essence will be entirely extracted by me. I will refine you and see if you ever dare to lay hands on my Yuhua Sect's Sect Master."
That sun god flower, coalesced from all the laws and essence great daos of the Flare Emperor, was caught by the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor Buddha's large hand offered by Fang Han, unable to move a muscle.
Although the Flare Emperor was also a Paragon Immortal Emperor, he had everything broken by Emperor Yu's eight continuous sword strikes; eighty percent of the vital qi in his entire body had been slashed and extinguished. Furthermore, the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor was also a supreme exalted being of Heaven and Earth Co-Longevity. Having built up momentum and striking down at once, there was barely any power to fight back.
The massive sun flame god flower fell into Fang Han's Buddha hand and was taken back. In an instant, Fang Han felt a tremendous fire power that nearly scorched him to a crisp. This was all the life essence of a Paragon Immortal Emperor, no trifling matter.
"Good heavens, I cannot refine it at all!"
Even though Fang Han had advanced to the realm of a Saint, upon collecting this cluster of sun flame god flower, he found that in his haste, a Paragon Immortal Emperor was indeed an Emperor, far too much stronger than a Saint. If it were when he was a Half-Saint, taking in this cluster of flame flower would have severely injured him instead. Now it was a bit better, and he could refine it, but it would take at least several thousand Heavenly Realm years, or tens of thousands of Heavenly Realm years of effort.
A cluster of flame essence was thrown into the Heaven-Reaching Gate, and the entire Heaven-Reaching Gate showed signs of melting. Fortunately, the Thirty-Three Heavens Ultimate Treasures had merged with fragments of Good Fortune Divine Artéfacts and could not be destroyed by ordinary power; otherwise, it would have been instantly destroyed.
That Eight Departments Pagoda, the Wings of Freedom, could not even contain it.
"The Reclining Buddha's compassion, universally delivering all living beings, passing everything over, becoming the void, the Maha Immeasurable Great Divine Mantra!"
Buddhist roars sounded continuously; the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor let out a bellow, performing the lion's roar, subduing and intimidating all邪魔 (evil demons) and heterodox paths. The large hand directly pinched into the Heaven-Reaching Gate and began to seal all of the Flare Emperor's great dao essence and life abilities.
"Buzz!"
The Flare Emperor let out an agonized roar, unwilling to yield no matter what! Right at this moment, suddenly another great power descended, striking into the Thirty-Three Heavens Ultimate Treasures. Surprisingly, it was Emperor Yu taking action to help Fang Han refine the Flare Emperor.
With two powerhouses who had cultivated to Heaven and Earth Co-Longevity refining one Emperor, the Flare Emperor immediately could not resist. He let out a despairing, miserable shriek, and all of his will was instantly obliterated. The massive memories entered Fang Han's body, and all the various manipulations of flames coalesced into the Book of Era.
In the Book of Era, a chapter of the "Civilization of Fire" actually slowly spawned.
All civilizations are inseparable from fire.
And that sun god flower transformed by the Flare Emperor was driven directly into the Eight Departments Pagoda.
"Junior Brother Fang Han, your greatest power right now is the Thirty-Three Heavens Ultimate Treasures, but this ultimate treasure cannot advance without the Good Fortune Divine Artéfact fragments. Therefore, the next to advance is your Eight Departments Pagoda. In the rumors, once the Eight Departments Pagoda advances to a King-grade Immortal Artéfact, its power is sufficient to suppress the heavens. I will assist you now, driving all of the Flare Emperor's laws into the Eight Departments Pagoda. You will draw origin qi from the Treasure Realm, cultivating while you fight."
Emperor Yu's voice transmitted over. Boundless raw power descended from the sky, joining forces with the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor to merge that massive sun god flower into the Eight Departments Pagoda.
Boom!
Being struck into with all the life essence of a Paragon Immortal Emperor, the Eight Departments Pagoda instantly underwent an unprecedented transformation. Streams of gray impurities were refined out of the entire tower body, transforming it into crimson red, as imposing and majestic as absolute pure gold, with the strength to拔 (pull up) mountains and rivers, suppressing one hundred thousand great provinces.
Fang Han circulated the "Supreme Myriad Treasures Great Saint True Astral Qi" with all his might, actually opening the passageway to the Treasure Realm. Viscous streams of treasure qi entered the Pagoda, causing the Pagoda to gradually manifest a kingly aura.
Ten thousand dragons letting out long cries!
The massive Eight Departments Pagoda abruptly charged out from Fang Han's body, suspending above Emperor Yu's head. Radiating myriad rays of light, within each ray of light was a long river, and within the long rivers, countless divine dragons galloped and danced, their long cries rising and falling in succession.