"Right now, this person's strength is already unstoppable. Only if the Heavenly Monarchs strike can he be thoroughly suppressed. Moreover, the Heavenly Monarchs must strike formally, utilizing their true strength, before they can execute him. This person has already cultivated to the realm of Heaven and Earth Sharing the Same Lifespan, and furthermore, he has cultivated the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Divine Fist to the terrifying level of three hundred times combat power…"
Xi Huang wore a bitter expression, recalling the unbearable scene just now, "If it were not for the light of Lord Redemption saving me just now, I would unquestionably have died at his hands. When this person crossed the great tribulation of Heaven and Earth Sharing the Same Lifespan, he actually triggered the Xuanhuang Energy, condensing it into True Xuanhuang Blood to cleanse his body. He possesses some characteristics of a Heavenly Monarch. In terms of comprehensive strength, I'm afraid he can already rank in the top ten of the Heavenly Monarch candidate list…"
"So formidable!"
The fiercely wrathful Spear of Judgment calmed down, his pacing halting slightly.
In truth, the two of them, acclaimed as unkillable even by Heavenly Monarchs, were so because the Heavenly Monarchs did not formally strike. It was either from a distant kingdom, or releasing a stream of will, a finger flick attack. They were able to escape under that level of attack.
This was under normal circumstances, when Heavenly Monarchs were unwilling to truly mobilize their bodies to kill someone.
Because once a Heavenly Monarch grew enraged, the might released was too massive. An unknown number of alternate dimensions would be destroyed, and an unknown number of worlds would be forged anew. Generally, Heavenly Monarchs did not move lightly. They would use their will to condense the vital energy of heaven and earth and the grand momentum of the universe to launch an attack; their true bodies did not move easily.
If the true body of a Heavenly Monarch emerged to kill Xi Huang and the Spear of Judgment, the two would absolutely be unable to escape and would be directly crushed to death.
However, even people who could not be killed by a Heavenly Monarch's finger flick or a stream of will could dominate and reign supreme, acclaimed as immortal and imperishable supreme Emperors.
"Spear of Judgment, you also know that although we two are acclaimed as the Heavenly Court's foremost ancient Emperor and first King Grade Immortal Artifact, we can actually only reign supreme among the hundred thousand great provinces of the Heaven Realm. Beyond the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand great provinces, there are countless factions occupying their own domains, and even more endlessly cultivating ancient antiquities. Among Emperors, our rank on the Heavenly Monarch candidate list is only somewhere toward the back. There are some ancient antiquities who possess enough strength to trigger the great tribulation of a Heavenly Monarch, yet because they lack certainty, they never dared to trigger the great tribulation, fearing they would turn into flying ash and be utterly annihilated. Although our strength is formidable, we do not have the capability to trigger the great tribulation of a Heavenly Monarch…"
Sentence by sentence, Xi Huang completely caused the Spear of Judgment to restore his calm.
"So to say, we have no way to deal with that Fang Han?" The Spear of Judgment said coldly: "This child is a disaster. Failing to eliminate him was our miscalculation. He has now plundered so many supreme treasures of the Heavenly Court and snatched away the Creation Divine Artifact fragment as well. When he goes back and digests them, he will become even more formidable. If he keeps growing stronger, won't we have even less hope?"
"That remains to be seen. Beneath Heavenly Monarchs, all are mere ants. Once the great tribulation of destruction arrives, all those who are not Heavenly Monarchs will turn to flying ash and be utterly annihilated. Even Heavenly Monarchs only have a fifty percent chance of surviving…" Xi Huang said: "As long as this person does not become a Heavenly Monarch, there is a chance to kill him! In addition, he plundered so many of the Heavenly Court's treasure troves. When the Heavenly Monarchs emerge from their cultivation, they will definitely punish him! He is merely a grasshopper at the end of autumn; he cannot hop around for much longer!"
"Look, Lord Redemption has already repaired the rift in the sky, the Heavenly Court's forbidden arrays are perfected once more." The Spear of Judgment suddenly looked up at the sky, beholding that the Heavenly Court which had been hacked open by the giant axe of the Creation Divine Artifact was entirely repaired. Within the Heavenly Court, waves of power surged out, and various Heavenly Court forbidden arrays grew even more intense, actually counterattacking outward.
"It seems this will be a protracted war." Xi Huang nodded: "Fortunately, the likes of the Protoss' Seven Great Ancient God Emperors like Di Shitian can only actuate the phantom of the giant axe of the Creation Divine Artifact. If its true original body were to descend, I am afraid the Heavenly Court would be split into two halves."
"The Progenitor Holy King was wounded by Daoist Hongmeng in the past and is still slumbering, unable to awaken. He must require the fresh blood of the Creation Immortal King, using an equivalent Immortal King to awaken his soul." A smile surfaced on the Spear of Judgment's face, "Therefore, we are solid as golden soup!"
"These ancient God Emperors, otherworldly Heavenly Monarchs, and Barbarian Race probably do not know yet that the five great Heavenly Monarch lords of the Heavenly Court are currently repairing and perfecting the damaged Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures, Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts. Once successfully repaired, it will be equivalent to adding thirty-three Heavenly Monarchs, or even more formidable, sweeping across the heavens!" Xi Huang's eyes flickered with a light of anticipation.
"Speaking of which, it was all trouble stirred up by that Daoist Reincarnation! Back then, the Creation Immortal King's Creation Divine Artifacts, the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures, were shattered by the Gate of Eternal Life summoned by Dianmu Heavenly Monarch executing the Great Destiny Technique. Although Dianmu Heavenly Monarch perished as a result, the Creation Immortal King later forged the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures anew, but as Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts, unable to transform into Creation Divine Artifacts. Unfortunately, after forging more than half of them, the Creation Immortal King vanished again. Back then, Daoist Reincarnation poured all his功力 into the body of the Yellow Springs Great Emperor, causing him to directly break through to Heavenly Monarch and ascend, turning the Heavenly Court upside down. The five great Heavenly Monarchs combined their forces to actuate the Saint Grade Immortal Artifact Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures to suppress and execute the Yellow Springs Great Emperor, but the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures suffered damage as a result, originally being incomplete treasures to begin with."
The Spear of Judgment recounted a segment of history, exceedingly pitying it: "Had it not been for suppressing the Yellow Springs Great Emperor to death, the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures would have long been refined successfully by the five great Heavenly Monarchs by now. Even as Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts, they would be fully capable of sweeping across the heavens and severing all heresy. However, it should be nearing success now…"
"Once successful, a clown leaping over beams like Fang Han will no longer have any room to turn things around. From atop this Heavenly Court, remotely sacrificing the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures, a single strike will annihilate the entire Yuhua Sect."
Xi Huang was seething with killing intent.
"Let us go, Spear of Judgment. We shall join hands, venture out, and kill the Barbarian Race's army!"
Swish! The two great masters charged out of the Heavenly Court's forbidden arrays…
Endless war was being waged across hundreds of billions of spaces surrounding the Heavenly Court. The flames of war stretched outward continuously, and even the Heavenly Demons from the Demon Realm were summoned over. Some Demon Realm masters who ascended in the primordial era and loose cultivators of Saint Demons successively entered into the plan of conquering the Heavenly Court.
At this very moment, Fang Han quietly departed from the battlefield and returned to the Yuhua Sect in the Central Province.
Flying all the way, he witnessed that in the vast territories of the Heaven Realm's hundred thousand great provinces, a true disaster had descended. Clashes of arms occurred everywhere. Countless Supreme Great Sects suffered the attacks of armies from the otherworldly realms, the Barbarian Race, and the Protoss. Province after province was completely enveloped in the smoke and flames of war. Even many beast races from the primal wilderness stepped into it, robbing a burning house.
Outside the Heaven Realm's hundred thousand great provinces were the lands of the primal wilderness.
In the lands of the primal wilderness, aside from the Barbarian Race, there was also the Beast Race. Factions formed by certain ferocious beasts and divine beasts were also astoundingly massive, entrenched in various alternate dimensions, even forging an independent world of their own, the Desolate Beast Realm. It stood alongside those mysterious worlds such as the God Realm, Dragon Realm, Buddha Realm, Treasure Realm, Pill Realm, and Law Realm.
Now, the Beast Race had also appeared. They were clearly aiming to plunder resources, because the Heaven Realm's hundred thousand great provinces were the most prosperous region with the most abundant spiritual energy.
After undergoing billions upon billions of years of resting and multiplying, all the Supreme Great Sects had grown up, accumulating an unknown amount of magical treasure resources.
"Clashes of arms, chaos of war… The Heaven Realm is also starting to fall into chaos." Fang Han watched all of this. Across the hundred thousand great provinces, clashes of arms were everywhere. Cultivators slaughtered the Barbarian Race and slaughtered wild beasts; thousands, hundreds of billions, and trillions of battlefields.
The celestial vault fractured, and countless demonic heads also descended.
Someone seemed to have directly broken the barrier between the Heaven Realm and the Demon Realm, directly allowing many ancient demons to ascend and descend. At the same time, Fang Han's Heavenly Eyes of the Cave even saw that on the oceans beyond the Heaven Realm's hundred thousand great provinces, many Sea Race demonic beasts appeared.
A formidable aura, genuinely that of a Heavenly Monarch, transmitted from the unplumbed depths beneath the sea surface. It seemed a Heavenly Monarch of the Sea Race had appeared. They too wanted a share of the spoils and to destroy the Heavenly Court!
Fang Han knew at this moment that the Heaven Realm had truly begun to descend into chaos, chaotic to an utter mess. The Heavenly Court was besieged. This was absolutely a protracted war. The flames of war would burn not just for one or two days, but perhaps over years, decades, or centuries! Lasting even over a millennium would not be a surprise!
"Heaven assists me! Heaven assists me! What I want right now is exactly the word chaos! Only in troubled times can one truly rise to prominence. Now, in the Heaven Realm's hundred thousand great provinces, there are clashes of arms everywhere, and the Supreme Great Sects have activated their protective forbidden arrays to resist invasions. I can exploit the opportunity to absorb other factions, strengthen myself, and acquire ample time to advance!"
Seeing all this, Fang Han rejoiced greatly in his heart.
What he wanted was precisely the word "chaos."
Only in troubled times could heroes emerge. With the Heavenly Court's execution lacking sufficiently, he could rise to power taking advantage of the momentum. Returning to the Yuhua Sect, the priority was to swallow up all major factions first.
In the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand great provinces, how many Supreme Great Sects were there? How many mysterious factions? Fishes and dragons mixed together. The masters who participated in the genius battle this time were but the tip of the iceberg. There were still many, many evil factions that had not showed themselves.
Once the troubled times arose, Fang Han could seize the chance to annihilate some Supreme Great Sects and bolster the power of the Yuhua Sect.
Moreover, he now had ample time to digest the Creation Divine Artifact fragments inside his body, taking his cultivation one step higher once more, in preparation for impacting the position of Heavenly Monarch.
His current strength already granted him the qualification to impact for Heavenly Monarch.
Unknowingly, he had become one of the candidates between heaven and earth with the most hope of advancing to Heavenly Monarch… Heavenly Monarch was not purely about strength, but the hope of living through an additional chaotic epoch; it was a myth.
The distant Central Province was right before his eyes.
The Yuhua Sect was imminent.
Fang Han also saw that the Central Province had entirely plunged into the flames of war. The forbidden arrays of the entire Central Province ancient city had been activated. The armies of many Barbarian Race, Protoss, otherworldly realms, Beast Race, and even Sea Race and Demon Race were burning, killing, and plundering on the lands of the Central Province.
Meanwhile, the disciples of the Yuhua Sect, banding together in groups upon the lands of the Central Province, resisted the invasions alongside many sects, and guided the people of various sects and nations one by one into the Central Province ancient city.
The entire Central Province possessed boundless territory. There was no telling how many famous mountains and great rivers, how many sects, and how many immortal nations existed. These were all resources. As the dominator, the Yuhua Sect naturally could not easily let them fall one by one; all of them were received into the Central Province ancient city to jointly resist the foreign enemies.
Fang Han looked at all of this, nodding secretly, the wind and clouds surging violently in his heart.
Troubled times had arrived!
It was the exact right time for him to soar!