The Key of the Ancient Pill Realm was a formidable treasure called the "Key of the Instant." It could casually transform into various shapes and forms, and moreover, could erupt with the energy of the Pill Realm, which also contained the will of the supreme Lord of the Pill Realm. Although Hua Tiandu had obtained it, he had not comprehended its deepest mysteries.
Instead, it was Fang Han who seized this "Key of the Instant." Relying on his calculation dao of epochs, he truly comprehended the essence within the key and could even obtain various kinds of information from it. Deep within this "Key of the Instant," there was an even more mysterious power that could communicate with the Pill Realm, transmitting over the power of countless pills through the void to cleanse the entire body. The power of these pills was equivalent to the vital energy of the "Treasure Realm." It could increase one's lifespan, forge souls, enhance magical powers, and elevate realms.
The "Pill Realm" was the source of all pills.
In this world, no pill could compare to the Pill Realm. Even pills refined by an Immortal King were not as pure as the vital energy of the Pill Realm.
After Fang Han obtained this "Key of the Pill Realm" and calculated its various abilities, he was immediately overjoyed. Even without entering the Ancient Pill Realm, by relying on this key to communicate with the vital energy of the Pill Realm and cleanse his body, his cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds, increasing his hopes of breaking through to the Dao of the Heavenly Monarch.
Originally, after Fang Han swallowed the Myriad Life Lightning Pool, his hopes of cultivating to become a Heavenly Monarch were at forty percent. Now, having swallowed the Heavenly Lord of Myriad Suns and the essence of many others from the Holy Land of Truth, and having obtained the bloodstains of the Fortune Immortal King, and now getting this "Key of the Instant" on top of it all, this series of accumulations could abruptly elevate his chances of advancing to Heavenly Monarch to sixty percent.
If he comprehended the Key of the Instant, it wouldn't even be surprising to reach a terrifying seventy percent.
However, what Fang Han wanted was a one hundred percent chance of advancement. There could not be the slightest accident. This required a massive accumulation, unless he completely swallowed the Hua Tiandu in front of him and then went to the Ancient Pill Realm to find the slumbering Fortune Divine Pill.
"You! You took away my Key of the Pill Realm!"
Hua Tiandu was exasperated.
He was practically jumping with uncontainable rage.
Fuming with anger, he made continuous attempts to snatch it back.
Fang Han, however, suddenly surged with killing intent. Above his head, heaven and earth turned upside down, and the stars shifted. The "Key of the Instant" in his hand transformed continuously. With a resounding vibration, dragons roared and tigers howled, phoenixes spread their wings, the Black Tortoise lamented, and the Vermilion Bird danced wildly. In the void, absolute killing moves appeared everywhere, slashing towards Hua Tiandu.
Sizzle!
Caught completely off guard, Hua Tiandu's body was cut open by Fang Han using the "Key of the Instant." Blood flowed out, taking on a dark gold, lusterless color. This represented the power of lusterlessness; wherever this blood flowed, the sun and moon of that world would lose their radiance.
Fang Han made a grasping motion with his large hand, and the dark golden blood formed by that lusterless power boiled, being drawn towards him. Hua Tiandu finally sensed something was wrong: "Fang Han, you just wait. This Heavenly Monarch body of mine has not yet been thoroughly condensed. Once it is thoroughly condensed, it will be the day of your death! Coffin of Heavenly Burial!"
Rumble!
Hua Tiandu spat out a mouthful of noble, dark golden blood. Accompanying the appearance of the blood was a massive coffin. This coffin was vermilion and oppressive. The moment it appeared, all the heavens dimmed, as if carrying a sense of impending annihilation. The deaths of all heavens were to be buried within this coffin.
This was the legendary Coffin of Heavenly Burial.
The coffin that buried the heavens.
According to rumors, this was a coffin crafted by the Fortune Immortal King for himself, intended for an epoch when he would fall, dragging the heavens into silent extinction along with him, waiting in the coffin for rebirth.
However, the Fortune Immortal King eventually disappeared, and it fell into the hands of Heavenly Monarch Hua to bury his own bones. Now, it had fallen into the hands of Hua Tiandu.
The Coffin of Heavenly Burial.
As soon as it appeared, all brilliance was buried within the coffin. This entire expanse of the void was completely loaded into it. That coffin possessed a power capable of burying all heavens. Fang Han's eyes flickered, and his footsteps continuously retreated.
Yet Hua Tiandu seemed unable to control the power of this coffin. In the instant he sacrificed the coffin, his entire person leaped into it and disappeared without a trace.
The massive vermilion coffin also completely vanished.
Fang Han grasped with his large hand, tearing through billions of space-times, yet he failed to catch even a slight trace. Hua Tiandu had escaped; a great foe of his had actually managed to flee just like that, leaving behind a hidden danger.
"Hua Tiandu, I actually couldn't kill him. But next time, it will be hard to say. The Coffin of Heavenly Burial… this coffin is too terrifying. It is not a magical treasure, but it is more formidable than a magical treasure. Hua Tiandu cannot utilize it freely." Fang Han did not give chase, because he knew that in this situation, giving chase would be useless. The Coffin of Heavenly Burial had reached a state where it could bury the heavens. With it in Hua Tiandu's grasp, even if he caught up, he would not be able to kill him.
He sat cross-legged in the midair, calculating and flickering as massive amounts of Heavenly Vein vital energy burned.
In this grand battle with Hua Tiandu, seizing the "Key of the Instant" and the bloodstains of the Fortune Immortal King had already caused Hua Tiandu to lose everything. Relying on this, his certainty of advancing to the realm of Heavenly Monarch was extremely high. As long as he achieved the Heavenly Monarch realm, killing Hua Tiandu would not be difficult.
He had also benefited immensely from this battle. Everything regarding Heavenly Monarch Hua's martial dao was entirely within his grasp. He was even more familiar with the power of a Heavenly Monarch's body, which firmed his invincible conviction. Hua Tiandu ranked first on the Heavenly Monarch Candidate List, but by defeating him now and forcing him to flee, Fang Han had established his own position at the number one spot. He was indeed the number one person beneath the Heavenly Monarchs.
Moreover, during the intense battle, the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures obtained the bloodstains of the Fortune Immortal King, resonated with him, and reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth, becoming orthodox. This was an incalculable benefit.
After a long time, Fang Han comprehended all the profound mysteries and stood up. The Key of the Pill Realm circulated in his hand. Through the key, one could see countless streams of purple pill energy, elegant and luxurious, continuously flowing, ready to erupt at any moment.
This pill energy was far more miraculous than the pill energy of Saint-grade pills. It was virtually equivalent to the pill energy of the Fortune Divine Pill; it was the essential energy of the entire Pill Realm, and it had not the slightest backlash. If the vital energy of the Pill Realm fell into the secular world, ordinary mortals who merely smelled it could almost immediately become Immortals, deathless and inextinguishable.
Saint-grade pills could not do that.
Because the medicinal energy of Saint-grade pills was too fierce, ordinary experts could not withstand it.
"Having obtained this Key of the Instant, I will first return to my Epoch Sect and pour massive amounts of medicinal energy into the Heavenly Kingdom, elevating the disciples of the sect to a new realm once again! I believe that before long, my Epoch Sect will be able to completely surpass the billions of supreme great religions, and even the Heavenly Court."
After standing up, Fang Han's body flashed, and with a speed several times faster than before, he charged directly towards the Ancient City of Zhongzhou.
His strength had increased considerably once again.
Now he even felt that, even if a Heavenly Monarch came—as long as it wasn't a Heavenly Monarch like Disaster, Chaos, Eternal, or Slaughter who had survived multiple epochs—he had absolute confidence in exchanging a few blows with a Heavenly Monarch born in this current epoch and then retreating completely unharmed.
Swoosh!
The Ancient City of Zhongzhou remained a paradise isolated from the world.
Within it, the auras of Emperors were being born one after another. With a glance, Fang Han could see that people from many supreme great religions were entering the Ancient City of Zhongzhou in twos and threes, seeking the protection of the Ascension Sect.
No, it was now the Epoch Sect.
Fang Han's reputation had thoroughly spread. Breaking into the Heavenly Court, slaying Emperor Xi and the Spear of Judgment, destroying the Heavenly Court's Divine Prison, seizing the Myriad Life Lightning Pool, and killing several supreme great religion leaders in succession such as Lord Cang Sheng, Huangfu Dadao, and Emperor Disaster… These matters were no longer secrets and were circulating among the numerous sects.
Unknown numbers of great aristocratic families and countless experts across the hundred thousand provinces of the Heavenly Court were struggling to resist during this great tribulation. Thus, they inadvertently thought of the Epoch Sect's protection. Many experts entered the Ancient City of Zhongzhou through teleportation arrays to visit Emperor Feather, seeking protection or hoping Fang Han would take action to rescue their besieged sect gates.
Even some experts from other realms came to visit, hoping to form an alliance with the Epoch Sect and attack the Heavenly Court together.
This was somewhat unexpected to Fang Han, but upon thinking about it, it wasn't strange. In this world, there were naturally no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, especially so in the path of immortal cultivation.
Fang Han descended into the Hall of Adjudication. Emperor Feather was conversing with a tall man.
This tall man had a pair of white wings growing on his back. The wings were inscribed with runes; it was his natal divine rune, flashing faintly, possessing a speed that surpassed myriad realms. The aura emanating from this man was in no way inferior to a Heavenly Lord. He was definitely a major figure ranked within the top twenty of the Heavenly Monarch Candidate List.
The man was handsome and dashed, and every gesture he made carried the flavor of a messenger of heaven.
Beside the man were several women with white wings, all of whom were individuals with tyrannical mana.
"Emperor Wing, regarding your Wing Realm forming an alliance with our Epoch Sect, I still need to discuss this matter thoroughly. After all, my junior brother is not present, and as you know, my junior brother is the true founder of the Epoch Sect."
Emperor Feather was talking with this tall man, "Emperor Wing."
"Haha, I also wish to witness Brother Fang Han's elegant demeanor—the profound cultivation that destroyed the Heavenly Court's Divine Prison, and slew Emperor Xi and the Spear of Judgment." Emperor Wing laughed: "I wonder when Brother Fang Han will return? Right now, the Holy Land of Truth has already entered the hundred thousand provinces of the Heavenly Court, intending to subjugate all factions. The situation is urgent. Our Wing Realm also has a supreme Heavenly Monarch holding down the fort. If the Epoch Sect can form an alliance with us, you will certainly receive our protection."
"There is no need; everyone from the Holy Land of Truth is completely dead."
Fang Han suddenly appeared in the midair, descending directly, and met with Emperor Wing.
"What?" Emperor Wing involuntarily stood up, looking at Fang Han. The white wings on his back trembled unceasingly, revealing the unease deep in his heart. Facing an expert like Fang Han, he instantly felt that he was no match. Fang Han now carried a presence that forced him to look up to him.
"Could it be that Brother Fang Han exterminated all the experts of the Holy Land of Truth!"
"That is not the case. The people from the Holy Land of Truth and I went beyond the Heavenly Realm into the plane of Heavenly Monarch Camel God. However, we encountered Hua Tiandu, who is currently ranked first on the Heavenly Monarch Candidate List. He obtained the Coffin of Heavenly Burial and merged it with the corpse of Heavenly Monarch Hua, killing all the disciples of the Holy Land of Truth!" Fang Han said.