A singular palm, carrying the unique pure and clear color of the sky, slapped down towards the entire ancient city of Zhongzhou. That imposing momentum seemed to intend to smash the ancient city of Zhongzhou into the ground, permanently sinking it for all eternity. All living beings within the ancient city of Zhongzhou were completely bound for destruction. One palm to destroy a Supreme Great Sect.
Within the ancient city of Zhongzhou, many, many figures all felt the wrath of the Heavenly Lord. Every person was ashen-faced, almost scared to the point that their souls nearly scattered.
The master of the Divine Continent Pure Land, the Saint Grade Immortal Artifact, the Boat of Paramita. Huangfu Bi'an had finally made his move.
He had reached the end of his unbearable tolerance towards Fang Han.
Fang Han had actually killed their family master, Huangfu Dadao, plundered away the Sands of Time, and devoured all the supreme absolute arts of the Divine Continent Pure Land, and even the fortuitous encounters obtained by Huangfu Dadao. The peerless martial art from an unknown number of epochs ago, the "Son of Heaven Universe Supreme Art," had been completely plundered by Fang Han. Everything about the Divine Continent Pure Land no longer held any secrets for Fang Han.
How could Huangfu Bi'an endure this point?
Breaking out of seclusion early, with the momentum of a mighty thunderbolt, he wanted to obliterate the entire Zhongzhou. He did not care about whatever Epoch Sect or Yuhua Sect; they would all be wiped out in flying ash and cease to exist. He wanted to let the people of the world know exactly what kind of terror the wrath of a Heavenly Lord was.
Yuhuang's entire body jolted, and he roared loudly, "Yuhua Ascension, Heavenly Lord restriction array, fully activate!"
Throughout the entire ancient city of Zhongzhou, invincible sacred radiance ascended everywhere. Massive origin qi condensed into a giant eggshell-shaped cover, protecting the entire ancient city wholly within it. That eggshell-shaped cover was of a dark gold color; it was actually Heavenly Lord Hua's Radianceless Power, rushing up into the sky, rendering the sun and moon lightless, the heaven and earth radianceless.
This force of the restriction array thoroughly resisted the palm striking down from the sky.
However, the entirety of the interior of the ancient city of Zhongzhou shook violently. An unknown number of streets were destroyed because of it. Any tall buildings, great mansions, and vast divine temples were left dilapidated everywhere, situated on the edge of destruction.
Although the restriction array of the ancient city of Zhongzhou could withstand the attacks of a Heavenly Lord for seven days and seven nights, it was far less sturdy than the restriction arrays of the Heavenly Court; the buildings inside were incapable of being protected.
After some buildings shattered, they were actually shaken down into the most primitive origin qi.
Fortunately, Fang Han had long since been prepared. Almost at the instant he sensed the aura of the Heavenly Lord, all the people in the ancient city of Zhongzhou were transferred into the Heavenly Kingdom. They did not suffer any harm whatsoever.
Within the Heavenly Kingdom, they had long been augmented by Fang Han with restriction arrays, and there were also the peerless experts, Scarlet Sea Demon Venerable and Yuhuang holding the fort. These two great experts were both existences that a Heavenly Lord could not easily kill; hiding within the restrictions, they were even more impossible to shake.
"Junior Brother, what do we do now? Huangfu Bi'an actually came to attack. Our Epoch Sect has encountered a critical juncture deciding life or death; no one can withstand the power of this berserk Heavenly Lord. Following seven days, this ancient city of Zhongzhou will be obliterated." Yuhuang also felt the massive crisis descending.
"That doesn't matter! I will just go out and battle this Huangfu Bi'an!" Fang Han was expressionless. "This will be my first time exchanging blows with a Heavenly Lord, to see exactly what the true might of a Heavenly Lord is like. I have long wanted to take a look; to me, this is extremely precious experience."
"Junior Brother!"
"Do not worry, Senior Brother, even if I cannot win the battle, I can draw Huangfu Bi'an away. It will not be an easy matter for Huangfu Bi'an to kill me, or rather, it is completely impossible!"
Fang Han suddenly shot up into the sky.
In the instant he shot into the sky, a streak of dark golden Radianceless light erupted from his body, augmenting onto the restriction arrays of the ancient city of Zhongzhou, making these restrictions even sturdier and capable of holding out for longer.
"Heavenly Lord Hua's unique Radianceless Power!" Yuhuang said in shock.
"Correct, I, your Junior Brother, obtained the blood of Heavenly Lord Hua, and by deducing the Dao of Radiancelessness, I have already reached the realm of great completion. Augmenting it onto this restriction array will allow it to support for longer. Previously it could hold out for seven days and seven nights, now it can fully support for a month." The voice of Fang Han shooting into the sky was transmitted out.
At the same time, the massive pill qi from his body filled the ancient city of Zhongzhou. It was the origin qi of the Pill Realm he had absorbed, entirely exhaled all out in an instant, allowing all the Emperor, Saint, Origin, Ancestor, Golden… and various disciples to cultivate.
Now he was going to soar into the sky and battle a Heavenly Lord.
Never before had there been anyone, an expert below the Heavenly Lord realm, who was able to battle a Heavenly Lord alone. Fang Han was now going to be that first person. He was already nominally the first on the Heavenly Lord candidate list. After defeating Hua Tiandu, no one could challenge his position.
It was just that he had never manifested himself on the Heavenly Lord candidate list from start to finish.
He flew straight up into the sky.
Arriving high above in the firmament.
Clatter!
An unknown number of spaces shattered, and a giant palm pressed down once again. On top of the giant palm, the scene of Paramita manifested, and there was also a large ship riding the wind and breaking the waves, setting sail out to sea, crossing over to Paramita.
"I control Fortune, reverse Origins, and elucidate Truth!"
Fang Han placed his palms together. In an instant, the three great divine fists—the Fortune Divine Fist, the Origin Divine Fist, and the Truth Divine Fist—transformed in continuous succession. The Qi of Eternal Life coiled between the divine fists, appearing half real and half illusory, striking towards that giant palm in the sky.
"Bang!"
The entire sky was completely torn apart at once. The power of the collision between the giant palm and Fang Han directly ripped a deep chasm-like heavenly trench in the firmament.
Amidst the explosion, Fang Han's body tumbled continuously, rolling completely over a hundred times before he steadied himself in the sky. He did not remain stationary, but rather darted outward, rapidly gliding away. In almost a single flash, he had already moved far away from Zhongzhou, even fleeing far from the Heavenly Realm's ten thousand vast provinces.
He wanted to draw Huangfu Bi'an away. The Heavenly Realm was so expansive, enough for him to freely and unfetteredly evade the Heavenly Lord's furious attacks.
"Paramita Sacred Method…"
An ancient voice transmitted out from the dark void. Instantly, one sturdy array after another appeared right in the place where Fang Han had just fled, and they were even deriving outwards.
Fang Han had just escaped out of three hundred and ninety-six million parallel spaces, arriving at a distant savage region, but that Paramita Sacred Method enveloped over, completely locking down all directions.
A surging sea of bitterness trapped Fang Han within; the sea of bitterness was boundless, and turning back offered no shore.
An old man wearing a yellow robe, with an extremely high forehead, having a tall and imposing stature—fully a head taller than Fang Han—appeared within the sea of bitterness, walking step by step towards Fang Han.
This old man, pointing at the sky and treading on the earth, the sole divine entity, had completely, entirely transcended heaven and earth, unrestrainedly displaying his majesty. No matter what magnificent words were used to praise this old man, it would not be an overstatement, because he was fully worthy of praise; even if heaven and earth were extinguished, they could not destroy him.
This was a Heavenly Lord.
A true Heavenly Lord!
The ancestor of the Huangfu aristocratic family, Huangfu Bi'an, finally appeared before Fang Han. This was his true body, not an avatar. Fang Han finally, for the first time, truly faced a Heavenly Lord.
A Heavenly Lord, a sovereign of heaven, a master who controlled this expanse of heaven and earth, a realm that one could only look up to but could not reach, had actually become Fang Han's enemy.
"You are Fang Han? The one who killed the master of my Huangfu family, Huangfu Dadao?" The old man with the extremely high forehead, Huangfu Bi'an, stopped in front of Fang Han, looking down from above, and issued a questioning tone.
A pressure as heavy as mountains and seas collapsed down. In an instant, the bloodstained garment on Fang Han's body fluttered fiercely backward, looking as if it was about to tear apart and turn into pieces of butterflies.
Fang Han brought his palms together, his expression solemn. All origin qi settled down, and the bloodstained garment surprisingly returned to a state of calm.
Seeing this scene, a trace of surprise manifested on Huangfu Bi'an's face. He had not expected that under his pressure as a Heavenly Lord, Fang Han would actually remain completely unmoving.
"Speak! Why did you kill Huangfu Dadao."
He issued an angry questioning once again.
"When this epoch perishes, those who are not existences at the Heavenly Lord level must all perish and die, and Huangfu Dadao is no exception. You are a Heavenly Lord, do you still care about these things? A Heavenly Lord sits high above, observing the birth and death of the myriad realms, comprehending the Dao of an Immortal King. On the path to eternal life, you still care about these trivial, insignificant matters? Huangfu Bi'an, your heart is not tranquil; you have already given rise to thoughts of resentment. Managing to survive the great tribulation of destruction for this epoch will probably be very difficult for you."
At this moment, Fang Han appeared just like the World Honored Buddha of Freedom in his youth, advising a supreme devil.
To be able to advise a Heavenly Lord with this kind of tone, throughout the heavens and the earth, it was probably him alone.
"Audacious!"
Huangfu Bi'an's brow opened up, his gaze captivating the soul, stepping forward once again: "Fang Han, do you wish to die? I will give you two choices now. First, kneel down, swear loyalty to me, and become a guardian of my Divine Continent Pure Land. I will suppress you in the divine pagoda of the Pure Land until heaven and earth perish. Second, die right now."
"Huangfu Bi'an, come on, let me see the power of a Heavenly Lord." Fang Han's eyes suddenly bulged wide open, the brilliant light dazzling. The power of his entire body elevated to its maximum realm, his aura climbing steadily. Boundless Black Yellow Qi permeated above his head, then cascaded down strand by strand, washing over his body. Finally, it condensed into one Black Yellow Blood Lightning after another, exploding within his body. Inside every crystal divine kingdom, the Black Yellow Blood Lightning was exploding and oscillating, making Fang Han's body seem to have become a Black Yellow Body.
"Hmm? Black Yellow Blood Lightning! You have actually reached such a realm. You have already attained an eight-layer certainty of advancing to become a Heavenly Lord! Below the Heavenly Lord realm, there is actually a terrifying figure like you. If you do not die, your future achievements will probably be limitless. A pity, a pity, since I have discovered your potential, I naturally will not let you off. Since you killed Huangfu Dadao, I will take your body and mold another Huangfu Dadao once more."
Huangfu Bi'an extended his palm towards Fang Han and grabbed at the void!
Rumbling loudly, the sea of bitterness began to oscillate. The momentum of the grab actually completely locked down all of Fang Han's transformations, forcing him to be unable to move a muscle. Simply executed moves, when delivered by the hands of a Heavenly Lord, possessed the power to seize the fortune of heaven and earth and steal the rotation of the universe.
In an instant, Fang Han felt that Huangfu Bi'an was an ancient giant devil god who could never be defeated; his power was just that formidable.
"Is this the power of a Heavenly Lord? I am indeed no match…" Facing a Heavenly Lord, Fang Han's battle willpower became unprecedentedly condensed. It was almost as if he was undergoing another major metamorphosis, showing signs of breaking through once again, "But wanting to kill me is still impossible; I will just use a Heavenly Lord to temper myself!"
Rumble!
His three-hundred-times combat power erupted, and setting loose a punch towards the grabbing momentum.