The tomb of the ancient Master of the Dan Realm was extraordinarily mysterious. The pill energy wafting out from it exuded an inviolable majesty. Entering it meant offending the dignity of the tomb's master and profaning a deity, which would invite punishment.
"The tomb of the Master of the Dan Realm tolerates no invasion. Entering deep within guarantees certain death, even Heavenly Monarchs will be killed… Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill!"
Fang Han looked on coldly. The large characters written on the tombstone, along with sharp killing intent, rushed against his face. With a faint sweep of his hand over the inscription, all the handwriting was thoroughly erased. The entire tomb instantly trembled.
In order to collect the entire Dan Realm to serve as the Dao arena for the Epoch Gate, he had to take direct control of this tomb and refine the corpse of the Master of the Dan Realm. Otherwise, sooner or later in the future, various uncontrollable changes would arise.
After ascending to a Heavenly Monarch, his mindset had undergone another change.
Every matter had to be fully grasped in his hands, thoroughly eliminating all hidden continuous dangers. Anything that could not be controlled in his own hands was unreliable. Therefore, having refined the Heavenly Burial Coffin, he came to explore the tomb.
After fully exploring the tomb and mastering the foundation of this Dan Realm, he could use the Dan Realm as the base of the Epoch Gate to multiply and flourish, expanding the strength of the sect. He would subdue various experts and different races everywhere, turning the Epoch Gate into an existence like the Heavenly Court, establishing an immortal dynasty.
Inside the "Hongmeng Hall", the more experts there were, gathering sand to form a tower, the more array diagrams would be opened; this was also one of the benefits.
After thoroughly exploring the Dan Realm, there were still many things he needed to do: go search for Fang Qingxue, go to the Origin Dynasty to find Mibao, head out to find the whereabouts of Yan Shuitian, search for Yan, Feng Baiyu, Sovereign Pen, Crimson Abyss Demon Venerable, and the Heart Demon Old Man, and naturally, the Gate of Eternal Life.
The tasks to be done were far too many.
Yan had been planted into the Taiyi Sect by Fang Han to spy on news regarding Hua Tiandu and Yan Shuitian. It was unknown how he was doing now. However, as long as Fang Han went outside, he could immediately calculate Yan's whereabouts.
With a movement of his body, he leaped into the entrance of that golden tomb.
Instantly, Fang Han dropped into a broad hall. In the hall stood a forest of crystal-colored stone pillars, pure and transparent. Sealed within them were pieces of tyrannical magical treasures, their brilliance flashing like fireworks.
"Sure enough, all the most important treasures of the entire Dan Realm are inside the tomb. These King Grade Immortal Artifacts are each exceedingly tyrannical, practically equivalent to the Spear of Judgment."
Fang Han swept a glance over and saw these tyrannical magical treasures sealed within the crystal-colored stone pillars. All of them without exception were tyrannical King Grade Immortal Artifacts, comparable in severity to the "Spear of Judgment" and the "Spear of Vengeance". However, to him, these magical treasures no longer had any use, but armed to the disciples under his command, it would be an army tyrannical to the extreme.
Furthermore, aside from that, sealed within the forest of massive crystal pillars were also existences surpassing Saint Grade Immortal Pills. But they were not Creation Divine Pills.
Instead, they were defective Creation Divine Pills!
A Creation Divine Pill was equivalent to a Heavenly Monarch. A defective Creation Divine Pill was equivalent to a figure who failed in their assault on the heavenly tribulation but did not die.
For a Saint Grade Immortal Pill to ascend to a Creation Divine Pill was even more difficult than an Emperor who had achieved equal lifespan with heaven and earth ascending to a Heavenly Monarch, so the number of those who failed was extremely large. But after failing, the vast majority of Saint Grade Immortal Pills would turn to ash and be annihilated. Only those extremely tyrannical pills would survive. The inherent strength of such pills was also extremely tyrannical, each being a powerhouse on the level of Crimson Abyss Demon Venerable.
Existences that surpassed the Heaven Lord level.
Now, within those crystal pillars, many such existences were sealed.
In the center of the large hall, there was a full seventy-two crystal pillars, sealing defective Creation Divine Pills one by one. Each Creation Divine Pill manifested an extremely dense Black Yellow energy, and even possessed that tragic and valiant resolute energy belonging to those who survived after failing their heavenly tribulation.
Yet without exception, these pills were currently all dead. A dense Creation energy had erased all of their wills. Very clearly, when the ancient Creation Immortal King attacked the Dan Realm, he erased them.
However, their bodies remained, capable of creating many supreme experts for the Epoch Gate.
"Before long, the disciples of our Epoch Gate can dominate the entire Heavenly Monarch Candidate List." A smile appeared on Fang Han's face. With a wave of his massive hand, a surge of power rushed out, intending to collect all the magical treasures within the crystal pillars in the entire grand hall.
But just as his magic power was activated, suddenly, from deep within the grand hall, showers of arrows appeared. As that arrow rain shot intensely, every single arrow was over a thousand zhang long, seeming like demonic dragons, exuding an energy capable of destroying deities.
This was a restricting array in the grand hall, the Shattering Divine Crossbow Arrows. According to rumors, they could injure Heavenly Monarchs, and were a magical art of the Master of the Dan Realm. Back during the assault on the Heavenly Court, the billions of arrow showers killed an unknown number of ancient Emperors of the Heavenly Court, and even Thunder Emperor Heavenly Monarch was injured under the arrow rain.
Facing the arrow rain, Fang Han remained steadfast and unmoving. He let those showers of arrows shoot fiercely against his body; as his aura circulated, they were extinguished completely one by one. Having made the Heavenly Burial Coffin the formation eye of his Epoch Divine Formation, the tyrannical degree of his physical body had far surpassed that of an ordinary Heavenly Monarch. One only had to think that the Heavenly Burial Coffin was cast by the Creation Immortal King for himself to pass through kalpas to know just how tyrannical it was.
Crack, crack!
Fang Han's massive capturing hands remained unchanged, directly crushing the crystal stone pillars one after another, extracting the King Grade Immortal Artifacts and defective Creation Divine Pills inside.
Subsequently, with a single blast, he sent all these divine pills out of the tomb entirely, shooting them into the Hongmeng Hall suspended high in the sky.
Yu Huang and Linglong, who were cultivating inside the Hongmeng Hall, suddenly opened their eyes. Looking at the tyrannical King Grade Immortal Artifacts and defective Creation Divine Pills appearing in the air, looks of incomparable shock appeared on each of their faces.
"Fang Han has entered the tomb of the Master of the Dan Realm; these treasures are indeed tyrannical!"
"Indeed, so many tyrannical magical treasures. And these defective divine pills. Now that the Epoch Gate has obtained the collection of the Dan Realm, by resting and building up strength, we can be not inferior to the Heavenly Court."
"Now that Fang Han has cultivated into a Heavenly Monarch, wait until we cultivate into Heavenly Monarchs, that is what will be truly formidable. Yu Huang, how much certainty do you have in cultivating into a Heavenly Monarch?"
"Sixty percent, the opportunity is sufficient. Once I ascend to a Heavenly Monarch, I can comprehend the Great Dao of Faith, and then search for the Ancient Sacred Hall. When that time comes, our Epoch Gate will gain another magical treasure equal to the Hongmeng Hall, becoming the number one great power in the Heaven Realm. The Origin Dynasty, the Truth Sacred Land, the Heavenly Court, the God Race, all must submit beneath our Epoch Gate, unifying the Heaven Realm."
Yu Huang was full of soaring ambition.
"Indeed." Linglong closed her eyes and once again began to comprehend and cultivate.
However, right while they were comprehending, a massive power seized them through the void, dragging them into the tomb of the Master of the Dan Realm.
They then saw Fang Han standing in the grand hall.
"I summoned you here because after exploring this tomb of the Dan Realm, I must go out to do some things. I hand over the mastery of the Dan Realm's restricting arrays and the Key of the Instant to the both of you."
Fang Han said faintly, stepping forward. Yu Huang and Linglong nodded, following behind, while also looking at the grand hall of the Dan Realm with great interest.
They gradually walked deep into this tomb.
Deep within the tomb, restricting arrays continuously shot out fiercely, fully capable of injuring Heavenly Monarchs, but under Fang Han's protection, it was like light clouds and gentle breezes.
Not long after, the three of them had already walked to the end of the tomb.
At the end of the tomb, there were actually six thrones! One of the thrones was vacant, while laid upon each of the other thrones was a set of clothes and a crown. That was right, not people, but sets of clothes and crowns, cenotaphs.
Of the six great thrones, the one right in the center belonged to the Master of the Dan Realm. The five great thrones beside it obviously belonged to the rumored five great Heavenly Monarchs of the Dan Realm. The one vacant throne without clothes or a crown was clearly the seat of Wuwang Heavenly Monarch, who died outside and was refined by Fang Han.
In short, deep inside this tomb of the Dan Realm, on five of the six great thrones lay clothes and crowns; it was obviously a cenotaph. Especially on that massive throne of the Master of the Dan Realm, the garment was an Emperor's robe, emanating wildly tyrannical fluctuations of magic power. Clearly, it was an incomparable divine object, its essence even surpassing Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts.
There were certain divine objects that were not magical treasures and could not be classified using the terms Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts or Creation Artifacts.
For example, the Hongmeng Hall and the Heavenly Burial Coffin did not belong as magical treasures, yet were much more tyrannical than ordinary Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts. However, they required the user themselves to be tyrannical to display their might, unlike other Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts that were intrinsically Heavenly Monarchs tyrannical to the extreme.
"Cenotaphs!"
Linglong and Yu Huang became shocked, a deep sense of disappointment showing through their eyes. They had originally thought the corpses of the Master of the Dan Realm and the Heavenly Monarchs were within. Then they would have struck it rich, but setting that aside regrettably, they discovered it was a cenotaph.
"Where exactly did the corpses of the Master of the Dan Realm and the others go? Why is it a cenotaph? Why was Wuwang Heavenly Monarch's corpse outside? And the other corpses have also disappeared? Exactly why?"
"Look! There are words on that throne, the handwriting written by the Master of the Dan Realm!"
At this time, Fang Han had already discovered that there was handwriting on that throne. Every stroke possessed an aura soaring to the clouds, making one submit and unable to resist worshiping.
Carved upon it was: "The inheritor who obtains the Key of the Instant is the disciple of me, the Master of the Dan Realm. Come before my garments and kowtow a hundred thousand times to obtain my inheritance, master the Dan Realm, and await the return from reincarnation of me and the four great Heavenly Monarchs. If you are disrespectful to my garments and do not kowtow sincerely, you can only be buried in this cenotaph to accompany the dead! I, the Master of the Dan Realm, give you two choices. Life! Obtain a great fortuitous encounter! Death! Fall completely! Two paths, bestowed upon you."
The signature was a strange rune; this rune communicated with heaven and earth and suppressed all things.
"This Master of the Dan Realm is quite domineering." Linglong frowned.
"Domineering is only right. To master the Dan Realm, one must kowtow and acknowledge him as master, otherwise the garments brook no profanation, such an existence…" Yu Huang shook his head: "To think that neither the Master of the Dan Realm nor the four great Heavenly Monarchs have died. Having gone into reincarnation, they definitely intend to return. Furthermore, they reincarnated carrying life essence…"