"Defeated the Water Gu Heavenly Demonic King so quickly?"
Long Xuan saw Fang Han fly out, the green true qi fly out, wrap around for a moment, and then disperse, with the Water Gu Heavenly Demon vanishing without a trace. She then knew that he had successfully subdued this Great Heavenly Demon. Although she knew this Great Heavenly Demonic King had once been sealed and lost his power, she was still shocked that Fang Han possessed such divine abilities.
The Water Gu Heavenly Demonic King was an expert who had refined a Heavenly Demon Golden Pill, which many figures in the immortal dao had known about hundreds of years ago.
Long Xuan deeply understood what the concept of a demonic Golden Pill was.
Among the numerous true disciples of the Yuhua Sect, there were only five who had cultivated to the seventh realm of the Divine Ability sequence and successfully cultivated the Divine Ability Seed Great Golden Pill. That is to say, East Lingxiao, West Jialan, North Yaoguang, South Wanluo, and Central Tiandu. Therefore, they were the leaders of all the true disciples. Among the other numerous true disciples, there were unfathomable ones, but they still fell short of the Golden Pill.
Such a person could roam unhindered across heaven and earth, and a hundred Long Xuans added together would only be pinched to death by them.
A figure like the Water Gu Heavenly Demon, even if his Golden Pill was lost, his origin essence experience was still there. A centipede dies but never falls down. Ordinary Heaven-Man Realm experts were not his match, yet he was subdued by Fang Han just like that. In Long Xuan's heart, Fang Han increasingly felt unfathomable.
"Perhaps, it is not impossible for this person to challenge Hua Tiandu within ten years…"
A thought suddenly rose in her mind.
"Long Xuan, manipulate the Spirit-Devouring Array of this King Cauldron to suck all those lesser heavenly demons inside, and we can use this Five Hells King Cauldron to refine pills later."
As Long Xuan was thinking, Fang Han's voice suddenly transmitted over; it turned out Fang Han had fallen back into the cauldron.
"That's right, heavenly demons are the best materials for refining pills. It's just that average experts cannot control Daoist true fire well and thus cannot refine pills properly. However, the Myriad Water True Qi I cultivate is adept at regulating true fire, harmonizing water and fire. With this top-grade treasure artifact, the Five Hells King Cauldron, I can actually try refining the best edible pill of our Yuhua Sect, the 'Foundation Building Pill', which is of the same tier as the Taiyi Sect's Origin Infant Pill." Long Xuan said.
"Foundation Building Pill?" Fang Han had never heard of such a pill.
"The cultivation method for this kind of pill can only be imparted to disciples of the Heaven-Man Realm. The main reason is that it's difficult to refine, to prevent disciples from expending too much mental effort on refining it and thereby delaying their cultivation. I only heard about it from Senior Sister Jialan." Long Xuan said.
"Oh? Then it seems this Foundation Building Pill is a Human-tier Supreme Grade pill." Fang Han thought about it and felt it was not rare for the Yuhua Sect, as one of the Ten Sects of the Immortal Dao, to possess such a Human-tier Supreme Grade pill.
"What is Human-tier Supreme Grade?" Long Xuan was taken aback.
Fang Han explained the categorization of pill tiers: Human, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal.
"So pills actually have so many divisions. It is truly a great field of learning. I must properly study a thing or two about it in the future. The Yin-Yang Myriad Life Pill is actually a Heaven-tier pill, the emperor among pills! No wonder it has so many benefits. Not only did it help me break through to the Divine Ability Realm, but it also enabled me to quickly condense true qi." After listening, Long Xuan nodded, a smile appearing on her face.
While the two were talking, they jointly urged the "Spirit-Devouring Array" inside the "Five Hells King Cauldron". This kind of Spirit-Devouring Array was specifically meant for devouring spiritual entities, and was essentially set up specifically to deal with heavenly demons. Once activated, the cauldron spun fiercely, and a powerful tornado emerged from it. Wherever it passed, heavenly demons were swept inside, all sucked onto a folding screen.
That folding screen inside the King Cauldron had a picture on it that was originally a hundred ghosts walking at night. Now, having absorbed so many heavenly demons, the hundreds and thousands of devils and ghosts on it immediately became vivid and lifelike.
At the same time, Fang Han only felt that as the hundred-ghost folding screen of the Five Hells King Cauldron absorbed thousands of heavenly demons, the entire King Cauldron was abruptly filled with vitality and motive power. Those grand arrays that originally could not be stirred also began to loosen up.
Originally, with the combined magic power of Fang Han, Long Xuan, and the demoness, they could only barely urge a few of the grand arrays, such as the "Void-Grasping Shifting Array," the "Five Fire Divine Thunder Array," the "Smashing Array," and the "Spirit-Devouring Array." Moreover, these few grand arrays could not be urged simultaneously because they lacked sufficient magic power.
But now, after absorbing thousands of heavenly demons, their physical stamina combined into one stream, actually forming a force to urge the grand arrays.
"So that's how it is, so that's how it is! Back then, the 'Five Hells Heavenly Demonic King' refined this King Cauldron precisely to better control the heavenly demon army under his command. For this cauldron, the more heavenly demons it absorbs, the greater its power. Many grand arrays inside can be driven by the heavenly demons!"
Upon using the "Five Hells King Cauldron" to absorb heavenly demons, Fang Han instantly understood.
It turned out this cauldron had to absorb heavenly demons to fully exert its true power.
"That's right, the Five Hells King Cauldron must absorb heavenly demons to exert its functions. For this King Cauldron, to urge all of its nine hundred and ninety-nine grand arrays, even if you cultivate to the Golden Pill Realm, it is impossible. At the very least, you must pass the Wind and Fire Great Tribulation, cultivate the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, and reach the ninth realm of the Divine Ability sequence. Possessing the power of millions of fiery horses, capable of moving mountains and filling seas, only then can you urge all of them. However, as long as you can absorb eight million heavenly demons and use them all as your coolies, you can also urge the entire King Cauldron! With nine hundred and ninety-nine grand arrays enveloping down, even an expert of the Demonic Commander's level would likely find it hard to deal with you! At the very least, you can evenly match him, and he won't be able to kill you!"
Right at this moment, "Yan" spoke up again.
"Eight million heavenly demons?" Fang Han said in shock: "Where am I going to find eight million heavenly demons to act as coolies? This Water Gu Heavenly Demon only has an army of a hundred thousand heavenly demons."
"Within Guixu, there are some dangerous passageways leading to unknown extraterrestrial heavenly demon realms." Yan said: "Since we subdued the Water Gu Heavenly Demon this time and the harvest is truly superb, we can go and venture into them!"
"Really? Then the opportunity has truly arrived." Fang Han's heart grew hot. He knew that the more formidable a magic treasure was, the higher the cultivation required to use it. The thing where one obtained a top-grade magic treasure and could sweep across the world basically did not exist. Originally, the Yellow Spring Diagram was the talisman edict of the Yellow Spring Great Emperor, its power immeasurably vast, but he feared he would only be able to unleash its power after cultivating to the Longevity Realm.
The same was true for this Five Hells King Cauldron. It would be good enough if he could exert a tenth of its marvelous uses in a short time.
However, if it absorbed eight million heavenly demons to act as coolies urging the grand arrays, that would be different. When many formidable grand arrays inside were urged… the power would be unimaginable.
With the Demonic Commander's current cultivation, one Great Disintegration Art could reduce Fang Han to ashes.
"By the way, you just mentioned that the Water Gu Heavenly Demonic King can be refined into a Dharma Saint Sarira? What kind of pill is that Dharma Saint Sarira?" Fang Han suddenly asked.
"The Dharma Saint Sarira is one of the premier pills of my Yellow Spring Sect, Earth-tier Supreme Grade! Second only to the Nine Orifices Golden Pill! After it is refined, if you consume it, it can increase your cultivation by ten thousand horse power! A genuine ten thousand galloping horses!" Yan chuckled gleefully with pride.
"What? The power of ten thousand galloping horses! This is equivalent to the magic power of a Heaven-Man Realm expert!" Fang Han knew that after reaching the Heaven-Man Realm in the Divine Ability sequence, one possessed at least the power of ten thousand galloping fiery horses! "I used the Shift Flower Connect Wood technique to transfer the magic power of the Black Water King Snake, and only gained one or two thousand fiery horses of magic power. How can one Dharma Saint Sarira elevate it by so much?"
"Hmph, how can the Black Water King Snake compare to the origin essence of a Golden Pill expert! The refinement of a Dharma Saint Sarira requires the origin spirit qi of a Golden Pill expert! Do you understand? A Golden Pill expert, who can kill him and seize his origin spirit qi? If one obtains the Golden Pill expert's own Golden Pill, that's even more spectacular! The Golden Pill contains all the divine ability laws and all the power of the expert. However, an expert's own Golden Pill can explode if they want it to. In a dire crisis, perishing together with others is entirely possible, and even forgetfulness water cannot stop it. Even a powerhouse of the Longevity Realm would be injured if struck by a Golden Pill explosion. Do you think this is a joke?" Yan smacked his lips: "We just had dumb luck this time, encountering a Heavenly Demonic King who had lost his Golden Pill, and coincidentally possessing forgetfulness water to counter his Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Method. I reckon that the reason the Demonic Commander and Fang Qingxue aimed to seal this Heavenly Demonic King rather than kill him was precisely for the origin essence within him! Haha, haha!"
"So you are saying? We really scored big this time?" Fang Han said hesitantly.
"We scored incredibly big. A windfall of wealth." Yan nodded affirmatively, patting his own head fiercely with his massive claws, producing a thumping sound, like beating a war drum. Every time Yan got excited, he patted his head with his claws, performing this comical action, "Damn it, without making a windfall, you couldn't catch up to Hua Tiandu even if you cultivated for ten thousand years!"
"The Great Cutting Art must be forced out of him. I almost died at the hands of this divine ability this time."
"Of course, I don't even know this divine ability myself. It would be a great pity not to extract it!"
During Fang Han and Yan's mental exchange, Fang Han was not idle. On one hand, he urged the "Void-Grasping Shifting Array" to drive the King Cauldron to roam the sky; on the other hand, the power of the "Spirit-Devouring Array" grew stronger and stronger, sucking all the fleeing heavenly demons scattered in the sky into it.
After the Water Gu Heavenly Demonic King vanished, the hundred thousand heavenly demons in the sky lost their commander and began to flee chaotically. In Fang Han's previous bout of slaughtering, he actually only killed three or four thousand heavenly demons, because right now he only had over three thousand seven hundred Biluo Great Pills. Compared to a hundred thousand heavenly demons, it was merely a small squad.
But now, having freed up his hands, the efficiency was much higher.
The King Cauldron soared through the sky, as if shifting forms and changing shadows. It first appeared in the eastern sky, aimed at places with many heavenly demons, and with a sweep, over a thousand heavenly demons vanished. By the next blink of an eye, it appeared in the western sky, and with another sweep, several thousand more heavenly demons were gone. Originally, Fang Han's magic power could not possibly activate the "Void-Grasping Shifting Array" and the "Spirit-Devouring Array" at the same time, but now the more heavenly demons it absorbed, the more coolies it gained, becoming increasingly agile and lightweight.
The people of the forty-nine islands Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling below, including the six envoys, were dumbfounded. Originally, they were afraid Fang Han would fall into heavy encirclement and perish, body and dao gone. But they didn't expect Fang Han to be this efficient, possessing a top-grade treasure artifact with such unimaginable power!
Before long, the heavenly demon army in the sky grew sparse. Fang Han had absorbed at least over fifty thousand of them into the King Cauldron!
A few tens of thousands remained, fleeing fast before they could be absorbed, which left Fang Han feeling quite a bit of pity in his heart. He then realized the gap between himself and Hua Tiandu.
Without using any magic treasures, Hua Tiandu merely executed one move, "Snow Covering the Cosmos," freezing mountains and rivers over a radius of eight thousand miles. Let alone a hundred thousand, even a million heavenly demons could all be frozen solid.
Fang Han happened to know that Hua Tiandu was once invited by an empire to cast a snowfall to ensure the next year's harvest. In a single move, the mountains and rivers of the entire empire completely changed colors.
Yet now, operating the King Cauldron, he still let so many heavenly demons escape.
He gathered over fifty thousand heavenly demons into the King Cauldron. Seeing the heavenly demons in the sky all flee, he did not pursue, slowly descending to rendezvous with the people of the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. The six great Lightning Envoys also flew up, wiping the sweat from their brows while expressing relief.
Right at this time, in the extreme distance, several mysterious people dressed in black witnessed this scene. One person in black said: "Fang Qingxue's subordinates are indeed formidable. We arrived a step too late! To think her people managed to suppress the Water Gu Heavenly Demon anew."
"Originally, since this Demonic Commander was being hunted down by the people of the Taiyi Sect, this Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling lost its protection. The Master ordered us to come and fetch the origin essence of the Water Gu Heavenly Demon, but I didn't expect we still miscalculated!" Another mysterious person in black said.
"The Water Gu Heavenly Demon is an expert who formed the Heavenly Demon Golden Pill, and having lost his Golden Pill, his strength is greatly reduced. Such an opportunity is hard to come by in a millennium! Should we go up and fight to snatch it?" Yet another mysterious person said proudly.
"No! Do not alert the enemy. That Fang Han has very secretive methods and holds the Five Hells King Cauldron in his hands. I am afraid we won't be able to take him down. Moreover, it is not convenient for us to expose ourselves yet; we can only operate in secret. What a pity we didn't know earlier that the Five Hells King Cauldron was in the hands of the Target Island Master. Otherwise, we would have gathered our manpower, killed him, and seized this cauldron!"
"We cannot expose ourselves right now, otherwise the three paths of Immortal, Demonic, and Monster will all come hunting for us. Lurking entirely in the shadows, stirring up storms and unbalancing the realm, causing the immortal-demonic great war to incur catastrophic losses—this is the heavenly law decreed by the supreme Master! Wait until the day we expose ourselves! What is the Immortal Dao? What is the Demonic Path? What is the Monster Way? We shall unite the Immortal, Demonic, Human, and Monster paths! All Heavens and Myriad Realms!"
"Since the mission failed this time, what do we do? How do we go back to face the envoy sent down by the Master?"
"Just report truthfully! Anyway, rumoring that Fang Qingxue is the reincarnation of the Lightning Mother, a tough bone to chew, it is impossible for us to succeed so easily. The envoy sent by the Master also understands this point."
After discussing, these mysterious people in black suddenly produced a black talisman. Surges of ripples rippled out, and they vanished into the air.
The magic power of these mysterious people in black did not seem profoundly strong, roughly identical to Cang Baizi, seeming like experts who had just advanced to the Divine Ability Realm, and elevated solely through pills. Their speech knew no bounds of heaven or earth, yet the magic treasures on their bodies were miraculous. They seemed to belong to a mysterious organization that had never existed in the cultivation world before! Plotting something massive!
However, Fang Han remained unaware of all this. He was currently receiving the compliments of the six Lightning Envoys, and having summoned Long Xuan and the demoness out, went to the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling to enjoy the "Pill Origin Assembly."
"Thanks to you, Fang Han, repelling the heavenly demons this time, the safety of our forty-nine islands was preserved. Otherwise, we would certainly die without a burial place. However, we failed to guard the seal and caused a major disaster, so we still hope you, Fang Han, can put in a few good words for us in front of Eldest Miss Qingxue. Otherwise, Miss Qingxue will punish us severely."
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Sun, Moon! These six envoys spoke to Fang Han while holding cups of wine.
"That's easy to say, easy to say."
Fang Han smiled.
"Also, regarding what happened today, we have already sent a flying lightning letter to Fang Qiang on the Purple Lightning Peak of the Yuhua Sect. She will forward it to the Eldest Miss, presenting the merits to your credit, Fang Han."
The six envoys said.