The "Ancient Sanctuary" could indeed help Fang Han increase his cultivation base. The intense ancient holy light within it washed away all sins and wandering thoughts. Relying on this to merge into his body could make the crystal divine countries of the Epoch Divine Array reach an unimaginable realm.
Every single crystal divine country rippled with a sacred aura.
After those crystal divine countries had been forged by the holy light, they were densely arranged, presenting perfect prismatic essences, like snowflake ice crystals, unimaginably beautiful, as if the uncanny workmanship of nature itself had been integrated into them.
Fang Han's body also presented a perfect aura. As his power circulated at will, the Heavenly Monarchs and various figures that had been devoured manifested within the holy light, sometimes turning into sacred giant dragons, and sometimes turning into angels with white wings growing on their backs.
Within his body now, the "Fengshan Altar," "Heaven Burial Coffin," "Instant Royal Robe," "Ship of Sin," "Axe of Blood,"… these divine artifacts of the heavens were merged. Originally, the auras of the divine artifacts were a chaotic mess, but they were harmonized by his Path of the Epoch. Now, with the addition of the "Ancient Sanctuary," within this sacred radiance, those chaotic auras were transformed by the holy light one after another, merging into one body, condensing to be simply indestructible. Now, even if the true body of the Lord of the Dharma Realm launched a full-force bombardment against Fang Han, any power could be resolved by the circulating divine artifacts of the heavens.
Especially within the Ancient Sanctuary, there were fully ten heavenly veins.
These also merged into Fang Han's body. Every single heavenly vein had been ejected from the Gate of Eternal Life. Unsurpassed true qi of eternal life was contained within those heavenly veins, providing Fang Han with massive forging.
In the rumors, to cultivate to become an Immortal King, one must require the qi of eternal life to transform all the primeval qi in the whole body entirely, turning it into the qi of eternal life, allowing life to once again reach another form.
One of the greatest benefits of the divine artifacts of the heavens was that, because they were ejected from the Gate of Eternal Life, their material structure carried the power of eternal life and the qi of eternal life, which had a great benefit to the cultivation base of a Heavenly Monarch.
The entire Ancient Sanctuary was also forged from divine artifacts of the heavens, and even the corpses of Immortal Kings were mixed within it.
Fang Han smelted it in one go, turning it into the array core of the Epoch Divine Array, waiting for the divine light to be slowly digested and settle into the crystal divine countries. His eyes suddenly opened, and he only felt that he had thoroughly eliminated any adverse effects of all the Heavenly Monarchs he had devoured, and his cultivation base had almost exploded by another epoch's worth!
His current cultivation base had already reached the terrifying peak of eight epochs, approaching nine epochs. The lifespan of a Heavenly Monarch was at most only ten epochs. Without having experienced even a single epoch yet, he already possessed a cultivation base approaching nine chaotic epochs, equivalent to having experienced nine great destructions of heaven and earth.
This meant that if he lived for ten more chaotic epochs, his cultivation base could rival an Immortal King!
To possess a cultivation base approaching nine epochs within the lifespan of the very first epoch, such a terrifying thing was simply unprecedented from ancient times to the present. For figures like the Lord of Spring and Autumn or the Honghuang Heavenly Monarch, their cultivation bases were accumulated by themselves epoch by epoch; they were strengths accumulated at the cost of their lifespans.
Yet Fang Han had reached the peak of his cultivation base within a very rapid span of time. This was naturally exceedingly good, saving him ten epochs of lifespan, best for charging towards the Immortal King realm.
"What a pity that I wasn't able to refine the Lord of Spring and Autumn, otherwise, my cultivation base would increase even further. However, plundering his Spring and Autumn History Brush, this divine artifact is also no small matter. Too bad the Human Emperor Brush is not here; if he were here, merging this Spring and Autumn History Brush into his body would be a massive benefit."
Fang Han slightly shifted his divine intent.
He then saw that within his crystal divine country, a massive "Spring and Autumn History Brush" was floating up and down. A formless giant hand seemed to have grasped the history brush, writing chapters of the great righteousness of Spring and Autumn within it, making Fang Han's aura even more vast and righteous, filling the heavens and earth, shining on the universe like a blazing sun and full moon, spilling out like mercury on the ground, with every single drop perfectly round.
The Spring and Autumn History Brush was a divine artifact slightly inferior to the Instant Royal Robe, containing numerous miraculous substances ejected from the Gate of Eternal Life, and its benefit to Fang Han was also tremendously great.
This harvest was quite literally a qualitative leap for Fang Han, marking his true step into a status alongside some of the old antiques within the circle of Heavenly Monarchs in the Heaven Realm.
Even the Lord of the Dharma Realm could do nothing to him.
The Lord of the Dharma Realm was a figure who could rank in the top five among the Heavenly Monarchs of the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
Moreover, the strength of Fang Han's Epoch Gate was entirely growing more and more formidable. Feng Baiyu, Yu Huang, and Linglong had all cultivated to become Heavenly Monarchs. Mi Bao and Feng Yaoguang were about to cultivate to become Heavenly Monarchs. In the future, the Lord of the Red Abyss, the Human Emperor Brush, and the Lord of Inner Demons would all return one after another. There was also the Lightning Mother Heavenly Monarch Fang Qingxue, who would surely cultivate the supreme great dao.
It was not impossible for the Epoch Gate to resist the heavens, or even unify the myriad realms.
Unless the numerous Immortal Kings returned.
"Fang Han, you have captured Meng Shaobai, Ying Xiantian, and Su Xiuyi, how are they now? These three men are born with invincible grand destiny, they must be stifled as soon as possible, otherwise, a long night means many dreams, and various variables will arise." Seeing Fang Han melting the Ancient Sanctuary, Yu Huang immediately spoke up to remind him.
"You don't need to say it, I will deal with them. These three are like cockroaches that cannot be beaten to death, opposing us time and time again, and escaping time and time again. The pity is that this time they have finally fallen into my hands and absolutely have no further chance to escape. Naturally, I will not allow any other accidents to happen; thoroughly stifle them, right at this morning. Once I refine these three people, I will immediately go to the Despair Plain plane of the Invincible Abyss, destroy the Thirty-Three Heavens treasures sacrificed and refined by the Heavenly Monarchs of the five great Heavenly Courts, and also conveniently meet the Chaos Heavenly Monarch."
Fang Han's voice was freezing and his tone was decisive; he had indeed made up his mind that this time he could not let Ying Xiantian, Su Xiuyi, and Meng Shaobai live in the world any longer.
Before these three cultivated to become Heavenly Monarchs, it was harmless, they were things like ants. But now that they had cultivated to become Heavenly Monarchs all at once, they had grown from ants into divine dragons. If they were not eliminated, they would definitely become a future disaster.
"Eight Sections Pagoda, appear!"
Fang Han opened his mouth and spat out.
A massive treasure pagoda flew out from his body. Eight magical treasures rotated mutually, emitting an extremely formidable power, suppressing the three powerful existences.
The Eight Sections Pagoda was dazzling in gold and jade. Inside the tower body, thick chains akin to dragon scales condensed from laws crystals tightly bound Ying Xiantian, Meng Shaobai, and Su Xiuyi. No matter how the three struggled, it was impossible for them to break free.
Although the three had cultivated to become supreme Heavenly Monarchs, this supreme treasure, the Eight Sections Pagoda, had been forged by Fang Han for many years, integrating many divine artifacts of the heavens within it. Having been cultivated into a Saint Grade Immortal Artifact, its dragon power was unimaginably great, and combining with the Epoch Divine Array to suppress the three people who had not yet achieved great atmospheric scale was not a difficult task.
The power of the Eight Sections Pagoda now could be equivalent to an incomparably formidable Heavenly Monarch, far surpassing those above the Death Heavenly Monarch.
"Fang Han, you cannot kill me, I am born with grand destiny, I am eternal and indestructible!" Bound by the dragon scale chains of the Eight Sections Pagoda, Su Xiuyi struggled continuously, roaring, his hatred-filled gaze piercing directly into Fang Han's eyes, as if wanting to kill Fang Han with a gaze of absolute curse.
Streaks of white bone qi on his body shook the dragon scale chains until some fine cracks appeared. This was the power on the collarbone of the "Origin Demon Lord" that he had collected, otherwise, with his own power, he fundamentally couldn't make the Eight Sections Pagoda crack.
The Origin Demon Lord was an Immortal King back in the day.
His collarbone was the bone of an Immortal King, who knew how much more formidable it was than a Heavenly Monarch's.
"Fang Han, I will not be killed by you either. I will escape and ascend to the heavens in the end; you will not be my opponent, I will kill you to prove my dao." Meng Shaobai clenched his teeth tightly, absolutely not submitting.
"Fang Han, there is no deep hatred between us. If you kill me, I will still reincarnate in the future, bringing immeasurable danger to you. If we turn our hostility into friendship, I can do some things for your Epoch Gate." Ying Xiantian was extremely calm, a smile even appearing on his face, secretly preparing something.
"It is all nonsense. Your destiny of death has already been determined." Fang Han's voice did not have a shred of emotion, like a great judge passing judgment on all creation, announcing the final verdict: "Su Xiuyi, in the secular world, you came to kill me again and again, causing me to almost perish. Today, I will let you know the pain of perishing for the first time. No one can save you! Come over here!"
Fang Han's large hand grabbed downwards, opening his five fingers, seeming like an eagle catching a chick, pulling Su Xiuyi entirely directly out from the Eight Sections Pagoda. His five fingers pinched his neck, looking at the appearance of Su Xiuyi—who had just cultivated into a Heavenly Monarch and was ready to hold his head high and exhale—struggling in his hand.
"Fang Han, I will risk my life against you. I am the Ashoka Demon Lord, in this world, no one is my opponent. You are merely a lowly existence in the secular world, yet you dare to kill me!" Su Xiuyi's body turned into a ball of demonic qi, wanting to break free and escape. However, Fang Han infused a burst of power into his body, making him restore his physical body once again, unable to transform.
Slap!
Fang Han heavily slapped across, hitting Su Xiuyi until he was dizzy, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Su Xiuyi was almost so angry he was going to explode, his fury burning the heavens: "You dare to hit me!"
Slap! Another slap was flung onto the other side of his face. The extremely sinister Su Xiuyi's originally handsome face swelled up red, becoming the appearance of a pig's head. Fang Han imprisoned all of his cultivation base, causing his physical body to become fragile.
"Fang Han, let us go, we reconcile. I guarantee that from now on, I will no longer look for trouble with you, how about it? We will mind our own business…" Two slaps made Su Xiuyi a little clearer in the head. The hateful light in his eyes flashed past, and afterward, his tone softened unprecedentedly.
"Let you go?" Fang Han smiled: "Sure."
"What?" Su Xiuyi's face twitched, then he calmed down: "What condition do you want? I can tell you the secret of a treasure, and moreover, the collarbone of the Origin Demon Lord I just obtained can also be given to you. State your conditions."
"Is that so?" Fang Han flicked his finger, "These things are naturally all mine. However, first lie down beneath my feet and learn to bark like a dog twice, become my dog, and I will consider letting you go once."