In the blink of an eye.
The Lord of the Qingtian Ancient Buddha and the Lord of Panlong were already completely dead, entirely swallowed by Fang Han and melted into his body. The Lord of the Qingtian Ancient Buddha directly transformed the "Universal Instrument" into a Saint Grade Immortal Artifact, while the body of the Lord of Panlong had also merged with a massive amount of divine artifacts of all heavens, making it the best material for forging the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures.
This divine dragon instantly melted into the Heaven Stealing Claw.
The Heaven Stealing Claw also underwent a transformation, exuding the divine might of the Dao of Stealing Heaven. Bursts of profound auras were released as it turned into a Saint Grade Immortal Artifact. Once this Saint Grade Immortal Artifact was completed, it thoroughly consolidated Fang Han's cultivation again, firmly stabilizing him at the peak cultivation of "Ten Epochs".
Now, his cultivation was overwhelming, almost pressing down on some Heavenly Monarchs of the Protoss to the point where they could not catch their breath.
"All Protoss Heavenly Monarchs, connect into a grand array to resist the strong enemy."
Tianfei Wumo also felt a chill in her heart. Under her summons, all these Heavenly Monarchs of the Protoss completely linked into a grand array, slowly rotating in the air.
Fang Han had been too fast just now. In a single move, he had killed, swallowed, and refined the Lord of the Qingtian Ancient Buddha and the Lord of Panlong. This left the many experts of the Protoss without any time to react.
Of course, this was also the result of their lack of cooperation with each other.
Otherwise, relying on so many Heavenly Monarchs coordinating with the cultivation of the Lord of the Qingtian Ancient Buddha and the Lord of Panlong, it would have been impossible for Fang Han to thoroughly kill everyone within such a short period of time.
Now, all the Heavenly Monarchs of the Protoss were waiting in full battle array. Di Shitian and the other six great ancient Heavenly Monarchs all felt shock and bitterness in their hearts. To think that in just a few breaths of time, the situation had completely reversed. Originally, they were extorting Fang Han, but now they had caused Fang Han to directly advance to the terrifying cultivation of ten epochs, and they could no longer restrain him.
The loss of the "Gate of Zhuxian" was the heaviest of the heavy burdens that the Protoss could not bear.
A divine artifact of all heavens that suppressed the destiny of a great clan had just become the food in Fang Han's belly. It was simply absurd to the extreme, yet incomparably tragic.
"Everyone of the Protoss, what words do you have to say now? What Lord of the Qingtian Ancient Buddha, Lord of Panlong, they have all been beheaded by me. You actually wanted to demand my divine artifacts of all heavens? Feng Baiyu, the Eight部 Floating Pagoda? It's simply a joke. Because of this matter, the Buddha Realm and the Dragon Realm will both be destroyed."
Fang Han swallowed one Buddha and one Dragon, but did not make a move against the Protoss. Both sides seemed to be in a stage of confrontation.
While digesting the one Buddha and one Dragon, Fang Han was secretly operating the power within his body, deducing over and over again to the limit, thoroughly familiarizing himself with this divine artifact, the Gate of Zhuxian, and completely absorbing the power of Zhuxian. At the same time, he operated the two Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts, the Universal Instrument and the Heaven Stealing Claw, with even greater proficiency.
Up to now, three of the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures had turned into Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts, and Fang Han's power was rapidly elevating. One could imagine what level he would reach if all of them were transformed into Saint Grade Immortal Artifacts.
Precisely because of this, the Heavenly Court now practically dominated the world, and even the Realm Lords of powerful realms like the Dharma Realm and the Ghost Realm had to follow its orders.
"Tianfei Wumo, what do you say? I brought peace and alliance to your God Realm this time, with goodness and justice. But you humiliated me in every possible way and made things difficult for me, forcing me to go on a killing spree. Now, my fury has completely begun to burn, and you are doomed."
Fang Han stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering loudly.
"Fang Han! Heavenly Monarch of the Epoch!" After a long time, Tianfei Wumo stared at Fang Han and finally let out a long sigh: "I admit I miscalculated. I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, directly condensing nine heavenly veins to execute the Heaven Origin Strike and snatching away the Gate of Zhuxian. However, the Gate of Zhuxian is a divine artifact of my Protoss and was directly swallowed by you. Two of our Protoss' genius Heavenly Monarchs were also beheaded by you. What else do you have to say? Now we can start discussing the matter of the alliance."
"Alliance?" Fang Han let out a loud laugh, then his tone turned ice-cold as killing intent was released, freezing much of the spatial area: "Tianfei Wumo, thinking about allying with me now is too late. With my strength, I no longer need to ally with the Protoss. The Heavenly Court and the others can do nothing to me either. For every person I kill, I can increase my boundless magical power. How many Heavenly Monarchs does your Protoss have? I killed two, and there are still so many left, enough to allow my Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures to advance once again."
"Fang Han! Don't be arrogant! If you have the ability, then let the fish die and the net break. We will summon the Primogenitor Holy King to awaken, and when that time comes, you will be filled with endless regret," Di Shitian roared in anger.
"Is that so? Then I really want to see what it looks like when the Primogenitor Holy King awakens," Fang Han smiled. "Hurry up and summon him. Once he's summoned out, I will swallow him up all the same, making him the best nourishment for my advancement to a supreme Immortal King!"
"Impudent!" Among the Protoss, several young Heavenly Monarchs burned with anger again. "Fang Han, you beheaded the emissaries of the Dragon Realm and the Buddha Realm. Do you know that an imminent disaster is upon you? Do you really want to make enemies out of the myriad realms? You should know that the Heavenly Court is now uniting all realms to come attack you, yet you still forge enmities like this? Are you seeking your own death?"
"No matter how many enemies come, I can behead them all! Every single one will be swallowed by me, becoming the source of my power," Fang Han flicked his fingers, producing popping sounds, the fierce wind shaking like military drums. "Does your Protoss want to be the enemy of my Epoch Gate? Fine then, I won't hold back today. I will massacre the four corners and completely destroy the Protoss! Tianfei Wumo, do you believe I have such capability? If it weren't for giving face to the Demise Holy King, you would all have become corpses long ago."
"Fang Han, I admit your power is very strong." Tianfei Wumo spoke again, "However, our Protoss also has foundational power. I hope you will not force us into a situation where the fish dies and the net breaks. I acknowledge your power now, and you probably clearly know as well that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. A moment ago we were enemies, and now we can become friends. Tell me, what conditions do you require to be willing to ally? Form an offensive and defensive alliance with our Protoss. Now that the Epoch Gate has sufficient strength and qualifications to ally, our Protoss will not be stingy with this friendship."
Tianfei Wumo was indeed a great sage. Her words were spoken plainly and indifferently, dissolving the previous life-and-death brutal fight into nothingness and significantly easing the swords-drawn and bows-bent atmosphere.
"I want the main trunk of the World Tree!" Fang Han said faintly, "Plant it in my Origin Realm to restore the former glory of the World Tree, and then in the myriad realms of the heavens, no one will be able to break the defense of my Epoch Gate. This is also the purpose of my coming here for an alliance. Are you willing or not?"
"You are dreaming!" Di Shitian said coldly. "Over countless epochs, who knows how many powerful existences of our Protoss the World Tree has swallowed. Within its main trunk, thick essence qi is nurtured. Now it has practically become the pillar of our God Realm, nurturing the various spaces of the God Realm. Once you take it away, it will bring destructive devastation to our God Realm."
"That's right! Fang Han, don't demand an exorbitant price as a lion opens its mouth. We have already agreed to ally with the Epoch Gate, you should be content," a young Protoss Heavenly Monarch also became angry. "Otherwise, the Epoch Gate will have one more great enemy in our Protoss, and you will also have your head scorched and brow smashed. Quickly leave our God Realm. The fact that our Protoss is not attacking you together with the Heavenly Court is already the greatest favor."
"Tianfei Wumo, if the young Heavenly Monarchs under your command continue to clamor like this, I won't be polite anymore. I hope you conduct yourself well and manage your subordinates. My patience is almost depleted." Fang Han completely ignored this young Heavenly Monarch and spoke directly to Tianfei Wumo, who was in charge.
"Fang Han, the main trunk of the World Tree can be temporarily lent to you. This is my absolute bottom line," Tianfei Wumo pondered for a long time and spoke again. "However, after you withstand the attack of the Heavenly Court this time, you must return it to our Protoss. Are you willing?"
"Alright." Fang Han nodded. He knew clearly in his heart that Tianfei Wumo was merely doing this out of helplessness to avoid losing face. Lending it to Fang Han and still wanting it returned? No such thing would happen.
"Since you have agreed, then let's sign a contract. From now on, the Epoch Gate and the Protoss shall form an alliance, becoming a brotherly alliance, never invading each other for generations. At the same time, we have the responsibility to help our brotherly ally resist external enemies." Tianfei Wumo waved her hand, writing a series of trajectories in the air. These trajectories transformed into a contract. She branded her own name on it and then floated it over toward Fang Han.
Fang Han grabbed the contract and took a look, but he did not brand his name on it. Instead, he shook his head: "Tianfei Wumo, I think you misheard. The World Tree is only my first alliance condition. There are still some alliance conditions below."
"Fang Han! Don't push things too far!" Di Shitian roared in anger.
"The fish dies and the net breaks, jade and stone burn together! Lady Tianfei Wumo, Enlightening Holy King, he is humiliating our Protoss. Our Protoss is the noblest race among the heavens. We will not accept any compromise. Let us kill him, sacrifice all our foundations, summon the slumbering body of the Primogenitor Holy King, and kill him!"
A young Protoss Heavenly Monarch could endure it no longer, his fighting intent almost bursting out of his chest.
"Fang Han, tell me, what other conditions do you have?" Tianfei Wumo's expression also turned somewhat ugly.
"Hmph!" Fang Han gave a cold snort: "Just now when I wanted to ally, you people kept saying that you wanted our Epoch Gate to become the slaves of your Protoss. I have always remembered this matter. For your Protoss to ally with my Epoch Gate now, you must give me sufficient compensation, compensation paid with blood. Ten Heavenly Monarchs! Many people insulted this seat just now. I do not want to implicate everyone, so your Protoss must bring out ten young Heavenly Monarchs and let their blood wash away the humiliation caused to this seat, upholding the dignity of this seat. How could this seat be casually insulted by you people? In addition to the lives of the ten young Heavenly Monarchs, the seven great ancient God Emperors, Di Shitian, Renlitian… you must all kneel down and beg for mercy from this seat. Only then will this seat forgive you and thoroughly ally with the Protoss. Aside from this, all the clansmen of the Protoss must become slaves to the disciples of my Yuhua Gate, and the God Realm shall be called a vassal of my Origin Realm."