Having encountered the matters of the Divine Race, Fang Han did not have much mood to go looking for the extraterrestrial heavenly demon army. Instead, he let the "Five Hells King Cauldron" fly slowly in the icy and snowy Great North Ocean where the astral winds were fierce, while he communicated rapidly with Yan.
"Yan, these Divine Race members, do you think it is better for me to keep them to myself and refine them into pills, or to hand them over to the sect?"
The two Divine Race members had been drawn into the Yellow Spring Diagram and were already suppressed. Even the Yellow Spring Holy Water could not temporarily refine them, nor could it even corrode the "God Power" on their bodies. It was evident that these Divine Race members were indeed the overlords of the universe, the number one race, the masters who once ruled immortals, demons, monsters, and humans.
Fang Han intended to comprehend their "God Power" to see exactly what kind of gang qi it was that its quality was actually so bizarre. However, Yan poured cold water on him: "God Power is a gang qi unique to the Divine Race. No living being between heaven and earth can cultivate this unique gang qi, and only this kind of gang qi can avoid the corrosion of the Yellow Spring Holy Water. The most important part of a Divine Race member is their flesh and blood, which is the best material for refining pills that increase lifespan. But you do not need to increase your lifespan right now. I think it is better to hand them over to the Yuhua Sect; the rewards obtained will certainly be very generous."
Actually, among pills, the most precious are not those that increase magic power, nor those that nourish the physical body, but those that increase lifespan.
Once a person possesses a long lifespan, no matter how they cultivate, they can make progress.
Conversely, without lifespan, no matter what one does, it is all in vain.
The Divine Race is born with infinite lifespan. Their flesh and blood possess a special medicinal property, which to others might be a dream material for increasing lifespan, but Fang Han currently did not need lifespan.
Furthermore, he had consumed the "Nine Orifices Golden Pill." This pill was the number one Heaven-tier pill of the Yellow Spring Sect, and its lifespan-increasing effect was no less than the Yin-Yang Myriad Life Pill. Therefore, even if he did not cultivate to the Heaven-Man Realm, he still had hundreds of years of lifespan, completely unconcerned about running out of oil and his lamp dying out.
"Alright then. Since these few Divine Race members have nothing good to squeeze out of them, I will hand them over to the sect as a contribution. By the way, do they have any magic treasures on them? Scrape them all out, will you?" Fang Han concluded that since they were the "Divine Race," their magic treasures must be numerous.
"I have to thoroughly refine them first, because the magic treasures of the Divine Race are all stored within their heads. Deep inside their heads, there is a void point, just like a Hundred-Treasure Pouch, capable of storing any material. The older a Divine Race member is, the larger the void their void point can accommodate. During the immemorial era, if there was a Divine Race member who had been born for over a hundred thousand or a million years, they could even swallow an entire star into their head, the so-called swallowing the sun and spitting out the moon. For the more formidable Divine Race members, their own bodies are a stretch of space-time, a world of their own. These two Divine Race members have probably not been born for long. Therefore, their magic power is not strong, and they shouldn't have any good magic treasures."
"Yan" wrapped the two Divine Race members in the Yellow Spring Holy Water, continuously seeping into them, intending to thoroughly wash away the will of the two Divine Race members and then control their bodies.
"The Divine Race is truly powerful; to actually form a void of their own inside their bodies!"
Fang Han was secretly shocked in his heart. If this race truly appeared in large numbers, he was afraid heaven and earth would inevitably be occupied by them, and even he himself would become their slave.
No wonder the Daoist portals, demonic sects, and even monster lineages wanted to exterminate the "Divine Race" completely.
This race posed far too great a threat to anyone, and heavenly demons were created by them.
Fang Han's heart turned cold, and he also felt an impulse to exterminate the Divine Race completely.
"Back then, when the three paths of immortal, demonic, and monster launched a great war against the Divine Race, how did they win?" Fang Han recalled the Three Realms Holocaust ten thousand years ago that "Yan" mentioned. It was roughly the immortals, demons, and monsters launching attacks on the resurging Divine Race, and then thoroughly exterminating the Divine Race, leading to the fall of many immemorial mighty figures, but ultimately they won.
Ten thousand years was too distant, and all the moments had settled in the long river of history. However, seeing the formidability of the Divine Race, Fang Han could naturally imagine the formidability of those colossi of the immortals, demons, and monsters back then.
"I was not yet born ten thousand years ago; what I know are also legends, and no one knows what exactly happened. Do not ask me." Yan said silently: "It seems that within heaven and earth, restlessness is stirring, and another great tribulation will likely be ushered in. You must make preparations."
"Let's go, kill heavenly demons."
Having decided to offer these two Divine Race members to the sect, Fang Han set his mind at ease. The appearance of the Divine Race was indeed a major matter he could not bear alone. Informing the Yuhua Sect sooner would let the Yuhua Sect prepare sooner. Perhaps in the future great tribulation, they could seize some opportunities and possibly surpass the Taiyi Sect to become the number one sect of the immortal dao.
A great tribulation of heaven and earth, amidst troubled times, is also an opportunity.
The "Five Hells King Cauldron" reduced its speed and flew again according to the direction pointed out by Long Xuan. Gradually, between heaven and earth, it grew colder and colder, with ice mountains standing in great numbers. Some ice peaks were actually hundreds of zhang high, majestic and magnificent. Suddenly, Fang Han felt an intense demonic qi. Staring closely, he saw a vast expanse of pitch-black caves on the distant ice surface, not an ocean, pitch-black, leading to who knows where.
This expanse of pitch-black caves was tens of miles in circumference, equivalent to a Longyuan City. It was terrifyingly pitch-black, as if someone with boundless magic power had pierced through the world, leading to another world.
Fang Han knew this was "Guixu." The so-called Guixu was the passage to another world, leading to mysterious places beyond the region, mostly space-time pierced through during the immortal-demonic great war, or the great war with the Divine Race, back in the day.
"When I came to this Guixu five years ago, there was no danger. We can delve deeply into it!" Long Xuan stared and looked carefully for a while.
Hearing this, Fang Han immediately spurred the King Cauldron and flew into that pitch-black cave.
Upon flying in, Fang Han only felt his body constantly contorting, and even the King Cauldron contorted. Within this darkness, indeed there was not freezing seawater, but seemingly a passage, a passage leading to another world.
Shuttling through the darkness, Fang Han suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a bright light ahead. He hurriedly flew over. Instantly, the King Cauldron shook, breaking free from its restraints. Unfolding before his eyes was a desolate and decaying world.
There was grayish mist everywhere. There were no flowers, grass, or trees, nor any signs of human habitation. There were only mires and rotting swamps everywhere. One large bubble after another bulged up in the swamp mires and burst open with a pop, releasing even more grayish mist. This mist seemed to carry some demonic nature, changing unpredictably and condensing into various hideous faces.
Quack quack quack quack!
Chirp chirp chirp chirp…
One heavenly demon after another moved in and out of the decaying swamps, absorbing the demonic qi from those bubbles, and also emitting countless sounds of communication.
And in the sky above, there were black holes everywhere. Apart from that, dots of starlight could be seen. Fang Han had dropped down from one of those black holes. From time to time, heavenly demons also flew out from those black holes, grabbing various living beings in their hands and throwing them into the swamps.
"Pop!"
One heavenly demon grabbed a shark from the sea and threw it into the swamp. Instantly, this shark was swallowed by the swamp. Subsequently, a large bubble bulged up and burst open with a pop. Blood-red mist shot out from the bubble, and numerous heavenly demons immediately lunged onto it, inhaling all this blood-red mist. Afterward, their bodies seemed to grow quite a bit stronger.
"This swamp is called the Blood Flesh Mire. It is formed from the rotting flesh and blood of countless living beings. Inside the swamp are countless heavenly demons, and at the end of the swamp are castles of Heavenly Demonic Kings. I once came in and reached the end of that swamp, but was hunted down by a Demonic King and almost lost my life."
Long Xuan said: "We are currently on a star beyond the region, identical to the heavenly demon battlefield. However, this place is not like the heavenly demon battlefield; it is extremely dangerous. Rumor has it this Blood Flesh Mire was formed when a Demon God used the flesh and blood of countless living beings to corrode this tiny star, turning it into this Blood Flesh Mire, which then became a base for the heavenly demon army. Because this star has a Guixu passage, it can reach our world. These heavenly demons reside here, and then through the Guixu passage, go to our world to prey on living beings, throw them into the Blood Flesh Mire to turn into pure blood qi, and nourish themselves. This Blood Flesh Mire is also recorded in texts of many sects. Many Daoist disciples sometimes come here to slay heavenly demons when tempering their Dao arts. We might be able to run into some fellow Daoists."
"The magic power of Demon Gods is truly terrifying!" Listening, Fang Han fiercely swept the cauldron. That Spirit-Devouring Array activated again, and heavenly demons one by one were swept into the cauldron.