Fang Han originally disapproved of the "Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect." They actually wanted to establish a matriarchal civilization and demote all males in the universe to slaves; this kind of crazed behavior was bound to be detrimental to the Epoch Gate.
Now that he found out the "Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect" had actually taken the Human Emperor's Pen away, confining him within it, potentially suffering the treatment of a slave with his Heavenly Monarch origin source being extracted every day, his urge to kill immediately surged immensely. He even entertained the thought of immediately launching a sacrificial attack on this entire heaven and earth, forcing the Heavenly Mother out for a massive battle.
With his current cultivation, having devoured the Gate of Punishing Immortals, the Twelve Heavenly Monarchs of the God Race, and collected all the treasuries of the God Race, melting the treasures accumulated over twenty epochs into one furnace, and cultivating eighteen pieces of the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures into Sacred-Grade Immortal Artifacts, his magical power had reached the terrifying level of eleven epochs. He would not fear anyone beneath an Immortal King and had the confidence to battle any expert.
Moreover, within this heaven and earth, relying on the Dao of the Epoch, he would grow stronger the more he fought, devouring all the vital energy within the entire Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect, slaying the Heavenly Monarchs within it, and eventually refining the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures.
But right now, he needed to find the Human Emperor's Pen and Yan Shuitian first.
A wisp of his aura lock fastened onto the "Menghuan Lord," and his body flickered, stepping into the void once again.
As for this hall that he had just sealed, using his supreme magical power, he cloned another illusion. It was those same female disciples confining the two great Heavenly Monarchs, extracting their origin source for cultivation. Even if the Menghuan Lord came in person, she would not be able to spot any flaws, unless she directly stepped forward and shattered the illusion.
This was his Daoist art; even when setting up an illusion, it reached the level of passing off the fake as genuine, unperceivable by anyone.
The Menghuan Lord left her mountain peak and flew towards a resplendent and magnificent holy capital city in the distant sky. That holy capital city floated in the air, echoing the blazing sun in the sky, actually possessing the imposing manner of the Heavenly Court floating above the firmament.
This was the core of the entire Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect, actually the residence of the current controller, the Ronghua Lord.
The Ronghua Lord was the daughter of the Heavenly Mother, born many epochs ago, once an illustrious ancient Heavenly Monarch. However, she had not come out for five epochs, to the point that everyone outside thought the entire Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect had vanished into the dust of history. In reality, the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect was accumulating power, waiting for the day to exert its maternal grace over the world once again.
The Ronghua Lord's cultivation was already profoundly unfathomable. The Heavenly Mother had been in secluded cultivation for a long time. For several epochs, the major affairs of the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect were managed by the Ronghua Lord. That is to say, the current Ronghua Lord was the master of the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect.
She was going to get married, and she was getting married to Hua Tiandu. Therefore, the Heavenly Mother's disciples, such as the Jianjia Lord, the Qiuxia Lord, the Menghuan Lord, the Wanyan Lord… as well as some Heavenly Monarch disciples, all had to come present gifts and offer congratulations.
However, this time, the Jianjia Lord, the Menghuan Lord, and the others didn't manage to deliver any gifts; instead, they received a resounding slap from Fang Han. Once this matter spread out, it would certainly make the Ronghua Lord furious.
The "Menghuan Lord" flew into that resplendent and magnificent capital city and vanished. Fang Han followed behind her like a shadow accompanying the body. If an expert at the Immortal King level looked over at this moment, they would find that Fang Han was like a massive shadow, enveloping the Menghuan Lord's back at all times and places, like the god of death.
Yet the Menghuan Lord remained completely unaware, a situation that would make anyone feel a chill down their spine.
Entering this resplendent and magnificent capital city, the aura of supreme divine objects of the heavens was everywhere. The entire capital city was actually completely forged from divine objects circulated from the Gate of Eternal Life, displaying the luxury and glory of the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect.
"Oh my! Menghuan Lord, you have arrived too?" Entering the capital city, the Menghuan Lord landed on the ground, which was a golden avenue. Rows of female disciple experts surrounding her made no move to block her, all saluting her. Because everyone knew her extraordinary status; she was a supreme elder within the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect, possessing high magical power, a direct disciple of the Heavenly Mother.
However, just as she landed and was walking on the golden avenue, a voice transmitted from behind. This voice also belonged to a woman, and behind the woman followed two formidable Heavenly Monarch experts. These Heavenly Monarch experts were surprisingly two men again, yet they were considerably more formidable than "Heavenly Monarch Dadan" and "Heavenly Monarch Kanpo," almost each possessing the cultivation of the "Master of the Fire Realm" or the "Master of the Poison Realm."
But these two formidable male Heavenly Monarchs now followed behind the woman, deeply lowering their noble heads, their backs hunched over, looking like genuine slaves.
Clearly, they were the poor wretches representing the Masters of Worlds captured by the Heavenly Instrument Mother Sect.
"Qingwu Lord, you actually went out and subdued both the Master of the Luo Realm and the Master of the Array Realm, making them your slaves now? These two Masters of Worlds are both Heavenly Monarchs who have lived through four epochs, much more formidable than ordinary trash Heavenly Monarchs." The Menghuan Lord looked at the two slave Heavenly Monarchs behind the appearing woman and said with envy.
"These two slaves were disobedient at first, but they were subdued at once after I unleashed the great divine ability of the Upside-Down Divine Dance of Blur. Kneeling on the ground begging for my mercy, they are just two weaklings." The Qingwu Lord looked contemptuously at the two men behind her and scolded: "You two, kneel and pay your respects to the Menghuan Lord!"
Thump, thump!
The two great Heavenly Monarchs completely knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly to the Menghuan Lord, their mouths issuing terrified and incredibly devout voices: "This slave pays respect to the Menghuan Lord, this slave pays respect…"
"These slaves are obedient, unlike those two I captured, Heavenly Monarch Dadan and Heavenly Monarch Kanpo, who are constantly thinking about resisting. How about this, I will slaughter them as soon as I get back, and go out to capture a few Heavenly Monarchs with more profound cultivation. Only that is face-saving." The Menghuan Lord sighed.
"Oh? I heard that you went out autumn-hunting with the Jianjia Lord, Qiuxia Lord, and Wanyan Lord this time, laying siege to the Treasure Realm, wanting to take the Staff of Legend and the Wings of Freedom left behind by the Multibao Heavenly Monarch from back then? These two great treasures are very famous. If you collected them and made them slaves, presumably you would be able to show your face in front of the numerous sisters for quite a while." The Qingwu Lord laughed. "I heard recently that the Ronghua Lord obtained a pen, an artifact equivalent to a Sacred-Grade Immortal Artifact, and that pen actually comprehended the realm of Heaven and Earth Life Span."
"Humph! Don't mention it. The reason I am coming to see the Ronghua Lord this time is precisely because of this matter, to question her about that Hua Tiandu. We all suffered a great loss at the hands of that newly emerged Epoch Heavenly Monarch this time…"
"There is such a thing? Damn it, that Epoch Heavenly Monarch Fang Han, I will make his life worse than death." The Menghuan Lord and the Qingwu Lord conversed right here, with the Menghuan Lord explaining the entire matter. The Qingwu Lord instantly flew into a raging fury. With a point of her finger, a wisp of flame flew out, burning on the bodies of her two Heavenly Monarch slaves.
The two slaves, the "Master of the Luo Realm" and "Master of the Array Realm," were burned to the point of screaming miserably continuously. Many female disciples looked over, pointing fingers with gloating expressions, clearly accustomed to it.
Fang Han, however, left this place with a swish. From the conversation between the two, he completely confirmed that the Human Emperor's Pen was definitely here, and had been captured.
"Heaven and Earth, profound and yellow, the universe vast and desolate, the Dao of the Three Emperors, the Art of the Human Emperor…" Arriving deep within a hidden unknown, his body thoroughly merged with the void. Precise deductions operated from within his Epoch Divine Array.
Swish!
He instantly saw a scene. Inside an ancient hall, standing before a desk forged from supreme divine objects of the heavens, was a woman. This woman stood with her hands behind her back, looking at a picture scroll on the desk.
It was unknown what that picture scroll was made of. The surface was a blank white, seemingly paper intended for this woman to write on. However, this paper seemed very precious, and the woman delayed writing on it.
And on the other side of the desk, there was a pen holder. Sealed upon the pen holder was a large, bright yellow pen with a crystal clear luster. This large pen fully exhibited the aura of an emperor. The origin source of a Heavenly Monarch manifested upon it, incomparably formidable, actually not in the slightest beneath the Demise Heavenly Monarch, possessing the cultivation of at least five epochs.
This was the Human Emperor's Pen!
Fang Han saw it clearly at a glance; it was the powerful Human Emperor's Pen. He didn't know what the Human Emperor's Pen had swallowed to actually advance to a Heavenly Monarch and possess such a formidable aura.
"Human Emperor's Pen, you swallowed a piece of an Immortal King's skull fragment from an ancient ruin, as well as a damaged fragment of a Creation Divine Artifact. Your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching such a realm. However, it still amounts to nothing to me. I lack no treasures of your cultivation level; I possess three Sacred-Grade Immortal Artifacts, all more powerful than you. You probably know the prestige of my, the Ronghua Lord's, name. What caught my eye is your realm of Heaven and Earth as One. This realm is extremely rare to come by; even among the Sacred-Grade Immortal Artifacts in my hands, not a single one has comprehended it. I want to cultivate a wondrous skill and need pen and paper to condense and trace the thirty-three ancient characters. You are the best pen, and you still have usage value to me. Otherwise, with your untameable arrogance, I would have directly refined you long ago; how could you still be here today?"
As the woman spoke, she displayed a noble tone of controlling everything.
"Sect Master, let me persuade the Human Emperor's Pen." Right at this moment, beside the Ronghua Lord, from a corner, a maidservant spoke up.
"Oh? Yan Shuitian, this Human Emperor's Pen ascended together with you from the mortal realm. An old acquaintance. You persuade it then. This palace will only give him this one chance. If he still refuses, don't blame this palace for being ruthless." The Ronghua Lord nodded. "I need to go out to host a meeting. I hope that when I return, I can see this pen nod its head and thoroughly submit to this seat."
"Respectfully sending off Sect Master." Yan Shuitian's body stood respectfully.
That maidservant was actually the real Yan Shuitian, placed by the Ronghua Lord's side as a chess piece of the Eternal Heavenly Monarch. Her aura was extremely intense, having evidently already cultivated to the high position of a Heavenly Monarch.
"Good, truly wearing out iron shoes with nowhere to find it, taking no effort to get it whatsoever! The Human Emperor's Pen and Yan Shuitian are both here. I will collect them together, and then I can act without any misgivings!" Fang Han's mind stirred, overjoyed beyond expectations.
Right at this moment, within the scene he had deduced, a person flickered into view; it was none other than Hua Tiandu!