"Oh? You are Hua Tiandu? You indeed have extraordinary aspects about you." The Lord of Qiankun swept his gaze over Hua Tiandu's entire body, discovering that he only had the cultivation of ten epochs, but his body seemed to contain heavy treasures, and there were also continuous waves of an Immortal King's aura.
He wanted to pry further, but immediately felt those threatening intents of the Good Fortune Immortal King in the void. His expression instantly changed, and he withdrew his prying gaze.
He knew that Hua Tiandu was the Good Fortune Immortal King's most important chess piece to deal with Fang Han, share his destiny, and resist his cultivation level. Currently protected by the Good Fortune Immortal King, it was absolutely impossible for him to be schemed against or harmed by himself.
"That Good Fortune Immortal King is a bit too perverted." The Lord of Qiankun thought coldly in his heart: "Comparing this person with Fang Han, looking at the superficial phenomena, his potential is actually much greater than Fang Han's. Since he is an important seed to deal with Fang Han, I will not let this person go. I will first feign compliance with him, and when the optimal timing arrives, I will devour and refine this person, making the Good Fortune Immortal King's plan fall through!"
"Hmph! An Immortal King is an Immortal King, but after all, he is trapped by the Gate of Eternal Life and can only transmit divine sense out; his true body cannot descend. Could I possibly be afraid of him? Once I advance another step, I can carry out my plan, and at that time, even the Good Fortune Immortal King will be devoured by me."
With the cultivation of fifteen epochs, dominating the World Above Worlds, the Lord of Qiankun had no match. His domineering aura was already fully developed. Although he was very wary of the Good Fortune Immortal King, he wouldn't be overly terrified. It was merely a shred of intent; as long as he expended some of his origin, he could shatter it all the same.
He had the determination to advance to become an Immortal King, so naturally, he would not fear any Immortal King.
His mind spun like lightning, and he already had a plan in his heart.
"Hua Tiandu, rise. I will take you as my apprentice. However, your current cultivation is still weak, only at ten epochs. I will pass down a set of cultivation methods to you to refine the Immortal King aura on your body and raise your cultivation again. This set of methods is called the Great Thousand Qiankun Technique."
While speaking, he flicked his finger, and a talismanic cultivation method directly transmitted into Hua Tiandu's body.
"Many thanks, Master. From now on, I, Hua Tiandu, will follow Master's every lead." Hua Tiandu cautiously lowered his head: "I have obtained some magic treasures under my possession, and I wish to rely on Master's Calabash of Qiankun to cultivate, completely refining them and raising my own cultivation. I wonder if Master can lend it to me."
"Rely on my Calabash of Qiankun to temper your cultivation?" A playful smile appeared on the Lord of Qiankun's face: "This is quite a good idea. My Calabash of Qiankun is a Good Fortune Divine Artifact, from which I was born. For my loyal and devoted disciples, I would grant them permission to enter it to cultivate. However, you are an exception. Since the Good Fortune Immortal King and I have reached an agreement, I will do my utmost to cultivate you. How about this: you follow me into Qiankun City, and I will strictly begin helping you refine some of the magic treasures in your body?"
"Many thanks, Master!"
Hua Tiandu deeply lowered his head, but his eyes were entirely filled with insidiousness.
"Old thing, and you want to be my master? Little do you know that I have already obtained the Three Lives Stone and the skeleton of the Lord of Primordial. As long as they are truly refined, my cultivation will not be inferior to Fang Han's, and assassinating an old thing like you will be a trivial matter. The Calabash of Qiankun is the only Good Fortune Divine Artifact capable of allowing me to refine the Three Lives Stone and the Lord of Primordial's skeleton. This divine artifact has been passed down since the immemorial era, yet it was grasped and stolen by this old thing. This good item is mine! Furthermore, old thing, you want to pry out the divine artifacts within my body? That is wishful thinking. Little do you know that the Good Fortune Immortal King prepared long ago and arranged supreme killing techniques within them. When the time comes, exploiting your greed, I will refine you as well. I am the true giant head meant to dominate the heavens and earth, what does Fang Han count as?"
Hua Tiandu and the Lord of Qiankun each harbored their own sinister designs, but on the surface, they had already become a master and apprentice pair.
"Swish!"
The Lord of Qiankun flew up, taking Hua Tiandu with him, and directly vanished completely.
The Nine Heavens Mystical Girl watched the silhouettes of the two disappearing, her face full of solemnity.
"Swish!"
A black and a white silhouette appeared beside her; it was precisely the Black and White Envoys.
Among them, the black-robed envoy said: "Mystical Girl, do you say this Hua Tiandu can smoothly complete the mission? To completely refine the Three Lives Stone and the Lord of Primordial's skeleton utilizing the Calabash of Qiankun?"
"There should be no problem… Hmph! If it weren't for Fang Han growing to such a stage, we wouldn't need to employ such a risky maneuver, using the Good Fortune Immortal King to intimidate a terrifying existence like the Lord of Qiankun." The Nine Heavens Mystical Girl let out a long sigh: "If he had truly been bent on taking action just now, I would definitely have been slain by that old thing."
"The prestigious name of the Good Fortune Immortal King still holds great deterrent power against him." The white-robed envoy smiled: "Moreover, the Immortal King's intent truly was transmitted from the Gate of Eternal Life. He would not trade his life for ours. However, because of this plan, Hua Tiandu abandoned the plan to deal with the Heavenly Mother, what a…"
"This is the Good Fortune Immortal King's idea, he doesn't want me to kill the Heavenly Mother, hmph!" The Nine Heavens Mystical Girl said, "But I have also obtained benefits because of this. From time to time, the Good Fortune Immortal King transmits his intent from the Gate of Eternal Life to augment my body, making my magic power reach an invincible state."
"But catching up to Fang Han and the Electric Mother Heavenly Monarch is still very far off, right?" The Black and White Envoys weren't optimistic either: "We still have to rely on Hua Tiandu, after all, he is the person the Good Fortune Immortal King trusts the most. We must rely on him to capture Fang Han before the Gate of Eternal Life erupts, offer him as a sacrifice, and wait for the moment the Good Fortune Immortal King descends."
"Is Fang Han really the reincarnation of that item?" The Nine Heavens Mystical Girl was even a bit doubtful: "That item, what exactly is it…"
"We will only know the truth of the matter when the moment of heaven and earth's great destruction arrives." The Black and White Envoys also shook their heads and sighed.
The three people disappeared into the void.
On this side, there were conspiracies and schemes, each calculating against the other. But in another location of the World Above Worlds, it was lingering affection, as Fang Han and Fang Qingxue had finally reunited.
"Fang Han, these past days you walked out from rains of blood and winds of gore, slaying countless experts. The Dao of the Epoch has finally achieved great completion, the return of a king." Listening to Fang Han recounting bit by bit his days after entering the Heavenly Realm, Fang Qingxue sighed continuously, feeling that Fang Han had thoroughly carved out a future with his own bare hands. Anyone obstructing his path would be slain; this was a path of unyielding directness.
In contrast, right after she ascended, she directly entered the World Above Worlds, inside the unfathomably mysterious Immortal King Battlefield, continuing to cultivate to her current realm. Although she advanced by leaps and bounds, she lacked the grinding trials of Fang Han's journey.
She could also feel now the grand momentum of Fang Han walking out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. If the former Fang Han, although an overlord, still had some immaturity, then now he was polished to true great perfection. His sharp edges were restrained, yet he was even more formidable, having all impurities tempered away step by step through his experiences.
The current Fang Qingxue also possessed the cultivation of fourteen epochs; it was unknown how she had cultivated.
However, Fang Han knew that in the Immortal King Battlefield, there were countless fortuitous encounters and countless divine ability magic treasures. As long as one had the opportunity, they could be obtained. For example, the Lord of Qiankun obtained the "Longevity" character there, as well as the Heaven and Earth Mystic Gate. And Fang Qingxue had obtained the Great Destiny Technique and had once entered the Gate of Eternal Life. Wandering within it, she was like a fish in water.
Cultivating to such a realm was not rare.
"But, Qingxue, I have a question. Rumors say that for the Great Destiny Technique of the heavens, only one person can know it. Why could the two of us comprehend destiny at the same time?" Fang Han sat upright, calculating the Dao of Eternal Life of the heavens, the Dao of the Immortal King.
"To be exact, indeed only one person can know it. I merely shared your destiny, you are destiny." Fang Qingxue uttered a strange sentence, yet it contained philosophy, the deepest profound meaning. "Destiny is yours, you are destined to be the supreme existence who controls everything. Sommer day in the future, you will truly awaken and rule the heavens. Immortal Kings or whatever stronger existences, will all grovel and tremble at your feet."
"Is that so? Qingxue, you are flattering me too much." Fang Han smiled faintly, not showing much reaction: "Right, I know a piece of news. The Immortal Kings have not completely fallen. Whether it's Good Fortune, Truth, Origin, Immemorial Ancestral Dragon, the World's Unhindered King Buddha, Daoist Grandmist… they all entered the Gate of Eternal Life. It seems that at the end of this epoch, the great destruction of heaven and earth, they will return anew."
"Correct, ever since I brought you out from the Gate of Eternal Life, the Gate of Eternal Life underwent changes. Many, many ancient Immortal Kings entered it, and even the Immortal Kings slumbering in the long river of the world awakened and threw themselves into it." Fang Qingxue said.
"What? You brought me out from the Gate of Eternal Life?" Fang Han was shocked. He knew he was extraordinary; everyone said he was the key amidst the great tribulation, yet he couldn't deduce his past life. Even the past life he slayed was just when he was weak in the secular world. Explicitly speaking, that was this life.
It was as if he had no past life.
This was absolutely non-existent.
Now hearing that he was brought out of the Gate of Eternal Life by Fang Qingxue, his mind couldn't help but be triggered with various thoughts, rising and falling, actually unable to calm down.
"Do not ask me. My only memory right now is just this, I know absolutely nothing else. My Great Destiny Technique was also imparted to me by you. When I fell, this highest segment of memory completely vanished. Perhaps only by advancing to become an Immortal King can I thoroughly know exactly what your origin is, and simultaneously awaken my memories spanning past lives." Fang Qingxue shook her head: "Originally, I also wasn't sure if you were the 'it' I brought out from the Gate of Eternal Life, but you comprehended the Great Destiny Technique so quickly, which ultimately confirmed it. Because besides you, no one can comprehend this Dao technique, not even Immortal Kings. Daoist Grandmist once wanted to comprehend it, and at the very end, he encountered a backlash from the Gate of Eternal Life and almost fell. Fortunately, he himself was formidable and managed to reverse it."