"Hm? It is here, the most crucial moment has arrived…"
Hearing the Nian Beast's voice, Fang Han and Fang Qingxue exchanged a glance, retracting all the destiny force surrounding them. A look of gambling everything on a single throw appeared on their faces.
During this period of time, they had practiced the Great Destiny Technique and familiarized themselves with the crystal wall systems inside the Gate of Eternal Life, reaching a level of utmost proficiency. They had a great certainty that when the soul of the "Lord of All Beasts" descended, they could trigger the backlash and wrath of the Gate of Eternal Life.
When that time came, they would let the Lord of All Beasts, along with his soul and flesh, be annihilated in the endless void, serving as nourishing nutrients for Fang Han and simultaneously nurturing the various disciples of the Epoch Sect.
"Brother Nian Beast, we are already prepared and will arrive at the Immortal King Battlefield immediately. Please be at ease." Fang Han also transmitted his rolling voice over.
At the same time, his intent drifted throughout the entire Meta Realm, penetrating deep into the hearts of every disciple of the Epoch Sect. "All disciples, take your positions, control all the hubs, and rely on my intent to urge the grand array to directly ascend."
Buzz!
His body's crystal divine kingdoms expanded, taking the entire Meta Realm into his body.
He surged into the sky and directly entered the Immortal King Battlefield without leaving the slightest trace.
In an instant, the berserk laws of the Immortal King Battlefield swept over, but they were all absorbed by him one by one, fundamentally unable to harm him in the slightest.
He exerted his full power, and wherever he passed, all the source energy of the Immortal King Battlefield condensed, transforming into streaks of eternal life divine laws that entered deep into his body, nourishing all the disciples of the Epoch Sect.
"Alright, this is the place where the Barbarian race, Monster race, and Beast race join forces."
Suddenly, Fang Han felt a destructive aura and could not help but stop. He saw massive tents appearing deep within space and time. These tents were all made of animal hides—belonging to unknown variant immemorial exotic beasts—revealing a primeval, ancient, barbaric, and ferocious aura.
Tall Heavenly Lords of the Barbarian race, Beast race, and Monster race resided within, commanding billions upon billions of experts from their respective races. This region of the Immortal King Battlefield was unexpectedly incredibly stable. The laws were no longer berserk, seemingly having been pinned down. Massive amounts of divine objects were simply piled up out of thin air on the spacious ground, looking just like secular granaries.
Fang Han even saw that on this open land, the experts of the Barbarian race, Beast race, and Monster race had used divine objects to open up gardens, where various kinds of spiritual medicines were planted.
When the Gate of Eternal Life spewed forth divine objects, it would also spew out many seeds. After being cultivated, some of these seeds would transform into rare, world-shaking spiritual medicines. Swallowing certain spiritual medicines could instantly allow a person to change into a Heavenly Lord. Of course, the legendary king of seeds was the Tree of the World.
"To think that the Monster race, Beast race, and Barbarian race have faintly established gardens in this Immortal King Battlefield. Their schemes are not small." Fang Han also felt a slight shock in his heart.
He even beheld that in a central garden, upon a continuously squirming mass of flesh and blood exuding Immortal King qi, a brightly colored flower was planted. This flower was bewitchingly beautiful; it was the legendary "Flower of the Other Shore", also a divine object, an existence second only to the Tree of the World.
Within the Immortal King Battlefield, apart from Immortal King skeletons, people with great providence could occasionally find Immortal King flesh and blood, which possessed extremely high value.
For instance, when the Lord of Yin and Yang entered to search back in the day, he found an Immortal King eyeball and forged it into a divine eye of magical arts, making him practically invincible.
"Hahahaha, Brother Fang Han is indeed a man of his word. Just with a greeting from us, you actually came here. This must be the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord. Truly possessing peerless magnificence, retaining her demeanor from the past."
The Lord of Nian Beasts, bringing along the Lord of All Monsters, the Barbarian Ancestor, and the Heavenly Lords of the three races, walked over. A large group of people, with a majestic aura, looked at Fang Han and the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord.
Fang Han observed briefly and found that there were quite a few experts among the three races. There were about two to three hundred Heavenly Lords. A large portion of these Heavenly Lords had been recruited from the myriad realms of the heavens, but the elites from the three races were also not few in number. Every single one of them possessed the might to practically destroy heaven and earth, and there were dozens of Heavenly Lords with cultivation above ten epochs. Their comprehensive strength was quite a bit stronger than the Epoch Sect, though it fell far short of the Tiandu Cult.
Currently, speaking of overall comprehensive strength, the Epoch Sect combined with the experts of the three races could not match the Tiandu Cult.
"Right, where are Brother Fang Han's disciples?"
The Nian Beast looked at Fang Han, sized him up for a moment, and asked strangely.
"My disciples are all in my inner world. My body is a grand array that accommodates everything and operates everything endlessly by nature." Fang Han casually replied.
The Nian Beast, Lord of All Monsters, and Barbarian Ancestor exchanged a glance, everyone seeing the surprise on each other's faces: "Brother Fang Han is formidable indeed. Operating magical power with absolute perfection, unfathomable by gods and ghosts, we admire you. It seems our certainty in rescuing the Lord of All Beasts this time has increased greatly."
"Naturally, as long as there are enough benefits, the certainty will increase alongside the increase in benefits." Fang Han said.
"Haha, this is easy to negotiate, easy to negotiate. As long as you succeed this time, the Lord of All Beasts will directly empower your magical power, allowing you to reach the realm of your dreams, and our benefits will be endless. Slaying that Hua Tiandu and resisting the Good Fortune Immortal King will be as easy as grasping something at hand." The Nian Beast smiled once more and waved his large hand. Immediately, the countless experts of the three races dispersed, revealing a pitch-black altar.
This altar was somewhat similar to the white bone altar of the Ancestral Holy King, but streaks of beast patterns and many flame-shaped markings were carved onto it. Mysterious and ancient, it was forged from some unknown mysterious material, remaining indestructible. Streaks of natural sounds emanated from it, seemingly singing, seemingly a beast's roar, akin to ghosts howling, and even more like a daughter of the night weeping bitterly…
With just one look, this black altar was synonymous with terror.
"This is the Ten Thousand Beasts Altar to respectfully welcome the descent of the Lord of All Beasts." The Nian Beast told Fang Han: "Right now, practically everything is ready. Everyone takes their positions, using their life origin to urge the altar, inspiring its divine might to sense the existence of the Lord of All Beasts within the Gate of Eternal Life. However, we still need to borrow the force of destiny. Therefore, we hope that Brother Fang Han and the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord will sit upon it, urging destiny to thoroughly blend with our power, breaking through the restraints of the Gate of Eternal Life, and placing empowerment onto the body of the Lord of All Beasts."
"Is that so?" Fang Han looked at the altar, remaining silent for a long time. Only after a while did he open his mouth to say: "This is very dangerous. It equates to me and the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord sitting upon the altar, allowing you all to surround and refine us. You must offer a portion of the remuneration first. Give me some of those Ancient Characters? Otherwise, the risk for me is truly too great."
"No problem."
This time, the Nian Beast was extremely straightforward. Three Ancient Characters directly flew out—"Fortune", "Saber", "Sword"—and fell into Fang Han's hands. Each Ancient Character displayed an incomparable and peerless elegance. The character "Fortune" bore continuous, incredibly prolonged fortune and destiny; the "Saber" was fiercely unparalleled, its sharp edge tearing the firmament; while that "Sword" character was upright, noble, resolute, and enduring, representing the intent of a gentleman.
"Also, Brother Fang Han, you do not need to worry. When all the experts of our three races utilize our origin to urge the altar, we will first pour the power into your bodies, elevating your magical power. Right now, the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord should be at the cultivation of fifteen epochs. After undergoing our empowerment and baptism, she will definitely break through to sixteen epochs. This is also a huge benefit."
To secure his grand scheme, the Nian Beast steadied Fang Han, beginning to dispense alms in large quantities and promising endless benefits.
"I also want that Flower of the Other Shore planted upon the Immortal King flesh and blood!" Fang Han grabbed with a large hand, and the distant mass of Immortal King flesh and blood, along with the Flower of the Other Shore, fell into his palm and was collected into his body.
The expressions of the Nian Beast, Barbarian Ancestor, and Lord of All Monsters changed slightly, and a trace of anger appeared on the faces of many Heavenly Lord experts. The atmosphere instantly turned awkward.
"Hahahaha…" After a period of silence, it was still the Nian Beast who broke the heavy atmosphere and started laughing: "We cultivated this Flower of the Other Shore for a full three epochs, accumulating who knows how much power before it finally blossomed. If consumed correctly, it can increase cultivation by one epoch. However, for the return of the Lord of All Beasts, giving it to Brother Fang Han is fine; it is nothing spectacular. What other treasures of our three races has Brother Fang Han taken a liking to? Feel free to take them; we will offer them up one by one."
"Very well." Fang Han took an inch and wanted a mile. He said to the Barbarian Ancestor: "I heard that the Barbarian race has seven sacred artifacts, respectively the Totem Canister, Blood-Stained Garments, Crown of Thorns… I have obtained two of them. By gathering the seven sacred artifacts together, one can transform the universe into a wild and barbaric world. Right now, the Barbarian Ancestor definitely has the remaining pieces in his hands. How about giving them all to me?"
"You…" Rage surfaced on the Barbarian Ancestor's face, but the Nian Beast immediately sent him a meaningful glance.
Only then did a smile appear on the Barbarian Ancestor's face. With a wave of his palm, five Sacred Grade Immortal Artifacts flew out; they were a scepter, crown, ring, boots, and necklace.
Fang Han grabbed them and integrated them into his body. A barbaric aura lay dormant, and his power seemed to increase quite a bit. He nodded: "Not bad, not bad. Combining the seven sacred artifacts turns them into an array core of my Epoch Divine Array once more. Though inferior to the Thirty-Three Heavens Ultimate Artifact, it possesses profound and unfathomable mysteries."
"Now that Brother Fang Han has eaten his fill and drank his fill, you can begin to fulfill your promise, right." The Nian Beast said.
"I can, hahahaha!" Having seized the opportunity to acquire a few treasures, Fang Han immediately flew up with Fang Qingxue onto the black Ten Thousand Beasts Altar. They sat cross-legged upon it, circulating their magical power.
At the same time, all the experts of the Monster, Beast, and Barbarian races positioned themselves respectively around the massive black altar, forming a circle. They began to murmur and cast incantations. Simultaneously, many Heavenly Lord divine intents communicated with each other.
"Despicable, this is truly despicable! This person deserves to die. Our three races exerted all our effort to cultivate the Flower of the Other Shore for countless years, and just as it sprouted its seedlings, it was snatched away. That mass of Immortal King flesh and blood also holds enormous value."
"This person truly deserves death. No wonder Hua Tiandu wants to slay him; he gives damned good reasons."
"Barbarian Ancestor, all seven sacred artifacts of your Barbarian race have fallen into his hands."
"He will die sooner or later. The moment he sat upon the altar, his fate was sealed."