Hua Tiandu stood above "Tiandu City", his cultivation having increased once again. Behind him were rings of halos, the most prominent one being completely condensed from the power of Origin, containing the intent of an Immortal King.
Besides that, standing parallel to the Origin Halo was the Good Fortune Halo. The two were equally powerful, indicating that the current strength of the Good Fortune Immortal King was almost the same as the Origin Lord, surpassing all other Immortal Kings.
Following the two major halos of Good Fortune and Origin were Truth, Origin, Mythical, and even several unnamed Immortal King halos. From this point alone, it could be seen that Hua Tiandu was already a true favored son of heaven. Apart from receiving the empowerment of the five great Immortal Kings—Good Fortune, Origin, Truth, Origin, and Mythical—he also received the empowerment of other Immortal Kings.
So many Immortal Kings completely concentrated their favor onto one person.
Now, Hua Tiandu's cultivation had already reached the peak of seventeen epochs, with the possibility of breaking through to eighteen epochs at any time and place.
Moreover, his Three Lives Stone had been cultivated to a state of absolute perfection, truly beginning to unleash the might of the number one divine object that shook the heavens.
The "Lord of Nian Beasts", "Lord of All Monsters", and "Barbarian Ancestor" were right behind Hua Tiandu, while the soul of the "Lord of All Beasts" twisted as a powerful shadow, letting out furious roars, hating Fang Han to the bone.
"Senior Lord of All Beasts, it does not matter. Right now, within my body, I have already concentrated the halos of several Immortal Kings, equating to their intents being empowered upon my body. I will now urge the might of the Three Lives Stone to mend the injuries of your soul. Once you recover, we will join forces together to thoroughly destroy the Epoch Sect. We can no longer allow this dangerous animal Fang Han to exist in this world."
While Hua Tiandu spoke, a divine light from his body illuminated the twisted soul of the Lord of All Beasts. Instantly, streaks of injuries were being mended. Not long after, the Lord of All Beasts felt much more comfortable, the power on his body climbing steadily. It had already far surpassed Hua Tiandu, and even surpassed Fang Han, reaching the cultivation of nineteen epochs.
"Hahaha, the Three Lives Stone is indeed a good item. No wonder the Origin Lord forged it into the number one divine object back then. It can actually help me resist the backlash of the Gate of Eternal Life now." The Lord of All Beasts immediately roared comfortably: "Fang Han, I will tear your body into ten thousand pieces. I am an Immortal King. With the soul of an Immortal King, you will know just how terrifying the consequences of offending an Immortal King are."
"Is that so?"
Fang Han watched Hua Tiandu use the Three Lives Stone to help the Lord of All Beasts recover his soul without the slightest trace of fear, saying plainly from his mouth: "Since it is so, then let us have a grand battle to see who is strong and who is weak. Lord of All Beasts, if you have the ability, come out and exchange blows with me. Let me see exactly how strong your Immortal King soul is now?"
"Seeking death!"
Although the Lord of All Beasts had not completely recovered and had only temporarily suppressed his injuries, he was an Immortal King after all. How could he endure Fang Han speaking like this? His body moved.
Swish!
Carrying boundless and rolling divine might, he descended in front of Fang Han and grabbed with a large hand. A massive beast claw suppressed downward. The ferocious wild beast intent blotted out the sky and covered the earth, condensing into thousands of void universes. Countless immemorial divine beasts appeared in the sky, launching attacks toward Fang Han's Epoch Divine Array.
"Break for me!"
Fang Han's body straightened at once, standing tall to prop up the firmament. Clenching his five fingers into a fist, he struck out into the void, "Gods of eternal life, sons of destiny, twist everything, submerge the world."
The ocean-like eternal life qi collapsed downward. His punch seemed to blast down the pillars of heaven and earth, causing the azure sky to collapse instantly. The waterfall of eternal life source energy seemed to descend. Within the eternal life waterfall, gods of eternal life containing destiny rushed out, possessing the might to hold up the Gate of Eternal Life. Under this punch, the beast claws collapsed one after another.
"The Great Destiny Technique is miraculous. It is a pity that your realm is truly a bit too low. You should know that standing before you is an Immortal King, not that ordinary kind of Heavenly Lord ant."
Although the beast claw collapsed at once, the primordial spirit soul of the Lord of All Beasts had completely vanished. His magical power surged into the sky, winding and twisting, and in an instant arrived behind Fang Han. Concentrating power, "Three Daos Nine Turns, Beast God Strike!"
The beast claws tore fiercely, resplendent like the fireworks of laws, tearing through Fang Han's protective astral qi and slicing downward.
Fang Han backhanded a palm, colliding with the beast claw. The force of destiny descended from the sky, and gods of eternal life, densely packed like locusts, sought out the Lord of All Beasts, drilling into his soul and detonating.
In this exact instant, the Lord of All Beasts suffered the detonation of over a thousand gods of eternal life.
Right now, the detonations condensed by Fang Han's gods of eternal life equated to the direct self-destruction of an expert of twelve, thirteen, or even fourteen epochs. What was the concept of over a thousand detonating together? This universe could practically cease to exist.
The power of these detonations concentrated on a single point, blowing up within the soul. The primordial spirit soul of the Lord of All Beasts shattered to pieces once again, his source energy damaged, and the might of his magical arts greatly reduced.
"Despicable, if my physical body were still here and my soul not injured, killing you would be like killing a dog." Amidst the explosions, all of the Lord of All Beasts' offensives were entirely disintegrated. He condensed his soul once more, appearing above Fang Han's head and circling, intending to press downward, but was propped up by the Epoch Divine Array.
With a circling motion of his finger, Fang Han's massive ocean of eternal life qi condensed into the Heavenly Origin Strike, and he flicked. Collapse!
The Heavenly Origin Strike penetrated the soul of the Lord of All Beasts, extinguishing another portion of his ferocious might.
The Lord of All Beasts roared continuously, executing world-turning might. Concentrating the Beast Dao, ultimately phantom images of Beastman Gods actually appeared in the air. These beastmen were the perfect combination of the Beast Dao and the Human Dao, possessing the wisdom and potential of humans, along with the physique and ferocity of beasts.
Overwhelming runes, wild auras, and the savage divine dao descended. The soul of the Lord of All Beasts transformed into a wave of light, a segment of sharp edge, a streak of law, slicing and slashing down towards Fang Han.
"Fang Han, little animal, I will let you know what an Immortal King is called. Try out the ultimate learning I comprehended from the Gate of Eternal Life!"
Seeing this, Fang Han's expression also turned solemn. With a flicker of his own body, he also transformed into a divine radiance of epoch, a blade of destiny, colliding with the soul of the Lord of All Beasts.
"Gate of Eternal Life! Backlash once more!"
In the exact moment of this collision, Fang Qingxue, with seventeen epochs of cultivation, made her move. From her mouth, long incantations were chanted. Every single incantation was heaven-shaking and earth-shattering, reaching directly deep into the interior of the Gate of Eternal Life. Immediately, countless crystal wall systems began to tremble. From the Gate of Eternal Life, a divine radiance spewed forth, slicing toward the soul of the Lord of All Beasts once again.
Puchi!
The swiftness and fierceness of this slice were unparalleled.
That divine radiance sliced off a full one-third of the Lord of All Beasts' soul.
"Capture!" Fang Han's Epoch Divine Array transformed into the Hand of God. Scooping downward, he grabbed that one-third of the soul in his hand. These souls transformed into a new Lord of All Beasts, struggling painfully within the seal, letting out the most intense Immortal King curses.
While the remaining two-thirds of the soul fled in panic into Tiandu City.
"This one-third of the soul is a massive tonic. As long as I refine it, I will be able to advance to the cultivation of nineteen epochs, only a hair's breadth away from the Immortal King cultivation of twenty epochs. It is a pity that refining this one-third of an Immortal King's soul will require a very long time."
Watching the sealed Immortal King soul in his hand continuously transforming and charging, like an immemorial fierce beast that could not be suppressed no matter what, knowing that a single mishap would release the tiger and rhinoceros from the cage.
Fleeing into Tiandu City, the two-thirds of the Lord of All Beasts' soul currently felt a monstrous fury in his heart. If fury could burn, the universe would have already turned to ashes.
"Fang Han, do not even think about refining my soul. I will take it back." The Lord of All Beasts continuously used soul resonance, making Fang Han's seal restless.
"So what if it is an Immortal King soul? In my hands, it still cannot escape!" Fang Han sealed this mass of soul, standing shoulder to shoulder with Fang Qingxue, looking at Hua Tiandu within Tiandu City: "Hua Tiandu, what else do you have to say now? Shall we fight to the death, or do you want to wait for the great destruction of this epoch to clash thoroughly?"
"Hm?"
Looking at Fang Han, Hua Tiandu frowned. These two had a feud as deep as the sea; the moment they met, a life and death outcome had to be decided. Yet now, Fang Han actually intended to call a truce first. He wondered what scheme he was planning?
"Fang Han, you and I will have a battle sooner or later. I know you want to buy time to refine this one-third of the Lord of All Beasts' soul and cultivate to the peak of nineteen epochs. I will give you this time." Hua Tiandu's heart stirred. He also needed time to accumulate right now. Moreover, there was an unstable element within Tiandu City—the Lord of All Beasts and the threefold alliance—that needed to be suppressed first. Especially the Lord of All Beasts; although only two-thirds of his soul remained, he was still an extremely dangerous giant. With a slight lapse of attention, he might be possessed by this person.
And Hua Tiandu himself was also drooling over the Immortal King soul. If he could find a way to swallow it…
Beautiful thoughts were stored in his heart.
Both sides had their apprehensions, so he also had no intention of fighting to the death with Fang Han right now. Everything had to wait. Endure.
"Alright, Fang Han, both of us have matters to attend to, and now is not the time to truly risk our lives. Let us make an agreement to wait until the great destruction of heaven and earth occurs, when divine objects are spewed forth, returning to snatch them relying on our own abilities. How about we recuperate and build up our strength for now?" Hua Tiandu proposed this agreement once again.
Presently, within the myriad realms of the heavens, only Fang Han and his factions were the largest.
"Alright, but Hua Tiandu, I will slay the Immortal Kings supporting you one by one right in front of your face. Whatever Origin Lord, Good Fortune Immortal King, Origin, Truth, Mythical… I will let you know what true despair is called. What you rely on are nothing more than these Immortal Kings." Fang Han snapped his fingers.
"Shameless boasting! I will slaughter the Epoch Sect from top to bottom, sparing neither fowl nor dog, right in front of your face! Let's go!"
Hua Tiandu waved his large sleeve, and the entire Tiandu City was thoroughly hidden away.