As soon as Hua Tiandu vanished, Fang Han vanished closely after.
He actually knew what Hua Tiandu went to do; it was definitely to play mind games with the Lord of All Beasts and find a way to devour that two-thirds of the soul.
"Fang Han, if our Epoch Sect exerted all our power just now, how much certainty would we have in obliterating the Tiandu Cult, as well as the Lord of All Beasts' group of people?"
In a mysterious mountain range within the Upper Realm Above, Fang Qingxue suddenly spoke out.
"Seventy percent certainty. However, I have apprehensions concerning the Origin Lord and the Good Fortune Immortal King, those two major figures. You should know that they are dead set on dealing with me. If we pushed Hua Tiandu too hard this time, unexpected variables might have arisen. I must elevate my strength once more. The cultivation of the Origin Lord and the Good Fortune Immortal King is no trivial matter. Even executing the Great Destiny Technique, we could not find their traces; it is possible they have entered deeper into the Gate of Eternal Life." Fang Han said: "If the two individuals I am apprehensive of decide to fight to the bitter end, tearing the net when the fish dies, I still do not have the certainty to deal with them right now. So we must delay a bit, waiting for the spewing of divine objects in the Gate of Eternal Life, so that I can cultivate to the realm of a supreme Immortal King in one fell swoop before saying anything else."
"That Hua Tiandu's cultivation is also growing day by day. This time, two-thirds of the Lord of All Beasts' Immortal King soul entered Tiandu City. If he plots against him and swallows it, his cultivation will also reach an inconceivable realm." Fang Qingxue was somewhat worried.
"Indeed, Hua Tiandu will definitely devour the remaining soul of the Lord of All Beasts; this is something that cannot be prevented. Even if he sits as equals with the Lord of All Beasts right now, once the Immortal Kings behind him join forces, the Lord of All Beasts fundamentally cannot contend with them." Fang Han nodded: "Therefore, I am letting him refine the soul of the Lord of All Beasts, making it easier to deal with him later."
"Right? The soul of the Lord of All Beasts has already been deeply carved with the soul brand of the Gate of Eternal Life. Once refined, the brand will also appear within Hua Tiandu's soul. This kind of brand is something even the Origin Lord and the Good Fortune Immortal King cannot erase." Fang Qingxue's eyes brightened: "At that time, the higher his magical power, the more we can trigger the backlash, causing his direct death. He will become our nourishment, also causing the plans of those Immortal Kings to fall through."
"That is exactly the reasoning. Alright, we will enter closed-door cultivation now to refine this one-third of the soul. Simultaneously, I will also execute the Great Destiny Technique to track that two-thirds of the soul. Thereby truly grasping Hua Tiandu's whereabouts, planting a brand within that two-thirds of the soul, and detonate it in one fell swoop at the final moment, letting Hua Tiandu suffer the bitter fruits."
Fang Han stopped within this mountain range. His entire body jolted, and the entire Epoch Sect began to expand outward. Vitality covered every place within the Meta Realm, and all the experts immersed themselves in the comprehension of skyrocketing cultivation.
Practically all the divine power from the burning of the Lord of All Beasts' massive body was absorbed by the disciples of the Epoch Sect. Now the number of Heavenly Lords among the disciples of the Epoch Sect advanced by leaps and bounds, one after another; every moment and every second, someone advanced to become a peerless Heavenly Lord.
Now, those with fifteen epochs of cultivation included "Feng Baiyu", "Long Xuan", "Linglong", "Heart Demon Old Man", "Chiyuan Demon Lord", and "Chaos Heavenly Lord". For fourteen epochs of cultivation, there were Human Emperor Pen, Feather Emperor, Night Emperor, Feng Yaoguang…
If these people joined forces to urge the restrictive arts of the Meta Realm, they could practically execute experts of sixteen or seventeen epochs. The Tree of the World had also grown immensely. Every moment and every second, it was absorbing eternal life qi, expanding, and deriving more branches, leaves, and root systems, densely packed and spread across various parallel spaces.
The firmness of the Meta Realm now surpassed the Upper Realm Above, and even the Immortal King Battlefield.
Under the protection of the various great experts, Fang Han sat cross-legged in the center of the Meta Realm. Taking out the one-third of the Lord of All Beasts' Immortal King soul, he spat out a mouthful of true fire onto it and began to refine it.
"Ah, Fang Han! I will not let you off. I am a supreme Immortal King… You are merely a Heavenly Lord. Adhering to the rules since ancient times, Heavenly Lords cannot offend Immortal Kings. Yet you committed the offense, violating the rules. You will surely be cast aside by all Immortal Kings. Even Daoist Hongmeng, the Immemorial Ancestral Dragon, and the World Zizai King Buddha will scheme against you and slaughter you in the future."
The one-third soul of the Lord of All Beasts truly began to roar, executing various magical arts to resist Fang Han's refinement, but sadly it was to no avail.
Fang Han waved both hands, and massive amounts of eternal life qi descended, transforming into rolling flames. It was the Fire of Eternal Life, burning fiercely, parallel to the Epoch True Fire.
Every single snippet of flame from Fang Han's Fire of Eternal Life carried the laws transmitted from the Gate of Eternal Life. In a pure sense, it no longer belonged to flames, but to a law—a law surpassing the Great Dao that could thoroughly burn a person to ashes. Even an Immortal King could not endure this kind of eternal torment.
Ahhhhh…
Countless magical powers began to permeate into the Epoch Divine Array. Every single crystal divine kingdom erupted with an Immortal King's aura. This was a true Immortal King, not something simulated by Fang Han.
The soul of the Immortal King began to melt, permeating into Fang Han's soul.
Time passed day by day.
Fang Han ceremonially refined the soul of the Lord of All Beasts to become thinner and thinner, weaker and weaker. As for himself, he grew more and more formidable, more and more inconceivable.
With a slight movement from him now, the overwhelming majesty of an Immortal King rolled out. Anyone who saw him felt an intent requiring them to prostrate themselves in worship. As he breathed casually, the crowd saw the physical form of the Gate of Eternal Life condensing within the breath. This was a true brand. It seemed his mysterious identity from his previous life was beginning to sprout—the crucial existence from within the Gate of Eternal Life.
The higher his cultivation, the clearer Fang Han's previous life identity would become.
Following the refinement, his body—which had long reached the peak of eighteen epochs of cultivation—began to slowly advance, showing signs of breaking through to nineteen epochs.
At this time, he fully immersed himself in his own cultivation.
Forgetting both objects and self, forgetting each other, without the aspect of self, without the aspect of others, without the aspect of sentient beings.
Buzz!
Fang Han flew up, transforming into the River of Epoch. In the void, one could faintly behold a long river of time also falling into the River of Epoch. From ancient times to the present, the halos of three thousand epochs and vast amounts of information transmitted into his soul and thinking like a vast ocean of stars.
Rumble!
His magical power broke through to nineteen epochs of cultivation, and at this very moment, that one-third of the Lord of All Beasts' Immortal King soul completely collapsed, turning to ashes.
All its will was absorbed by him, becoming Fang Han's cultivation.
Fang Han quietly comprehended the experiences and concepts of the Lord of All Beasts advancing to Immortal King. Combining them with his own magical power, he slowly deduced it, beginning his charge toward a higher realm…
Reaching nineteen epochs of cultivation, he unceasingly charged at the realm of Immortal King.
The realm of an Immortal King was a massive hurdle. Advancing from nineteen epochs of cultivation to Immortal King was a hundred times more difficult than an ordinary person cultivating to become a Heavenly Lord and then reaching cultivation of over ten epochs. In the historical river of three thousand epochs, those who could take this step and cultivate into an Immortal King were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Every single one of them was a topmost existence capable of glimpsing the Great Dao of Eternal Life and existing eternally with the world.
Cultivating into an Immortal King was no longer something the Great Dao could contain.
Obtaining the experiences of the Lord of All Beasts cultivating into an Immortal King, and using them as a reference for himself, it could be said that he had gone through it once. His cultivation was immensely faster than others.
He entered a state of profound meditation. At this time, cultivating toward the Grand Dao of an Immortal King was the priority; finding trouble with Hua Tiandu was secondary. As long as he broke through, even if Hua Tiandu or even all the Immortal Kings returned entirely, they would all be suppressed by his Gate of Eternal Life.
Beside Fang Han, Fang Qingxue also began to cultivate, comprehending immortality. Following Fang Han's advancement and the thorough comprehension of the Great Destiny Technique, her Dao arts also advanced by leaps and bounds. Her cultivation of seventeen epochs rapidly reached its peak, restless and capable of breaking its cocoon to become a butterfly at any time and place, transforming into eighteen epochs.
However, compared to Fang Han, she was still somewhat lacking.
The Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord brimmed with talent; she was a genius unrevealed in many epochs, whom many Immortal Kings once greatly admired. Yet her cultivation could not match Fang Han's. Indirectly speaking, this meant Fang Han's identity was completely out of the ordinary.
Just as Fang Han refined the one-third of the Immortal King soul, within Tiandu City, various changes were also occurring…
"Despicable!"
In the west of Tiandu City, the Lord of All Beasts sat cross-legged on a Dharma altar, continuously crushing divine objects and melting them into liquid to forge his physical form. Within the Immortal King Battlefield, massive amounts of Immortal King skeletons, and even battered flesh and blood, had been collected by him one by one, recreating the body of a Nian Beast. Within the entire Tiandu City, massive amounts of source energy were thoroughly consumed.
Suddenly, the soul of the Lord of All Beasts shuddered. The Nian Beast body that was on the verge of successful condensation actually detonated all at once. This angered the Lord of All Beasts into an exploding rage, causing him to almost tear down this Tiandu City.
"My soul, actually subjected to refinement. This Fang Han's sins deserve ten thousand deaths! Truly, his sins deserve ten thousand deaths!" Although the Lord of All Beasts' recent cultivation had somewhat recovered, it was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the peak of his prospering days.
"Lord Father… I have an idea. I do not know whether it is feasible or not." The Lord of Nian Beasts rushed forward up to comfort him.
"What idea?"
Fierce glints flashed in the eyes of the Lord of All Beasts, seemingly capable of devouring someone at any time.
"Since it is impossible to possess Fang Han, this Hua Tiandu is an option. Think about it, Fang Han is the crucial existence within the Gate of Eternal Life; Immortal Kings cannot touch him, yet numerous Immortal Kings chose Hua Tiandu to contend with him. Then, upon Hua Tiandu's body, is there some crucial secret?" The Lord of Nian Beasts said gloomily: "Lord Father only needs to execute profound arts, claiming to use Hua Tiandu's Three Lives Stone again to cleanse your cultivation and restore your injuries. By tricking Hua Tiandu into taking the bait, we will join forces together to suppress his soul and seize his body. At that time, Lord Father will also recover half your strength, which will be more than enough to kill Fang Han."
"This idea, I have thought about it too. However, firstly, that Hua Tiandu will not take the bait. Secondly, behind Hua Tiandu are the Origin Lord, Good Fortune Immortal King, and the others. If I execute the art of possession, they are highly likely to intervene." The Lord of All Beasts nodded.
"Not at all. I can see it now, that Hua Tiandu has his apprehensions. This person is ruthless and merciless; he will absolutely not let us off. Yet right now, he treats us with courtesy, even partitioning half of Tiandu City for Lord Father to reside in and govern. Clearly, he is extremely wary of us. This is the best time to strike." The Lord of Nian Beasts analyzed slowly.