"Fifteen years… an ordinary person would indeed have starved to death. However, I calculated using the Nine Palaces Art that Fang Han is not fated to die this time and should not be dead. He might have another way to survive, or perhaps he encountered another extraordinary happening inside the Taiyuan Immortal Palace."
The voice of the Yuhua Sect's Headmaster from within the mass of clear light was very mysterious.
"Nine Palaces Calculation Art…" Hearing the Headmaster's words, Jialan furrowed her brows slightly. She did know that experts of the Longevity Realm could see through the heavenly mechanisms and sense many things in the unseen world, but this was not something people of the Divine Ability Realm could attain.
She followed the Headmaster to the Taiyuan Immortal Palace this time precisely to witness the supreme divine abilities of the Headmaster Supreme.
The Headmaster of the Yuhua Sect was very rarely seen normally. Even someone of Jialan's status could not frequently seek guidance on difficult questions regarding Dao arts, mostly having to figure things out herself. Following the Headmaster out this time was naturally to seek a rare opportunity for instruction.
Watching an eternal colossus of the Longevity Realm take action was also a rare experience.
"I wonder how you will take action, Headmaster? The radiant light surrounding this Taiyuan Immortal Palace is extremely formidable; once its enchantments are triggered and wrap outward, it is perilous to the extreme." Fang Qingxue observed the surroundings, faintly sensing with her spirit. The "Taiyuan Immortal Palace" was a massive force field, operating slowly yet solidly, like the rising and setting of the sun and moon, possessing an irresistible law.
This immortal palace had already approached "nature," being indestructible. Anyone attempting to shake it would face the punishment of heaven, earth, and nature!
Fang Qingxue admitted to herself that she lacked the ability to shake the immortal palace, and she eagerly wanted to see what divine abilities and methods the Headmaster Supreme possessed to shake "nature."
The Headmaster, transformed into clear light, abruptly expanded, illuminating the entire surroundings of the immortal palace in a pure cyan color, seemingly inspecting something: "The enchantments around the Taiyuan Immortal Palace are nothing unusual, and the Taiyuan Radiant Light can do nothing to me either. Actually, for thousands of years, various sects and factions have long coveted this immortal palace and studied it quite profoundly. The most formidable place within this immortal palace lies in the three 'Mysterious Female Doors' deep within the great hall, which evolved from an immortal artifact; no one can shake them. People from various sects and factions all want to collect this immortal palace and obtain this immortal artifact, but unfortunately, no one has succeeded."
Long Xuan nodded repeatedly: "Headmaster, doesn't the Taiyi Sect possess an immortal artifact? Why not invite it out to jointly break open this immortal palace and obtain the treasures inside? It is rumored that this immortal palace houses countless treasures, spiritual pills, and dharma formulas for cultivating divine abilities. Any sect that obtains them will have their strength massively increase, becoming the number one in the immortal dao in one leap. If the Taiyi Sect obtained them, it wouldn't be surprising if they exterminated the demonic path and the monster way, suppressed our Nine Sects of the Immortal Dao, and completely mastered the Xuanhuang Prime World."
"How could it be that easy," Jialan explained to Long Xuan. "The Taiyi Sect indeed has the strength to break open the immortal palace, but it would require mobilizing too much power. To thoroughly break open this immortal palace, I fear one or two Longevity Realm colossi would also die. Moreover, most importantly, who would let them comfortably break it open and peacefully obtain the collections inside? I dare say, as long as the Taiyi Sect truly makes a move, the experts of the Seven Branches of the Demonic Path and the sect masters of the Five Lineages of the Monster Way would all come to intervene, and even the other Nine Sects of the Immortal Dao would not remain indifferent. At that time, even immortals would not be able to control the situation, and the Taiyi Sect might end up making a wedding dress for others."
Fang Qingxue immediately expressed her agreement: "Jialan, your insight is thorough. No one will let the Taiyi Sect obtain the immortal palace. Even if others obtained the immortal palace collections, they would similarly face a joint siege by various sects. With the Headmaster coming here this time, I am afraid some people have already set their sights on this."
"The two of you are both outstanding disciples of my Yuhua Sect. Being able to see through all of this is very good, very good. You have not been blinded by greed. The greater the divine abilities, the heavier the inner demons. Sometimes, when doing things, one inevitably lacks consideration. Because possessing power, the first thing considered in any matter is using power to solve the problem, casting aside all other tactfulness, agility, and wisdom. Continuing like this is extremely dangerous; with a single moment of carelessness, one will suffer a devastating disaster. You must remember, the greater your power in the future, the more careful you must be. The future of the Yuhua Sect will all rely on you to support it. Every generation of the realm produces talented people, each leading the trends for hundreds of years."
The Headmaster of the Yuhua Sect earnestly cautioned.
"The greater the power, the first thing considered is using power to solve problems… it is indeed so!" Listening, Fang Qingxue grew increasingly shocked in her heart: "Many thanks for the Headmaster's guidance."
"Alright, I am going to execute great methods to break open the radiant light around here. Pay attention to protecting yourselves." The Headmaster paused just now, seemingly having surveyed something.
"Headmaster, taking action like this, will it also draw a siege? What if… others think my Yuhua Sect intends to scheme for the immortal palace?" several female true disciples hurriedly said.
"It is of no hindrance. With my power alone, I cannot obtain this immortal palace. It is merely to rescue a disciple. If my Yuhua Sect made a massive fanfare, with all Longevity Realm experts and Supreme Elders coming together, inviting out various Dao artifacts, that would draw secret attacks, but not right now." The Headmaster laughed heartily and brazenly took action.
As he struck, amidst a rumble, the entire surroundings of the immortal palace instantly alternated between light and dark, bright one moment and dark the next. In the sky above the immortal palace, two suns emerged! One was white, and one was black! Alternating in turns! Constantly swapping.
The enchantments of the immortal palace were also thoroughly triggered. The Taiyuan Radiant Light swelled violently and launched a counterattack, like millions, or even tens of millions of galloping fiery horses! Within the radiant light, numerous gold-armored divine generals, dharma-protecting giant spirits, and great strength leaders appeared, all swarming over. Murderous intent surged to the heavens, like hundreds of millions of heavenly troops and generals setting up an inescapable net to exterminate everything!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Amongst it all, a giant heavenly drum slowly sounded, its sound waves striking over layer upon layer.
"Chonghua Heavenly Drum!"
Being well-informed, Jialan recognized it at once. This was a legendary ancient Dao artifact used by the immortal dao army during the immortal-demonic great wars to boost morale, increase power, and counter the demonic sounds of heavenly demons, recorded in All Worlds.
She did not expect that the Yuhua Sect's Headmaster attacking the enchantments of the Taiyuan Immortal Palace would trigger the attack of this heavenly drum. Evidently, this heavenly drum had fallen into the hands of the Taiyuan Immortal Venerable to serve as a line of defense for the immortal palace, because the Yuhua Sect's Headmaster was truly too formidable; when Hua Tiandu attacked that day, he did not trigger the counterattack of this heavenly drum.
However, whether it was the Taiyuan Radiant Light or the drumming of the "Chonghua Heavenly Drum," upon contacting the revolving black and white brilliance executed by the Yuhua Sect's Headmaster, they were all melted and disintegrated, being seeped into inch by inch.
"What divine ability is this?" Fang Qingxue asked Jialan.
"This is the Headmaster Supreme's Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao. Its power is enormous; it can transform one qi, divide the two polarities, establish the three talents, arrange the four images, evolve the five elements, lock the six harmonies, move the seven stars, embrace the eight trigrams, traverse the nine palaces, and suppress the ten directions." Jialan stared unblinking, watching the Headmaster break open the forbidden methods of the immortal palace.
Right when the Yuhua Sect's Headmaster executed his peerless divine ability and actually split open the Taiyuan Immortal Palace's radiant light, Fang Han inside the great hall of the immortal palace also felt some anomalies.
The entire great hall of the immortal palace rumbled loudly and began to shake, as if an earthquake had occurred outside. This jolted Fang Han awake from his cultivation.
Logically speaking, the Taiyuan Immortal Palace was suspended in the air, so it was absolutely impossible for an earthquake to occur.
"What is going on?" Fang Han was greatly shocked.
"Your good luck has arrived. Someone outside is attacking the immortal palace enchantments. It is an extremely formidable expert using powerful magic power to tear an opening in the enchantments to let you out." The mysterious person was silent for a while, checking the commotion, before speaking up a moment later.
"Who is it? Who wants to rescue me…"
"This person is so formidable! Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao! One of the ancient great divine abilities! Although this person's strength is inferior to mine, dealing with him would not be easy for me; if I wanted to kill him, he could completely flee! It seems to be the Headmaster of your Yuhua Sect! Actually coming to rescue you. It seems having a major sect is good indeed. With his divine abilities, it truly is possible to tear open a temporary opening to let you out. You must pay attention; an opportunity must not be missed, for it will not return!" The mysterious person clicked his tongue in admiration.
Hearing this, Fang Han immediately ordered: "Demoness, quickly enter the King Cauldron! We will grab the opportunity together! Senior! If I am able to get out, I will definitively come to rescue you! To let you escape!"
"Hahahahaha, hahahahaha! Planting a good cause yields a good fruit! I actually believe you." The mysterious person laughed heartily: "Actually, that day when the Fire Cloud Fairy was trapped in here, others also came to rescue her, but she did not possess the World Tree, ultimately running out of oil and seeing her lamp die out before she could be rescued."
Rumble! Rumble!
The sounds outside resonated endlessly. Fang Han sat in the King Cauldron, silently circulating his profound arts, ready to shoot out the moment an opportunity arose! Right now his magic power was no trivial matter; harboring thirty-one divine abilities, urging the King Cauldron was done with consummate skill, even greater than when two hundred thousand heavenly demons were inside it back then.
However, this sound resonated on, shockingly continuing for a full two years!
By this time, Fang Han was also running out of oil and his lamp dying out, entirely depleted of pills, with food and water exhausted. The demoness inside the King Cauldron also had to rely on Fang Han transferring origin qi to sustain herself. As for the ten Great Asura sword demon puppets originally in the Yellow Spring Diagram, their qi and blood had long declined and they had died. Fang Han naturally had no extra origin qi to supply them.
During these two years, Fang Han highly concentrated his spirit, urging his magic power and circulating his divine abilities, his cultivation becoming increasingly refined. He did know that only two days had passed outside. The forbidden methods of this Taiyuan Immortal Palace were formidable; attacking for ten days to half a month might not necessarily yield results, while for the people inside, over a decade would pass. No wonder the Fire Cloud Fairy could not hold on back then.
Just as he was holding on with all his might, suddenly from the chaotic void outside the great hall, a voice transmitted in: "Is it Fang Han? I am the Headmaster. If you are not dead, answer!"