The "Venus Pure Gold Stone" was tapped by Fang Han's finger, and powerful magic power disintegrated this stone containing an unknown amount of metal essence qi. Boundless white gold radiance flowed out, but opening his mouth, Fang Han sucked it in, like the ocean accepting a hundred rivers, inhaling all of it into his mouth.
This white gold radiance was incredibly sharp; if it touched a person, they would be shredded, and even swords and sabers would be slashed apart. However, upon entering Fang Han's mouth, it became completely tame. Under the melting of powerful magic power, it gradually formed streaks of small white gold snakes, connected head to tail, constructing a grand array. Within the grand array, two human figures slowly emerged, one male and one female. They were also two emperors, the White Emperor and the Metal Sovereign.
Once the two emperors were successfully condensed, the metal qi filling the sky immediately became tame and flowed like the tide into his mouth, gradually being condensed and refined into the grand array once again. Following the cultivation method of the "White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash", Fang Han absorbed the metal qi step by step, bestowing sentience upon this Venus metal qi.
To cultivate this White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash, he needed to draw in boundless Geng metal qi. If measured by a normal speed, he would have to go to places rich in metal mineral deposits to draw it. Collecting it would take years or even decades. He might even have to drain several mineral veins dry and then search everywhere. This was an extremely time-wasting endeavor.
But now, this single piece of "Venus Pure Gold Stone" contained more metal qi than several mineral veins combined. It was unbelievably massive, fully enabling Fang Han to initially refine the "White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash".
If this "Venus Pure Gold Stone" went to the "Ten Thousand Returns Ocean Market" to be sold, who knew what price it would fetch. Those sword cultivation sects, such as the "Heaven Reaching Sword Sect", "Sun and Moon Sword School", and "Pill Cauldron Sword Sect", which primarily focused on sword cultivation, needed this kind of treasure even more.
If a sword cultivation elder obtained this stone, they could go back and painstakingly refine it into a high-grade Treasure Artifact flying sword, or even a supreme-grade Treasure Artifact flying sword! Relying on a single sword, they could roam everywhere, increasing their power to an unknown extent.
"White Emperor Metal Sovereign, essence of metals, imperishable sentience…" Fang Han chanted the incantation. All at once, all the metal qi transformed into a grand array. Besides the White Emperor and Metal Sovereign holding the fort, many white tigers, golden dragons, steel giants, and various weapons like swords, spears, and halberds… all objects symbolizing the aura of slaughter emerged within the grand array.
Finally, receiving vast amounts of metal qi, the grand array condensed into form. Instantaneously, the sounds of countless weapons clashing, armored warhorses, galloping, and roaring transmitted from the void. It seemed like thousands of troops and tens of thousands of horses charging together, with the aura of slaughter faintly discernible. This was the unique intent of slaughter possessed exclusively by the White Emperor Metal Sovereign.
Among the five elements, metal was the sharpest, presiding over slaughter.
Therefore, metal-attribute divine abilities were the most piercing, making killing and fighting the most convenient. Even someone with as profound divine abilities as the Headmaster of the Ascension Sect used the Instant Kill Great Technique, a metal-attribute divine ability, against enemies.
"Metal qi returns to the lungs…"
As soon as the grand array was fully condensed, Fang Han absorbed all the metal qi entirely into his lungs.
Immediately, every part of his lungs turned into a white gold color, becoming incomparably solid. As he breathed, the air he exhaled carried a faint golden hue, containing an extremely strong aura of slaughter. At the same time, white light constantly flashed from his eyes, dazzlingly bright.
Spit!
Blowing out a single breath of air, a large piece of bluestone on the ground looked as if it had been cut open, covered entirely in streaks of marks that reached several feet deep, resembling the assassination strikes of the sharpest flying swords.
At this moment, Fang Han realized the power of his "White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash". From now on, he wouldn't even need any flying swords; this technique was the best flying sword! By opening his mouth and spitting, the metal qi was far more formidable than a flying sword.
"What a pity that the Demonic Blade Blood Firmament turned into a Dao Artifact. Otherwise, if I absorbed that blade, to what degree would this White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash be cultivated?" Fang Han shook his head, abandoning that thought.
After fully refining the "Venus Pure Gold Stone", next came the "Ten Thousand Layers Soft Water Crystal". This was also an extremely formidable water-attribute magic treasure. It contained ten thousand kinds of water qi, and every streak of water qi was overwhelmingly heavy. It was the supreme essence condensed between heaven and earth, its rarity absolutely not lower than the "Venus Pure Gold Stone".
This time, Fang Han didn't expend any strength at all. He shattered the "Ten Thousand Layers Soft Water Crystal", moved his palm, and a sudden suction emerged, pulling all that water qi inside. It was quickly refined into a grand array and then settled between his two kidneys.
The lungs belong to metal, while the kidneys belong to water.
Therefore, Fang Han stored the metal qi in his lungs and hid the water qi in his kidneys.
With the metal and water qi simultaneously refined, Fang Han's body immediately underwent another transformation. He grew a bit taller, becoming a nine-foot-tall man with an exceptionally well-proportioned figure. His hair exhibited an ink-black color yet carried strands of white gold. At first glance, he teemed with immortal aura.
At this time, he slightly circulated the five elements within his body. His flesh and blood knit tightly together. In the unseen world, a massive stream of essence qi poured down, washing his body once again. The hidden injuries from previously taking the Mad Demon Life-Reducing Pill were completely healed, and his lifespan increased again.
Now, within his body, the Crimson Emperor's Fire Sovereign Qi had reached minor completion, the Black Emperor Water Sovereign Punch had just been successfully refined, the White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash had also been cultivated to a certain level, and the Azure Emperor's Wood Sovereign Technique had already achieved grand completion. Currently, the only one yet to be accomplished was the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Dao. He needed to find an earth-attribute magic treasure or the Five Elements Spiritual Root.
"If I want to cultivate from the Heaven and Human Realm to the Unity Realm, the five elements must be fully complete! It seems searching for the Five Elements Spiritual Root is imperative." Fang Han unfurled the map indicating the Five Elements Spiritual Root.
Instantly, many mountain ranges, nations, and territories displayed on the map, such as the Great Li Dynasty, the Great Xu Dynasty… However, none of these were places where the Five Elements Spiritual Root was hidden. There was an arrow on it directly guiding one's gaze. Sweeping past country after country, eventually, at the end of the greatest empire in the world, the Great Xuan Empire, an endless wilderness jungle appeared.
Deep within the wilderness jungle, ancient temples were marked out one after another.
"Ah? These are the Wilderness Temples! Who would have thought the Five Elements Spiritual Root was actually hidden inside?" Yan exclaimed in surprise.
"Wilderness Temples? Aren't those ancient civilizational ruins that have been abandoned for a long time? Deep within the wilderness jungle, there are an unknown number of such temples, and each temple is occupied by bizarre beasts, or even some local inhabitants with extremely strong power. Even the Wilderness Demonic Sect is located there. That is highly dangerous."
Fang Han had read the Myriad Worlds and understood the general outline.
The world he resided in was called the "Profound Yellow Great World". Spanning countless billions of miles, it was the center of heaven and earth. It was also referred to by the extraterrestrial heavenly demons as the "Primary World". It possessed many mysteries and was rumored to be the closest place to the Immortal World. The World Tree used to grow right in this Profound Yellow Great World.
Besides that, outside this "Profound Yellow Great World", there were many other voids. Within the void, there were endless stars bearing billions of species, and endless space-time storms.
Within the space-time storms, there were also many folded spaces and worlds. It was impossible to know what bizarre things lay within them.
In short, even the most powerful experts of the Longevity Secret Realm could not explore a billionth of the entire universe of heaven and earth.
They couldn't even finish exploring everything in the Profound Yellow Great World.
The Wilderness Temples were numerous discarded temples located in the wilderness jungle on the outskirts of the Great Xuan Empire. Legend had it that an incredibly vast empire had once been established by someone in this jungle a very, very long time ago, even larger than the present Great Xuan Empire. Furthermore, they had built numerous magnificent temples.
But for some unknown reason, this massive empire suffered a catastrophic disaster almost overnight. A population of tens, maybe hundreds of billions, all perished. Many years later, those cities and temples were buried under the sands of history.
In the wilderness jungle, across lands spanning tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of miles, there were hundreds of thousands of magnificent temples. One could discern the glory of that mysterious empire from the past.
Once, many disciples of the immortal Dao ventured to the temples in the wilderness jungle to explore, attempting to find some treasures. Yet regardless of how powerful their divine abilities were, those who entered the temples searching for treasures either found themselves trapped inside, or, even if they emerged, they would suffer from inexplicable misfortunes, dying unnaturally for no apparent reason.
Therefore, most sects treated the Wilderness Temples as a forbidden area.
To think the Five Elements Spiritual Root was actually inside one of these Wilderness Temples made Fang Han somewhat troubled.
"Yan, do you know what secrets those Wilderness Temples harbor?"
"I don't know that. The Wilderness Empire was a powerful empire that rose after the Profound Yellow Great World was destroyed following the ancient war between the Three Sovereigns and the God Race. Later, it vanished into thin air, and no one knows what exactly happened," Yan said. "Anyway, some cultivators who enter the Wilderness Temples will inexplicably suffer misfortune. There are also those who do not face misfortune and later become hegemons of a region. If you are going this time, you must be extremely careful. Back then, Emperor Yellow Springs never explored the Wilderness Temples because he made some divinations and sensed an inexplicable danger within them."
"It's that mysterious?" Fang Han drew in a breath of cold air.
After thinking about it, Fang Han still made his decision: "If I don't find the Five Elements Spiritual Root, another ten years might not even be enough for my Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability to reach grand completion. I still must go. Besides, that Meng Shaobai went to the temple and acquired the Five Elements Spiritual Root, and isn't he perfectly fine? What's more, heading to the temples requires passing through the Great Xuan Empire. I can go to some markets in the Great Xuan Empire to purchase some heavenly materials and earthly treasures."
It turned out that the Great Xuan Empire was the number one empire under the heavens, boasting a population of tens of billions and a massive territory spanning an unknown number of miles horizontally and vertically. It was exceedingly prosperous. Most famous were its various markets and commercial houses for trading heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Giant figures of many Divine Abilities Secret Realms, or even the Longevity Secret Realm, went there to exchange goods.
The "Ten Thousand Returns Ocean Market" was actually established mirroring the heavenly materials and earthly treasures markets of the Great Xuan Empire.
The Great Xuan Empire had the One Sect, the number one sect of the immortal Dao in the world, behind it. No one dared to behave recklessly inside it, so the trading order was actually quite good.
Fang Han could now refine three hundred and thirty-six Nascent Soul Pills a day. No matter where he went, these were highly sought-after goods and could be exchanged for many good items. Going to the Great Xuan Empire to hunt for treasures was therefore imperative.