"Fang Han's luck should be quite good. However, I have more favorable expectations for Meng Shaobai. He also entered the Wilderness Temple, came out safe and sound, and even received the favor of the Five Elements Spiritual Root. Right now, he has probably cultivated into a Golden Core at the seventh level of Divine Abilities." The "Medicine King Elder", who had been completely silent, spoke up.
This "Medicine King Elder" was the Grand Elder in charge of the Ascension Sect's pills, arguably holding the lifeblood of provisions. Moreover, he possessed the sole Dao Artifact pill cauldron within the sect. He supplied pills to the numerous elders and hundreds of thousands of inner and outer disciples in the sect.
"Meng Shaobai! Indeed a genius. He will return to watch this Mountain and River Ranking Competition. Furthermore, he has also heard that a genius like Fang Han has emerged in the sect. In a few more months, when he returns, let's see how his cultivation base is. It might be even higher than our guesses. Just like this time we guessed that Wan Luo and Fang Han would fight to a draw with neither able to do anything to the other. Didn't we guess wrong?" The Star Constellation Elder said excitedly: "Our Ascension Sect has the omens of prosperity and flourishing, producing disciples like Fang Han, Meng Shaobai, Fang Qingxue, and Hua Tiandu."
"But what I find most strange is, where did Fang Han get so many medicinal materials to refine a massive amount of Nascent Soul Pills? This is even more formidable than me. If he truly can provide our sect with this kind of supreme human-grade pill, the Nascent Soul Pill, every day, I might as well step down and let him be this Medicine King Elder."
The Medicine King Elder said with a peculiar expression.
"Our Ascension Sect disciples, together with the elders, number five hundred thousand. For daily cultivation, at least the origin qi of one Nascent Soul Pill is consumed. For him, Fang Han, to refine five hundred thousand pills every day, even a deity couldn't do it. Stop joking. However, as long as he can refine a few hundred Nascent Soul Pills every day and distribute them to the disciples, within a year, our sect will produce three to five more true disciples of the Divine Abilities Secret Realm. This speed is already very gratifying. If only we could be given a thousand years! Who knows what the strength of our sect would grow into."
"Fang Han oh Fang Han, this person is a lucky star. Isn't he distributing a massive amount of Nascent Soul Pills right now? This is all competing with Hua Tiandu for the popularity and support of the disciples. This is the benefit of competition."
Many elders also began to purposefully discuss in excitement.
Debating one by one.
Hua Tiandu was deep and experienced, handling matters thoroughly, possessing the demeanor of a headmaster.
Fang Qingxue was decisive in killing, the reincarnation of the Lightning Mother. Possessing a Dao Artifact and ruthless methods, she was the number one figure of slaughter in the sect.
Fang Han was full of tricks and had phenomenal luck. Striking when others were unprepared, his courage enveloped the heavens, yet he did not lack agility. With a meticulous mind, he could squeeze oil out of a stone. But when it was time to strike, he struck. Compared to Fang Qingxue's decisiveness, he had an extra layer of ruthlessness! And he only made a move when he was certain. In this aspect, he could be called a "formidable hero"!
As for Meng Shaobai, a youthful genius, astonishingly talented and brilliantly radiant. With one man and one sword, drifting and wandering everywhere, he could be called a divine dragon.
For any sect, possessing any single one of such disciples would be an omen of great prosperity, not to mention having four?
"Now the worry is internal strife! If these four disciples fight among themselves, that will be very difficult to handle." A Grand Elder said.
"That is indeed a difficult problem, but for now we can still suppress it. Besides, where there is competition, there will be driving force." The Sword Burying Elder did not think so.
"Alright, now, matters must be taken in two steps! The first step is that all of us must focus on cultivation, devoting all our efforts to comprehending the Ascension Ascension Scripture! This time, the many Supreme Elders and the Headmaster have decided to open all the various supreme divine abilities of the Ascension Ascension Scripture to us entirely! The comprehensions of the Heavenly Dao within the scriptures will also be imparted one by one, and at the same time, the spirit pills in the storehouses will all be taken out. Elevate our strength in every possible way to cope with the impending great tribulation! The second step is to let Fang Han and Fang Qingxue vastly elevate their strength, go overseas to manage the Thunder Emperor's Cave Abode, win over overseas rogue cultivators, and诛杀 the Forty Great Thieves. Monitor the movements of the God Race. For the God Race to enter the Profound Yellow Great World in large numbers, they must pass through the Extinct Domain. By establishing a bridgehead overseas, we will have a buffer zone. With the appearance of the God Race, if our Ascension Sect does not properly decide and respond, we will suffer a catastrophic disaster!"
The Heavenly Execution Elder made the decision.
The numerous elders all nodded: "Correct, it should be so."
Among all the elders, the Heavenly Execution Elder was a formidable figure who had cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, an eternal giant. With the Headmaster currently absent, the many elders naturally centered around him.
Right at this moment, suddenly, a burst of immortal music transmitted from afar. Following that, a streak of golden origin qi soared into the sky, condensing into streaks of golden rainbows in the heavens, twenty-four in total, stretching across east, west, south, and north.
Above those golden rainbows were countless human figures, heavenly gods, flames, exotic flowers and strange grasses, and spirit beasts fluttering and dancing. Streaks of sunset glow and auspicious qi surged like the tide.
Finally, these golden rainbows all gathered together, transforming into a single bead in the sky that actually vied with the sun for radiance, eclipsing the light of the sun itself.
"Grand Completion of the Golden Core! This is on the Purple Lightning Peak! Fang Qingxue actually cultivated into a Golden Core so quickly!"
That golden light was transmitted from the Purple Lightning Peak. It was very obvious that Fang Qingxue had finally broken through the realm, cultivated the Divine Abilities Golden Core supernatural seed at the seventh level of Divine Abilities, undergoing another transformation. This speed of cultivation was simply a rarity in the world.
"One eight, two eights, three eights… three times eight is twenty-four! Surprisingly, upon forming a Golden Core, there are twenty-four divine abilities!" Many elders counted the divine abilities contained within Fang Qingxue's Golden Core. Surprisingly, every eight divine abilities formed a group, totaling three eights, twenty-four major divine abilities.
For an ordinary Golden Core expert, being able to cultivate more than ten divine abilities was already good. Among the Golden Core disciples of the Ascension Sect, Hua Tiandu aside, Jia Lan had fifteen divine abilities, Wan Luo had seventeen divine abilities, and Ling Xiao had fourteen divine abilities. Yao Guang was the most mysterious, but it was absolutely not more than twenty.
As for a freak like Fang Han, no one would speak of him.
But the more divine abilities one had, the harder it was to cultivate into a Golden Core. Ordinary experts would only refine the five elements, first refining them to the peak, then achieving unity, transforming them into a five elements divine talisman, and finally undergoing transformation to step into the realm of the Golden Core seed. After forming the Golden Core, they would then refine other divine abilities.
However, such people would generally never step into the Longevity Secret Realm, stopping at the Divine Abilities Realm at most.
Because the more divine abilities there were, the more abundant the various origin qis would be. When stepping into the Golden Core Realm, all the origin qi of the divine abilities would undergo a major transformation with the physical body, and the physical body would gain more benefits.
Meaning to say, before the Golden Core, the more divine abilities cultivated, the more lifespan increased and the stronger the physical body became upon stepping into the Golden Core. Whereas the origin qi of divine abilities cultivated after the Golden Core could not transform into the body and would not increase lifespan.
An expert at the fifth level of Divine Abilities, the "Heaven and Human Realm", had a lifespan of eight hundred years.
The sixth level, "Unity Realm", did not increase lifespan.
However, the seventh level, "Supernatural Seed Great Golden Core", could bring one's lifespan to over a thousand years, generally fifteen hundred years.
But, if one cultivated many divine abilities, upon forming the Golden Core, the lifespan would exceed this limit, even going up to five thousand years. For example, Fang Qingxue, forming a Golden Core with twenty-four divine abilities, could have a lifespan of three thousand years!
And as for Fang Han in the future, if he could form a Golden Core, he might truly have five thousand years! However, with so many divine abilities, synthesizing them would be exceptionally difficult for Fang Han; even stepping into the sixth level of Divine Abilities, the Unity Realm, presented some difficulty.
But the longer the lifespan, the more time there was for cultivation, making the chance of stepping into the Longevity Secret Realm very large.
The many elders of the Ascension Sect were discussing. Fang Qingxue broke out of seclusion, cultivated a Golden Core, and became a minor giant. Naturally, Fang Han did not know any of this. He was working hard on "heaven and human sensing", letting the one hundred and eight "Battle Soul Sariras" in his mind sense the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper stars and seventy-two Earthly Fiend stars in the sky.
For three days and three nights in a row, his massive spirit emanated outward, rising into the obscure starry sky. Gradually, his whole person spiritually wandered the heavens and earth. In that sky, countless stars grew enormous, turning into peerless, immeasurably massive spheres in Fang Han's intent!
Inside every star, an inconceivable power was contained. Some small stars had weak power, but some massive stars that had existed since antiquity emitted boundless light and heat. Just getting slightly close, Fang Han felt suffocated. The power of this kind of star could casually destroy ten thousand of him. Even experts of the Longevity Secret Realm would be casually obliterated!
Perhaps only the legendary Immortals had the possibility to shake this kind of star.
It was also Fang Han's first time sensing the vastness of heaven and earth, the boundlessness of the universe, the fluctuations of space-time, the insignificance of human life, and the unpredictability of the stars.
"A human's lifespan is far too short, far too short, even for an expert of the Longevity Secret Realm. It is impossible to stand side by shoulder with the space-time of the universe. To have eternal life! Having a lifespan equal to heaven and earth is not enough! I want heaven and earth to perish yet I remain imperishable, the sun and moon to decay yet I remain undecaying! I want to exist eternally!" A surge of heroic passion suddenly arose in Fang Han's heart.
Facing the stellar universe that had existed for an unknown number of hundreds of millions or tens of billions of years, using silent divine intent, he let out such a battle cry.
Rumble!
Right when Fang Han's spirit flourished and he used his intent to cry out toward the starry sky, devoting his entire heart and soul, it abruptly allowed him to sense one hundred and eight strange stars deep in the starry sky. His intent surprisingly established a connection with the stars.
In the sky, one hundred and eight gossamer-like rays of starlight instantly descended, shooting into his mind. They merged as one with the one hundred and eight Battle Soul Sariras in his mind.
If it were an expert practicing a star cultivation method, when sensing the stars and absorbing astral power, the starlight shining down would be like massive pillars, or like waterfalls, visible from thousands of miles away. It would be an unprecedented spectacle.
However, Fang Han had only been cultivating for a short time and could only slightly gather the astral power, so the stellar power was as fine as gossamer. But even so, he still obtained power.
For an ordinary true disciple of the Multitude of Stars Sect, sensing the stars absolutely required decades of bitter effort.
As soon as he absorbed the astral power, suddenly, inside his mind, a bizarre spiritual space slowly opened up.
"Not good, Fang Han, there is killing intent! Highly formidable figures!" Right at this moment, "Yan" transmitted the most severe warning…
Three dark silhouettes appeared among the layers of clouds in the sky, seemingly having discovered Fang Han. All killing intent intensely focused downward. Like ferocious beasts that had locked onto their prey, they were brewing the fiercest strike.