"A thousand bright moons, eighty-one treasured swords forming a grand sword formation… Let me think. Ah right, this is the Deriving Moon Grand Formation used for murder and ambush by the Moon-Piercing Thief, ranked third among the notoriously infamous Forty Great Thieves on the sea. Normally, its power is already earth-shaking. I heard that on nights with a full moon, this sword formation can even draw out the power of the lunar tides, making its might comparable to a Dao artifact! Strangling all living things!"
Suddenly, seeing that thousand bright moons hovering uncertainly around Samsara Peak, Master Hundred Battles cried out, having recognized the origin of this magnificent sword formation.
"That is right, this is the treasure of the Moon-Piercing Thief."
An elder also recognized it, "How did it fall into Fang Han's hands? Could it be that he beheaded the Moon-Piercing Thief among the Forty Great Thieves? How is this possible? That Moon-Piercing Thief is an extremely powerful Golden Core expert. Rumor has it that some rogue cultivators and small sect masters whose cultivation had reached the Wind and Fire Great Tribulation were severely injured by his assassinations."
"Don't say it, this is really possible. If he killed the Moon-Piercing Thief, the Myriad Return Immortal Island still has a batch of heavy rewards."
"That is nothing. To Fang Han, the heavy rewards of the Myriad Return Immortal Island amount to nothing at all right now. Rumor has it that in the Great Xuan Empire's Heavenly Dao Pavilion, he auctioned a supreme grade pure Yang treasure artifact, the Great Brahma Radiance Ship, for the price of two hundred and sixty million pills. This person's wealth is unimaginable."
"What use is having even more wealth? If the cultivation realm cannot be elevated, it ultimately has no use. He hasn't formed a Golden Core yet, right? Killing people and destroying enemies, he relies entirely on two Dao artifacts, the Yellow Springs Diagram and the demon blade Blood Empyrean. Although he can be majestic for a time, continuing like this long-term, excessively relying on magical treasures will definitely be a great hindrance to his cultivation progress." Master Hundred Battles shook his head and said, "Therefore, I take an extremely dim view of the skirmish between him and Meng Shaobai."
However, the very next moment, he shut his mouth. His eyes went wide as a bull's, becoming bloodshot, and his breathing grew heavy.
Because suddenly, ten thousand ghosts roared, and the wailing of ghosts and gods transmitting from Samsara Peak rose and fell in succession. Countless dark clouds condensed into form, within which tens of thousands of resentful spirits flew about. Fully five hundred pitch-black command flags hovered among the tens of millions of resentful spirits, emitting streaks of demonic flames that rolled and flew everywhere.
It was another grand formation guarding the mountain gate, and compared to the Deriving Moon Grand Formation, it was several times stronger! Furthermore, it was a supreme treasure of the demonic gates. A massive demon formation, featuring formations within formations.
"What is this? Such a powerful demonic artifact! Five hundred command flags, just like the legendary… Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation. This is the personal protection magical treasure of the Ghost Emperor, the Great Elder of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, who is quickly approaching the Longevity Realm! The Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags! How could it be in Fang Han's hands? Could it be that he colluded with the Ghost Emperor?"
Apart from Master Hundred Battles, many true disciples were alarmed, and even within the Yuhua Heavenly Palace, quite a few elders flew up one after another to see exactly what had happened, to see whether Fang Han had fallen into the demonic path.
However, the situational development that followed allowed them to breathe a sigh of relief. Because Fang Han's body suddenly appeared amidst the boundless ghost clouds. Behind him, a Heaven-Covering Demon Hand carrying five-colored glowing light grasped around inside the rolling demon clouds. Every time it grasped, it emitted large swathes of talisman source energy, along with earth-yellow forgetting water vapor.
Instantly, those dense ghost clouds, under the washing of the forgetting water, suddenly became pure and transparent. And that resentful qi gradually transformed into another kind of pure source energy, condensing in the sky into one statue after another of celestial gods, standing one zhang and six chi tall, clad completely in five-colored armor, incredibly robust, and possessing endless explosive power.
Giant Spirit Gods.
Guardian divine spirits within the Daoist lineage.
It turned out Fang Han was trying to refine the Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags into the Giant Spirit Flags recorded in the scriptures of the Panwu Great Force Divine Ability.
The Panwu Great Force Divine Ability originally consisted of methods for cultivating both the immortal and the demonic paths. Inside it were some means for refining magical treasures, which involved transforming demonic artifacts into immortal path treasures, elevating their power a step further. Fang Han originally was not very skilled at refining magical treasures, but his own strength was formidable, coupled with having Yan, an old hand, helping to give pointers. At the same time, having observed the Heavenly Punishment Elder refining the King of Blood Night, he had gained quite a bit of insight, so the refinement went smoothly.
The five hundred Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags continuously transformed into Giant Spirit Flags, and the tens of millions of resentful spirits within them linked together, all turning into Giant Spirits. Fang Han constantly struck some heavenly materials and earthly treasures into the bodies of the flags, increasing their power even more!
In the magical treasure pouches of the Moon-Piercing Thief and the Star-Extinguishing Thief, there were indeed some heavenly materials and earthly treasures, rare materials exactly suitable for artifact refinement.
Looking at the enormous demonic hand in the sky, as well as the Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags continuously transforming into Giant Spirit Flags, many true disciples and elders became dumbfounded. They naturally felt the formidable power within them.
At this time, upon Fang Han's Samsara Peak, rays of light shot up into the sky, its momentum directly pressing onto Meng Shaobai's mountain peak, as well as the Tiandu Peak situated right in the center, where Hua Tiandu resided!
The Deriving Moon Sword Formation was already originally a formidable sword formation. Once perfectly set up, it was simply invulnerable to all evil. If a person just entered the sword formation and was grinded by the thousand bright moons and eighty-one treasured swords, they would all be crushed into powder. Especially on nights with a full moon, the power of this sword formation could draw upon the lunar tides, making its killing power even greater.
The Giant Spirit Flags were even more formidable. On each command flag, a Giant Spirit God could reside. These Giant Spirit Gods roared like thunder, possessed endless variations, could tear mountains apart, spat out Giant Spirit Divine Thunder, and could absorb the essence of the sun and moon, the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, and the souls of various plants and trees. They could also link together to form out the Giant Spirit Grand Formation, which was even more formidable than the Deriving Moon Sword Formation.
With these two mountain-guarding grand formations set up successfully now, I'm afraid that even if experts of the ninth or tenth layer of the Divine Ability realm came to attack, they would find it hard to shake Samsara Peak. It was simply unassailable.
"The Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags! That is the Ghost Emperor's Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags? And that demonic hand, it is the Ghost Emperor's Heaven-Covering Demon Hand! Back then the Ghost Emperor wiped out the Floating Cloud Sect all by himself, using the Heaven-Covering Demon Hand to crush the Floating Cloud Sect Master, a Golden Core expert and rogue cultivator, to death! Fuyunzi self-detonated his Golden Core, yet the Ghost Emperor dodged it, only suffering some light injuries. It was all credit to this Heaven-Covering Demon Hand!"
"Why would the treasures of the Ghost Emperor, such a giant of the demonic path, fall into Fang Han's hands? Could it be that the Ghost Emperor was killed by Fang Han? That is absolutely impossible."
"Indeed, the Ghost Emperor's divine abilities are pretty much among the most formidable figures just below the experts of the Longevity Realm. Senior Brother Hua Tiandu might not even necessarily be able to kill him! How could he be killed by Fang Han? Could it be that Fang Han is even more formidable than Senior Brother Hua Tiandu?"
"Fang Han killing the Ghost Emperor, that is an impossible matter, but the Heaven-Covering Demon Hand and the Ten Thousand Ghosts Command Flags are both in his hands, what is going on here? Even if Fang Han was the Ghost Emperor's father, he couldn't possibly give his best magical treasures to him."
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Countless disciples felt shocked upon seeing this scene.
This round of refining magical treasures by Fang Han created an earth-shaking momentum, immediately suppressing Meng Shaobai's momentum. Meng Shaobai, who was cultivating within his mountain peak at this moment, seemed to have noticed the commotion on Fang Han's side as well, and that massive breathing seemed to have halted. He was observing the commotion to see exactly what was going on.
Among the true disciples present, there was none who was not shocked. Even Fang Qingxue on the Purple Electric Peak, as well as Wan Luo, Lingxiao, Jialan… and even some great elders within the Yuhua Heavenly Palace were alarmed.
"So powerful! Will I still be able to get by in the future… Did he really obtain the Five Elements Spiritual Roots? I still wanted to exact revenge, but looking at it now, getting revenge is probably just an extravagant hope. No, I am unwilling! Absolutely unwilling!…"
Wan Luo looked at the sky-shocking momentum transmitting from Samsara Peak, furiously roaring in his heart.
However, next, the matters made him even more despairing.
A lump of pitch-black fleshy hand rose into the air; it was precisely the hand of the Demon God! It squirmed continuously in the air. Fang Han rode the clouds and mounted the mist, standing in the sky, and gave a loud roar: "Shatter for me!"
At this very moment, his Natal Talisman soared up, emitting five-colored glowing light that instantly illuminated the entire Yuhua Mountain. Billows of auspicious clouds, propitious vapor, and also the sounds of blowing great conches and striking great dharma drums appeared. The sky seemed to sway over and over, and various sounds of praise echoed everywhere in the void. No one knew from where they sprouted.
"Bang!"
This Natal Talisman struck squarely upon the flesh of the Demon God's hand. It immediately exploded apart, disintegrating into countless drops of black blood rain that descended downward, all falling entirely into the Five Hells King Cauldron.
"Fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities! His Natal Talisman contains fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities!"
Suddenly, Jialan cried out involuntarily, her sharp voice transmitting through the various myriad mountains of the Yuhua Sect. All the disciples had already gone numb with shock. A Natal Talisman with fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities, what sort of concept was that?
"Heavens, it really is a Natal Talisman condensed from fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities! How on earth is he accommodating fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities, isn't he afraid his body would explode and die? I right now only have nine kinds of divine abilities."
Daoist Master Profound Iron almost spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. This was a case of comparisons exasperating people to death.
"My Golden Core, counting my Golden Core colliding with his talisman, I'm afraid it would instantly shatter to pieces! Even if I self-detonate my Golden Core, I fear it wouldn't blast open this talisman, the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability… fifty-five kinds of Great Divine Abilities…" Wan Luo felt bitter water surging out from the depths of his heart.
"Blowing great conches, striking great dharma drums! This is the potential to become an immortal! How long has it been since our Yuhua Sect produced such a genius disciple?" Bang! With a sound, the main gates of the Heavenly Punishment Palace also opened, and the Heavenly Punishment Elder flew out. Looking at Fang Han's situation far away, he let out a loud roar, even losing his composure.
Once Fang Han's Natal Talisman came out, everyone felt terror, a truly great terror.
The power of this Natal Talisman hovering in the sky gave everyone a sense of sacredness, vastness, majesty, creation, immortality, subversion, and glory… an immensely huge shock that could not be described by any words.
Everyone felt that in front of this Natal Talisman, they were extremely insignificant. Even the Golden Core experts who were one tier higher than Fang Han felt that this talisman could certainly instantly kill them, and even self-detonating their Golden Cores would be useless.
Originally, Meng Shaobai's breathing aura could swallow the sea, and his momentum covered the sun and moon, but once Fang Han's Natal Talisman came out, it made all of that pale in comparison. The center of the entire Yuhua Sect turned into Samsara Peak. At this very moment, Tiandu Peak seemed to have gone down a notch in stature, and the Nine Palaces Golden Pagoda hovering above Tiandu Peak entirely lost its luster.
"Fellow sect members, I, Fang Han, traveled to the Wild God Temple to search for the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, and indeed had some harvests. Along the way, the Moon-Piercing Thief, the Star-Extinguishing Thief, the Immortal-Slaying Thief, together with the traitor of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, the Ghost Emperor, came to kill me in surround. Apart from the Immortal-Slaying Thief who escaped, the others were killed by me one by one! You all do not need to panic. All of the Ghost Emperor's magical treasures have been refined by me and possess not the slightest trace of demonic qi. If you fellow sect members are interested, I invite everyone over to appreciate my Samsara Peak."
Fang Han's voice suddenly rang out.