What is the most important thing for a cultivator?
It is not magic power, nor divine abilities, but the physical body.
Once the physical body dies, all divine abilities will disappear, and the magic power stored within the sea of consciousness will vanish like smoke; no one can control such a phenomenon.
Even experts of the Longevity Realm must protect their physical bodies well and temper their physical bodies. Therefore, the second layer of the Longevity Realm is the Undying Body.
In truth, even though Fang Han's current physical body was exceedingly powerful, sufficiently comparable to a formidable flying sword, when crossing blows with others, he still would not use his physical body to clash head-on with others' magical treasures. This was a matter concerning his life; if there was any damage, he would not even have time to cry, and it would impact his future cultivation.
The brain, especially, could not be injured; once injured, magic power would drain away, ultimately turning one into an invalid. Thus, no matter what kind of cultivator they were, they would think of every possible method to enhance their physical body.
The best method to enhance one's physical body was to consume secretly passed-down ancient pills, as well as to cultivate divine abilities that had an assisting effect on the physical body.
For example, Fang Han possessed the "Vajra Iron Bone Great Handprint," which greatly assisted the physical body after cultivation. The Earth Sovereign Dao within the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability was also immensely helpful to the body. Once the Yama Golden Body reached great completion, urging physical strength allowed one to move like lightning and kill invisibly; it could entirely be used to crush flying swords to pieces and punch through mountain rocks with the physical body.
But at this very moment, after consuming the "Lightning Bone Sarira," he found that the help these divine abilities gave to the physical body was far from as massive as the medicinal power of this sarira.
After strong electric sparks sprayed out from all his pores, Fang Han used his magic power to inch by inch guide the massive medicinal power to scatter into his body.
A massive amount of lightning power tempered every inch of Fang Han's skin and every meridian; the bones, especially, were actually absorbing the thunder power, gradually transforming from a pristine white color into glittering, lightning-like dazzling lightning bones. Every single bone possessed powerful evil-destroying and lethal force. Especially the skull of his head! It began to grow stronger even more; the bone matter inside also turned into lightning bone, coated by a layer of crystalline lightning. If it encountered an external attack, it would immediately burst out through the body to kill the enemy.
This way, even if an enemy's flying sword magical treasure broke through his protective astral qi, protective magical treasures, and even his Natal Talisman, and chopped onto his body, he still had a final layer of defense.
Furthermore, slivers of thunder power entered his sea of consciousness and actually expanded his sea of consciousness a bit more. Although it still could not accommodate the divine ability magic power of a Golden Core, the space to operate the Natal Talisman was larger, making it even more effortless.
Crack, crack, crack…
All the bones in Fang Han's body evenly heightened by three cun again and expanded by three cun, making his entire person appear with exceptionally robust bones; his whole body possessed a feeling of pushing outward, intensely fierce and terrifyingly explosive.
Originally, after successfully cultivating the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, there was a layer of five-colored radiant light within all his bones, like diamonds. But now, after the tempering by the medicinal power of the Lightning Bone Sarira, that five-colored radiant light drew back once more, integrating with the thunder power to generate a powerful tearing force.
The most formidable part was his left hand!
Which was the hand palm, arm, and fingers fused with the "Heaven-Covering Demon Hand." It actually absorbed more than half of the violent thunder power. When Fang Han casually grabbed with five fingers, the phantom image of that Heaven-Covering Demon Hand flashed out, upon which there was even a layer of lightning tearing force, increasing its might once again.
Of course, more of the medicinal power was directly absorbed by Fang Han's "Natal Talisman." Many strands of entwining electric light were added to his talisman, faintly resembling that "Indestructible Lightning Talisman."
There were still some thunder and lightning divine abilities within his Natal Talisman, such as the "Void Crystal Lightning Spirit Claw," which became even more powerful after absorbing the thunder power.
A full ten days passed, and finally, the lightning and electric sparks spraying from his body were completely drawn back into it, clearly having refined all the medicinal power. He absorbed the entire medicinal effect of this "Lightning Bone Sarira," which was no sub-par to the "Nine Orifices Golden Core."
Standing up all at once, Fang Han's entire person transformed in appearance once again. The skin of his whole body was fair and white, seemingly exhibiting nothing special. But if someone with brilliant eyesight looked, they could see that deep within every inch of his pores, it seemed to be a world of thunder!
Within the pupils of his eyes, electric talismans faintly flashed, and deep within every strand of hair, a sliver of lightning was contained.
At this very moment, he seemed to feel that if it were thundering in the sky, he could open his mouth and with a breath, suck the thunder fire and lightning into his mouth, swallow it down into his stomach, and then refine it.
This meant his constitution had changed, turning into a "Holy Spirit Body" capable of communicating with thunder.
A single pill transformed his constitution.
"So formidable, so formidable. My magic power divine abilities haven't grown much, but my constitution has been enhanced again. The power of this Lightning Bone Sarira is truly formidable. With my cultivation, it took ten days of absorption to refine it." Fang Han inspected his own body and said joyfully: "Fang Qingxue possessing such pills, no wonder she cultivated so fast."
"This pill is indeed formidable, but compared to an immortal pill, it is still nothing. Back then, the Yellow Springs Great Emperor once obtained an immortal pill called the Endless Creation Pellet; after consuming it, he directly became an Undying Body."
Yan shook its head.
"An immortal pill? I wouldn't have the blessing to endure it. Consuming it would certainly cause my body to explode and die; there is no other outcome. Perhaps only experts of the Longevity Realm could consume immortal pills." Fang Han smiled faintly.
He now felt his physique was powerful, and his lifespan seemed to have increased quite a bit as well. He had at least three thousand years of lifespan.
"Having obtained this single Lightning Bone Sarira and improved my constitution, my certainty in defeating Meng Shaobai is even greater." Fang Han squeezed his left hand, and within a clump of demonic flame, lightning crackled and ripped the air. Under the grasp of this demonic hand, nothing could escape: "I wonder if Meng Shaobai will actually manage to cultivate a Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, and exactly how great the power of his Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol will be? The day of our decisive battle seems to be fast approaching as well."
Just as his words fell, something seemed to have sensed his majestic fighting intent.
Rumble!
A force abruptly surged up from afar, and the ground trembled. Although Fang Han's Samsara Peak had the protection of mountain-guarding grand formations, it still swayed like a large tree in a gale.
"So strong magic power!"
Fang Han transformed into a streak of crystalline light and flew up from the pill refinement room. He looked far into the distance, and true enough, on the mountain peak where Meng Shaobai resided far away, an aura that was like a human yet not a human, like a demon yet not a demon, like a devil yet not a devil, like an immortal yet not an immortal rushed straight toward the heavens like a pillar of heaven.
"It truly is Meng Shaobai who cultivated a Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol and is presently breaking through. Ninth layer of the Divine Ability realm, Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, indeed formidable; the momentum is strong enough. Let me take a look at what exactly this is all about." A cold sneer appeared at the corners of Fang Han's mouth. At this very moment, he did possess the absolute confidence of victory, and the fighting intent in his heart surged tremendously. But knowing oneself and knowing the enemy ensured victory in every battle, so it did not hinder him from observing to exactly what extent the Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol Meng Shaobai cultivated after parasitizing the Kunpeng's giant egg was formidable.
That massive aura continued to rush upward, fully surging several thousand zhang, drawing out all the true disciples and some elders of the Yuhua Heavenly Palace to watch.
"Clouds and waters surging three thousand zhang, swallowing the sun and moon to store within my belly, spreading my wings to soar among the stars, across the myriad heavens and realms I am emperor!" Suddenly, that massive aura condensed high in the sky and subsequently transformed into a young man, precisely appearing as Meng Shaobai. But he was exceedingly tall, stepping upon a patch of water cloud under his feet, and especially upon his back, grew six pristine white wings. These wings seemed to be condensed from a kind of source energy; upon the pristine white feathers flowed rings of written characters and talismans. With every flap of the wings, the winds between heaven and earth seemed to heed the call of these six wings, gathering crazily—from all directions, from the obscure void, from the heavens and the earth… gathering from every corner.
Some true disciples and elders of the Yuhua Sect seemed to sense that much of the wind had spawned spirituality! Elves of the wind whistled and danced past across the great land. At this very moment, Meng Shaobai, possessing six pairs of pristine white wings, was the ruler of the wind, the emperor of the wind.
Some disciples changed color because they found they could not even fly up themselves.
The air currents between heaven and earth completely did not heed their commands; even if they circulated magic power, they could not control the air currents.
They even felt that as long as Meng Shaobai flapped his wings a bit more violently, the myriad mountains of the Yuhua Sect would be blown to collapse by the wind.
"Rather powerful at that!" Seeing Meng Shaobai with six wings, Fang Han knew this was not his true form, but the "Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol," the "Kunpeng Primal Spirit" cultivated by integrating the Kunpeng's life characteristics. It was exceedingly formidable; dealing with heavenly air currents and controlling the wind, no single divine ability could compare to it.
Seeming to have noticed Fang Han staring at him upon the mountain peak, the wings of Meng Shaobai's Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol suddenly increased their flapping frequency.
Woo woo woo, woo woo woo, woo woo woo… Amidst the sounds of wailing ghosts and howling gods, numerous devil forms condensed from the wind appeared beneath his wings, whistling toward Fang Han's mountain peak.
These wind devils overturned rivers and seas; wherever they passed, trees were uprooted one by one, massive stones on the ground were blown into the sky, violently spinning, and sparks appeared as sand and stones collided within.
Meng Shaobai's Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, the Kunpeng Primal Spirit, seemed intent on blowing over Fang Han's Samsara Peak with a single flap of its wings.
"Hmph!"
Fang Han gave a cold snort! Uncurling his fingers, a thousand bright moons abruptly surged upon the mountain peak, instantly illuminating the world brightly. Boundless sword energy slashed through the air and whistled out. The thousand bright moons rose and fell upon Samsara Peak, clear and flawlessly white; spreading silver frost downward, they illuminated this piece of heaven and earth with radiant holiness.
Swoosh swoosh, swoosh swoosh swoosh…
The Deriving Moon Sword Formation activated, and with a direct strike, cut the incoming wind devils to shreds; the hurricane between heaven and earth subsequently died down.
"Meng Shaobai, congratulations to you for cultivating a Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, I have precisely been waiting for you. Since you have succeeded in cultivation, you must be boiling with fighting intent and cannot wait another moment. Why don't you and I go to the Heavenly Punishment Platform to fight a battle today? Who loses and who wins, we will make it clear today, wouldn't that be a thrill?"
Fang Han's body took flight.
"Come then!"
Meng Shaobai's voice transmitted from afar, "I can wait no longer as well; beneath the Lifeless Sword, some fresh blood must stain it to sacrifice to the blade. Fang Han, since you wish to die earlier this badly, how could there be any reason I wouldn't fulfill your wish?"