"Daoist Wood, if you still manage to escape from here, my five hundred years of lifespan would have been lost in vain."
Owning half an Undying Body and with his head uninjured, Fang Han instantly condensed back into a true physical form, his body remaining complete. Furthermore, having devoured a significant amount of Daoist Wood's origin energy, he nourished himself and compensated for some of his depleted magic power. Although he had continuously spat out seven mouthfuls of fresh blood and lost close to five hundred years of lifespan, heavily injuring Daoist Wood—who only had thirty percent of his magic power left—a Giant of Ages, was completely worth it.
A powerful intent swept across the scene!
"Yellow Springs Diagram!"
After recondensing his body, Fang Han saw that Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology was severely injured in origin energy. Transmitting his intent to the Yellow Springs Diagram, the diagram suddenly expanded, unexpectedly growing into a celestial canopy spanning dozens of miles. It spewed out boundless Avici demonic qi, staining Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology, his life-bound origin spirit.
That "Morphology Tree," possessing sixty-four branches and leaves and containing sixty-four types of divine abilities, immediately turned pitch-black.
Daoist Wood's intent issued a frantic roar.
That massive tree was also expanding, wanting to shatter the restraint of the Gate of Avici and soar outward.
"Daoist Wood, you still want to run! You've suffered such severe injuries, your physical body is entirely ruined, your origin energy is heavily damaged, and your inner demons are running rampant. If I still cannot suppress you, wouldn't it become a joke to others if word of this spreads?"
Fang Han laughed heartily and took a stride forward. His own life-bound Golden Core flew out, instantly blasting right into Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology amidst the Avici demonic qi.
"Bang!"
Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology wavered, and the origin energy condensed within was scattered once again! The entire tree shrank by half.
"Fang Han, you are actually so vicious, then I will perish together with you!" Seeing that he was about to be sucked into the Gate of Avici, Daoist Wood also knew that as soon as he was drawn into the Yellow Springs Diagram, he would immediately be damned for eternity. Thinking of this, he prepared to self-detonate his own Heaven and Earth Morphology!
However, Yan sneered, radiating a powerful divine sense: "If you had cultivated an Undying Body, even Avici demonic qi wouldn't be able to bind you, unless I summoned the Disk of Reincarnation to thoroughly suppress you. Daoist Wood, your current strength is vastly damaged; it's too late for you to self-detonate now. Bridge of Helplessness!"
An ancient stone bridge, heavily scarred and stained with the fresh blood of countless gods and demons, appeared beneath Daoist Wood. Just as Daoist Wood's expanding Heaven and Earth Morphology was about to detonate, it was swept by the stone bridge and pulled into the Yellow Springs Diagram. He vanished from sight, suppressed in the deepest depths of the Yellow Springs Diagram, never to see the light of day again, waiting only for Fang Han to refine him.
However, after suppressing Daoist Wood, the Yellow Springs Diagram trembled incessantly. It was as if heaven and earth were overturning inside; it was ten times more difficult than when suppressing the Sun and Moon Essence Wheels. The diagram seemed as if it wanted to tear through space and fly away.
It was because inside, Daoist Wood was continuously employing Dao techniques, struggling to break free from his bindings. He was simply too fiercely vigorous. To actually still be able to struggle deep within the Yellow Springs Diagram despite suffering such massive damage.
A Giant of Ages was indeed a Giant of Ages. Even as a figure at the first level of the Longevity Secret Realm, he displayed strength that made Fang Han tremble with fear.
Fortunately, the opponent's strength was only at thirty percent, and fortunately, the opponent's origin energy was countered by his World Tree. It was also fortunate that he possessed so many magical artifacts, and that his longevity was exceedingly long, with half an Undying Body allowing him to squander it. Otherwise, the one dying right now would be himself.
Despite so much luck, Fang Han had still triumphed over a Giant of Ages and suppressed an expert of the Longevity Secret Realm!
In the cultivation world, experts of the Longevity Secret Realm were myths, legends, supreme and unattainable. They were much like emperors in the mortal world, each possessing three thousand concubines, enjoying boundless pleasures, and holding an exalted status.
Figures in the Divine Ability Secret Realm could not possibly contend against Giants of Ages in the Longevity Secret Realm. Even if they possessed mid-grade Dao artifacts or upper-grade Dao artifacts, they could only ensure self-preservation.
Yet, now, Fang Han had created this myth.
And also shattered the myth of Longevity Secret Realm experts.
Until the moment of success, even Fang Han found it hard to believe that he had genuinely suppressed Daoist Wood, a Giant of Ages.
"A Giant of Ages… genuinely suppressed. A figure from the Divine Ability Secret Realm suppressing a Giant of Ages. This… is simply a rarity throughout the ages. Fang Han finally achieved it; formidable, truly too formidable. Following this master, there will certainly be infinite glory in the future." The Dark Terror King, witnessing this scene, almost had his eyes pop out of their sockets.
Star Cloud Baby's mouth also gaped wide open.
The two major artifact spirits of the Sun and Moon Essence Wheels were also thoroughly convinced by Fang Han.
"Only Daoist Dragon is left. It is a pity that I cast the Immortal Slaughtering Great Magic seven times consecutively, sustaining immense losses, otherwise I could actually kill this person as well." Even as fiercely vigorous as Fang Han was, after losing close to five hundred years of lifespan in suppressing Daoist Wood, he felt a bit like an oil lamp running dry.
Having cast the Immortal Slaughtering Great Magic seven times in a row, a normal expert would have perished long ago.
"What? Daoist Wood actually didn't even have time to escape and was suppressed." Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood had cultivated together for many years, their auras intertwined. The moment Daoist Wood was suppressed, he instantly knew. His heart turned incessantly cold. At this point, he could no longer care about damaging his own physical body. His arms suddenly jolted, and with a snap, he executed the "Arhat Blood Detonation Great Magic". Instantly, his two arms transformed into two blood dragons, soaring into the sky. With just one pulse, they knocked the Eight Division Pagoda away.
Two blood dragons!
Formed from his two arms, they instantly knocked away the Eight Division Pagoda. Atop it, the Dark Terror King, the artifact spirits of the Sun and Moon Essence Wheels, and the Wheel Turning Holy King incarnated from the Blood Night King, all shouted explosively in unison, each urging their most potent power. The pagoda rotated, entangling those two blood dragons.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Daoist Dragon's body vaulted upward, charging madly into the sky. Executing the method of blood evasion, moving a thousand miles in an instant, he flickered a few times and vanished over the horizon.
He actually escaped!
"This Daoist Dragon actually escaped. If he charged over and dealt me a vicious blow, I would also be heavily injured! However, he is now also out of oil and his lamp is dry, desperate to flee for his life. Having even abandoned his two arms, out of apprehension, he does not possess the guts to fight me to the bitter end. But letting such an expert escape leaves endless future troubles. Moreover, when he recovers his strength and comes desperately for my life, I will also have to perish together with him."
Fang Han felt both lucky and regretful.
Now, he finally understood the terror of a Giant of Ages. He possessed nothing that countered Daoist Dragon.
"It seems that in the future, when dealing with Giants of Ages, I must be exceedingly, entirely careful. I still have to go back and deal with Ruyizi. This Ruyizi is not like rogue cultivators such as Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood; he definitely has mid-grade Dao artifacts in his hands. In a head-on clash, I'm afraid I cannot defeat him. However, when I absorb Daoist Wood's essence qi and seal his sixty-four life-bound divine abilities within the Eight Division Pagoda, not only might I condense my own cultivation to the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm, the Heaven and Earth Morphology, but I can also elevate the might of the Eight Division Pagoda."
Fang Han's heart felt incredibly refreshed; the harvest this time was absolutely immense.
Moreover, Fang Han seemingly saw that within Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology, there appeared to be a magical artifact pouch that hadn't exploded. While it would not contain good items like Dao artifacts or immortal pills, medicinal pills would certainly not be scarce.
Right now, Fang Han lacked basic items, because the Heavenly Demons in the Eight Division Pagoda lacked food and magical artifacts. If the millions of Heavenly Demons were each equipped with a flying sword and a body-protecting magical artifact, how formidable would that be?
"If only I could encounter a few more God Kings and kill them, that would be perfect."
Fang Han lamented inwardly: "I have no wealth again. For those who cultivate the Dao, wealth, companions, methods, and land. Wealth ranks first, its importance self-evident. But a few days ago, I was originally a man of boundless wealth, yet now it's empty again. Am I destined to never possess wealth?"
Shatter!
Just as Fang Han was feeling regretful inwardly, the two blood dragons formed from Daoist Dragon's arms were already pulverized by the myriad precious lights of the Eight Division Pagoda, turning into the purest blood essence that permeated into the Eight Division Pagoda, to be entirely absorbed by the many large and small Heavenly Demons. After these Heavenly Demons absorbed the blood essence of a Longevity Secret Realm expert, some Heavenly Demons underwent division, and some Heavenly Demons actually promoted into Demon Kings again!
Although the promotion of Heavenly Demons to Demon Kings was an extremely joyous matter, Fang Han could not feel happy at all, because the appetite of a Demon King, the origin energy pills required, was over a hundred times more than that of an ordinary Heavenly Demon.
Now the Black God Pills, in order to trap Daoist Dragon, had instantly consumed half a year's worth. With only half a year's worth left, and so many Demon Kings promoting, the consumption was even greater.
That is to say, after another four to five months, perhaps three months, the millions of Heavenly Demons and the thousand Demon Kings would have their food supply completely cut off, thus dying of starvation.
Unless Fang Han let them out to absorb the essence blood and souls of mortals, bloodbathing city after city, acting as true absolute demons committing monstrous sins.
However, these Heavenly Demons had now all been cleanly converted; they only knew how to pray, and pray again, generating pious vow power, and would no longer feed on human blood.
Furthermore, the Immortal World origin energy extracted by his World Tree was somewhat insufficient even for his own supply, let alone feeding the Heavenly Demons; that was just a drop in the bucket.
Suddenly, Fang Han somewhat understood the bitter distress of the headmasters of large sects.
For a large sect like the Yuhua Sect, the headmaster had to fret every day over the basic needs, cultivation pills, and magical artifacts of the sect's disciples. Supporting a family was not easy.
"Fang Han, a cart will find its way when reaching the mountain front. We should first find a place to refine Daoist Wood's Heaven and Earth Morphology before anything else, otherwise he keeps jumping up and down inside, and I constantly have to consume massive amounts of power just to suppress him. If we encounter another enemy, it is highly likely he will break through the Yellow Springs Diagram and escape; then the chicken will fly and the eggs will shatter."
Yan said urgently.
"Refining the Heaven and Earth Morphology of a Giant of Ages is very difficult; with my cultivation level, it's not certain even taking three to five months. But I can first refine the blood qi surrounding his body. That will also be enough for a massive nourishment for me, while weakening his might. He won't be jumping up and down so fiercely anymore."
Daoist Wood's physical body had shattered to pieces during the desperate clash, but the origin energy was still present, revolving around his Heaven and Earth Morphology, amplifying its power. Fang Han decided to find a place first to refine his physical body's blood qi. Massively nourishing his Golden Core, to see if he could condense his Heaven and Earth Morphology and cultivate to the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm.