"Where is it best to go and cultivate? I can't possibly flee back to the Yuhua Sect? Finding a safe place to cultivate is the most pressing matter right now. Right, underground? Generally, no one will disturb me underground, and deep beneath the earth, the origin energy and precious light of cultivation can also be concealed, preventing others from discovering me and seizing the opportunity to kill me."
After driving away Daoist Dragon and suppressing Daoist Wood, Fang Han pondered over where to go to cultivate, so he could rapidly refine the blood qi surrounding Daoist Wood, and then refine his life-bound Heaven and Earth Morphology.
After much thought, only the underground was the safest.
So his Golden Core atop his head shot out a streak of Earth Sovereign astral qi. The ground instantly melted, and he sank into it, like a mud ox entering the sea, vanishing without a trace.
His Earth Sovereign astral qi had become increasingly pure, an effect of the tempering from passing the Wind and Fire Tribulation. Previously, wherever the Earth Sovereign astral qi shone, it could only turn the earth into qi within a range of tens of feet, but now it had expanded to fully several acres. Passing the Wind and Fire Tribulation had also increased the prowess of his divine abilities.
He needed to find a safe place underground to cultivate his Dao techniques and recover all his vigor. At his absolute peak, lively like a dragon and tiger, only then could he safely return to the Yuhua Sect; otherwise, in his current state, if he encountered another Giant of Ages at their peak, he would invariably die without a doubt.
Killing a Daoist Wood with only thirty percent strength was already this difficult, let alone a Giant of Ages at their full peak?
From now on, when facing a Giant of Ages, Fang Han had to be exceedingly, entirely careful.
As for the tough characters in the second level of the Longevity Secret Realm who had cultivated the Undying Body, then just run.
Just as Fang Han drilled into the underground, hundreds of thousands of miles away from here, on a reef island over the ocean, an old man wearing a black front-buttoned jacket, his face weathered, the skin of his hands withered, seemingly having endured the baptism of years and time, withdrew his gaze.
This old man was shockingly the very old man who had told Fang Han's fortune.
Also the "Mind Demon Old Man" who had helped Fang Han drive away Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood by triggering their inner demons! The Great Xuanhuang World had never had such a figure. Clearly, he was a cultivator who had rushed over from the extraterrestrial space.
"So ruthless, so ruthless. This boy is truly ruthless and merciless, decisive in his strikes, without any sloppy hesitation, and his calculations are accurate, to actually directly go and try to kill Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood. And he even succeeded. He is countless times stronger than that Jiao Fei. It is a pity I did not meet him first, otherwise I would definitely take him as a successor. This boy is just right for cultivating my Great Mind Demon Technique, and could cultivate the Great Mind Demon Technique to the highest realm, reaching the extent where as long as the inner demons of living creatures possess inner demons, he will exist eternally."
The Mind Demon Old Man seemingly saw the scene of Fang Han suppressing Daoist Wood and couldn't help but sigh continuously. Like a teacher completely satisfied with a student, whose examination of the student's moral conduct had yielded his most ideal result.
The Great Mind Demon Technique, when cultivated to the highest realm, was nearly undying and imperishable. To the extent that throughout the myriad worlds, past and future, all various living creatures, the moment an inner demon arose in their hearts, he would instantly exist, utterly unkillable. That kind of realm was beyond imagination.
To eliminate him, one would have to deliver all living creatures in the world, having them all attain immortal godhood, possess pure Yang Dao hearts, and achieve eternal Great Luo; only then could the mind demon be eliminated.
This Mind Demon Old Man had not cultivated to such a realm either.
However, in his tone, it seemed that if Fang Han inherited his Great Mind Demon Technique, he might have the possibility to cultivate to such a realm!
What kind of profound esteem was this? Just to what extent could one be satisfied with a person to utter such an exclamation!
"I came to the Great Xuanhuang World in order to seek out the Three Thousand Great Daos. The Three Thousand Great Daos flowing out from the Gate of Everlasting Longevity first fell into the Great Xuanhuang World, and then spread to countless extraterrestrial worlds, countless stars. The Great Aspiration Technique, ranked third, is in the hands of Immortal Venerable Linglong, so I have no way to obtain it. But this boy Fang Han actually cultivated the Great Five Elements Technique, the Great Cutting Technique, and the Great Origin Technique. Pity, none of them compare to the Yellow Springs Emperor's Great Reincarnation Technique. Furthermore, this boy hasn't even learned them fully. It is of no use to me. Immortal Venerable Panwu actually called the perfectly fine Great Origin Technique a divine ability he created himself, the Panwu Immense Power Divine Ability; truly stealing the Great Dao."
The Mind Demon Old Man talked to himself: "The Yuhua Sect's Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao is precisely the Great Yin-Yang Technique among the Three Thousand Great Daos; why haven't they taught it to this boy? With this boy's natural endowments and temperament, could the Yuhua Sect's headmaster not see it? The Taiyi Sect's Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations, the Twelve Methods of the Profound Gate, is also the Great Disaster Technique among the Three Thousand Great Daos. I did, however, obtain the Great Shattering Technique from Ying Xiantian's hands. Next, I should get my hands on the Great Disaster Technique. The Three Thousand Great Daos, the more one cultivates, the more helpful it is for the path to becoming an immortal. A pity, indeed; no one has ever seen the Great Destiny Technique. And the Great Karma Technique is in the hands of the Buddhists. Of the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Buddhists alone occupy one thousand."
As he spoke, the Mind Demon Old Man's figure dispersed, transforming into the purest origin energy of heaven and earth, dispersing into the vacuum and vanishing without a trace.
Three Thousand Great Daos!
Fang Han naturally remained oblivious to this series of exclamations from the Mind Demon Old Man.
He had tunneled into the underground to a depth of full seventy to eighty thousand zhang and suddenly found an earth cavity. Moreover, origin energy was abundant within that earth cavity; it seemed to be a land of excellent feng shui. Thus, inside the earth cavity, he properly arranged the Yellow Springs Diagram, laid down various restriction arrays to prevent auras from leaking out, and entirely entered the space of the Yellow Springs Diagram along with the Eight Division Pagoda.
The surging Yellow Springs Holy River and the rolling Forgetting Affection Water flowed continuously just as before.
However, now, this Yellow Springs Holy River was also fiercely tumbling, vibrated by an immensely massive force, as if wanting to leap up out of thin air and fly out of the Yellow Springs Diagram.
This vibrational force came from the other side, deep within the Gate of Avici.
Deep within the rolling Avici demonic qi, it seemed as if a monstrously vicious devil was sealed, intending to break out, turn the world of the Yellow Springs Diagram completely upside down, fundamentally overturning it, and even control this supreme-grade Dao artifact.
This entity was naturally Daoist Wood, the Heaven and Earth Morphology of a Giant of Ages.
A centipede dies but does not fall, let alone a Giant of Ages? Even with only ten percent of his strength remaining, it was ample to strike fear into the hearts of folks across the cosmic world.
"Avici Great Magic! Helpless Iron Chains!"
Deep within the Gate of Avici, Yan's claws rapidly shifted into various hand seals, and profound incantations surged out sequentially from his claws. From the Bridge of Helplessness, countless iron chains and shackles instantly flew out, piercing deep into Daoist Wood's life-bound Heaven and Earth Morphology, locking his entire being up.
Torrents of Avici demonic qi traveled limitlessly along the iron chains into his origin energy without concern for cost, striving to scramble his spirit, precluding him from self-detonating.
The self-detonation of a Giant of Ages held enough might to reduce a radius of a thousand miles directly into fine powder.
Yet Daoist Wood did not let out a single sound of pain whatsoever. However, around him, the shattered flesh and blood transformed into streaks of blood-colored long rainbows, continuously rotating, constantly being refined, and gradually transforming into rings of blood-colored halos that blessed onto his life-bound Heaven and Earth Morphology.
It was actively refining his own exploded physical body to augment the power of his life-bound Heaven and Earth Morphology, so as to break free and escape.
As the blood-colored halos grew denser and more intense, the tremors it generated inside the Yellow Springs Diagram similarly intensified, suggesting a flood dragon struggling to break out.
"Daoist Wood, even now you're still locked in a dying struggle!"
Silently circulating profound arts to regulate his origin energy, Fang Han recovered a portion of his vigor. Seeing Daoist Wood engaged in a dying struggle, he couldn't help but strike ruthlessly. With a loud roar, he flew out his life-bound Golden Core. The halos and light rings emitting from the Golden Core invaded Daoist Wood's blood-colored halos. With a single pulse, he thoroughly shattered the blood-colored halos Daoist Wood had painstakingly condensed. Opportune sprays of massive blood qi and origin energy splashed in all directions, as streaks of pure Yang qi radiated outward from amid those blood-colored halos.
For an expert of the Longevity Secret Realm, all flesh and blood were pure Yang.
Because they had the capacity to extract pure Yang qi directly out of Immortal World origin energy.
All of these were massively nourishing substances.
He instantly employed the Great Devouring Technique, swallowing the pure Yang flesh and blood, channeling it securely into Fang Han's own physical body.
"Truly refreshing! The flesh and blood and essence qi of a Longevity Secret Realm expert are simply so thick. Not only have my losses been compensated for, there's actually been some absolute growth!"
A brief moment later, Fang Han's Great Devouring Technique cleanly sucked completely dry this streak of Daoist Wood's blood-colored halo. The vast flesh-and-blood essence and the physical pure Yang origin energy of this Giant of Ages all poured fully inside Fang Han's body to be digested by his half Undying Body. Swirls of blood halos immediately surged out over Fang Han's form as fierce blood light blasted in all directions, somewhat akin to the feeling of the Blood Night King from yesteryear.
It was only after quite a long while that Fang Han thoroughly digested the flesh-and-blood essence, actively feeling that the seven mouthfuls of blood he had consecutively spat had been thoroughly replenished. However, the lost lifespan had not returned. That would only be entirely recovered fully upon unearthing and taking pills that prolonged one's life.
Fang Han was actually unconcerned about this, having lost a mere five hundred years of lifespan.
He commanded a lifespan over nine thousand years!
What's more, as soon as he cultivated straight into the Longevity Secret Realm, absolutely everything would flood right back.
Crack, crack, crack!
Fang Han casually threw roughly three punches sequentially, a limitless and inextinguishable stream of vigor actively surging within his body, as if no matter how he exerted strength, it simply could not be used up.
Furthermore, once the boundless pure Yang origin energy and flesh-and-blood essence had been refined entirely by his body, they were injected straight into his Golden Core. The entire Golden Core once again unleashed millions of blinding bright rays radiating brightly, as that faint phantom entirely housed within seemingly prepared to march absolutely out of nothingness.
This phantom was utterly naked, towering fully hundreds extending to thousands of zhang. Poking densely thick across its back were a complete thousand hands, whilst entirely heavily dotting its form were exactly one thousand identical eyes. Distinctly varying light beamed squarely out of every single eye—manifesting sheer greed, cool calmness, ferocious viciousness, tender mercy, spiteful resentment, sheer joy… A full thousand assorted emotions condensed uniformly onto one singular complete entity.
A Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes, Heaven and Earth Morphology!
This precisely proved to be the absolute prototype of the Heaven and Earth Morphology Fang Han was slated to subsequently generate after cultivating utterly into the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm.
"What strictly is this totally thing? Why on Earth would I possibly generate such a distinct form, one thousand hands exactly one thousand eyes? Upon successful cultivation of my Heaven and Earth Morphology, such a bizarre contraption emerges? Yet going by its absolute look, its sheer might is extraordinarily potent entirely."
Fang Han similarly perceived it precisely inward.
The structure governing the Heaven and Earth Morphology fundamentally connected inextricably back to the distinctly corresponding divine abilities firmly cultivated.
The absolute spectrum of the divine abilities Fang Han solely cultivated was just too intricately complex, actively merging as fundamentally one to effectively produce such an entirely raw Heaven and Earth Morphology prototype. Although nonetheless, this specific singular Thousand-Hand, Thousand-Eye Heaven and Earth Morphology did not finally entirely walk completely out of sheer nothingness, instead, identically tracking the distinct weakening momentum of infused qi and blood from Fang Han, steadily entirely fading straight away.
This accurately served to be utterly a harsh deficit of complete origin energy entirely, utterly failing entirely quite sufficiently basically to condense out fully a Heaven and Earth Morphology!