"What is that?"
"What's going on, the sky suddenly turned dark."
"Could it be that demons and monsters are attacking our Ascension Sect?"
"Impossible, our Ascension Sect is a dignified member of the Ten Schools of the Immortal Dao, what demon or monster would dare to come and attack? And even if they did attack, they would only attack some marginal and weak mountain peaks. What we reside on is Tiandu Peak, covered by the Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda, immune to all evil."
"Not good, someone wants to collect the Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda hanging over Tiandu Peak! Exactly who is it, to have such tremendous audacity! Quickly go and call Senior Brother Wan Luo and Senior Brother Ling Xiao."
On Tiandu Peak, there were many experts close to Hua Tiandu cultivating, borrowing the dense spiritual Qi on Tiandu Peak.
Among them, there were true disciples of the Divine Ability Secret Realm, as well as some inner court disciples and outer court disciples of the Physical Realm. There were even more powerful servants captured by Hua Tiandu.
Just like how Fang Han subdued the Dark Shadow King, Hua Tiandu had traveled outside for hundreds of years and had also subdued quite a few tyrannical experts who willingly worked their lives away for him. Originally, they were all placed inside the Great Wasteland Ancient Furnace, but now because he was in closed-door cultivation, some powerful servants were guarding Tiandu Peak, presiding over all the operations of the mountain peak.
Right when Fang Han leaped into midair, spurring his mana to forcefully grab the "Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda," many experts on Tiandu Peak soared into the sky, thinking demons and monsters had come to attack.
By the time they flew up into midair, they found Fang Han standing in the distant sky, his clothes fluttering, like a deity from primitive antiquity. His gaze looked down, and the mana in the air was brewing, turning into a large hand with nine fingers that grabbed downward. Every single finger emitted an extremely powerful repulsive suction force, gripping the nine golden pagodas.
These nine golden pagodas, each one had undergone multiple condensations by Hua Tiandu, placed upon Tiandu Peak, merging into one with the earth veins of Tiandu Peak. To forcefully extract these nine great golden pagodas was simply an impossible feat, unless one possessed the power to move continental tectonic plates.
However, Fang Han did not care at all. Now he could easily pull up a mountain peak and casually tear the earth apart.
Having cultivated the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, condensing the Buddha-Demon fused lifebound primordial spirit with "a thousand arms and a thousand eyes," his mana was unimaginably tyrannical. As long as they had not cultivated into the Undying Body, no Giant of the Ages could possibly do anything to him. Furthermore, inside his current lifebound primordial spirit, a precious sword was also being nourished! A high-grade Dao artifact, the Great Chaos Thunder Sword!
The Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda, although all supreme-grade treasure artifacts and seen as good things in the eyes of Golden Core experts, in Fang Han's eyes now, were no different from ordinary flying swords.
Unless all nine golden pagodas were Dao artifacts, joined into one breath and connected into a great array, it would be somewhat difficult for him to collect them. But now, it was as easy as flipping his hand!
Seeing the nine golden pagodas intensely fluctuating with a flip of his hand, even though the earth veins below began to boil, it was to no avail. If Fang Han had not been apprehensive about the earth veins below detonating, volcanoes erupting, and magma surging out to turn an area of several hundred miles into a sea of fire, destroying the environment of the Ascension Sect, he could have collected these nine golden pagodas in the blink of an eye. He could even chop down with the Great Chaos Thunder Sword and pulverize Tiandu Peak.
Now, he was severing the connection between the Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda and the earth veins on one hand, while suppressing the boiling earth veins on the other.
"Fang Han! You troublemaker! You actually dare to come back! At the Linglong Blessed Land, you have brought a monstrous disaster upon our Ascension Sect. Being issued a Heavenly Dao Kill Order by the Headmaster of the Taiyi Sect, right now Elder Ruyi Zi is uniting numerous elders to hold a meeting and sanction you. After returning, you didn't know to hide away, but actually dare to be so arrogant!"
Whoosh whoosh!
Suddenly, two golden lights shot out like lightning from a distant mountain peak, directly descending onto Tiandu Peak. Seeing Fang Han pulling up the golden pagodas and suppressing the earth veins, their expressions could not help but change wildly!
These two golden lights were exactly the two great Golden Core experts, "Wan Luo" and "Ling Xiao," Little Giants of the Ages!
Among them, "Wan Luo" had been defeated by Fang Han's hands. Cultivating Daoist arts bitterly, obtaining guidance from Ruyi Zi, and receiving massive support from Hua Tiandu, his strength was now progressing extremely fast. Although he was still at the realm of the seventh level of Divine Ability, the Golden Core, several more divine abilities had been added to his Golden Core!
The one shouting to sanction Fang Han was precisely Wan Luo.
"Fang Han, you are provoking, violating sect rules, and venting personal anger! Do you really want the elders to sanction you? You dare to destroy the mountain peak of us true disciples!"
Ling Xiao twisted his hands, and hundreds of flying swords abruptly flew out from his hands. Every flying sword was gleaming with green light; these were the "Azure King Divine Wood Swords" he had bitterly cultivated!
As for Wan Luo, he directly flung out the "Gate of Rashomon." A massive gateway, pulsating uncertainly and changing in myriad ways, shrouded towards Fang Han. Simultaneously, their bodies flew to the top of Tiandu Peak, sending out their Golden Cores to do their utmost to suppress the Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda.
"Pearls of rice, yet daring to release brilliance." Fang Han grabbed with his palm, and the hundreds of flying swords flying out from Ling Xiao were all caught in his hand. With a casual rub! They instantly turned into a ball of vital energy and were swallowed by his Great Devouring Technique.
Subsequently, he opened his mouth and inhaled. In front of the "Gate of Rashomon," the "Gate of Avici" appeared. Demonic Qi rolled, covering the sky and earth, and directly sucked the Gate of Rashomon inside, vanishing without a trace.
"You solely focus on cultivating magical treasures and neglect your own lifebound divine abilities, I am helping you gather your minds. Roll down! As for the matters between me and Hua Tiandu, it's not yet the turn for small fry like you two to intervene. That day Hua Tiandu collected my Seven-Fiend Gourd, today I am collecting his Nine-Palace Golden Pagoda. As long as he defeats me, he will naturally take this golden pagoda back. If he cannot defeat me, he will even lose his life. Does he still care about a set of pure yang magical treasures? Scram!"
Fang Han gave a decisive shout.
The two great Golden Core experts, Wan Luo and Ling Xiao, only felt a shock in their chests, as if struck by a massive hammer. They directly violently spewed fresh blood, falling from the sky, the brilliance of their Golden Cores dimming. Fang Han smiled coldly, flicked his large sleeve, and these two Golden Core experts, Little Giants of the Ages, were directly blown onto the Ascension Sect's Punishment Terrace by a tyrannical wind!
Afterward, Fang Han grabbed continuously with both hands, and the nine great golden pagodas thoroughly broke free from Tiandu Peak, flying towards his sleeve.
Yet the entirety of Tiandu Peak, at the moment he collected the Nine-Palace Golden Pagoda, suddenly collapsed downward. One third of it actually sank into the underground, making this mountain peak a section shorter than the rest.
This was him utilizing divine abilities to press the mountain into the underground.
Crackling and rattling! An unknown number of palaces on the mountain suffered destruction. The mountain peak meticulously built by Hua Tiandu, possessing the aura of an emperor, was instantly battered everywhere, as if it had suffered burning, killing, and looting from an unruly army.
"Fang Han, Senior Brother Hua Tiandu is in closed-door cultivation, putting all his effort into charging at the Longevity Secret Realm, about to become a Giant of the Ages. He has no spare time to care about you. Elder Ruyi Zi will absolutely sanction you, sanction you. Fang Han! Just you wait!"
On the Punishment Terrace, the two great experts, Wan Luo and Ling Xiao, let out long, desperate roars.
Boom!
Fang Han landed on the Punishment Terrace, looking at the two people Wan Luo and Ling Xiao as if looking at two dead dogs. His tone was cold and hard, smiling coldly continuously: "Ruyi Zi! Ruyi Zi dares to sanction me! I will let him know what is called a fate worse than death! Who am I, Fang Han? The number one person among the true disciples of the Ascension Sect, destined to take charge of an Immortal Dao major sect in the future, a supreme figure of the Ascension Sect. Ruyi Zi must also obey my arrangements, otherwise he is betraying the sect."
"What! Elder Ruyi Zi is a Giant of the Ages, and you are actually this arrogant! Have you suffered Qi deviation, or have you gone completely insane."
Wan Luo originally wanted to use Elder Ruyi Zi to suppress Fang Han, but instead heard words coming out of his mouth that would make even Ruyi Zi suffer a fate worse than death; this was simply the language of someone who had suffered Qi deviation.
Ling Xiao's body also shivered momentarily.
Fang Han, however, knew very well in his heart. Ruyi Zi had not cultivated the Undying Body, the second level of the Longevity Secret Realm. Right now he possessed three magical treasures: the "Great Chaos Thunder Sword," the "Eight-Part Pagoda," and the "Yellow Spring Map," and furthermore had Daoist Wood, whose strength had recovered by eighty percent and was also a Giant of the Ages. It was enough to completely defeat Ruyi Zi.
Even kill him!
On Ruyi Zi's body, Dao artifacts might exist, but there absolutely would not be a high-grade Dao artifact!
At his prime, although Daoist Wood's strength had some gap compared to Ruyi Zi, both were Giants of the Ages! Neither would be afraid of the other. Right now, if a single Daoist Wood clashed with Ruyi Zi, they might even have to fight for days and nights to declare a victor.
"Ruyi Zi, you actually unite the Council of Elders to sanction me, who gave you the audacity! Who gave you the audacity! Tell Hua Tiandu to come out! You master and disciple, both come out for me, onto the Punishment Terrace."
Fang Han had long calculated it out; returning to the Ascension Sect this time, he was going to make an earth-shattering commotion. Let a long night bring many dreams.
Standing on the "Punishment Terrace," he raised his head, inhaled a full breath of vital energy, and abruptly let out a loud shout. Instantly, all the white clouds in the sky for a radius of several hundred miles were shattered by the sonic waves. Rings of sonic waves formed violent winds that spread outward, uprooting countless large trees. The entire Ascension Heavenly Palace seemed to have been yelled until it swayed continuously.
At this time, in the moment before Fang Han returned to the Ascension Sect, deep within the Ascension Heavenly Palace, in a large conference room, a full hundreds of elders were seated.
Among them were Golden Core experts at the seventh level of Divine Ability, Little Giants of the Ages; there were mighty practitioners at the eighth, ninth, and tenth levels of Divine Ability; and there were also Giants of the Ages! All were illustrious major figures of the Ascension Sect, overlords of an area.
"Merit-Passing Elder," "Medicine King Elder," "Sword Tomb Elder"… experts were also among them. Even the Giant of the Ages, "Time Punishment Elder," was among them as well.
Among this group of elders, besides the three elders at the level of Giant of the Ages, "Ruyi Zi," "Time Punishment Elder," and "Jiang Rourou," there were actually several unfamiliar faces. They were unexpectedly Giants of the Ages too, clearly figures who would go into closed-door cultivation for a thousand years within the Ascension Sect and absolutely not come out.
"Brother Ruyi, I have been closed-door cultivating deep within the Ascension Heavenly Palace for a thousand years. Now is precisely the most crucial moment of comprehending the Undying Body. You actually summoned me out, just to sanction a disciple of the Divine Ability Secret Realm?" An unfamiliar-faced Giant of the Ages had a somewhat displeased expression.
"Brother Daoling, please calm down. This Divine Ability Secret Realm disciple named Fang Han is not an ordinary disciple; it even concerns the life and death survival of our Ascension Sect. Brother Daoling, you are not an elder of our Ascension Sect, but bear the status of a Deputy Sect Master. Right now, Senior Brother Headmaster Feng Baiyu is in closed-door cultivation comprehending the mysteries of the Heavenly Emperor Mirror. I called the few of you out to preside over major affairs. This Fang Han even caused Daoist Huntian to personally decree a worldwide kill order, causing countless experts under heaven to hunt him down everywhere. Outside our Ascension Sect, there are even many experts peeping in. Our disciples going out have encountered countless stalkers, and some outer court disciples were even subjected to soul-searching great methods of the Demonic Dao right after going out, completely untraceable. Do you say this matter is severe or not?"
Ruyi Zi laughed darkly: "That is why I initiated the Council of Elders and invited the few of you Deputy Sect Masters out, to exercise your power and thoroughly sanction Fang Han!"