At this moment, Ruyizi was finished, completely and utterly finished.
He was taken into the Yellow Springs Diagram by Fang Han, and then wrapped by the lightning world of the Immortal Lightning Talisman. Under the suppression of a High-Grade Dao Artifact and a powerful existence that was essentially a Supreme-Grade Dao Artifact, even self-detonation was of no use whatsoever.
Although his "Heaven and Earth Congenital Lifespan Art" secret method was enough to drag a Giant of the Ages down to pad his fall, Fang Han possessed far too many Dao Artifacts. Moreover, with the coordination of a Giant of the Ages, under the existence of so much tyrannical power, unless he had cultivated into an Undying Body, he had not a single chance.
An immense and berserk power exploded within the Yellow Springs Diagram.
Throughout the entire Yellow Springs Diagram, a destructive force splashed outward.
Fang Han only felt that his Yellow Springs Diagram seemed like an uncontrolled mad dragon, about to break through the void and fly away. His heart's blood was originally merged with the Yellow Springs Diagram, but now the explosion inside caused his heart's blood to suffer damage.
"Ruyizi, it is useless. Even if you die, you can only bring me benefits. Immortal Lightning Talisman, lightning world, suppress it for me." At this moment, Fang Han knew that the power of Ruyizi's self-detonation was boundlessly tyrannical. If he could not suppress it, the leaked power would blast the entire Heavenly Punishment Platform into powder.
Thus, with a thought, he struck the Great Chaos Lightning Sword into the Yellow Springs Diagram. Above it, the Immortal Lightning Talisman evolved into a lightning world, thoroughly suppressing this explosive power as well. Countless thunderbolts struck into it, dividing and disintegrating the power.
Meanwhile, the Great Chaos Lightning Sword shook its blade, emitting Immemorial Heavens' Divine Thunder and Great Chaos Divine Thunder, resonating with thunderbolts to disintegrate Ruyizi's self-detonation.
"I am unwilling, unwilling! Tiandu, avenge me! Avenge me."
Under the assistance of numerous High-Grade Dao Artifacts and World Power, Ruyizi's final trace of consciousness felt that he was thoroughly done for. He let out a final unwilling roar, and then dissipated into nothingness.
What remained was only a mass of vigorous quintessential qi, along with the residual vital energy of many divine abilities. Within Ruyizi's Lifebound Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, there were originally seventy-one divine abilities, such as the "Nine Palaces Divine Movement Technique," "Wishful Spiritual Communication Transformation," "Mountain Refining Shape Astral Qi," "Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Qi," "Instant Fall Technique"… however, they were now all destroyed.
Only the quintessential qi of these divine abilities remained.
These divine abilities were completely destroyed during the process of his self-detonation.
However, gathering the residual quintessential qi was still of great use to Fang Han. It could even allow Daoist Wood to refine the Blood Dragon Crystal Mountain Peaks of the Eight Divisions Pagoda's body into Dao Artifacts.
"Hmm? There are actually divine abilities that were not destroyed in the self-detonation? What is going on?" In the instant he suppressed Ruyizi's explosion, Fang Han went to examine the residual quintessential qi left over from the blast.
He discovered that within that vast cluster of residual quintessential qi, there were nine bright beads. Every bead emitted an origin aura and had not been destroyed in the explosion.
"This… this is the Great Origin Technique divine ability cultivated by Ruyizi! Right, only divine abilities cultivated from the methods of the Three Thousand Great Daos would not perish in an explosion. I have actually obtained this divine ability! Although I have currently opened up nine seas of consciousness through the Panwu Great Strength Divine Ability, it is still very shallow, not even reaching minor completion. I would need to cultivate this divine ability for at least a thousand years to reach major completion and great perfection. Now that I have obtained the essence of Ruyizi's bitter cultivation, I can once again save a thousand years of hard work."
Fang Han was overjoyed in his heart.
"This Great Desolation Ancient Furnace, I will take it too."
His mind was clear, and he suddenly looked toward the Great Desolation Ancient Furnace.
Originally, Feng Baiyu had sealed the Heavenly Punishment Platform with crystalline light, preventing any magic treasures from flying out. However, the moment Fang Han suppressed Ruyizi, the crystalline light disappeared.
The Great Desolation Ancient Furnace suddenly flew outward, leaving Fang Han no time to capture it.
"This Feng Baiyu does not want me to obtain the Great Desolation Ancient Furnace!" Fang Han knew this was the doing of the Supreme Sect Master Feng Baiyu. However, having killed Ruyizi this time, obtaining his Great Origin Technique divine ability, as well as the eight Pure Yang Heaven and Earth Dharma Idols, the Nine-Curved Yellow River Diagram, and the residual quintessential qi from Ruyizi's physical body and Lifebound Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, the harvest was unimaginably immense.
At this very moment, deep within the time and space of the Yuhua Heavenly Palace, changes were also taking place.
Hua Tiandu was currently cultivating; one month inside was only one day outside. His cultivation had reached the most critical juncture. Above his head, the Gate of the Immortal Realm was constantly surfacing, and a trace of Immortal Realm vital energy vaguely leaked out from within. His Lifebound Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol had already escaped out and was condensing, condensing infinitely, actually forming the size of an infant, with countless twisting forces squirming beside the infant.
And his Creation Unending Pill was right in the palm of this infant, rotating continuously, wanting to fly out, but to no avail.
"The time has come! Hundreds of years of cultivation are all for this moment today, Giant of the Ages, Longevity Secret Realm. Reaching the heavens and thoroughly understanding the earth!"
Suddenly, with a violent jerk, Hua Tiandu stood up completely, striking a punch toward the faintly discernible Gate of the Immortal Realm above his head. That Gate of the Immortal Realm was hidden deep within unknown dimensions of time and space; even if one used the Great Shift Technique, moving for millions of years, one could not shift over to it.
However, a person's spirit and intent could sense this portal to the Immortal Realm.
Boom!
This punch of Hua Tiandu transformed into his majestic will and spirit of pursuing longevity, crossing the void and striking upon the Gate of the Immortal Realm.
That Gate of the Immortal Realm wavered slightly.
"Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, True Astral Qi of the Physical Body! Great Origin Technique, Panwu Great Strength, merge into one!"
Hua Tiandu licked his lips and let out a shout. The power within his body rolled and surged like a landslide and tsunami, and the Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol above his body also returned to his sea of consciousness. It began to continuously coalesce, coordinating with the power of his physical body to explosively charge outward.
In continuous succession, he threw hundreds of thousands of punches!
His unmatched spirit charged again, a hundred thousand times, two hundred thousand times, three hundred thousand times. He finally blasted open a fundamentally invisible crack in the phantom of the Gate of the Immortal Realm above his head.
Crash, clatter!
This minute crack was blasted open at once, and endless profound laws of the Great Dao and Immortal Realm vital energy descended, all falling into Hua Tiandu's sea of consciousness.
Hua Tiandu's nine seas of consciousness underwent a complete transformation.
The endless laws of the Great Dao merged with his consciousness. At this moment, his spirit, temperament, origin, physical body, soul, life, and even the unseen destiny were all increasing, and his entire body underwent earth-shaking changes.
Hua Tiandu's accumulation was extremely abundant. Although inferior to Yan Shuiyi and Fang Han, when he opened the Gate of the Immortal Realm, he still obtained a massive amount of Great Dao laws.
As the Great Dao laws and Immortal Realm vital energy descended, Hua Tiandu underwent a fundamental transformation. Principles of cultivation he previously did not understand, and certain Daoist techniques he could not figure out, all became clear. Some Daoist techniques he previously could not cultivate could now completely be cultivated.
Within his sea of consciousness, crackling sounds echoed, as if something was disintegrating.
That was the sound of the "Creation Unending Pill," this immortal pill, dissolving.
At this moment, Hua Tiandu actually stepped into the Longevity Secret Realm, possessing the ability to refine an immortal pill. He began to refine this immortal pill, relying on his own Great Dao laws, attempting to step into the second layer of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Undying Body realm, in one fell swoop.
However, after his entire body flashed and vital energy rolled and surged, he finally came to a halt. He stopped at the peak of the first layer of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Myriad Life Realm.
"Why is there still a bottleneck! I consumed the Creation Unending Pill, this immortal pill, why is there still a bottleneck! However, the second layer of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Undying Body, is the most crucial step. Once cultivated, one can be undying! It is the foundation of the Great Dao!" Seeing that he had not broken through to the Undying Body, Hua Tiandu only sneered coldly. "No matter what, I have stepped into the Longevity Secret Realm, ascending to the heavens in a single step! Now with a myriad years of lifespan, Fang Han, you are dead. You are utterly dead. Now that I have stepped into the Longevity Secret Realm, I can thoroughly trigger the profound mysteries within the Great Desolation Ancient Furnace, and then go to Immortal Venerable Panwu's 'Heavenly Martial Armory' to obtain endless magic treasures, endless treasures, and a Supreme-Grade Dao Artifact, Immortal Venerable Panwu's true weapon, the Key of the Desolation God! That is a supreme existence surpassing the Yellow Springs Diagram, an existence approaching an Immortal Artifact. At that time, when I obtain the 'Heavenly Martial Armory,' I can dominate the heavens and the earth! Possessing supreme supreme glory!"
Hua Tiandu stood up and let out a long roar, wiping clean the depression of many years.
"Yan Shuiyi, now that I have cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, I can come and propose marriage to you. As for that little vile spawn Fang Han, killing him with a flip of my hand is not a problem. Having cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, this little vile spawn is not my match. My realm and vision have elevated accordingly. My opponents are the Six Emperors of the Demonic Sect! Inside the Yuhua Sect, the three Vice Sect Masters Wang Daoling, Yi Jianqiu, and Chen Tianxia are also my opponents, while Fang Han basically has no qualification to make me strike. He lacks even the qualification! After all, within the Yuhua Sect, I am still the first to cultivate into a Giant of the Ages."
Streaks of tyrannical divine intent swept out presumptuously.
Hua Tiandu shook his clothes, and between his brows, there appeared the feeling of a Giant of the Ages, dominating the heavens and the earth, and looking down upon the world.
"Of course, although I no longer take this little vile spawn Fang Han to heart, playing with him a bit wouldn't be bad either. Naturally, the premise is that he can escape with his life in front of Master Ruyizi. What are ninety-three kinds of divine abilities. In front of a Giant of the Ages, they are nothing at all."
Just as Hua Tiandu was still immersed in the joy of ascending to a Giant of the Ages and cultivating to the Longevity Secret Realm, suddenly, a wave of intense mental fluctuation transmitted over.
"Tiandu, avenge me… avenge me! I am unwilling, I am unwilling."
"This is! This is Master Ruyizi's voice. Could it be, something happened to him? How is that possible? Right, today seems to be the day that little vile spawn Fang Han crosses hands with Master Ruyizi. Not good! The Great Desolation Ancient Furnace, the Great Desolation Ancient Furnace has suffered severe damage! Great Desolation Ancient Furnace, return to me. Return to me!"
At this time, Hua Tiandu's body shifted, rapidly flying outward from the Yuhua Heavenly Palace. At the same time, using all the power in his body, he sensed his Great Desolation Ancient Furnace…