Fang Han's attacks against Yanluo Palace Master Su Xiuyi yielded absolutely no effect, whereas Su Xiuyi's attacks against him were direct suppression, merely lightly suppressing others.
Suppressing with the Xuanhuang Great World!
Although it was the form of the Xuanhuang Great World transformed by the Earth Emperor's Book, not the genuine Xuanhuang Great World. However, it was still not something Fang Han possessed the capability to contend with.
Of course, if it were the genuine Xuanhuang Great World, an expert of Linglong Immortal Venerable's caliber would be directly suppressed to death.
Rumor had it that in the very long ago primeval era, the Daoist Hongmeng once directly mobilized the power of the Xuanhuang Great World and destroyed Three Thousand Divine Emperors.
Three Thousand powerful Divine Emperors, every single one older and more formidable than the Hentian Divine Emperor, representing the ancient Divine Race, all killed by the Daoist Hongmeng. This illustrated just how robust and tyrannical the power of the Xuanhuang Great World was.
The Earth Emperor's Book was the Book of the Earth, evolving the form and divine might of the Xuanhuang Great World; utilizing it for suppression was only naturally.
Although Fang Han's power was strong, it was not yet strong enough to confront the Xuanhuang Great World.
All magic treasures, gangqi, including the Eight部 Pagoda and the four giants, were forced back into Fang Han's body. On Fang Han's body, gangqi continuously exploded, being compressed to the utmost limit. His own magic power could not bear the compression and exploded autonomously.
The only fortunate thing was that he had already cultivated half an Undying Body. So long as his head was not destroyed, however heavy the injury, it could be repaired.
"Yan! Huangquan Diagram, quickly protect my mind, do not attack!"
At this exact moment, Fang Han recognized the severity of the situation. Suppressed entirely, he was unable to move a single inch. Disregarding whether he could break free or not, he needed to protect his head from injury first. Accordingly, he fiercely urged the Huangquan Diagram, transforming it into a yellow full-face mask, wrapping his head from top to bottom inside it.
With this move, it indeed alleviated the pressure, averting the danger of his head being suppressed into explosion.
Around his body, bright lights twinkled like sparks, accompanied by intense explosive noises. The embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World flew increasingly lower, pressing his back until it hunched.
If this suppression continued, sooner or later, he would not be able to hold on much longer.
"Senior Sister! What do we do?"
Fang Han roared continuously, urging many kinds of divine abilities, even unleashing the boundlessly strong "Zuma Ancient Divine Qi". He transformed into a Zuma Ancient God that could uproot mountains and rivers, but still could not escape the fate of being suppressed. The embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World completely shattered the Zuma Ancient God and continued to press down.
"Bang!"
Under the immense pressure, Fang Han's four limbs were directly vibrated into fine powder, turning into a mass of flesh and blood.
At this distinct moment, Fang Qingxue had long entered the Eight部 Pagoda. Sitting atop the highest peak, right above the head of the Sage King of the Turning Wheel, her whole body was enveloped in a sheet of entwining lightning light. She appeared to be operating a terrifying divine ability to assist Fang Han in breaking free from his predicament.
"Bang!"
Aside from his head, all of Fang Han's body exploded, turning into a mass of pure vital essence that wrapped around his head to keep it from harm. Meanwhile, the Great Chaos Thunder Sword flew into the Eight部 Pagoda, operating together with the Immortal Lightning Talisman, unleashing Chaos Thunder Qi and Primeval All-heavens Divine Thunder to protect and encircle him.
At this moment, he completely concentrated his power to protect himself from being suppressed, while biding his time to brew a counterattack.
At this precise instant, Fang Han was reduced to just a head covered with the Huangquan Diagram. Outside the Huangquan Diagram was a massive amount of physical vital essence and the power of numerous magic treasure Dao artifacts. The four giants, Dharma Lord Jidu, Dragon Daoist, Wood Daoist, and Lu Lanpo, continuously operated divine abilities, finally managing to protect him.
"Good, Undying Body! Half an Undying Body. As early as half a year ago, I heard that you displayed this method in the Linglong Blessed Land. Now finally seeing it, it is truly formidable. A cultivator in the Divine Ability Mystic Realm capable of cultivating an Undying Body is simply a rarity in the world. A genius figure, but today you are destined to an overarching fate of falling. Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow, Cosmic Primordial! Annihilate!"
Su Xiuyi stood with his hands behind his back, watching the Earth Emperor's Book transform into the embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World, slowly suppressing Fang Han. A faint smile emerged on his face. Following that, he stepped to all eight directions, actually directly conjuring eight shadows. His hands formed ancient hand seals, and he opened his mouth, spitting out streams of vital essence.
Each stream of vital essence contained the essence of lifespan, injected directly into the projection of the Earth Emperor's Book, utterly stimulating the wondrous utility of this treasure.
Boom! The Xuanhuang Great World above expanded once again. With the operation of power, it actually evolved mountains, seas, clouds, winds, thunders, lightning… Even the sun and moon rotating outside the Xuanhuang Great World.
The Xuanhuang Great World became increasingly lucid.
Even more formidable was a gap suddenly opening within the void. Endless time and space away, the genuine Xuanhuang Great World also manifested itself. From within, surges of vital essence were relayed, directly empowering this Earth Emperor's Book. It was actually piercing through space, drawing vital essence from the Xuanhuang Great World!
It was rumored that back when the Earth Emperor's Book was an Immortal artifact, in the hands of an Immortal, it could directly borrow the power of the Xuanhuang Great World. Now, the projection of the Earth Emperor's Book in Su Xiuyi's hands, urged by lifespan, surprisingly also opened space, drawing the power of the Xuanhuang Great World to suppress Fang Han.
Although the Xuanhuang Great World could not compare to the Immortal Realm, it was no lesser than the Buddhist "Buddha Realm" or the Divine Race's "Void God Realm". One could similarly draw power from it for personal use.
The secret of the Xuanhuang Great World was absolutely not limited to the mere fragments seen on the surface.
"Fang Han, you won't last much longer. With your cultivation, unless you advance up to the Longevity Mystic Realm, only then can you break the confinement, but don't even dream of harming me the slightest. My realm is not something you can comprehend. Within the Yuhua Sect, only Feng Baiyu possesses the qualifications to genuinely spar with me, you are far from sufficient. Now, just die for me! Earth Emperor's Descent, Unifying Rivers and Mountains!"
Su Xiuyi waved his palm repeatedly, pressuring Fang Han once again.
In an instant, Fang Han felt the pressure multiply tenfold!
He urged all his magic treasures to operate continuously, but all were to no avail. The embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World pressed him increasingly smaller. He felt exactly like he could not move a muscle, as if confined within a prison cage.
"Die!"
Su Xiuyi in his fluttering black clothes presented an incomparably ruthless visage. The eight forms reunited once again. Squeezing his palm into a fist, he clenched ruthlessly at empty space!
Rumble! Suddenly, thousands of thick chains appeared within the void. They were all coagulated by the power of space, directly stabbing into the surroundings of Fang Han's body, tightly binding him entirely, tightening inwards. This constricted Fang Han's body, causing it to shrink and cave in further.
Fang Han instantaneously felt boundless and endless pain.
Unexpectedly, cracks appeared continuously on the main pagoda body of the Eight部 Pagoda! The four eternal giants unleashed roars of injury simultaneously. Only Fang Qingxue sitting atop remained still as a mountain, as if the power could not empower onto her.
The main pagoda body of the Eight部 Pagoda was the Blood Dragon Crystal Mountain Peak, fused with the wreckage of the Nine Turns Yellow River Diagram. Now morphed into a Dao artifact, even though merely a low-grade Dao artifact, it still could not withstand such vicious power.
Fortunately, after all, the power of the Nine Turns Yellow River Diagram was too strong, especially with the nine major river dragon meridians within it still possessing power. Following the generation of cracks, they flickered with a burst of water light shooting toward all directions, surprisingly repairing the cracks while simultaneously permeating the entire top body of the Eight部 Pagoda.
"Om! Ma! Ni! Pad! Me! Hum!"
The four giants simultaneously chanted the six-character true word, pouring all their willpower into the six-character true word spirit talisman. In an instant, boundless Buddhist light manifested endlessly from the spirit talisman, tinting the whole Eight部 Pagoda with intermittent golden light, with countless Sanskrit chants resounding within. This momentarily fended off Su Xiuyi's demonic art.
"Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is best. Five Elements Land spirit talisman, escape!"
Fang Han urged it time and again, only to discover that the space was utterly locked down by an eerie power. Escaping was fundamentally impossible.
"It's of no use. I knew long ago you possessed the Five Elements Land spirit talisman. Thus, I specifically expended magic power to lock down this region of the void, and furthermore, under the suppression of the Earth Emperor's Book and Life and Death Book, no matter what power it is, one cannot flee. The Huangquan Diagram is no exception! The Earth Emperor's Book is the nemesis of the Huangquan Diagram, do you understand? Its nemesis!"
Seemingly knowing what Fang Han was up to, Su Xiuyi sneered repeatedly, grabbing with both hands. The embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World suddenly swarmed over, entirely wrapping Fang Han up.
"Not good." Fang Han felt an irresistible power squeezing him. Vaguely, there was actually a sign of the Huangquan Diagram flying away.
Inside the Huangquan Diagram, Yan also revealed an expression of panic. Its body swung endlessly, strenuously urging the Gate of Avici and the Bridge of Helplessness. Yet all proved to be futile.
"Huangquan Diagram, Yan! Come here!"
Su Xiuyi grabbed with one hand, and Yan inside the Huangquan Diagram appeared to be shaken by a bizarre power. Involuntarily, it was about to fly out, leading the Huangquan Diagram to also eagerly twitch, seemingly summoned away.
"Fang Han, this is bad! This is one of the Three Thousand Great Daos carried within the Earth Emperor's Book, the Great Summoning Technique! I am a dragon meridian from the Xuanhuang Great World, the dragon meridian of the River of Forgetfulness. I absolutely cannot withstand the great summoning of the Earth Emperor's Book. If the Earth Emperor's Book is urged to the peak, I will fuse into it without any resistance."
King Yan roared maniacally. His face presented an aura that was terrifying, ferocious, and frenzied.
"Great Summoning Technique? What kind of thing is this!" Fang Han felt his mind go numb, but finding himself completely devoid of any options, he could only urge his natal heaven and earth Dharma Idol to envelop the Huangquan Diagram completely.
"Fang Han, the Huangquan Diagram is a dragon meridian of the Water of Forgetfulness, belonging to the Xuanhuang Great World too. The Earth Emperor's Book is the pivot controlling the entire Xuanhuang Great World. All living creatures born in the Xuanhuang Great World are subject to its calling. I can even summon powerful living creatures from various different dimensional spaces to come forth to aid in battle. In front of me, you are as weak as an infant."
Su Xiuyi's gaze seemed to pierce through Fang Han's head. Suddenly issuing a point with his finger, he unleashed a streak of yellow light, piercing through Fang Han's protection to attack his head.
Splurt!
Fang Han's glabella seemed to be heavily and lethally struck. His sea of consciousness wavered violently. He had actually sustained a severe injury!
The embryonic form of the Xuanhuang Great World formed by the Earth Emperor's Book surged in from this gap like an ocean. Seemingly about to thoroughly control Fang Han.
"I've changed my mind. I've decided not to kill you, but refine you into a puppet!" Achieving success in one strike, Su Xiuyi laughed out.
However, at this precise moment, the World Tree at Fang Han's glabella fiercely flashed with bright light.