This was the first time Fang Han felt so powerless, and it was under the circumstance where his divine abilities had reached major completion, after he had converted four eternal giants, and his strength had reached its peak, yet he was actually still not a match for this Yanluo Palace Master, Su Xiuyi.
Moreover, what he was facing was not the opponent's true self, but a clone that the opponent had condensed using five thousand years of lifespan!
Fang Han once again felt that his strength was insufficient.
No, it was not that his strength was insufficient, but rather his realm was not high enough. His current strength and magic treasures were all top-tier. Whether it was the Huangquan Diagram, the Great Chaos Thunder Sword, or the Eight部 Pagoda, they were all earth-shattering supreme Dao artifacts capable of suppressing the heavens.
However, his realm was not high enough, rendering him unable to unleash the true power of these treasures.
His realm was not high enough, and he was also unable to elevate the power of his natal heaven and earth Dharma Idol to the limit.
No matter how strong he was, his own explosive power could not break through the word "billion." This was the flaw, a flaw in realm. If he could not break through this flaw in realm, then no matter how many more magic treasures he obtained or how many more divine abilities he cultivated, it would all be in vain.
He still had the "Great Disaster Technique," "Primeval All-heavens Thunder Art," and "Great Chaos Thunder Art" uncultivated. Firstly, he did not have the time, and secondly, without breaking through to the Longevity Mystic Realm and becoming an eternal giant, cultivating them would not increase his power by much anyway.
It was precisely because he was not an eternal giant that he was naturally oppressed by Yanluo Palace Master Su Xiuyi to such a degree.
With a single strike, Su Xiuyi pierced through the defense of his head, urging the aura of the Earth Emperor's Book to surge into his sea of consciousness. Instead of destroying it, it formed one profound array after another; he surprisingly wanted to control his thoughts and refine him into a puppet.
"Fang Han, struggling and resisting anymore is futile. Since you could convert the four eternal giants—Wood Daoist, Dragon Daoist, Lu Lanpo, and Dharma Lord Jidu—I can also convert you. Turning you into a puppet, a powerful puppet like you is just right to serve as my Demonic God clone. My true body is currently in the Endless Abyss, absorbing the abyssal demonic qi to cultivate the Ten Earths Demonic God external avatars, but I lack good materials. You are truly an excellent material."
While operating his divine abilities, Su Xiuyi issued a powerful divine intent.
His black clothes continuously tumbled and extended outward, unexpectedly covering the sky once again.
"I must cultivate to the Longevity Mystic Realm and become an eternal giant! Yanluo Palace Master Su Xiuyi, you have forced me to such a state today, actually wanting to refine me into a puppet. In the future, I will definitely tear your corpse into ten thousand pieces, banish your soul into the Nine Netherworlds, and ensure you remain forever unliberated for all eternity."
Fang Han repeatedly swore viciously in his heart, struggling fiercely to resist while simultaneously trying to figure out a method to utilize his means to escape the predicament.
Massive amounts of the Earth Emperor's Book's aura surged into his mind. His nine great seas of consciousness all stopped operating, and all his magic power was tainted with a layer of yellow, as if corroded by some kind of power. If nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely be refined into a puppet.
However, right at this moment, the World Tree at his glabella abruptly moved, emitting a powerful suction force that absorbed the power of the Earth Emperor's Book entering his mind.
Fang Han's pressure was instantly alleviated, and his mind became clear.
The World Tree continuously absorbed the power of the Earth Emperor's Book. As streams of Xuanhuang Qi permeated the World Tree, Fang Han even clearly saw his World Tree actually sprouting a few tender buds and leaves. The trunk also visibly thickened by a circle, directly swelling by one-third in an instant.
With this expansion of the World Tree, even more Immortal Realm vital essence descended from it, providing Fang Han with more supplies to burn his magic power.
"What is that? It can actually absorb the power of my Earth Emperor's Book. The Earth Emperor's Book inherits the Xuanhuang Great World, and there is only one power that can overcome it: the most powerful Jianmu since ancient times, the World Tree! Could it be, Fang Han, that the object at your glabella is actually the World Tree?"
Sensing the change in the power of the Earth Emperor's Book, Su Xiuyi's expression changed abruptly.
The Earth Emperor's Book inherited all the power of the Xuanhuang Great World.
However, the World Tree grew by absorbing the power of the Xuanhuang Great World.
The World Tree absorbed the power of heaven and earth.
Heaven was the Immortal Realm.
Earth was the Xuanhuang Great World.
This most powerful tree since ancient times inherited the Immortal Realm vital essence above and the Xuanhuang Great World's earth qi below. It was the nemesis of the Earth Emperor's Book.
Fang Han also suddenly understood this point, and his spirit was greatly lifted.
But Su Xiuyi understood it even faster than him: "The World Tree. No wonder rumors say you have an item that can absorb Immortal Realm vital essence, allowing you to refine pills on a massive scale. I originally thought you had obtained a fragment of an Immortal artifact, but now, to think you actually obtained a sapling of the World Tree. If I obtain it, I will be able to refine it into an even more powerful avatar. Surpassing Emperor Huangquan and establishing the Demonic Realm will no longer be an illusion! Fang Han, this has made my determination to kill you even more resolute. Originally, without the World Tree, I would only have refined you into a puppet. If you served me loyally, a thousand years later when my power reached major completion, you might still have had a chance to survive. But now, since I cannot refine you into a puppet, you have no chance of surviving at all. Your body and soul will be thoroughly destroyed, dying without a burial place."
"Heaven and earth reincarnate, sun and moon silently extinguish, the soul endures eternally, I turn the myriad beings!"
As Su Xiuyi spun his body, an enormous wheel suddenly appeared before him. This wheel, covered in hundreds of billions of talismans, presented the two colors of black and white. This wheel continuously rotated and suddenly, with a hum, it shrank, crossed millions of space-times, bypassed tens of millions of obstacles, flew straight over, and struck into Fang Han's mind.
Boom!
In this instant, Fang Han seemed to feel himself falling into reincarnation; the reincarnation of thousands of lifetimes caused his soul to thoroughly degenerate.
"Great Reincarnation Technique! Su Xiuyi, how could you possibly know the Great Reincarnation Technique! How is that possible! It's impossible. In heaven and on earth, only one person knows the Great Reincarnation Technique, and that is Emperor Huangquan."
Amidst the haziness, Fang Han heard Yan roaring vigorously.
"Why should Emperor Huangquan be the only one who knows it? Did Emperor Huangquan create the Great Reincarnation Technique? No, this supreme Great Dao is one of the Three Thousand Great Daos, passed down from the Gate of Eternal Life. However Emperor Huangquan obtained it is exactly how I obtained it." Su Xiuyi's voice was like all the gods of heaven and earth chanting together.
Fang Han's soul suffered severe damage.
Extreme danger.
Fang Han's soul was on the verge of collapse. Su Xiuyi actually knew the Great Reincarnation Technique! This was simply an earth-shattering secret. It was no wonder he was able to become the most formidable Yanluo Palace Master of the Huangquan Demonic Sect.
Right at this extremely dangerous instant, suddenly, Fang Qingxue stood up fiercely from within the Eight部 Pagoda. Her entire body emitted a brilliant light, and streams of mysterious destiny power circled around her body.
Her voice was even more resonant than Su Xiuyi's! Shaking heaven and earth, shaking fate.
If Su Xiuyi's voice manifesting the Great Reincarnation Technique represented the gods of heaven and earth, then at this very moment, Fang Qingxue was the god above gods! The god among gods. The king of gods.
"The power of destiny stands above the heavens. With the power of destiny, I command Fang Han's soul not to fall into reincarnation."
Boom!
An inexplicable power surged into the depths of Fang Han's soul. This power was not true qi, nor gangqi, nor magic power, much less Immortal Realm vital essence, but rather an indescribable power of destiny.
Something that could not be seen clearly, could not be spoken plainly, something no one could catch, a destiny no one could grasp.
In an instant, Fang Han recovered his clarity.
As soon as he regained clarity, he roared, his killing intent chilling. He actually directly attached his half-Undying Body and his natal heaven and earth Dharma Idol onto the Great Chaos Thunder Sword, slashing straight toward Su Xiuyi.
This stream of sword qi, extending a thousand miles long, blasted out. If it had been within the Xuanhuang Great World, it would have been absolutely enough to carve out a long river and tear the earth asunder.
"What Dao technique is this? Fang Qingxue, this isn't the Primeval All-heavens Thunder Art, nor is it the Great Chaos Thunder. What is this? Between heaven and earth, there is actually such a miraculous power that can counter my Great Reincarnation Technique! This is the power of destiny, this is the power of fate. This is fundamentally a power that cultivators, even Immortals, cannot manipulate!" Su Xiuyi absolutely never expected Fang Qingxue to be so fierce. Although Fang Qingxue was the reincarnation of the Lightning Mother, without cultivating to the Longevity Mystic Realm, she had not yet come into her own, and Su Xiuyi simply never placed her in his eyes.
No one had expected that the person he disregarded would, with a single move, break the Great Reincarnation Technique he had executed by consuming his vital essence and lifespan!
This shock was no trivial matter.
While he was caught in this moment of shock, Fang Han's Great Chaos Thunder Sword, carrying world-splitting might, had already descended upon his head. However, although this sword clearly slashed down upon his body, it hacked into empty space. It did not truly strike him.
"Fang Han, you cannot kill me. I am in another parallel dimension. Having mastered spatial rules, even if I am just a clone, you still cannot oppose me. This is realm."
Su Xiuyi once again condensed his power, preparing a stronger method to deal with Fang Han.
But at this exact moment, Fang Qingxue's voice rang out again.
"Under destiny, no one can escape. Boundless voids, numerous worlds as numerous as specks of dust, cannot escape the entanglement of destiny. In the name of destiny, sever the avatar of the soul."
A lingering power immediately permeated the void.
Fang Qingxue flew out from the Eight部 Pagoda, her face completely expressionless, looking like an existence that controlled the Heavenly Dao and fate.
Su Xiuyi's body moved, seemingly unable to stir an inch, actually appearing out of the void and returning to the real space: "Fang Qingxue, you inherently did not have much lifespan left. For you to actually consume your lifespan to execute this divine ability to sever the connection between my true self and my clone, you are courting your own destruction, courting your own destruction."
Fang Qingxue ignored him. Her voice continued, resonant and vast, without the slightest fluctuation of magic power, yet Su Xiuyi's physical form actually began to slowly dissipate.
"Eternal destiny, carrying the souls of the myriad beings, reaching directly to the boundless opposite shore. In the name of destiny, I strip the pivot between your true self and your avatar."
Su Xiuyi's form became increasingly scattered.
"Hmph! I will abandon this avatar and kill you first. Reincarnation turns, heaven and earth go silent!"
In one ten-thousandth of an instant, Su Xiuyi's form completely turned into a streak of flowing light, charging toward Fang Qingxue. Crashing directly into the surroundings of Fang Qingxue's body, it broke through the endless lightning true qi and heavily blasted upon her body.
"Pfft!"
Fang Qingxue's voice was violently interrupted. Her face turned pale, she sprayed out a mouthful of fresh blood, and her body actually plummeted downwards.