"Something is emerging from underground. What powerful magic power. Could it be?"
The male and female Golden Core cultivators of the Limitless Star Palace were meditating to recover their magic power when they suddenly felt the ground tremble violently. It seemed as if a primeval giant beast was about to bore out from the depths of the earth, and a terrifying aura shrouded the hearts of everyone present.
"Could the Soul Devouring Holy Beast be right here?"
"Be strictly on guard!"
Rings of precious light emerged from the bodies of the two Golden Core cultivators. At the same time, many rogue cultivators also flew up into the air.
Boom! A tectonic plate of the earth was forcibly lifted up, and a human figure slowly ascended from within.
"It is not the Soul Devouring Holy Beast; it is a cultivator."
"Who is this cultivator? To unexpectedly be underground? What a powerful aura, this is an expert in the Heaven Defying Fate Changing boundary at the tenth level of the Divine Ability Realm."
"What a tyrannical aura. This person's cultivation base is immeasurably deep. He is only one step away from stepping into the Longevity Mystic Realm to become an Eternal Giant."
Seeing that it was a human figure, the male and female Golden Core cultivators somewhat relaxed. Gathering their gazes and taking a closer look, they discovered that this figure looked like a scholar, with an aura that seemed righteous yet not righteous, evil yet not evil.
"Who goes there!" the female cultivator let out a shout of interrogation. "I am a true disciple of the Limitless Star Palace, dare I ask why you are hiding underground."
"So it is the true disciples of the Limitless Star Palace. I am the Life Snatching Scholar, a mere rogue cultivator. I went out to gather herbs and refine pills, and happened to pass by this star. I thought of going underground to collect a few precious ores, but found a large number of cultivators passing by. Thus, I came out to take a look at what exactly happened." Fang Han burst into loud laughter. "You two worthy talents, I have admired the Limitless Star Palace deeply all my life, and I have also received some favors from it. I was taught a few stellar divine abilities by an elder of the Limitless Star Palace. Just now, I heard from underground that you are hunting a Soul Devouring Holy Beast? I can help."
"Life Snatching Scholar? I have never heard of this rogue cultivator. You say you were once taught divine abilities by an elder of the Limitless Star Palace. What is the name of that elder?"
The male cultivator asked, his gaze flashing with a trace of vigilance.
"That elder would not let me reveal his name, saying that only when I cultivate to the Longevity Mystic Realm and become an Eternal Giant can I enter the Limitless Star Palace and return under his tutelage." Fang Han's finger moved slightly, and a streak of starlight rapidly condensed at his fingertip, forming a long saber. It was dazzling and resplendent, buzzing loudly, as if it possessed sentience.
"Star Refining Devil Slaying Saber!"
The male and female Golden Core cultivators were startled. They recognized that this was an exclusive divine ability of the Limitless Star Palace and would not be taught to outsiders.
Fang Han smiled faintly, his fingers continuously shifting. Stellar power emanated from his body like a tidal wave and transformed into a Stellar King. This Stellar King wore a high crown and strange robes, radiating incomparable pressure, as if it were the sole deity standing tall between heaven and earth.
"Star King Descending Art! A supreme divine ability! Even we did not obtain the inheritance of this divine ability."
The female Golden Core cultivator shivered all over.
"What do you two think? Can these few stellar divine abilities of mine catch your discerning eyes?" Fang Han's eyes moved, and a wave of divine intent was transmitted over. "Since you two have not cultivated it, it just so happens that I can teach the secret arts of this divine ability to you. If you two cultivate it secretly, you will surely achieve great things. This can also be considered as my way of repaying some of the favors of the Limitless Star Palace."
"What? The secret cultivation method of the Star King Descending Art? It really is."
Upon receiving Fang Han's divine intent, the male and female Golden Core cultivators were both shocked silly. Subsequently, an expression of wild joy appeared on their faces.
Among the stellar divine abilities Fang Han had obtained, aside from the "Myriad Stars Limitless Book," which was the general outline and the most profound, the second most profound was the "Star King Descending Art." It gathered the power of over a thousand types of stars to condense into a "Star King," possessing all sorts of inconceivable profound mysteries. In the end, this Star King would become a supreme external avatar, a second primal spirit.
Originally, Fang Han did not want to pass this divine ability to these male and female Golden Core cultivators. Using the Great Pudu Zen Light to cross them over would be the most direct method. The Great Pudu Zen Light currently could not cross over Eternal Giants, but crossing over Golden Core experts was as easy as flipping one's hand.
Because Fang Han was now at the tenth level of the Divine Ability Realm, fully three boundaries surpassing the Golden Core.
However, the power of the Limitless Star Palace was truly too massive, and Fang Han dared not act rashly. It was better to win over the two Golden Core cultivators first. After all, cultivating to the Golden Core of the seventh level of the Divine Ability Realm meant their status within the Limitless Star Palace was also exceptionally high.
He would win over these two cultivators, inquire about some clues regarding the whereabouts of the "Soul Devouring Holy Beast," then subdue it and leave, returning to the Ascension Sect to refine it into a medicinal pill.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist. This time, our search for the whereabouts of the Soul Devouring Holy Beast is a sect mission. If we can find the location of this holy beast, the sect will give us generous rewards. However, this mission is also exceptionally dangerous. If we could have Fellow Daoist's assistance, that would truly be wonderful."
The female Golden Core cultivator spoke immediately.
"I also want to see what the Soul Devouring Holy Beast looks like, so let us search together." Fang Han smiled faintly.
"We are responsible for searching this starry region, comprising several hundred stars. Since Fellow Daoist is assisting me, then follow us. Let us board the Void Shuttle first."
The male Golden Core cultivator waved his hand, and a pitch-black shuttle the size of an awning boat appeared beside him.
"This is a simple Void Shuttle. Every time it translocates, it must consume one hundred Pure Yang Pills; the cost is astonishingly high. Moreover, after this Void Shuttle translocates one thousand times, it will collapse and be completely destroyed, unable to be used again." The male Golden Core cultivator sighed. "I wonder what magic treasure Fellow Daoist uses to cross across the starry sky?"
"I use a Dao artifact, but the power of Pure Yang it consumes is over ten thousand times that of the Void Shuttle. It is better to ride in your Void Shuttle. In any case, it is merely a search of a few hundred stars in this area; using my Dao artifact is truly not worth it." Fang Han's heart stirred slightly. "How do you two have so many Pure Yang Pills? Could they have been issued by the sect?"
"Correct, they were issued by the sect. As true disciples of the Limitless Star Palace, we have a large number of Pure Yang Pills issued to us every month. Furthermore, before coming out this time, the elders knew we had to perform interstellar translocations for the search and gave each of us one hundred thousand Pure Yang Pills to drive the Void Shuttle. However, this is also because we have successfully cultivated a Golden Core. Other disciples do not receive such treatment."
The female Golden Core cultivator spoke with a face full of both pride and envy, "For Fellow Daoist to unexpectedly possess a Dao artifact is truly enviable. If I had a Dao artifact, I could go to the Doomsday Graveyard to temper myself, and my cultivation base would definitely advance by leaps and bounds."
"Doomsday Graveyard?"
Fang Han's heart stirred again; he had heard of this name.
The Demon Commander's upper-grade Dao artifact, the "Eye of the Dharma's End," was successfully refined only after Ying Xiantian and many elders of the Innate Demonic Sect cultivated in the Doomsday Graveyard for over a thousand years.
Rumor had it that this Doomsday Graveyard contained endless demons, endless auras of disaster, and endless natural treasures. It was incomparably hazardous; even Eternal Giants faced the danger of perishing at any moment. Yet, it was the best place for cultivators to undergo tempering.
Fang Han even knew that if he wanted to cultivate the "Great Disaster Art" and master the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations, as well as various divine abilities, the best place for cultivation was the rumored "Doomsday Graveyard."
"The Doomsday Graveyard? I have always wanted to enter it to cultivate so I can break through the final boundary of the Divine Ability Mystic Realm, step into the Longevity Mystic Realm, and become an Eternal Giant. Unfortunately, I have never been able to find where the entrance is. If you two know the place, I can take you inside to cultivate." Fang Han opened his mouth to inquire.
"The Doomsday Graveyard is also a great world. Our Limitless Star Palace has space-time channels that lead into it. As long as sect disciples have enough strength, they can go inside to temper themselves, but their life or death is ignored," the female Golden Core cultivator said.
"The Doomsday Graveyard is too dangerous. In fact, the best place to temper oneself is the Xuanhuang Great World. It is said to be the place closest to the Immortal Realm. The magic treasures there are innumerable, the spirit medicines are endless, and there are treasures everywhere." The male Golden Core cultivator's tone was filled with longing.
"Unfortunately, it is too far from our location. Furthermore, our Limitless Star Palace's channel leading to the Xuanhuang Great World has already been severed by that traitorous Holy Maiden." The female Golden Core cultivator shook her head. "Fellow Daoist, let us go. We can talk in detail while searching. I also want to ask Fellow Daoist for guidance on the secret methods of cultivating stellar divine abilities. The divine ability 'Star King Descending Art' is not that easy to cultivate."
While speaking, she sent over a hundred Pure Yang Pills flying and infused them into the Void Shuttle. This shuttle, containing powerful spatial forces, suddenly tore open the void and drilled into a void storm, heading toward the next star to be searched.
The stars here were all extremely small, far from being as large as the Dragonwood Star; they were only the size of a blood and flesh quagmire. Therefore, they were exceptionally easy to search.
Sitting in this Void Shuttle, Fang Han casually asked questions and gained a general understanding of the overall situation in this starry region.
This starry region was called the Corner of Chaos. Many cultivation sects existed on hundreds and thousands of stars, and at the end of the Corner of Chaos lay a great world called the Limitless Great World. The Limitless Star Palace occupied the entire Limitless Great World.
This great world was just like the Xuanhuang Great World, albeit somewhat smaller, yet it still contained many profound mysteries and many void spaces.
At this moment, Fang Han had already formed a deeper understanding of the heaven, earth, and universe.
In the vast starry sky, there were many great worlds, followed by stars. A single great world was boundlessly vast, equivalent to hundreds of billions of stars.
"Xuanhuang Great World, Limitless Great World… I wonder what other great worlds exist within this heaven, earth, and universe? In the ancient Daoist scriptures, there is always this sentence, which is the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds. Could it mean that in the heaven, earth, and universe, massive worlds like the Xuanhuang Great World total three thousand? That would be terrifying."
In his heart, Fang Han speculated while simultaneously dividing his attention to comprehend the profound mysteries of the Minor Destiny Art, while asking, "What about those rogue cultivators?"
"Those rogue cultivators? They are all here to take advantage. They pooled their money to buy Void Shuttles and Pure Yang Pills, hoping to find the Soul Devouring Holy Beast and get a share of the spoils. They are all seeking their own deaths. What does it matter to us? Rogue cultivators who haven't successfully cultivated a Golden Core have absolutely no value. Our Limitless Star Palace couldn't care less about their lives or deaths. In our Limitless Star Palace, only those who successfully cultivate a Golden Core can become true disciples. These rogue cultivators are just ordered around to do hard labor for us!"
The female Golden Core cultivator said with disdain.
"What? Only by successfully cultivating a Golden Core can one become a true disciple… This threshold is too high." Fang Han was incomparably shocked in his heart.