"Things a thousand years from now, who can say for sure? In our Taiyi Sect, talents appear one after another, and in the Yuhua Sect, talents also emerge continuously. Maybe a peerless genius will emerge to replace us." Chi Rongtian gave a light grasp. Ten thousand miles away, a mountain peak flew up, flames circulating as it transformed into a gigantic chess piece, plunging to the ground like a meteorite, landing heavily. It shone brightly on the massive chessboard like an enormous gem.
"A killing move? Good play!" When Hua Tiandu saw it, a slice of fierceness flashed in his eyes as he placed a piece squarely targeting the weakness in Chi Rongtian's piece. "What peerless genius? In the face of absolute power, everything is just floating clouds. Whatever peerless genius threatens my position, I only have one word, and that is kill!"
Chi Rongtian applauded consecutively. "Speaking of which, Brother Tiandu's people have probably already cleared out Fang Han's forces inside the Yuhua Sect by now. After this long, there should be some news."
Hua Tiandu nodded. "There will be news in a short while. When that Fang Han returns, it will just happen to cause him to go mad. As the saying goes, if you want someone to perish, first make them go mad. Once he turns crazy and violates my Yuhua Sect's rules, I have a hundred methods to have him sanctioned."
While Hua Tiandu and Chi Rongtian played chess, some great figures were also in heated discussion.
"Immortal Qin, who do you think will win this match between Hua Tiandu and Chi Rongtian? How about our Nine Cauldrons Tower and your Six Paths Alliance make a bet on it?" A Daoist exuding an immortal aura, holding a whisk, said to another burly man.
Both of these individuals were eternal mighty figures, formidable personages at the first stage of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Ten Thousand Lives Realm. One was the Great Elder of the Nine Cauldrons Tower, the other a Helmsman of the Six Paths Alliance.
The Six Paths Alliance excelled at collecting information everywhere, whereas the Nine Cauldrons Tower specialized in selling magical treasures. Yet, both great chambers of commerce paid extensive attention to the news of the match between the first vice sect master of the Yuhua Sect and the first vice sect master of the Taiyi Sect. This could determine the future Supreme Headmasters and the comparative strengths of their two sects.
Barring the unexpected, these two individuals would both be Supreme Headmasters in the future, wielding immense authority and leading one faction of the immortal path's dominion. This was countless times greater in power than any emperor in the secular world.
"I think Hua Tiandu will win. His strength can only be described as unfathomable." The burly man said.
"Looks like there's no need for a bet. We are of the same opinion. Hua Tiandu will certainly preside over the Yuhua Sect in the future. Moreover, given his relationship with the Taiyi Sect, there will definitely be less tension compared to Feng Baiyu. When the time comes, with the two sects joining forces, the immortal path landscape of the Xuanhuang Great World might well turn into entirely another picture."
While the two were discussing, suddenly, a fire talisman tore through the void and fell into the burly man's hand.
"Heaven and Earth Fire Talisman, Piercing the Void to Send a Message! What major incident has occurred that our Six Paths Alliance would actually utilize such an urgent method of communication?" Startled, the burly man took the fire talisman letter into his hand, tore it open, and looked at it. Instantly, his face froze. "A major incident has occurred, indeed a massive incident."
At the same time, numerous letters shattered through the sky, arriving continuously.
And while the two major experts, Hua Tiandu and Chi Rongtian, were playing chess, communications from the Taiyi Sect and the Yuhua Sect also fell into their hands.
Following the letters, a figure abruptly materialized in the sky, extremely formidable and with the cultivation of the Undying Body. Surprisingly, it was Taiyi Sect's Elder Tang Jingshan.
"Hua Tiandu, a great disaster has struck! Fang Han has returned to the Yuhua Sect and has attained the Undying Body. He completely massacred all the disciples you had implanted into the Yuhua Sect! The methods shocked the world. On top of that, the three vice sect masters who submitted to you were captured! Among them, one vice sect master was brutally murdered directly by him. Plundering divine powers, refining essential energy, his means are vicious, far more malicious than the demonic path! Quick, get back to the Yuhua Sect!"
Upon appearing, Tang Jingshan voiced out, shouting anxiously, so loudly that everyone present could hear it vividly.
"What? How could such a thing occur? This is utterly unimaginable."
"This information is accurate; I have received the news as well."
"Your Six Paths Alliance gets information really fast."
"Shocking the world, absolutely shocking the world. Now, genuinely huge trouble has emerged in the Yuhua Sect. Fang Han returns powerfully, dismantling Hua Tiandu's offensive. The contention over the seat of the Yuhua Sect's headmaster surges with new turbulent waves."
"Just what in the world is going on! Could it be that for an incident of this magnitude, the Supreme Elders of my Yuhua Sect would completely ignore it?" Hua Tiandu roared frantically, his features twisting viciously, like wolves and tigers.
"The Yuhua Sect's Supreme Elder, the Demon Slaying Great Immortal Deng Ao, took action. He has always supported you, but even he could not suppress Fang Han and was almost wounded by Fang Han. Fang Han somehow acquired four supreme quality Dao artifacts and restored the power of the Yellow Spring Diagram. He is capable of executing the Wheel of Reincarnation used by the Yellow Spring Great Emperor back in the day to suppress demons. Even an expert who has comprehended the rules of space would not be able to handle him. Furthermore, he seems to possess inexhaustible Pure Yang medicinal pills. He casually handed over a hundred million Pure Yang pills to Elder Heaven's Punishment, along with several immortal pills, Tremendous Origin Supreme Unity Pills. He helped Elder Heaven's Punishment break through to the realm of the Undying Body."
As Tang Jingshan spoke, he displayed shock and jealousy, along with a trace of fear. "Terrifying, terrifying! It's too terrifying! This person finally exposed his sharp fangs. How did he advance so quickly? Now killing him is more difficult than anything."
"How can this be? This is impossible! How could he suddenly cross three realms and reach the cultivation of the Undying Body? Furthermore, even if it is the Undying Body, I could squeeze him to death. Why did he also restore the Yellow Spring Diagram!" Hua Tiandu's visage became utterly savage, incomparably frantic, appearing completely like a great tycoon whose most trusted wife had taken off with all his assets, turning him into a beggar traversing the streets.
This piece of news served as thunder from a clear sky, shocking him until his head rang.
"There is one bit of good news, and that is the Demon Slaying Great Immortal Deng Ao is completely furious. He plans to convene the Yuhua Sect's Supreme Elder Council, ordering Feng Baiyu to sanction Fang Han and expel him from the Yuhua Sect. This matter carries significant weight; you must return to the Yuhua Sect to add extreme detail before all the Supreme Elders. In addition, our Taiyi Sect has also learned of this news and has resolved to fully support you regarding this issue. Great Grandmaster Taihuangtian has declared that as long as you can make the Yuhua Sect expel Fang Han, we can take action and thoroughly kill Fang Han. Also, when you go back, inform those Supreme Elders that if you assume the position of the Yuhua Sect's headmaster, our Taiyi Sect will allow future Yuhua Sect disciples the opportunity to enter the Eternal Divine Furnace to cultivate."
Tang Jingshan threw out an immensely profound sentence.
"Fine. With this statement, I believe those Supreme Elders will definitively be moved and will consider this matter! Fang Han, this time I want you completely torn to shreds!"
Hua Tiandu's body trembled. The supreme quality Dao artifact, the Great Barren Ancient Furnace, spun, and he entirely vanished from this planet, launching himself far out toward the Xuanhuang Great World.
"This time Hua Tiandu is in danger. That Fang Han has surprisingly restored the Yellow Spring Diagram, making him this formidable. This is huge news. I must get this news out and sold as quickly as possible. If I'm late, it won't be worth pills anymore." The burly man from the Six Paths Alliance also disappeared.
"Fang Han really is formidable. The Yuhua Sect has greatly profited this time. The emergence of a figure like Fang Han… An Undying Body capable of resisting a Supreme Elder who comprehended spatial rules. This sort of formidableness cannot be matched merely by the Divine Powers Secret Realm."
"The Tiandu Alliance… disband it. If we don't disband and stick with Hua Tiandu, sooner or later we will simply be slain by Fang Han. Fang Han clearly stated that whoever follows Hua Tiandu and opposes him will only face death. My Heavenly Dao Pavilion still shares some rapport with Fang Han. If various mighty figures are interested in acting as an artifact refining master for my Heavenly Dao Pavilion, we might avoid the calamity."
As soon as Hua Tiandu left, several mighty figures from the Heavenly Dao Pavilion hastily shouted in long roars.
Immediately, several mighty figures of the Tiandu Alliance, sect leaders of wandering cultivators from the planet, began to hesitate.
These colossal beings initially held no loyalty, but were merely integrated forcefully by Hua Tiandu. Now that Hua Tiandu encountered a crisis, and Fang Han was aggressively murderous, with even Supreme Elders being put at a disadvantage, these people were naturally afraid of death.
Immediately, several giant figures shouted aloud, "I am willing to part ways with the Tiandu Alliance to act as an artifact refining master for the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, hoping the Heavenly Dao Pavilion can shelter us against pursuit by Fang Han."
"Haha! Haha!" A few steersmen of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion laughed merrily. These solitary cultivators were each absolute giants. Now serving as artifact refining masters for the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, they could forge Dao artifacts. The pavilion was clearly on track for vast wealth once more.
Recruiting an eternal mighty figure was exceedingly difficult. The terrible price attached could virtually cause heavy bleeding. Yet under this current circumstance, these eternal mighty figures would not only forgo any compensation, but would exert their complete effort to craft magical treasures.
Immediately, many colossal beings of the Tiandu Alliance abdicated control from Hua Tiandu, switching their path to enter the Heavenly Dao Pavilion to evade the tribulation.
"What does it mean for 'the monkeys scatter when the tree falls'? This is the epitome of it. Sigh, the fickleness of the world… even we cultivators are no exception. Just moments ago, it was still a tremendously imposing Tiandu Alliance, now blown apart like wind and clouds."
Seeing all this, Chi Rongtian began to sigh.
"This group was an unorganized rabble to begin with. They had no cohesive force. For a sect to have a cohesive force, it needs to experience ten thousand years of shared life and death. Hua Tiandu wanting to depend on these people to coalesce together was simply a pipe dream." Tang Jingshan stated.
"That vile spawn Fang Han is just excessively formidable. With such a commanding return, tell me, do you think the Yuhua Sect would abandon him? I reckon it is primarily impossible. You have to realize that right now, as an expert having reached the Undying Body, his worth is drastically superior to Hua Tiandu's." Chi Rongtian posed the question.
"That is not absolutely concrete. Among the Supreme Elder Council, there are still plenty who support Hua Tiandu. After all, Hua Tiandu is someone they have observed for several centuries. They know all his foundational details. Conversely, Fang Han springing up so abruptly out of a matter of years, everyone senses something sinister there. The Yuhua Sect will not absolutely trust Fang Han." Tang Jingshan elucidated: "This time Fang Han also wanted to probe the Yuhua Sect's bottom line. However, the Yuhua Sect's Supreme Elders are definitely going to administer a punishment. If he remains unpunished, the hearts within the sect will all unravel."
"This vile spawn Fang Han can tolerate absolutely no grit in his eyes. If punished, it is highly likely he will revolt against the Yuhua Sect."
"That represents our prime opportunity." Tang Jingshan grinned. "We can utilize the prospect to slay him. Nevertheless, the Yuhua Sect's Supreme Elders are no idiots. To punish him, they will certainly orchestrate the stripping of his Yellow Spring Diagram; they will never award him the exact window needed to mutiny."