Inside the Eight Sections Pagoda, there were fully over a hundred million Heavenly Demons continuously chanting the Six-Syllable True Mantra, urging the Great Pudu Zen Light, with massive amounts of willpower bursting forth from their bodies.
And Jialan, Little Star Cloud, Long Xuan, Spirit Crane, Princess Hongyi, and others were continuously cultivating. While absorbing the Pure Yang origin qi, they executed the artifact-refining techniques from the Heavenly Dragon Secret Manual, constantly circulating the Eight Sections True Dragon Qi, breaking down various materials, and condensing the Eight Sections Pagoda.
And among them, the nine great experts, Daoist Dragon, Daoist Wood, Lulan Po, Dharma King Jidu, Cang Yingzi, Luoshui Bei, Ancestor Flying Heaven, Ancestor Heavenly Dipper, and Ancestor Formless, were also continuously absorbing the Immortal Realm's origin qi, tempering Pure Yang medicinal pills, feeding the Heavenly Demons, cultivating themselves, and simultaneously transforming the Eight Sections Pagoda into Mid-Grade Dao Tools.
As for the three great experts, Feng Yaoguang, Fang Qingxue, and the Dragon Emperor Ahuan, they were also refining ritualistically step by step according to the artifact-refining techniques of the Heavenly Dragon Secret Manual.
Originally, for refining Mid-Grade Dao Tools, having experts of the Immortal Body would suffice. Cave Heaven Realm experts at the level of Fang Qingxue and Dragon Emperor Ahuan could very quickly succeed in the ritual refinement. But the Eight Sections Pagoda was different from ordinary Dao tools. Every time it advanced a level, cultivating various materials and formations required hundreds or a thousand years of accumulation.
Fang Han and the others had carried out ritual refinement in the Yellow Springs Diagram for a full two sixty-year cycles, sixty years last time and sixty years this time, which only made the pagoda body condense much more, without undergoing a qualitative change.
After passing through these sixty years of cultivation again, the number of Heavenly Demons in the Eight Sections Pagoda had reached a full one hundred million. Under the feeding of abundant Pure Yang medicinal pills and various Black God Pills, the number of Heavenly Demon Kings had now grown to thirty thousand.
Among them, there were also over a thousand top-level Golden Core Heavenly Demon Kings.
However, in this way, the daily consumption of Pure Yang medicinal pills was also a massive figure.
Fang Han was now already stretched to the limit.
If nothing unexpected happened, one year later, his entire inventory of Pure Yang medicinal pills would be completely consumed. His current stock of over ten billion would become zero.
Furthermore, Fang Han now did not have a single extra magical treasure; all of them had been integrated into the Eight Sections Pagoda. The countless materials plundered from killing countless people had all been broken down.
"This time I must obtain the treasures in the Heavenly Martial Storehouse, at least taking out a few trillion Pure Yang medicinal pills, so I won't be deficient."
While discussing a series of matters regarding fetching treasures from the Heavenly Martial Storehouse with Fang Qingxue and the others, Fang Han paid attention to the direction given by the seven princesses of the Azure Mound Fox Clan.
"Fang Han, we have flown out of the Nine Heavens Astral Wind layer, do not fly upwards anymore. Flying further will enter outer space. Let us advance towards the depths of the suns and moons."
The voice of the Seventh Princess transmitted over.
"Flying towards the suns and moons, good! I am executing the Great Movement Technique."
Fang Han flew out of the Nine Heavens Astral Wind layer. Flying forward further would be the boundless and vast starry sky, but he did not prepare to continue flying forward. Instead, with a flick of his hands, he cast a series of hand incantations, executing the Great Movement Technique, instantly tearing open the void and arriving in a unique space.
Entering this unique space, one immediately felt tyrannical freezing qi and flame qi. In the vast space, several giant stellar suns and moons faintly emerged. Each of those stellar suns and moons was fully as large as the Chaotic Continent.
These were the suns and moons that illuminated the Xuanhuang Great World.
Above the sky of the Xuanhuang Great World, there were many suns and moons, alternating in cycles, orbiting and illuminating. Whenever it was daytime, many suns would leap out from space, illuminating the Xuanhuang Great World entirely brightly. And when it was night, many moons would also jump out, sprinkling cool and icy radiance between heaven and earth.
The Xuanhuang Great World was far too large; it required many suns and moons to be able to illuminate it.
Thousands of suns and moons were hidden in a mysterious and vast spatiotemporal zone outside the Xuanhuang Great World, operating according to a fixed pattern. This was not a magical power achievable by humans; it was purely the true force of natural creation.
As soon as he entered this space, Fang Han felt that there was ice and fire everywhere.
A world that was half ice and half fire.
Sometimes, massive flames pervaded for hundreds of millions of miles. Flame storms swept over, and a casual sweep could directly evaporate an ocean.
Within those flames, Fang Han could even see massive Golden Crow firebirds flying around, and giant flame spirits roaring and cruising within. Additionally, beside some huge moons, within the cold ice true qi, giant cold ice spirits, and even ice dragons, were roaring and making shockwaves within.
Here, ordinary giants of the ages could not survive; they would be submerged by the boundless tidal waves of the suns and moons. Strong experts of the Immortal Body also had to be extremely careful. Getting caught in the center of the violent tides of the suns and moons would bring about fatal disaster.
However, this was a good place for cultivation, a splendid location for ritually refining various Dao tools, gathering true qi of the greater yang and greater yin, and refining divine abilities.
Fang Han's flight on this journey was faster than lightning. In an instant, executing the Great Movement Technique covered over a million miles. Wherever he flew past, whether it was Golden Crow firebirds, or giant cold ice spirits, or ice dragons, all of them were swallowed into his body as he executed the Great Devouring Technique, melting into the Crimson Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi and the Great Freezing Technique. His own cave heaven also became sturdier.
"This is truly naked plundering."
"Speaking of which, the spatiotemporal void of the suns and moons around the Xuanhuang Great World is truly boundlessly vast, and also quite incredibly perilous. Even if the seven of us joined forces, without Fang Han, to travel through it wouldn't be this easy."
"It is indeed so, but passing through the sun and moon spatiotemporal zone to reach the depths of the spatiotemporal tides, that is the truly dangerous zone."
Seeing Fang Han displaying such divine might, the seven princesses of the Fox Clan were also glad to not waste their magical power.
Wherever Fang Han flew past, with every traversal, a vacuum zone spanning thousands of miles in radius was devoured. Who knew how much flame qi and cold ice true qi was absorbed and internalized, while Fang Han himself seemed like a bottomless pit, forever unable to be fully satiated by devouring.
"Blazing Flame King, that person just now devoured tens of thousands of your flame qi and the Golden Crow army, why didn't you go up and kill him?"
"Are you joking? This person's strength is terrifying to the extreme. Even if you and I joined forces, we would absolutely be devoured by him. Although we are natural deities born in the sun and moon tides, much more formidable than ordinary cultivators, we are also existences coveted by some powerful cultivators. If they captured me, they could refine various Dao tools, or even integrate me into their bodies to cultivate various powerful divine abilities."
Not long after Fang Han flew past like this, in the depths of the flames and the cold ice, two tyrannical giant spirits appeared. Each of them was ten zhang tall, with a perfect physique.
These two giant spirits were natural deities born within the sun and moon tides. Although powerful, seeing Fang Han pass by, they still trembled with fear in their hearts, not daring to go over and provoke him.
"Hahaha… Two natural deities born in the sun and moon tides, what good luck. Both of these two natural deities have cultivated to the Long Life Realm and can absorb the origin qi of the Immortal Realm, condense divine abilities, and achieve longevity of ten thousand years. It seems there are quite a few good things in the sun and moon spatiotemporal void of this Xuanhuang Great World."
Just after the two natural living beings spoke, an overwhelmingly huge, sky-covering large hand directly shattered the surrounding space, and then shrouded down.
These two natural deities fundamentally did not have the time to react before they were grabbed in the hand.
Subsequently, this large hand disappeared, and a young man wearing a golden robe appeared. This young man was extremely tall, with his hair draped behind his head. The golden robe was embroidered with numerous decorative patterns, forming one mysterious design after another.
The two great natural deities had now each turned into a bead, one ice and one fire, the size of broad beans, continuously spinning in his palm.
To actually be able to instantly refine two great natural deities, which could rival giants of the ages at the Long Life Realm, into beads, the terrifying extent of this person's strength was truly unimaginably bizarre.
"Hmph! Getting this happy over refining two weak natural deities. Xuan Xia, you really have no promise. You've completely thrown away the face of our Holy Light Empire."
Right at this moment, a woman's voice resounded at this man's side. The void was torn open with a rumbling sound, and a woman also dressed in a golden robe walked out from within.
"Xuan Ying, you've been mocking and ridiculing me all the way. I'd really like to see, to what stage has your Great Illumination Technique been cultivated? Let's have a fight right here in this sun and moon tide, how about it?" The young man wearing the golden robe was called Xuan Xia, and that woman was called Xuan Ying. Both of them came from the mysterious Holy Light Empire.
"Idiot? Although the Xuanhuang Great World has declined, it does not lack absolute experts. Although our Holy Light Great World currently ranks in the top ten among the three thousand great worlds, with experts as common as clouds, it is not ranked first. We are still far from being able to dominate the universe of heaven and earth, let alone compare to the Immortal Realm. Besides, this time, the position of our Xuan Family within the Holy Light Empire is not very stable either. If we secretly obtain the treasures this time, after going back, not only will it bring glory to the family, but our personal status will also gain a tremendous elevation."
"Alright then. This time, the elders of our Xuan Family calculated that a treasure house has appeared in the world around the Xuanhuang Great World. Furthermore, within these three days, in the spatiotemporal tide closest to the Immortal Realm in the Xuanhuang Great World, the tidal force will weaken. We must act stealthily to obtain the treasure house's collection. Just now it seems an expert passed by, who must also be someone attempting to fetch the treasures."
"Let's go, let's go up and kill him."
"No need. Once inside the spatiotemporal tide, he will not even have time to look after himself. We just need to leverage the tidal force, and then we will be able to gain a massive advantage. Although our Holy Light Great World cultivates the Great Illumination Technique, this time the elders secretly imparted the Great Tidal Technique to us, which allows us to pass through unhindered in any tide."
While speaking, the two great experts suddenly disappeared without a trace in a flash.
"Fang Han, straight ahead is the rift in the spatiotemporal tide. The spatiotemporal tide is the most terrifying existence between heaven and earth. It is incomparably perilous inside. Especially the ferocity of the spatiotemporal tide near the Xuanhuang Great World surpasses the tidal power of all great worlds; this is a distorting force caused by the celestial bodies of the Xuanhuang Great World and the Immortal Realm."
Suddenly, the Human Emperor Pen inside the Yellow Springs Diagram opened his eyes.