"What was going on just now? That axe gleam!" Yan Shuitian and Yan both said in shock.
"I don't know either." Fang Han shook his head. "However, that axe gleam made the Spoon of the Desolate God and the World Tree tremble. If my guess is not wrong, that should be the great axe of the God Race that severed the World Tree reappearing, the Artifact of Creation that transcends fairy artifacts in legends."
"That should be impossible."
Yan said resolutely and decisively: "If it truly is the Artifact of Creation in legends, then we all must die. Under a single suppression, even the entire Xuanhuang Great World would collapse. What Taiyi Sect, Yuhua Sect, Ten Gates of the Immortal Dao, Immortal Venerable Linglong, various immemorial experts, they would all thoroughly die; no one could escape. Even a cultivation of the Heavenly Lord level would not be able to escape."
"An Artifact of Creation is this formidable?" Fang Han was taken aback.
"You don't know the formidability of an Artifact of Creation. The Yellow Springs Great Emperor died precisely under the Artifact of Creation of the Creation Immortal King, and it was an incomplete Artifact of Creation at that. Otherwise, ordinary immortals of the Immortal Realm fundamentally could not do anything to the Yellow Springs Great Emperor; even a Golden Immortal or Ancestral Immortal would be impossible. One can imagine how terrifying an Artifact of Creation is." Yan wore an incomparably grave expression. "The Yellow Springs Great Emperor had an unknown number of fortuitous encounters and obtained the direct transmission of power from Daoist Samsara. Some people in the world thought the Yellow Springs Great Emperor merely had the cultivation of the Longevity Tenth Layer, the True Immortal realm. In truth, he far surpassed immortals."
"I also know a little bit about the matters of Artifacts of Creation. For example, my Taiyi Sect's fairy artifact, the Eternal Divine Furnace, although formidable, remains unable to withstand a single blow before an Artifact of Creation." Yan Shuitian said: "However, I have a question. Cultivating in the mortal world, why could one cultivate to such a formidable extent? To actually be able to cultivate to the cultivation of a Heavenly Lord in legends? Heavenly Lords are legends even in the Immortal Realm. Do they not need to ascend? Right now, reaching the cultivation of the True Immortal level, there are Immortal Realm talismans descending. Ordering them to ascend."
"This naturally involves a series of secret methods. In truth, amidst the myriad realms of the heavens, there are infinite mysteries. Figures like Daoist Hongmeng and World Honored Free King Buddha also comprehended creation right in the mortal world, fully capable of suppressing all experts of the Immortal Realm. Ordinary figures must go to the Immortal Realm to cultivate before they have the possibility to advance. The secrets of the myriad realms of the heavens are far, far too many. Even the Immortal Realm cannot possibly control everything; otherwise, it would not be this chaotic." Recently, within the Yellow Springs Diagram, Yan's cultivation had progressed rapidly, seemingly having completely awakened ancient memories.
"Is that so? What kind of person is the Daoist Samsara you just mentioned?" Fang Han said.
"Daoist Samsara is the junior apprentice brother of Daoist Hongmeng." Yan said: "But I am not clear either, because when the Yellow Springs Great Emperor molded me, Daoist Samsara had already passed his power and divine abilities onto him. I merely inherited some fragmentary memories from the Yellow Springs Great Emperor; otherwise, the Yellow Springs Great Emperor could not possibly have cultivated to such a cultivation. Heavenly Lord, what is a Heavenly Lord? A True Immortal level like Taihuang Tian is like an ant in his eyes."
"Then back then, why didn't the Yellow Springs Great Emperor wipe out the Taiyi Sect?" Fang Han said.
"It was because of the Immortal Realm." Yan said: "The power of the Immortal Realm. Originally, the Yellow Springs Great Emperor did not want to enter the Immortal Realm, but an obscure power within the Immortal Realm was always provoking him."
"It seems everything in the Xuanhuang Great World is very likely being inspected by the Immortal Realm as well." Suddenly, Fang Han produced a feeling of being stared at: "I wonder if the Immortal Realm has noticed me now? My limelight has been so great recently. Even more so, I seized the Spoon of the Desolate God."
"This should not happen; your cultivation is too low. At the very least, you must reach Void Immortal, at which point power reaches a kind of peak, sensing the Immortal Realm and possessing the preliminary capability to tear the barrier of the Immortal Realm." Yan shook his head: "The Immortal Realm shouldn't be as powerful as you imagine, truly inspecting the myriad realms of the heavens. Otherwise, the God Race, the Dragon Race, the Buddhist Sect, as well as many, many great sects and the three thousand great thousand worlds; geniuses more formidable than you and with fortuitous encounters are countless. How could they possibly inspect them one by one? Oh right, Fang Han, I saw you calculating for a long time; where did that mysterious axe gleam just now come from?"
"Regarding this matter, I faintly have a trace of an answer in my heart, but for the time being, there is no evidence, so I cannot say it out loud to prevent the other party from sensing it." Fang Han waved his hand: "There are too many secrets surrounding these matters. The pressing matter of the moment is to elevate cultivation. It's a pity these ninety-nine eighty-one Desolate Gods cannot be summoned; otherwise, that Desolate God King would be equivalent to an expert of the World King Realm, acting as a puppet, invincible under the heavens. Now I can only take the next best step and summon the five great divine beasts. Heavenly Mirage King! Pixiu King! Desolate Snake King! Mysterious Chief King! Dark Scum King! Come out for me!"
He once again urged that Original Puppet in his hand, shooting it toward the phantoms of the five great divine beasts on the altar.
Roar roar, roar roar!
Ferocious sounds transmitted out from the void. An expanse of void with tumbling tides manifested on the altar again. This time, within that void, the shadows of the five great divine beasts struggled with all their might.
Hmph!
Fang Han coldly harrumphed: "The power of these five great divine beasts is fairly similar to that of a Kunpeng or a Taotie. Although formidable, before me now, it is no big deal either. Having been forged by the Great Puppet Technique, with your soul brands on the altar, can you still run away? Could it be there will be an Artifact of Creation level great axe helping again?"
Amidst this cold harrumph, Fang Han's both hands grabbed repeatedly, the Original Puppet vibrated, and the physical forms of the five great divine beasts were actually forcefully dragged out from that tidal void, letting out massive roars, yet completely powerless.
"That tidal void is clearly the space-time tide outside the Tianwu's Treasury. Mm, not bad, not bad. After the great chaos in the Tianwu's Treasury, these divine beasts guarding the halls also ran out from within." Watching Fang Han cast his magic, Yan nodded secretly.
Seeing the five great divine beasts about to be seized over from that tidal void by Fang Han to be used as puppets once again, right at this moment, the roar of a strange beast transmitted from the depths of the space-time tide. The roar of this strange beast was naturally not as nauseating as the Original Puppet's, but upright and proper, vast and majestic, seemingly the king commanding the divine beasts.
Subsequently, a beast claw as pure white as jade grabbed out from that passage in the space-time tide. That beast claw also possessed a burst of pure immortal Qi without the slightest leakage. However, the fluctuations of its power caused the entire space and time on the altar to tremble within it, and an ancient world was produced.
This ancient world was filled with a kind of primitive aura, as if returning to the era billions of years ago before humanity was born. The primeval forests inside one after another were completely filled with ancient and powerful wild beasts, as well as giant ape-men. A primitive, barbaric aura of uncivilized culture transmitted over from within.
"What is this thing? Actually coming to stop me from collecting puppets again!" Fang Han was instantly shocked and furious in his heart. Just now, his collection of the Desolate God King was interrupted, and this time there was actually another expert coming to interrupt; he was thoroughly furious.
His palm moved, and a stream of highly toxic poison sprayed out from his palm. The Great Poison Technique was truly executed out. This Great Poison Technique was vastly different compared to three thousand years ago. During his three thousand years in the Yellow Springs Diagram, Fang Han had also used World Honored Free King Buddha's talisman to re-cultivate the Great Poison Technique under the Human Emperor's Pen's guidance.
That Great Poison Technique had now been cultivated to the point where it had only a faint color. At a glance, the Great Poison Technique astral qi Fang Han sent out had no black smoke or rancid, decaying smell at all. There was only a faint smoke hovering between transparent and translucent, looking devoid of any highly toxic aura, let alone the overbearing nature of the highly toxic poison in legends.
However, just as this faint green smoke spread out, that ancient primeval forest world that appeared suddenly began to collapse. All things turned to ashes. Anything that came into contact with the Great Poison Technique began to dissolve, turning into something akin to transparent crystalline powder. Those woods, the massive wild beasts, divine beasts, and desolate beasts within the primeval forests all aged in a state invisible to the naked eye. The entire world began to age.
"The Great Poison Technique, cultivated to the point of being formless and invisible!"
An ancient voice transmitted from the depths of the space-time tide, and then that massive claw, crystalline like white jade and with vast immortal Qi, retracted back.
Boom!
The physical forms of the five great divine beasts were seized out of the space-time tide by Fang Han, landing on the altar one by one, merging into one with their soul brands.
The five great divine beasts were originally puppets guarding some halls in the Tianwu's Treasury. Now summoned by the Great Puppet Technique, they naturally could not resist, falling into the net one after another.
"Five direction divine beasts, convert swiftly." Fang Han's large hand grabbed, and mana approaching one trillion pressed outwards. Relying on the Great Puppet Technique, he suppressed the struggling five great divine beasts in the air to the point of being completely immobilized. That "Heavenly Mirage King", with a physical form resembling a toad and a clam shell, continuously spat out mirage Qi, but it was still to no avail.
"Fang Han, Fang Han, as long as you release us and help us undo the Great Puppet Technique, we will loyally obey your commands and thoroughly serve you." A divine beast resembling a fire monkey let out a sharp cry. This divine beast was the ancient Dark Scum.
"Where is there such a cheap matter? If I release you from the Great Puppet Technique, your fierce natures will be hard to tame." Fang Han laughed loudly and struck out many hand seals: "Seal!" The Great Sealing Technique was executed from his hands. That sealing technique sealed the five great divine beasts up and then knocked them into Yan Shuitian's grotto-heaven in one stroke.
Boom, the power in Yan Shuitian's grotto-heaven violently soared. Countless auras formed five great vortexes, providing her with power at all times.
"I will now impart the Great Puppet Technique to you. Using this puppet technique, you can control the five direction divine beasts, fuse these five direction divine beasts into your own grotto-heaven, and rear them. These five great divine beasts can not only provide you with massive exhalation and inhalation of Immortal Realm vitality, but will also become the divine beasts suppressing your grotto-heaven. Your current strength is fully enough to contend with experts of the Creation Realm, and even retreat fully intact from experts of the Heavenly Position Realm. However, you still must thoroughly cultivate within the grotto-heaven to consolidate your cultivation. I will help you truly fuse these five divine beasts into your grotto-heaven."
Fang Han slapped a palm onto Yan Shuitian's body.