"Is this the true strength of a Void Immortal expert? It really is not something I can contend with." Fang Han felt waves of coldness in his heart. He exhausted all his means, executing the Great Shifting Art, combining it with the Bridge of Helplessness, and all flying and escaping methods. Within this "Starry River of Heavenly Death", changing space, shifting and flying over, layers of parallel spaces were split open beside him.
However, this was still of no use. He constantly felt that behind him, a majestic power had locked onto him.
As long as he paused for just half a breath's time, this massive force could completely catch up to him and then slay him. This forced Fang Han to flee desperately, not even having the time to change directions.
He naturally knew in his heart that the one pursuing him from behind was the True Lord Qi of the True Lord Tower, a Void Immortal, and Qi Minghao's father.
"Unfortunately, the power of the Eight Legions Pagoda has suppressed True Lord Ku Rong of the Hole of Chaos Realm. Some of its functions have been suppressed, and its power has greatly decreased. Otherwise, I could still cross hands with True Lord Qi a couple of times to see if I can gain some experience from him. But not right now. The moment we meet face to face, I will be suppressed by the other party."
While fleeing, Fang Han secretly circulated his divine sense to investigate the condition of the numerous magical treasures on his body.
True Lord Ku Rong was actually dead but not stiff.
Transformed into a mass of Hole of Chaos, he dashed left and right within the Supreme Dragon Pearl, periodically erupting with heaven-shaking combat power, seemingly wanting to blast open the Supreme Dragon Pearl and break through the seal to get out.
And inside the Eight Legions Pagoda, the three billion six hundred million heavenly demons, numerous demon kings, one hundred giants, many Undying Bodies, the Green-Faced Venerable of the spatial and temporal laws, and the Five Swords Gentleman, were all uniformly chanting mantras. Thousands upon tens of thousands of Dao Artifact item spirits were also praying together, emitting majestic vowing power to suppress True Lord Ku Rong.
Even the item spirit of the Seal of the Common People, the King of Divine Beasts, Bai Xi, dropped into the highest tier of the Eight Legions Pagoda, transformed into the body of a divine beast, opened his mouth to pray, suppressing together!
But even so, they were still unable to thoroughly suppress True Lord Ku Rong; they could only stay locked in a stalemate, merely keeping him from escaping.
If the suppression failed and True Lord Ku Rong escaped, unless Fang Han activated the Great Immortal Art of Holy Sacrifice once again, he would be completely unable to suppress and imprison him.
Moreover, right now, Fang Han could not refine True Lord Ku Rong at all.
Currently, the Seal of the Common People and the Eight Legions Pagoda were entirely used to suppress True Lord Ku Rong. No combat power could be spared. For Fang Han's escape, he was executing the power of the water and fire twin wings, as well as the Yellow Spring Diagram's Bridge of Helplessness.
This state caused Fang Han's combat power not to increase, but rather to weaken greatly. For every day he did not refine True Lord Ku Rong, the latter would cause trouble.
"Where exactly is the best place to flee? The Dragon World? Or the Xuanhuang Great World? Or the Limitless Great World? Logically speaking, going to the Limitless Great World is best for me. Because once the Seal of the Common People reaches the Limitless Great World, it can borrow the world's origin, and its power will greatly increase. But the commotion would be too big. What if it attracts the attention of the Limitless Star Palace and they mobilize the Limitless Chart of Chaos to suppress me? Furthermore, those Eight Great Demon Saints are also a scourge. If they all come to deal with me, I will die without a burial place. I can't go to the Xuanhuang Great World either. The Taiyi Sect has an envoy from the Immortal Realm! Killing me would be like killing a chicken. Going to the Dragon World is also highly likely to prompt the experts of the Dragon Race to fight and snatch my Eight Legions Pagoda."
Thinking it over, Fang Han actually could not find a single place to escape to.
Left with no choice, he could only continue to flee into the depths of the Starry River of Heavenly Death.
"Junior! You actually have so many Peerless Dao Artifacts on your body!"
Wrapped within a giant world, the continuously leaping "True Lord Qi" saw Fang Han's form appear in his eyes. In his eyes, Fang Han's solid form was clearly manifested down to the finest detail. The true faces of the pair of wings on his back, the Flame Emperor Fire Dragon Cauldron, and the Black Emperor Tide Banner, were all seen through by him. Even the Bridge of Helplessness beneath Fang Han's feet, the Yellow Spring Diagram, the Eight Legions Pagoda in the center of his brows, the numerous heavenly demons reared within the Eight Legions Pagoda, and the Seal of the Common People, all fell into his gaze.
Nothing could be concealed from this person.
"One piece, two pieces, three pieces… This junior has even cultivated the Great Five Elements Art! Fusing two Peerless five-element Dao Artifacts complements each other well. If he collects another three Peerless five-element Dao Artifacts, I'm afraid he will directly advance and generate the power of the world! Once he cultivates the laws of the world, at that time, he might even be able to stand in a stalemate and contend with me! After all, only with sufficient world power can one truly drive Peerless Dao Artifacts."
During the pursuit, True Lord Qi's eyes shifted, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of vital energy.
This mouthful of vital energy was like the growth rings of a tree, ring by ring, extending outward like sound waves. It radiated outward for a full one hundred thousand rings. Each ring was indeed like a tree's growth ring, representing one year of lifespan.
In other words, with this single breath, True Lord Qi had forcefully spewed out one hundred thousand years of lifespan.
Crash!
As this surge of vital energy dispersed into the air, all the void began to condense. Extremely high up in the sky, a Gate to the Immortal Realm appeared. The Gate to the Immortal Realm boomed open, and scattered heavenly flowers flowed out from inside. These heavenly flowers were formed by condensed Pure Yang vital energy, burning in the air.
Immediately, Fang Han felt the space-time in all directions twisting, and his own flying and escaping speed suddenly paused for a moment.
"Junior! Hand over your life!"
With this pause, he was instantly caught up to by Void Immortal True Lord Qi, who appeared behind him and cleaved down with a palm strike, heading straight for the back of his head. In an instant, Fang Han felt that if this palm struck, he would absolutely have no chance of survival; the laws of the Heaven's Position, the laws of creation, the immortal matter in his body… would all be thoroughly shattered.
Having no alternatives, he backhandedly gathered the Hand of the Heavens, the Great Protection Art, and the Great Poison Art, also cleaving out with a palm!
"Pop!"
The two palms collided in midair. Fang Han's entire arm, along with half of his body, exploded into powder. His sturdy flesh and blood, and immortal matter, were all disintegrated. The other half of his body was directly blown away, falling down toward a giant planet like a kite with a broken string.
"Pfft!"
Falling onto a huge planet, during the process of passing through the Heavenly Dipper atmosphere, Fang Han spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood. This blood was pitch-black without the slightest bit of spiritual energy; it was completely destroyed, congested blood.
"Bang!"
Fang Han fell flat onto a piece of land on the planet's surface, smashing a pit a hundred feet deep into the earth. While in the pit, the half of his body immediately stood up. Mobilizing his own vital energy, he continuously took out Underworld King Life-Snatching Pills from the Key of the Desolate God and swallowed them. Dissolving the medicinal efficacy, the flesh and blood of his body grew back, and his injuries were completely healed.
"Immortal pill, Underworld King Life-Snatching Pill! This is an immortal realm pill formula. Even an expert at the Heavenly Immortal tier taking this pill would receive massive benefits for their injuries. Junior, who are you? Why do you have so many treasures and pills on you? Speak! As for running, you're not getting away today."
Landing weightlessly above the deep pit was the middle-aged man with a jade rope tied around his waist; it was none other than "True Lord Qi". He coldly watched Fang Han in the pit, not making any movements, nor setting up a seal, showing potent confidence; he was not afraid of Fang Han running away.
"True Lord Qi! You are the Tower Master of the True Lord Tower, True Lord Qi." Fang Han swiftly turned thoughts in his mind, looking up, feeling that True Lord Qi's casual movements held a latent, unreleased imposing aura. Even though he had not sealed the entire area, it would be useless no matter where he fled. Even burrowing into the ground would be useless.
"Correct, it is me." True Lord Qi's gaze was like an eagle soaring in circles, while Fang Han was like a little white rabbit on the ground, terrified all day long: "Now, release True Lord Ku Rong and my son. I won't say extra words; you should know the consequences of the matter."
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Fang Han chuckled and said: "Your son's life is right now pinched in my hands, which is why you don't dare to act against me. Should I hand over your son, I would be killed by you immediately."
"You think I care about my son? Wrong. Under my command, who knows how many sons I have. Even if I had no sons, with a casual motion, I could make women give birth to hundreds of them. What does one dead son matter?" True Lord Qi stated methodically.
Fang Han indeed knew he spoke correctly. Even for himself, if he took a fancy to a woman for dual cultivation in his own cavern heaven, with a slight use of methods, a son would be born and grown in an instant. Not to mention a figure of the Void Immortal Realm.
"What you said is correct, but Young Master Qi is one of your most favored sons. To cultivate to the Heaven's Position Realm, who knows how much effort, miraculous panaceas, countless serendipitous encounters, and destiny it took. Even if you have a hundred thousand more sons in the future, it's not certain you could foster another one like him."
Fang Han similarly spoke methodically, not afraid in the slightest that True Lord Qi would suddenly strike.
Young Master Qi Minghao's importance was no less than the feelings Taihuang Tian had for his disciple Taihun Tian within the Taiyi Sect; he simply would not give him up lightly.
"Do you think using this as a threat will be of any use? Using my methods, I can capture you all the same. After imprisoning you, I'll refine you slowly." True Lord Qi raised his eyebrows, appearing about to lash out.
"I still have other methods. Though I cannot contend with you right now, escaping is still possible. Don't force me to burn both jade and stone! I've already seized the 'Great Immortal Art of Holy Sacrifice' from Qi Shaowei, the young master of the Heaven and Earth Hall. If you push me into a corner, I can't say for sure I won't use your son and the many treasures on his body, offering them in a holy sacrifice in exchange for power."
Fang Han smiled coldly, his teeth clenched together, flashing with a chilling light. His methods and tone were even more vicious than the most demonic of fiends.
"Sacrifice my son! You dare!" True Lord Qi's palm had already formed a claw shape. A storm was brewing in the center of his palm, and he seemed ready to strike.
"True Lord Qi, you have cultivated to the Void Immortal Realm and seen through all worldly affairs. You should know there are only eternal interests, not eternal enemies. I don't necessarily have to kill your son." Fang Han suddenly said: "We might as well cooperate. Do you not wish to cultivate to the True Immortal Realm? To comprehend the laws of the impermanence of life and death? I might not be unable to help you achieve these things."
"Speak! What conditions do you require? Before you release my son and Steward Wu, and return my Limitless Ganges Sand!" True Lord Qi indeed did not make a move: "More importantly, what abilities do you possess to boast of helping me cultivate to a True Immortal!"