The runic symbol of the World At Ease King Buddha could purge all evil fiends, karmic obstacles, and curses.
As soon as Fang Han executed it, he fully assumed that under the illumination of the Buddhist light, the curse would be eliminated at once. However, contrary to expectations, although the curse pulled back, it was not eliminated. Instead, it transformed into a clump of violent resentful energy that entangled the runic symbol of the World At Ease King Buddha. It even condensed into layers of scars and black ropes upon the illusory dark body of the King Buddha, intending to drag this ancient King Buddha into the pitch-black abyss for eternal damnation.
The formidable strength of the curse and the resentful power was unimaginable.
"How can there be such a tyrannical curse and resentful energy!"
Fang Han's heart was endlessly shocked, but he refused to relax. With a shift of his mind, he executed the Grand Cursing Technique. This runic symbol of cursing flew out, attempting to melt the resentful energy.
At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a beam of Buddhist light, merging once more with the illusory figure of the World At Ease King Buddha. That illusory figure revealed a look of absolute compassion. A Karmic Lotus Embryo flew out, filled entirely with Zen chants: "Countless forms, dreams and illusions, true visualization, the cycle of karma…"
That wave of resentful energy was finally suppressed, transforming into a pitch-black, dark shadow.
"Good, this curse is so intense! If I can refine it into myself, the power of my Grand Cursing Technique might even surpass the Grand Poison Technique!" Relying on his intuition, Fang Han felt the intense strength of the curse and deeply desired to subdue it right away.
Unfortunately, this power of the curse simply could not be integrated into the "Grand Cursing Technique" because its quality was truly too high and the resentful energy was entirely too massive.
The moment he slightly merged with it, a boundless sea of blood generated in his mind. All the suns, moons, and stars between heaven and earth twisted into demonic stars, all the blissful lands transformed into realms of evil, and all living beings changed into vicious fiends…
"My eyes shall become evil stars, demonic light illuminating heaven and earth… My heart…"
Those malicious lines of the curse made it completely impossible for Fang Han to cultivate. Unable to calm his mind, he almost fell into depravity.
The "Grand Cursing Technique" was connected to Fang Han's flesh and blood, communicating with his mind. The runic symbol of this Three Thousand Great Dao technique could not contain it, and it even affected his own cultivation; thus, it absolutely could not be integrated into it.
"Fang Han, since True Lord Kurong is suppressed inside the Supreme Dragon Pearl, still cultivating and attempting to struggle, why not borrow a knife to kill another? Inject this curse into his body to entangle him, causing his spirit to collapse and ultimately fall into depravity, to be converted by us. At that time, your strength will be enough to fully protect your life even against Void Immortals."
Yan suddenly spoke.
"Correct, borrow a knife to kill!" Fang Han had also thought of this matter in his heart long ago; there was actually no need for Yan's reminder. Although he had suppressed True Lord Kurong and the Boundless Constant Sand, his own strength had dropped instead of rising. Fortunately, he hid inside Fenbaoyan; otherwise, he feared he would be hunted down by the chambers of commerce like the Heaven and Earth Guild.
Now that he had become a Treasure Refining Master of Fenbaoyan, even Void Immortals dared not come in to kill him.
As long as he truly converted True Lord Kurong in here, his overall strength would be profoundly enriched, and he would no longer need to fear being hunted by Void Immortals. No matter what, he could escape or even exchange a couple of moves.
Thereupon, he rotated the runic symbol of the World At Ease King Buddha, using the runes of the Grand Cursing Technique to forcefully wrap around it. Like a ravenous wolf or a ferocious tiger, he struck it directly into the concentrated body of True Lord Kurong within the "Supreme Dragon Pearl."
Deep inside the Supreme Dragon Pearl…
A mass of a Chaos Hole squirmed, secretly absorbing infinite amounts of Pure Yang vital energy, and even the aura of the Supreme Dragon Pearl, to condense his body!
This mass of the Chaos Hole was exactly True Lord Kurong!
"Detestable kid, his strength is growing stronger and stronger. These years, he has suppressed me to the point of suffocation, and he even snuck into Fenbaoyan, becoming a Treasure Refining Master! Not even True Lord Qi can enter. But fortunately, he cannot break through to the Realm King Realm! Meanwhile, during these years, I have put up the false appearance of being suppressed to immobility by him, while secretly recovering my strength! After all, I am an expert at the Chaos Hole Realm; he simply doesn't know how terrifying I am!"
True Lord Kurong's thoughts circulated obscurely.
Originally, True Lord Kurong transformed into a Chaos Hole and condensed deep inside the Supreme Dragon Pearl. Although facing suppression, his body secretly accumulated power through the polishing, growing increasingly resilient. If Fang Han had not gradually seen his own cultivation rise precisely from being in Fenbaoyan, he probably would no longer be able to suppress Kurong, eventually allowing him to secretly shatter the seal and escape.
On the surface, True Lord Kurong feigned a state of being completely suppressed; in reality, his sinister schemes were hidden very deeply.
Inside Fenbaoyan, he had also secretly absorbed some of the Aura of Immunity. Fang Han had not noticed that, under the effects of the Aura of Immunity, he had completely healed all his injuries.
After all, he was an expert at the Chaos Hole Realm. His methods of manipulating and absorbing vital energy were utterly incomparable to Fang Han's. Silently and tracelessly, extracting myriad energies, the core of his Chaos Hole gradually became saturated.
"Being sealed this time might perhaps be an opportunity for me! I was destined to encounter this great tribulation. As long as these tribulations pass, polishing the willpower of my Daoist techniques, I can certainly advance to the Void Immortal realm! Surviving the Immortal Realm's Thunder Punishment!" Deep within the core of the Chaos Hole, True Lord Kurong plotted.
"Once my accumulation reaches perfection, I can even forcefully elevate my realm, using my divine sense to crash against the Gate of the Immortal Realm. At that time, the power of the rules inside the Gate of the Immortal Realm might be triggered, raining down the Immortal Realm's Thunder Punishment! Then the Eight Divisions Pagoda and the Supreme Dragon Pearl will become my protective umbrella! I can both leverage the power of the Immortal Realm's Thunder Punishment to annihilate this kid, and rely on the power of the Eight Divisions Pagoda to survive the Thunder Punishment and achieve the Void Immortal! Good, very good, this is my fortuitous encounter. Rumors say that some ancient immortal artifacts only have the possibility of advancing into Good Fortune Divine Artifacts after encountering massive tribulations! I am the same!"
The more True Lord Kurong thought about it in his heart, the more excited and thrilled he became. However, he maintained absolute calmness, merely accelerating the speed of stealing the Supreme Dragon Pearl's vital energy by just a fraction.
Right at this moment, a beam of Buddhist light wrapped in a curse entered into his Chaos Hole.
"Ah!"
"What is this thing? Such intense resentful energy! A curse from beyond all heavens, cursing the myriad immortals of heaven and earth to face inevitable depravity, the universe and all existence shall certainly decay…"
Struck abruptly by the cursing power of this resentful energy, True Lord Kurong let out a miserable wail that echoed within the Eight Divisions Pagoda. It was hysterical, like a person encountering the most agonizing torment possible.
Then, his Chaos Hole instantly shrank, reverting into his original self. That resentful curse entangled around his body, connecting into chains and shackles, destroying a variety of his laws, and invading his soul and willpower, giving him a sensation of losing his own identity.
Within the "Supreme Dragon Pearl," he roared hysterically while thrashing about aimlessly, as if suffering a severe epileptic fit.
"Fang Han, what do you say, can this person resist this cursing power or not?" Seeing this scene, Yan could not help but laugh triumphantly.
"He can definitely resist it; after all, he is a powerhouse at the Chaos Hole Realm!" Fang Han nodded: "I still underestimated him. A Chaos Hole Realm expert's means of manipulating vital energy are utterly beyond what I could imagine. I thought I had him firmly suppressed, but I didn't know he was secretly bearing it, absorbing the Aura of Immunity and the uncorrupted Ancestral Dragon vital energy of the Supreme Dragon Pearl. However, now I have discovered it all. Fortunately, I followed the bearded robust man here; using the power of the curse, I forced him to show his true colors. Otherwise, if he suddenly flared up one day, it would truly be hard for me to clean up the mess."
"He can resist it, but even if he successfully resists it, that cursing power will accompany him for life, making it even more convenient for us to refine him! Leave him be for now, we'll talk once he gets weak." Yan stated: "That bearded robust man clearly intends to go over to the central divine coffin. Who knows what terrifying things, or perhaps treasure troves, are hidden within it!"
Fang Han tacitly understood and dared not touch those surrounding coffins. Instead, he completely bypassed them and headed directly toward the central divine coffin.
Gradually, he approached.
He then saw the central divine coffin, stretching a hundred and eighty thousand miles long. It was long and rectangular; the lid of the coffin and the coffin itself were of different colors. Attached upon it were numerous runic symbols. Each and every one of those runic symbols emitted an ethereal immortal aura. Having seen the spirit talismans of Void Immortals and True Immortals, Fang Han knew with a single glance that those runic symbols were forged by experts at the True Immortal and Void Immortal levels. A few of the primary runic symbols even completely surpassed True Immortals, communicating directly with the upper realms.
Looking upon it, an unknown number of talismans sealed the divine coffin.
"What terrifying entity in the world is sealed within this divine coffin?" Fang Han still did not dare to make a rash move.
At this very moment, the bearded robust man also arrived in the dark outer space several thousand miles away from the divine coffin. He stopped there, not daring to step an inch closer.
"No mistake, this is the place. This is the Source of All Evil! This divine coffin is the very coffin holding the legendary Source of All Evil. That is why there are so many talismans suppressing it on the surface."
The bearded robust man stared at the coffin, trembling entirely with excitement and eager to try his luck: "The legendary Source of All Evil is indeed within Fenbaoyan. I guessed exactly right. Having fully prepared for a hundred thousand years, I have finally seen it with my own eyes. As long as I can steal a single trace, I can cause even immortals to fall into depravity. The Treasure Master of Fenbaoyan wants to refine this thing and take it to the Immortal Realm? How could that be possible?! Taking this thing to the Immortal Realm is a total disaster! The Immortal Realm could absolutely not allow it to pass."
"The Source of All Evil? What exactly is this thing?"
Fang Han and Yan looked at each other in dismay.
Even the knowledgeable Yan shook its head, and even the Divine Beast Bai Xi did not know. As for the numerous experts in the Eight Divisions Pagoda, they knew even less about what it was.
"The Source of All Evil, shall be utilized by me!"
The bearded robust man finally could not endure it any longer. The seal on his body unraveled once again. His magic power realm immediately advanced from the peak of the Realm King Realm right up to the Chaos Hole Realm, and then reached the peak. An aura fully twice as terrifying as True Lord Kurong's permeated out from his body.
A massive Chaos Hole manifested directly above the crown of his head. The half-peerless-grade Dao Artifact 'Eye of the Doomed Dharma' at the center of his brow suddenly burst into flames. The artifact spirit of the magical treasure underwent self-nirvana, and the entire Dao Artifact released intense power after being annihilated by a force.
This was him detonating the 'Eye of the Doomed Dharma', a half-peerless-grade Dao Artifact, and then, in a tenth of thousands of a split second, condensing the explosive power into a single point, abruptly shooting it forth.
Pfft! With just that single strike, that completely destroyed half-peerless-grade Dao Artifact 'Eye of the Doomed Dharma' shot directly onto the central divine coffin, landing on a talisman refined by a Void Immortal.
Crack!
The radiance of that talisman slightly dimmed. An expression of immense joy immediately appeared on the bearded robust man's face. Moving his body, he was about to execute a profound evasion technique to shift right over.
But right at this moment, suddenly, that massive divine coffin shifted slightly.
Every single runic symbol pasted over it completely lost its light. The lid on the coffin shifted slightly; creak! A tiny sliver of a gap opened between the coffin lid and the main body.