Since he knew that this Heaven Immortal Envoy was merely a clone, Fang Han's mind actively worked. Facing the demand put forward by the Heaven Immortal Envoy, it was actually for him to monitor Fang Qingxue.
The moment this condition was proposed, the Heaven Immortal Envoy was already on a must-kill list in Fang Han's heart.
Although this Heaven Immortal Envoy was not someone Fang Han could contend with, Fang Han firmly believed that one day, he would completely slaughter even Heaven Immortals and become a mighty existence capable of killing immortals like those in ancient legends.
"Monitor Fang Qingxue? The Immortal Envoy is joking. She is like a divine dragon showing its head but not its tail; I have absolutely no idea where her whereabouts are." Although he had already decided in his heart that he must kill the Heaven Immortal Envoy, on the surface, Fang Han still dealt with him insincerely.
"That does not matter. During the Immortal Dao Convention, she should return. Moreover, she has planted the seed of destiny in your body and has inextricably linked ties with you." The Heaven Immortal Envoy seemed to know a lot, his eyes staring closely at Fang Han: "Fang Han, the Heaven Realm is not an existence you can oppose. Even Yellow Springs Great Emperor was killed, let alone you? If you are obedient and serve as a good slave, I will bestow upon you a talisman edict to connect to the Heaven Realm. When you undergo the tribulation to become a Void Immortal, the Immortal Realm lightning tribulation will be reduced, and you will pass through safely. If you are disobedient, even if you run away today, when the Immortal Realm lightning tribulation descends in the future, your body will be smashed to pieces, and you will die a miserable death."
"Is that so? The Immortal Realm lightning tribulation relies on oneself communicating with the rules of the Heaven Realm. The greater one's potential and the stronger one is, the more powerful the Immortal Realm lightning tribulation will be. It is not dictated by any particular person. I still know this bit about the Dao of cultivation," Fang Han said indifferently.
"Ignorant!" The Heaven Immortal Envoy shouted: "A mortal dares to talk about heaven? Do you know what heaven is? What the Heaven Realm is? You are but a frog at the bottom of a well. No, even a frog at the bottom of a well is thinking too highly of you. You are nothing but a maggot in a stinking ditch."
"You!"
Fang Han did not expect this Heaven Immortal Envoy to speak so impolitely. Logically, to win him over, the other party should at least put on a pleasant face. But the other party truly looked at him as if he were a slave, showing utter disdain, just like how worldly royalty and nobles would look at a beggar.
"What? There are two paths, life and death; choose as you please." The Heaven Immortal Envoy's eyes turned cold, devoid of any human emotion: "If you choose the path of death, I will send you on your way right now."
"Let us see who sends who on their way!"
While speaking, Fang Han thrust a palm strike forward. The large hand caused space to vibrate, striking the body of the Heaven Immortal Envoy in almost no time at all.
This time, Fang Han launched a sudden attack, like flashing lightning and booming thunder, a violent storm. With a singular mind of murderous intent, like an assassin showing forbearance, this was a strike imbued with the essence of his life.
He had truly digested the gains of this trip to Ten Thousand Returns Immortal Island. The Immortal Tea Tree had integrated into his body, increasing his lifespan. After converting Xuan Wugu and Wan Yushu within the Eight Divisions Pagoda, it had further devoured the Heavenly Cave laws of the Immortal Tea Tree. His accumulation was unprecedentedly vigorous; right now, Fang Han could even go to the Dragon Graveyard and directly reforge it into a Peerless Grade Dao artifact.
However, doing so would draw the combined attacks of dragon tribe experts, so he had to wait until he elevated his strength further, at least cultivating to become a "Void Immortal."
But first, he had to overcome this current crisis and escape from the hands of the Heaven Immortal Envoy.
Swish!
Fang Han saw this palm strike hitting the Heaven Immortal Envoy's body, but it felt like an illusion. The Heaven Immortal Envoy was actually not within this space. "Not within this space? The technique of wandering through space?" Fang Han's heart stirred. His astral qi retracted and released freely. Suddenly changing his palm into a claw, his fingertips wandered, tearing through tens of thousands of parallel spaces, but he still failed to catch the shadow of the Heaven Immortal Envoy.
"Slave, with your comprehension of the laws of space, can you surpass me? Let me tell you, in the mortal world, you will never comprehend true laws, much less obtain the precious Origin Qi. This little bit of spatial law of yours is as simple as a child playing house to me. Do you know what the Three Origins Void is? Do you know what the Dual Polarity Universe is? The Origin World? These things are impossible for a petty slave like you to understand."
The Heaven Immortal Envoy's gloomy voice suddenly appeared behind Fang Han.
Intense danger once again descended upon his back.
Fang Han only felt the hairs on his back stand up, as if centipedes and scorpions were crawling on it. He immediately shifted away. However, an energy swept right past.
The clothes on his body were formed by the Map of Yellow Springs and had extremely strong defensive power. But swept by this strike, countless amounts of essence qi were astonishingly scraped away, as if suffering a destructive damage.
"Slave, your vigilance is quite good. However, can those pitiful little mortal laws of yours really contend with me?" The Heaven Immortal Envoy appeared behind Fang Han, grasping a clump of yellow cloud qi in his hand.
"The power of reincarnation, a fine power. What a pity, you do not know this Great Spell of the Three Thousand Great Daos." The Heaven Immortal Envoy pinched with his reaching hand. With a bang, this clump of yellow cloud qi was directly burned, evaporated, and turned into nothingness.
"The astral qi of the Map of Yellow Springs was entirely melted by him in an instant. A Heaven Immortal's comprehension of laws is indeed terrifying. Oh no, Fang Han, dodge quickly, he is attacking again."
Yan also curled up into a ball inside the Map of Yellow Springs.
Fang Han did not even have the time to think. A chilling sensation transmitted from the top of his head. He dodged once more, but felt a pain in his hair; fully over a hundred strands of hair had been sliced off by a terrifying hand blade.
Right now, any single strand of Fang Han's hair taken out would be premium material for refining Peerless Grade Dao artifacts. Extremely solid, yet they were directly sliced off. It could be seen that the rules mastered by this Heaven Immortal Envoy were truly terrifying to the extreme.
"Let me see how long you can keep dodging?" The Heaven Immortal Envoy appeared again. In his hand, he grabbed over a hundred strands of hair, rolled them into a ball, and turned them into a ball of flame that burned fiercely. "Your body is quite powerful, though. This body can be used to refine treasures."
After Fang Han's hair had finished burning, amidst a cold sneer, the Heaven Immortal Envoy's body disappeared once again.
"This will not work. Although this Heaven Immortal Envoy is a clone, his comprehension of laws is too powerful. Why can I not grasp the spatial position where he is located? A mere law of space can actually have so many variations." Fang Han thought rapidly in his mind. At this moment, he understood the terror of a Heaven Immortal expert. It was not in terms of power, but the manipulation of laws. Both utilizing the law of space, Fang Han was like a child swinging a sword, while the Heaven Immortal Envoy was like a master swordsman. In a contest between the two, they were not on the same level.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Fang Han constantly shifted through space, but the astral qi around his body was continuously blown apart. Every attack from the Heaven Immortal Envoy resulted in significant injuries. And Fang Han was completely unable to lock onto the specific location of the Heaven Immortal Envoy.
In this exchange of blows, there was entirely no way to continue fighting.
Fang Han could not even escape.
"Defensive method! Guardian Light!" At this critical juncture, Fang Han determined his tactic: focus on defense and wait for an opportunity to break through. He executed the Guardian Light Great Immortal Spell. Holy light surged around his body, and from within the holy light flowed a sacred epical hymn. Countless little flying deities with white wings flowed within the holy light.
"The Guardian Light Great Immortal Spell? You actually learned this Immortal Spell?" The Heaven Immortal Envoy's attack forcefully landed on Fang Han's body once again. But this time, it did not harm his physical body, but instead struck against the protective light of the milky white, magnificent epical hymn.
Squelch, a large patch of light was torn off, but it was quickly replenished.
"Did you think this level of an Immortal Spell could fend me off?" The Heaven Immortal Envoy's attacks accelerated abruptly. His shadows filled spaces everywhere. His power even congested thousands of parallel spaces, permeating every pore like the origin of water. Every space was infiltrated.
"Heaven Immortal Envoy, do you not know that I can summon the Human Emperor Pen here? Attacking me like this, are you entirely unafraid of my counter-measures? You should know that anyone who goes against me, Fang Han, ends up with a bad outcome, and you are no different." Fang Han was incomparably calm, secretly accumulating power, ready to strike fiercely the moment he found an opportunity.
Dealing with a strong enemy like the Heaven Immortal Envoy, even a clone felt like a dog trying to bite a hedgehog—there was nowhere to sink his teeth in, because he fundamentally could not be locked onto.
"What is the Human Emperor Pen?" The Heaven Immortal Envoy laughed loudly: "Even at his peak, he was merely a mid-tier item among Immortal Artifacts, far inferior to a King Grade Immortal Artifact. Not to mention that all his immortal laws are lost, turning him into a piece of trash. Even if he appears, I will crush him to death like crushing an ant. However, bringing this item back to the Heaven Realm would also be a great merit. Quickly summon this piece of trash here."
"Is that so? I am a piece of trash? Then what sort of thing are you?"
Suddenly, a long, ancient voice resounded through space.
A giant crystal pen appeared above the surface of the sea.
Originally, above the sea, strong winds were howling, heavy rain was pouring, and thunder and lightning roared—so dark one could not see their own hand. But the moment this giant crystal pen appeared, the wind and waves immediately calmed down. All celestial phenomena entirely vanished, returning to a state of tranquility. The wind was gentle and the sun was bright and beautiful; everywhere showed serenity, peacefulness, order, and civilization.
A pen represents civilization.
The giant crystal pen appearing in the sky took the aura of civilization to its absolute limits.
"Human Emperor Pen!" The clone of the Heaven Immortal Envoy saw the Human Emperor Pen appear in the sky, and his entire body shook: "You are also a wanted criminal of the Heaven Realm. By capturing you, I will be able to receive a massive reward, even be bestowed with divine immortal laws and transform into a Divine Immortal! My realm will rise, my status will climb. Be captured! Heaven Immortal Great Capture!"
Amidst whistling sounds, tens of thousands of thunderbolts around the Heaven Immortal Envoy shook wildly. They were all purple immortal lightning, twisting into a massive hand that grabbed at the Human Emperor Pen.
"Just you?" The body of the Human Emperor Pen shook slightly and transformed into a middle-aged emperor. His hair fluttered behind his head, his eyes showing contempt. He did not even make any movements. When the Heaven Immortal Envoy's capturing massive hand arrived before him, it automatically dispersed and collapsed, turning into countless bolts of lightning that washed over his body.
"The Dao follows nature, heaven and earth as one!"
The Heaven Immortal Envoy was greatly shocked. A sword suddenly appeared in his hand. Stomping fiercely forward, space trembled, and step by step, holy flowers were generated. "Seven Steps Against Heaven, Immortal Retribution Sword Forms!"
Streaks of sword energy tore through space to kill. Every stream of sword energy extended and contracted in the void, reaching hundreds of thousands of miles long, like a river of heavenly stem metal and an ocean of laws, slashing toward the Human Emperor Pen.