"My Taiyi Sect upbears the talismanic decree of the Immortal Realm, and all the actions we take are the will of the Immortal Realm. Even if your Yuhua Sect, Qunxing Sect, and Tongtian Sword Sect, these three great sects unite together, you will ultimately be annihilated. Whichever sect unites with the Creation Gate, that sect is the eternal enemy of my Taiyi Sect, and my Taiyi Sect will absolutely not let this sect live."
Taixu Tian also took a step forward, looking at Fang Han.
"That's right, for any sect or individual that unites with Fang Han, there is only one word: kill. This is also the command of the Immortal Realm."
Taihe Tian was at daggers drawn, looking as though he was about to strike at Fang Han immediately. The power of a Void Immortal covered the heavens and the earth, revolving the laws of the Immortal Dao, and unfolded an oppressive force.
At the same time, the numerous supreme elders of the Taiyi Sect chanted in unison. Their auras pooled together, completely condensing into a single strand. Immediately, the space began to change, a pervasive aura of disaster rose up, and the sky outside darkened. All the sunlight was obscured, as if doomsday was impending.
The supreme elders of the Taiyi Sect numbered fully in the hundreds. All of them were experts at the Grotto-Heaven Realm or above, and there were also more than a dozen old monsters at the Eighth Level and Seventh Level of Longevity, such as the Chaos Cave Realm and the World King Realm.
Added up like this, although far inferior to the elite alliance of the five great worlds, it was absolutely enough to sweep across any faction in the entire Xuanhuang Great World.
What was more, behind the Taiyi Sect, there was still the immortal artifact, the Eternal Divine Furnace. Furthermore, there might be some formidable supreme Dao artifacts. An ancient sect like the Taiyi Sect could not possibly lack hidden killer moves.
Immediately, countless rogue cultivators and the people of various major sects all changed their countenances, terrified that if the Taiyi Sect made a move, it would straightaway trigger a chaotic battle right here. If the Taiyi Sect really started a fierce fight with the Creation Gate, it was likely that all the rogue cultivators here would die.
"Taihuang Tian, the great tribulation is imminent. The God Race is invading, and our Xuanhuang Great World is at a critical juncture between life and death. Do you really want to fight a bloody battle with us? Both sides suffering heavy losses, and letting the God Race take the advantage?"
Feng Baiyu suddenly stood beside Fang Han, issuing a sharp shout: "In the God Race's great tribulation, Fang Han is the key. He is the will of heaven because he has obtained the World Tree and can refine the God Race. By following Fang Han, one can get steady and continuous replenishment. No matter how many of the God Race there are, they are merely tonics. Every God Race member slain can be refined into a Divine Ability Fruit or even a Longevity Fruit. By consuming them directly, a person's vitality is immensely replenished. Only by following Fang Han can one have a ray of survival in the God Race's great tribulation."
"Insolent!"
Taihun Tian spoke up, "Feng Baiyu, what abilities do you have? Do you think that by obtaining the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, you can make a pompous display of power and arrange everything? Do I not know you? You retreated to the second line simply to push this little devil Fang Han to the front to take the blows, so as to execute your plans. Moreover, can this so-called Creation Gate of yours really contend against my Taiyi Sect? Both sides suffering heavy losses? That is simply a joke. For my Taiyi Sect to annihilate your Creation Gate, it wouldn't even require blowing away dust."
"Our Taiyi Sect communicates with the Immortal Realm, and the Heavenly Immortal Envoy is still in secluded cultivation. Wait until he comes out; suppressing you all will be like child's play." Among the supreme elders, a green-haired woman named Yan Chenyu spoke.
"Yan Chenyu, you collude with the Evil God Su Xiuyi. You are a true enemy within the Immortal Dao." Fang Han sneered repeatedly: "Moreover, that Heavenly Immortal Envoy? Who knows if he is dead yet? Of course, the only thing you rely on is the immortal artifact, the Eternal Divine Furnace. A pity, truly a pity, what your Taiyi Sect inherited is the orthodox lineage of the Disaster Heavenly Monarch of the Immortal Realm, while the Eternal Divine Furnace is the magic treasure of the Eternal Heavenly Monarch. For you to expect it to be dead set on risking its life for you, that is impossible."
"Fang Han, you probably think that with the four of them joining forces—Old Man Heart Demon, Human Emperor Pen, Red Abyss Demon Venerable, and Linglong Immortal Venerable—they can kill the Heavenly Immortal Envoy, right?" Taihuang Tian smiled faintly: "Your biggest reliance is nothing more than this, right. Your plan is indeed comprehensive. Old Man Heart Demon's cultivation has already half-stepped into the realm of a Holy Demon; Linglong Immortal Venerable has fully reached the realm of an Immortal; the Human Emperor Pen's cultivation is also approaching that of a Heavenly Immortal, and the Red Abyss Demon Venerable is an ancient mighty figure who has recovered some of his cultivation. With these four joining forces, even an Immortal would be slain. Regrettably, you did not foresee that the Heavenly Envoy is not an ordinary Immortal, but a powerful existence upholding the will of the Immortal Realm. He can communicate with the Immortal Realm at any time and summon powerful existences to come and aid in battle. I'll tell you the truth, right now the Heavenly Immortal Envoy has used eighteen supreme Dao artifacts bestowed by the Immortal Realm, which have passed the lightning punishment, to form a grand array. With a low-grade immortal artifact as the array's core, he has thoroughly trapped those four devils. They simply cannot come to rescue you. Just obediently wait here for death. Furthermore, to quell the great turmoil, the Immortal Realm has already rewarded me with a strand of Heavenly Immortal laws. I will let you witness my true power."
Taihuang Tian spoke word by word, heavily and slowly, filled with the conceptual realm of the Great Dao, like the ambient rhythm of a connate Great Dao. Every sentence began to disintegrate Fang Han's original mind.
Crash!
Above his head, a pillar of light shot up into the sky. Within the pillar of light, the gate to the Immortal Realm shattered with a boom. Devoid of any further obstruction, that gate to the Immortal Realm no longer existed; it seemed to be completely torn apart and opened. Fang Han suddenly felt that his own gate to the Immortal Realm was almost shaken and suppressed.
"Heavenly Immortal! Heavenly Immortal laws!"
Fang Han's heart was jolted. This Taihuang Tian actually still hid his strength. He indeed planned deeply and far ahead! Moreover, his current strength, although not a true Heavenly Immortal, already possessed Heavenly Immortal laws. His power was simply equivalent to more than double what it was before!
Contending against him by himself had become arduous.
"Zhou Tian Immortal Venerable, Qi True Monarch, Qi True King… you all come out now. The grievances between you and Fang Han, let's resolve them together today in the Temple of Disaster."
Taihuang Tian smiled slightly. He did not attack but waved his hand, and suddenly from deep within the Temple of Disaster, a group of people walked out.
Among this group of people, astonishingly, the first was the Zhou Tian Immortal Venerable who had together with Xuan Wugu attacked the Yuhua Sect, a Void Immortal expert of the Great Yi Sect.
And together with the Zhou Tian Immortal Venerable was surprisingly Qi True Monarch of the True Monarch Tower, also a Void Immortal expert of the Great Yi Sect. In addition to them, there was a man with an imposing appearance, an amiable expression, and a slightly plump face, looking like a wealthy merchant. This man was the master of the ninth-ranked merchant chamber in the Great Cultivation World, the Heaven and Earth Guild, and the father of Qi Shaowei, Qi True King. His cultivation was even above Qi True Monarch's. He was also a Void Immortal.
The remaining few were the masters of several merchant chambers, such as the Assimilation Mansion and the Trembling Universe Tower, all of whom were experts at the Chaos Cave Realm. Their sons were currently still inside Fang Han's Eight Division Floating Pagoda, engaged in devout worship.
These experts had actually all been recruited by Taihuang Tian. They were going to deal with Fang Han together.
"Fang Han, if you take my son out, I can still spare your life." As soon as Qi True Monarch walked out, he first nodded to Taihuang Tian: "Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Taihuang Tian for giving me the opportunity for revenge."
"Fang Han, you should also release my son, Qi Shaowei, now." The merchant chamber master of the Heaven and Earth Guild, Qi True Person, held his head high: "I am a businessman, and this time I do not intend to gang up on you. Let's make a deal. You return my son to me, and compensate me with one thousand trillion Pure Yang Pills, and I will leave immediately, how about it?"
"Kill him!"
"Let's act together and completely exterminate this whatever Creation Gate. Sell the females as slaves, and kill the males to sacrifice and refine their souls."
"To actually dare to plunder my son, Fang Han, what colossal gall you have. Who gave you the courage?"
In a split second, the situation suddenly changed. Fang Han, who had originally held the upper hand, abruptly fell to an absolute disadvantage. Seeing this scene, the hearts of the people from the Tongtian Sword Sect lurched to their throats.
Meanwhile, the people from the Sun Moon Sword Sect, Cauldron Sword Sect, and Crystal Grotto-Heaven also began to tremble. They did not expect that Taihuang Tian was actually this deeply scheming.
The expressions of the Three Saints of Yuhua, the Three Elders of Qunxing, the Star Master, and the others, also changed wildly. The current situation was truly explosive; with the slightest inattention, they would perish and their Dao would vanish.
"One thousand trillion Pure Yang Pills? Are you dreaming? Qi True King? You open your lion's mouth this wide. I plundered your sons, exactly to exchange them for ransom from you, and you actually dare to demand pills from me? That is simply a joke. Do you think that you people can deal with me? Let me tell you, I can completely retreat unscathed. When that time comes, I will slaughter in all directions, and your Heaven and Earth Guild will meet with a devastating disaster." Facing these experts, Fang Han was not at all afraid. He stood firmly, and a powerful aura enveloped all the disciples of the Tongtian Sword Sect, Yuhua Sect, and Qunxing Sect, ready to suck them all into the Yellow Springs Diagram at a moment's notice. And then break out of the encirclement.
With his current abilities, coupled with the joint forces of Feng Baiyu and numerous other experts, it was still possible to tear apart boundless worlds and escape the Taiyi Sect.
Taihuang Tian could not stop him either.
"My Buddha is merciful; good and evil lie in a single thought. Fang Han, your karmic hindrances are profound. This old monk specifically came out from the Joyous Valley in the Great Cultivation World to come and convert you. If you can take refuge in my Buddha, I can protect you today from being killed." Suddenly, that young monk at the Heaven Position Realm sprang to his feet. The power within his body climbed steadily. World laws, Chaos Cave laws, and Void Immortal laws suddenly appeared. And beside him, the Blissful Monk also popped out, pressing his palms together: "Senior Brother, my Buddhist Dharma is still shallow, and I am unable to convert this devil. I must ask you to make a move. You are a Ninth Stage Bodhisattva. You will certainly be able to convert the devil, bringing boundless merit."
"Fang Han, this poor monk is under the seat of the Buddhist Gate's Buddha of Great Joy and Delight, the Ninth Stage Bodhisattva, Yuan Jue. In the Fallen Evil Valley, you killed the young master of the Limitless Starry Sky, Xing Yun. Along with the young master of the Medicine God Valley, Medicine Immortal Master, and the crown prince of the Dou God Empire in the Dou God Great World, Dou Xuanjing. You committed monstrous sins and cannot be allowed to live. This time, the people from the Medicine God Valley and the Dou God Empire have all come looking for you, intending to capture and kill you. Your only way out now is to take refuge in my Buddha. Otherwise, your end will be very grim. Do you think you can escape? Look at the sky."
This young monk, "Ninth Stage Bodhisattva Yuan Jue", pointed at the sky.
Suddenly, Fang Han saw that in the sky above the Plains of Disaster, countless dense phantoms were spread out tightly, seemingly locked down by a massive power. Those phantoms were like individual gods of battle, alternating back and forth.
Among those locking phantoms, a powerful body emerged. This body wore golden armor and had golden combat boots on his feet. It was actually a True Immortal!
"This is the Grand Elder of the Imperial Family of the Dou God Great Empire, Fellow Daoist Dou Riluo. He has already used the Heavenly King Dou Luo Great Immortal Art to lock down any space you could use to escape. Do you think you can escape with your life?"
Taihuang Tian's voice rolled over!
In a flash, Fang Han fell into an absolute disadvantage! Besieged on all sides!