However, even after fully absorbing Absolute Martial God’s "Heavenly Immortal Laws," the Eight Divisions Pagoda did not promote to a true semi-fairy artifact; it merely acquired the aura of a semi-fairy artifact. This magic treasure was unlike an ordinary Supreme Grade Dao Artifact. To promote it to a fairy artifact, it was unknown how many immortals would need to be blood-sacrificed, using the souls and flesh of immortals to irrigate the final pagoda.
But by thoroughly refining Absolute Martial God, Fang Han’s own power instantly rose to the level of True Immortal Great Perfection.
However, moving from True Immortal to Heavenly Immortal was a process of metamorphosis from mortal to immortal, which was extremely perilous and required time. It required circulating one's own laws of life and death continuously, immortalizing the indestructible matter within the body, turning it into a kind of immortal dao flesh and blood. This was a slow, grinding effort, and it also required projecting one's soul into the Immortal Realm to comprehend the true laws of the immortal dao.
The more powerful a True Immortal was, the more difficult it was to cultivate to Heavenly Immortal, especially for someone like Fang Han. For every inch of flesh transformed into immortal dao flesh, it was unknown how much effort it would require. And to reach the final grand completion of the immortal body and promote to Heavenly Immortal, the effort required would be ten times, a hundred times that of an ordinary True Immortal.
True Immortal and Heavenly Immortal, one immortal and one mortal, an insurmountable chasm.
However, when Fang Han was an Illusionary Immortal, he could contend with Heavenly Immortals and even defeat them. Now that he had promoted to True Immortal, there was only one level of difference between him and a Heavenly Immortal. Moreover, he had swallowed Absolute Martial God alive, multiplying his power. Compared to his previous realm, they simply could not be mentioned in the same breath.
Of course, the greater harvest lay in the magic treasures, the powerfully raised creatures, and the heavenly devils stored within the inner world of Absolute Martial God, all of which poured wholesale into the thirty-three heavens world of the Eight Divisions Pagoda.
In the core of that thirty-three heavens world, the important figures within the Eight Divisions Pagoda: the Chiyou Ancient Demon, the two great God Venerables, the four Illusionary Immortals, Jialan, Long Xuan, Star Cloud Baby, True Monarch Ku Rong, as well as the experts and sect masters of the Five Demonic Sects and Six Immortal Sects, all gathered together. On one hand, they operated Dao techniques; on the other, they refined the boundless essential qi left behind by Absolute Martial God.
After all, it was the essential qi of a Heavenly Immortal expert. Just a trace could elevate many experts of the Longevity Secret Realm by a level.
During the refinement, a spatial bubble descended from midair. Within that bubble, countless magic treasures, medicinal pills, Dao books, and even imprisoned heavenly devils, demonic beasts, members of the Dragon race, medicinal herbs, and spirit items… plummeted down.
Wealth, an ocean of wealth, appeared in the thirty-three heavens core world, making these experts ecstatic.
Originally, to help Fang Han transcend the lightning tribulation, everyone had been stripped clean. Now, the wealth of a Heavenly Immortal descended, instantly causing all these people to strike it rich.
Absolute Martial God, an undisputed Supreme Elder of the Tianya Sect, a reigning giant who roamed unchecked for a million years, had collected an unknown number of treasures. There were seven or eight Supreme Grade Dao Artifacts; though not a full set, they were more than enough to compensate those sects for their losses. As for the rest—High Grade Dao Artifacts, fairy pills, spirit talismans, and spirit herbs—they were simply beyond count.
This gave the many figures of the Gate of Good Fortune quite a haul to divide. But even as they divided it, they acted systematically, regulating their essential qi to enhance Fang Han’s power.
At this exact moment, Fang Han was facing the siege of numerous experts from the Tianya Sect.
Ya Wuben took the lead. Five fingers suppressing the deity's head, he executed the Tianya Profound Art, Ten Transformations Immortal Gang, teaming up with numerous experts to bombard Fang Han. Fang Han, however, stood unmoving. Crossing his fingers, he transformed back into human form, dismantling those immortal arts and profound arts one by one. At the same time, he fully adjusted the rampant essential qi within his body, melting the power of the Heavenly Immortal.
After exchanging hundreds of blows in a row, which was merely the span of a few blinks, Fang Han’s essential qi had been completely stimulated; all of it began to stabilize, and he immediately launched a counterattack.
He grabbed at the air with a massive hand, shattering the immortal arts of a full three or four paramount figures and giants. This created a brief vacuum in the intervals of the attacks. Seizing this opportunity in an instant, Fang Han’s entire body shot forward laterally. His body spun, transforming into a massive drill shape as he pierced through layers of gaps, attacking directly toward Ya Wuben’s son, the young master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion.
This was the very young master who wanted to force a marriage upon Mi Bao.
He absolutely had to be killed or captured alive; only then could the majesty of the Gate of Good Fortune be displayed.
Fang Han showed absolutely no mercy.
"The target is actually my son!" Ya Wuben was startled, but he was worthy of being the master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion, currently the number one person in the Cultivation Great World and the personal disciple of the Tianya Sect's leader. His cultivation level was something Absolute Martial God fundamentally could not compare to. His body moved, and suddenly, a ray of divine light shot out. Within that divine light emerged a precious ruler. This ruler was inlaid with countless gemstones, and every single gemstone contained a massive starry sky. They were not items like Heaven Crystal Stones, Soul Stones, or Life Stones, but rather crystallizations of immortal dao laws.
This was a fairy artifact!
A precious ruler of the fairy artifact level!
"The Tianya Sect's sect-guarding fairy artifact… The Tianya Holy Dao Ruler." Zu Qingting took one look and recognized that this fairy artifact was the sect-guarding treasure of the Tianya Sect, as famous as his own Rebirth Fairy Gourd: the Tianya Holy Dao Ruler, spanning the universe, reaching heaven and earth, utterly unstoppable. Once it struck, it possessed immense, indestructible might.
"Wuwuwu, wuwuwu…" "Honghonghonghonghonghong…" It sounded like countless ghosts and deities weeping at the bounds of heaven, yet also like countless Buddha ancestors delivering a striking warning beside one's ear. That Tianya Holy Dao Ruler struck out once, aimed right at Fang Han, crashing toward his body. The power of a fairy artifact was far greater than an ordinary Heavenly Immortal. Because the immortal laws contained within an ordinary Heavenly Immortal were nowhere near as plentiful as those in a fairy artifact. To bring out this fairy artifact was to deliver a fatal blow to Fang Han.
"Good fairy artifact!" Fang Han struck out extremely fast. Facing this fairy artifact god ruler crashing toward him, he casually slapped it, unleashing vast brute force and the Ancestral Dragon Divine Ability. Astonishingly, he slapped the holy ruler so that it shifted, deviating from its trajectory and bouncing outward. But he was decidedly not well off either; his entire body was shaken by a massive force that churned his internal organs. He consecutively refined several High Grade immortal laws before suppressing his essential qi.
The power of this fairy artifact was practically equivalent to the combined strike of more than ten Heavenly Immortal experts.
"He actually managed to deflect a fairy artifact!" Ya Wuben's gaze turned cold, knowing Fang Han was the greatest enemy and absolutely could not be left alive. His body suddenly trembled, and fresh blood shot from his eyes. That blood transformed into two long rivers, burning fiercely, and poured into the Tianya Holy Dao Ruler.
"A heart full of hot blood spills across Tianya! A liver and gall transform into the sun and moon! Three long sighs enter the immortal dao, the winds of all directions stir to raise righteous qi!" Ya Wuben chanted loudly, his aura surging abruptly.
That Tianya Holy Dao Ruler let out a long chime, suddenly expanding like the hundred-thousand-mile god coffin of the Source of All Evil, and directly smashed toward Fang Han. The fairy artifact array locked onto Fang Han, leaving him nowhere to run.
"Blending with the Light and Dust!" Fang Han’s body suddenly shrank in an instant. At this moment, he executed a profound immortal dao great array, vanishing without a trace and causing the Tianya Holy Dao Ruler to miss its target entirely.
Then, in the next moment, he astonishingly appeared in front of that young master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion and grabbed forward.
The cultivation of the young master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion was also at the True Immortal level, but how could he compare to an expert like Fang Han, who could slaughter Heavenly Immortals? He fundamentally didn't even have time to resist before Fang Han grabbed him by the chest. With one seal of his palm, the young master was turned into an encasement of frozen crystal and sealed away. Then, Fang Han’s body continuously shuttled back, returning to his Heaven Crystal Stone Throne, slapped the massive throne, and streams of dragon-shapes formed a prehistoric ancient array, blocking the bombardment of the Tianya Holy Dao Ruler.
This series of changes in his actions, executing moves like lightning, incredibly linked together into the most profound immortal art array in the Emperor's Mirror: Blending with the Light and Dust. He directly pulled chestnuts from the fire, capturing the young master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion alive.
"Truly an utterly useless thing, daring to plot against my wife, Mi Bao!" Looking at the sealed young master of the Tianya Sea Pavilion, Fang Han spat out a mouthful of saliva, suddenly shouting loudly, "Ya Wuben, your son is in my hands. If you attack again, I will just sacredly sacrifice him first. Let's see what means you possess."
"What?"
Ya Wuben’s expression was freezing, as if capable of icing over a star domain. He fiercely withdrew the fairy artifact, the Tianya Holy Dao Ruler, and shouted, "Stop!" Instantly, all the paramount figures and disciples of the Tianya Sect ceased their attacks, glaring deadly at Fang Han, yet utterly powerless against this ruthless man.
"Alright, this is the headquarters of our Taishang Jiuqing Tian. Since everyone is a guest, do not overstep. Otherwise, my Taishang Jiuqing Tian will have to intervene."
Right at this moment, Zu Qingting stood up and waved his hand, stopping the slaughter between Fang Han and the people of the Tianya Sect.
"Zu Qingting! This kid, Fang Han, sealed my son, and you actually intervene at this moment. Could it be you want to thoroughly incite a war between our two sects? Your Taishang Jiuqing Tian is an ancient great sect; my Tianya Sect is also an ancient great faction. By inciting a war, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold onto your seat as sect master much longer." Ya Wuben roared in anger.
"Those words are incorrect." Zu Qingting showed no trace of anger, replying with a smile, "Matters cannot always be resolved through killing and fighting. Furthermore, you have seen Fellow Daoist Fang Han’s methods. Brother Wuben, even if I ceded the headquarters of Taishang Jiuqing Tian to let you slaughter each other, it would only benefit us, so why would I stop it? Moreover, are you truly capable of dealing with Fellow Daoist Fang Han?"
"Haha, Sect Master Zu Qingting speaks well. I say you might as well cede the headquarters of Taishang Jiuqing Tian and let me fight these figures of the Tianya Sect. My immortal arts have reached grand completion, and I was just looking to kill a few Heavenly Immortals for nourishment."
Fang Han grabbed that young pavilion master and casually gave him a shake. The seal began to rupture, and the young pavilion master regained his wits, struggling desperately, yet he could not budge a muscle. He stared at Fang Han with a gaze full of venomous resentment: "Father, save me!"
"Your father cannot save you; today, even immortals cannot save you. I said it before: whoever moves against my wife, I will kill him." Fang Han laughed, delivering a resounding slap across the young pavilion master's face. "The Tianya Sect, an ancient great faction? Looks to me like a sect of cowards and trash. Attacking all together, yet an undisputed Supreme Elder Heavenly Immortal was killed by me, and this piece of trash young pavilion master caught alive. Whatever remaining methods you have, bring them all out. Today, my Gate of Good Fortune will have its mighty name spread far and wide."
Fang Han swallowed mountains and rivers. An aura so grand it encompassed the starry sky caused the various giant heads of Taishang Jiuqing Tian to submit entirely in their hearts.