"Quickly arrange into a grand array!"
"Not good, my disciple was shaken to death. Damn it, his spirit and form are completely extinguished! Feng'er, Feng'er, hold on, hold on for your master!"
"Quickly resist it, my body is almost about to burst. Not good, the Supreme Grade Dao Artifact I refined for a hundred thousand years just successfully transcended the lightning tribulation not long ago."
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As the Treasure Distributing Rock smashed down, all the disciples of the Tianya Sect were thrown into complete chaos. The bodies of the disciples exploded one by one, and magic treasures were shattered apart. The numerous experts of the Tianya Sect unleashed countless laws in succession, but they could not stop the descent of the Treasure Distributing Rock in the slightest. This sudden strike by Fang Han and Mi Bao was essentially a sneak attack, catching everyone utterly off guard.
What kind of treasure was the Treasure Distributing Rock? It was exceptionally heavy and contained the supreme innate truths of the Great Dao. With Mi Bao's current cultivation, she could fundamentally not urge it, but Fang Han could. With the two joining hands, combining the Force of Creation and the Force of Origin, they used this treasure as a weapon to deliver a fierce blow.
This was a method Fang Han had long calculated.
Because he knew that if he fought desperately against Ya Wuben and allowed the people of the Tianya Sect to set up their grand array, it was highly likely he truly would not be able to escape, and even if he survived, he would be heavily wounded.
But now, seizing the opportunity, he unleashed a killing move that instantly routed the members of the Tianya Sect, leaving them with no way to gather into a grand array. Thus, the right to choose shifted to him; he could either slaughter and plunder, or immediately pull back and retreat at any time.
When the massive Treasure Distributing Rock truly crashed down, almost every Tianya Sect disciple who was not at the Heavenly Immortal level was completely wiped out. Some Heavenly Immortal giants with faster reflexes managed to sweep their beloved disciples into their inner worlds, thus escaping the disaster.
However, Ya Wuben's son was the first to die, as Fang Han had specifically targeted this kid. Naturally, he could not survive.
"Bang!"
It was like a small mountain being tossed into a pond; all the water, fish, and even the mud in the pond were splashed outward. Those splashed fish were the Heavenly Immortals of the Tianya Sect.
Ya Wuben watched helplessly as his son was shaken to death, yet his own body was struck by the Treasure Distributing Rock. A forceful wave blasted him away, causing him to crash through layers of starry skies and alternate dimensions, far away from this star region.
The surrounding Heavenly Immortal experts suffered the same blow; they were all blasted away from this starry sky one by one. For at least a short while, they would be unable to form a grand array.
There were also some Heavenly Immortals who were not blown away and forcefully held their ground, but all of them were shaken to the point of vomiting blood, their essential qi difficult to recover in the short term.
Only Ya Zongdao retreated, eerily flashing away, dodging both the "Origin Divine Fist" and the bombardment of the Treasure Distributing Rock.
But how could Fang Han be willing to let him off?
With a flick of his hand, that Treasure Distributing Rock incredibly merged into his own fist wind, appearing both real and illusory, as he punched directly toward Ya Zongdao: "Ya Zongdao, you didn't expect me to launch this sudden strike! The Treasure Distributing Rock has already been claimed by Mi Bao. All of this was pre-arranged by the Treasure Master."
Having succeeded with one strike, Fang Han moved with the momentum of a flock of dragons emerging from the sea, ten thousand dragons paying homage to their ancestor. He urged the Treasure Distributing Rock within his fist wind to crash forward; every single move possessed a power capable of nearly flattening a Heavenly Immortal directly.
"Clang!"
Ya Zongdao slashed his saber at Fang Han. Not only did it fail to cleave the fist wind apart, it was instead repelled by the power of the Treasure Distributing Rock within it. The Great Accomplishment Holy Saber trembled continuously, its artifact spirit seemingly injured in its essential qi by the shock.
"The Treasure Distributing Rock! Taishang Jiuqing Tian actually agreed to let it go."
With this miscalculation, Ya Zongdao was beaten by Fang Han to the point of breathlessness, falling into a disadvantage.
"Cut the nonsense! I was already completely irreconcilable with the Tianya Sect. After the Divine Race tribulation passed, I was going to destroy the Tianya Sect anyway. Now that you've actually given me such an opportunity, I absolutely will not show any mercy; be suppressed by me!" With a wave of Fang Han's hand, the Treasure Distributing Rock appeared once again above Ya Zongdao's head.
Meanwhile, Mi Bao non-stop unleashed various techniques of the Origin Divine Fist. On that Treasure Distributing Rock, many portals appeared: some resembled the Gate of the Immortal Realm, some resembled the Gate of Divine Abilities, and there were even some that resembled the Gate of Illusions and the Gate of Avici. From within millions of portals, rays of light shot out, enveloping Ya Zongdao.
This Ya Zongdao flew upwards, wielding the "Great Accomplishment Holy Saber" in his hand, severing those rays of light one by one. However, more and more rays of light shot out from within, and no matter how Ya Zongdao slashed, he could not break free from the entanglement of these lights.
"Ya Zongdao, it is impossible for you to cut down these divine lights. The Treasure Distributing Rock went to the Immortal Realm through my father and was refined using a heaven-defying grand method. It is on the verge of restoring the glory of its past as a fairy artifact! Today, the sect master of the Tianya Sect, Ya Zongdao, shall use his fresh blood and life to reconsolidate the glory for my Treasure Distributing Rock! From now on, not only will the Treasure Distributing Rock return to the Cultivation Great World, but its mighty name will spread across the heavens and myriad realms."
As Mi Bao unleashed the Origin Divine Fist, her voice pierced into Ya Zongdao's heart.
"Audacious! Daring to plot against me, I am the sect master of the Tianya Sect, a peerless genius, the number one Heavenly Immortal!" Ya Zongdao, this white-haired youth-like sect master, became completely infuriated. He seemed to have undone some sort of seal within his body. The Great Accomplishment Holy Saber in his hand actually merged into his body, and like Fang Han, he achieved the state of becoming one with his treasure.
"Unrivaled Saber Slaying Saints! Receive my Three Saber Strikes of Slaying Saints! The first saber, Heaven and Earth as the Grand Furnace!"
As Ya Zongdao executed a saber strike, countless space-times immediately turned red-hot like the fire of a furnace, actually burning the divine lights shooting out from the Treasure Distributing Rock entirely clean.
Subsequently, he unleashed his second move: "The second saber, Creation as the Architect!"
The saber edge condensed, and its will seemed as if the Uncanny Workmanship Grand Immortal Art had been trained to its extreme. The combined might of ninety-nine types of Three Thousand Great Daos and the Genesis of the Gods incredibly stripped away the fusion of essential qi between the Treasure Distributing Rock and Mi Bao. It even blocked Fang Han's Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Divine Fist, the saber light counterattacking right back.
Fang Han shuddered and retreated, his stalwart form shielding Mi Bao.
He grabbed with his left hand, seizing the Treasure Distributing Rock, and spun the massive precious rock to block the saber light.
"Heaven and Earth, Creation, and Nature are my masters. Since ancient times, I have never believed in sages, because the aptitude of sages is inferior to mine. Therefore, I independently created the Three Moves of Slaying Saints, taking Heaven and Earth, Creation, and Nature as my teachers. Receive my final move, the Dao Follows Nature!"
Boom! Ya Zongdao was truly worthy of being a peerless genius. Once these Three Saber Strikes of Slaying Saints were executed, the first two moves reversed the disadvantaged position caused by Fang Han's sudden attack. When the final move "The Dao Follows Nature" was unleashed, Fang Han felt that saber light actually merge into nature, becoming vast, mighty, and irresistible. This move had no stance whatsoever.
Having no stance meant there was no possibility of defending against it.
At this moment, Ya Zongdao merged into nature, transforming into a grand momentum, a torrential flood.
An intense sense of crisis rose from Fang Han's heart. At this very moment, he had encountered a true expert! This Ya Zongdao was a genuine expert among Heavenly Immortals. If Heavenly Immortals were divided into grades, there was no doubt that this Ya Zongdao stood at the absolute pinnacle of the Heavenly Immortal realm; there was almost no Heavenly Immortal in this world more formidable than him.
With this move, the Dao Follows Nature, it was no wonder he could enter the Extraterrestrial Demonic Realm and kill Holy Demons.
Facing this move, all the latent potential in Fang Han's life was stimulated, and his divine intent permeated into the eighth spatial layer of the Key of the Desolate God! Within this layer of space, there were still no treasures stored; instead, there was an engraving of a massive array map, serving as the central hub of the Key of the Desolate God. As soon as Fang Han's divine intent permeated into it, he grasped the array map, and instantly, much more of the Key of the Desolate God's power was developed.
In a trance, he seemed to see a Daoist, whose face could not be seen clearly, resembling a primal entity born from the origin. This Daoist held a massive key, intending to open a blurry portal. That portal remarkably resembled the Gate of Eternal Life.
"The Immemorial Daoist Origin, the master of Panwu Immortal Venerable!" Fang Han's heart shuddered, knowing that this Daoist whose face could not be seen clearly was Daoist Origin.
Whether it was Panwu Immortal Venerable or Great Emperor Yellow Springs, although their cultivations were stunningly brilliant and rarely seen in hundreds of millions of years, it was impossible for them to cultivate to the Heavenly Monarch level. The rumors stating they were at the Heavenly Monarch level existed because Daoist Origin and Daoist Reincarnation had instilled their inherited powers into them.
"Daoist Origin! Force of Origin, bless my body!" The might of the Key of the Desolate God was stimulated once again. Upon it, fine, tender sprouts actually began to grow, as if the World Tree was radiating vitality once more. In the air, streams of the Force of Origin descended, permeating into the Eight Divisions Pagoda, causing the essential qi of this pagoda to begin flowing and surging.
Fang Han's power elevated once more.
"Hmph! The Key of the Desolate God, I know of it too. However, you are only a True Immortal and can merely mobilize a portion of its power. Only upon reaching Heavenly Immortal will the true power of this Key of the Desolate God be developed." Transforming into nature, Ya Zongdao's voice existed everywhere, seemingly grasping everything about Fang Han in his heart.
Swish, swish, swish…
Several streams of saber qi, like heavenly rivers, burst forth from the void surrounding Fang Han's body.
Immediately, Fang Han's body suffered a devastating blow. The tortoise-shell battle armor condensed from the qi of creation cracked inch by inch! Revealing the dragon scales beneath.
Right at this moment, many of the Tianya Sect's Heavenly Immortals who had been blasted away crossed the void in succession and flew back.
Particularly Ya Wuben, whose son had been killed; his eyes were blood-red as he roared in rage: "Set up the grand array! Cooperate with the sect leader to grind this demon to dust!"
Boom! All the paramount figures of the Tianya Sect, a full ten or more giants at the Dao Master Heavenly Immortal level, fused their immortal qi with each other. From within their bodies flew out rope-like rainbows of light, linking them into one entity as the lifespan on their bodies burned.
These giants already knew that Fang Han was a peerlessly ferocious man. If they didn't use extraordinary methods, they feared he would break out of the encirclement, which would leave endless future disasters for the Tianya Sect. Thus, every single one of them risked their lives, beginning to burn their lifespans and even swallowing immortal pills wildly, gulping them down one by one like roasted beans.
A massive array map manifested in the air.
It enveloped the four fields and sealed the eight wastelands.
"Good! Disciples of my Tianya Sect, heed my command. Arrange the Saint Exterminating Grand Array. At all costs! Let your lifespans burn." Ya Zongdao continuously controlled everything.