Fang Han was brought to the mountain gate of the "Xuanzhong Sect" by this group of people led by Senior Sister Chen.
The mountain gate was built amidst the mountain rocks, and palaces towered. In the sky, some large-scale restrictive formations were laid out, showing that there were still experts presiding within this "Xuanzhong Sect".
Of course, this couldn't compare to the might of those massive sects like the Supreme Nine Purities Heaven in the secular world, with hundreds and thousands of immemorial divine mountains floating in the air, enveloping star domains one after another.
However, in the Heaven Realm, the material structure was incomparably stable, and the spatial rules were solidified. The power required to move a mountain peak was equivalent to a difficulty not much lesser than arranging and combining hundreds and thousands of star domains together in the secular world.
"“You all, carry this senior to the cave dwelling where I reside.”" Senior Sister Chen instructed, and a few disciples quickly went up the mountain, arriving in front of a small palace, and then carried Fang Han inside, placing him down on a stone bed.
That stone bed was exceedingly lukewarm, and a warm and comfortable conception rippled in his heart, nourishing the acupoints all over Fang Han's body. It seemed to be a treasure.
Such strange stones, in the secular world, had to be auctioned, and the value was such that only those behemoth Heavenly Immortal powerhouses could buy them.
"“Carved from the Profound Yang Strange Stone of the Heaven Realm, with various restrictive formations laid within it; it is a peerless dao artifact that has survived the lightning tribulation. Not bad, not bad, it has the function of nourishing the body and mind.”"
Fang Han said in his heart.
"“Senior, this is the place where I cultivate, my name is Chen Yan.”" Seeing Fang Han settled down, Senior Sister Chen nodded slightly, "“Senior, rest assured and recuperate here. Although the world has been chaotic lately, my Xuanzhong Sect also has a little bit of influence. As long as you don't show off the mountains or reveal the water, there will be no problem with senior's safety. However, could senior tell me which sect you come from?”"
"“It is best you do not know my origins. Otherwise, there is no benefit to you.”" A faint smile appeared on Fang Han's face: "“I came from a very distant place, chased by powerful figures to arrive here. You rescued me, I will naturally give you some benefits.”"
While speaking, Fang Han's lips moved, and a stream of white qi sprayed out from his nose. Like a true dragon, like a spirit snake, it drilled directly into the other party's body without Senior Sister Chen, Chen Yan, having the slightest defense.
Chen Yan was startled and was about to resist, but then joy appeared on her face.
"“This is… the final breakthrough of cultivating the Supreme Heavenly Immortal Great Dao, senior. You… and there's also Origin Qi…”"
She was a half-step Heavenly Immortal, but had long been unable to cultivate the Heavenly Immortal Great Dao to ascend to heaven in a single step. Now having suddenly obtained the experience and Origin Qi imparted by Fang Han, she immediately grew restless, having a trend of Heavenly Immortal laws sprouting, and immediately wanted to go into closed-door cultivation to strive for a breakthrough.
"“Don't be in a rush to go into closed-door cultivation, I still have matters to ask you. If you can let me understand everything, not to mention cultivating to become a Heavenly Immortal, even a God Immortal is no big deal.”" Fang Han suddenly sat up, moving cross-legged, divine light shooting in all directions from his eyes.
"“Senior, you don't have a Heavenly Immortal cultivation?”" Chen Yan was startled. In her eyes, Heavenly Immortals were already big shots, and existences surpassing Heavenly Immortals were the old antiques within the sect, presiding over the mountain gate, existences perpetually in closed-door cultivation and never coming out.
"“What is a Heavenly Immortal? What is a God Immortal? Even a Mystic Immortal is nothing. I can slap a group of them to death with one palm.”" Fang Han said proudly: "“Alright, you saved me, and I indeed need a place to recover my injuries. Now I want to know, where have I arrived, how are the forces in this area distributed, and which region of the Heaven Realm is this.”"
"“God Immortals are nothing? Mystic Immortals are nothing…”" If Chen Ran hadn't seen Fang Han's methods, imparting the momentary experience of Heavenly Immortal advancement to her, as well as the abundant Origin Qi, she would have truly thought she had rescued a madman. However, as Fang Han spoke casually, an extremely powerful coercive pressure naturally emanated from him, rendering her afraid to harbor any thoughts or ideas of resistance; this was the aura of a big shot.
Chen Ran's heart was clear.
"“I casually saved a person, originally thinking he was a Heavenly Immortal with status, to plant a good cause. Unexpectedly, this person doesn't seem to be an ordinary figure. Every single action holds the conception of controlling life and death, grasping great authority, and looking down upon the common people of the world. He genuinely has a massive background.”" Pondering in her heart, Chen Yan's tone became respectful: "“Senior, the area around here is called Mang Mountain. Rumor has it that it spans three hundred and sixty-nine billion miles. Within Mang Mountain, there are over a thousand immortal dao sects distributed large and small, and the alliance is called the Manggou Alliance. Our Xuanzhong Sect is precisely a member of the Manggou Alliance. As for beyond Mang Mountain, I do not know. Rumor has it that there are kingdoms of some big shots. I haven't gone out to adventure yet; only those who cultivate into Heavenly Immortals can go out.”"
"“Mm.”" Fang Han pondered for a moment, and an outline of the entire Mang Mountain's situation immediately formed in his mind.
Thousands upon thousands of immortal dao sects formed an alliance, creating a distribution of power within the continuous mountain ranges, becoming a massive system of interests.
"“A mountain range of three hundred and sixty-nine billion miles. Without cultivating to Heavenly Immortal, one cannot utilise the rules of the Heaven Realm to fly, naturally incapable of going out…”" Fang Han nodded: "“Your Xuanzhong Sect should have some ancient records introducing this region, bring them for me to see.”"
Upon reaching the Heaven Realm, the first thing to familiarise oneself with was naturally the locale, exactly what major forces were there that could threaten his existence.
Back then, when Fang Han was in the secular world and entered the Yuhua Sect to cultivate, he obtained an ancient record "All Worlds". Now that he had reached the Heaven Realm and entered the sphere of influence of Mang Mountain, there should naturally be similar books.
"“There is, senior. This is a Secret Volume of Manggou. It roughly records the approximate forces of the various sects, and even some situations beyond Mang Mountain. Whatever else senior wishes to ask, or whatever needs you have, I shall tell you everything I know, and say it without reserve.”" Chen Yan became even more respectful.
Fang Han took a book, which consisted of vast Heart of Heaven consciousness. He carefully flipped through it while asking Chen Yan about certain matters.
After about half a day, the sky gradually darkened, and the night of the Heaven Realm descended. A bright moon hung high in the sky, equally gigantic, unfathomable to measure. With Fang Han's divine thought, don't even think about viewing a fraction of it; existing eternally throughout ages, immortal with the world.
A chilly radiance spilled down from the moon. The evenings in the Heaven Realm were cold; as they spoke, it carried traces of chilliness. Faintly and indistinctly, in the distant mountain ranges outside the palace, the roars of some monsters would even transmit over, startling one's mind.
Fang Han was aware that in the depths of the Mang Mountain range, there existed many demon beasts and immortal beasts. There were powerful demon beasts and immortal beasts comparable to Heavenly Immortals and God Immortals, and it was extremely dangerous for disciples of some sects to encounter them.
During his conversation with Chen Yan, she recounted encountering a Golden Crystal Beast of the Heavenly Immortal level once, nearly suffering a death where both body and dao perished.
Soon, he finished reading this "Secret Volume of Manggou". Fang Han roughly knew the general outline of the distribution of power here, and simultaneously knew that this was a desolate land of the Heaven Realm, situated at the edge of some small corner. The true prosperity of the Heaven Realm was still outside the mountains.
Fang Han shook his head. He originally wanted to roughly understand the distribution of power in the Heaven Realm, such as the residential places of some ancient Heavenly Monarchs: Disaster Heavenly Monarch, Chaos Heavenly Monarch, Thunder Emperor Heavenly Monarch, and even the existence of the Heavenly Court and the Thirty-Three Heavens from rumors. But it seemed now, these were not things he could contact at present.
How large was the Heaven Realm? Even people like the Terminating Holy King and Chaos Heavenly Monarch did not know.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Fang Han looked up at the moon in the sky, an unusual feeling arising in his heart. He actually slightly missed the secular world, missed the Profound Yellow Great World; that was his home.
"“I don't know if the Profound Yellow Great World is still there now, whether it has been refined by the God Clan or not? Senior Sister Qingxue has also ascended to the Heaven Realm. Right, Yan Shuitian is also in the Heaven Realm. The Taiyi Sect is rumored to have significant influence in the Immortal Realm as well. I have many things to do, but for now, restoring my strength is the proper business.”"
Fang Han meticulously circulated the cultivation base inside his body, discovering his injuries had recovered a small portion, but to recover rapidly, he had to refine that Golden Immortal law.
"“Senior, do you have any other instructions?”" Chen Yan said, "“Otherwise, I am going to cultivate.”"
"“This is a pill recipe of mine. Go purchase some medicinal ingredients; I need to refine a batch of pills to quickly restore my strength.”" As Fang Han spoke, a flash of golden light flew out from his body. On top of the golden light, a page of golden book emerged, densely detailing the medicinal ingredients on it.
He intended to refine immortal pills to assist in refining the Golden Immortal laws.
In the Immortal Realm, medicinal ingredients that were rare in the secular world were everywhere; it was very easy to refine immortal pills.
"“Senior… these pills…”" Chen Yan took a look, extremely troubled, "“Some of these medicinal ingredients are exceedingly precious. I can only go purchase them at the market of the Manggou Alliance. But my savings are insufficient…”"
"“Oh? Savings, you mean Yuanshi Dan?”"
Fang Han understood. To purchase things in the Heaven Realm, one required Yuanshi Dan condensed from Origin Qi. But without cultivating into a Heavenly Immortal, it was fundamentally impossible to extract Origin Qi from the origin qi of the Heaven Realm.
Even a Heavenly Immortal needed to breathe in and out in places where Origin Qi was abundant.
In the Heaven Realm, some places had abundant Origin Qi, making cultivation yield twice the result with half the effort. Some places were deficient, barren, and thin in Origin Qi, making cultivation extremely difficult.
Within this Xuanzhong Sect, Fang Han inherently sensed that expansive formations had crystallized within the void, siphoning Origin Qi from above the nine heavens. At the identical time, from a secretive spirit vein deep underground, Origin Qi additionally seeped out. Notably, it stood as a blessed grotto-heaven cleaved open inherently by the ancestral founder of the Xuanzhong Sect. Expediting sect disciples' cultivation progress optimally.
"“Alright then, you go cultivate first. Wait until I recover somewhat, and I will go with you to the market of the Manggou Alliance to purchase the materials for pill refinement.”" Fang Han currently had no Yuanshi Dan on him either and had to extract it from the void. Now he could extract it himself, the Thirty-Three Heavens supreme treasures could also extract it out of thin air, and there was also the Taiji Divine Sphere within the Key of the Desolate God that would continuously transport it.
It was unknown where the Origin Qi in the Taiji Divine Sphere was extracted from, a trickling stream, never stopping.
"“Yes, senior, I will go cultivate.”"
The woman, Chen Yan, withdrew, entering another secret room, and began to sit in meditation and comprehend.
Fang Han closed his eyes, inhaling and exhaling the Golden Immortal laws, while his divine thought penetrated into the void, beginning to disperse, spreading out, for a hundred thousand miles, a million miles…