"Master, this disciple is returning to Qingcheng Mountain to break through in cultivation. Once I have finished handling my affairs, I will return to Golden Ao Island to visit you."
After copying the texts he wanted, Fang Yang returned beneath Purple Ganoderma Cliff and bowed in farewell toward Biyou Palace.
Even in an ordinary household, one had to inform one's elders before leaving home. This was Golden Ao Island; if Fang Yang left without saying a word, it would be far too discourteous.
He did not seek out Daoist Master Qisha. Since Daoist Master Qisha had promised Sect Master Tongtian, he would not go back on his word.
On his journey back to Qingcheng Mountain, Fang Yang once again witnessed the chaos spreading across the land.
The Human Clan, the new Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, was still too weak. They could not dominate the world like the Witch Clan had, leaving the Primordial Land in utter disorder.
All across the land, Demons and monsters sprang up. Answering the call of the Demon Race remnants, they built demon cities and Myriad Demon Kingdoms, turning vast stretches of land into demon domains.
The Human Clan's Immortal Dao Army was like a firefighting crew, run ragged from one place to another. They had barely destroyed one demon kingdom when several demon cities sprang up elsewhere.
Wherever demon kingdoms and demon cities passed, immortals and mortals alike, birds and beasts alike, were slaughtered without exception. Even a paradise on earth could become an Avici hell in an instant.
Most troublesome of all, the rivers and lakes seemed to have been invaded by Demons as well. Massive floods erupted at every turn, transforming the land into a vast watery marsh.
Even a rotten ship still had three pounds of nails. Though the Demon Race had declined, their remaining experts and mighty figures fought guerrilla warfare against the Human Clan, causing them enormous trouble.
The Demon Race seemed determined to prove through this method that the Human Clan was unworthy of serving as the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.
The Human Clan had to suppress Demons while also fighting floods and rescuing disaster victims. They were overwhelmed, which was why Emperor Shennong had agreed to reconcile with the East Sea Dragon Clan.
They had no choice but to reconcile. With the Human Clan's current strength, they simply could not quell the demon scourge across the land. Rather than fall out with the East Sea Dragon Clan, it was better to demand some benefits and let the matter pass.
"To wear the crown, one must bear its weight. The Human Clan is still far from becoming the true Protagonist of Heaven and Earth!"
Fang Yang raised his hand slightly, and thunderclouds blanketed an area of a million li. Then countless bolts of lightning poured down, drowning a Myriad Demon Kingdom below.
Boom!
The Myriad Demon Kingdom suffered an attack like the land itself was being scrubbed clean. Great demons, lesser demons, long-tailed demons, blue-eyed demons... all were reduced to dust in an instant.
Fang Yang had not come specifically to slay Demons, but whenever he encountered a gathering place of Demons, he would give them a Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder as a greeting.
"Why are you killing us?"
Some Demons had tougher lives and survived by relying on secret treasures. Seeing Fang Yang standing above the demon kingdom, they questioned him through gritted teeth.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Fang Yang did not answer. He reached into the void with his right hand, dragged down a divine thunderbolt, and struck the surviving Demons into ashes.
The Demons' question was utterly superfluous. Fang Yang intended to destroy the demon kingdom; what did that have to do with the Demons within it?
Whoosh!
Fang Yang flashed, transforming into a streak of lightning and vanishing from above the demon kingdom.
Though he had left, the lightning shrouding the demon kingdom remained. It continued to bombard the land for three months, washing every inch of the demon kingdom a thousand times.
Three months later, the Lightning Law Fang Yang had left above the demon kingdom finally dispersed.
By then, every Demon in the kingdom had died. Even those with special bloodline divine abilities perished beneath the heavenly thunder cleansing the land after hiding for a month.
No matter how they thought about it, those Demons could not understand how a person like Fang Yang existed. He had clearly left, yet he still left behind his divine ability to plague them. But they would never have the chance to understand. To die at Fang Yang's hands meant body and soul were both destroyed, with no Reincarnation Cycle.
As a Disciple of the Sect of Interception, Fang Yang understood how to Intercept a Glimmer of Life. He understood even better how to stop others from intercepting one for themselves.
After returning to Qingcheng Grotto-Heaven, Fang Yang settled the Divine Rice within Heavenly Wood Hall, where Yi Wood Qi was most abundant, then began preparing to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
His breakthrough to Grand Unity Golden Immortal was unlike anyone else's.
After cultivating Law-Self Unity, every one of his Daoist arts pointed directly to the root. His magic power was unimaginably immense. He might be called a Golden Immortal, but his cultivation was not remotely that of an ordinary Golden Immortal.
Once he broke through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and condensed a Grand Unity Dao Fruit, his magic power would undergo another leap. By then, he would become the strongest Grand Unity Golden Immortal in all history.
Fang Yang sank his mind into his body, his consciousness settling upon the Creation Nascent Soul.
Even now, the Creation Nascent Soul continuously absorbed Chaos Qi and refined it into magic power. In theory, because of the Creation Nascent Soul, Fang Yang's magic power was inexhaustible.
This was somewhat like a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Great Luo Golden Immortals relied on their Destiny Worlds to absorb Chaos Qi and generate endless magic power.
By this calculation, Fang Yang already possessed two major characteristics of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. The first was the quality of his magic power, and the second was the endurance of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
"Without becoming Great Luo, one remains an ant. Even if I advance to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, I can only barely withstand a Great Luo Golden Immortal's attacks through the power of an Innate Spiritual Treasure. Fighting a Great Luo Golden Immortal head-on is still impossible. Without Great Luo Golden Immortal battle power, the internal affairs of our sect cannot be resolved."
Thinking of this, Fang Yang's fighting spirit burned even fiercer. He was still far too weak—so weak that he could not even defeat his junior brothers and sisters.
With a wave of his hand, the World Tree flew from the Yin Yang Two Forms Gourd and landed steadily in Observing Heaven Hall. Immediately afterward, four law spirits flew from between his brows, each taking a position around him.
These four law spirits were still the law spirits of Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder, Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Roaming Technique, Three Thousand Universes Ascension Art, and World Creation and Transformation.
The Immortal Demon God Art had no law spirit. It cultivated the physical body, and since Meng Chen already possessed a Primordial Spirit, no new Primordial Spirit would be born.
Fang Yang and his law spirits acted together. Five masses of magic power surged forth, enveloping the World Tree and beginning its refinement. He intended to forge the World Tree into his destiny magic treasure. In the future, he would use the World Tree as the foundation to open a Destiny World.
The World Tree had originally been a Chaos Spiritual Root, its grade slightly surpassing that of an Ultimate Innate Spiritual Root. If it were not still in its growth stage, Fang Yang would not have dared set his sights on it.
Even so, this World Tree was not easy to refine.
Fang Yang and the four great law spirits continuously unleashed magic power. Lightning Law, Space Law, Speed Law, and Creation Law transformed into four dragons of law, spraying torrents of law toward the World Tree.
With such force, even Shi Ji Niangniang would be refined into a stubborn rock in an instant.
The bark of the World Tree formed a structure similar to a Heaven-Earth Membrane, resisting Fang Yang's power. Each time, Fang Yang's power could only penetrate a tiny amount, making large-scale refinement impossible.
Fang Yang had long been prepared for this. The Earth Book in Great Immortal Zhenyuan's possession had been transformed from a World Membrane. Since the World Tree could evolve a World Membrane, naturally his attacks would struggle to achieve results.
However, he was patient. He did not lack time.
Fang Yang refined it for an entire yuanhui—one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, six hundred years. Over those long years, the World Tree gradually lost its ability to resist and finally became Fang Yang's destiny magic treasure.
After refining the World Tree, Fang Yang made a few adjustments, swallowed some spirit pills to restore his Divine Sense, and began charging toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
With the Creation Nascent Soul, his magic power was difficult to exhaust unless he unleashed too much at once. Internet speed was only so high; if the file being downloaded was too large, it naturally could not be downloaded instantly.
However, whether he operated the Creation Nascent Soul or refined the World Tree, both consumed Divine Sense. The Creation Nascent Soul could replenish magic power, but it could not replenish Divine Sense.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four consecutive explosions rang out as four treasure mountains containing the four great origins of earth, fire, water, and wind descended. The World Tree appeared above Fang Yang's head, and dozens of roots extended outward, coiling around the four treasure mountains and absorbing the power of their four great origins.
"It is time!"
Feeling the four new powers within his body, Fang Yang's spirits soared.
Next, he would use these four powers to condense the Dao seed of the Heaven and Earth Origin Dao. Then, using that Dao seed as the foundation, he would condense the Grand Unity Dao Fruit!
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