Earth.
Inside the Shrouding-Heavens Grand Formation.
The surface of Carefree Heavenly Venerate's corpse had grown dull and dark. Though his body still held life essence and divine power far beyond that of a Quasi-Emperor, the traces of law within it had visibly faded. They had all poured into the Years Blade lodged in his chest, raising it from an Earth Immortal divine weapon to a Heavenly Immortal divine weapon—and even to the very pinnacle of that level.
Beside his corpse, immortal light flickered within the Daluo Furnace and Divine Fire blazed. Visions appeared outside the furnace: immortal beings such as True Dragons, Immortal Phoenixes, and Qilin, as well as illusions of the Path to Immortality opening, the Flat Peach Immortal Tree, and an Immortal King descending into the mortal world.
Fang Yang sat cross-legged. The Chaos Lotus Platform beneath him shone with the Wisdom Halo, enveloping him like a Buddha deep in meditation.
The Dao Fruit formed from the Primordial Chaos Great Dao gestated within him, resonating with the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron before him as it advanced steadily toward perfection. It had also absorbed the Time Law he had gained from Carefree Heavenly Venerate, taking on the grandeur of embracing all laws and uniting them into one Great Dao.
On the lotus platform beside him lay a Feathered Green Gold Sword and a Phoenix Blood Red Gold Saber, both radiating terrifying auras. The Dao resonance of eclosion and ascension flowed endlessly through the sword, while that of nirvana and rebirth flowed through the saber. Both were slowly growing stronger.
Fang Yang had tempered them with the Zodiac Immortal Gold secret method, and each had begun to develop its Immortal Gold Profound Meaning. Neither could compare with the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron yet, but both had surpassed ordinary Quasi-Emperor Weapons.