As the words fell, the black hole vortex abruptly changed.
The power of the five elements collapsed inward in a frenzy, while the power of spacetime twisted into the shape of a vast furnace. The black hole became a pill furnace, with the five elements as charcoal and the power of spacetime as fire.
That wisp of Yimo power was repeatedly refined within the pill furnace, its black light constantly being stripped away.
The evil will belonging to the Yimo within it was crushed by Supreme Power and the Sacred Body's will, leaving only the purest energy.
The Yimo King's screams came from within the pill furnace, growing weaker and weaker.
"Junior! Just you wait! The day this king breaks free, I'll make you beg for life and find no escape in death!"
Before he could finish, the last wisp of black light was completely refined.
Inside the pill furnace,
a chaos-colored pill slowly took shape. Five-colored light flowed across its surface, and it gave off a vast, pure fluctuation of energy.
Fang Yi turned his palm over, and the pill furnace dissipated, leaving the chaos-colored pill in his hand.
"Let's try it and see."
Fang Yi opened his mouth and swallowed the chaos-colored pill whole. Vast energy erupted at once, its surging power countless times more terrifying than the Profound Origin Pills Fang Yi had swallowed back then.
"Perfect. I can use this to condense the Yama Golden Body of the Great Five Elements Technique. Five-element resources are far too scarce on the Tianxuan Continent. Even though the Great Five Elements Technique brought my five elements into harmony and transformed my Origin Energy,
"in the Eternal Life Great World, that wouldn't even count as having grasped the basics..."
Fang Yi sat cross-legged. Although this power was not earth-attribute power, the Yimo King had been suppressed by the Great Desolation Tablet for so long
that the power had picked up more earth-attribute power than ordinary power would have. It was just right to use in condensing the Yama Golden Body.
Fang Yi directed all that power into his spleen. He had obtained the Great Five Elements Technique, and his five elements were innately in harmony.
Thus, the Origin Energy he produced was connected to the five elements. But producing a little five-element power through the Great Five Elements Technique was only a first taste of its path.
To grasp the basics, achieve minor mastery, or even reach perfection, he still needed to draw upon a great deal of five-element power.
The Yama Golden Body was the mark of minor mastery in the Earth Sovereign Yellow Emperor Technique.
The spleen served as the vessel for the power of earth.
As the power poured into Fang Yi's spleen, it turned an earthy yellow, possessing a power that could shatter almost anything.
At the same time, a force spread out from it and merged with Fang Yi. His Nirvana Golden Body gradually began to change, strands of earthy-yellow power appearing within its original golden light.
In the end, it turned completely earthy yellow, complementing the power radiating from the Great Desolation Tablet.
"The Great Desolation Body? No, no, a body-refining martial art even more terrifying than the Great Desolation Body?"
Gu Mo watched Fang Yi's transformation and sensed the presence he gave off, one that suppressed all things and bore countless burdens.
It was somewhat similar to the Great Desolation Body, one of the Desolate Hall's four great martial arts and a martial art Zhou Tong had mastered.
Paired with the Great Desolation Scripture, it could only be described as terrifying.
The presence Fang Yi now gave off was very similar, but even more terrifying than the Great Desolation Body's. It was as if the Great Desolation Tablet's presence was merely one kind of this presence.
Besides, body-refining martial arts could not possibly affect the Nirvana Golden Body. The Nirvana Golden Body was more like a transformation of a martial artist's foundation. Body-refining martial arts could strengthen it, but not as Fang Yi had done,
forcibly altering the Nirvana Golden Body itself and making it appear even more terrifying than before.
Young sect master, is it really Origin Energy you're cultivating?
Why did Gu Mo feel as though Fang Yi wasn't cultivating in the Origin Energy system at all, but something else entirely?
The Tablet Spirit appeared and watched the scene.
The Tablet Spirit had thought Fang Yi was merely going to try, but he had actually succeeded?
Although it had only been a wisp, this was a breakthrough from nothing to something. It meant someone could now gradually resolve the threat of the Yimo King.
Even someone at the Samsara Stage could not possibly grind away a Yimo King's power without an Ancestral Talisman or a corresponding divine object.
This was a difference in quality, not quantity.
Yet Fang Yi had done it, and he was only at the Nirvana Realm.
"Whew, that felt incredible."
Fang Yi opened his tightly shut eyes. This torrent of energy had been incredibly exhilarating. Was this the power of the Reincarnation Stage?
A mere wisp had allowed him to condense the Yama Golden Body and even brought his Origin Energy close to breaking through to six yuan.
"More importantly, there's this insight into reincarnation..."
Fang Yi muttered to himself. Within the pill he had named the Yimo Pill,
there were actually traces of insight belonging to a Reincarnation Stage expert.
Even a trace was practically a key to prying open the gates of the Reincarnation Stage for some Samsara Stage experts.
"If there's enough of it, it might just let the old man reach the Reincarnation Stage."
Fang Yi reached out to the Great Desolation Tablet with his mind. The Tablet Spirit manifested, and an aged voice rang out.
"You really did refine the Yimo King's power. Only my former master's eight disciples could do that," the Tablet Spirit said with emotion.
"Keep releasing it. Increase the amount a little each time, and let's see what my limit is each time."
"All right!"
The Tablet Spirit's voice was no longer as lifeless as before. Now the Tablet Spirit saw hope of destroying the Yimo King.
Divine objects like the Tablet Spirit had been created with the lifelong purpose of suppressing the Yimo.
The next moment, a stream of black light a little thicker than the last surged out, accompanied by another voice.
"Great Desolation Tablet, you..."
Before the voice could finish, it was swallowed by the black hole. A moment later, another Yimo Pill appeared.
Fang Yi swallowed it, letting the torrent of energy wash through his body. This time, his target was his lungs.
The White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash was the Great Five Elements Technique's strongest killing method. Moreover, earth gave birth to metal, making it a fitting choice.
"White Emperor Metal Sovereign, essence of the five metals, immortal in spirit..."
The mysteries of the Great Five Elements Technique flowed ceaselessly through Fang Yi's mind.
The surging torrent steadily transformed into Five Metals Qi.
A man and a woman appeared around Fang Yi, along with numerous white tigers, golden dragons, steel giants, sabers, spears, swords, halberds, and all manner of objects symbolizing slaughter.
At last, the multitude of Metal Qi streams converged.
In an instant, the sounds of countless clashing weapons and galloping horses came from the void, as though a vast army were charging into battle together. A killing aura flickered in and out of sight.
This was the will to kill unique to the White Emperor Metal Sovereign.
Just then, the Sacred Body's will within Fang Yi's constitution rose again and merged with that killing intent, adding another measure to its power.
"Metal Qi, return to the lungs!"
Fang Yi drew it all into his lungs.
At once, every lobe of his lungs turned platinum, becoming incomparably tough.
With every breath he took, the air he exhaled carried a faint golden hue.
It contained an exceptionally fierce killing aura.
At the same time, white light flashed in his eyes from time to time, dazzling to behold.
"Great Desolation..."
Another stream of black light appeared. This time, Fang Yi opened his mouth and exhaled. White light emerged and collided with the black light, shredding it before the voice could finish.
The pure power continued to flow into the black hole.
"Great..."
Another stream of black light appeared, followed by another beam of white light. This time, it was shredded after a single word.