"They have finally come. This is also the greatest trial…"
Sensing the powerful Heavenly Lord auras bombarding over from the outside world and charging into the Sal Ancient Tree plane, Fang Han knew that his greatest trial had arrived.
Rumble!
Explosions occurred everywhere in this piece of heaven and earth.
Fang Han saw a tyrannical Heavenly Lord; it was exactly that Huangfu Bi'an, about to charge into the Pill Realm, currently engaged in combat with those Sal Ancient Trees within the plane.
Apart from him, there was another Heavenly Lord, exceedingly young, completely empty-handed without any weapons. However, above his head manifested the true essence of judgement, seemingly like the ruler between heaven and earth. A prehistoric, ancient aura manifested from within his body.
This person was the Mu Ye Family's Mu Yehuang, the War King Heavenly Lord.
The one who created the supreme divine ability martial art of the Ruler's Sacred Method and the Seven Styles of Judgement, the very last existence in the Heaven Realm to advance to a Heavenly Lord. Ever since him, no one in the Heaven Realm had advanced to become a Heavenly Lord.
Additionally, there was another Heavenly Lord, tall in stature, his entire body covered in tattoos. It was actually the "Miaoli Heavenly Lord" of the Barbarian Race; the Barbarian Heavenly Lord who once besieged the Heavenly Court and sought to kill Fang Han with a mere flick of his finger.
Furthermore, Fang Han also saw a massive coffin suddenly barging into the Sal Ancient Tree plane, surging mightily toward the Pill Realm portal.
Some Sal Ancient Trees all collapsed entirely; the coffin seemed to be the nemesis of the Sal Ancient Trees.
The Coffin of Heavenly Burial.
The coffin specially forged by the Fortune Immortal King for himself.
Inside, naturally, was Hua Tiandu.
Hua Tiandu's dao arts had advanced yet again.
In a brief moment, Huangfu Bi'an, Mu Yehuang, Miaoli Heavenly Lord, and Hua Tiandu actually flocked over, forcefully barging against the Pill Realm portal, forbidding Fang Han from obtaining the slumbering Fortune Divine Pill.
Toward all of this, Fang Han clearly knew in his heart and had prepared long ago. The news of him obtaining the Key of the Pill Realm had likely been transmitted over. Knowing this, Huangfu Bi'an definitely had to invite experts to come and snatch it, to occupy this legendary treasure land of the Ancient Pill Realm.
His enemies were extremely numerous. The three great Heavenly Lords and Hua Tiandu who came might even just be the very first wave; there would be experts behind them coming in a steady and unbroken stream.
Although the Sal Ancient Tree plane outside the portal of the Pill Realm was formidable, it still could not withstand the attacks of so many experts. Under the boundless magical power, those Sal Ancient Trees shattered in succession. They were on the verge of charging right right up to the front of the Pill Realm portal.
"Sal Ancient Trees, heed my command! Blot out the sky and hide the sun, let ancient vines fill the air…" Seeing such a scene, Fang Han suddenly waved his hand. The form of the "Key of the Moment" in his hand shifted, actually transforming into something taking the appearance of a great tree, spilling out billowing green light. It mobilized the pill origin energy to bless the Sal Ancient Tree plane.
All of a sudden, inside the Sal Ancient Tree plane, all the ancient trees completely breached by the Heavenly Lords regenerated anew in succession.
The Key of the Pill Realm mobilized the pill origin energy to bless the Sal Ancient Tree plane, greatly augmenting the restrictive spells of this ancient tree plane, enabling it to withstand the Heavenly Lords' attacks for a brief period.
However, too many Heavenly Lords had come; three had actually arrived all at once, along with Hua Tiandu possessing the Coffin of Heavenly Burial. Although he was not a Heavenly Lord, his physical body was a Heavenly Lord. Moreover, the Coffin of Heavenly Burial buried the heavens, possessing massive restraint over the Sal Ancient Trees. The Coffin of Heavenly Burial was simply a supreme treasure equivalent to the Hongmeng Hall.
With these figures attacking fiercely together, the Sal Ancient Tree plane truly could not hold on for much longer.
Moreover, right now Fang Han could not close the portal of the Pill Realm.
Once the ancient portal of the Pill Realm was opened, the seal of the Lord of the Pill Realm on it also began to loosen. Unless Fang Han cultivated to Heavenly Lord, only then could he ritually refine the seal anew. Otherwise, it was fundamentally impossible to completely close it back to its previous degree. If not, he would just close the door right now and let these Heavenly Lords beat each other to death outside.
"Linglong! Fully urge the Hongmeng Hall and block the front of the Pill Realm portal. Do not let the Heavenly Lords enter, I will collect the slumbering Fortune Divine Pill! You delay for a moment of time. As long as you delay for just a short while, I can collect and swallow the slumbering Fortune Divine Pill, assaulting the grand position of Heavenly Lord! Then emerge from seclusion and sweep away the world."
Fang Han let out a long howl. He knew he had now reached the most crucial, most tense moment, and also the greatest tribulation of his life so far. Once successful, he would immediately become imperishable through myriad tribulations and utterly eternal. Once failed, he would fall into the hands of others, completely sinking into the boundless purgatory from then on, living miserably life after life.
Fang Han absolutely did not believe that those atrocious fiends like Huangfu Bi'an, Miaoli Heavenly Lord, and War King Heavenly Lord Mu Yehuang would let him go.
"Alright! All disciples of the Epoch Gate, heed my order. Everyone to your posts, urge the array formations of the Hongmeng Hall, block the portal of the Pill Realm, and absolutely forbid any Heavenly Lord from entering within." Linglong also immediately issued commands. The massive lifespan on her body burned, causing even more array diagrams to be urged into action.
And experts like Emperor Yu, Xingyun Baobao, and Chihai Demon Venerable… also knew the severity. Their moods agitated yet their blood boiling, one by one their battle intents flared up. Everyone took their posts, sitting crossed-legged in the various cultivation sites of the Hongmeng Hall. Everyone completely burned their lifespan and began to urge the array diagrams; everyone put up a desperate fight!
Going all out!
"All Epoch Gate disciples, go all in, completely burn your lifespans! As long as we can hold on until the Sect Master collects the slumbering Fortune Divine Pill, the Sect Master will be able to advance to the grand position of Supreme Heavenly Lord within the Pill Realm. We will then be able to receive the Heavenly Lord's shelter and be imperishable through myriad tribulations in the future!"
"Go all out! Everyone burn your lifespans!"
"Unleash your final desperate methods, urge the restrictive spells of the Hongmeng Hall!"
"Block the portal, win time for the Sect Master!"…
All the millions upon millions of experts and disciples of the Epoch Gate, from the towering existences at the Heaven and Earth Same Lifespan realm rivaling Heaven Lords, all the way down to Golden Immortal disciples, all assumed their posts and began to burn their personal lifespans. For a time, a tragic and hot-blooded aura permeated and spread open within the Hongmeng Hall.
In the depths of the Hongmeng Hall, that Door of Hongmeng trembled, emitting resplendent light. Strips of Hongmeng Energy draped down, completely clogging the portal of the Pill Realm, rendering Heavenly Lords incapable of entering within.
Meanwhile, with a swish, Fang Han's body left the Hongmeng Hall and arrived in the center of the Pill Realm. Shaking slightly, the Key of the Pill Realm in his hand aimed into the distance, at that incomparably massive pagoda completely covered in tassels, golden lamps, flowers, and canopies.
The physical body of the Heavenly Lord sitting atop the pagoda was exactly a sleeping Fortune Divine Pill!
A Fortune Divine Pill was precisely a Heavenly Lord. Every action and every movement possessed the majesty to startle the heavens, make ghosts weep, and shatter the myriad heavens. Even if it had already fallen, ordinary Ancient Emperors could not approach it; otherwise, they would be shocked to death by the aura.
Fang Han rapidly closed in on this Heavenly Lord. Getting closer and closer, that Heavenly Lord's aura could not obstruct him. He saw it thoroughly clearly; that pagoda was transformed from the Heavenly Lord's aura. It was not a magic treasure; strips of pill energy had coalesced into stone material, transforming into an honorable pagoda to house the Heavenly Lord's physical body.
And the physical body of that Heavenly Lord sitting atop the pagoda was incomparably tall, his figure burly and magnificent. It was a middle-aged man. The skin of his entire body exuded a soft luster, practically comparable to fragments of Fortune Divine Artifacts. The ancient and vigorous power within his body was just like the river of destiny, eternally and ceaselessly washing over.
The only difference was that right between the eyebrows of this middle-aged man, there was a deeply profound, pitch-black blood hole. It seemed to be a fatal wound that caused this Heavenly Lord to die directly, all his intent completely dissipating. Within that blood hole, dense fortune aura transmitted out from it.
"This Heavenly Lord is not slumbering, but is already dead. Killed by someone across an infinitely distant space-time by a finger strike directly bombarding into the Pill Realm, slaying a Heavenly Lord. What level of ability is this? Within that blood hole, dense Fortune Divine Power! It is Fortune Immortal King. Absolutely only Fortune Immortal King could manage to do this."
Fang Han immediately deduced it. This Heavenly Lord morphed from a Fortune Divine Pill was killed by Fortune Immortal King.
Now, the corpse of this Heavenly Lord was displayed right in front of Fang Han, on the pagoda not far away, awaiting someone's requisition. Although a dead Heavenly Lord still possessed a supreme majesty imperishable through myriad antiquities, to Fang Han, it was the best nutritional supplement!
"In this Pill Realm? Only one Heavenly Lord? What about the other Heavenly Lords? According to the records inside ancient dao scriptures, the Ancient Pill Realm had a total of five great Heavenly Lord experts, all of whom were morphed from Fortune Divine Pills, and there was also the Lord of the Pill Realm. Why can only the body of one Heavenly Lord be seen right now?"
Fang Han's divine eyes swept across the entire Ancient Pill Realm. Although he couldn't see through to the mysteries in the deepest part, he also did not sense the auras of the corpses of the other Heavenly Lords.
He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
However, he sensed that deep in the Pill Realm, there were still some mysteries waiting for him to explore.
Perhaps the Lord of the Pill Realm along with the other four great Heavenly Lords were all slumbering deep in the Pill Realm, and it wasn't unconditionally impossible that they had sealed themselves off.
He wouldn't care about these for now; ritually refining this Heavenly Lord Fortune Divine Pill was enough for Fang Han to have one hundred percent certainty in assaulting the grand position of Heavenly Lord.
"This Heavenly Lord, you have already fallen, so I shall borrow your physical body for a use." Without room for delay, Fang Han fundamentally didn't even think about it. Grabbing with his large hand, he utilized the vast power of the crystal divine kingdoms of his original body and snatched toward that Heavenly Lord's physical body, intending to grab it into his hand along with the entire pagoda.
"Epoch Divine Array, seal."
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, the corpse of that Heavenly Lord sensed Fang Han's aura. With a swish, he unexpectedly opened his eyes. Right between his eyebrows, that blood hole gradually healed up. Extremely fierce killing intent manifested in his eyes, precisely like an unparalleled divine weapon reviving from its seal and soaring into the sky. With just a mere shake, it completely shattered Fang Han's capturing large hand apart. With a casual movement, the pagoda beneath his body cracked open inch by inch, transforming back into pill energy and merging into his own body.
"Who dares to trespass into the Pill Realm and touch the physical body of my Wuwang Heavenly Lord!"
"Disturbing my Heavenly Lord's physical body is an unpardonable crime; kill without amnesty."
"Blue Dragon Envies the Master! White Tiger Chomps the Corpse! Vermilion Bird Weeps in Sorrow! Black Tortoise Nears the Water! Kill!"
Rumble!
This revived Heavenly Lord suddenly unleashed four great killing moves, surging and roaring, immemorial absolute learnings evolving the Four Forms True Self, suppressing and striking over from all over the sky right towards Fang Han.
Fang Han's expression did not change in the slightest. "The residual might of a Heavenly Lord, though deceased, can still awe the eight wastes and six coordinates." He knew that this wasn't the Heavenly Lord coming back to life, but a strand of that Heavenly Lord's unyielding will upon death exuding supreme dignity.