Chapter 870: The Great Great Great Fanghu and Yuan Power

"Then, what happened to the Great Great Great Fanghu?" "It's very good. The Qianling Precious Lid was refined into its lid. Because the Heaven and Earth Flood Furnace suddenly exploded, the casting was interrupted, and the fusion of the Precious Lid and the Great Great Great Fanghu was only half completed, and the spirit wasn't completely swallowed."

True Person Sanshui paused, "I thought back later, maybe the Great Great Great Fanghu was quietly fusing more important things at that time, so it had no time to swallow the Precious Lid spirit."

"You mean?" The Great Great Great Fanghu didn't even let go of the Heaven and Earth Flood Furnace? "Hongmeng True Qi." True Person Sanshui said slowly, "I'm afraid it stole the Hongmeng True Qi."

He Lingchuan pressed his forehead. With the Great Great Great Fanghu's greed, it indeed wouldn't let go of such a treasure.

This guy was truly daring to eat anything.

"Refining a pot into this, I have doubts, and I feel sorry

"However, this object is greedy, and in the end, there is no telling what it might transform into, nor is it controllable by human hands. I argued my case strongly, but after many failures, I simply forcibly seized the Qianling Precious Cover and fled to a distant land."

He Lingchuan thought for a moment: "Since the pot and the cover are not an original pair, why can the Heavenly Demon use the cover to find the Great Fang Hu? And vice versa?"

"These two are both extraordinary treasures. They were once fused, so they have a connection, only it was forcibly broken." True Person Sanshui used a strange analogy that greatly exceeded He Lingchuan's expectations, "You hate a person just as much as you yearn for them; both leave an indelible mark on you."

He Lingchuan remembered the joy of the Divine Bone Necklace when it devoured the tea cover; it was likely celebrating that a fusion interrupted thousands of years ago could finally continue.

Looking at the pot cover, it was full of resistance, refusing the Great Fang Hu to this very day.

One is a sycophant, the other is aloof.

That's right, if these two treasures were both refined from fragments of the Tianluo Star and were naturally one, why would the pot cover resist the Great Fang Hu to the death?

Besides, if there were extra Tianluo Star fragments, why would these immortals bother refining a pot cover? Wouldn't it be better to refine a few more cups, one for each person?

"Why did you insist on separating them?" The other immortals only thought of giving up, since things had already reached this point.

"I have always believed that rather than saying we refined it into existence, it is more accurate to say it borrowed our hands to enter the world. As for our original intentions—by the end, who even remembers?"

True Person Sanshui's legs had already turned into foam, but he did not seem to be in pain, only sighing deeply: "The worst part is that after the casting of the Great Fang Hu caused that heaven-shattering, earth-splitting event, another peculiar power also appeared. To this day, I do not know if there is a necessary connection between the two."

"What is this power?"

"We named it 'Yuan Power'."

He Lingchuan stood up abruptly, his face changing drastically: "Wait a moment, are you saying that the Yuan Power in the world originates from the Great Fang Hu?"

That can't be right, can it?

Yuan Power is widely distributed throughout the human world; how could it be produced by the Great Fang Hu?

"You are mistaken." True Person Sanshui corrected him, "The Tianluo Star changed the laws of heaven and earth, and from this, Yin Qi appeared in the human world, but this does not mean all Yin Qi originates from the Tianluo Star; similarly, even if Yuan Power appeared because of the Great Fang Hu's birth, or because of its tug-of-war with the Heaven and Earth Great Furnace and the Qianling Precious Cover, that was the creation of a new rule, not that all Yuan Power in the world comes from the Great Fang Hu."

He Lingchuan was silent, struggling to digest this news.

The Tianluo Star could change the laws of the human world. As an important part of it, the Great Fang Hu might well have the ability to change the rules a second time.

Come to think of it, there was indeed no Yuan Power in ancient times. This thing seems to have appeared around the same time as Yin Qi, that is, after the war between gods and immortals and the great ancient catastrophe.

Therefore, those in the know have inferred that it is very likely related to the Tianluo Star or the Great Fang Hu.

"After this incident, we discovered that the Great Fang Hu had a massive appetite and ate everything: Yin Qi, turbid Yin-Sha energy, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, natural spirit monsters—everything, useful or useless. Within half a month of its birth, it even ate two of the Great Return Sect's town-securing treasures."

True Person Sanshui caught his breath: "Such a self-generating, self-evolving, and completely uncontrollable monster left in the human world is far too dangerous. But the worst part is the appearance of Yuan Power, which might lead us to total ruin... I proposed destroying the Great Fang Hu, but the other high immortals disagreed. True Person Shou'an believed that since the laws of Yuan Power had already been born, destroying the Great Fang Hu might not make it disappear. Furthermore, the Great Fang Hu is so profound that they hoped to keep it to study it thoroughly and explore ways to utilize it."

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered; True Person Shou'an's attitude was quite scientific.

As for True Person Sanshui, he naturally believed the appearance of Yuan Power was extremely terrible: in ancient times, immortals could move mountains and fill seas, while mortals could only kneel and worship, having no power to resist; however, after the war between gods and immortals, immortals and demons weakened, while Yuan Power excelled in strengthening oneself, neutralizing spells and large-scale divine abilities, and resisting ghosts and gods. As this evolved, mortals gradually became able to use Yuan Power to resist them.

This situation of one rising while the other falls was certainly something the immortals, including True Person Sanshui, were unwilling to see.

"But not long after, we learned from certain Heavenly Demons that from the day the Tianluo Star was born from the hands of their so-called 'Ancient Gods,' it also went its own way and refused to follow any commands." True Person Sanshui shook his head, "It was in the hands of the Heavenly Demons for so long and was never understood; I hold no hope for the Great Fang Hu."

"Therefore... before it could gain momentum, I dug away the Qianling Precious Cover, hoping to stop it from continuing its self-evolution."

There were actually so many secrets hidden within. "How did you become a Que Beast?"

True Person Sanshui sighed gloomily, "The artifact spirit of the Qianling Precious Cover changed and could no longer communicate with me. It seemed to have been remodeled by the Great Fang Hu, and it would suck in all the souls that died nearby. After I passed away, my spirit was also sucked into the treasure cover, becoming... this current appearance."

He Lingchuan sympathized with him from the bottom of his heart. The Great Fang Hu indeed had the ability to remodel external objects; Mitian's finger bone was remodeled into the necklace that connected to He Lingchuan, and the Julao tree seeds were planted by it in the Panlong world. The immortals must have been full of confidence when they tried to use the Qianling Precious Cover's artifact spirit to control the Great Fang Hu, only to be countered by it.

True Person Sanshui's fingers also turned into foam, and he could only point his palm toward General Hong's battle armor, "Look at everything here, isn't it the same? It's just that we have existed for too long, slowly losing our original memories and being remodeled at will..."

"Your duel with me is like a battle between two artifact spirits, representing the friction between the Great Fang Hu and the Qianling." His laughter was exceptionally bitter, "You and I have both been manipulated and utilized by the Great Fang Hu. But now... I am finally about to be liberated."

"After reflecting for so many years, I deeply regret why I injected spirit into the Great Fang Hu back then." True Person Sanshui struggled to lift his head, looking at the night sky, "Having spirit is not necessarily better than having no spirit. I have only understood this truth after being alone in a foreign realm for a hundred years."

The opportunity was rare, so He Lingchuan immediately asked for advice: "Is having no spirit really better than having spirit?"

"I ask you, does heaven and earth have spirit or no spirit?"

He knew the answer to this: "No spirit."

"Does the Great Dao have spirit or no spirit?"

"No spirit. The Dao follows nature and cannot be described."

"And you?"

"I naturally have spirit." Humans have souls, after all. Hearing this, He Lingchuan already understood.

"Do you surpass the heaven and earth Great Dao?"

"Not even by a long shot." The dimensions and realms are too far apart; how could they be compared?

"If only we had understood this sooner." True Person Sanshui said gloomily, "Remember, the Great Fang Hu still has inextricable ties with the Heavenly Demons. If this thing falls into the hands of the Heavenly Demons, the human world..."

What would happen to the human world? He didn't know, because True Person Sanshui had already dissolved.

As the wind blew, the foam flew up and dissipated without a trace. Only the last few wisps of faint light flew toward General Hong's tomb.

True Person Sanshui's true self had long since passed away, and this wisp of remnant soul left in the Qianling Precious Cover had completely dissipated, which also meant the cover's resistance had completely vanished.

Interrupted for thousands of years, the pot and the cover were finally completely fused into one.

He Lingchuan looked up at the sky; the night was pitch black, and all the lightning, thunder, fluorescent light, and the giant red shadow had all disappeared.

This meant that the Naluotian clone had also been subdued.

Originally, the Great Fang Hu had loopholes because it was fighting on multiple fronts, with all sides exerting great effort.

Now that He Lingchuan had dealt with the King of the Que Beasts/True Person Sanshui, and the human team had been thrown out of the secret realm, the pressure on the Great Fang Hu was greatly reduced, making the suppression of one Naluotian clone + the complete refining of the Qianling Precious Cover a trivial matter.

These two major troubles had finally come to an end.

Immediately after, the battle armor on his body and the long spear behind him gradually turned into red smoke and drifted away.

He Lingchuan took off his helmet, faced it, and said gratefully: "Thank you!"

No matter how carefully he planned, plans could never keep up with changes. The Naluotian clone had actually managed to pass through the ocean inside the pot, drill into the Panlong Secret Realm, and go straight for this skin.

That He Lingchuan could turn defeat into victory and stand here with a clear mind was all thanks to General Hong.

To put it bluntly, his life was saved by General Hong.

When he was wrapped in the battle armor, he felt that firm protection and the all-out effort.

He Lingchuan also understood that the one who made the promise to him back then was not the Great Fang Hu, but Zhong Sheng's daughter.

If, as True Person Sanshui said, the Great Fang Hu had no spirit, it would not communicate with him, let alone make promises to him.

The battle helmet did not answer, only turned into smoke and drifted away.

He Lingchuan reached out and grabbed nothing, feeling very regretful.

That terrifying power, which seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, also disappeared along with the battle armor.

So, this battle armor wasn't a gift for him; it was just a trial version for fighting monsters, and a one-time use at that.

Come to think of it, the rules here were too special; the power and home-field advantage he gained in the Panlong world were never meant to be brought to the outside world.

He Lingchuan clenched his fists, feeling a sense of loss, but the feeling of power and the feeling of fighting at this level had already been deeply imprinted in his mind, and he could take it out to savor repeatedly in the future.

(End of chapter)