Chapter 189

Returning to his dwelling, Fang Xu sat cross-legged, preparing for one final attempt.

In fact, he had tried many times when the Divine Extension Canon imparted its lifetime of insights to him.

But several attempts had all ended in failure.

Summarizing the lessons of failure, Fang Xu felt he had previously misunderstood.

Break the Boundary!

This is the name the Divine Extension Canon gave to this power.

According to the Divine Extension Canon's insight, once one comprehends the power of breaking the boundary, one can easily shatter spatial confinement.

Yet this power is difficult.

Having comprehended the law of power, Fang Xu gradually understood that the so-called breaking boundary power should be a mastery of spatial law.

Space...

In the sea of consciousness, his divine soul continuously drew information from the white jade tablet, seeking the key to breaking boundary power within.

Hmm?

In his moment of confusion, Fang Xu suddenly had a flash of inspiration—a star map halo flashing with bronze light suddenly appeared in the vast expanse of his sea of consciousness!

Following this, the fish-shaped star map on the halo began to radiate a strange brilliance.

Two fish, one yin and one yang, began to separate from the star map, swimming freely and transforming within the sea of consciousness.

Gazing at the two fish, Fang Xu suddenly felt a hint of enlightenment in his heart.

This is...

The fish movement technique evolved from the previous Dragon Roaming Secret Art; after using the fish movement technique, the yin and yang bodies can actually switch back and forth.

Is not the profundity contained within precisely the spatial law?

A flash of inspiration struck, and his divine soul trembled suddenly!

I have comprehended it!

At this moment, the obscure and difficult-to-understand information left by the Divine Extension Canon suddenly became clear!

Space is like water; as a fish...

While in seclusion, Fang Xu's body suddenly flickered.

The next moment, his figure suddenly became somewhat blurred.

If an outsider were present at this time, they would certainly be able to detect a strange phenomenon.

After his body turned illusory, Fang Xu directly vanished from perception.

And if faced with an attack, he could also use this breaking boundary power to temporarily evade.

Although this breaking boundary state lasts only briefly, at least one thing is clear: he has successfully touched the threshold of spatial law!

Since previously on the Immortal Island, relying on the Nameless Immortal Scripture to comprehend the law of power, and gradually integrating the law of power with his own strength, Fang Xu has finally comprehended his own second law power!

If this were to spread, the entire Tianxuan Realm would likely be shaken.

After all, monsters like him and Liu Xin, who can comprehend law power at the Martial Venerable Realm, are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns even in the entire Tianxuan Realm.

Law power is a high-level power that only great beings of the Dharma Appearance Realm can touch.

Being able to touch even a trace of this power in the Primordial Martial Realm is enough to earn the title of genius.

And being able to comprehend it in the Martial Venerable Realm is absolutely an object of key cultivation by the major sects' immortal domains.

But compared to Fang Xu, this is clearly not on the same level.

With the strength of the third level of Martial Venerable, successfully comprehending a second law power—this is simply incomprehensible.

For once law power is comprehended, unless one fully masters this law, it is absolutely impossible to comprehend a second.

"Let's give it a try!"

Feeling his grasp of breaking boundary power, Fang Xu felt a flash of excitement on his face, then sank his consciousness into the aperture space.

The Divine Extension Canon's insights are many; he chose breaking boundary power first mainly to verify his guess.

In the aperture space, gazing at the great vortex before him, Fang Xu suppressed his hesitation and excitement, and walked slowly forward.

Behind the vortex lies the Stone Gate World.

According to the Divine Extension Canon, after the aperture space was altered by the Divine Extension Canon, the Stone Gate behind it always connects to a real world.

In the past, Fang Xu had also wanted to explore the secrets behind the Stone Gate World.

However, although the Stone Gate had been opened and the primordial energy of the Stone Gate World could continuously flow in, his consciousness body could not enter that world.

The vortex before him was like a grating—water could flow through, but his body could not pass.

With this guess, he fixed his gaze on the breaking boundary power, preparing to try to forcibly break through this "grating" with breaking boundary power to see what the world behind the Stone Gate truly is.

The Divine Extension Canon said that the world behind the Stone Gate could bring him great help, but it might also bring great trouble.

For example, the indigenous people in the Ti Lan Mountain ruins are precisely those produced by the Stone Gate World within the Divine Extension Canon's own body.

Upon contacting the vortex and feeling resistance, the breaking boundary power activated.

Pop!

As the sound of bursting bubbles came, Fang Xu delightedly discovered that he had come through!

What met him was a rich vital aura.

His entire body was enveloped in a hazy green mist, obstructing his vision.

Fang Xu walked slowly forward, and in his hand appeared a black iron rod.

He did not know what secrets this Stone Gate World hid behind, nor whether there would be danger.

So far, he has entered here with his consciousness body; once attacked, he would easily encounter danger.

If his consciousness power is injured, it is equivalent to the soul suffering grave harm—mildly leading to coma, severely to soul flying and spirit scattering.

Whoosh!

Moving forward cautiously for several hundred meters, the greenish mist ahead had just cleared when Fang Xu heard a sharp sound of something piercing the air coming from behind!

Only this piercing sound seemed to be shooting from behind him, startling him somewhat!

Swinging the black staff in his hand, he was about to block it, but suddenly realized the object shooting toward him was a small tree with several branches!

Hmm?

Looking at the strange little tree before him, Fang Xu felt a bit curious.

This little tree is my life-bound artifact, transformed from the nameless short staff given to me by Lu Zhiyuan.

How did it end up following me into the Stone Gate World?

The little tree appeared before Fang Xu, its tender branches swaying gently, and a feeling of joy arose in his heart.

"Do you like this place?"

The little tree's branches gave a response once again.

Though Fang Xu did not understand, this little tree had always been strange, so he simply took it with him and continued forward to explore.

The greenish mist disappeared, and the surrounding scenery came into his view.

This is a miraculous world.

Everywhere one looks are towering plants!

Like mountain ranges, the ancient tree canopies easily cover a hundred li of land!

On these ancient trees, Fang Xu could clearly feel a surging vitality flowing!

Such terrifying ancient trees, if placed in the Tianxuan Realm, would surely have long become plant demons, and at least be of the Phenomenal Realm!

Yet, from Fang Xu's perspective, looking ahead, the sight of such terrifying ancient trees, and even more terrifying plants, is endless!

What kind of world is this, exactly!?

Fang Xu was thinking this, when the little tree floating behind him in midair suddenly moved.

It slowly drifted to the side of a giant ancient tree, then gently stroked the tree's trunk with its own branches.

Then it directly planted its roots into the soil beside the ancient tree.

Fang Xu was pondering this when his conscious body suddenly felt a distinct fluctuation.

Curious, he walked over to the little tree and slowly extended his palm.

One of the little tree's branches suddenly pierced into his palm, then drew a thread of his conscious power.

The next moment!

Fang Xu could clearly feel his conscious power flowing through the little tree's roots, slowly transmitting into the ancient tree beside it!

Hum!

In an instant, Fang Xu's conscious power suddenly received a flood-like torrent of information!

The amount of this information was too terrifying!

So much so that upon receiving it, his conscious body was instantly expanded several times over!

As his conscious body seemed about to burst, the little tree moved again.

With a swing of its branches, that terrifying stream of information came to an abrupt halt.

On Fang Xu's side, some useless information was also instantly cleared out, leaving behind some fragmented memory shards.

At this moment, Fang Xu knew what had surged into his body.

It was everything seen and heard during the countless years of life of this ancient tree before him.

After digesting the ancient tree's memories, Fang Xu discovered that, aside from plants, this world seemed to have no other living beings.

The years this ancient tree has grown in this heaven and earth number in the hundreds of thousands.

During this long span of time, the ancient tree has spent most of its existence living a lonely and boring life.

No war, no accidents—each day watching the sun rise and set, each year passing through seasonal cycles, enduring wind and snow.

Truly, hundreds of thousands of years like a single day.

Fortunately, it has no soul; otherwise, this hundreds of thousands of years of dull existence, with the body unable to move, if it were a person, would surely have driven them mad long ago.

Continuing to digest the ancient tree's memories, I don't know from when it started.

I discovered that the ancient tree's memories now contain an additional emotion.

It is awe!

It seems that in this world, something has arisen that inspires awe in it.

Then the memory fragments end here.

Fang Xu opened his eyes, looked at the ancient tree, and said: "Give me a bit more."

The ancient tree contained a trace of his conscious power, without the slightest hesitation, directly transmitted another portion of memory fragments.

By observing these memory fragments, Fang Xu discovered that, after that feeling of awe, the ancient tree's life had gained something else.

Longing!

Yes, in the ancient tree's life afterward, Fang Xu could clearly perceive that the ancient tree was longing for something.

But the memory fragments are fragmented, and Fang Xu found no useful clues within them.

Nor does he know what the ancient tree is longing for.

"Again."

Continuing to read the ancient tree's memories, until the end, Fang Xu finally discovered something that startled him!

Vines!

The thing that inspires awe in the ancient tree is a terrifying vine!

That vine seems to have gained consciousness, transformed into a demon, and has its own path of evolution.

And what the ancient tree longs for is now revealed at this moment!

It also wanted to, like that vine, find its own path of evolution.

But in the years that followed, no matter how hard the ancient tree tried to grow, aside from constantly increasing its size, it showed no sign of evolution at all.

Even its consciousness was limited to only two most primal emotions—fear and desire—and it lacked even the ability to think.

Later, Fang Xu, through the ancient tree's memory, suddenly discovered that the vine that had become a demon had flown into a rage!

The thick, sky-covering vines surged from somewhere in this world toward a vortex……

This vortex!?

Stone Gate!?

Fang Xu suddenly realized that the vine's target was precisely the vortex formed by the Stone Gate!

Immediately after, in the ancient tree's memory, the vine battled against endless golden thunder!

In the end, the vine was defeated!

A large number of its branches were shattered, dragging its wounded body, the vine retreated.

And that vortex, from that moment on, stood silently suspended in midair.

Now I understand.

At this moment, Fang Xu suddenly figured it out.

When I first opened the Stone Gate of this world, I indeed suffered obstruction from a terrifying vine.

But in the end, the golden thunder within the aperture space shattered the vine, successfully helping me open this Stone Gate world.

What is the identity of that vine?

Is it the personification of the will of this heaven and earth?

Fang Xu looked doubtfully toward the distance.

According to the ancient tree's memory, at that time, the sky-covering vines seemed to have surged from that direction.

Judging by this, the main body of that vine should be over there.

"Little tree, let's go take a look."

Fang Xu spoke.

The small tree before him trembled its branches, then pulled itself free from the soil on its own, floating silently behind Fang Xu.

Fang Xu's figure flickered, and he directly rushed toward the center of this world.

After a long while, the sky, previously blocked by countless ancient trees, finally appeared above.

Fang Xu also gradually noticed some strange places.

Dead wood!

In the forest ahead, some withered vegetation and ancient trees began to appear.

Among them were not a few trees thicker than the ancient tree just seen.

Their withered, fallen bodies resembled small mountain ranges, lying silently in the forest, slowly rotting.

The surrounding shrubs were the same.

Compared to the previous lush, vibrant forest, this place appeared somewhat desolate and barren.

Fang Xu slightly furrowed his brow and continued forward.

Not long after, he discovered a strange phenomenon.

A half-withered ancient tree!

Its thick trunk was entwined with dense, thick vines!

The tips of these vines deeply pierced into the ancient tree's trunk, seemingly greedily sucking its life force!

Seeing this, Fang Xu understood.

The surrounding ancient trees and plants should have all been drained of their life force by this vine and died!

And this vine is very likely the one that originally obstructed my opening of the Stone Gate world, wounded by golden thunder, and also the only one in the ancient tree's memory to have gained sentience!

Fang Xu stepped forward slowly, preparing to see what the main body of this vine actually looked like.

But the next moment, countless vines suddenly shot out from all directions!

Just as Fang Xu prepared to act, the sapling behind him suddenly burst forth with a faint green light, enveloping his body.

The incoming vines struck the green light barrier and shattered one after another!

Moreover, the sapling transmitted a sense of urging.

Fang Xu curiously walked forward and soon appeared before a massive mountain peak!

Hmm?

This is not a mountain peak!

Fang Xu suddenly realized that the towering object before him, resembling a mountain peak, was none other than the main body of that vine!

Upon its massive body grew nine thick branches!

Each branch resembled a world-destroying divine dragon—thick as a mountain and glowing with metallic luster.

But seven of those vines had already been severed at the waist, leaving only stumps less than a kilometer long.

The two remaining intact branches at this moment had already stretched toward the distance, branching into countless twigs, entwining around the surrounding ancient trees.

"Intruder, this world is my territory!"

Standing before the "mountain peak," Fang Xu clearly felt an angry mental fluctuation.

Indeed, this creature had gained sentience and regarded the entire world as its territory.

After the Stone Gate world was opened initially, it had tried to repair the Stone Gate, blocking its reopening.

But ultimately, it could not withstand the golden thunder in the aperture space and was severely wounded.

After retreating, to recover its injuries, it chose to plunder the life force of other plants in the most domineering way.

As plants, this vine seems never to have regarded the surrounding ancient trees and plants as kin.

In its eyes, these ancient trees and plants are merely its nutrients, to be seized at any time.

Behind Fang Xu, the small tree slowly floated up, several slender tender branches swaying gently.

From it, Fang Xu felt a sense of greed and uncontrollable excitement.

"Intruder, begone!"

Upon seeing the small tree, the vine let out an angry rebuke, simultaneously mobilizing its only two remaining intact branches to attack the small tree and Fang Xu!

But all this was in vain.

Whether the vine's branches or the main stem, upon colliding with the small tree's generated green light shield, directly turned into oblivion powder!

The vine grew fearful, as if the mountain's body began to tremble violently!

A stream of dark green smoke erupted from within its body, drifting toward the surrounding ancient trees it had not yet drained.

Under this shroud of dark green smoke, the surrounding ancient trees, which had lived for who knows how many years, suddenly erupted with a terrifying ferocious aura.

Swish!

Swish!

Thick branches and tree roots surged from all directions toward Fang Xu and the small tree.

But the small tree's emitted cyan-green light shield seemed able to counter all plant-type attacks.

It easily repelled these attacks.

Moreover, the ancient trees and plants that attacked it, after being reprimanded, all ceased their assaults, daring not to continue.

Seizing this gap, the small tree launched its own counterattack.

One could see its body slowly drifting toward the vine's main body, braving the vine's frenzied assault like a tiny boat in a stormy sea, directly landing on the vine's main body.

At this moment, a sharp hissing sound rang out!

Fear, despair, pleading...

Various identical mental undulations surged forth.

The small tree paid no heed, directly driving its roots into the vine's main body.

The following scene left Fang Xu's scalp tingling!

The small tree's roots flickered with a pale green luminescence, rapidly growing toward the vine's various branches.

Meanwhile, its own size continued to change.

Originally only about a chi in size, its body gradually grew taller.

The trunk also became the size of a bowl's mouth.

The three tender shoots at the tip also grew at a visible speed.

Below, the vine struggled violently!

Yet the metallic luster on its body kept fading.

Until finally, this struggle grew weaker and weaker, and the vine's main body gradually became covered with a gray hue representing decay.

"Master... Master?"

A voice sounded in Fang Xu's ear.

Fang Xu stared in astonishment at the small tree now as large as a person's embrace.

"Have you gained spiritual awareness?"

The three branches at the small tree's tip swayed: "Mm-hmm!"

Fang Xu was somewhat startled, also finding it rather amusing.

Though this small tree had gained spiritual awareness, it was clearly still a child.

"Little Tree, what exactly are you?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

The small tree was originally just a weapon given to Fang Xu by Lu Zhiyuan; according to Lu Zhiyuan, it was the heartwood of some tree.

Just unknown why it had become its current form.

"I... don't know..."

The small tree gave this answer.

Obviously, its current spiritual awareness is incomplete, still unable to comprehend its own identity.

"Master, I want to in this... control this... great tree."

The small tree made its request.

Fang Xu was somewhat puzzled: "What use is controlling these great trees?"

The small tree replied: "Let them... become like me... help master fight..."

Help oneself fight?

Is this becoming a demon?!

Could the small tree possibly make these ancient trees transform into plant-type demon beasts?

"Master, go back first, I... will be fine."

The small tree urged.

Fang Xu glanced at it, then asked no more, directly departing from here through the stone gate vortex.

At the moment consciousness returned to his true body, Fang Xu suddenly sensed something amiss!

His body...

His sea of consciousness...

What exactly had happened?!

Upon opening his eyes, Fang Xu could clearly feel his body filled with an unimaginable life force!

This terrifying vitality is hidden in every one of his cells.

At this moment, Fang Xu even felt that he had reached the level of blood-soaked rebirth mentioned in the web novels of his previous life!

And in his sea of consciousness!

A huge gold-green chain stretched across the sky of his sea of consciousness, far larger than the gold chain of the power laws he had long been immersed in.

This is...

When his consciousness touched the gold-green chain, Fang Xu was horrified to discover that it was the power of laws!

The power of the life law!

How could the manifestation of the power of the life law appear in my sea of consciousness?

Fang Xu was filled with doubt.

He had grasped some rudiments of the power law and space law, so it was normal for their manifestations to appear in his sea of consciousness.

But he had not grasped the life law, so how did this law chain of life appear in his sea of consciousness?

As his consciousness followed the life law chain to investigate further, Fang Xu found that he could not currently use the power of the life law.

That is to say, this life law chain, he could only look at it, not use it.

However, he could contemplate it.

After some investigation, Fang Xu was overjoyed in his heart.

It seems that this time, he really bet correctly.

Although the power of the life law cannot be used, the little tree controls that world, and soon it will turn all the ancient trees in that world into demons to fight for him.

Moreover, it seems that because the power of breaking boundaries shattered the barrier, his body has also been strengthened by the endless life force.

With his current physical condition, regenerating severed limbs and quickly recovering from injuries is no longer a major problem.

Even so, as long as his flesh is not burned to ashes by others, Fang Xu feels that given some time, relying on the terrifying life force, he can recover.

Not bad!

As his consciousness prepared to retreat from the sea of consciousness, Fang Xu discovered another unexpected delight!

He had broken through!

His previous realm was only the third level of Martial Venerable.

In his sea of consciousness, the third layer of the Dao foundation was only three chi.

But this time, his cultivation had actually broken through to the fourth level of Martial Venerable without him realizing it!

Moreover, the fourth layer of the Dao foundation had already reached seven chi, and he would soon break through to the fifth level of Martial Venerable!

Good, this wave of strength increase is quite good for him.

After all, walking the ancient martial path, one of his realms is comparable to a peak Martial Venerable expert!

Fang Xu, walking out of the secret room, was preparing to go find Xuanji to ask when they would depart.

He ran into Xiao Hua, who had come looking for him, right at the front.

Since Xiao Hua was last captured by the people of Garan Mountain, she had obviously suffered some irreparable harm, and the whole person had become somewhat silent and taciturn.

"Fang elder brother, Xuanji steward is looking for you."

Fang Xu nodded and followed Xiao Hua to Xuanji's side.

"Uncle Master, Aunt Yu."

He bowed to the two of them, and Fang Xu stood to one side.

Xuanji looked at Yu Xiangling and said: "Old man, I will take Fang Xu on a trip to Hanhai; the affairs here are left to you."

"With Sun Lao around, you all should be careful recently, try not to go out, and be careful not to be exposed."

Yu Xiangling nodded.

Sun Xiu's strength is not considered strong, only at the late stage of Elemental Martial.

But as a craftsman who can refine spiritual artifacts, his status in the Dark God Temple is very honored; if something happens, it will be a heavy blow to the Dark God Temple.

"Fang Xu, let's go."

After giving the instructions, the two left the underground stronghold and departed from the manor in Jiangzhou Prefecture City.

Fang Xu continued to maintain the appearance of Hu Ertu.

Xuanji had no other disguise; he seemed to rarely walk the roads in the Tianxuan Realm, and no one knew his identity.

The two bought two black-flame-horned horses in Jiangzhou City and galloped all the way toward the direction of Hanhai.

"Going to Hanhai, even riding black-flame-horned horses, it might take a month."

"Hopefully nothing happens on the way."

Xuanji spoke.

Fang Xu was a little curious: "Is Hanhai the headquarters of the Dark God Temple?"

Xuanji did not answer directly, but only said: "To participate in the Three Gods Trial, one must go to Hanhai."

Fang Xu knew that this might involve some secrets of the Dark God Temple, so he did not want to ask too much.

At the same time.

A majestic mountain ten thousand li away from Jiangzhou.

Snow covers the peak year-round, and the surroundings are all a vast white.

This great mountain is precisely the mountain gate of Garan Mountain, a minor power with some fame in the Tianxuan Realm.

As a minor power in the Tianxuan Realm, Garan Mountain's strength is not weak; within its mountain gate, there are dozens of experts in the Appearance realm alone!

It is said that the previous patriarch of Garan Mountain had already broken through the Appearance realm, but due to early injuries, he hides in Garan Mountain, clinging to life.

In the great hall on the mountain peak, an old man wearing a brown robe, tall and thin, was discussing something with the old man seated in the place of honor.

"Senior brother sect master, you need not worry!"

"Lingjun's death is a challenge to my Garan Mountain!"

The elder headmaster heard the words and slightly shook his head: "Junior Brother Hulin, I know Lingjun is your disciple, but now the currents of the Tianxuan Realm are surging, and all major powers are searching for Fang Xu's whereabouts."

"Whether Lingjun died at whose hands, and whether Garan Mountain can afford to provoke the power behind him, remains unclear."

"One careless mistake, and Garan Mountain's countless years of foundation will be destroyed in our hands!"

A flash of ruthlessness passed through Hulin's eyes!

"If the Sect Leader Senior Brother is worried, Junior Brother begs you to grant the Karmic Order!"

"This matter, I, Junior Brother, will investigate first—I want to see exactly who killed Lingjun!?"

The elder headmaster heard the words, after a moment of hesitation, also sighed helplessly.

He knew Hulin's temperament, and was even clearer that Lingjun was nominally his disciple, but in reality was Hulin's illegitimate son.

In Garan Mountain, the Hulin lineage cultivates precisely the 'lust' among the four great secret arts of wine, lust, wealth, and qi.

Whether it is Hulin or Lingjun, their conduct has always been dissolute.

Hulin's illegitimate children outside are not few.

It's just that Lingjun was fortunate—he was found by him, and they got along well, which is why he has been doting on him excessively.

Now that Lingjun is dead, given Hulin's nature of repaying grudges, if he is not allowed to take revenge, it would be tantamount to demanding his life.

"The Karmic Order can be given to you by Senior Brother, but you must promise Senior Brother: do not act recklessly."

A flash of brilliance passed through Hulin's eyes, then he still clasped his hands: "Senior Brother, rest assured—if the opposing party truly are core disciples of two sects and three immortals, Junior Brother I will absolutely not act rashly."

"But if not——"

A dense killing intent flashed in Hulin's eyes!

"Alright, if you can think this way, that's good." The elder waved his hand and produced a strange token, handing it to Hulin: "The importance of the Karmic Order needs no further explanation from me."

"You must bring it back safely; otherwise, I cannot protect you before the Ancestor."

Hulin nodded, his form flickered, and he directly vanished from the main hall.

……

Tianhuang Region.

As one of the nine regions of the Tianxuan Realm, the entire Tianhuang Region belongs to the Qi State within the Three Immortals Dominion.

Fang Xu and Xuanyi were rushing along, but Xuanyi's face showed a hint of doubt.

"Wait a moment."

Having reined in the Black Flame Horned Horse, Xuanyi closed his eyes and began calculating.

"Strange......"

Xuanyi said with a face full of doubt: "Just now, I suddenly sensed a hint of killing intent in the dark, yet it suddenly vanished."

Fang Xu, upon hearing this, surveyed the surroundings curiously: "Could Uncle-Master have mis sensed?"

Xuanyi shook his head: "Cultivating the Xuanmen arts, our heavenly-human resonance is very accurate."

"Since the killing intent was captured by me, it definitely means someone wants to deal with us."

"But the opposing party might also be versed in some arts of deduction, and promptly concealed this hint of killing intent."

Fang Xu nodded, then said: "Uncle-Master, why not let me try?"

Xuanyi nodded.

He had long intended to transmit some Xuanmen secret arts to Fang Xu.

After all, the Xuanmen sect is now weak, and Fang Xu himself is a descendant of Yuan Shan of the Xuanmen, so inheriting some Xuanmen arts is quite natural.

Moreover, Fang Xu himself has mastered another wondrous art of the Yanshen lineage—Praying to Heaven Art.

Sitting on the Black Flame Horned Horse, Fang Xu activated the Praying to Heaven Art.

The next moment, he immediately flashed and flew out!

Boom!

A thunderclap from the clear sky directly struck the Black Flame Horned Horse he was originally riding!

The terrifying thunderbolt power directly blasted the Black Flame Horned Horse into minced meat!

Xuanyi was startled, hastily dismounted and rushed to Fang Xu's side, asking: "What happened?"

Fang Xu's face turned grave, he looked angrily at the sky and said to Xuanyi:

"Uncle-Master, we must leave quickly!"

"I have been exposed!"

Xuanyi was about to ask more, but Fang Xu directly grabbed him and lifted him onto another Black Flame Horned Horse, then mounted it himself.

"Exactly what happened?" Xuanyi asked on the way.

"I just used the Praying to Heaven Art to probe the heavenly secrets, but the heavenly will sensed it—this damned thing wants to kill me."

Fang Xu spoke angrily.

This statement left Xuanyi somewhat unable to comprehend.

Xuanyi had also heard of heavenly punishments.

But they usually last only once, and do not strike to kill immediately.

He could not understand why the heavenly will would fixate on Fang Xu.

Moreover, why Fang Xu, targeted by the heavenly will, could repeatedly escape.

Fang Xu himself was also quite speechless at this moment.

How did I just suddenly get the urge to use the Praying to Heaven Art to foresee danger?

Being targeted by the heavenly will, I can now truly say I am a thorn in the eye of the heavenly will, a splinter in its flesh.

If not for the protection of the Yanshen and that mysterious existence in the Void, I would have been killed long ago.

Stupid!

Really stupid!

According to what Yan Shen said, if I don't actively expose myself, the will of heaven and earth cannot discover my specific location.

Now the Prayer to Heaven Technique is like lighting a bright lamp for the will of heaven and earth, instantly allowing it to discover that I have already reached the Tianhuang Realm.

I believe the will of heaven and earth will certainly inform this news to the Great Expansion Dao Sect.

And the Great Expansion Dao Sect will also spread the news, and may even personally send people to come.

For now, the plan is to leave this place as quickly as possible.

The two passed through a city called Tuotian City in the Tianhuang Realm on their way; Fang Xu spent some spirit crystal marrow and bought a Black Flame Horned Horse, and the two dared not linger, rushing directly toward the direction of the Haan Sea.

On the other side, Hu Lin, who had left Garan Mountain, was also guided by the Causality Order, rushing toward the Tianhuang Realm.

When Fang Xu previously killed Lingjun, he had left an imprint on his flesh and blood through the Causality Entanglement Star Technique on his soul.

The Causality Entanglement Star Technique is a very disgusting secret art.

Practitioners of this technique can clearly feel the existence of the imprint within a certain range.

And even if the distance is too great, they can still detect the existence of the imprint through the Causality Order.

At this moment, although Hu Lin and Fang Xu are separated by ten thousand li, Hu Lin still learned through the Causality Order that Fang Xu is currently in the Tianhuang Realm.

At this moment, Fang Xu does not know that a powerful expert of the Phenomenal Realm is coming toward him with murderous intent to seek revenge.

To avoid being blocked by people from the Great Expansion Dao Sect and other cultivators who want to kill him to obtain a thousand pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow in the Tianhuang Realm, Fang Xu and Xuanji dare not linger for even a moment, and can only rush to leave this place as quickly as possible.

Time passed quickly, and three days went by.

When the two reached the other side of the Tianhuang Realm, they indeed encountered a strict inspection.

Those conducting the inspection were all cultivator soldiers of the Qi State.

Fortunately, Fang Xu's disguise technique was still adequate; after passing through multiple layers of inspection, the two finally left the Tianhuang Realm.

Next, they only need to cross the Tianzhou Realm to reach the Haan Sea.

"Once you reach the Haan Sea, you won't need to worry anymore." Xuanji spoke.

Fang Xu asked, puzzled: "Is there anything different about the Haan Sea?"

Tianxuan smiled and nodded: "The Haan Sea has another name in the Tianxuan Realm."

"The Forbidden Sea."

"It is said that the Haan Sea is the relic of the ancient divine war, filled with various unknown dangers; once one falls into it, even Phenomenal Realm experts will undoubtedly die."

In that ancient divine war, numerous human experts and ancient gods erupted into large-scale slaughter on this side of the Haan Sea.

Because the power was too great, the entire space of the Haan Sea was shattered; many techniques left behind by ancient gods and human experts, though having endured long ages, still retain tremendous power.

Even, some shattered space rifts are visible everywhere; the strange phenomena emerging from these rifts can easily kill Phenomenal Realm experts.

Due to these dangers, Phenomenal Realm experts dare not lightly step into the Haan Sea.

"Uncle Master, then what assurance do we have for going to the Haan Sea?" Fang Xu spoke.

The Haan Sea is so dangerous; if the Dark God Temple dares to hold the Three Gods Trial there, they must have some means to safely enter the Haan Sea.

Xuanji, upon hearing this, shook his head: "Passing through the Haan Sea is also one of the trials of the Three Gods Trial."

"I have a way to get past; as for you, figure it out yourself."

Fang Xu: "I..."

At this moment, he really wanted to curse someone.

Why wasn't this said earlier?

Xuanji seemed to see through his thoughts and directly said: "Even if I told you about this, what could you do?"

Fang Xu was stunned; thinking about it, it was indeed true.

The danger of the Haan Sea ultimately still has to be faced by oneself alone; even if Xuanji had said it earlier, it wouldn't have been of much use.

Forget it, I'll just bear it myself.

The two accelerated forward.

At the same time, Hu Lin had already passed through the layered inspections of the Tianhuang Realm, left the Tianhuang Realm, and arrived at the edge of the Tianzhou Realm.

"The Causality Order is no longer useful."

With his soul clearly sensing the imprint aura on Fang Xu's body, Hu Lin coldly smiled and put away the Causality Order.

Based on my sensory ability, being able to sense the resentment imprint on the target's body means that the distance between us and the target is already less than three thousand li.

Having tracked all the way here, Hu Lin faintly sensed that the target's destination seems to be the Haan Sea, a forbidden land!

Is he deliberately leading me here, or did he originally plan to come here?

Hu Lin felt somewhat doubtful. (End of Chapter)