Chapter 1072

He was also an existence at the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities who defied the heavens to change his fate, but likewise an existence who defied the heavens to change his fate, within his Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect there were only thirty-odd kinds of divine abilities, as for magic power, it was only a little over thirty million units of strength, while Senior Brother Hong Tianjing had cultivated ninety-nine kinds of divine abilities, his magic power amounted to ninety-nine million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand units of strength, the magnitude of his potential, the richness of his fortune, was simply not something ordinary people could imagine.

Speaking of which, in order to cultivate those thirty-odd kinds of divine abilities, he had obtained countless fortuitous encounters, a great deal of luck, many times he had been in situations of certain death, and only with great difficulty had he turned peril into safety, finally cultivating thirty-odd kinds of divine abilities, cultivating magic power of a little over thirty million.

And Senior Brother Hong Tianjing had cultivated ninety-nine kinds of divine abilities, one could well imagine just how many fortuitous encounters that entailed.

He felt that Senior Brother Hong Tianjing, placed at the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities realm, would be an invincible existence throughout the myriad heavens and worlds, the three thousand great worlds!

"Ninety-nine kinds of divine abilities, this is truly inconceivable, I too very much wish to meet this senior brother."

Fang Yu listened to Shen Ping's words and was indeed somewhat curious. After all, without the Yellow Springs Sacred Water, without the Little Fate Art burning lifespan, there were actually still people who had cultivated ninety-nine kinds of divine abilities within the Divine Ability Secret Realm, unless every time this person went out to gain experience, he could pick up many predecessors' inheritances, with abundant Xu Yuan Qi waiting there for this person, only then could this person successfully cultivate one kind of divine ability after another within a short period of time.

Without enormous fortuitous encounters, wanting to cultivate more divine abilities within the Divine Ability Secret Realm, that was impossible.

"Senior Brother Hong's place of residence is about to arrive, pay attention!"

It was also at this moment that Shen Ping led Fang Yu into a palace.

Within that palace stood a young man, his age roughly between twenty-five and twenty-six, his build tall and straight, his head held high, his brow extremely broad, what he wore was not an ordinary Star Palace Daoist Robe of the Boundless Star Palace, but rather a dharma robe embroidered with a thousand wheels of bright moon and ten thousand wheels of great sun, he carried no weapons on his person either, his two hands empty, standing there, he naturally possessed the great bearing of one who propped up the starry heavens.

The myriad Xu Yuan Qi between heaven and earth all trembled faintly around him, worshipping this young man.

Even ordinary disciples of the Divine Ability Secret Realm, upon seeing this young man, could not help but rise with all manner of worshipful intentions.

This man seemed to be the sovereign among the myriad heavens, the host of all saints, all emperors, all gods; anyone in his presence would pale into insignificance.

The moment Fang Yu saw this man, he knew that this person's fortune and fate were extremely powerful, the strength of his luck could even be said to surpass the many peerless geniuses Fang Yu had seen. This kind of person was the sort who, casually traveling about, could obtain fortuitous encounters. Ordinary people simply could not scheme against this person.

Between heaven and earth, all sentient beings had their own qi, their own fortune; some people's luck was good, born with a golden key in their mouths, lofty and supreme, some people's luck was bad, unlucky for a lifetime, going out to fight a war they could even get lost.

This was luck, also a part of fate, extremely mysterious.

And now, the young man before Fang Yu was a person born with great fortune, the surrounding Xu Yuan Qi actually prostrated itself in worship toward him, clearly this young man had at least cultivated the Great Hegemonic Art of three thousand great Daos, the Way of the King and the Way of the Hegemon, both could make the Xu Yuan Qi of the myriad heavens submit.

Besides this, Fang Yu also sensed the aura of other great Dao divine abilities on this person's body.

One could well imagine that this fellow called Hong Tianjing, as long as he followed common sense, could rise rapidly, becoming a great saint, a great Rourou Xianzun who would shake the myriad heavens, after several thousand or several tens of thousands of years.

"Eldest Senior Brother, Lu Yun has arrived."

Shen Ping, upon seeing this young man, respectfully performed a salute.

"Oh."

That Hong Tianjing's gaze swept over in an instant, his eyes casually scanning, like a Heavenly Emperor inspecting the host of immortals, immediately Fang Yu felt a vast and mighty stream of consciousness surging over his body, examining him from head to toe in perfect clarity, not a single secret could be hidden from the other party.

However, what he saw through was the body of "Lu Yun," which still differed enormously from his own body.

"Your name is Lu Yun? You obtained a cave dwelling outside, cultivated several kinds of Lei Ting divine abilities, and also possess a divine thunder like the Yellow Path Twelve Palaces Heaven-Destroying Demon God Thunder, which injured a Demon Emperor beneath the earth?"

Hong Tianjing's gaze seemed to contain a terrifying power of insight, carefully examining Fang Yu once over, discovering nothing, then withdrawing it, and his voice rang out in the hall.

"Yes, Senior Brother Hong. In those years when I was traveling outside, I obtained several divine thunders; if Senior Brother has need of them, I can offer them all to Senior Brother, please accept them with a smile, Senior Brother."

Fang Yu reached out his hand and took out some divine thunders, presenting them.

"What would I want with your divine thunders, these little things, you should keep them to safeguard your own safety."

That Hong Tianjing, upon seeing Fang Yu's action, showed a faint smile on his face, yet did not accept these divine thunders, instead flicked his hand, and an elixir radiating powerful spiritual power arrived in Fang Yu's hand. "You are a person of good intentions, and have some potential; this is a heaven-grade upper-quality elixir, the Three Samadhis Seven Souls Pill, it can stabilize one's three samadhis, nourish the seven souls, and extend one's lifespan by a thousand years; I shall bestow it upon you."

"Ah, many thanks, Senior Brother Hong!"

Fang Yu listened to this Hong Tianjing's words, a look of delight appearing on his face, and placed this Three Samadhis Seven Souls Pill into his magic treasure pouch.

"Since you are an outstanding disciple of my Jade Emperor Hall, and have rendered meritorious service, of course I must bestow rewards; I also have here a divine ability, obtained from a Fomen monk I slew, taken from his body, called the Chan Ding Ji Mie True Art; once you obtain this divine ability, you can purify your Primordial Spirit, elevate your cultivation base; from now on, work well for my Jade Emperor Hall, do you understand!"

Hong Tianjing glanced at Fang Yu, waved his hand, and from within his body, a talisman condensed into form, gathering into a divine ability, directly entering Fang Yu's body, merging into his life-bound Jin Dan.

On this body of Fang Yu's, atop the life-bound Jin Dan, one more divine ability suddenly appeared, becoming fourteen kinds of divine abilities!

"Many thanks, Senior Brother Hong!"

Fang Yu hurriedly said, yet deep in his heart he sneered.

Because this divine ability was not the Chan Ding Ji Mie True Art at all, but rather the Fomen Mind-Reading divine ability; once his Jin Dan possessed this divine ability, every single one of his actions, Hong Tianjing could know them all.

Upon their first meeting, this eldest senior brother of the Jade Emperor Hall bestowed a heaven-grade upper-quality elixir—this was grace, and also bestowed a supreme divine ability—seemingly grace, but in reality a means of surveillance; this was in fact might.

The two running in parallel immediately revealed this Hong Tianjing's methods.

Fang Yu's mind stirred slightly, directly letting Hong Tianjing detect a certain thought.

"This Senior Brother Hong is truly formidable; I wonder when I could cultivate methods like his, that would be wonderful."

"Good, you may withdraw!"

Having detected this thought of "Lu Yun," a trace of a smile appeared in Hong Tianjing's eyes, but his face remained impassive.

"Yes, Senior Brother Hong."

Fang Yu then withdrew.

In that great hall, only Hong Tianjing and Shen Ping remained.

"Eldest Senior Brother, the divine ability you just bestowed upon that Lu Yun, it seems to be..."

A look of surprise appeared on Shen Ping's face.

"That's right, it is the Mind-Reading divine ability; I want to know his every move. Does junior brother think my methods are underhanded? Let me tell junior brother the truth, you junior brothers and sisters, I know you all inside out, of course I would not employ any methods against you, because you are our own people; but this Lu Yun, he has only just arrived; although he appears very loyal, this loyalty may be false. Unless he passes my test, only then will I transmit to him the true great divine abilities, even supreme divine abilities."

Hong Tianjing paced within the great hall, a pair of gazes sweeping forth, containing a terrifying majesty; the countless Xu Yuan Qi between heaven and earth, accompanying his walking, manifested numerous mysterious changes, some of the heaven and earth Xu Yuan Qi even taking on the forms of dragons and tigers.

"So it was out of such considerations, junior brother understands."

A thoughtful expression appeared on Shen Ping's face.

"That Mind-Reading can be bestowed upon him by me, and can also be removed by me; bestowing or removing, all lies within a single thought of mine, and for him it is not a bad thing either."

Hong Tianjing continued speaking. "Of course this Lu Yun is not taken seriously by me; he is merely a casual chess piece. Even if he cultivates for several more thousand years, he will not catch my eye. I have recently been pondering some other matters. In my recent cultivation, I have sensed some unease, as if between heaven and earth there will be a great tribulation; this is what I should be concerned with."

"Tribulation? Senior Brother can sense a tribulation? That should not be related to our Boundless Star Palace; according to the timing, the ten-thousand-year divine tribulation of the Xuanhuang Great World is about to arrive, and this is also an opportunity for our Boundless Great World."

A look of curiosity appeared on Shen Ping's face; perceiving the heavenly secrets was not something a cultivator at his stage could comprehend; to truly perceive the heavenly secrets, one would probably need to reach the Longevity Six Stages, the Heavenly Position realm.

Heavenly Position, Heavenly Position, sharing the same rank as Heaven; perhaps only at that time could one perceive the mysteries between heaven and earth.

"The Boundless Great World is simply too close to the Xuanhuang Great World; if it truly is a divine tribulation, we may not necessarily be unaffected; no matter how you look at it, it's still better to be cautious."

Hong Tianjing flicked his fingers.

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

……

"This Hong Tianjing is really seeking death, actually casting 'Telepathy' on me — how could my thoughts be monitored by you?"

Outside, Fang Yu looked at the fourteenth Divine Ability above the Jin Dan within his body, let out a cold laugh, but his divine sense transmitted a thought to that 'Telepathy'.

"Today I saw Senior Brother Hong Tianjing, Senior Brother is truly too powerful, I must also cultivate well. Today I'll go to the Underground World again and slay some demons, accumulate enough contribution points, then exchange for a few more Divine Abilities to cultivate!"

Fang Yu transmitted many thoughts over, and his body once again headed to the Underground World to temper itself.

His trial this time was rather unremarkable — from time to time he released some Thunder Divine Abilities, slaying some underground demons; sometimes when encountering experts in the Underground World, he would summon a divine thunder of relatively small power, blast them injured directly, then harvest them.

Boom!

A bull demon that had cultivated to the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect realm was directly harvested by Fang Yu. This bull demon, although it had cultivated to the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect realm, had actually only cultivated ten Divine Abilities, and only six of them were cultivated by itself; the other four were Star Divine Abilities, obtained by slaying some unlucky disciple of the Boundless Star Palace and plundering their techniques.

Disciples of the Boundless Star Palace hunted and killed demons underground, earning contribution points, while the underground demons could also hunt and kill disciples of the Boundless Star Palace, plundering elixirs, magic treasures, flesh and blood, and Dao techniques.

For the underground demons, every disciple of the Boundless Star Palace had cultivated Star Divine Abilities, their flesh and blood tempered by the power of stars — every disciple was an absolute delicacy to them. Especially if the disciple still had Divine Abilities that could be seized, they could also observe the mysteries of the Boundless Star Palace's Dao techniques, which would greatly enhance their own physical bodies and magic power.

Fang Yu used a single divine thunder to blast and heavily injure this Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect bull demon in one go, then harvested it, immediately gaining enormous benefits.

"A Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect expert — if his broken Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect is brought back, it will surely astonish all the senior brothers and senior sisters!"

Fang Yu's divine sense transmitted a joyful emotion, and so Hong Tianjing in the Jade Emperor Hall sensed this emotion.

"Using this divine thunder to kill demons is indeed not bad, but this divine thunder will one day be used up. By then he will probably have become dependent on this divine thunder and find it hard to progress. It seems I was worrying too much!"

This Senior Brother of the Jade Emperor Hall withdrew his divine sense and no longer paid attention to Fang Yu.

"Sooner or later I'll deal with you."

Fang Yu's body continued to temper itself in the Underground World, but one of his particles passed through the third, fourth, and fifth layers of the Underground World.

The eighth layer underground.

The ninth layer underground.

The deeper one went into the Underground World, the more demons there were, and the stronger the demons' power.

The demons underground in the Boundless Great World, after the third layer, were all arranged in massive formations. As Fang Yu passed by, he saw tens of thousands of underground demons arranged into numerous powerful formations, such as the Minor Zhou Tian Star Battle Formation and the Chaotic Demon Seven Killings Formation. Waves of murderous aura erupted from those formations, as if at any moment they would invade the surface of the Boundless Great World.

But none of these formations, none of these experts, saw Fang Yu.

Fang Yu traveling through the Underground World was equivalent to walking in another dimension — unless one was an expert of the Cave Heaven realm, it was simply impossible to detect him.

When Fang Yu traveled to the ninth layer underground, demonic qi rolled in the distance, and several powerful auras waited before a palace, as if they had long been expecting someone.

These were ten Demon Emperors, nine of whom had the cultivation base of the Longevity Secret Realm Immortal Body realm, while the leader among them emanated an aura of spatial fluctuation — he was actually a Demon Emperor who had cultivated to the Longevity Third Layer Cave Heaven realm.

That Demon Emperor was tall and imposing, wearing an imperial robe, his eyes condensed with boundless demonic thoughts, while streams of immortal world Xu Yuan Qi gathered and brewed above his head.

"Is the disciple of the Scarlet Abyss Demon Honored One arriving?"