Chapter 1077: When You Advance to the Undying Body, My Top-Grade Treasure Advances to a Mid-Grade Dao Artifact

After Hong Tianjing had been spouting nonsense for so long, Fang Yu simply slapped him once, shattering him, and drew him into the Chaos Tower.

At the same time, his junior brother Fang Han, with a single move, instantly killed the second genius of the Wuji Star Palace, Sima Chong.

There was no suspense whatsoever.

After all, no matter how much of a genius one is, no matter how many levels one can leap across in battle, a 10th Stage of Divine Abilities cultivator facing a Longevity Secret Realm cultivator of the third or fourth stage is doomed.

In the blink of an eye, the two peerless geniuses who had been mouthing off earlier vanished.

Fang Yu made a sweeping grab, and all the various Spirit God Stones in front of the Grand Harmony Hall entered his body, transforming into his treasures. Then the two of them disappeared at once, heading toward the Pure Yang Hall.

This all happened in the blink of an eye—so fast that no one had time to react before such a change took place.

"What on earth is going on? How could the Jin Dan disciple of the Jade Emperor Hall and the disciples of the Shengnudian all be spies?"

"Heavens! Senior Brother Hong Tianjing was taken in a single move, without any power to resist!"

"And Senior Brother Sima Chong! The underground demon race has actually infiltrated our Wuji Star Palace!"

"Damn it, damn it! They've actually sneaked in and captured Senior Brother Hong Tianjing and Senior Brother Sima Chong. Report this at once!"

"Hmph, that Hong Tianjing and Sima Chong always thought they were the best in the world, first and second. Now that they've come under attack, they're bound to be finished. I can become the number one peerless genius of the Wuji Star Palace—this is my chance!"

Complex expressions appeared on the faces of the geniuses one by one. After the shock, each of them had different thoughts. For instance, the expert originally ranked third on the Lesser Longevity List now felt no great grief, and was secretly delighted instead.

"Impossible! Senior Brother Hong couldn't have died so easily!"

Han Xi of the Shengnudian, however, was completely stunned, as if she had never expected such a scene to occur.

"Strike at once, slay the demons!"

A disciple roared, and immediately all the peerless geniuses rushed out to slay the demons.

"Damn it, killing me won't be that easy. Xianjiezhi Sect, open for me! The Great Dao Laws, descend upon me! Longevity Secret Realm, ascend in a single step!"

Meanwhile, inside the Chaos Tower, Hong Tianjing did not die immediately. From within his shattered body, waves of furious roars suddenly rang out. Amid those roars, a gate of the immortal realm opened, and boundless immortal-realm Xu Yuan Qi, countless Great Dao laws, and profound intent poured down, flooding into him.

Boom!

At this moment of extreme peril, he had actually broken straight through to the Longevity Secret Realm!

Within his body, his magic power surged directly upward, and his ninety-nine divine abilities began to undergo frenzied transformation and circulation.

"Bursting forth with power in the midst of battle—as befits a genius. But I too want to see just how far you can cultivate. Of course, your High-Grade Dao Artifact will be seized by me."

Seeing that Hong Tianjing, whom he had blown apart, was still struggling, Fang Yu showed no urgency. He simply reached out and grabbed, and a magic treasure flew straight out from Hong Tianjing's body. It was a sutra banner, its surface densely covered with an ancient inscription. Once it began to circulate, the scriptures moved in concert, composing passage after passage of text, upon which were inscribed all manner of Great Dao laws. It was unmistakably a High-Grade Dao Artifact—the Dharani Sutra Banner!

This was Hong Tianjing's greatest reliance, a High-Grade Dao Artifact!

Fang Yu did not want to simply kill Hong Tianjing, who was at the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities realm—that would yield nothing. Only by letting him advance to the Longevity Secret Realm did he hold some value. Of course, Fang Yu would not allow this fellow to truly turn the tables; that would be a colossal joke.

So Fang Yu struck with a killing move the moment he acted. The Heavenly Will Capture Great Immortal Art seized Hong Tianjing's High-Grade Dao Artifact in an instant. Under the assault of his great hand, the soul within the High-Grade Dao Artifact was thoroughly stunned by Fang Yu's single palm, and Hong Tianjing's consciousness was directly erased by Fang Yu.

A High-Grade Dao Artifact, obtained!

"Arghhhh!"

Hong Tianjing let out a beast-like roar, seemingly unable to accept what had happened. But just as he was bellowing, Fang Yu reached out and grabbed, actually seizing the many immortal-realm laws and Pure Yang Xu Yuan Qi that had descended through the gate Hong Tianjing had opened, and channeled them straight into a Top-Grade item of his own.

That Top-Grade item was called the Dongxuan Mystic Spirit Armor. It was something Fang Yu had obtained long ago when wandering outside, from a cave dwelling—the Dongxuan Blessed Land. The master of that cave dwelling, Daoist Dongxuan, had originally been an expert at the seventh stage of Longevity, the Realm King realm, but after battling the God Race, all that remained was a battered Top-Grade item.

It was this Dongxuan Mystic Spirit Armor.

At this moment, Fang Yu directly intercepted the various Xu Yuan Qi and Great Dao laws unleashed during Hong Tianjing's advancement, and with a single refinement, he caused this Dongxuan Mystic Spirit Armor to advance to the level of a Low-Grade Dao Artifact!

One more Low-Grade Dao Artifact!

The moment this Low-Grade Dao Artifact advanced, Fang Yu felt its defensive power surge by a thousand, ten thousand, even tens of thousands of times. Originally, it could only withstand a single strike from a Wan Shou realm expert, but now it could withstand the full-force strike of a peak Undying Body titan.

Its resistance to damage was extremely strong—merely a Low-Grade Dao Artifact, yet it could bear the force of twenty Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili.

"No, these are all my immortal-realm laws, my Great Dao comprehensions—mine, mine!"

Hong Tianjing, the number one genius of the Wuji Star Palace, now had nothing but venom and hatred in his eyes. Originally, after his body had absorbed so many immortal-realm laws and Great Dao Xu Yuan Qi, he could have cultivated directly to the force of ten Ancient Heavenly Longs. But now, with Fang Yu's interception, his magic power amounted to only five Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili.

Amid his wild roars, a gourd flew out from within his body. Inside the gourd were fully ten elixirs. On each elixir, a distinct Primordial Spirit had condensed, resembling a cultivator's life-bound Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect.

These were actually Immortal Elixirs!

True Immortal Elixirs!

Only Immortal Elixirs would have their medicinal qi condense into powerful Primordial Spirits. A single Primordial Spirit alone was equivalent to a formidable cultivator at the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, and their powerful medicinal efficacy could directly add several thousand years to one's lifespan!

A single Immortal Elixir adding three to five thousand years of lifespan was perfectly normal—placed in certain worlds, it would make even Sovereigns weep with envy.

Yet now, Hong Tianjing had actually taken out ten Immortal Elixirs at once, intending to swallow them all in one go.

Fang Yu did not stop him.

So Hong Tianjing took these Immortal Elixirs—the Ten Heart Heavenly King Treasure Elixirs—and truly swallowed and refined them. In an instant, his magic power surged once more, climbing directly from five Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili to six, then seven, then nine, then ten Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili!

His strength had risen all the way to the level of ten Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili—greater even than that of an ordinary Undying Body expert!

For instance, Elder Tian Xing of the Yuhua Sect, who had cultivated to the second stage of Longevity, the Undying Body realm, now possessed only five or six Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili.

Yet Hong Tianjing, a peerless genius like this, possessed ten Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili while still at the Wan Shou realm—and this was even after Fang Yu had intercepted his immortal Dao laws and various Xu Yuan Qi.

If at this moment his High-Grade Dao Artifact had not been seized by Fang Yu, then relying on his own realm and his High-Grade Dao Artifact, he could have easily defeated an Undying Body titan like Elder Tian Xing, and could even have contended against an ordinary Cave Heaven realm expert.

And that was not all.

The moment Hong Tianjing achieved the Wan Shou realm, another gemstone actually appeared within his body. This gemstone took the form of a hexagon, resembling a great formation, and incomparably pure soul aura seeped out from within it.

One of the Four Great Mystic Stones—the Soul Gemstone!

Once this gemstone was absorbed by Hong Tianjing, his power rose once more. Above his head, another gate of the immortal realm opened, and countless immortal-realm Great Dao laws and Pure Yang Xu Yuan Qi descended in torrents, like a heavenly river. His body's strength rose yet again.

Eleven Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili!

Thirteen Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili!

Fifteen Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili!

Twenty Ancient Heavenly Long Zhili!

In the span of these few moments, inside the Chaos Tower, Hong Tianjing—the most outstanding disciple of the Wuji Star Palace—had actually been forcibly elevated from the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities all the way to the Undying Body. This was simply unheard of throughout the ages!