Chapter 1096

In one swift move, Fang Yu and Fang Han claimed two more Great Dao Abilities after defeating the Flame Maple Divine Emperor.

Three Thousand Great Daos: Great Glory Art; Three Thousand Great Daos: Great Ten Thousand Gods Art.

This is a Great Dao Ability exclusive to the Divine Race—Great Glory Art resembles Great Blessing Art, though it lacks devastating offensive power; instead, it bestows glory upon the cultivator, and the more one cultivates it, the more glory one accumulates, and one may even bestow glory upon others, causing their spiritual will to rise ever higher with cultivation.

"Glory belongs to the gods, does it?"

Fang Yu smiled; this was indeed an exclusive Great Dao Ability of the Divine Race—the more one cultivates such an ability, the stronger one's sense of racial belonging becomes, though cultivators may grow increasingly arrogant and conceited, looking down upon all non-race cultivators with disdain.

"You're finished, you're finished—you dared to strike me?"

"You've offended me—no one in heaven or earth can save you!"

"You dared to offend the great Divine Race? I can't imagine what torment you'll endure."

"Kneel down, become my slave, become our slave—it's not suffering, it's your honor. If you pledge allegiance to us, even as a dog, you'll be glorious."

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Such words, spoken by Divine Race cultivators who practiced Great Glory Art, were hardly surprising.

Those who cultivated Great Glory Art had grown so swollen with pride they could no longer recognize reality—no wonder many Divine Race Sovereigns and Divine Kings, even when at a disadvantage or captured, still dared to threaten Fang Yu.

It was the glory bestowed by Great Glory Art that gave them such confidence.

Three Thousand Great Daos: Great Glory Art.

Fang Yu had now comprehended this Great Dao; though if cultivated only to the point of confidence rather than arrogance, it still held many benefits—cultivators should be confident, master glory, and their fortune seemed to subtly shift as well.

"Three Thousand Great Daos: Great Ten Thousand Gods Art."

Fang Yu turned his attention to another Great Dao Ability—this one too was exclusive to the Divine Race; cultivators who practiced it absorbed vast amounts of Xu Yuan Qi to forge the power of ten thousand gods within their bodies, each divine power a tremendous force; if one could forge the power of ten thousand gods, one could set up an ultimate killing array—the Ten Thousand Gods Array, similar to the Dragon Clan's Ten Thousand Dragons Refining the World Great Immortal Art.

This Great Dao Ability was immensely powerful and could even combine with other Great Dao Abilities to form a Great Immortal Art.

Divine Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art.

This Great Immortal Art possessed terrifying power; to reach its peak required fusing ninety-nine Great Dao Abilities, yet for most Divine Race cultivators, acquiring ninety-nine Great Dao Abilities to forge Divine Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art was impossible—the weakest version required only two Great Dao Abilities, and if one mastered Great Ten Thousand Gods Art, the power of Divine Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art would be greatly enhanced.

Fang Yu's current Divine Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art was composed of Great Acupoint Art, Great Edict Art, Great Withering-and-Flourishing Art, and Great Cutting Art; now it seemed he could add another Great Dao Ability—Great Ten Thousand Gods Art; if he truly cultivated these five Great Dao Abilities to their peak and forged Divine Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art, his combat power would increase manyfold.

"Brother Yu, the Divine Race really is loaded—look at these guys, each carries over a dozen mid-grade Dao artifacts."

At this moment, Fang Han spoke as well, playing with several treasure pouches he had found within the head domains of several Divine Emperors—these were their personal collections, filled with elixirs, treasures, and materials: Black Divine Pills, Pure Yang Pills.

The nine Divine Emperors of the Divine Race at the Longevity Third Stage—Dongtian Realm—had been slain, and their storage was extraordinarily rich.

Among them were over a thousand heavenly-grade elixirs such as Nirvana Pills, Dragon God Pills, Taiqing Jade Liquid Great Restoration Pills, and Five Cloud Ascension Immortal Pills; even immortal elixirs were present—among them, one called the Life-Creation Elixir; consuming a single such immortal elixir would give a 10th Stage of Divine Abilities cultivator a seventy to eighty percent chance to directly ascend to the Longevity Secret Realm's Wan Shou Realm, even reaching the Immortal Body state.

"Excellent items, excellent elixirs—Life-Creation Elixir, Yi Yuan San Yi Taiqing Elixir—all immortal elixirs; consuming one grants over three thousand years of lifespan. We don't need them, but taking them back to cultivate disciples of Yuhua Sect is perfect—if distributed well, these elixirs could produce several more Eternal Titans for our Yuhua Sect."

Fang Han was delighted, unable to hide his joy. "Our Yuhua Sect disciples today are so lucky—they can sit at home and receive immortal elixirs as rewards, unlike in our time, when even a Nascent Soul Pill or Foundation Establishment Pill required fighting for survival."

He recalled his own arrival at Yuhua Sect—back then, Brother Fang Yu had already begun his rise and occasionally rewarded disciples with White Yang Pills, but Nascent Soul Pills were rarely given; now, Yuhua Sect disciples were already taking Pure Yang Pills.

"We struggled terribly to break through into the Longevity Secret Realm back then, but now it seems breaking through isn't so hard—you just need to slay a Wan Shou Realm Divine Emperor, refine it into a Longevity Fruit, and give it to disciples to ascend to Wan Shou Realm, or go out and slay a Dongtian Realm expert to take their immortal elixirs and ascend to the Longevity Secret Realm."

Fang Yu smiled. "Too bad neither Elder Tian Xing nor Elder Chuan Gong, nor any of our Yuhua Sect's Supreme Elders who've reached the Dongtian Realm can do this."

"Indeed—slaying a Dongtian Realm Divine and taking their immortal elixirs can allow one to break through to Wan Shou Realm, but not everyone can manage it."

Fang Han shook his head.

Don't be fooled by how easily we've dealt with these few Divine Emperors—any single Dongtian Realm Divine Emperor who went to Yuhua Sect could crush the Demon-Slaying Great Immortal into dust.

"Now let's deal with this Treasure Master Bodhisattva."

Fang Yu's gaze turned to the Treasure Master Bodhisattva within the Chaos Tower—this Five Earth Bodhisattva, cultivated to the Longevity Fifth Stage—Creation Realm—was now frantically channeling his power, yet his expression remained eerily calm.

"Venerable Lords, you have deep ties with the Fomen. Your bodies radiate strong Buddhist nature—if you wish to refine me, you'll cut yourselves off from the Buddha; that is not your Dao."

The Treasure Master Bodhisattva spoke in an extremely calm tone.

"Oh? Refining you means cutting yourself off from the Buddha? I don't believe that."

Fang Yu smiled.

"Venerable Lord, the sea of suffering is boundless—turn back now and reach the shore! If you refine me, you will truly sever your connection to the Fomen and lose countless opportunities. I now see within your tower a talisman—a spiritual inscription of the Ancient Sage, the Buddha of Worldly Freedom. This inscription possesses heaven-piercing, earth-penetrating power, but you lack Buddhist affinity and cannot refine it. If you send me to the Buddha Realm, I shall personally recommend the Buddha to bless you; then you will gain Buddhist affinity and countless opportunities. I implore you—do not delude yourself."

The Treasure Master Bodhisattva spoke with utmost sincerity.

"The Fomen's rhetoric truly is like lotus blossoms blooming from the tongue—brilliant, yet utterly useless. I find your own Creation Law far more useful to me now."

After listening, Fang Yu nodded, then unleashed all his power and slammed his palm onto the Treasure Master Bodhisattva's crown.

Pop.

The Treasure Master Bodhisattva instantly exploded, his body dissolving into a hundred-li expanse of flesh and blood within the Chaos Tower.

Infinite Chaos Qi poured down—Fang Yu had activated the Chaos Tower's power to utterly annihilate the Bodhisattva's spiritual will.

Fang Yu knew that experts cultivated to the Longevity Fifth Stage—Creation Realm—had a fundamentally different life essence from those at the Longevity Fourth Stage—Zhouguang Realm; he feared the Bodhisattva might attempt possession during refinement, so he spared no Pure Yang Pills, directly suppressing the Bodhisattva completely.

"Ahh, terrible, terrible! Damn you! You give me no chance—you're a demon, you're devils, two old demons!"

The Treasure Master Bodhisattva screamed in agony, wailing endlessly, but to no avail.

His inner abilities were directly devoured and absorbed.

This Treasure Master Bodhisattva had cultivated ninety-nine abilities, all ancient, supreme-level Fomen techniques passed down from antiquity; yet among them, only a few were Great Dao Abilities—such as Great Salvation Art, Great Liberation Art, Great Debate Art—while the rest were Supreme Abilities, each profoundly mysterious, some even rivaling the Great Daos.

For example, one Supreme Ability was called "Heart Flame Ten Thousand Phenomena Lamp"—when activated, it manifested a colossal lamp whose flame was born of the heart-mind, illuminating all directions and one's own path forward, capable of refining all evil demons; once unleashed, it altered the surrounding environment according to the user's will, trapping opponents in endless illusions from which they could not escape.

This Supreme Ability was clearly one that cultivated the heart-mind.

Fang Yu had once sought a Supreme Method to cultivate the heart-mind in the Manghuang Ji Realm, but had not obtained one then; now, encountering this Treasure Master Bodhisattva, he acquired one.

Heart Flame Ten Thousand Phenomena Lamp.

Spirit, heart-mind, will—these terms seemed similar, but in truth they were distinct.

Spirit arose from the brain, heart-mind from the heart, while will was a higher level still, forged through countless trials to develop a unique, self-defined trait.

Fang Yu savored this Supreme Ability, then turned to others—such as a golden Buddha palm, its palm bearing a "卍" talisman, five fingers complete, its texture filled with images of Buddhas.

This ability was called "Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage Fist"—its power was so immense it rivaled ordinary Great Daos.

"The Fomen does have things worth learning."

Fang Yu gazed at these supreme spiritual techniques, some no less potent than the Three Thousand Great Dao, others even surpassing ordinary ones—clearly, these were the insights of the World-Free Buddha; this titan, like the Hongmeng Daoist, had created countless Dao arts, seeking to break free from the Three Thousand Great Dao and discover the true essence of eternal life.

For Fang Yu and Fang Han, this was a feast: all manner of spiritual techniques were seized; in the end, fragments of the Creation Principle within the Precious Master Bodhisattva's body were also captured by Fang Yu and Fang Han and sent into their respective inner realms.

The Creation Principle could not be refined in an instant—it would take a long time to even begin to refine it.

"Hmm, this technique…"

After each person obtained forty-nine spiritual techniques, one remaining technique was profoundly mysterious: it took the form of a "lotus womb"—a lotus yet to bloom—but its color consisted solely of two hues: black and white, one clear, one turbid.

These two clear and turbid energies continuously circulated, flowing forth countless mysteries: human forms, Long Hu, demonic gods, emperors and generals, Shanfeng, clouds and thunder, and countless dense threads; these threads, bound by a wondrous force, linked together all the human forms, Shanfeng…; whenever any living being stirred, it demonstrated intricate causal mysteries.

"The Three Thousand Great Dao—Great Causation Art?"

Fang Han uttered a few words, his expression filled with intense excitement.

"It must indeed be the Great Causation Art—but incomplete, at most only one-tenth of the Ninglianfa. Causation, causation—in legend, the mystery of causation ranks only below fate."

Fang Yu's spiritual sense enveloped the Causation Lotus Womb, attempting to comprehend it—but the Causation Lotus Womb revealed countless mysteries, rendering Fang Yu's spiritual sense futile.

"Senior Brother Yu, this Causation Lotus Womb is truly mysterious—I cannot fathom what causation even looks like at my current cultivation base!"

Fang Han was also trying to comprehend the Causation Lotus Womb, but no matter what method he employed, he could not penetrate the one-tenth mystery of causation.

"Only by obtaining the complete Great Causation Art could one successfully cultivate this Great Dao technique—but I believe the Causation Lotus Womb might be used to activate the World-Free Buddha's talismans."