Chapter 1098

The spiritual talisman of the Worldly Free Wang Fu has finally awakened its power.

Fang Yu long knew this talisman was not merely for opening the Buddha Realm or the Five Elements passage; the deeper one's cultivation base, the more terrifying the power this talisman could unleash.

Yet in past years, he had not cultivated many Buddhist great divine arts, so the talisman's power in his hands remained weak; now, with a Buddha sect master who had reached the 5th Stage of Immortality—Creation Realm—having cultivated the Karmic Lotus Embryo, brimming with countless supreme Buddhist divine arts, certain arrays within the talisman were activated, and instantly its power rivaled that of an ordinary Supreme-grade Dao Artifact!

Fang Yu believed that as long as he continuously refined this talisman, its power would grow even stronger.

In a space within the Chaos Tower, the hundred million demonic spirits given to him by the Crimson Abyss Demon Sovereign had now split into two hundred million, all of them cultivating the Great Universal Liberation Art of the Three Thousand Great Ways; some demons, after reaching the Divine Ability Secret Realm, Fang Yu had them break through to the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities—Heavenly Man Realm, so they could continue cultivating other Buddhist great divine arts and refine the Worldly Free Wang Fu's talisman.

For Fang Yu's various demonic spirits and the sentient spirits of his Dao Artifacts, their most important task was refining this talisman.

"Senior Brother Yu, this talisman seems to have undergone some new changes."

Fang Han sat beside Fang Yu, seemingly sensing the changes in the Worldly Free Wang Fu's talisman, a smile appearing on his face.

"The talisman's power has indeed changed—this is a good thing. Now, we can truly attempt to breach this gate. Junior Brother Han, the gate has closed again; it seems we must act to open it."

Fang Yu retracted the talisman, gazing forward, and saw the ancient gate before him had shut once more, as if waiting for the next destined one to open it.

"Senior Brother Yu, should we strike together or separately? According to the previous rule, each person who acts will face the gate's attack."

Fang Han's gaze also fixed on the gate ahead.

"Strike together."

Fang Yu stood before the gate, and from every acupoint across his body, countless qi streams and talismanic runes surged forth, merging with his Inner Heaven and Blessed Land; instantly, his entire body transformed into a colossal axe, which swung freely, carving lines like the natural breath of creation, cascading down to shape heaven and earth, opening new space and time, forging a new epoch.

CRASH!

At this moment, Fang Yu unleashed the Divine Art of Ghostly Axe and Divine Craftsmanship; the colossal axe struck the gate directly, instantly forcing it open, as countless divine lights burst forth from within.

Yet no matter how terrifying the light, upon meeting Fang Yu's transformed axe, it was instantly cut apart and destroyed; all manner of radiance crumbled before his axe like paper.

"So fierce!"

On the other side, Fang Han remained in human form; with one sweep of his hand, he manifested a Great Five Elements Mountain, each peak flowing with endless light—the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign, the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign, the White Emperor Metal Sovereign, the Black Emperor Water Sovereign, the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign—five lights interwoven and circulating, revealing a terrifying power capable of annihilating all.

The Three Thousand Great Ways—Great Five Elements Art—now revealed its immense power in Fang Han's hands at the Inner Heaven Realm; the divine lights pouring from the gate were likewise shredded and obliterated by the Great Five Elements Art.

The divine lights pouring from the gate continuously struck Fang Yu and Fang Han, but to no effect.

Suddenly, Fang Yu and Fang Han moved as one, charging into the gate.

"Here…"

Upon entering the gate, the experience changed entirely; all outside sights vanished, replaced by an endless void, dark as outer space, stretching beyond sight.

"It feels as if we've entered another cosmic void—this gate holds further mysteries."

Fang Yu's gaze scanned the surrounding void, sensing that the spacetime fluctuations here differed from the outside world; some regions felt as soft as water, others as unyielding as steel—those impossibly solid space laws seemed impossible to pierce.

"Let's go, Junior Brother Han. Let's see what lies ahead."

Fang Yu and Fang Han advanced, encountering countless spacetime transformations; sometimes the space ahead was as solid as celestial crystal stone, and even after deploying multiple great ways, progress remained impossible.

Other places were labyrinthine corridors of unbreakable space; anyone entering would likely be trapped to death.

Fang Yu avoided these spacetime dead zones; within his Inner Heaven, a Mirror of the Mind emitted brilliant light, warning him not to enter such perilous places.

Moreover, the Worldly Free Wang Fu's talisman seemed to possess a spacetime-jumping ability—even if Fang Yu entered those dead zones, he could escape using the talisman.

Yet he did not immediately use it, choosing instead to hone his understanding of the Dao of spacetime here.

Hours passed, one after another; Fang Yu and Fang Han had yet to find any treasure, but both had gained immensely—tremendously.

Within Fang Yu's Inner Heaven and Blessed Land, more and more space laws and temporal forces flowed in, entering his various great ways; some of the Three Thousand Great Ways underwent transformation—such as Great World Art, Great Cutting Art, Great Teleportation Art, and others.

The spacetime forces here were more advanced than those he had previously understood; absorbed by his great ways, they naturally triggered transformations in all manner of Dao arts.

This was a tremendous blessing.

Suddenly, Fang Yu's gaze fixed on a point in the void—there, it seemed, lay a treasure.

"Finally, a treasure!"

Fang Yu stepped forward into the void; the instant he entered, a terrifying suction surged from its depths—even a being at the Cosmic Time Realm might not hold his ground against such force.

Before his eyes stood one mountain after another of Magnetic Essence Divine Peaks.

Yes—Magnetic Essence Divine Peaks.

These were peaks forged from intensely condensed magnetic essence, their magnetic divine light solidified into mountain forms; each peak contained primordial magnetic essence, converging into the King of Ten Thousand Magnets, where all metal objects were drawn in, and even one's cultivation of the Five Elements Metal Qi was severely suppressed.

Any ordinary cultivator reaching these Magnetic Essence Divine Peaks would lose balance in their Five Elements, leading to qi deviation and death.

Before such a peak, even a Cosmic Time Realm master, if careless, would be pulled in—surviving meant barely escaping with a sliver of Xu Yuan Qi, grievously wounded.

Yet these Magnetic Essence Divine Peaks, before Fang Yu, could not shake him; his body pulsed with countless great ways—Great Five Elements Art, Great Yin-Yang Art, Great Chaos Art—once set in motion, he stood as steady as a deity.

His hand shot out, a colossal palm covering heaven and earth; as the palm condensed, the peaks cracked and groaned, finally collapsing into a tiny point that fell into his palm, becoming a dazzling streak of colored light.

One Magnetic Essence Peak had been collected.

Such a peak possessed the power of a High-grade Dao Artifact—indeed, a special High-grade Dao Artifact—its suction and piercing force were so immense that if several were arranged into a great array within one's cultivation base, even a 5th Stage Immortality—Creation Realm master might never escape.

After collecting one Magnetic Essence Peak, Fang Yu did not hesitate—he activated his palm again, drawing the remaining peaks into his Inner Heaven and Blessed Land.

On the other side, Fang Han also began collecting Magnetic Essence Peaks, his face alight with excitement; if he refined several such peaks within his Inner Heaven and Blessed Land, his combat power would rise dramatically.

There were thirty-six Magnetic Essence Peaks ahead; Fang Yu quickly collected eighteen, then paused, his spiritual sense extending far into the distance.

"I sense another treasure nearby."

Fang Yu stepped forward, arriving at another void.

This void was empty, yet at its deepest point lay a sword.

The sword was entirely a precious golden-yellow hue, like a sacred ritual vessel of an emperor; its blade was densely covered in patterns—curved lines and straight marks interwoven into countless sword inscriptions.

These inscriptions varied: some resembled ancient bird-script, others ancient seal script, some pictographic, others seemingly originating from the Immortal Realm.

There were thousands of characters.

Each sword-character revealed profound mysteries of the Sword Dao.

"This void contains such a sword? What rank does it hold?"

Fang Yu's gaze fixed on the golden-yellow sword; without hesitation, he reached out, his palm stretching like a vast canopy, instantly seizing the divine blade.

This divine sword offered no resistance whatsoever and was seized directly by Fang Yu.

"Goodness, so this divine sword is called the Extreme Dao Divine Sword. It was once an ancient immortal artifact, but a great battle later caused it to fall to the level of a Top-Grade Dao artifact. And now the spirit of this Top-Grade Dao artifact has reincarnated."

Once Fang Yu obtained this divine sword and refined it, he received a great deal of information.

This divine sword has an extraordinary origin. It was once the divine sword in the hands of the Extreme Dao Great Emperor, known as the Extreme Dao Divine Sword. In the primeval era it was an immortal artifact, but later a series of great battles occurred, and this immortal artifact suffered a great calamity, being beaten down to the level of a Top-Grade Dao artifact. As a result, the spirit of this Top-Grade Dao artifact even reincarnated.

A Top-Grade Dao artifact possesses a spirit. The spirit of every such Dao artifact has its own independent consciousness. Even if an ordinary person were to come across a Top-Grade Dao artifact, the artifact's spirit would not necessarily follow that cultivator, because the spirit of a Top-Grade Dao artifact is itself equivalent to a practitioner at the fifth or sixth layer of Longevity. And when the spirit of a Top-Grade Dao artifact combines with the artifact's main body, it can exert the power of a practitioner at the seventh layer of Longevity, the World King realm, or even the Chaotic Cave realm. Some Top-Grade Dao artifacts, having survived a Lei Jie, can even unleash the power of the Void Immortal Realm.

The spirits of such Top-Grade Dao artifacts naturally possess great autonomy. Especially after their own master vanished, they would not simply follow any fated person they happened to meet. Some spirits of Top-Grade Dao artifacts even wish to escape their identity as spirits.

For the spirit of a magic treasure to escape its identity as a spirit, there are only two possibilities. The first is to comprehend the realm of Heaven and Earth as One, merging the self and the spirit into a single whole. The second is reincarnation: the spirit abandons everything and is reborn. Of course, this carries many dangers. For instance, if Fang Yu were to take this divine sword now, even if the spirit cultivated its way back, it would completely lose its main body.

As for the first possibility—among the countless magic treasures between Heaven and Earth, the only one Fang Yu has ever seen that could comprehend the realm of Heaven and Earth as One is the Human Sovereign Brush. No other magic treasure could possibly reach this realm.

The realm of Heaven and Earth as One, for the spirits of magic treasures, is an unimaginable realm—a realm that exists only in legend.

And because of this, even though many spirits of magic treasures wish to reincarnate, they dare not reincarnate, nor can they leave. Thus they can only cultivate within their own main bodies, quietly remaining in their place.

"A Top-Grade Dao artifact, the Extreme Dao Divine Sword—not bad, not bad. It seems that after dealing with Hong Tianjing, my fortune has indeed grown considerably. Of course, it may also be that my fortune was already on the rise."

After Fang Yu obtained this Top-Grade Dao artifact divine sword, a look of joy appeared on his face. Even without its spirit, the material of this divine sword is exceedingly rare in the world. Especially within this divine sword are contained many profound mysteries of the Sword Dao, as well as the Dao techniques and divine abilities of an ancient great power—the Extreme Dao Great Emperor.

"The Extreme Dao is without limit, the light of all extremes. The extreme of Primordial Magnetism is also the extreme of the Extreme Dao."

As Fang Yu held this Extreme Dao Divine Sword in his hand, numerous thoughts welled up in his heart. And just as he circulated this Extreme Dao Divine Sword, the eighteen Primordial Magnetism Divine Peaks within his body suddenly flew into the Extreme Dao Divine Sword, activating a formation within it. Instantly, that boundless Primordial Magnetism power transformed into a force of the Extreme Dao.

The extreme of Primordial Magnetism is also the extreme of the Extreme Dao.

Immediately, the might of this divine sword rose steadily higher.

"Senior Brother Yu, congratulations to Senior Brother Yu on obtaining a divine sword!"

Just at this moment, Fang Han had just seized the remaining eighteen Primordial Magnetism Divine Peaks into his own body and descended into this space. He saw that his Senior Brother Fang Yu had obtained a divine sword, and a smile appeared on his face.

Regarding his Senior Brother Yu obtaining a divine sword, he would not feel jealous, because he now already possessed the Huang Quan Diagram. As long as his Huang Quan Diagram unleashed its full might and he summoned forth the Wheel of Reincarnation, that alone would be enough to make all the heavens tremble. Therefore, regarding Senior Brother Yu obtaining a treasure, he was naturally very happy and would not harbor emotions such as jealousy.