Chapter 465: I, Fang Yu, Am the Supreme Cultivation Genius of Heaven and Earth

Auction halls always attract conflict—right now, someone tried to spy on Fang Yu's avatar, only to have their divine sense extinguished by the avatar, and immediately others began shouting that Fang Yu was finished, that no one in heaven or earth could save him.

But even if one wished to duel and kill, it was forbidden within the city walls; one had to wait until Fang Yu's avatar left the city.

Fang Yu contemplated these countless killing intentions, a smile appearing on his face—he decided to send his avatar to Exalted Linglong Tower, while his main body journeyed to Qunxing Sect's territory.

"Big Brother Fang Yu, we Qunxing Sect also has assets here; let's go rest there—no one will disturb us."

Star Cloud Baby flew forward first, Fang Yu and Fang Han following behind; soon they saw a towering Gao Ta, its four sides inlaid with crystals forming an array, within which starlight flickered.

Fang Yu could naturally sense the immense celestial star power pouring down from the sky, flooding into this Gao Ta—it was extremely powerful.

Star Cloud Baby swirled the "Sun-Moon Five-Star Bracelet," instantly teleporting inside and landing in a grand hall atop the Gao Ta, serene and peaceful.

Infinite star power filled the space, ideal for cultivation. Fang Yu felt that here, his star-based Divine Abilities and Supreme Divine Abilities would gain tremendous enhancement—excellent results.

"This is Haoxing Tower. We've built many across the Da Xuan Empire, but each year we must pay taxes to the imperial family in elixirs, while the Da Xuan Empire in turn pays tribute to Taiyi Sect."

Star Cloud Baby said.

Though young, he was no fool—especially as the son of the Qunxing Sect Sect Master, he understood this relationship clearly.

"That's true. Otherwise, Taiyi Sect would never allow you to build such things within the Da Xuan Empire."

Fang Yu nodded.

Taiyi Sect was truly shrewd; after seizing the vast market of the Da Xuan Empire, its development far surpassed other Xiandao Sect Sects, especially since they could collect taxes and produce Nascent Soul elixirs—something no other sect could match.

"By the way, Big Brother Fang Han, Father instructed me to do one thing on this journey: retrieve three hundred million elixirs and store them in the sect's elixir chamber, saying recent cosmic changes require all disciples to cultivate urgently. Big Brother, since you can now refine Nascent Soul elixirs, could I exchange three hundred million Baiyang elixirs for three million Nascent Soul elixirs? If I bring back three million Nascent Soul elixirs, Father and all the Elders will look at me with new eyes."

Star Cloud Baby patted his round head with his chubby hand, then pouted. "Right now, several powerful senior brothers in the sect are eyeing the Sect Master position. I'm not interested in becoming Sect Master myself, but I don't like those senior brothers."

At these words, Fang Yu and Fang Han turned their gazes toward him—both shared the same thought.

"With me and Brother Yu here, you won't return empty-handed. But three million Nascent Soul elixirs will take time. Brother Yu here also has two million Nascent Soul elixirs. How about this: wait a few days, and I'll give you three million Nascent Soul elixirs, and Brother Yu will also give you three million."

Fang Han paused to think.

He could now refine thirty thousand Nascent Soul elixirs per day; three million for Star Cloud Baby would take roughly a hundred days. As for Brother Yu's two million, he'd be generous and simply give three million.

Building a good relationship with Brother Yu would never be a loss.

"Then thank you, Big Brother Fang Han."

Fang Yu nodded upon hearing Fang Han would give him three million Nascent Soul elixirs, then turned to Star Cloud Baby: "Since you're vying for the Sect Master position, with our help, the Qunxing Sect Master seat will surely be yours."

Fang Yu naturally understood the succession rules for the Sect Master position.

Although Star Cloud Baby's father is the Star Lord and current Qunxing Sect Sect Master, the future Sect Master position isn't guaranteed to go to Star Cloud Baby.

Take Yuhua Sect: if Sect Master Feng Feng Baiyu had a son, after his retirement, the next Sect Master might be Fang Yu, or Hua Tiandu—not necessarily Feng Feng Baiyu's son.

In Xiandao Sect Sects, the Sect Master position is chosen from among the True Disciples, not from the Elders. Even now, Elder Tian Xing could never become the next Sect Master after the current one retires.

As for the Sect Master's son, unless his cultivation base ranks first among all True Disciples, he cannot be chosen as the next Sect Master.

Otherwise, once the current Sect Master retires and becomes a Supreme Elder, the former Sect Master's son becomes merely the Supreme Elder's son—his status still sounds noble, but he loses many privileges.

After all, a sect has many Supreme Elders, and many Supreme Elders' sons.

If Star Cloud Baby can exchange three hundred million elixirs for three million Nascent Soul elixirs, returning with them will earn him great respect from many Elders, laying a solid foundation for his future ascension as Sect Master.

In short, three hundred million Baiyang elixirs theoretically equal three million Nascent Soul elixirs—but having three hundred million Baiyang elixirs doesn't guarantee you can actually exchange them for three million Nascent Soul elixirs.

Both Fang Yu and Fang Han understood this perfectly.

If Star Cloud Baby becomes the Qunxing Sect Sect Master, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

Each of the three had their own thoughts, yet all began cultivating within Qunxing Sect's territory.

Fang Han received the peerless treasure, the Great Brahma Light Ship, and immediately gave it to the vessel's spirit, Yan.

Yan was joyfully absorbing the pure yang energy within this peerless treasure—he had once been as powerful as a Longevity Stage 2 Immortal Body cultivator, but suffered a calamity and was cast down in realm. Yet with pure yang energy, he could regain his strength.

Once restored, he could activate all the hidden wonders of the Huang Quan Map.

In its prime, the Huang Quan Map was a peerless Dao artifact, immensely powerful. The ancient Huang Quan Emperor, having inherited the Dao heritage of the primordial Earth Sovereign, forged the Huang Quan Map specifically to find the Earth Sovereign's lost Earth Sovereign Book, to merge the two and transcend into a celestial artifact—proof of the Huang Quan Map's extraordinary nature.

Now, as Yan absorbed countless pure yang energies, his body swelled like an inflated balloon, on the verge of bursting.

But he did not burst.

For just as he seemed ready to explode, his two claws entwined, forming an extraordinarily complex hand seal—a sequence of seals embodying the supreme principles of heaven and earth, a Divine Ability unknown even in demonic cultivation.

As the hand seals shifted, resonant tones, as if emanating from the deepest mysteries of the cosmos, rang out. Beautiful musical notes danced around Yan, forming one great array after another.

As these arrays formed, Yan's power surged, and the vast pure yang energy of the Great Brahma Light Ship flowed even more violently into Yan's body.

In the end, Yan's body became vivid—countless beads of sweat, or perhaps blood, emerged from his bronze-like scales.

Clearly, he gained immense benefit, rising from weakness to a new level.

And predictably, the Huang Quan Map's power greatly increased.

After noticing this, Fang Yu's divine sense saw nothing—of course, he no longer paid attention to Yan and Fang Han's cultivation, for before him stood the World Tree.

Though the World Tree belonged to Fang Han, he still borrowed it to hone his spiritual will.

Using the World Tree to perceive the Immortal Realm and refine one's spiritual will was an incredibly dangerous endeavor, but undeniably highly effective.

Among all heavens, only this one method existed to refine spiritual will in such a way.

Even in the Shrouding Heaven Realm, Fang Yu's life-or-death battle with Jiang Shenwang to refine his will seemed inferior to extending his divine sense along the World Tree's roots into infinite spacetime, sensing the Immortal Realm amid endless cosmic storms.

It was a great terror.

But the results were also exceptionally good.

Originally, Fang Yu had formed a primordial talisman from ninety-nine Divine Abilities, making breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm extremely difficult. Yet through constant refinement of his spiritual will, his mastery of magic power, his understanding of his primordial talisman, and his elevation of self-will all reached new heights.

If previously Fang Yu had merely entered the 6th Stage of Divine Abilities, Return to Oneness Realm, now, after these days of refinement, he had reached the late stage of the Return to Oneness Realm.

This advancement in cultivation base was unprecedented, unparalleled.

Ordinary cultivators needed to refine for two or three centuries to progress from the 6th Stage of Divine Abilities to the Golden Core Realm.

Cultivating Divine Abilities: each stage is a different realm, harder the higher you go. To advance one stage in hundreds of years was already exceptional; breaking through several stages in a year was simply too difficult.

Just as the three were diligently cultivating, suddenly a voice emerged from the Huang Quan Map—Yan's voice, brimming with arrogance and supreme confidence, as if a master who had lost his Wu Gong had regained it.

After Fang Yu awoke from his cultivation, he saw a portal rising in the void.

What kind of portal was this?

Within this portal, boundless demonic qi surged, a vast, immeasurable demonic will that seemed ready to devour the mortal world and turn heaven and earth into a realm of demons.

"Hahahaha! My power has finally accumulated enough—I've opened the Abizhi Sect!"

Yan laughed wildly in the void.

"Abizhi Sect."

Fang Yu's gaze turned to the great gate behind Yan—neither a formation nor a divine art, neither a magic treasure nor anything ordinary, as if it were a primordial beast that had existed since ancient times.

That portal, the Abizhi Sect, seemed capable of devouring all beings who defied the will of heaven; waves of destructive power pulsed within it, and even the mere thought of contacting it brought unbearable suffering.

"Abizhi" was itself a term from the demonic path, meaning unceasing torment—once entered, one would endure eternal pain.

This Abizhi Sect was clearly forged by the Huang Quan Emperor; to gather so much suffering and intent, one could imagine what that demonic emperor had done in his time—at the very least, he had slain countless lives and collected their tormenting thoughts.

This was certainly not something of the righteous path.

Fang Yu gazed at the Abizhi Sect, pondering whether his cultivation base could destroy it; he immediately knew that with his divine art, a single spear thrust would be enough.

At present, Yan's strength could not threaten him.

Yet no true conflict would erupt—by suddenly opening the Abizhi Sect, Yan had instead intimidated the spirit of the low-grade Dao artifact, the demonic blade Xue Cangqiong, once forged by Fang Han.

Such spirits possessed their own consciousness and human emotions; clearly, Yan, as an elder demonic Dao artifact spirit, had once been looked down upon by younger spirits after losing his power, and now that his strength had returned, he immediately sought to reclaim his dignity.

Fang Han would never allow this.

Don't they remember they had offended the Ghost Emperor at the auction? They must preserve enough power to deal with that old devil.