Chapter 469: The Transformation of the Five Elements Talisman!

In the blink of an eye, the cultivators who had moved against Fang Yu's avatar were either dead or suppressed, with not a single ounce of resistance left.

A seventh-stage Divine Abilities Golden Core expert, the Immortal-Slaying Thief; a ninth-stage Divine Abilities Great Heavenly Demon King; a ninth-stage Divine Abilities Elder of the Blood Shadow Mo Sect; and another fifth-stage Heavenly Man Realm cultivator, the Young Master Ling.

In the Great Xuan Empire, Heavenly Man Realm cultivators already held some status, but those who reached the seventh-stage Divine Abilities Golden Core Realm or higher were especially revered, treated with respect wherever they went, often honored as VIPs in major shops—yet now three of them were gone.

It was truly terrifying.

Ever since the Huang Quan Holy Water appeared alongside Fang Yu, the number of fallen Golden Core experts had grown steadily.

At this moment, Fang Yu had already returned to the city.

"Brother Yu, you're back—did you suffer any injuries?"

"Big Brother Fang Yu!"

Fang Han and Star Cloud Baby rushed forward upon seeing Fang Yu's return; they knew what he had just done, but hadn't expected him back so soon.

"How could I be injured? Though one of those who attacked me this time was the Immortal-Slaying Thief, a Golden Core expert, and another was a ninth-stage Divine Abilities Great Heavenly Demon King, neither was my match."

Fang Yu smiled, and in his hand appeared a Golden Core, its pale gold hue shimmering with twenty-five distinct Divine Abilities.

At its core lay the Five Elements Array, but beyond that, there were also rare Divine Abilities scarcely seen on the Xuan Huang Great World—such as Pure World Lotus, unmistakably a technique of the Yuwaifu Sect.

"The Immortal-Slaying Thief, ranked second among the Forty Thieves, was killed by you, Big Brother Fang! You're incredible! My father told me the Immortal-Slaying Thief was among the elite of Golden Core experts, having gained countless rare opportunities—even disciples of the Taiyi Sect couldn't kill her unless a dozen Golden Core experts formed a grand array to suppress her. But if such a master detonated her Golden Core, even a Longevity Secret Realm giant would suffer grave injuries!"

Star Cloud Baby's round face was filled with disbelief—he was utterly stunned.

In past years, he had heard Fang Han speak of how powerful this elder brother was, but he had only ever heard tales, never witnessed it firsthand—now, not only had Fang Yu slain the Immortal-Slaying Thief, he had seized her Golden Core; it was unimaginable.

Because a Golden Core expert's detonation happens in an instant; unless you strike instantly and crush them outright, in prolonged combat they would always succeed in detonating.

"What a Golden Core, what a Golden Core! The Immortal-Slaying Thief's Golden Core is of exceptionally high quality—and she had cultivated so many supreme techniques of the Fomen!"

Yan leapt up from the Huang Quan Map. "You probably never even heard of the Fomen, because the Fomen are forbidden from spreading teachings on the Xuan Huang Great World—this was a secret agreement from past ages. But I, Old Yan, know this—no one else would!"

"Look at the Pure World Lotus—if held by a Fomen Longevity giant, it truly has the power to cleanse an entire world. But Fomen Longevity Secret Realm experts aren't called giants—they're Bodhisattvas. Wan Shou Realm is a First-Stage Bodhisattva; Immortal Body is a Second-Stage Bodhisattva; and once you reach the Dun Tian Realm, you become a Third-Stage Bodhisattva."

Yan beamed with pride, leveraging his ancient knowledge. Nearby, Xueye Zhi Wang, the spirit of Fang Han's low-grade Dao Artifact, and Xing Chan, the spirit of Star Cloud Baby's low-grade Dao Artifact—the Dayue Wuxing Bracelet—listened intently; they had never heard any of this before.

Both of these low-grade Dao Artifacts had only recently ascended from peerless treasure status to low-grade Dao Artifact status, and were very young—even younger than Fang Yu's Xuantian Zhenmo Tower.

They had indeed never heard of the Fomen.

Even Fang Han had never heard of them.

There was no Fomen on the Xuan Huang Great World.

"It's perfectly normal you've never heard of the Fomen, because the Fomen aren't a Men Sect of the Xuan Huang Great World—strictly speaking, they aren't even a Men Sect at all, but a doctrine, a belief system, immensely powerful in the distant depths of time and space, even having subdued the Outer Demons."

Seeing the others seemed clueless, Yan once again leveraged his status as an elder and ancient one to instruct them.

"The Fomen's cultivation methods are utterly unlike those of the Immortal Path. They once reached the Xuan Huang Great World, but for reasons unknown, retreated—so only a few powerful masters among the Immortal and Demon Paths know of the Fomen in the outer void; everyone else remains ignorant."

"But now that I've obtained the Immortal-Slaying Thief's Golden Core, I can finally study the Fomen's Divine Abilities in depth."

Fang Yu spoke up. "Unfortunately, my original talisman already cultivates ninety-nine Divine Abilities—I can't add any more. I can only refine these abilities into the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower."

In Fang Yu's hand appeared a golden-glowing tower brimming with boundless pure yang energy—it was his first low-grade Dao Artifact, the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower.

His original talisman already bore ninety-nine Divine Abilities and could not cultivate any new ones—he'd have to wait until later to cultivate new techniques.

But now, he could strip the Divine Abilities from the Immortal-Slaying Thief's Golden Core and refine them into the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower.

This would greatly enhance the tower's power.

Of course, Fang Yu also possessed a mid-grade Dao Artifact—the Cangqiong Poshen Spear—but all its laws were fused into its body, granting only pure, terrifying killing power; a single strike would kill anyone not protected by a mid-grade Dao Artifact armor.

But it had no spirit—no matter how many Divine Abilities you infused into it, it could never evolve. The Xuantian Zhenmo Tower, however, had the potential to evolve—into a mid-grade Dao Artifact, an upper-grade Dao Artifact, even a peerless Dao Artifact.

But that would require countless battles.

"Then let's cultivate here for now. Let that Ghost Emperor wait."

Fang Yu said this to Fang Han and Star Cloud Baby; neither had any objections.

Fang Han was interested in observing and learning the Immortal-Slaying Thief's Divine Abilities. As for Star Cloud Baby, he was still at the fourth-stage Divine Abilities Yin-Yang Realm and could only cultivate one technique—but if he could observe the structure of the array within the Immortal-Slaying Thief's Golden Core, it might help him break through to the Heavenly Man Realm.

Thus, the group resumed cultivation within Qunxing Sect's property.

Fang Yu now stripping arrays from Golden Cores was second nature.

Soaking them in Huang Quan Holy Water, cultivating separation, peeling away layer by layer, after several days the Immortal-Slaying Thief's Golden Core was fully disassembled, revealing clusters of Divine Ability Xu Yuan Qi.

These Xu Yuan Qi appeared as radiant light, seemingly nonexistent on the Xuan Huang Great World—no one knew where the Immortal-Slaying Thief had drawn them from.

Cluster after cluster of arrays revealed profound mystery, especially the Pure World Lotus—this supreme technique was indeed astonishingly powerful and held immense value for Fang Yu's study.

Great Solar Fire Disaster, Black Sun Wind Disaster, Pure World Lotus, Ten Thousand Thunder Paying Homage—these supreme techniques embodied fire, wind, Lei Jie, and a Fomen calamity; mutual contemplation of them offered great benefit.

Besides the Pure World Lotus, there were other Yuwaifu techniques, several of them supreme—but Fang Yu saw no Fomen Great Dao techniques.

The Three Thousand Great Daos' second Dao, the Great Cause and Effect Technique, was the very foundation of the Fomen's doctrine—"When Fate is absent, Cause and Effect reigns." Fang Yu didn't expect to obtain the Great Cause and Effect Technique from the Immortal-Slaying Thief; that was unrealistic.

Even the more commonly known Fomen Great Daos—Great Liberation Technique, Great Transcendence Technique, Great Universal Salvation Technique, Great Debate Technique—none were present.

That was somewhat regrettable.

The Immortal-Slaying Thief, a legendary second-ranked thief among the Forty Thieves of the Outer Seas, had held fame for countless years—and yet carried not a single Great Dao. It was indeed regrettable.

But just as the group finished their contemplation, Fang Yu suddenly felt a shift in intent—the Five Elements talisman fell onto the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower, and immediately, some Fomen techniques and Xu Yuan Qi involuntarily flowed into this talisman. The talisman trembled slightly, and strange phenomena occurred upon it.

The spirit of the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower now chanted the Six-Syllable True Word: "Om Mani Padme Hum." Each chant sent a mysterious force through the void, strengthening the talisman and the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower.

This force was neither Xian Realm Xu Yuan Qi, nor Shenming power, nor any known heavenly energy—but it was a power nonetheless, imbued with purity, peace, capable of stabilizing the spirit and calming cultivation.

When this force acted upon the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower, it helped Fang Yu refine the tower, enhancing the power of this low-grade Dao Artifact.

That is to say, from now on, with the Five Elements talisman empowered upon the Xuantian Zhenmo Tower, after hundreds or even thousands of years, this low-grade Dao Artifact might ascend to a mid-grade Dao Artifact!

"Five Elements talisman, Fomen techniques, Fomen Realm Xu Yuan Qi."

Fang Yu's mind stirred.

Star Cloud Baby and Fang Han had only heard of the Fomen—but Fang Yu knew that in truth, there existed a Fomen Realm, one of the most powerful worlds among the myriad heavens, filled with boundless Buddha light.

And the Five Elements talisman was the talisman of the Buddha of Worldly Freedom—it could naturally draw in the Buddha light of the Fomen Realm.

Buddha light was the perfect substance for refining magic treasures.

After eliminating a Zhuxian Thief, a hint of the mysterious essence of the Worldly Self-Mastery Buddha was activated—this was truly a fortunate thing.

The Zhuxian Thief not only left Fang Yu a Jin Dan, she also had a magic treasure pouch.

The Zhuxian Thief's magic treasure pouch was enormous, far larger than those of ordinary people; it contained vast quantities of elixirs—all of them Nascent Soul elixirs—as well as treasures such as Nine Yang Holy Water and Six Yang Holy Water.

In addition, there were large amounts of magic power crystals, each of exceptional quality, clearly sacred objects for replenishing magic power.

Unfortunately, in life-or-death combat—especially against Fang Yu—life and death come in an instant; there was no time to consume the magic power crystals before she was killed.