Chapter 488

And in the supreme mega-sect Wuji Star Palace, there are three hundred and sixty-five branch halls like Qunxing Sect.

That means Wuji Star Palace's influence is three hundred and sixty-five times that of Qunxing Sect.

The terrifying power of Wuji Star Palace is evident—it is a supreme mega-sect located in the distant Wuji Great World.

Among the Thousand Great Worlds are the Xuan Huang Great World, the Wuji Great World, and many others, but these are not within Fang Yu's current thoughts.

He has now received the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light from Xing Mie Xie; the two of them were highly enthusiastic and discussed it for three days and three nights on Star Cloud Peak.

Fang Han was also present and received the Xiulianfa Sect of the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light.

After Xing Mie Xie departed, Fang Han's expression turned solemn: "Brother Yu, the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light is also a supreme divine art; today I have finally witnessed the subtlety of the Fomen's Dao techniques—it is truly vast and profound, a unique Pifa Sect. But this divine art is profoundly seductive and terrifying; even the demonic sect's Soul Seizing Great Art falls far short."

Fang Han spoke to Fang Yu.

In these past days of cultivation, he had understood the cultivation method of the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light—this technique is a supreme method of transforming hearts, using one's own compassion, the courage of great giving, and the heart of great righteousness… to condense into Zen Light and universally liberate all beings.

This technique relies entirely on no external force, no celestial Xu Yuan Qi, no elemental true qi, but instead gathers one's own compassion, righteousness, and all good thoughts to form Zen Light and influence others.

It is utterly unlike the Immortal Dao.

Immortal Dao techniques must absorb Xu Yuan Qi—for example, the Great Five Elements Art cannot be perfected without sufficient elemental essence; but the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light uses only one's will to influence others.

Even the most vicious person has a spark of goodness, merely buried beneath evil thoughts.

This divine art relies purely on one's own heart to persuade the vicious to become good.

Precisely because this divine art cannot draw upon any external force, relying solely on one's own heart—true qi, elixirs, all useless—it is extremely difficult to cultivate; even Xing Mie Xie found it too tedious to practice.

Pure heart cultivation takes too long, adds no lifespan, and offers almost no offensive power; for a master like Xing Mie Xie, using the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light could only convert weak heavenly demons—useless.

Better to unleash a single Star Divine Thunderbolt.

Moreover, even when converting heavenly demons, Xing Mie Xie relied on the power of the Lamp of the Ancient Buddha Umbrella, a mid-grade Dao treasure; that is why this supreme divine art was generously given away.

"Brother Han might as well try cultivating it. I currently have ninety-nine divine arts condensed on my Jin Dan—powerful indeed—but I cannot now cultivate other arts unless I form a second Primordial Spirit. Of course, the spirit of the Xuantian Zhen Mo Tower can cultivate it."

Fang Yu felt the Xiulianfa Sect of the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light but did not cultivate it immediately, for his Jin Dan was already full of divine arts.

The world's rule is that one can condense at most ninety-nine divine arts onto a Jin Dan; Fang Yu has already perfected ninety-nine, so he cannot now cultivate the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light.

Indeed, one cannot be too full—when full, other undesirable things arise.

When the moon is full, it wanes; when water is full, it overflows.

Too many divine arts, it seems, also has drawbacks.

But although Fang Yu himself cannot cultivate it, the spirit of his low-grade Dao treasure, the Xuantian Zhen Mo Tower, can.

Fang Yu saw the spirit sitting cross-legged within the tower, forming a hand seal, as virtues—compassion, courage, benevolence, and other good thoughts—rose up.

As these good thoughts gathered, the spirit radiated an aura of boundless compassion and mercy, inspiring solemn reverence at a glance.

The spirit of this low-grade Dao treasure, cultivating according to the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light method, began to be wrapped in a faint Zen Light.

This Zen Light was the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light.

But now, the spirit's condensed thread of Great Universal Liberation Zen Light was extremely weak—not even capable of converting a heavenly demon, let alone making a cat stop eating mice.

Fang Yu had a feeling that to cultivate this art to the point of converting beings of his own realm, let alone reaching the level of a ten-thousand-year giant, even ten thousand years might not suffice.

Too weak.

Yet just as the spirit condensed the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light, the talisman of the Five Elements Land stirred again.

This talisman directly absorbed that thread of Great Universal Liberation Zen Light, and then further changes occurred.

On the Five Elements Land talisman, the six-character King Zhen Yan suddenly strengthened by ten percent, and around the talisman, the void slightly cracked, and streams of Buddhist light poured forth from the fractured void.

Seeing this, Fang Yu's mood turned joyful, for he knew what the Five Elements Land talisman truly was—an Immortal King's ultimate treasure, though to unleash its power required cultivation to an extremely profound level.

Now, the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light had activated a trace of the talisman's array, drawing in Buddhist light from the Buddhist Realm—this was excellent.

"Then from now on, cultivate the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light and refine the Five Elements Talisman."

Fang Yu said to the spirit of the Xuantian Zhen Mo Tower.

"Mm."

The spirit nodded.

As the spirit of a low-grade Dao treasure, it must cultivate, and it can cultivate autonomously; it can also devour pure yang Xu Yuan Qi—the more it devours, the better its cultivation.

Perhaps in another ten thousand years, it might ascend to a mid-grade Dao treasure.

At this moment, Fang Yu granted this low-grade Dao treasure ten thousand pure yang elixirs to sustain its consumption; as for the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light, this divine art requires no material, only pure heart.

How many divine arts in the universe can be cultivated purely by will?

None in the Shrouding Heaven Realm.

Even opening the Bitter Sea requires resources.

None in the Perfect Realm either.

The Emperor of the Wastes is a glutton.

Only in the Dragon Talisman Realm is there the No-Dragon Heart Method, one such art.

Some Fomen techniques in the Eternal Life Realm should count too—like the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light, relying entirely on one's own goodness and compassion.

Fang Yu was curious whether anyone could ascend to the pinnacle through pure goodness—it sounded like a fool's dream.

But having the Xuantian Zhen Mo Tower spirit cultivate the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light and refine the Five Elements Talisman is not a loss.

This is called pure will cultivation.

Unfortunately, Fang Yu's mid-grade Dao treasure, Cangqiong Po Shen Spear, has no spirit and cannot cultivate the Great Universal Liberation Zen Light.

Of course, it doesn't need to—it is Fang Yu's killing weapon, having slain several Jin Dan experts and Heaven's Law Form beings since its inception.

"I have another Dao treasure—the Li Huo Divine Furnace."

Fang Yu pondered his treasures—the Li Huo Divine Furnace, a quasi-Emperor-grade artifact from the Shrouding Heaven Realm, could be considered a high-grade Dao treasure in the Eternal Life Realm.

But this Li Huo Divine Furnace is ancient, and most crucially, its spirit—the Shrouding Heaven Realm's "shen qi"—seems to be asleep.

A high-grade Dao treasure without a spirit loses most of its power.

Fang Yu's thoughts stirred slightly, and some of the devotional power the Star Lord had given him flowed into the Li Huo Divine Furnace.

The devotional power of all beings must greatly benefit the deity within the Li Huo Divine Furnace.

Indeed, as Fang Yu poured numerous devotional powers into the Li Huo Divine Furnace to refine this magic treasure, he felt the power within it seemed to rise—though the deity still had not fully revived.

"Devotional power truly works, but the key issue remains: if the deity truly revives, will it obey me?"

After using some devotional power to refine the Li Huo Divine Furnace, Fang Yu stopped using the devotional power of all beings to aid it; the greatest problem now was that the deity might not obey him—he needed a High-Grade artifact of his own, to guard against the Li Huo Divine Furnace's deity refusing to listen.

But another problem arose: even if he truly obtained a High-Grade artifact, its spirit would not obey him either…

"I should find time to meet Sister Qingxue—her Lei Di talisman spirit listens to her perfectly."

Fang Yu pondered, then used a small amount of devotional power along with his Great Five Elements Art to refine the Li Huo Divine Furnace—he could not possibly pour all the devotional power into it at once.

After cultivating like this for several days, Fang Yu and Fang Han finally decided to leave Qunxing Sect.

"Yuhua Sect has truly produced two extraordinary geniuses—Fang Yu has already reached the Golden Core Realm, a rising star, and beneath the Longevity Secret Realm, no one can match him; while Fang Han is merely at the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heavy Heavenly Man Realm, yet even our Qunxing Sect's Golden Core experts cannot defeat him."

As Fang Yu and Fang Han departed Qunxing Sect, some Elders and disciples within the sect began whispering.

During these days, Fang Yu cultivated, but Fang Han ventured out and sparred with Qunxing Sect's disciples—the sect's Heavenly Man Realm experts were no match for him, nor were the Return to Oneness Realm cultivators.

Even Qunxing Sect's True Disciple, Seventh Senior Brother, fought Fang Han—and still lost.

Fang Han revealed his strength before all Qunxing Sect cultivators: at the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heavy Heavenly Man Realm, he had cultivated over eighty different Divine Abilities—his magic power was boundless.

"That Fang Han is truly terrifying—he hasn't even unleashed the legendary Huang Quan Map, yet with just one Low-Grade artifact demon blade, Xue Cangqiong, he defeated several of our disciples—terrifying, terrifying."

"Fang Yu and Fang Han are both from the Fang family—they can share each other's Divine Abilities, and even the Huang Quan Holy Water. If so, Fang Han's strength may not be inferior to Fang Yu's."

"Fang Han hasn't fully grown yet—if our Qunxing Sect's Heaven-Earth Law Phase experts stepped in, he'd be hard-pressed. But Fang Yu has now cultivated a Golden Core; his momentum is already formed—even Yuhua Sect's eldest disciple, Hua Tiandu, probably can't defeat him now."

"Speaking of Hua Tiandu, I heard something these days—he has always been close to Taiyi Sect, and recently trained within Taiyi Sect, seeking to use their Immortal Artifact, the Eternal Divine Furnace, to reach the Longevity Secret Realm. And just these days, Taiyi Sect's Supreme Elder, Tai Huang Tian, issued a talisman decree, betrothing Taiyi Sect's most outstanding disciple, Yan Yan Shuiyi, to Hua Tiandu. Others don't know, but I've learned of it."

"What? Such a thing exists? Yan Yan Shuiyi is Taiyi Sect's most outstanding disciple—she entered the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, defying heaven and altering fate, centuries ago. She's said to be the reincarnation of the Water Deity, possessing a High-Grade artifact, and ranks second on the Longevity Candidate List—stronger than Hua Tiandu. If these two unite, it may truly alter the landscape of the Immortal Dao."

"Now we wait to see who reaches the Longevity Secret Realm first. If, at the Qunxian Assembly in three years, Hua Tiandu and Yan Yan Shuiyi both break through to the Longevity Secret Realm, our Xiandaoshi Sect will be crushed by Taiyi Sect. But if Yuhua Sect's Fang Yu or Fang Qingxue break through first, Yuhua Sect will surely not align with Taiyi Sect."

"Yuhua Sect also has another formidable disciple—the Little Immortal Meng Shaobai. I wonder how his cultivation is going. He too is an extraordinary genius—he reached the Return to Oneness Realm before he was twenty. Rumor says he traveled outside, and if he returns now, he'll be at least at the Golden Core Realm."

"Yuhua Sect truly produces talent endlessly—the Immortal Dao grows ever more complex. We must cultivate diligently too—I've obtained a bit of Wangqing Water from Fang Han, and I must strive to break through the realm…"

The Elders of Qunxing Sect exchanged mental whispers, murmuring and sighing, until finally falling silent.

Meanwhile, Fang Yu's spirit noticed something.

"My Wanjie Wang Tu has opened a new world!?"