Chapter 499

And there were many more such cities in the Great Xuan Empire.

The city Fang Yu was traveling to this time was the first city of the Yellow Great World, Xuanhuang City—rumored to be celestial palaces, so prosperous it was unimaginable. All the world's treasures could be bought here, and any secret under heaven could be learned here.

Even mortals who came here could earn the favor of immortals and step onto the Immortal Dao.

This was the center of the Yellow Great World.

As Fang Yu continued flying and weaving through the skies, marveling at the might of the Great Xuan Empire, he suddenly saw countless bright yellow mountains rising on the distant horizon—each towering hundreds or even thousands of zhang high; upon closer look, they were castles.

Between the castles stretched walls like yellow dragons, and countless cultivators descended into the city, some riding swords, others activating various magic treasures.

From afar, it felt like a celestial abode of immortals.

Fang Yu directly flew into Xuanhuang City, having already activated the Form Transformation technique from the Source Heaven Book, transforming his body into another form, with a faint trace of demonic qi lingering within him, as if he had become a powerful cultivator of the demonic path.

He landed directly in Xuanhuang City, his divine sense sweeping outward—this city, as expected, was the heart of the Yellow Great World, everywhere filled with Jin Bihuihuang palaces and pavilions, as if every empire's imperial palace had been moved here.

In Xuanhuang City, every single house was taller, wider, and deeper than any imperial palace in any nation.

Looking around, cultivators filled the air—those who had entered the Divine Ability Secret Realm walked freely, experts who had reached the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heavenly Man Realm, were common, and occasionally, cultivators radiating sunlight-like energy flew past overhead—these were experts who had reached the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Golden Core Realm.

Once a cultivator reached the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Golden Core Realm, all their divine abilities condensed into a single Golden Core seed; even without manifesting it, everyone could sense immense pressure, as if a small sun walked the earth.

But Fang Yu, using the Form Transformation technique from the Source Heaven Book, could conceal his true form.

As Fang Yu pondered certain matters, he suddenly intercepted a cultivator flying through the sky.

That cultivator had not yet entered the Divine Ability Secret Realm and remained in the Physical Body Realm, yet his magic treasure was excellent—an upper-middle grade artifact—clearly indicating he was a disciple of a major Men Sect.

At first, his face showed irritation at being stopped, but upon sensing Fang Yu's aura—clearly above the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities—he immediately suppressed his anger.

The aura Fang Yu emitted was not particularly strong—just enough to be a Heavenly Man Realm expert capable of forming grand arrays; in Xuanhuang City, such a cultivator would not be greatly respected, but neither would he be looked down upon.

"Why has the elder stopped me?"

The cultivator said.

"Nothing more than I wish to purchase some information. But I'm new here and don't know where the Liudao Alliance is."

Fang Yu spoke.

Xuanhuang City was simply too vast—palace after palace stretched endlessly; even with a single glance, one could not immediately spot the Liudao Alliance, so he asked directly.

"So the elder wishes to go to the Liudao Alliance? I happen to know—it's fifty thousand li southwestward."

"Good."

Fang Yu nodded and flew off immediately, soon arriving at the Liudao Alliance's location.

Who could believe that flying from one part of Xuanhuang City to another required fifty thousand li? Of course, for a cultivator like Fang Yu, it took little time.

The three large characters "Liudao Alliance" stood on the gate plaque, glowing as if continuously absorbing the essence of sun, moon, and stars—this alone revealed some of the Liudao Alliance's strength.

When Fang Yu entered the Liudao Alliance, he found no one came to greet him.

At every moment, countless cultivators came and went, and his current aura of the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heavenly Man Realm, was utterly ordinary here.

Among the bustling cultivators, only those with Golden Core Realm status—minor titans—were warmly received and invited inside; all others were mere customers.

Stepping into the Liudao Alliance, Fang Yu saw that space and time had been expanded by great divine abilities—vast and open, filled with dazzling treasures: elixirs, magic treasures, and even information for sale.

The Liudao Alliance was famed throughout the Yellow Great World for its information network.

"Esteemed fellow cultivator, would you like to purchase a magic treasure? I have fine swords and excellent sword arrays—look, here is a sword array of one hundred lower-grade artifacts; if purchased, it will greatly enhance your strength."

As Fang Yu approached a sword pavilion, the merchant spoke.

He did not bother introducing better sword arrays, for Fang Yu's current aura indicated only Heavenly Man Realm—able to afford a hundred lower-grade artifact swords was already impressive.

Higher-grade arrays were pointless to mention.

Fang Yu did not speak immediately; his gaze passed over the hundred lower-grade artifact swords and settled on another sword array beside it—three thousand six hundred flying swords, all lower-grade artifacts; when activated with the array diagram, their power could rival a typical Golden Core Realm expert.

"Are you interested in this three-thousand-six-hundred-sword array? Its value is not low—at least eighty million elixirs."

The merchant spoke lazily, yet did not treat Fang Yu with disrespect.

Eighty million elixirs were typically only within reach of Golden Core Realm experts—but a Heavenly Man Realm cultivator with a great fortune, or the son of a Zhang Sect or Elder, might also afford it.

Fang Yu shook his head, showing no interest in this array.

A three-thousand-six-hundred lower-grade artifact sword array was no longer worthy of his attention—above the Yellow Great World lay even more powerful arrays.

The mountain-protection array of Yuhua Sect, one of the Xiandaoshi Sect, consisted of eight hundred one thousand Sun-Moon Divine Swords; the Tongtianjian Sect's Tongtian Sword Array comprised one million eight thousand divine swords; the Dandingjian Sect's Dust Sword Array held six hundred forty thousand swords.

Yuhua Sect also possessed the Great Freedom Sword Array, formed from five hundred forty thousand swords; once activated, it could effortlessly slay Longevity Secret Realm titans—but activating such an array consumed immense Xu Yuan Qi.

Consider this: if all five hundred forty thousand swords were merely peerless artifacts, it would already be extremely difficult; if they were all lower-grade dao artifacts, activating the array once could drain a person dry.

But no one could possibly possess a five-hundred-forty-thousand-dao-artifact sword array—if Yuhua Sect had such a thing, it would already be the number one sect of the Immortal Dao.

"Esteemed fellow cultivator, do you wish to buy a sword array? I could purchase one and gift it to you."

At that moment, a man in a yellow robe and jade crown approached; his words were addressed to Fang Yu, yet his gaze fixed on another sword array nearby.

That array consisted of three hundred lower-grade artifacts—far inferior to the three-thousand-six-hundred-sword array—but for a Heavenly Man Realm cultivator, it was still a generous gift.

"Ah, Prince of the Blood Yi, you've arrived!"