Chapter 616

After Fang Yu instantly slew the Divine Ability 10th Stage Blade Madman, he obtained five million Pure Yang Elixirs—undoubtedly a vast fortune; even if Fang Yu controlled the Five Elements Region and could auction off all its divine beasts and sacred beasts, five million Pure Yang Elixirs would still be extremely precious.

A single Qinglong from the Five Elements Region could be auctioned for two billion White Yang Elixirs—that is, twenty million Nascent Soul Elixirs, or two hundred thousand Pure Yang Elixirs—but two billion White Yang Elixirs do not necessarily equal two hundred thousand Pure Yang Elixirs.

Because in the Yellow Great World, only Longevity Secret Realm experts can draw Pure Yang Qi from the Immortal Realm, painstakingly refining it into individual Pure Yang Elixirs.

Even Longevity Secret Realm experts must cultivate and accumulate Pure Yang Elixirs; Wan Shou Realm titans must cultivate to achieve Immortal Bodies; Immortal Body titans must cultivate to reach the Cave Heaven Realm; Cave Heaven Realm titans must cultivate to reach the Cosmic Light Realm—for them, Pure Yang Elixirs are also extremely important, with little surplus, and even if there is surplus, it must be stored to prepare for empowering their Dao Artifacts and fighting enemies to the death.

So even though one Qinglong is worth two hundred thousand Pure Yang Elixirs, there may be no one in the world willing to pay two hundred thousand Pure Yang Elixirs—maximum they'd offer is twenty million Nascent Soul Elixirs, or two billion White Yang Elixirs.

White Yang Elixirs, as top-grade human-grade elixirs, can be obtained by anyone.

This is why Fang Yu said he had struck it rich upon acquiring five million Pure Yang Elixirs—five million Pure Yang Elixirs are so rare in the Yellow Great World that not even a few ten-thousand-year-old titans would be willing to sell them; they are items with price but no market.

Yet the benefits Fang Yu gained were not merely these five million Pure Yang Elixirs—the lower-grade Dao Artifact longsword on the Blade Madman also became his, along with over thirty supreme-grade Treasure Artifacts, over a hundred upper-grade Treasure Artifacts, and countless broken Supreme-grade Spirit Artifacts—all stored within the Blade Madman's Qiankun Gourd.

To Fang Yu now, Spirit Artifacts—even Supreme-grade Spirit Artifacts—are trash, but he still couldn't discard them; they could still be given as rewards to outer sect disciples or family members.

A single Spirit Artifact still brings tremendous benefit to Physical Body Secret Realm cultivators, at least enabling them to fly—which is already excellent.

The Blade Madman's Qiankun Gourd contained many Spirit Artifacts, which he himself could not use, yet he never discarded them.

Moreover, Fang Yu also saw within the Blade Madman's Qiankun Gourd a fist-sized piece of fire crystal.

Yes, fire crystal.

This piece of fire crystal radiated an aura of primordial heaven-and-earth energy, as if condensed from the ultimate essence of flame.

As soon as Fang Yu grasped this fire crystal, his internal Fire Emperor Qi, Great Sun Catastrophe, and Hao Tian True Fire—all supreme fire techniques—roared into violent motion, as if consuming this crystal would greatly benefit these supreme techniques.

"Flame God Fire Crystal—it is a boon left by the tomb's master."

After Fang Yu directly swallowed the fire crystal, his Fire Emperor Qi instantly blazed with brilliant radiance; intense fire energy erupted, and within it, the deities Fire Emperor and Fire Sovereign grew increasingly real, as if about to step forth from nothingness into true existence.

Fang Yu felt joy in his heart.

He now sensed the immense power of this fire crystal—it was likely crystallized from the fire technique of a Longevity 5th Stage Creation Realm expert who had perished; even this tiny fragment could greatly enhance a Divine Ability Secret Realm cultivator.

Even if a regular cultivator obtained such a fire crystal, they could not refine it; attempting to forcibly refine it might lead to their own death.

The power of a fire crystal left by a Longevity Secret Realm expert is so terrifying that ordinary Divine Ability Secret Realm experts cannot withstand it.

Just as the Immortal Fire of the Shrouding Heaven Realm's Fire Domain cannot be resisted by ordinary beings—even Fang Yu, who cultivates the Great Five Elements Art, the supreme Five Elements Dao of the Eternal Life Realm, dares not enter the ninth or tenth layers of the Fire Domain.

It is not that the Dao is weak—it is that Fang Yu's realm is insufficient; forcibly harvesting high-grade Immortal Fire would mean certain death.

However, the fire crystal Fang Yu just encountered can be refined, because his Great Five Elements Art has undergone profound changes and become immensely powerful.

Even so, he had already sensed the treasures within this tomb.

If he could obtain other fire crystals, it would bring tremendous benefit to his Great Five Elements Art.

After all, the flames here seem to have been left behind by at least a Longevity 5th Stage Creation Realm expert.

"Sister Qingxue, this tomb holds many treasures—we can refine those mysterious fire crystals to enhance the power of our Dao techniques; perhaps we can elevate our Great Five Elements Art to the Longevity Secret Realm level."

Fang Yu said to Fang Qingxue beside him.

"Brother Yu, I've sensed it too—this tomb is likely formed from the body of an unparalleled expert. After a cultivator reaches Longevity 3rd Stage Cave Heaven Realm, they can create their own Cave Heaven Realm, where everything differs radically from the outside world; if such a ten-thousand-year-old titan perishes during a breakthrough or due to some cause, their Cave Heaven Realm may solidify into a tomb like this—a Cave Heaven Realm."

Fang Qingxue, being well-traveled and knowledgeable, observed the tomb and deduced even more.

Longevity Secret Realm experts: 1st Stage Wan Shou Realm, possessing ten-thousand-year lifespan, magic power equivalent to the strength of an ancient celestial dragon.

2nd Stage Immortal Body, body can shatter into billions of micro-particles; even if one micro-particle survives, they can regenerate.

3rd Stage Cave Heaven Realm, comprehends spatial laws, fuses spiritual domain with spatial laws to create their own Cave Heaven; such experts can carve out Cave Heaven Realms in empty space and traverse countless stars with a single step.

4th Stage Cosmic Light Realm, comprehends temporal laws; after understanding temporal laws, they can alter the flow of time within their Cave Heaven Realm, accelerating cultivation a thousandfold per day.

5th Stage Creation Realm, comprehends both temporal and spatial laws, plus the law of creation; these ten-thousand-year-old titans possess unimaginably long lifespans, can create matter from void, turn oil into water, turn stone into gold, awaken divine beasts, and alter life forms. Experts at this stage are like gods among the myriad realms, capable of creating all living beings.

In some worlds, only sages can achieve this.

For example, the Supreme Zhang Sect of Yuhua Sect, Feng Baiyu, resides in Longevity 5th Stage Creation Realm—he is overwhelmingly powerful, able to turn Fang Qingwei into a cat and other erring disciples into mice.

If he wished, he could even create life.

In some worlds, such as the lower-tier Honghuang World, only the sage Nüwa could do this—no one else could.

That is, if the Supreme Zhang Sect of Yuhua Sect, Feng Baiyu, entered a lower-tier Honghuang World, his realm would be equivalent to that world's sage—but in a higher-tier Honghuang World, Longevity 5th Stage Creation Realm would be insufficient.

Longevity Secret Realm: each stage is a leap into a new heaven; yet most experts, despite possessing long lifespans—tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of years—will still die of old age if they never break through to the next stage.

If a dying titan's body is not plundered by others and only now manifests, their Cave Heaven Realm becomes a legendary opportunity for later-generation cultivators.

This is the true nature of the tomb Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue now stand in.

Advancing further, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue encountered many calamities and dangers—some areas appeared ordinary, yet concealed terrifying spatial slicing; anyone who entered would instantly suffer a full-force strike from the Great Slicing Technique of a Longevity Secret Realm titan—even ordinary Longevity Secret Realm titans would be gravely wounded.

As for Divine Ability Secret Realm experts, they would perish instantly.

Fang Yu saw a true disciple from Kanlishen Sect, from an unknown mountain peak, already cultivated to Divine Ability 9th Stage Heaven-Earth Manifestation, wielding several supreme-grade Treasure Artifacts—he entered a space and was instantly sliced into ash; even his supreme-grade Treasure Artifacts were useless, obliterated in an instant.

"No! I cannot die here—I still need to break through to the Longevity Secret Realm!"

The man let out a thunderous roar, but it was useless—his artifacts and body were both destroyed, his Heaven-Earth Manifestation instantly sliced apart.

He could have self-destructed his Heaven-Earth Manifestation, but even that was useless against the tomb's calamities—it could not kill anyone.

A Divine Ability 9th Stage Heaven-Earth Manifestation expert died so pitifully within the tomb, with no hope left.

"Sister, the spatial slicing force here is incredibly dense—if I had trained the Great Slicing Technique in a place like this back then, I could have perfected it in a single attempt."

After the Divine Ability 9th Stage Heaven-Earth Manifestation expert perished, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue directly passed through that terrifying slicing zone.

Both were inside the Chaos Tower; terrifyingly dense spatial forces slashed back and forth, yet not a single scratch marred the Chaos Tower.

Instantly, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue passed through this deadly spatial force and saw before them in the void a crystal-like object, through which spatial energy continuously flowed.

"This is…"

"Infused with incredibly dense spatial energy…"

Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue exchanged glances and acted together—the Chaos Tower immediately unleashed a powerful suction, drawing the crystal-like object inside.

Once the crystal-like object entered, anyone could sense the intense law-force within—limitless spatial energy, as if a single activation could create an infinite void.

"A treasure left by a Longevity Secret Realm expert."

"It seems we still can't absorb it yet."

"But no matter how you look at it, it's a good thing."

Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue exchanged a glance and saw each other's delight; though they had not yet entered the Longevity Secret Realm, both could sense the crystal's immense benefit—it was an exquisite treasure, condensed to the extreme from spatial laws, and once they ascended to the Longevity Secret Realm, they could fully absorb and utilize it.

After obtaining this crystal, the two left that place once more.

They gained benefit; the Kanlishen Sect's true disciple, a 9th Stage of Divine Abilities with a Heavenly Manifestation, remained permanently before the treasure.

Exploring ruins and treasures always carries risk.

Last time Fang Yu explored a ruin in the Yellow Great World and discovered a site of the Great Xuan Empire, several Jin Dan experts from Paitaiyi Sect and several 5th Stage of Heavenly Man Realm experts from the Great Xuan Empire died; this time, exploring treasures in the Kanli Great World, experts of the 9th and 10th Stages of Divine Abilities died on the spot.

Moving forward, Fang Yu encountered many terrifying dangers—flowing sands of fire and water, spatial labyrinths, even time arrays.

Fortunately, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue retreated early; had they entered such an array, decades or even centuries of time would have passed in an instant, and the loss would have been too great.

Proceeding cautiously forward, the two encountered many corpses of Kanlishen Sect disciples.

Fang Yu thought that if Yuhua Sect had entered such a grand tomb and suffered this kind of loss, the Sect Master and Elder Tian Xing would surely go mad.

For this treasure hunt, the entire Kanlishen Sect lost nearly thirty disciples of the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities with Heavenly Manifestation, about eighty disciples of the 8th Stage of Wind-Fire Great Calamity, and over three hundred Jin Dan disciples.

Such a loss was far too great for a sect like Yuhua Sect; even Paitaiyi, the top sect in the Yellow Great World, could not withstand it—they lost only three Jin Dan disciples and felt as if heaven had collapsed, each disciple shouting furious threats: "You're finished, you're finished, no one in heaven or earth can save you."

Such a loss could not be borne by any sect among the Xiandaoshi Sects, the Seven Demon Lineages, or the Yaodaowu Sects of the entire Yellow Great World. If one person had slain thirty 9th Stage Divine Abilities disciples, eighty 8th Stage Wind-Fire Great Calamity experts, and three hundred Jin Dan disciples, the Supreme Elders of these Xiandao Sect Sects would emerge to kill him, and entire sects would raise their ultimate Dao artifacts to fight him to the death.

But Fang Yu sensed that Kanlishen Sect seemed able to accept this situation. After all, this colossal sect, ordinary Jin Dan disciples were only fit to be Weinei disciples; it was clear that its true disciples all surpassed the Jin Dan Realm.

Losing so many Jin Dan disciples was like Yuhua Sect losing three hundred Weinei disciples—it sounded… still a little painful.

But thinking of it this way, it didn't seem so painful after all.

As Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue marveled, feeling their horizons broaden, they pressed deeper into the grand tomb.

The deeper the tomb, the harder it became to advance, but Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue possessed the Chaos Tower, allowing them to overcome most dangers.

When the two reached a small celestial realm, he suddenly fell from high above.

Fang Yu was greatly startled.

He was a master of the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities with Heavenly Manifestation, and had even cultivated the Void Scripture of the Shrouding Heaven Realm—any step or flight could cover hundreds of thousands of miles, yet in this small celestial realm, he could not fly at all.

Had his physical strength not been formidable, ordinary people falling here might have been crushed to death.

If a 9th Stage of Divine Abilities master searching for treasure in a grand tomb fell and died because he couldn't fly, it would truly become a legendary joke.

Hua Tiandu would laugh himself to death hearing of it.

The space around this small celestial realm was astonishingly solid; even when Fang Yu leaped upward, he felt utterly unable to rise.

*Ssssh! *

Fang Yu casually unleashed a sword qi; it surged and struck twenty zhang away—in the outside world, this single sword strike could have covered a hundred li.

Here, even chopping a stone required great effort.

A sword strike that could cover a hundred li now struck the ground and left only a shallow mark on a rock—the drastic drop in power made one feel as if all their Wu Gong had been utterly nullified.