Chapter 778: You Want to Challenge a Higher Level? Do You Think You

Fang Yu was in the void with two Jin Dan true disciples of the Wuji Star Palace, but his divine sense had already enveloped a certain location, seeing everything clearly.

At first glance, it appeared to be many cities, linked together into a single nation. This nation had a thriving population, everywhere filled with people and roads; though nowhere near the grandeur of the Great Li Dynasty, Great De Dynasty, or Great Xuan Empire on the main world of the Xuan Huang Great World, its population still reached sixty million, extremely bustling, radiating a strong sense of worldly dust.

But when Fang Yu's divine sense peered deeper, he discovered that these so-called sixty million people were all ghostly shadows—families, dynasties, commoners, and all living beings had all become ghostly shadows, slaughtered.

In other words, the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast had indeed come here and slaughtered every single person in this dynasty.

The Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast—the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast—better called a demonic beast, this one creature had directly slaughtered sixty million living beings, absorbing their spirits and souls, and setting up this grand array to confront the Wuji Star Palace disciples.

Horrifying.

Utterly horrifying.

The sentient beings on this planet were truly pitiful.

This planet had no Longevity Secret Realm titans; though it had dozens of Xiuxianmen Sects, the highest cultivation base among them was only the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Realm of Life, utterly incapable of resisting a being like the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast.

And those sixty million ordinary beings, though nominally under Wuji Star Palace's rule, when confronted by the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast, were all slaughtered—Wuji Star Palace could only react after the fact.

The sentient beings on this planet were truly wretched: sixty million souls, all killed by this Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast. This entire nation contained countless families, countless stories, untold grudges and affections, countless warmth and coldness unfolding here—but when the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast arrived, everything ended.

The sentient beings of the Xuan Huang Great World had never suffered such a calamity.

When the Lan Yue Kingdom was attacked by desert bandits and subterranean demons, Yuhua Sect immediately dispatched inner and outer sect disciples to rescue them; moreover, the demonic sects of the Xuan Huang Great World had never descended to madness by directly attacking civilians on the main world—otherwise, the Xiandaoshi Sect would never have stood idly by.

But beyond the Xuan Huang Great World, planets sometimes suffered similar fates—for example, the Xueyingmo Sect once slaughtered tens of billions of sentient beings on a planet beyond the Xuan Huang Great World to forge a lower-grade Dao Artifact for a spoiled noble heir.

This world was still filled with endless dangers.

Even the supreme beings of the Shrouding Heaven Realm who periodically unleashed dark upheavals would rank nowhere near this level of cruelty.

At this moment, Fang Yu felt profound sorrow; a minuscule particle within his body had taken his form, still standing before the two Jin Dan disciples of the Wuji Star Palace, while his true body had already arrived above the imperial city ahead.

The imperial city still appeared as an illusion: everywhere, people came and went; in the palace, the Emperor held court discussing state affairs, while in the harem, the Empress and several concubines schemed against each other—all vivid and lifelike.

Yet in Fang Yu's eyes, the dozens of li around him were filled with boundless black mist, countless residual souls, everywhere the stench of decay and corruption—all those who appeared alive on the outside were merely residual souls, swallowed and then released again.

Beneath the imperial city, a demonic cloud constantly shifted; within it floated six massive stone steles, each the size of a small mountain, each bearing a single eyeball.

The giant eyeballs radiated an intensely evil aura—if these six eyes turned upon you, they could freeze your soul in place!

The steles were covered in ancient, intricate patterns, densely carved, patterns no one recognized, radiating an aura of primordial antiquity.

But Fang Yu happened to recognize them.

Carved upon the steles were the words "Feng Shen."

The "Feng Shen" characters of the Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles.

Yes, these six steles were the Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles.

Long ago, Fang Yu had slain Zhao Xuanyi of the Taiyi Sect and obtained six Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles—but those he acquired from Zhao Xuanyi were top-grade treasure artifacts; now, the six here were all lower-grade Dao Artifacts!

Each Six-Eyed Feng Shen Stele was a lower-grade Dao Artifact, each brimming with potent energy, as if ready at any moment to transform into a mid-grade Dao Artifact!

This was excellent wealth.

Elevating six top-grade treasure artifact Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles to lower-grade Dao Artifacts was extremely difficult; though not as arduous as elevating the Eight-Part Pagoda, it still required immense resources—Fang Yu's own stock remained at top-grade treasure artifact level, unused for a long time; now that lower-grade Dao Artifact Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles had come to him, he certainly must take them.

Once all six Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles were refined into lower-grade Dao Artifacts, they would function similarly to the Eight-Part Pagoda: the Eight-Part Pagoda could open the Dragon Realm to obtain the Eight Dragon Qi, while the fully refined Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles could open the Xu Yuan Qi of the Feng Shen Great World, allowing cultivators to obtain Feng Shen Xu Yuan Qi.

Feng Shen Xu Yuan Qi was an exquisite energy specifically for cultivating the six viscera, complementary to the Five Elements Xu Yuan Qi.

If a Physical Body Secret Realm disciple received the nourishment of Feng Shen Xu Yuan Qi, Dragon Realm Qi, and Pure Yang Immortal Qi, he would have a 99% chance of ascending to the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

Feng Shen Xu Yuan Qi could also be used in the Divine Ability Secret Realm; when combined with the Great Five Elements Art and the Great Feng Shen Art, it greatly strengthened the cultivator's physical body.

Fang Yu's true body noticed the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast hidden beneath the palace, and even heard its mental fluctuations.

"Hehe, hehe… These fools of the Wuji Star Palace actually want to refine me into an elixir? That's suicide—I've already assimilated the sixty million souls of this nation, finally forged the six Feng Shen Steles, now I've set up this grand array—even a Longevity Secret Realm titan who comes here will die! Come, come, when you arrive, I'll devour you all! Only two Jin Dan disciples? One ancient titan? This is bad, very bad—I need to devour at least three ancient titans, then I can reach the Immortal Body realm and become utterly invincible in this star region! Hehe!"

"Is that so? You won't get the chance."

At that moment, a voice echoed beside the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast, instantly terrifying the demonic cloud into taking human form.

"Who are you?"

The newly formed human shape was about to unleash a supreme divine art—when dozens of divine lights instantly crushed down, coalescing into a single radiant sphere; each beam contained the power of an ancient celestial dragon, and as they poured down, the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast had no time to resist before being swept into the light, its spirit and will frozen in an instant.

"Immortal…"

The Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast uttered its final pitiful two words, then vanished into complete stillness.

Fang Yu's form appeared in this void, holding a glowing orb within which the hehehehe Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast had been utterly sealed, frozen, and severed—no spiritual fluctuation remained.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Cutting Art.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Sealing Art.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Freezing Art.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Chaos Art.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Five Elements Art.

To subdue this tiny Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast, Fang Yu had employed several Great Dao arts: Great Cutting Art severed its spirit, Great Five Elements Art and Great Chaos Art bound it, while Great Freezing Art and Great Sealing Art sealed and froze it again, ensuring the beast was utterly imprisoned in a state of chaos.

Fang Yu did not intend to kill the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast this time, so he used multiple Great Dao arts to prevent its escape—otherwise, a single Great Dao art would have been enough to obliterate it outright.

The Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast's cultivation base was the peak of Longevity Secret Realm's first stage, "Wan Shou Realm," just half a step away from achieving the Immortal Body.

Such a being could shift forms endlessly, wielded lower-grade Dao Artifacts—the Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles—and was immensely powerful, absolutely among the elite of the Wan Shou Realm; originally, it could handle two or three Wan Shou Realm ancient titans, even reverse-kill them, and even if it encountered an Immortal Body expert, it could still escape—hence this demonic beast felt utterly secure.

But its luck was terrible—it encountered Fang Yu, who possessed ninety ancient celestial dragon forces in his Immortal Body, making it as fragile as an ant, utterly powerless to resist, crushed instantly by Fang Yu.

Even if it had reached the Immortal Body realm, it would still be as fragile as an ant before Fang Yu.

Thus, Fang Yu acquired a Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast.

Immediately, Fang Yu reached out, and five-colored divine light flowed forth, instantly sweeping the six stone steles in the void into his light and sealing them.

He acquired six lower-grade Dao Artifacts—the Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles, supreme treasures capable of opening the Feng Shen Great World, comparable to a "Mini Feng Shen Realm."

Six lower-grade Dao Artifacts, and they formed a set—their combined power was far more than simple addition; in the hands of a Longevity Secret Realm Wan Shou Realm cultivator, they could unleash terrifying might, slaying other Wan Shou Realm experts.

But now, they all belonged to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu did good deeds without seeking fame: after sealing the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast and seizing the Six-Eyed Feng Shen Steles, he transformed into a minuscule particle and returned once more to the particle of Xu Yuan Qi he had left behind.

At this moment, the two Jin Dan disciples of the Wuji Star Palace were still anxiously waiting for their people to arrive.

A moment later, the two Jin Dan disciples finally saw over a hundred streaks of treasure-light coming from afar, and only then did the expressions on their faces relax slightly.

"An Songyue, Deng Shaopeng, you've come. Hm? Why did you bring an outsider as well! Who is this outsider?"

Fang Yu was just now feeling the mysterious wonders of the Six-Eye Sealing God Stele. Among the several hundred streaks of treasure-light flying toward him, a single intense starlight suddenly shot out, stretching a hundred li, blocking itself in front of Fang Yu. Within the starlight, an extremely dignified man appeared.

This man's cultivation base was extremely high — he was actually at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Sign realm. Behind the crown of his head, rings upon rings of starlight flowed, faintly forming a Star King.

This man had actually cultivated a supreme divine ability — the Star King Descends Art.

This supreme divine ability, Fang Yu had also obtained before. He had gotten it from the Forty Great Bandits. It gathered the power of over a thousand types of stars, condensing them into a single "Star King," possessing all manner of inconceivable wonders. Cultivated to its utmost, this Star King could become a supreme external incarnation, a second Primordial Spirit.

A cultivator who could successfully cultivate this supreme divine ability, when dueling others, would absolutely hold the upper hand, because at the same realm his magic power would be double that of others, vast and boundless beyond measure.

"Senior Brother Wang Fulong, this is a senior I befriended on the road. This time he agreed to help us subdue the Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast, so we invited this senior to come along."

The Jin Dan female disciple named An Songyue was about to speak, but the male disciple spoke first, his gaze flickering slightly, as he introduced Fang Yu.

He did not say that Fang Yu was a giant who had cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, but only called him a senior.

"Hmph! An outsider sneaking in must be harboring ill intentions. What status does my Wuji Star Palace hold, what power does it possess — subduing a mere little Soul-Devouring Sacred Beast, and we still need an outsider's help? If word got out, wouldn't it be a laughingstock?"

The true-disciple named Wang Fulong let out a cold laugh, his eyes sizing up Fang Yu. "You may leave! My Wuji Star Palace is here to handle a great matter. Leave at once, or you shall be slain without mercy! Be off with you now!"

"Senior, this is a senior brother from the North Star Hall, which holds considerable power within my Infinite Star Palace. They have grown overbearing and domineering, relying on the influence of the North Star Lord, Young Master Chunan. They have offended you, Senior — I beg you to forgive them."

The male Jin Dan disciple stood rooted on the spot, but transmitted his voice to Fang Yu.

A playful expression appeared on Fang Yu's face. He glanced at the male Jin Dan disciple, then turned his gaze toward Wang Fulong not far away, and let out a cold voice.

"I have roamed the world for so many years, and never has anyone dared to be so insolent before me, to speak with such disrespect. You, a mere 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heaven and Earth Dharma Sign cultivator, actually have the audacity to speak so brazenly before me. Won't you open your dog eyes and see — this sovereign is of the Longevity Secret Realm, an eternal giant! Why don't you kneel!"

As he spoke, Fang Yu finally revealed some of the bearing of an eternal giant, which instantly caused the expression of this 9th Stage of Divine Abilities disciple from the North Star Hall to change drastically. But afterward, the expression on Wang Fulong's face grew even more ferocious.

"So what if you're an eternal giant — you actually told me to kneel? Under this heaven, there is no one who can make me kneel! You actually told me to kneel — then today I will have a bout with you. My Wuji Star Palace has true-disciple senior brothers; it's not as if we've never suppressed an eternal giant before!"

As Wang Fulong spoke, he glared fiercely at Deng Shaopeng, then from within his body flew out a longsword. This longsword was covered in sawteeth, and upon it a powerful weapon spirit surged ceaselessly.

It was actually a Dao Weapon!

A low-grade Dao Weapon.

No wonder Wang Fulong was so arrogant!

Indeed, possessing a low-grade Dao Weapon, if fully activated, would be equivalent to having an additional eternal giant to assist. Such strength would be enough to protect one's life before an ordinary eternal giant. Moreover, as long as he could hold out until the other eternal giants of the Wuji Star Palace arrived, Wang Fulong could immediately make a name for himself within the Wuji Star Palace.