Chapter 786

"How could it be so terrifying?"

Before Fang Yu, Bei Yaoguang, once one of the Five Great Disciples of Yuhua Sect and now known as Feng Yaoguang, wore an expression of utter disbelief, for she had just glimpsed certain secrets of the man before her, Fang Yu.

When she was still in Yuhua Sect, that man had not yet entered the sect, and even Fang Qingxue back then was merely an inner-disciple, not yet cultivated to the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

Yet in just a few years' absence, Yuhua Sect had gained a new figure—Fang Yu—who had risen from the weakest Physical Body Secret Realm to the Longevity Secret Realm in an astonishingly short time.

And not merely the first stage of the Longevity Secret Realm, Wan Shou Realm—he had advanced all the way to the Second Stage of Longevity: Immortal Body!

In just a few years, he had leapt from the Physical Body Secret Realm to Immortal Body? This was outright absurd.

Not even considering how difficult each stage of the Longevity Secret Realm was, merely reaching the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities—the Heavenly Man Realm—required centuries of stagnation, needing enough time to cultivate sufficient Divine Abilities before one could even hope to enter the Return to Oneness Realm, then the Golden Core Realm, and only then possibly step into the Longevity Secret Realm.

To enter the Longevity Secret Realm, one must cultivate twenty to thirty Divine Abilities in the Golden Core Realm? Even if each Divine Ability took fifty years, that would still require a thousand years.

Yet this Fang Yu had reached Immortal Body in just a few years?

"How could your power be so terrifying?"

Feng Yaoguang couldn't help murmuring, her face pale with shock, her gaze fixed on Fang Yu—she felt his power had already surpassed the Twenty Ancient Celestial Dragon Forces, broken beyond the limits of Immortal Body, reaching a level no one could fathom.

It left her nearly unable to comprehend how one person could accumulate such vast magic power and ascend so many realms in such a brief span.

"Senior Yaoguang, my Elder Brother Fang is a once-in-a-millennium genius. In just a few years of cultivation, he has shattered countless norms and stunned the Yellow Great World countless times. When Elder Brother Fang was still a Heavenly Man Realm expert a few years ago, he defeated Jin Dan disciples of Taiyi Sect—Zhao Xuanyi, Song Weiyi, all of them no match for him. When he reached the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities—the Realm of Defying Fate—he directly slew the traitor Ruyizi of our Yuhua Sect, a Longevity Secret Realm being, then immediately ascended into the Longevity Secret Realm. The entire Yellow Great World, all Xiandaoshi Sects, came personally to celebrate his ascension."

Fang Han saw the disbelief on Bei Yaoguang's face and secretly chuckled, yet also found it perfectly reasonable.

Indeed, anyone hearing of Elder Brother Fang's achievements, his genius, would be stunned, incredulous, unable to comprehend—because Elder Brother Fang was an unparalleled, legendary genius whose talent surpassed the imagination of most.

Seeing Bei Yaoguang's shock, he immediately began recounting Elder Brother Fang's deeds.

"After Elder Brother Fang ascended to the Longevity Secret Realm, it became a major event across the Yellow Great World's Immortal Dao Sects. The Sect Masters and their Ladies of Qunxing Sect arrived. The Exalted Linglong's Punishment Elder came. Tongtianjian Sect sent Senior Jian Shiba, a primordial giant. Yiyuan Sect sent a primordial giant. All came to celebrate Immortal Fang. Even Hua Tiandu came, bringing four wild-beast primordial giants—Lu Lanpo, Fuyun Sou—seeking revenge for Ruyizi, but Elder Brother Fang slew them all with a single strike, forcing Hua Tiandu to slink out of Yuhua Sect in shame!"

Fang Han continued.

"What? Ruyizi was slain too? He was a primordial giant of the Longevity Secret Realm—killed while you were still in the Divine Ability Secret Realm? Of course, he was Hua Tiandu's master and must have clashed with you in the sect—but you actually killed him…"

Feng Yaoguang's spirit trembled; every word from Fang Han shook her to her core.

Who was Ruyizi? A primordial giant long famed in Yuhua Sect, one of the Three Immortals and Two Elders, renowned across the Yellow Great World. When she was in Yuhua Sect, she had to treat Ruyizi with utmost reverence.

Yet now she heard Ruyizi had been killed by the man before her—Fang Yu—while Fang Yu was still in the Divine Ability Secret Realm, and the other primordial giants of the Three Immortals and Two Elders had been slain too!

So many events had occurred in the Yellow Great World these days—each one sounded like a fantasy, yet Feng Yaoguang could tell they were all true.

During her years away from the Yellow Great World, countless things had happened; Yuhua Sect itself had undergone countless changes.

Hua Tiandu, once Yuhua Sect's top disciple, now seemed too ashamed to return—the very master who raised him had been slain…

The current top disciple, the First Vice Sect Master of Yuhua Sect, was the man before her—Fang Yu.

"Ruyizi means nothing. The Three Immortals and Two Elders mean nothing. Before me, even those in Immortal Body are mere ants. I see Senior Yaoguang has struggled for many years on the Chaotic Continent and reached the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities. If you gain the right opportunity and break into the Longevity Secret Realm, it will be a great fortune for Yuhua Sect."

Fang Yu spoke now.

He looked at Bei Yaoguang and smiled.

Among Yuhua Sect's original Five Great Disciples, Hua Tiandu had ascended to the Longevity Secret Realm and was once considered first—but even he could not bear to stay in Yuhua Sect under Fang Yu's shadow. Xi Jialan had reached the Heavenly Manifestation Realm and ranked third.

Bei Yaoguang ranked second—10th Stage of Divine Abilities, Defying Fate. This realm stood but one step from the Longevity Secret Realm; if she crossed it, she would become immensely powerful.

Fang Yu knew well that Bei Yaoguang's origins were extraordinary—she was the reincarnated spirit of the ancient immortal artifact, Tianhuang Mirror. Once she entered the Longevity Secret Realm and unlocked her past lives, her cultivation would surge forward.

"I am truly only one step away from entering the Longevity Secret Realm. If Friend Fang Yu can assist me by capturing the Soul-Eating Holy Beast and refining it into a Ninefold Soul-Returning Pill, I can take it and ascend. Then I will not compete with you for the position of Yuhua Sect's Sect Master—I will wholeheartedly aid you in becoming Sect Master. Feng Baiyu possesses the Tianhuang Mirror, but I can suppress it."

Feng Yaoguang looked at Fang Yu and suddenly spoke.

"Feng Yaoguang, don't drag your family affairs with the Sect Master into Brother Fang's affairs. Of course, if you truly wish for Brother Fang to assist you in reaching the Longevity Secret Realm, it's no great difficulty—but don't speak of aiding him to become Sect Master. Brother Fang is already First Vice Sect Master, deeply entrenched; everyone follows his orders. He will inherit the position of Yuhua Sect's Sect Master without needing you to suppress the Tianhuang Mirror—he will inherit it naturally."

At that moment, Fang Qingxue also spoke.

She clearly knew much of the past.

"Very well, let's discuss this later. Our meeting here is a joy—let's find a place to talk properly. I came to Feitian Tower today specifically to purchase some broken Dao artifacts, to forge a replica of the Tianhuang Mirror."

Feng Yaoguang seemed to realize she had been too hasty; her expression shifted slightly, and she invited the three to follow her.

"A replica of the Tianhuang Mirror? Senior Yaoguang, do you have some karmic ties to the Tianhuang Mirror?"

Hearing this, Fang Han, as he walked, grew curious.

"Hmph, I won't hide it from you—I am the reincarnated spirit of the Tianhuang Mirror. My father is Feng Baiyu. My mother was the Holy Maiden of Wuji Star Palace."

A hint of hatred surfaced on Feng Yaoguang's face as she whispered of past events.

Three thousand years ago, Wuji Star Palace coveted the Yellow Great World and sent its Holy Maiden to prepare for invasion.

But after arriving in the Yellow Great World, the Holy Maiden fell in love with Feng Baiyu and bore him a daughter—Feng Yaoguang.

When Wuji Star Palace learned of this, they flew into a rage and sent someone to seize the Holy Maiden.

"Feng Baiyu is a coward. When they took my mother, he did nothing. Even now, he hasn't rescued her. I came to the Chaotic Continent years ago to build my own power, to infiltrate Wuji Star Palace through countless connections and save my mother. In these ten years, I've worked tirelessly and established my own foundation—Yaoguang Sect, though not yet equal to the Chaotic Continent's Thirteen Sects, is only one step away."

"Senior Yaoguang's ambition is admirable. I fully support it—but Wuji Star Palace won't be easy to infiltrate. This must be planned carefully."

Fang Yu shook his head.

He knew well of Wuji Star Palace's affairs—and of events from past ages.

This Feng Yaoguang's mother, the Holy Maiden of Wuji Star Palace, had been at the 8th or 9th Stage of Longevity when she came to the Yellow Great World—yet she was captivated by Feng Baiyu, then still in Immortal Body, bore him a daughter.

Later, a terrifying being from Wuji Star Palace came personally to seize the Holy Maiden—such a being must have reached at least the 10th Stage of Longevity, the True Immortal Realm. What could Feng Baiyu have done to resist?

The past was thus: Wuji Star Palace's terror far surpassed Taiyi Sect, housing ancient elders of True Immortal Realm. Even if Feng Baiyu, Yuhua Sect's Sect Master, had surged to the 5th Stage of Longevity, he could hardly infiltrate Wuji Star Palace to rescue the Holy Maiden.

But to Feng Yaoguang, all of this meant only one thing: Feng Baiyu did nothing. He didn't save her mother.

Of course, Feng Yaoguang's personal efforts to build power on the Chaotic Continent to rescue her mother were deeply commendable.

The four walked deeper into Feitian Tower, passing through layers of stacked spaces, until suddenly, light blazed before them.

It was a vast auction hall, bustling with cultivators seated on wide chairs, awaiting the auction of treasures at the center.

Fang Yu's spiritual sense scanned the hall and found every person present was at least at the Golden Core Realm—though most Golden Core cultivators were weak, many having cultivated only five elemental Divine Abilities before forcing their way into the Golden Core Realm.

Such Golden Core cultivators, formed from only five Divine Abilities, possessed pitifully weak power.

Yet Fang Yu understood—this was the Chaotic Continent, where there was no order. If a cultivator didn't reach the Golden Core Realm, they had no right even to die; only upon reaching Golden Core could one gain the right to self-destruct in desperation.

On the Chaotic Continent, the highest realm is, of course, to stay alive and well; the next realm is to be able to self-detonate with dignity; as for the lowest tier, that would be unable to even self-detonate, being captured directly with soul and all, becoming one of the members atop the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, unable to live yet unable to die, never able to break free for a lifetime.

This is also the reason these cultivators desperately cultivate to the Golden Core Realm, so they can die with dignity.

But this way they have no potential whatsoever, and for a lifetime they are just a Golden Core disciple.

"This is my spot, please, you few."

Feng Yaoguang found a seat in the middle of the marketplace; this seat was extremely enormous, over ten zhang in both length and width, like a small courtyard.