Chapter 830

The young holy son felt a touch of frustration, yet also sensed his sword cultivation base had improved, shifting his thoughts—if this being were not an enemy but an ally, it would not be a bad thing.

Many holy sons and holy daughters harbored their own thoughts, yet Fang Yu remained expressionlessly calm, sitting and discussing the Dao with these young holy sons and holy daughters, gaining much benefit.

In the end, he even took out the map he had obtained within the underground palace.

"During this journey into the underground palace, I did not see any of the Nine Secrets, but I heard rumors of them—hidden within the mountain encircled by nine dragons."

Fang Yu displayed the map, immediately drawing everyone's attention—whether the Daoist nun from Dao Yi Sacred Land, the holy daughter of Yaochi Sacred Land, or the holy son of Dayan Sacred Land, none had expected Fang Yu to reveal the map he had obtained at the final moment of the Dao discussion; each nearly thought they had misread it, but then an endless joy surged within their hearts.

They had truly seen the map hiding the Nine Secrets!

This was an earth-shattering piece of news.

"That place—I seem to have seen it once, not far from Shengcheng; it is called Zishan!"

Someone cried out in recognition, identifying the mountain encircled by nine dragons on the map as Zishan.

Instantly, a single stone stirred a thousand waves; those engaged in Dao discussion could no longer sit still, all hastily taking their leave to report this matter to their own Men Sects.

"Brother Fang, if you ever come to Shengcheng, please visit my Dao Yi Sacred Land's stone workshop—I shall spare no effort as host."

The holy sons and holy daughters of the major Sacred Lands could no longer remain seated, yet before departing, each extended an invitation to Fang Yu.

The first to speak was the female Daoist nun of Dao Yi Sacred Land; having obtained the Nine Secrets this time was an immense gain.

"Discussing the Dao with Brother Fang today has granted me great insight—if you ever come to my Zifu Sacred Land, I shall personally welcome you."

The Zifu holy daughter spoke earnestly.

"Yaochi also welcomes your arrival."

The Yaochi holy daughter, like a pure immortal, untainted by worldly dust, now also extended an invitation to Fang Yu.

"My Dayan Sacred Land will certainly be your ally from now on."

The Dayan holy son solemnly pledged, then departed.

One after another, the holy sons and holy daughters treated Fang Yu with great courtesy, then hurriedly left.

Tu Fei watched with intense envy.

"Big brother is truly big brother—invited to visit by several holy daughters; such treatment is beyond my wildest dreams in this lifetime."

This little bandit seemed on the verge of drooling.

The Yaochi holy daughter, the Dao Yi nun, the Zifu holy daughter—if shown in the outside world, they were all deities in the hearts of countless cultivators, lofty and pure immortal maidens; to earn even a smile from such a celestial maiden would make a lifetime worthwhile, yet these holy daughters treated Fang Yu's big brother with such deference.

One holy daughter even seemed slightly shy.

Tu Fei was utterly envious.

"Let's go—this matter is settled; we may leave."

Fang Yu simply swept his sleeve, unleashing a great teleportation technique that enveloped the group and transported them thirty thousand li away.

Fang Yu knew the world would soon grow chaotic—Zishan had been exposed to all cultivators, and turmoil would surely erupt there.

He too needed to find a place to cultivate a single Secret Realm and enter his third life-death nirvana.

A single Secret Realm requires nine births and nine deaths; for ordinary people, cultivation is exceedingly slow. Ye Fan, though he had obtained the cultivation method for the single Secret Realm of the Wheel Sea scroll, found that if he truly followed this method, it would take an impossibly long time to endure the cycles of life and death—by then, the tea would be cold.

Thus, Ye Fan planned to pursue both single Secret Realm cultivation and cultivation through other Secret Realms simultaneously, striving to break through to Wu Wu Zhongtian.

The group arrived at a great state in the Northern Region, named Anzhou; though called Anzhou, it was anything but peaceful—a state spanning over eight thousand li, teeming with bandits, of which five major gangs were notably infamous, each commanding countless smaller bands that committed unspeakable atrocities across the land: murder, robbery, and boundless sin.

When Fang Yu's group reached Anzhou, they encountered several minor bandits attempting to rob them.

With Fang Yu's current realm, he naturally had no need to kill such ants—Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Tu Fei handled it.

Fang Yu was in seclusion, sensing the changes of his third nirvana, excavating his life force and spiritual energy, while Ye Fan took his two brothers outside to clear the bandits of Anzhou.

They fought for three to five days, cleansing many bandits across the eight-thousand-li region, killing numerous gang leaders, and destroying three of the five most notorious gangs.

The bandits here had not reached the Four Extremities Secret Realm; some were Dao Palace fourth realm cultivators, others even Dao Palace fifth realm—formidable as gods to the common folk of this land, yet still pitifully weak before Ye Fan.

With his Primal Ancient Saint Body and the Dao principles he had recently comprehended, he slew Dao Palace fifth realm bandits with one strike each.

Soon, the fourth gang was also completely eradicated by Ye Fan and his companions.

Their gains were substantial: a total of one hundred thousand jin of source.

This was no small amount, yet for Ye Fan, who sought to ascend to Dao Palace fifth realm, it was still far from sufficient.

Thus, he prepared to strike again, targeting Anzhou's final major bandit gang.

"Nirvana, nirvana—again, a nirvana between life and death."

On a great mountain, Fang Yu, who had previously shown no vitality, suddenly reappeared with powerful life force; with each inhalation and exhalation, boundless energy from the entire world flowed into his body, transforming into his life energy.

After days of seclusion and insight, Fang Yu had once again succeeded in nirvana.

He stretched his arms slightly, savoring the exquisite sensation of his renewed nirvana.

This world lacked the Great Dao Great Soul Art and Great Life Art, nor did it possess Life Stones or Soul Stones to rapidly enhance spiritual will and life energy; yet over countless ages, predecessors had painstakingly explored and devised the method of nirvana rebirth—stimulating life energy and elevating spiritual will through the threshold of life and death.

Especially the Primal Ancient Saint Body remains Fang Yu had obtained—he had not cultivated to the Four Extremities Secret Realm, yet even by cultivating only one Secret Realm, he had reached the level of ancient sages, his power surpassing Fang Yu's.

Now, following the path of this ancient sage, Fang Yu had succeeded once more, reaching the stage of the fourth birth.

The "death" of the three births and three deaths had passed; the "birth" of the fourth birth and fourth death was no challenge.

Fang Yu simply reached out his hand, and surging Xu Yuan Qi flowed toward him, becoming his energy.

A trace of pure yang energy entered his body, and the state of the fourth birth was fully achieved.

He had no intention of continuing his nirvana now, so he took a single step and arrived atop a mountain peak.

Upon reaching the peak, Fang Yu immediately heard many arrogant voices echoing toward him.

"He has the Mother of All Things Qi, right? He stole so much source from us—just hand over the cauldron as compensation."

"Indeed, out of respect for Tu Fei's face, I won't kill him—but death may be spared, punishment cannot; let him kowtow several times, offer up the Mother of All Things Qi cauldron, and I shall spare his life and let him go."

"Kneel! Offer the cauldron!"

"A Dao Palace cultivator dares to speak so boldly? Kneel and submit to judgment!"

Fang Yu had just arrived when he heard many voices shouting "Kneel!"

"Oh, Ye Fan, why does everyone everywhere demand you kneel?"

Fang Yu's voice rang out, finding this somewhat interesting.

His gaze turned to the bandit stronghold; at its head was a notably effeminate man, beside whom four cultivators of the Four Extremities Secret Realm bowed respectfully, and behind these four were many more cultivators of the Palace Secret Realm, their attire unmistakably those of Anzhou's bandits.

"Big Brother, that's the youngest grandson of the Third Great Bandit Xu Tianxiong—a disgrace among our Thirteen Great Bandits, thoroughly evil from head to toe, never done a single good deed."

Tu Fei, seeing Fang Yu arrive, introduced the effeminate man in the crowd.

The effeminate man was named Xu Yuan, grandson of the Third Great Bandit Xu Tianxiong, the true power behind the five major Anzhou bandit gangs, and the mastermind behind countless killings across Anzhou.

"The Third Great Bandit Xu Tianxiong ranks even above the Azure Dragon King. Xu Yuan's older brother, Xu Heng, is the top fighter among all the descendants of the Thirteen Great Bandits—his strength surpasses Wu Zhong's. This brat has done too many dishonorable things, even dared to touch the women of other Great Bandits' descendants."

Tu Fei, seeing the effeminate man, could not suppress his rage.

He had been delighted when he and Ye Fan set out to raid Anzhou's bandits, but upon learning that Xu Yuan was the true mastermind behind them, Tu Fei knew this matter would not end easily.

"Do what must be done. If his grandfather shows up, I'll handle him."

Fang Yu, listening to Tu Fei's words, turned his gaze toward Ye Fan.

"Good, with those words from Brother Fang, I'm at ease—otherwise, we've offended far too many people."

Hearing Fang Yu's words, Ye Fan knew this Brother Fang could handle the matter; without hesitation, he unleashed his ultimate killing technique and struck at the Four Extremities experts before Xu Yuan.

"Seek death!"

The four Four Extremities experts, enraged, launched their most ferocious assault directly at Ye Fan.

It was a fierce battle.

Ye Fan's current cultivation base was Palace Fourth Stage; to reverse-kill beings of the Four Extremities Secret Realm at such a realm was no easy feat.

After all, the gap between Palace Secret Realm and Four Extremities Secret Realm was an entire major realm—its disparity was immense.

Yet Fang Yu made no move, merely sitting and watching Ye Fan fight.

His thoughts drifted, recalling a certain person.

That person was Yang Qi, the protagonist of the Holy King Great World.

That Yang Qi cultivated a divine technique, Divine Elephant Subdue the Underworld, and when perfected to a high realm, every one of his 840 million microscopic particles could transform into giant elephants, primal elephants, even divine elephants—his power at every realm was 840 million times that of others in the same realm, terrifyingly boundless, monstrously boundless.

In short, that Yang Qi was so monstrous he could reverse-kill across more than a dozen realms.

That is, if Yang Qi entered the Shrouding Heaven Realm, he could crush a Dragon Transformation expert with a single punch while still in the Wheel Sea Secret Realm.

And if Yang Qi entered the Eternal Life Realm, still cultivating Divine Elephant Subdue the Underworld, he could instantly kill a 10th Stage of Divine Abilities cultivator while only at the 1st Stage of Divine Abilities.

Powerful and monstrous—such was Divine Elephant Subdue the Underworld.

Unfortunately, Fang Yu's Ten Thousand Worlds King Map had not yet opened a passage to the Holy King Realm.

"Who truly deserves to reverse-kill? Only Yang Yang Daxiang."