Chapter 964: A Single Strand of Hair from the Exalted Linglong Immortal

After Fang Yu presented his birthday gift, the Exalted Linglong Immortal, seated high upon the crystal throne atop Mount Sumeru Golden Mountain, also spoke, uttering a single word of approval—clearly very satisfied with Fang Yu's gift.

After that single word of approval, the void around Fang Yu was filled with falling celestial flowers and golden lotuses springing from the earth. All manner of spatial divine laws poured into Fang Yu's body as if costing nothing—this was the Exalted Linglong Immortal's reward.

"Immortal Fang Yu, you've traveled from afar to present this congratulatory gift. I am very pleased."

The Exalted Linglong Immortal's voice rang through the void, and a ball of light bloomed from within it, falling before Fang Yu.

It was a ball of incomparably blazing light, like an inextinguishable star. But once Fang Yu caught this ball of light, he saw what it truly was, and many emotions appeared on his face.

"Many thanks, Immortal."

Fang Yu drew this ball of light into his own blessed grotto-heaven, then returned to his throne.

This scene immediately sparked discussion among countless people. Everyone was talking about it.

"That Immortal Fang Yu's congratulatory gift is far too extravagant, isn't it? Those were item after item of supreme-grade treasure artifacts, and talisman after talisman of divine talismans! Brother Zhang, did you see? One of those divine talismans was called the Great Strength Heavenly Dragon Divine Talisman—an extremely ancient and powerful divine talisman. Even a disciple at the Physical Body Secret Realm who obtained it could pose a tremendous threat to a minor overlord of the Golden Core Realm!"

"Who says otherwise? The Great Strength Heavenly Dragon Divine Talisman—I once saw it recorded in an ancient Dao scripture during my travels. Once ignited, it can unleash the force of ten million Xuanhuang steeds. For scattered cultivators like you and me, even cultivating to the Golden Core Realm, our magic power is no more than the force of eight hundred thousand Xuanhuang steeds. That talisman is a forbidden supreme treasure even for us! If it fell into our hands, we could even ambush an expert at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heaven and Earth Dharma Phase realm!"

"Terrifying, truly terrifying. I strongly suspect these talismans were merely casually refined by this Immortal. But these forbidden supreme treasures, casually refined by this Immortal, could change the fate of an entire lifetime for us disciples of the Divine Ability Secret Realm!"

"Yuhua Sect, Immortal Fang Yu! This Immortal is simply too formidable. I must go and seek refuge with him. With my Golden Core cultivated through ten divine abilities, I should hold some position in the Yuhua Sect. If I could render meritorious service to the Immortal and be rewarded with a Great Strength Heavenly Dragon Divine Talisman, then below the Longevity Secret Realm I could practically walk sideways."

"Hmph! You only saw the divine talismans. But what truly matters most to the Exalted Linglong Immortal is that painting. That painting is the supreme treasure that satisfied the Immortal. You didn't recognize it, but I recognized it at a glance. The ornaments surrounding that painting are none other than one of the legendary Four Great Divine Stones—the Spirit God Stone. This stone is priceless; obtaining even a small piece can greatly enhance a magic treasure's power. It was once auctioned at the Heavenly Dao Pavilion—a piece the size of a fingernail sold for five billion Nascent Soul Pills!"

"The Spirit God Stone? Such a thing exists? So precious! Five billion Nascent Soul Pills? Not five billion White Yang Pills?"

"Of course five billion Nascent Soul Pills. What do White Yang Pills count for? Many Divine Ability Secret Realm cultivators don't even use them. This shows how wondrous the Spirit God Stone is. And now the treasure Immortal Fang Yu gave the Exalted Linglong Immortal—the Spirit God Stone is merely an ornament. I can't even imagine how valuable that painting is!"

"The Exalted Linglong Immortal also gave that Immortal some kind of reward. I don't know what fine thing it was—the light just now was too blazing; I couldn't see it clearly at all."

"I couldn't see it clearly either. The Exalted Linglong Immortal's reward must be very precious."

Many cultivators discussed animatedly. Those who could enter the Exalted Linglong blessed land, Mount Sumeru Golden Mountain, were basically all minor overlords of the Golden Core Realm. Now each minor overlord discussed animatedly, shocked and moved—some shocked by the terror of the Great Strength Heavenly Dragon Divine Talisman, some wanting to seek refuge with Fang Yu, and some curious about what gift the Exalted Linglong Immortal had returned to Immortal Fang Yu.

Even Mr. Shuijing, the Six Paths Loose Immortal, and several other great overlords joined the discussion.

"Mr. Shuijing, did you see what gift the Exalted Linglong Immortal just returned to Immortal Fang Yu?"

The Six Paths Loose Immortal spoke.

Mr. Shuijing, the Supreme Sect Master of the Immortal Dao Sect, shook his head: "It cannot be seen, cannot be observed. The Exalted Linglong Immortal wished to bestow an invisible, unobservable gift. With my eyesight, of course I couldn't see through it. But the congratulatory gift Immortal Fang Yu sent this time was indeed wondrous. That painting—I only glanced at it and sensed many great Dao mysteries."

"That's true. I felt the same. That painting must be a rare treasure—seems like a precious item this Immortal obtained during his travels. I wonder where he obtained it from his travels. There are three thousand great worlds between heaven and earth, but I haven't been to many great worlds—only a few, such as the Cultivation Great World, the Infinite Great World. Like the Central Great World, currently ranked first among the three thousand great worlds of this era, or the Heavenly King Great World ranked second—I haven't been to those."

The Six Paths Loose Immortal spoke.

"Actually, our Xuanhuang Great World also has many immortal mansions and treasure vaults, but they require a person of destiny. For example, the treasure vault left behind by the former Panwu Immortal—the Panwu Treasure Vault; the treasure vault left by Great Emperor Huang Quan—the Huang Quan Treasure Vault; and the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion left by the Taiyuan Immortal in the Guixu land. If one could obtain any one of them, their strength could advance by leaps and bounds. But the restrictions within are truly too formidable."

Several eternal overlords discussed and sighed with emotion, while Fang Yu, seated upon his throne, examined the gift the Exalted Linglong Immortal had returned to him.

It was a single strand of hair.

Yes, hair.

The blazing light had receded. In Fang Yu's grotto-heaven, there was only a single strand of dark hair.

A single strand of hair from the Exalted Linglong Immortal, who had cultivated to the 10th Stage of Longevity, True Immortal Realm.

Fang Yu's gaze fixed upon this strand of dark hair, sensing within it many mysterious changes and the true meaning of Dao and Dharma.

This single strand of hair indeed contained far, far too many mysteries. Upon careful observation, one would discover that within this strand of dark hair, there seemed to be a world in circulation.

Laws of space, laws of time, laws of creation… countless laws, vague and hazy, like a ball of chaos.

With Fang Yu's current realm, he could only sense many advanced laws operating in a manner he could not comprehend—an inconceivable manner. Though the strand of dark hair was within his grotto-heaven, it also seemed very far away.

In the end, it was still within his grotto-heaven.

"This really is…"

Having obtained a single strand of hair from a True Immortal, Fang Yu's emotions were slightly complicated. He wasn't afraid that this strand of hair from the Exalted Linglong Immortal was used to monitor him—that was quite unnecessary, just as Fang Yu wouldn't monitor a cultivator at the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heavenly Man Realm.

With the strand of dark hair upon him, his many emotions ultimately turned to joy. This was a strand of hair from an existence who had cultivated to the 10th Stage of Longevity, True Immortal Realm. A single strand of hair from such an existence was an enormously thick thigh to lean on.

Although Fang Yu couldn't rely on this strand of hair forever, it might save his life at a critical moment.

Thinking this in his heart, a smile appeared on Fang Yu's face. Seated high upon his throne, he watched the other guests present their gifts.

Another eternal overlord presented a gift—it was the Dragon Daoist and Wood Daoist from Dragonwood Star. These two overlords also used every means at their disposal to bring congratulatory gifts for the Exalted Linglong Immortal, hoping the Exalted Linglong Immortal would bestow some benefit allowing them to break through to the 2nd Stage of Longevity, Immortal Undying Body realm. But with Fang Yu's gift already setting such a dazzling precedent, the Dragonwood Daoists' gifts seemed utterly insignificant.

These two eternal overlords had cultivated for several thousand years and had some spare funds, but lavishly bestowing treasure artifacts was extremely difficult for them. After many years of arduous cultivation, they only possessed a single lower-grade Dao artifact—not even a single mid-grade Dao artifact. Now, though they had expended great effort to bring the Exalted Linglong Immortal many heavenly and earthly rare treasures and various elixirs, they still couldn't catch the Exalted Linglong Immortal's eye.

Of course, the female disciples of the Exalted Linglong Immortal announcing the gifts were still very excited.

Thus, one after another, the arriving guests presented their gifts, causing much commotion.

Countless treasures, elixirs, Dao scriptures, and rare curios were brought by the guests one after another and offered to the Exalted Linglong Immortal.

"Xiantianmo Sect's Ying Tianqing presents a birthday gift—an arm of Tang Jingshan, an Elder of the Taiyi Sect. This arm was severed when the Taiyi Sect besieged our Xiantianmo Sect and was cut off by our Sect's Great Emperor, the Xiantian Great Emperor. I now offer it to the Exalted Linglong Immortal—may the Exalted Linglong Immortal graciously accept it!"

Suddenly, a long voice rang out. Everyone saw the Demon Commander Ying Tianqing actually carrying a coffin, striding forward. Within this coffin was sealed an arm, still writhing and shifting constantly, as if this arm were still alive, ready to fly away at any moment, or as if it were about to transform into a human form at any moment.

"An arm! This is actually the arm of Tang Jingshan, an overlord of the Taiyi Sect who cultivated to the Immortal Undying Body realm! He is an Elder in the Taiyi Sect who oversees punishment—and yet he had an arm severed by the Xiantian Great Emperor!"

"Yes, we've all heard this rumor. A few days ago, the Demon Commander killed three true disciples of the Taiyi Sect, then the Taiyi Sect disciples went to pressure the Xiantianmo Sect. The result was the Xiantian Great Emperor displayed his supreme demonic might, broke through the siege of all the disciples and Elders, and directly severed an arm from the Taiyi Sect's Tang Jingshan!"

"Although Tang Jingshan is the Punishment Elder of the Taiyi Sect and has cultivated the Immortal Undying Body, holding an extremely honored position, before the Xiantian Great Emperor he is nothing. Having an arm severed was only because the Xiantian Great Emperor showed regard for the Taiyi Sect's face—otherwise Tang Jingshan would likely have died long ago!"

"That's true. Since Great Emperor Huang Quan died, the foremost person of the demonic path has implicitly been the Xiantian Great Emperor, Ying Xiantian. His cultivation base, if not at the 6th Stage of Longevity, Heavenly Throne Realm, is at least at the 5th Stage of Longevity, Creation Realm. Tang Jingshan's cultivation base is only at the Immortal Undying Body realm—three great realms behind the Xiantian Great Emperor. That Tang Jingshan actually dared to go to the Xiantianmo Sect. If it were me, I certainly wouldn't have such courage!"

"The Taiyi Sect is quite normal—Heaven is the eldest, they're the second. No, Heaven is the eldest, and they're also the eldest. An overlord of the 2nd Stage of Longevity actually dared to act brazenly before the Xiantian Great Emperor of the 5th or 6th Stage of Longevity—and the result was the Xiantian Great Emperor directly severed his arm!"

"The Xiantian Great Emperor is rumored to have cultivated eighty-one innate divine abilities, each supreme and unrivaled, uniting immortal and demonic paths. It is said this Great Emperor never makes a move lightly—but when he does, it shakes heaven and earth."

"No matter how formidable, he still shouldn't compare to the Exalted Linglong Immortal!"

"Naturally. The foremost person of our Xuanhuang Great World now is the Exalted Linglong Immortal."

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The Demon Commander Ying Tianqing suddenly offering the arm of the Taiyi Sect Elder Tang Jingshan immediately caused an uproar in the venue. This time the Demon Commander actually brought the arm of a Taiyi Sect Elder—he would clearly receive tremendous praise from the Exalted Linglong Immortal. As everyone knows, the Taiyi Sect and the Exalted Linglong blessed land are mortal enemies. Now the Demon Commander actually brought the arm of a Taiyi Sect Elder—equivalent to firmly clinging to the Exalted Linglong Immortal's thigh.

"The Exalted Linglong Immortal must certainly like such a gift."

Sure enough, the moment the Demon Commander presented the Taiyi Sect Elder's arm, the Exalted Linglong Immortal's form smiled slightly at the Demon Commander. That arm flew up directly, then the surrounding radiance condensed into a tray, holding the arm upon it.

This signified that she was very satisfied with this birthday gift.

But at that moment, the endless void above Mount Xumi Golden suddenly split open, and countless black smoke seeped out, as if a heavenly calamity had descended—countless streams of earth, fire, wind, and water surged within, and there was even the sound of stars disintegrating.

From high above the nine heavens, a supreme voice suddenly rang out: "By decree of the Taiyi Gate: throughout all the myriad heavens and worlds, to every boundless living being, to all Daoist friends—anyone who slays Ying Tianqing shall come to my Taiyi Gate and receive a mid-grade Dao artifact, the Chaos Heaven Sword, one Supreme Purity Chaos Heaven Divine Elixir, and ten billion elixirs! At this very moment, my Taiyi Gate issues the Heavenly Dao Kill Order!"

The tremendous sound wave spread directly into every space of the Exalted Linglong Blessed Land, so that even everyone paying birthday respects atop Mount Xumi Golden heard it clearly.

"That voice is…"

"The Supreme Sect Master of Taiyi Gate, Tai Huntian?"

"Indeed, that voice is exactly that of the Sect Master of Taiyi Gate, Tai Huntian. He actually came at this moment to disrupt Exalted Linglong Xianzun's four-thousand-year grand birthday and issue the Heavenly Dao Kill Order? A mid-grade Dao artifact, and also an immortal elixir—that Supreme Purity Chaos Heaven Divine Elixir is an immortal elixir spoken of in legend; even a cultivator at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities would likely not be a match for this single immortal elixir, not to mention the ten billion elixirs!"

"Ten billion elixirs! The Chaos Heaven Sword, the Supreme Purity Chaos Heaven Elixir! The reward is truly lavish, but wanting to kill the Mo Marshal will not be so easy."

"Right, Mo Marshal Ying Tianqing—his old man is the Mo Emperor, the Xiantian Great Emperor. Who would dare to lay a hand on him? But the Supreme Sect Master of Taiyi Gate, Tai Huntian, is also an extremely domineering existence. Four thousand years ago, he defeated Feng Baiyu of the Yuhua Sect at the Xiandao Assembly."

"Indeed, at the Xiandao Assembly of that year, the Chaos Heaven Daoist overwhelmed all the heroes, and at the Qunxian Assembly, he defeated the disciples of every sect."

Everyone fell into a state of shock. The Sect Master of Taiyi Gate, Tai Huntian, had actually, at this very moment, directly issued the Heavenly Dao Kill Order, offering lavish rewards to hunt down Ying Tianqing. This meant Taiyi Gate simply did not fear the Exalted Linglong Blessed Land or the Xiantianmo Sect—anyone who dared to challenge its might would surely incur its Lei Tingzhinu.

"Goodness, we can still see such a grand show."

Fang Yu's face carried a hint of curiosity, as if he had not expected the Mo Marshal to actually be hunted down. Of course, Exalted Linglong Xianzun would certainly strike back.

"Chaos Heaven Son, do you think that because your cultivation has advanced a step, and by borrowing the power of an immortal artifact to tear apart the barrier of my Exalted Linglong Blessed Land, you can come and disrupt my grand birthday? Since you've come, then leave something behind before you go."

And at that very moment, Exalted Linglong Xianzun's voice rang out.