Even as Hatred-Heaven God Emperor launched his assault on the Human Emperor's Brush, he still diverted a portion of his power to seize the Yellow Springs Diagram. The moment that happened, Fang Han's heart tightened.
At present, the Yellow Springs Diagram, the Eightfold Pagoda, and the Azure Sea Divine Pearl were jointly suppressing the Great Chaos Thunder Sword and Fan Qingying, dispersing a large portion of their strength. However, Fang Han himself—who had condensed ninety-three divine abilities and survived the Wind–Fire Tribulation—and Yan Shuiyi—who had reached the tenth layer of divine abilities and refined the Great Catastrophe Technique, forming a "Calamity Primordial Spirit"—were each comparable in power to an ancient giant.
When the two of them joined forces and entered the Yellow Springs Diagram, they had two purposes.
First, to avoid the terrifying aftershocks of the clash between Hatred-Heaven God Emperor and the Human Emperor's Brush.
Second, to jointly suppress the Great Chaos Thunder Sword and Fan Qingying.
Although Fan Qingying and Yan Shuiyi had once been close friends, once Yan Shuiyi learned of her deep involvement with the God Race, she immediately understood that she had been exploited all along. As a result, she showed absolutely no mercy.
The combined force of Fang Han and Yan Shuiyi was unimaginably vast. With a single strike, they completely crushed Fan Qingying and the Great Chaos Thunder Sword, sealing them deep within the Yellow Springs Diagram so thoroughly that not even a trace of mana could escape.
As a result, the majority of the power of the Yellow Springs Diagram, the Eightfold Pagoda, and the Azure Sea Divine Pearl was liberated.
"This Hatred-Heaven God Emperor is terrifying," Yan Shuiyi said urgently as she felt the Yellow Springs Diagram tremble, seized by a colossal hand and dragged toward a mysterious void. "His body contains a Divine Domain Space. We absolutely cannot let him capture us. If we're dragged into the divine domain within his body, we'll die without question."
"Divine Domain Space?" Fang Han frowned. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
He did know that God Kings possessed small internal spaces used to store pills and artifacts. He himself had slain five God Kings—four of them refined into Divine Ability Fruits containing True God Seeds, while the fifth's body had been purified and given to Wood Daoist as a vessel.
As for the storage spaces within those God Kings, Fang Han had already extracted them all and handed them over to Wood Daoist for sorting—some used to refine the Eightfold Pagoda, others distributed to the Heavenly Demons.
Wood Daoist himself had once possessed enormous reserves, but after being converted, Fang Han never claimed them. Instead, he ordered Wood Daoist to focus entirely on refining the Eightfold Pagoda.
According to the Heavenly Dragon Secret Canon, refining the Eightfold Pagoda required mountains and oceans of heavenly materials—enough to fill an entire world. Wood Daoist had already poured everything into it. Although the pagoda grew increasingly powerful and indestructible, transforming all eight internal artifacts into Dao Artifacts would require at least ten times more resources.
Now, whenever Fang Han seized new treasures, anything short of a Dao Artifact was immediately thrown to Wood Daoist, the Sun–Moon Essence Wheels, and the Reincarnation Saint King to absorb and refine into the pagoda. Black King assisted as well.
With so many ancient giants refining treasures for him day and night, Fang Han no longer needed to waste time on artifact refinement himself.
"A Divine Domain Space is unique to God Emperors," Yan Shuiyi explained rapidly. "Its mysteries are endless. It's like a Dao-Artifact-grade furnace capable of melting all things."
As she spoke, her hands moved in rapid succession. Vast torrents of water condensed into colossal palms—the Azure Sea Ancient Wave Palms—which she blasted outward again and again.
"Fang Han! Open the restrictions of the Yellow Springs Diagram and lend me the Yellow Springs Sacred River. The Sacred River and a single stream of Forgetfulness Water are the most wondrous water forces between heaven and earth. If I can wield them, my water-based divine abilities will increase by more than tenfold!"
She attempted to draw upon the Yellow Springs Sacred River beneath her feet, but failed—the restrictions held firm.
A thunderous voice answered.
"Hmph! The Yellow Springs Sacred River is my true body. I am the dragon vein of the Yellow Springs River itself. Even if I let you use it, you cannot take it away. Use it!"
The massive form of Yan, thousands of zhang long, surged through the Yellow Springs Diagram. With a single breath, he spat out a roaring river. Golden-yellow light flashed, restrictions shattered, and the Sacred River was immediately drawn into Yan Shuiyi's Azure Sea Ancient Wave Palms.
Boom!
Her palms expanded by more than tenfold. In the void, over a million palm imprints appeared—each infused with the emotionless intent of the Heavenly Dao, each several mu in size, solidified to the extreme, pulverizing space itself. When they struck, it was like millions of rivers bursting their dams at once.
Hatred-Heaven God Emperor had intended to drag the Yellow Springs Diagram directly into his Divine Domain Space and rescue Fan Qingying and the Great Chaos Thunder Sword. But the instant he seized one corner of the diagram, a million palm imprints erupted from within.
Each palm was like a raging flood, and within each lay a ruthless, emotionless will that shook his very divine essence.
For a moment, the Yellow Springs Diagram became as heavy as a mountain. Not only could it not be moved, it actively shattered his divine power.
"Two insignificant juniors dare to contend with me?" Hatred-Heaven God Emperor roared in fury. "Fireflies challenging the brilliance of the moon!"
Unable to succeed, all three of his faces inhaled deeply and spat out in unison.
Pfft!
A torrent of starlight blasted forth. Within that dense radiance floated a massive compass, its needle spinning wildly, crackling with lightning as it merged with divine power and smashed toward the Yellow Springs Diagram.
The Hatred-Heaven Compass had been unleashed.
The enormous compass descended with crushing force, radiating a terrifying attraction. From its center, another nine-fingered giant hand emerged, grabbing toward the Yellow Springs Diagram.
This hand was Hatred-Heaven God Emperor's true hand, extended across space through the compass. This time, he was serious—determined to seize the diagram.
Crack! Crack!
Under the dual suppression of the Hatred-Heaven Compass and the God Emperor's true hand, Yan Shuiyi's Azure Sea Ancient Wave Palms shattered instantly. An overwhelming force crashed against the Yellow Springs Diagram, making everyone inside feel as though they were caught in a storm-tossed vessel.
At the diagram's entrance, the nine-fingered hand tore through space again and again, on the verge of forcing its way inside.
The Yellow Springs Diagram itself—being a supreme Dao Artifact—could not be destroyed. But it did have an entrance. Suppressed beings could attempt to break out from within, and powerful enemies could attack inward from without.
If the diagram were fully restored, a Wheel of Reincarnation would manifest at the entrance. Any invader would be dragged into endless cycles of suffering.
But now, the force tearing at the entrance was immense. If the Hatred-Heaven Compass and that massive hand broke through, the God Emperor himself could locate the opening and descend directly into the Yellow Springs Diagram.
If that happened, not only would the Great Chaos Thunder Sword become impossible to suppress—Fang Han, Yan Shuiyi, Yan, Wood Daoist, Black幽 King, and even Xingyun Baby would all face annihilation.
By now, Fang Han fully grasped Hatred-Heaven God Emperor's strength.
He was equivalent to a cultivator at the second level of the Longevity Secret Realm, one who had refined an immortal body to its peak and begun comprehending spatial laws. As a God Race emperor, even an ordinary one could fight two experts of the first Longevity realm. His combat power was monstrous.
At that very moment, a thunderous voice exploded across the void.
"Hatred-Heaven God Emperor! You dare divide your attention while fighting me? Are you courting death, or have you lived too long? A mere God Emperor dares belittle me. Let me show you what the true Three Thousand Great Daos are!"
"You think mastering a fragment of the Great Sealing Technique allows you to suppress me—the progenitor of the Three Thousand Great Daos? The Dao that flows from the Eternal Gate of Immortality of the Immortal Realm? I command hundreds of them!"
"Limitless heavens! Limitless heavens!
Supreme might and supreme virtue!
Three hundred Great Daos—
Void Annihilation!"
At that instant, the Human Emperor's Brush completed its formations.
In the void, hundreds upon thousands of Daoist manifestations finished opening world after world, drawing in power from countless parallel realms. At last, their energy was complete.
Then, in perfect unison, they let out a mighty chant.
Each Daoist evolved a single divine ability. Together, they merged into a raging flood of Dao laws, crashing toward Hatred-Heaven God Emperor.
Boom!
One Daoist exploded, transforming into countless black lines that condensed into talismans—the Great Severing Technique.
Hah!
Another Daoist transformed, causing space itself to collapse—the Great Collapse Technique.
Hum!
Another sat cross-legged as flames erupted from his body, forming a devouring black hole—the Great Devouring Technique.
Om!
Another arched and shot forth, splitting into countless rainbows that wove into seals—the Great Sealing Technique, the very art Hatred-Heaven God Emperor had just used.
Then came one supreme Dao after another.
Each was an ancient, supreme divine art that had circulated since time immemorial.
Countless divine abilities exist in the world, but above divine abilities lie great divine abilities, then supreme divine abilities—and above them all, the Three Thousand Great Daos.
Any single Great Dao, refined to its limit, possessed boundless might—shaking sun and moon, overturning heaven and earth.
Now, with a single sweep of the brush, talismans became Daoists, Daoists drew power from countless worlds, and three hundred Great Daos erupted at once.
The Human Emperor's Great Severing Technique far surpassed Fang Han's. His Great Collapse Technique eclipsed even the Demon Marshal's by countless times. Even the Great Devouring Technique was more vast than Fang Han's version, enhanced by the Kunpeng Egg.
The gap in realm was simply too vast.
Buzz—buzz—buzz…
Three hundred Great Daos merged into a roaring torrent of Dao laws, completely engulfing Hatred-Heaven God Emperor.
All three of the God Emperor's faces changed color—utter shock etched across them.
"Human Emperor's Brush… you command so many Great Daos?! Then—let's fight to the death!"