Carefree Path of Dreams

“It seems like Immortal Tai Xuan is planning to defend this position while waiting for reinforcements… But he’s bound to be disappointed…”

Fang Yuan’s main body kept flashing, and he was thousands of kilometers away before long.

He was merely one step away from completely comprehending the Nomological Laws of Time, and the Torch Dragon clone only meant an additional life to him now.

When Immortal Tai Xuan’s reinforcements arrived to attack the Thirty-Three-Level Outer Heaven Tower, that would be when he would feel the most desperate.

Moreover, even if Fang Yuan’s Torch Dragon clone was forced into a corner, it could still abandon the treasure and escape alone.

Presumably, with the support of the Illusion Realm’s nomological laws, no Grand Unity would be able to stop him.

“The comprehension of nomological laws accompanies the Essence Soul. My main body and clone now both possess incredible combat strength and are capable of using the fused nomological laws… Even if the Torch Dragon clone falls, it won’t affect my perception of the nomological laws.

“The Sixteen Countries… are no longer able to satisfy me. After raking in what I can, I’ll leave for the Great Sage Immortal World! Hmph! Heavenly Circuit Immortal Sect… Immortal Tai Xuan, I will remember this enmity.”

With a flash, Fang Yuan arrived in Qingfeng City.

“Who?” Within a cave, Venerable Lie Huo suddenly rose, and Qian Xingzi, the Miscellaneous House Master, Madam Hua Rui, and the cultivator carrying a sword rushed over.

Seeing Fang Yuan, traces of astonishment and terror flashed in their eyes.

“Situ Zhaixing… I am the one responsible for everything, and they had nothing to do with it!” Venerable Lie Huo took in a deep breath as a light flashed in his palm, and over ten Dao Comprehension Stones appeared. “Regardless of whether you want to seize or kill, come at me alone!”

“Big Brother…” Madam Hua Rui’s eyes turned red.

“Cough cough… City Master seems to have misunderstood!” Fang Yuan coughed.

Strictly speaking, these people had only invited him to explore the Outer Heaven Tower once, and he had sneaked in the second time. It was entirely Venerable Lie Huo’s freedom to invite whichever Immortals here, so there was really no reason to blame Venerable Lie Huo.

However, his reputation for being ruthless had frightened these Nascent Soul cultivators.

“Then, I wonder why Brother Situ is visiting?” Venerable Lie Huo released a deep breath but did not dare to relax.

“For information!” Fang Yuan smiled. “I want the locations of all the immortal sects, famous treasures, mystic techniques, and so on within the Sixteen Countries… Of course, you should add valuable heavenly materials and earthly treasures as well!”

“This…” Venerable Lie Huo’s forehead was dripping with sweat. This number one godly thief in the world obviously had bad intentions.

However, the losses of the Orthodox Dao and the Demon Dao had nothing to do with him, so he did not hesitate. “Third Brother!”

“Got it, Big Brother!” The Miscellaneous House Master’s expression changed, but he still took out a bright yellow jade scroll and handed it to Fang Yuan. “This ‘Illustrated Treatise of the Sixteen Counties’ is the fruit of our Qingfeng City’s labor. It records everything in the Sixteen Countries, such as each country’s forces and cultivation scenes, cultivation techniques, and even places with valuable minerals!”

“Not bad! Not bad at all!” Fang Yuan inspected it and found that each bamboo slip in the scroll was refined using yellow jade and turned into immortal jade slips that could store a massive amount of information. The descriptions inside were extremely detailed, and it seemed like a treasure meant for the sole use of Qingfeng City.

And now, it was something for him to make use of.

In Fang Yuan’s opinion, this encyclopedia of the Sixteen Countries was not any worse than an immortal artifact!

“Thank you for the gift! I’ll be leaving now!”

Fang Yuan cupped his hands lightly before teleporting away.

After he left, the Miscellaneous House Master exclaimed, “Big Brother! That illustrated treatise was something we spent years on. How could we just give it to him like that?”

“He’s merely at Golden Core. Even with his mysterious magical power, he shouldn’t be that hard to deal with.” Madam Hua Rui was also indignant.

“Speak cautiously! From today onward, no one is to say anything like that!” Venerable Lie Huo released a deep breath as he wiped his cold sweat and passed a jade talisman to them. “Take a good look! This is the latest news from the mysterious realm!”

“What? This Situ Zhaixing…” The Miscellaneous House Master turned deathly pale, not knowing what to say.

“Killing an Immortal as a mortal! Killing multiple Immortals…” Madam Hua Rui patted her chest in fear. “Fortunately, we didn’t offend Senior Situ earlier!”

“No, given the strength of his spiritual will… Even though he left, I have no doubt that he’d still be able to hear our conversation!” Venerable Lie Huo said solemnly.

“What?!” Madam Hua Rui changed color and covered her delicate mouth.

“Of course… I doubt he’s bored enough to do that. His current target should be the Orthodox and Demon sects!” Venerable Lie Huo smiled.

“What… Big Brother is scaring me again!” Madam Hua Rui pouted coquettishly.

“Haha…” The other city masters chuckled, and Venerable Lie Huo continued, “This time, the Immortals from the Orthodox Dao and the Demon Dao suffered tremendously, and it seems like Senior Situ is not prepared to let them off and is planning to kill his way to their sects… This is a golden opportunity bestowed by heaven that we can’t miss!”

“True, but we itinerant cultivators might not be able to gain much from it…” Qian Xingzi commented worryingly.

Looking at the Dao Comprehension Stones in front of him, Venerable Lie Huo set his resolve. “That’s why I am going to transcend the tribulation and ascend to Immortal!”

“Ascend?” The other four Nascent Soul city masters trembled, their expressions a mixture of yearning and fear.

…

Three days later, Kun Yun Sect.

As the leader of the Orthodox Dao, it had an incredible accumulation of resources. After losing its sect master, it became the perfect pushover, and since it was not far away, Fang Yuan went there first.

The sect was located within the depths of a mountain range and surrounded by layers of mist, clearly some impressive protective arrays and restrictions.

“Tsk tsk… This Kun Yun Sect’s countless years of accumulation is definitely not a small number!”

Fang Yuan teleported, directly disregarding the arrays, and infiltrated the Kun Yun Sect. He found the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, treasury, etc. and started sweeping them clean.

“I have more than enough immortal artifacts and dao artifacts. The most important thing for me is to find a suitable and top-tier body refining technique…”

In terms of body refining techniques, he had used the thousand-year Dragon Tendon, which was enough for him to reach the peak of the Hundred Physical Forging Technique. His body was comparable to a dao artifact, and he could execute the sixth star of the Nine Star Pearl.

But toward the end, he needed the support of a higher-tier body refining technique.

Speaking of which, when he had received the Pantheon Palace, he had formed karma with Immortal Hong Chen’s enemy.

However, Gold Ingot was a stubborn artifact spirit. Before Fang Yuan reached the Immortal realm, he would not talk about it.

“But… according to the bits he did say, the person who killed Immortal Hong Chen should be a Grand Unity Immortal. Given my current strength, although killing Immortals is easy, I won’t be able to do anything against a Grand Unity Immortal. But after I transcend the tribulation and become Immortal, it shouldn’t be an issue!”

The power of top nomological laws was equivalent to a Great Dao.

Fang Yuan felt that as long as he could become an Immortal, with the help of the Nine Star Pearl Mystic Technique, he would be a match for Grand Unity Immortals or even defeat them!

…

“Nothing to be surprised about!”

After going around once, he had to admit that his standards were too high. Throughout the entire Kun Yun Sect, only a few items had caught his eye.

“But… I still have to greet some people!” Fang Yuan smiled faintly as he intentionally revealed his figure to trigger the restrictions.

“Who are you?” An alarm sounded in the interior of the sect. Like poking a hornet’s nest, an old guard rushed to the scene, exuding the might of an Immortal.

“What an efficient cleaner. But why did you run all the way here to die instead of obediently sweeping the floor?”

Fang Yuan looked at him, and regardless of how senior this ancestor was in the Kun Yun Sect, he immediately swung his saber. “Light of Universe!”

An extraordinarily bright starry river swept through.

After this strike, the Immortal was left with no breath, directly perishing!

“H-he killed the guard elder!” Numerous defending disciples exclaimed as they hurriedly retreated.

What a joke! Even an Immortal died, so why would Golden Core and Nascent Soul disciples court death?

“Ah… you… you are Situ Zhaixing! You’re the demon who killed the sect master!” Moments later, a sharp voice sounded.

Upon hearing that, the other cultivators started running even faster.

“Don’t be afraid. Everyone, come together to reinforce the array! If we activate the sect-protecting array, we’ll surely eliminate this demon and avenge the sect master and guard elder!”

A young Immortal flew out to take charge of the situation.

“All right. It’s indeed true that bad rumors spread faster than good news. Has my notoriety spread all the way here?”

Fang Yuan covered his forehead, appearing to have a slight headache. A small banner appeared in his hand and unfurled.

“Roar!”

“Ahh! Ahh!”

…

The Ten Thousand Beast Banner fluttered indomitably as the totems in it seemed to come alive. They flew out from the banner, landed on the mountains, and started slaughtering.

Blood-thirsty wolf, violent tiger, hurricane lion king…

Numerous totems flew out in an impressive manner, completely submerging the enemies.

“After repairing the Ten Thousand Beast Banner, there is an endless source of totems, and they can all resurrect… Moreover, they can combine into the Four Divine Beasts. It is truly suitable for me!”

With his Nascent Soul cultivation base, controlling immortal artifacts was somewhat difficult, so the Ten Thousand Beast Banner was still the most suitable.

After all, it was something from the Pantheon Catalog and had the potential for further growth. It would not be difficult to turn it into an immortal artifact in the future. In fact, it could even possibly become a primordial treasure.

“Stop!”

The young Immortal activated the array, but it could do nothing to stop Fang Yuan.

After seeing the destroyed mountain gates and slaughtered disciples, he finally could not take it anymore. “Demon, stop quickly! What do you want?”

“Haha… This would have been much simpler if you had said this from the start!” Fang Yuan stopped. “I’m only here to ask for some compensation… Kun Lunzi led others to besiege me, so I can’t let this matter go that easily.”

“…”

A long moment of silence.

The last Immortal of the Kun Yun Sect almost cursed… This demon had already killed two of his sect’s Immortals and destroyed everything here, yet he still had the gall to ask for compensation?

However, in order to prevent any more sacrifices, he could only swallow his anger. “What do you want?”

“Haha… An outstanding talent submits to the circumstances! I have high hopes for you!” Fang Yuan laughed.