Chapter 1630: The Eight Great Immortal Kings

The numerous Immortal Kings had finally descended.

The final moment had also finally arrived.

Everything was out in the open. Why did all the Immortal Kings oppose Fang Han? It was because Fang Han was the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life. By obtaining and controlling him, one could attain the Dao of Eternal Life, enter the Gate of Eternal Life to explore all its secrets, and even step into a new heaven and earth—a world never seen before.

And why did all the Immortal Kings help Hua Tiandu?

Because Hua Tiandu was the tumor of the Gate of Eternal Life. He could contaminate the artifact spirit and corrode the Dao of Eternal Life.

The first Immortal King to descend was the Immortal King of Truth. He was an old man with a full white beard and hair, a master of the truths of this world. He acted to rescue Hua Tiandu, infusing Immortal King-level magic power into Hua Tiandu’s body from across the void, causing his flickering flame of life to blaze once more.

This was no mere remote infusion.

Previously, when the Immortal King of Truth was sealed within the Gate of Eternal Life, the infusion of magic power was a mere trickle. Now that his true body had descended, he was simply invincible. The speed of the infusion was more than a hundred million times faster than before. Instantly, Hua Tiandu became as vigorous as a dragon or tiger, and his tumorous body expanded once again.

Unfortunately, the creation divine artifacts, various supreme treasures, and ancient characters within his body had all been seized by Fang Han. What remained was merely the pure tumor itself and Hua Tiandu’s will.

His will was now twisted, filled with nothing but hatred for Fang Han.

“Fang Han, the Immortal Kings have descended! You are my enemy, and I will not let you go! No matter how powerful your magic power is, can you resist all the Immortal Kings?”

Hua Tiandu raised his hands, and toxic gas permeated the air, breaking through Fang Han’s restraints. He immediately retreated to the side of the Immortal King of Truth.

Fang Han stopped his hand. He did not release magic power; instead, he struck a beam of light onto the Primordial Realm. The entire Primordial Realm slowly rose, transformed into a streak of essence, and was retracted into his body.

The descent of an Immortal King was no small matter. If many Immortal Kings joined forces, they could likely destroy and recreate heaven and earth countless times. Fang Han had to protect the Primordial Realm and the numerous disciples of the Era Gate first to avoid them being caught in the crossfire.

Sensing Fang Han, Fang Qingxue, who was presiding over the Primordial Realm, saw her magic power advance by leaps and bounds. She broke through multiple levels in succession, reaching the peak of ten epochs, on the verge of breaking through to the realm of Immortal King.

Fang Han took her into his body, and the power of Destiny condensed into a vast God of Eternal Life, surging into Fang Qingxue’s body. Subsequently, fragments of the Great Dao and countless ancient characters washed over her body over and over again.

With a thunderous crack, Fang Qingxue finally underwent her transformation and began her ascension to the rank of Immortal King!

“Fang Han! You are the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life! I remember now!” Upon her promotion to Immortal King, Fang Qingxue let out a long, powerful cry.

“I have known for a long time. You stay in the Primordial Realm now to stabilize everything. I will deal with all the Immortal Kings outside,” Fang Han said unhurriedly.

“What? The Gate Master is actually the reincarnation of the Gate of Eternal Life’s artifact spirit…”

“So the Gate Master possesses such cultivation. As expected, as expected… Then is he not the first person in the heavens, a supreme existence pointing directly to the Dao of Eternal Life? Has he surpassed all Immortal Kings and masters throughout history? Is there no existence that can match him?”

“Indeed, indeed. He is an existence even greater than the Immortal King of Creation. I finally chose the right side.” The Heavenly Lord of Chaos muttered, “I won’t say I’ll definitely attain eternal life, but at least there is hope for the Dao of Immortal King. Those five Heavenly Lords—Disaster, Chaos, Slaughter, Thunder Emperor, and Eternal—met their doom and were wiped out precisely because they stood on the wrong side, following the Immortal King of Creation and Hua Tiandu.”

The Heavenly Lord of Chaos had witnessed the deaths of the Heavenly Lord of Disaster and the others. He felt a pang of pity in his heart; after all, they had been friends for many years. To be reduced to fly ash because they chose the wrong side was truly tragic. At the same time, he rejoiced in his heart that he had made the right choice. Fang Han was a grand existence—the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life—and no one could compare to him.

“How shameful… To think Fang Han was such a great being. I remember back in the mortal world, our Feathered Ascension Sect even tried to sanction him.” Some elder-generation members of the Feathered Ascension Sect, who had now cultivated into Heavenly Lords, recalled the past as if it were a hazy mist.

“In our Feathered Ascension Sect, a great being like the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life entered our sect, and even Hua Tiandu, that tumor, entered as well. What incredible luck!”

At this moment, all the disciples of the Era Gate were filled with deep emotion.

With one mind and heart, they transcended time, space, the self, and the mortal world… their collective will condensed upon Fang Han’s body.

Fang Han also felt this power of unity, and a smile appeared on his face.

His gaze shifted to the Immortal King of Truth.

“Immortal King of Truth, your disciple, the Heavenly Lord of Death… all those people were killed by Hua Tiandu. Yet you still want to save him?”

“Humph! On the road to eternal life, there is only one choice: to obtain you, the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life, and refine you. Only by completely mastering the Gate of Eternal Life and exploring the supreme mysteries of the foremost of all divine artifacts can we hope to break through the realm of Immortal King and take a step further. There is no other choice. Although Hua Tiandu is vicious, he is the only existence capable of restraining you.”

Suddenly, another voice rang out. A young Immortal King descended to the side of the Immortal King of Truth. “The Heavenly Lord of the Primal Wilderness under my command was also killed by Hua Tiandu, yet I still support him against you. Compared to the Dao of Eternal Life, these disciples are existences that can be sacrificed.”

This young Immortal King wore battle armor, and an aura of Origin emanated into the void of destruction.

This was the Immortal King of Origin.

Fang Han had long ago seen the likenesses of the three great Immortal Kings: Origin, Truth, and Creation. Origin was a young man, Truth was an old man, and the Immortal King of Creation represented the peak years of a man—middle age.

Now, with Truth and Origin appearing before him to protect Hua Tiandu, Fang Han did not move recklessly. The cultivation of these two Immortal Kings was at a full twenty-five epochs. Although not equal to him, they would not be easy to slay.

“Hua Tiandu, although you are ruthless and killed our disciples, you still have utility value for us right now, do you understand? We will not kill you, but you must cooperate with us obediently. Otherwise, you will not escape death.” Upon descending, the Immortal King of Origin spoke and patted Hua Tiandu’s head.

Hua Tiandu’s expression shifted between dark and light. Although he had become an Immortal King, he was being suppressed hard by Fang Han. Many divine objects within his body had been seized by Fang Han, greatly reducing his strength; he was no match for Origin and Truth. Otherwise, given his temperament, he would have devoured the two Immortal Kings already to fight Fang Han once more and contaminate the Gate of Eternal Life.

“Two seniors, it was my impetuousness.” Hua Tiandu trimmed his sails to the wind, bowing and scraping. “I know now that everything is within the seniors’ control. I can never leap out of the seniors’ palms. From now on, I will listen to everything the seniors say; whatever you tell me to do, I shall do.”

“That’s more like it.” The Immortal King of Origin and the Immortal King of Truth glanced at each other. They watched as another powerful aura descended from the void—yet another Immortal King. This Immortal King was also an old man, but he was tall and robust, holding a mirror, and his entire being rippled with the aura of mythology.

This was the Elder of Mythology!

The master of the Heavenly Mother, he had once plotted against Fang Han but failed. Now that his true body had descended, his magic power actually surpassed that of Origin and Truth.

“Fang Han, you have done well, killing my disciple, the Heavenly Mother.” Upon descending, the Elder of Mythology’s Immortal King aura spread out. “If you kneel now and beg for our forgiveness, we can merely seal you. We won’t use special methods to torture you, and we’ll let you die cleanly and comfortably. If you resist, then I’m afraid we will let Hua Tiandu corrode your life bit by bit, planting tumors within you, making you feel unprecedented pain—unable to live and unable to die.”

“Elder of Mythology, I welcome the descent of the various Immortal Kings. You are all living beings beneath the heavens who have grown to this stage. To me, I treat everyone equally; you are all children I have nurtured. I gave birth to you and bestowed magic power upon you. You are not omnipotent, but I am all-powerful.” Fang Han spoke unhurriedly. “If you wish to cross over to the next epoch with me, I welcome you. If you wish to destroy the arrival of the new age, I will be the first to execute you. Of course, Elder of Mythology, you are an existence I nurtured, equivalent to a son; you are not qualified to speak to me. Wait until all your Immortal Kings have gathered. Where are the Immortal Kings like Progenitor and Creation? Only when you are all here can we speak clearly.”

“You!” The Elder of Mythology’s eyebrows shot up in anger, yet he was helpless.

Fang Han had now awakened his memories as the artifact spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life. Everyone was extremely wary; he could mobilize the power of the Gate of Eternal Life for suppression. Given his status, all things in the heavens were created by him. He was the Father of all things, the Father of all kings—the true Father God.

However, which of these Immortal Kings was not a hegemon of the heavens, willing to slay everything to seek eternal life? Toward Fang Han, they only had the intention to kill and refine him. In their eyes, Fang Han was merely a spirit medicine, a magic treasure.

Everything would be decided by strength.

Shua!

Several more Immortal Kings descended. One had a full beard, with whiskers like thick grass, each as sharp as an arrow. He held the mysteries of different dimensions in his body.

This was the Immortal King of Dimensions!

The dimensional divine weapon Fang Han had obtained from the Heavenly Lord of Many Treasures was crafted by him.

The other several Immortal Kings included one of the Confucian school and some unknown ancient Immortal Kings.

“Let me introduce them, Fang Han!” The bearded Immortal King of Dimensions stepped forward, looking extraordinarily powerful. He laughed loudly and pointed at an Immortal King in scholar’s robes. “This is the Immortal King of Noble Spirit, the Lord of the Confucian school, one of the figures who pioneered the Confucian Dao. He is also one of the Immortal Kings seeking the Dao of Eternal Life and has joined us to deal with you. The others are the Immortal King of True Spirit, the Immortal King of No-History, and the Immortal King of Antiquity…”

Eight Immortal Kings. A total of eight Immortal Kings had united. They stood before Fang Han.

Truth, Origin, Mythology, Dimensions, Noble Spirit, True Spirit, No-History, and Antiquity.

Fang Han had never heard of the latter four Immortal Kings. Clearly, they were existences that had entered the Gate of Eternal Life long ago to survive, but Fang Han had sensed their auras within Hua Tiandu’s Immortal King halo before.

End of 1630