Chapter 1633: The Final Predestined Karma

Hua Tiandu had now truly fallen into Fang Han’s hands.

The various Immortal Kings discovered with shock that his tumorous aura truly could not cause any damage to Fang Han. Instead, it was being refined bit by bit by the Era True Fire. Those writhing tumors of flesh were charred and turned to fly ash. As if sensing the destruction of the tumor, the black storms of world-destruction throughout the heavens and earth grew slightly calmer.

It seemed that the Great Cataclysm of Heaven and Earth had been triggered precisely because of Hua Tiandu, this tumor. If the tumor were eliminated, the world would become clear; from then on, there would be no disasters or tribulations. Hua Tiandu was the root of all calamity.

Hua Tiandu’s cultivation also plummeted directly to below the level of an Immortal King. His essence was almost entirely extracted by Fang Han. All the ancient characters and divine objects were pulled out; a lifetime of cultivation was swept away like flowing water.

His eyes began to dim, but his aura of resentment grew even heavier. “Lord of Progenitor, Immortal King of Creation, come quickly and rescue me…”

Within his mouth, he repeated only these two sentences over and over. Facing Fang Han now, he was truly at his wit’s end. In his mind, Fang Han was like a giant god who could never be toppled, a hegemon of martial arts. No matter how many thousands of schemes or tens of thousands of plots he devised, he could not cause Fang Han a shred of harm.

“Fang Han, I hate you! I hate that I didn’t just kill you back in the mortal world—why did I ever make that ten-year agreement with you?! Had I known this would happen, I would have slain you then and obtained the true essence of eternal indestructibility…”

The only thing he regretted now was that back in the mortal world, he had engaged in some ten-year agreement with Fang Han instead of slaying him directly. Back then, if he had killed Fang Han, how wonderful an occurrence would that have been?

“A ten-year agreement? It was truly too long, to have dragged on until now to be settled…” Fang Han let out a long breath. “Hua Tiandu, slaying you can be considered the settling of a portion of my karma, allowing me to finally reach a higher realm. The corpse of the Immortal Venerable Panwu within your body—come out as well.”

With a massive roar, amidst the writhing tumors of flesh, the body of the Immortal Venerable Panwu slowly emerged and was cast into the Era Divine Array for nourishment.

Hua Tiandu’s aura weakened once again. He no longer possessed a single shred of value.

“It is time to kill you.” Fang Han prepared to transmit magic power to blow Hua Tiandu apart in one go, making him truly vanish from the heavens and earth.

“Is that so? Fang Han, try killing him and see? If you can kill him, I, the Lord of Progenitor, will truly admire you. You want him to die, but I insist he shall live!”

Just then, a voice rang out, actually transmitting from the Gate of Eternal Life.

Buzz!

A wave of towering demonic aura actually masked the power of the Punishment of Eternal Life. It broke through layers of obstructions and arrived before Fang Han, directly striking through Fang Han’s magic power and infusing that force into Hua Tiandu’s body.

“Hahaha!” Hua Tiandu let out three great laughs, becoming arrogant once more. His entire being surged with essence as he directly returned to his peak state, his power even showing signs of advancement. He launched a most sharp and violent attack against Fang Han: “Fang Han, I knew the Lord of Progenitor and the Immortal King of Creation would come to rescue me! They still need to borrow my nature as a tumor to eventually confront you!”

Boom!

Hua Tiandu threw a punch directly at Fang Han’s face. Taken off-guard, this sudden attack at close quarters was as tragic and fierce as blood spraying five steps away.

However, Fang Han casually extended a hand. Moving through the void, with a hand that neither ghosts nor gods could fathom, he steadily caught Hua Tiandu’s fist, rendering him unable to move. Then, a massive suction force erupted.

All the power that the Lord of Progenitor—known as the strongest among Immortal Kings—had infused was channeled into Fang Han’s body. At this moment, Hua Tiandu was like a conduit; the magic power the Lord of Progenitor transmitted to him became an empowerment for Fang Han.

In that instant, Fang Han’s strength increased once more. Faintly, a Gate of Progenitor could be seen being condensed behind him.

“Hmm?”

Sure enough, the Lord of Progenitor discovered this change: “Fang Han, you truly are unfathomable!”

He immediately stopped the infusion of magic power, knowing that if he continued, not only would he fail to rescue Hua Tiandu, but he would also add to Fang Han’s cultivation.

“No more infusion?” Fang Han continued to hold Hua Tiandu with one hand, speaking casually. “Lord of Progenitor, you said you could rescue Hua Tiandu, so why did you not succeed? No one can stop the death of the person I wish to kill—including you, the Lord of Progenitor, the strongest Immortal King in history!”

“Fang… Fang Han…” Hua Tiandu grew weak again, the resentment on his face turning into a hideous grimace. “You are so ruthless… using my body to obtain the power of the various Immortal Kings. Their infusions of power were actually all given to you!”

“Correct. You finally understand this point.” Fang Han looked coldly into Hua Tiandu’s eyes. “Now you know you are but a pawn in my hand. Kneel!”

Fang Han cast Hua Tiandu down beneath him.

Bang!

Instantly, a massive force suppressed him, causing Hua Tiandu to be slammed directly into a kneeling position on the ground, unable to move under the humiliation.

“No! Fang Han, I will resolutely never kneel to you!” Hua Tiandu’s pride rose from deep within his heart, causing him to try and stand.

“Kneel!” Fang Han gave another fierce shout. Instantly, his power surged, permeating the surroundings. With himself as the center, snowflakes drifted down; in the center of each snowflake was written the character for “Kneel” (跪).

This “Kneel” character had just flowed out from the Gate of Eternal Life.

Before the “Kneel” character, Hua Tiandu finally could not resist and fell to his knees. But the humiliation in his heart was boundless; it was the first time he had knelt to Fang Han, and also the last. He never imagined that after his journey—being high and mighty in the mortal world, quickly becoming a Heavenly Lord in the Heaven Realm, and finally becoming an Immortal King in the era of the Great Cataclysm—his moment of glory would also be his moment of deepest humiliation.

“Do you feel humiliated? I am precisely letting you feel what the consequence of opposing me is.” Fang Han looked at Hua Tiandu kneeling at his feet. “Now, the time has come to truly send you on your way. No one can rescue you.”

Boom!

Fang Han struck a palm directly onto Hua Tiandu’s head. Instantly, the tumorous aura shot into the sky and, within the blazing flames, turned into ashes.

Finally, only a soul remained—Hua Tiandu’s soul, without a single shred of the tumor’s aura, its origin clear and pure.

Hua Tiandu delivered a final curse against Fang Han: “Fang Han, I curse you to lose your freedom for eternity! I curse you to be unable to open a new heaven and earth! In the future, I shall surely be reborn; the tumor cannot be destroyed!”

“Is that so?”

Fang Han wrote runes in the air. Finally, a character appeared from the Gate of Eternal Life; this character was “Eat” (吃).

The “Eat” character transformed into a giant “mouth.” With a gulp, it swallowed Hua Tiandu whole, extinguishing all his sounds and erasing all his memories and essence. Finally, that “Eat” character re-entered Fang Han’s body.

Now, Fang Han mastered nearly all the ancient characters. He was a civilization, a conglomerate of thousands of civilizations. He had obtained the character for “Dao,” giving him absolute control over all the ancient characters of the heavens.

The “Eat” character swallowed Hua Tiandu. From then on, Hua Tiandu completely vanished from the heavens and earth, and all tumors were finally eliminated.

The moment Hua Tiandu was destroyed, all the black storms came to a halt. The entire Great Cataclysm of Heaven and Earth seemed to have passed. Between heaven and earth, there was only primordial and chaotic energy. Many streams of vital energy began to settle, and everyone smelled a scent of freshness; the world had undergone a new change.

“The Chaos and Primordial energies have undergone a new change. I wonder what the future heaven and earth will be like?” Daoist Hongmeng, the Ancestral Dragon of the Primal Wilderness, and the World-Transcending Free King Buddha nodded. Their eyes looked deep into the Gate of Eternal Life. “Now, the Lord of Progenitor and the Immortal King of Creation should be coming out.”

“They explored deep into the Gate of Eternal Life; I wonder just how deep they reached?”

“The Gate of Eternal Life communicates with another world; I wonder what is inside?”

As the three were discussing, the Gate of Eternal Life suddenly shook violently. Two vast currents of air rushed out, many times more powerful than the Immortal Kings of Truth, Dimensions, and Origin!

The Lord of Progenitor transformed into a surge of demonic aura, condensing before the nine Great Immortal Kings. He was a white-robed old man, but behind him was a Gate of Progenitor. This portal was much stronger than any other; from within, the wails of countless demons were transmitted, faintly possessing a momentum that seemed to rival the Gate of Eternal Life.

Strong!

Any Immortal King or Heavenly Lord who saw the Lord of Progenitor would think of only one word: strong. He was boundlessly strong, almost reaching the absolute peak of what a Heavenly Lord could achieve.

However, though the Lord of Progenitor was strong, he was not the one who drew people’s gazes. The one who drew all eyes was the Immortal King of Creation, who descended last.

The Immortal King of Creation revealed his true face; he looked exactly like Bai Haichan. He possessed not a shred of majesty; instead, there was only kindness. Looking at Fang Han, it was as if he were back in the mortal world, imparting magic power to him.

“My disciple, I never thought you would achieve the level you have today.” The Immortal King of Creation spoke in the same tone as Bai Haichan. “In the past, I created you; today, how should this predestined karma be settled?”

The truth was finally out. The Immortal King of Creation was actually “Bai Haichan”—or rather, the Bai Haichan in the mortal world was a clone he had transformed into.

“Immortal King of Creation, I should have known long ago that Bai Haichan was you,” Fang Han said indifferently. “Your calculations are very deep. To think that at the final moment, there is still this layer of predestined karma that prevents me from settling everything.”

“Correct,” the Immortal King of Creation said. “I planted this predestined karma. Although you have escaped destiny and enslaved the Great Dao, I have planted this karma deep within the core of the Gate of Eternal Life. If you do not sever this connection, you will be unable to mobilize the Gate of Eternal Life, and you will even be unable to recreate the heaven and earth. How about it?”

The Immortal King of Creation seemed to hold an absolute advantage. He pointed with his hand!

Instantly, within the interior of the Gate of Eternal Life, the shadow of Bai Haichan faintly appeared. It was a predestined karma that could not be destroyed.

End of 1633