Before entering seclusion, Zhang Fan specifically requested a heavenly medicine that could strengthen the soul from Ling Xiu, precisely for the purpose of cultivating his soul power to refine this Myriad Beasts Cauldron.
The Myriad Beasts Cauldron had smelted over nine thousand beast souls. With Zhang Fan's current strength, he could only achieve preliminary refinement, allowing him to wield an extremely limited number of beast souls. However, this was more than enough to deal with a group of cultivators below the Divinity Transformation stage.
Even Venerable Shangyang, who had only fully integrated his soul with the rules and had not yet cultivated a nascent soul, would be unable to resist this soul power.
"Rise!"
Zhang Fan manipulated the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, flipping it over and then blasting Lin Haotian and the other cultivators from the Sixth Prince's Mansion out of the cauldron.
"Boom!"
Heavenly tribulation descended at this very moment. Even the Myriad Beasts Cauldron could not completely shield against its bombardment. As Venerable Shangyang broke free from his restraints and prepared to escape the cauldron, he was met by a lightning strike that resembled a black dragon.
The immense power of the heavenly tribulation blasted Venerable Shangyang back into the giant cauldron. He struggled and roared, his voice filled with unwillingness, but he could not break through the obstruction of the heavenly tribulation.
The Divinity Transformation Tribulation!
Also known as the Tenth Stage Nascent Soul Tribulation, it was countless times more terrifying than the Nascent Soul Tribulation.
When the first wave of the Divinity Transformation Tribulation struck, Venerable Shangyang's roars could still be heard within the Myriad Beasts Cauldron. As the second and third waves descended, Venerable Shangyang's strength gradually weakened...
By the time the ninth wave of heavenly tribulation struck, there was no longer any sound from within the Myriad Beasts Cauldron.
The tribulation clouds in the sky slowly dispersed.
"Venerable Shangyang is dead just like that?"
"Not only Venerable Shangyang, but all nearly a hundred peak Nascent Soul experts from the Sixth Prince's Mansion, the Black Sand Grotto, and the Sun Shadow Grotto are likely dead within."
Everyone watched this scene with awe. Venerable Shangyang's appearance to his demise lasted merely over ten breaths, leaving many filled with emotion.
To Zhang Fan's senses, there was no longer any sign of life within the Myriad Beasts Cauldron. Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he retrieved a large pile of medicinal ingredients from the Astral Space and tossed them into the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, which even included an immortal medicine.
"Is he refining pills?"
Zhang Fan's actions truly stunned the surrounding onlookers. They had initially thought he was joking when he said he would refine Venerable Shangyang into pills, but they never expected him to actually do it.
"This is too intense!"
The cultivators of the Sixth Prince's Mansion also stared blankly at the scene. Nearly a hundred cultivators above the Seven Tribulations realm, including ten who were half-step Divinity Transformation and one Venerable Shangyang, were being refined by him?
The enormous Myriad Beasts Cauldron spun in the void, absorbing and refining the residual power of the Divinity Transformation Tribulation that had not yet dissipated.
It was only now that everyone understood why Zhang Fan had agreed to a duel with the three great forces: he intended to gather the cultivation of all three sides to refine a batch of immortal-grade spirit pills.
"What a grand undertaking. What kind of treasure is that giant cauldron, capable of refining even Venerable Shangyang?"
"This giant cauldron is likely also a Great Dao Secret Treasure, and not just any ordinary one. Venerable Shangyang's defeat was not unjust," Gong Lieyang watched the black giant cauldron above Falling Immortal Valley with lingering fear, shaking his head in amazement.
"Who exactly is Zhang Fan? My master must know," Cang Lan Mingyue stared intently at that tall figure. At this moment, she was completely convinced and had no desire to compete with Zhang Fan any longer. They were clearly not on the same level.
Cang Lan Mingyue desperately wanted to rush back to her sect and report the news to her master, wanting to ask who Zhang Fan was. However, she was reluctant to leave.
After all, no one on the Continent of the World Heart had ever refined an immortal-grade spirit pill before, and she also wished to witness it.
"Using the roots of the top Nascent Soul cultivators from the three factions, the heavenly tribulation lightning as a guide, and immortal medicine as the core, it should be possible to refine a batch of immortal-grade Blood Spirit Pills!" Zhang Fan was filled with anticipation. Using the Myriad Beasts Cauldron to refine immortal-grade spirit pills was indeed a slight insult to this quasi-immortal king's holy weapon, but he had no choice.
Only the Myriad Beasts Cauldron could suppress Venerable Shangyang, and only the Myriad Beasts Cauldron could withstand the power of the internal Divinity Transformation tribulation.
Days passed, and Zhang Fan manipulated the Myriad Beasts Cauldron for seven days and seven nights of refining. During this time, cultivators continuously arrived from all directions, encircling Falling Immortal Valley. No one dared to disturb Zhang Fan.
"You kid, you're truly amazing!" After this battle, the arrogant Liu Mu had no choice but to admire Zhang Fan. At the same time, he felt a sense of anticipation for the future. He knew that the small Wushan Star Domain could not hold a divine being like Zhang Fan, and he would eventually venture to the vast starry skies.
Manipulating the Myriad Beasts Cauldron was an extremely taxing endeavor on soul power. Seven consecutive days and nights of refining, even with Zhang Fan's current soul strength, left him feeling quite weary. However, he was comforted by the fact that the pills within the Myriad Beasts Cauldron were finally gradually taking shape. Tribulation clouds gathered in the sky, their power no less than that of Venerable Shangyang's tribulation.
"An immortal-grade spirit pill is about to be born!"
"Do spirit pills also need to undergo tribulation?"
The onlookers had also noticed the changes in the heavens and the earth, and their emotions became excited. Even if they received no share of this immortal-grade spirit pill, witnessing its birth was an immensely honorable event.
Boom!
With a low rumbling sound from the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, hundreds of spirit pills flew out, hovering in the void, awaiting the baptism of heavenly tribulation.
Rumble!
Thunder roared, and hundreds of heavenly tribulations descended simultaneously, striking each spirit pill precisely.
Upon the impact of the first heavenly tribulation, several spirit pills could not withstand the power and exploded.
As the heavenly tribulation continued to descend, some imperfect spirit pills could no longer endure the increasingly powerful tribulation and vanished into nothingness. When the tribulation ended, only a few dozen spirit pills remained above the Myriad Beasts Cauldron.
Each spirit pill exuded an incredibly rich immortal spiritual energy. Even a single breath of it felt refreshing and invigorating.
"Collect!"
The immortal-grade spirit pills were filled with sentience. After surviving the heavenly tribulation, they actually attempted to escape. But Zhang Fan had anticipated this and activated the Myriad Beasts Cauldron to collect all the spirit pills.
The Myriad Beasts Cauldron shrank to the size of a palm and landed in Zhang Fan's hand. Seeing this, everyone was filled with envy, yet no one dared to harbor any covetous thoughts. In the face of absolute power, even the most tempting treasures could make people maintain their rationality, lest they themselves be thrown into the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and refined into pills by Zhang Fan.
"A large portion of the experts from the Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Grotto, and Sun Shadow Grotto are dead, but their sects still exist. Now is the time for us to reap the rewards!" Zhang Fan turned to the cultivators of the Sixth Prince's Mansion and said.
"Follow me, and let's raze their sects!"
Zhang Fan, along with the group from the Sixth Prince's Mansion, boarded the Blood Demon Flood Dragon and flew towards the location of the Flying Immortal Mansion's sect.
Watching their departing figures, the cultivators present could not help but sigh. The Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Grotto, and Sun Shadow Grotto, three top forces that had been established for hundreds of thousands of years, were likely to have their legacies extinguished today.
The heavens of the Continent of the World Heart were about to change!
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