The Protagonists' Chat Group: Beyond the Boundaries — Chapter 380

Chapter 380: Fang Han, The God Race Calamity Begins!

Eternal Life World.

“Things that involve the Origin truly cannot be fully comprehended on one’s own!”

“One must obtain the Legacy of an ancient mighty expert to shortcut the process!”

Fang Han carefully sensed the profound, chilling true meaning settled deep within his mind. Countless concepts of death, decay, corruption, destruction, and ruin surged like an unstoppable tide.

This was the complete “Dao of Termination” he inherited from the legendary Termination Saint King!

The true meaning of Termination contained five fundamental meanings: absolute death, rapid decay, inescapable corruption, total destruction, and final ruin.

This Dao possessed the ultimate capability to terminate the God Race itself; the God Race’s Divine Power was completely powerless and crumbled before the Dao of Termination.

“With my current combat strength, I can finally get a major share in the profits of the upcoming Calamity of Gods!”

Fang Han muttered to himself, his expression one of cold excitement. With his current boundless combat power, he was practically invincible in this entire Lower Realm.

The threats and conflicts that plagued the protagonist in the original work were now entirely beneath his notice.

“It’s time to exit seclusion!”

Fang Han was about to step out and begin reorganizing the structure of the Xuanhuang Great World. At that exact moment, however, a massive, cataclysmic noise erupted from the higher sky.

Countless thunder and lightning flashed, and a terrifying wave of primal Divine Power surged out from a massive temporal tear.

Countless members of the God Race descended into the space surrounding the Xuanhuang Great World through an immense time wormhole, marking the beginning of the invasion.

In the void surrounding the Xuanhuang Great World, suns and stars exploded one after another, instantly turning into vast, roaring torrents of flame.

Those suns were all deliberately detonated by the vanguard of the powerful God Race experts.

This was the ferocious, world-ending arrival of the God Race Calamity.

The God Race experts immediately began their systematic invasion and occupation of the Xuanhuang Great World’s surrounding systems.

The core of the Xuanhuang Great World seemed to sense the existential crisis, its central Origin beginning to vibrate violently.

The God Race Calamity arrived fiercely. Outside the Xuanhuang Great World, suns and stars were refined and consumed one by one, massive flames burned across the entire sky, and the entire world was shrouded in descending, oppressive Divine Power.

It was a true scene of the end of the world.

The so-called God Race Calamity was the inevitable result of the God Race’s outward expansion, relentlessly invading one habitable world after another.

The God Race could simultaneously wage war against multiple worlds similar to the Xuanhuang Great World.

They even had the unthinkable ambition of attacking the powerful Immortal Realm. One could imagine how profound and terrifying the military foundation of this massive race truly was.

They had invaded the Xuanhuang Great World before, only to be repelled by the combined might of ancient heroes.

The legendary Human Emperor’s Brush was famously degraded from its Immortal Artifact rank during that devastating battle!

Now, they invaded again, their numbers far surpassing the last.

Countless God Race warriors blotted out the sky, a vast, oppressive shadow. Countless Divine Lords, God Kings, and God Sovereigns covered the earth and the void.

[Inorin’s Note: The God Race’s ranks in Eternal Life correspond to: Divine Lord (Divine Ability Secret Realm), God King (Longevity Secret Realm), and God Sovereign (Immortal Rank).]

Powerful God Sovereigns unleashed their internal Divine Domains, violently releasing the massive armies of Heavenly Demons they had raised and enslaved over eons.

Demons and Gods danced wildly in the chaotic sky; ghosts cried and Gods howled in a symphony of destruction!

The entire Xuanhuang Great World was instantly plunged into a scene of true, apocalyptic collapse.

The Origin of the world sensed the critical crisis, its fundamental Origin Qi vibrating with desperation. Countless strands of raw Origin power descended to assist its inhabitants.

Any local cultivator from the Xuanhuang Great World could now mobilize the massive Origin power of the world to resist the overwhelming God Race invasion!

Upon seeing this grand, chaotic scene, Fang Han was overjoyed, a sharp, predatory smile spreading across his face.

The God Race Calamity had finally and irrevocably begun. After this war began, the situation would be utterly chaotic, and various ancient experts would be forced to appear one after another to resist the God Race.

At that point, his own secretly accumulated strength would have the maximum room to be displayed and exploited.

“The God Race Calamity will also be resolved—and harvested—by me!”

Fang Han looked up at the turbulent sky, raising his hand and gently striking the void with his palm.

With a colossal rumble, a massive section of the sky was completely flattened into a two-dimensional, blue pancake. Tens of thousands of Divine Lords, God Kings, and God Sovereigns were instantly blasted, their bodies turned into primal Origin Qi and pressed into thin, lifeless cakes!

“How dare you, to actively attack our God Race front lines! I didn’t expect the Xuanhuang Great World to be worse off each time, yet now there’s someone with a surprisingly tough temper,” a God Sovereign-level expert among the army slowly spoke, his voice filled with contempt.

“I just don’t know if his strength is as tough as his brazen attitude!”

Another God Sovereign on the side echoed his sentiment: “What powerful figures can still truly emerge from the Xuanhuang Great World? Only the Panwu Immortal Venerable from back then was somewhat noteworthy!”

“Let me go and see what real abilities this person who just attacked possesses!”

As this second God Sovereign spoke, he strode forward through the time-space distortion and launched a devastating attack.

He split the air with a large hand, and a brilliant golden light instantly confined the Void Realm, forming a massive, unbreakable cage.

This cage represented absolute order, composed of countless chains of pure Dao essence. The golden, glittering chains instantly wrapped around Fang Han, seeking to bind his body and soul.

“Supernatural Craftsmanship!”

This God Sovereign then immediately unleashed his signature ultimate attack: the Supernatural Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art.

Countless giant divine axes condensed from light and power, chopping relentlessly towards Fang Han’s trapped form.

Tens of millions of axes filled the sky—the essence of supernatural craftsmanship, carving nature itself. For a time, countless layers of time and space were destroyed and collapsed!

This was the famed Supernatural Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art.

It condensed 99 of the Three Thousand Great Daos, hiding the scriptures of the gods’ creation within its form. With one axe strike, an entire small world would be instantly cut off from the main Dao!

“What a Supernatural Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art, but it can’t do a single thing to me!”

Fang Han saw this terrifying scene, his body trembling not from fear, but from the immense power gathering within him. He moved against the flow, his large hand covering the sky.

He instantly unleashed his newly comprehended Dao of Termination, shattering the Supernatural Craftsmanship Great Immortal Art with one sweeping motion!

“Heaven and earth decay, but I am imperishable; sun and moon extinguish, but I am eternal; the Dao ceases to exist, but I live forever!”

Fang Han was majestic, like an undefeated War God, standing tall on the spot. He struck out with another palm, and all the surrounding chains of order from the cage were violently absorbed and broken into his palm.

He took a decisive step forward. Countless primordial syllables resonated endlessly around him, as if heaven, earth, and man were all entirely within his grasp. His wisdom and power were eternal; the Void Realm was entirely within his control!

He threw a single, ultimate punch.

One step, one punch. It was a blow that pierced through the entirety of history, piercing through the very Peak of a past civilization!

“Bang!”

The countless divine lights and protective layers around the God Race God Sovereign were violently shattered. The Dharma Body he cultivated, and his defensive Magic Treasures, all utterly collapsed under the absolute force of this single punch.

Half of the God Sovereign’s body was instantly shattered and vaporized.

He desperately circulated his Cultivation Technique, frantically wanting to recover himself to his Peak.

However, Fang Han did not give him any chance for recovery. He took another deliberate step forward.

His Aura was like a collapsing mountain, a blinding white rainbow piercing the sun.

With one punch—a final, absolute blow—a God Sovereign was directly beaten into a meat patty and vaporized into nothingness!

High above the Nine Heavens, countless members of the God Race were instantly terrified after witnessing this impossible scene!

A God Sovereign—an equivalent to an Immortal—was beaten into a meat patty just like that? The reality of the raw power was simply too terrifying to process.

After killing a God Sovereign, Fang Han’s Aura did not weaken at all. His combat power was boundless, clearly surpassing ordinary Immortals.

He was surrounded by hundreds of millions of Dragon-shaped Origin Qi; his lifespan was now equal to heaven and earth, his body completely imperishable!

He stood tall, then let out a long, defiant roar: “Today, I, Fang Han, will single-handedly resist the God Race Calamity! All God Kings and God Sovereigns shall fall before my might! The Xuanhuang Great World shall return to creation, and my Creation Gate is the ultimate destination of this God Race Calamity!”

He unleashed an invincible Aura, his attacks vast and boundless, directly charging into the very midst of the God Sovereign command group.

Fang Han alone charged into a group of Immortal Secret Realm experts, showing his absolute, terrifying arrogance.

The God Race God Sovereigns were furious and shamed by his boldness. Each God Sovereign unleashed the God Race’s ultimate killing techniques.

At the same time, countless God Kings and Divine Lords behind them quickly formed a massive defensive Great Formation.

Countless Magic Treasures converged into a deadly, focused torrent, rushing towards the charging Fang Han.

An earth-shattering, terrifying collision occurred, forcing Fang Han’s attack to be momentarily blocked.

Upon seeing this, Fang Han snorted coldly, then let out another long, challenging roar: “You want to set up a Formation to contend with me? Wishful thinking! I am the heavens; I annihilate demons and slay Gods!”

As his long roar echoed, winds and clouds stirred violently, distant stars fell from their orbits, and even the myriad worlds trembled.

His palm swept across the void, unleashing the power of the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Divine Fist; wherever his fist struck, it turned into absolute nothingness!

In an instant, yet another God Sovereign was killed by his relentless assault.

Moreover, this God Sovereign was a being with incredibly powerful Cultivation among the God Race’s most ancient experts.

Fang Han was able to kill him while still fiercely contending with the Great Formation—this combat power was truly too terrifying to comprehend.

Those surviving God Race God Sovereigns, as well as some observing experts from the distant Buddhist Realm and Dragon Realm, were utterly awestruck by such a display.

This is the Lower Realm, they thought in unison. Displaying too terrifying a level of strength would lead to the cultivator being forcibly drawn to the Immortal Realm by the world’s governing rules.

Upon reaching the Profound Immortal Rank, one would be forced to Ascend as soon as they made a full-power move.

The combat power displayed by this Fang Han had already reached the level of a Profound Immortal Rank expert; he could easily slap a Peak Immortal to death with one palm strike.

But his Law level, the underlying essence, remained only at the Heavenly Immortal Law level, thus avoiding forced Ascension—a truly bizarre phenomenon.

Fang Han’s current combat power was indeed too terrifying. Every strike could shock people to death merely by its residual Aura.

One person alone confronting the main God Race army, even blowing up two God Sovereigns with three punches and two kicks—this series of Divine Might made many ancient figures feel a profound chill in their hearts!

“Don’t be arrogant, impudent creature!”

The other God Race God Sovereigns, seeing their companion tragically killed, instantly became enraged, unleashing various powerful Immortal Arts and forbidden techniques.

In an instant, heaven and earth shattered completely, the sky danced with chaotic fire, and everywhere was surging Divine Power.

These gathered Divine Powers then coalesced and transformed into a horrifying liquid substance.

This was the infamous Water of Divine Tribulation!

The Water of Divine Tribulation connected to the distant Virtual God Realm, capable of submerging and dissolving everything in existence. The three ancient Human Emperors were all once trapped within the terrifying Water of Divine Tribulation!

Fang Han faced such a scene, remaining even more unhurried and confident: “What about the Water of Divine Tribulation? This is the calamity of all other living beings, but it is certainly not my, Fang Han’s, calamity!”

The towering flames of Dao power on Fang Han’s body grew even thicker and brighter. With a massive grab of his large hand, he directly forced back the massive, destructive wave of the Water of Divine Tribulation, his entire being radiating the unstoppable descent of heavenly will!

He unleashed tens of millions of terrifying divine lights from his body. He charged into the God Race army alone, beginning a new, furious battle.

He wanted to kill as many members of the God Race as possible to refine more Divine Ability Fruits, Longevity Fruits, and even Immortal Fruits!

Fang Han knew that the God Race members were not named by normal cultivation Realms. A God King was a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert. A God Sovereign was a Longevity Secret Realm expert. A God Emperor was an Immortal!

And Fang Han possessed the Key of the Desolate God and the supreme World Tree, which could refine members of the God Race into powerful cultivation fruits!

The Divine Ability Fruit refined from a God King could help one Breakthrough the Divine Ability Secret Realm. The Longevity Fruit refined from a God Sovereign could help one Breakthrough the Longevity Secret Realm.

And the ultimate Immortal Fruit refined from a powerful God Emperor could help one Breakthrough the Immortal Realm!

In Fang Han’s cold, calculating view, this was not a terrifying God Race army at all.

It was merely a colossal, ripe tree full of incredibly valuable fruits, waiting to be harvested!

He charged through the crowd, constantly and efficiently killing members of the God Race.

Divine Ability Fruits fell like raindrops, piling up like small mountains in his inner dimension.

These Divine Ability Fruits were not of much use to his current, high-level Cultivation. However, they were still incredibly valuable treasures for his future sect or for trading.

Watching his immense wealth increase so rapidly, Fang Han was so happy he didn’t know which way was up.

He was, like many people in the chat group, known for possessing a very “miserly” and resource-hoarding personality, a trait that had been honed through years of struggle.

One Longevity Fruit after another also fell into his waiting World Tree. The smile in Fang Han’s eyes deepened with every successful kill.

These Longevity Fruits did have some direct effect on him, assisting in tempering his essence. Next time he gathered with people in the group, he could take them out and eat them like common fruit, flaunting his new treasure trove.

In addition to obtaining these valuable fruits, Fang Han was also vigorously using the purified energy of these dead God Race members to refine the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures.

Several of the Supreme Treasures had already successfully transformed into true Immortal Artifacts under the massive power infusion.

“I have indeed gained an unimaginable amount from this God Race Calamity,” Fang Han mused. “It wasn’t in vain that I prepared and waited for so long!”

Having killed and harvested so many God Race experts, Fang Han’s underlying strength had Breakthrough a great deal more.

“The God Race is terrifying? The God Race is merely my ultimate supplement!”

He pointed to the sky and stepped on the earth, reaching up with a virtual grab. His magic power surged through the Nine Heavens, instantly grabbing tens of thousands of Divine Lords, God Kings, God Sovereigns, and even a few stray God Emperors…

In an instant, they were all instantly refined into Divine Ability Fruits, Longevity Fruits, and precious Immortal Fruits!

“No, this Fang Han is too terrifying! He has the suppressive Aura of the World Tree, which specifically restrains and refines us!”

“If this continues, I’m afraid our entire invasion force will suffer catastrophic losses!” a surviving God Sovereign spoke, his voice laced with terror.

Their God Race army had come surging over, their numbers blotting out the sky. They had surrounded the Xuanhuang Great World so tightly that not even a single drop of water could pass through.

As a result, they were being charged into and systematically slaughtered by Fang Han alone.

He had already successfully slaughtered them seven times in and out of the main formation. Several powerful God Sovereigns had already died tragically, being refined alive into fruits.

The other God Sovereigns were enraged by the massive defeat, but they did not dare to step forward alone.

When Fang Han circulated his cultivation, the massive, chaotic form of the World Tree appeared behind him.

The World Tree had hundreds of millions of ethereal branches sweeping wildly everywhere. Wherever its branches swept, the God Race members there would instantly begin to explode and vaporize.

They couldn’t fight at all—they were being harvested.

“Request reinforcements again! Let the Virtual God Realm send more, truly ancient experts!”

Several God Sovereigns instantly made up their minds. Then they immediately used their powerful Divine Ability to report the information here to their distant headquarters.

Boom.

A black hole, a hundred million miles in size, violently appeared here, ripping the dimensional fabric.

One powerful, supreme being after another crossed over from the distant Virtual God Realm.

There were not just a few Immortal Rank Saint Demons among them, but countless more.

The God Race raised Heavenly Demons and created Saint Demons, ruling hundreds of millions of parallel time and space, raising countless captive demons and Saint Demons within them!

Now, attacking the Xuanhuang Great World, they unleashed all these demonic armies at once!

They stood densely packed in the Void Realm. Their numbers were truly endless; even hundreds of trillions could not be accurately calculated!

An ancient and powerful God Emperor also walked out of the massive Void Realm black hole. This God Emperor had a cold, almost mechanical face, radiating the absolute Aura of a great, supreme ruler.

“Haotian God Emperor!”

Countless members of the God Race became instantly excited, their morale soaring.

This God Emperor who had appeared seemed to have a very high, absolute status within the God Race hierarchy.

After he appeared, he chanted a cosmic blessing, and a halo of powerful blessing instantly enveloped the entire God Race army.

Under the effect of the blessing halo, the collective strength of the God Race members almost increased tenfold!

This was the combined blessing of the ancient Gods, unleashed by countless ancient God Emperors from the deep recesses of the Virtual God Realm of the God Race.

Fang Han also felt a definite, noticeable pressure.

This Haotian God Emperor in front of him only had the surface-level Immortal Realm Aura, but his actual underlying Realm and Dao were very high, clearly reaching the Profound Immortal level.

When Fang Han’s magic power touched the Haotian God Emperor’s defenses, there was a feeling of collapsing at a mere touch.

Fang Han instantly dodged the Haotian God Emperor’s first, devastating attack. His Divine Eye shone, looking towards the direction of the distant Virtual God Realm through the spatial tears.

Within the Virtual God Realm, countless divine kingdoms were connected into one immense super-kingdom.

Many ancient God Emperors, with colossal bodies, sat immobile in the center of the Virtual God Realm, chanting sacred verses and emitting the source of the powerful blessing power.

Heavenly Immortals, True Immortals, and even Profound Immortal Rank God Emperors were abundant—a truly terrifying army of supreme power!

“If I go all out, it’s not impossible to directly charge into the Virtual God Realm and break their source, but if I do that, I’ll have to fully expose my strength,” Fang Han calculated.

“And I will be instantly forced to Ascend to the Immortal Realm!”

“Now is not the perfect time to Ascend to the Immortal Realm…”

“I must show weakness for a bit and play the long game… I’ve already gained enough benefits and refined enough fruits today!”

Fang Han knew precisely when to stop his brazen attack. His personality was as domineering and ruthless as Yang Qi’s, yet he was more troublesome than Yang Qi in the long run.

While he was domineering and ruthless, he was also supremely sinister, calculating, and patient!

The God Race Calamity had arrived, and the Virtual God Realm’s overwhelming offensive was ferocious.

If Yang Qi were here, he would have the confidence to face it head-on, paying a certain high price to crush it with an absolutely domineering and invincible posture.

Fang Han also had the confidence to face it head-on and win. It’s just that if he did, he would have no choice but to Ascend to the Immortal Realm prematurely!

Ascending to the Immortal Realm without fully exploiting the massive benefits remaining in the mortal world was a loss Fang Han was not willing to suffer.

He could bend and stretch—a core principle of his nature. He decided to show weakness first and lure them in deeper!

He swiftly turned and retreated directly into the deeper, protective layers of the Xuanhuang Great World.

“Hmph, the God Race has been preparing for so long; they must have hidden, ultimate cards. Let those ‘righteous’ experts from the ancient Daoist sects wear them down first!”

“I just need to discreetly kill 40 Immortals during this God Race Calamity and refine all Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures into Immortal Artifacts.”

“By then, even if I’m finally forced to Ascend, I’ll still be able to absolutely dominate in the Immortal Realm!”

Fang Han’s eyes were filled with chilling malice as he looked back at the vast God Race army.

He was currently refining the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures, wanting to transform them all into true Immortal Artifacts.

However, refining Immortal Artifacts was not an easy task for a mortal.

One had to kill a powerful Immortal—a being that had fully mastered the Immortal Law—and use its flesh, blood, Immortal Law, and bones for a massive sacrifice. Only then could one of the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures be refined into an Immortal Artifact!

Fang Han’s preliminary, cold-blooded estimate was that he needed to kill 40 Immortals (or God Emperors).

And Immortals in the mortal world were already at the Peak of power, the cream of the crop—a fact that made his goal terrifyingly ambitious.

“I still need to enter the Immortal Realm as soon as possible,” Fang Han thought to himself, a sense of urgency finally creeping in. “I’m the only one in the group still messing around in the mortal world!”

Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Shi Jian, Shi Hao, Yang Qi… These paramount figures had almost all “Ascended” or operated at an Immortal level equivalent once before.

Although the strength levels of their respective “Lower Realms” could not be directly compared, for him, who hadn’t Ascended, standing in front of those who had, he always felt a subtle, nagging lack of prestige!