Fang Hong looked at the purple gold fruit that was about to ripen and nodded in satisfaction.

In two or three months, he would be able to harvest a full two hundred purple gold fruit. At that time, using these fruits to strengthen his physical body would surely lead to another significant breakthrough for his physical body.

No longer thinking about the purple gold fruit, Fang Hong returned to his secret chamber.

His main purpose for returning to the secret chamber this time was to refine the demon soul banner.

During his last trip to the Treasure Realm, the demon soul banner absorbed hundreds of fierce demon soul, but he hadn’t had time to process them. Now, he finally had some free time.

If he could successfully refine this batch of demon soul into the demon soul banner, it might even allow the demon soul banner to advance to the level of a tenth-grade Immortal Artifact in one fell swoop.

A tenth-grade Immortal Artifact was already the peak of the Immortal Artifact category. Looking at the entire Human Realm, Cultivators who possessed tenth-grade Immortal Artifacts were few and far between.

Above a tenth-grade Immortal Artifact, there was only the legendary Dao Artifact.

Dao Artifact and Immortal Artifact had fundamental differences; a Dao Artifact contained a certain power of the Great Dao within it, possessing infinite power.

However, refining a Dao Artifact was extremely difficult. Only powerhouses who had reached the Immortal King realm and comprehended a part of the power of the Great Dao were qualified to attempt its refinement.

Cultivators below the Immortal King realm were simply unable to refine them.

Just as Fang Hong was about to take out the demon soul banner and begin artifact refining, a sudden boom echoed, shaking the entire secret chamber slightly.

This violent explosion came from outside the years pearl.

Fang Hong’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately realized that someone was attacking his Immortal Cave.

And judging by the commotion, the restrictions on the outside of the Immortal Cave had probably already been broken.

Fang Hong frowned and instantly understood. It must have been the earth-shattering Lightning Tribulation fluctuations that occurred when he was Undergoing Tribulation for the Body Destruction Thunder Tribulation that attracted passing Cultivators.

It seemed someone saw that he had just finished Undergoing Tribulation and wanted to take advantage of his weakened state?

Fang Hong dared not delay. He immediately abandoned the idea of artifact refining and quickly exited the years pearl space.

His figure flashed, and he flew directly into the high sky, looking sharply ahead to see who had come.

Not far away, a black mist floated in the air. As the black mist churned, a Black-clothed person slowly emerged from it.

This Black-clothed person was wrapped from head to toe in a black robe, and he wore a black hood, revealing only a pair of eyes, making his exact appearance impossible to discern.

What made Fang Hong even more wary was that the Qi emanating from the Black-clothed person was extremely formidable. He was actually a Late Stage Taiyi Cultivator, two minor realms higher than Fang Hong’s current Early Stage Golden Unity realm.

"Early Stage Golden Unity? Not bad, not bad. Very suitable as materials for my puppet."

The Black-clothed person sized up Fang Hong, and a hoarse voice came from under his mask, sounding like a very old man. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

As soon as the Black-clothed person finished speaking, without giving Fang Hong a chance to reply, he directly attacked. He let out a low shout: "Myriad Devil Hand."

With this low shout, a dense demonic qi instantly swirled around the Black-clothed person.

He raised his right hand, and a huge claw formed by demonic qi appeared out of thin air, fiercely grabbing towards Fang Hong.

Seeing the opponent attack immediately, Fang Hong no longer hesitated and was forced to meet the challenge.

Fang Hong’s Immortal power circulated rapidly within his body as he unleashed the Adamant Fist.

A massive golden fist shadow instantly condensed, its golden light dazzling, carrying an incomparably fierce power, directly colliding with the Black-clothed person’s Devil Claw.

Bang.

A huge explosion erupted in the high sky. The golden fist shadow and the black Devil Claw simultaneously burst apart at the moment of impact.

Two powerful forces clashed, forming a terrifying shockwave that swept downwards like a hurricane.

There were originally some small islands on the sea below, but under this impact, they were instantly razed to the ground, turning into countless specks of dust and disappearing into the vast ocean.

"What? He actually blocked it."

"How many Law has this kid Cultivated? His Immortal power is so profound that he can take this Move from me."

The Black-clothed person’s eyes flashed with surprise as he watched his Move being blocked.

In the instant the Black-clothed person was surprised, Fang Hong suddenly transformed into a golden light and quickly fled into the distance.

"Hehe, do you think you can escape?"

The Black-clothed person sneered, his body instantly transforming into a black mist, closely pursuing Fang Hong.

Fang Hong appeared to be desperately fleeing, but in reality, he was deliberately making the Black-clothed person relax his guard, waiting for the opportune moment to kill him with thunderous means.

The Black-clothed person relentlessly pursued from behind, continuously launching black demonic qi as he chased.

Those demonic qi attacked Fang Hong’s back like venomous snakes.

Fang Hong constantly dodged the attacks from behind, appearing somewhat disheveled, but he did not suffer any harm.

After flying for a while, Fang Hong discovered a huge barren island on the sea ahead, so he flashed down onto the barren island.

Seeing Fang Hong land on the barren island, the Black-clothed person immediately let out a cold laugh.

"Foolish boy, you dare to land on an island voluntarily?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Black-clothed person unleashed an enormous mass of black demonic qi.

The demonic qi instantly spread out, like a giant black cover, completely sealing off the entire barren island, thoroughly cutting off Fang Hong’s retreat.

After doing all this, the Black-clothed person slowly landed not far in front of Fang Hong, a smug smile on his face.

"Now let’s see how you run."

"Fellow Daoist, I have no grievances with you, why are you being so ruthless?" Fang Hong asked calmly.

"This old man has recently been Cultivating puppet techniques and just happens to be short of a few good Cultivator physical body as materials."

"If you surrender obediently, I can leave you a trace of your soul." The Black-clothed person said with a light chuckle.

"I have no interest in becoming a puppet."

"How about it, Fellow Daoist, would you like to take a seat in my demon soul banner?" Fang Hong’s lips curled into a cold smile.

After speaking, the demon soul banner slowly emerged from behind Fang Hong.

As the banner unfurled, the skeleton artifact spirit appeared, and two purple beams of light shot from its eye sockets, instantly striking the still-smug Black-clothed person.

"Ah. This is a ninth-grade Immortal Artifact." The Black-clothed person’s body trembled violently the moment he was struck by the purple light, and he exclaimed in surprise.

He could clearly feel that more than half of his Immortal power had been suppressed by the purple light.

Fang Hong seized this opportunity. While the Black-clothed person was weakened, he immediately unfurled his Swift Wind Wings, and at the same time, gripped the soul severing sword in his right hand, quickly slashing towards the Black-clothed person.

Whoosh.

Fang Hong also used a Void Secret Technique, his figure disappearing from his original spot and instantly appearing in front of the Black-clothed person, the soul severing sword striking directly at the Black-clothed person.