The void around the black hole was twisting.

Suddenly, all the circling blue runes rapidly wove together, transforming into a streak of light that shot straight into Fang Hong’s glabella, disappearing without a trace.

At the same time, the spatial black hole behind Fang Hong also began to slowly dissipate.

And the Ancient Stele, having completed its mission, turned into specks of dust at this moment, scattering between heaven and earth with the wind.

Fang Hong slowly opened his eyes, a trace of blue light flashing in his pupils, his face revealing an undisguised smile of joy.

After a full year of dedicated comprehension, he finally succeeded in condensing the Space Law law meridian!

Currently, Fang Hong had already Cultivated fourteen types of Great Dao Laws simultaneously.

His Dao foundation became more stable than before, and the Immortal Qi inside his body grew even more vast and terrifying.

"By my reckoning, the Three-Patterned Flat Peaches should be nearly ripe."

With a thought, Fang Hong took a small step and appeared directly inside the Medicine Valley.

Since condensing the Space Law law meridian, Fang Hong’s application of the Void Secret Technique had been strengthened once again.

This feeling of freely traversing the void allowed him to recapture the exhilaration of being invincible under heaven, as he was in the Lower Realm back then.

Upon arriving at the Medicine Valley, it was exactly as Fang Hong expected: the valley, which once held only a single sapling, had now become a vibrant Peach Orchard.

Ten Flat Peach Trees were neatly arranged in the valley, their trunks straight, their branches and leaves mixing red and green, appearing exceptionally full of life.

Every branch was laden with red and white Flat Peaches!

These Flat Peaches were about the size of a baby’s head, each one plump and round, with three golden patterns clearly imprinted on the skin.

They were the highest quality Three-Patterned Flat Peaches.

Three-Patterned Flat Peaches, whose efficacy was comparable to a fifth-grade dao pill, could quickly raise the cultivation base even when refined by an Immortal Emperor Expert.

As soon as Fang Hong stepped into the Peach Orchard, a rich peach fragrance washed over him.

Mixed within this peach fragrance was a pure Immortal Qi; merely taking a light whiff caused the immortal aperture inside his body to become active.

"As expected of the Three-Patterned Flat Peach, it didn’t disappoint me!" Fang Hong praised inwardly, revealing a satisfied smile.

Fang Hong slowly strolled through the Flat Peach Orchard, his gaze carefully sweeping over every peach tree.

Upon closer count, there were exactly one hundred Flat Peaches on every tree, no more, no less.

It seemed the limit for the Flat Peach Tree to bear fruit each time was one hundred, and not a single extra one could grow.

Fang Hong waved his hand, cleanly picking all the Flat Peaches, totaling one thousand Flat Peaches.

With these one thousand Three-Patterned Flat Peaches, his cultivation base would surely be raised further.

Without delay, Fang Hong immediately returned to his Secret Chamber and began refining the Three-Patterned Flat Peaches, focusing all his efforts on improving his cultivation.

Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, three more years passed.

During these three years, Fang Hong never left Cangnan City, staying in his Immortal Cave to quietly cultivate.

Fang Hong refined a total of nine hundred and fifteen Three-Patterned Flat Peaches, and his cultivation successfully Broke through to the Mid-stage Immortal Emperor!

Now, the Three-Patterned Flat Peaches no longer had any effect on Fang Hong; even if he refined more, his cultivation would not increase at all, so he could only temporarily stop Cultivating.

Besides the cultivation breakthrough, Fang Hong had other gains.

Thanks to the nourishment provided daily by the Soul Ascension Art, coupled with the continuous nourishment supplied by the Soul Nurturing Pearl, his Divine Sense had already reached the peak Immortal Emperor level first.

Speaking of the Soul Nurturing Pearl, Fang Hong had actually already Broke through to the Mid-stage Immortal Emperor two years ago.

Recently, Fang Hong had been tempering Dao Artifacts and researching new Dao Techniques, which is why this retreat took three years.

Regarding the tempering of Dao Artifacts, Fang Hong had tempered all six of his commonly used Dao Artifacts into sixth-grade Dao Artifacts.

The might of every Dao Artifact was much stronger than before.

Especially the soul severing sword, after repeated tempering, it was already very close to the level of a seventh-grade Dao Artifact.

Once it reaches the seventh-grade Dao Artifact level, it will be an Immortal Emperor-level Dao Artifact.

In addition, Fang Hong specifically used the Great Dao of Time he controlled to temper the years pearl again.

Under the tempering of the Great Dao of Time, the years pearl successfully advanced to a second-grade Dao Artifact, and its power increased significantly.

Now, while only one year has passed in the outside world, the immortal herbs inside the years pearl can grow for a full forty thousand years!

Fang Hong believed that as his control over the Dao grew stronger and his cultivation base grew higher, the years pearl would eventually reach the realm of "Instant Maturity."

The so-called Instant Maturity means that no matter what kind of immortal herb it is—even immortal herbs that require ten thousand or a hundred thousand years to ripen—as long as the years pearl is activated, they can mature in an instant. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Of course, Fang Hong is still far from this realm; he still needs to continue improving his cultivation and honing the Dao.

Besides tempering Dao Artifacts, Fang Hong had new progress in Dao Techniques.

Ever since comprehending and mastering the Space Law, Fang Hong had the idea of creating new Dao Techniques.

After all, the Space Law is a very mysterious and powerful Law, and if it could be combined with other Laws, it would surely create Dao Techniques with astonishing power.

After countless attempts and deductions, Fang Hong finally succeeded recently in creating several extremely practical pieces of Dao Techniques.

Such as "Time-Space Stasis," "Void Cage," "Void Wall," "Void Teleportation," and so on.

Most of this newly created Dao Techniques is related to the Space Law, and the one Fang Hong is most satisfied with is the "Time-Space Stasis" Dao Techniques.

Just by hearing the name "Time-Space Stasis," one can guess its effect.

This piece of Dao Techniques was created by Fang Hong through the interweaving and Fusion of the Law of Time and the Space Law.

Once executed, it can cause both space and time within a certain area to enter a state of stasis.

Regardless of what object or creature it is, as long as it is within this area, it will be firmly fixed in place, unable to move.

Just imagine, if this Dao Techniques were suddenly used on an enemy during an intense battle.

The enemy would instantly turn into a defenseless living target, allowing him to attack at will. The consequences would be unimaginable.

Precisely because of this, Fang Hong holds great expectations for this Dao Techniques, which is bound to become one of his powerful trump cards.

However, Fang Hong was not blindly confident; "Time-Space Stasis" may not be able to completely freeze all enemies.

According to Fang Hong’s current understanding, the higher his cultivation base and the stronger his control over the Dao, the greater the power of this Dao Techniques.

But if the opponent’s cultivation base far exceeds his own, the effectiveness of this Dao Techniques will be greatly reduced.

With Fang Hong’s current cultivation base at Mid-stage Immortal Emperor, he can be certain that within the Immortal Emperor Realm, this Dao Techniques can absolutely immobilize any opponent.

As for whether it can immobilize an Immortal Emperor-level Expert, Fang Hong is unsure, and he doesn’t want to try it either.

After all, who would deliberately provoke an Immortal Emperor Expert just to test Dao Techniques? That would be too reckless.

Focusing on improving cultivation is the priority.