In less than half an hour, Fang Hong finished harvesting all the immortal herbs in the herb field, transplanting every single one into the Years Pearl Space.

After handling the immortal herbs, Fang Hong finally turned his gaze toward the nearby shattered palace and stepped inside, intending to investigate the situation within.

The interior of the palace was even more desolate than the outside, with shattered stones and broken beams and pillars scattered everywhere.

The entire palace was empty, except for a conspicuous human skull.

Fang Hong walked slowly to the human skull, squatted down to examine it carefully, and then looked up to scan the traces of heavenly thunder strikes within the palace.

Combining the various signs he had seen earlier in the herb field and outside the palace, a bold guess gradually formed in his mind.

The owner of this Ancient Tomb was definitely an expert at the Immortal Emperor level, possibly even an Immortal Emperor Peak existence.

He must have been attempting to charge into the higher Heavenly Venerable realm here, but as a result, he failed to withstand the power of the heavenly thunder during his Heavenly Tribulation.

Ultimately, he died tragically under the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving behind only this human skull and a patch of broken ruins... Just as Fang Hong was lost in thought, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently.

Immediately after, the entire Small World began to vibrate intensely.

The surrounding space collapsed continuously and shrank rapidly, and whirled up bursts of violent energy turbulence instantly filled the world.

Fang Hong’s expression changed slightly, and his body flickered as he transformed into a streak of light, instantly flying out of this Small World that was about to collapse.

In the blink of an eye, that Small World closed completely and returned to nothingness.

The iron gate that originally stood at the entrance of the Small World also crumbled into powder filling the sky amidst a piercing sound of shattering, dissipating into the world.

"A pity..."

Fang Hong looked in the direction where the iron gate had dissipated, feeling a bit of regret.

He had intended to take control of this spatial iron gate, but he hadn’t expected it to shatter on its own; presumably, the tomb owner had left behind some kind of self-destruct restriction.

Fang Hong turned his gaze toward the ten wolf-headed puppets not far away and waved his hand to collect them all into the years pearl.

These ten puppets all possessed the strength of the Immortal Emperor Peak; they would still be somewhat useful, and it would be a waste not to take them.

After collecting the puppets, Fang Hong no longer lingered there and hurried back along the path he had come.

On the way, Fang Hong discovered that the restrictions on the Ice and Fire Path had now vanished without a trace.

It seemed these restrictions were connected to that spatial iron gate.

Since the iron gate had collapsed, the restrictions naturally disintegrated as well.

Without the hindrance of the restrictions, Fang Hong’s speed suddenly increased; he directly activated the spatial power within his body and performed the Spatial Teleportation Technique.

With a flash of light and shadow, Fang Hong’s figure had already left the range of the Ancient Tomb and reappeared in the sky above the small island.

Afterward, Fang Hong released the fierce wind boat and continued to speed toward the Sea of Death.

The fierce wind boat flew steadily through the void.

In a small room inside the boat, Fang Hong sat cross-legged and began taking inventory of the belongings he had scavenged from Yuan Qing and the other two... After a round of counting, Yuan Qing and the others each carried three sixth-grade dao artifacts.

Aside from these nine sixth-grade dao artifacts, Yuan Qing and the other two had no other precious treasures on them.

Fang Hong was not greedy; these nine sixth-grade dao artifacts were already an unexpected pleasant surprise for him, and they could be used to upgrade his own Dao Artifacts and enhance his combat power.

After organizing the belongings, Fang Hong raised his hand to summon the Demon Gourd and sucked the corpses of Yuan Qing and the other two inside.

The Demon Gourd shone brilliantly, and in just a moment, it refined the three Immortal Emperor Peak corpses into three richly colored Immortal Emperor Peak dao pill.

The fragrance of the pills overflowed, and the Immortal Qi was overwhelming.

Next, Fang Hong began to perform soul searching on Yuan Qing and the others... But after a round of investigation, Fang Hong felt a bit disappointed.

These three were all Old Ancestors of some Family, but their memories were filled with trivial Family matters, with no valuable or precious intelligence at all.

Since keeping them was useless, Fang Hong simply fed these three souls all at once to the demon soul banner for it to devour and refine.

After dealing with Yuan Qing and the others, Fang Hong returned to the Years Pearl Space to enter seclusion.

Nurturing immortal herbs, refining purple heart pills and earth origin pills, and refining dao pill to increase his cultivation... half a year quietly passed by in dedicated Cultivation.

On this day, the fierce wind boat slowly stopped in the sky above a certain sea area.

Fang Hong walked slowly out of the small room and looked into the distance; where the sea met the sky, he could already see the blurry outline of a continent.

That place was the Dragon God Continent.

The Dragon God Continent was the territory of the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon Clan here was completely different from the weak-blooded Dragon Clan he had subdued in the Lower Realm.

The bloodline inheritance of the Dragon Clan on the Dragon God Continent was incredibly ancient, their foundation was profound, and the clan was filled with experts as numerous as clouds.

And the strongest of the Dragon Clan was the existence known as "Heavenly Venerable Long Wei."

Heavenly Venerable Long Wei was the second-ranked Heavenly Venerable in the Heavenly Realm; his strength was unfathomable, second only to the high and mighty Great Heavenly Venerate Luo Sheng.

With such a terrifying expert presiding over the Dragon God Continent, Fang Hong did not dare to cause trouble here at will, lest he bring about a fatal disaster.

Fang Hong put away the fierce wind boat and then performed a Transformation Daoist Magic; with a flash of black light, he transformed once again into a burly Black Bear Monster.

His appearance looked naively cute, yet it also exuded the unique fierce aura of the demon race.

Only after taking these disguise measures did Fang Hong fly slowly toward the Dragon God Continent.

Fang Hong’s trip to the Dragon God Continent this time was not to cause trouble, but to use the teleportation array within the Dragon Clan’s territory to go directly to the southernmost tip of the Dragon God Continent.

This would save a lot of travel time and allow him to reach the Sea of Death faster.

The harvest from this half-year of seclusion was quite good.

He had refined a total of three Immortal Emperor Peak dao pill, six hundred and three purple heart pills, and five hundred and ninety-five earth origin pills.

Relying on the assistance of these dao pill, Fang Hong’s cultivation advanced rapidly, and he had now broken through to the Late Immortal Emperor stage.

Unfortunately, the medicinal power of the purple heart pills and earth origin pills had already lost their effect on him now.

Regarding his physical body, it was still at the Immortal Emperor Peak level.

As for his Divine Sense, thanks to the day and night tempering of the Soul Ascension Art and the nurturing of the Soul Nurturing Pearl, it had successfully broken through to the Early Stage Immortal Emperor level.

His Dao Artifacts also saw a major breakthrough.

After devouring the souls of Yuan Qing and the other two, the demon soul banner successfully advanced to a seventh-grade dao artifact, its power greatly increased.

The Swift Wind Wings had absorbed those nine sixth-grade dao artifacts and also successfully promoted to the ranks of seventh-grade dao artifacts.

Now, Fang Hong possessed three seventh-grade dao artifacts: the soul severing sword, the demon soul banner, and the Swift Wind Wings.

Relying on these three seventh-grade dao artifacts, combined with various Dao Techniques killing moves, he would have the power to fight even if he encountered an Early Stage Immortal Emperor expert.

In less than an hour, Fang Hong arrived at an ancient city on the northernmost side of the Dragon God Continent—North Dragon City.

Fang Hong landed outside the city, paid a sum of Immortal Stones as an entrance fee, and successfully entered the city.

He intended to investigate first to see if there was a teleportation array he could use here.