"Hehe, I just stepped into this ancient forest, and I already have such a welcome gift. Not bad at all!"

Fang Hong smiled slightly, then waved his hand, sweeping all the corpses of the strange birds on the ground into the years pearl.

He wished there were even more Ancient Beasts in this ancient forest; the more that came, the richer the opportunity would be for him.

After putting away the spoils of war, Fang Hong flashed into the mountain forest.

Fang Hong did not choose to fly at high altitude; instead, he restrained his aura and quickly shuttled through the dense forest.

While traveling, Fang Hong kept the immortal settling disk in his hand, carefully searching for traces of immortal herbs nearby.

Such an ancient forest, rich in Immortal Qi, must contain many rare immortal herbs.

Sure enough, after walking for about an hour, the immortal settling disk in his hand suddenly vibrated violently.

The needle on it spun frantically, with such a large amplitude that it almost broke free from the constraints of the disk surface.

This was the reaction the immortal settling disk would only have when it sensed a large number of ten-thousand-year immortal herbs!

A look of joy immediately appeared on Fang Hong’s face. He suddenly increased his speed and dashed straight in the direction pointed by the needle.

Before long, a huge lake appeared before Fang Hong’s eyes.

This lake was hundreds of zhang long and wide, its water emerald green and clear, and the surrounding Immortal Qi was exceptionally abundant.

And on the shore of the lake, patches upon patches of immortal herbs grew—red, blue, purple, green—colorful and dazzling.

The vast majority of them were precious immortal herbs over ten thousand years old!

Seeing this, the joy on Fang Hong’s face deepened.

These immortal herbs were treasures rarely encountered in the outside world.

They were enough to refine many grade six or seven dao pills, which would be of immense benefit to the improvement of his Cultivation.

At this moment, Fang Hong composed his expression.

Because he sensed that two powerful auras were lurking at the bottom of the lake, clearly indicating that powerful guardian beasts were entrenched there.

Fang Hong merely opened his mouth and gently blew a breath of air toward the calm lake surface.

What seemed like an ordinary breath was actually imbued with a wisp of his immortal power.

The moment it landed on the lake surface, the originally calm water trembled violently, and ripples spread outward in all directions.

This action instantly startled the two Ancient Beasts at the bottom of the lake.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the lake surface suddenly exploded, and towering splashes shot into the sky as two colossal figures suddenly emerged from the bottom of the lake.

Fang Hong focused his gaze and saw that they were two astonishingly large snake demons.

Just the half of their bodies that poked out of the water was already a hundred zhang tall.

Their entire bodies were covered in black scales, and their emerald green vertical pupils stared fixedly at Fang Hong, filled with ferocity!

Fang Hong’s figure was like a tiny speck in front of them.

The two snake demons were clearly enraged because Fang Hong had disturbed their quiet cultivation, and their Immortal Emperor Peak auras erupted without reservation!

The terrifying pressure swept in all directions, causing the water of the entire lake to churn violently.

But before they could launch an attack, Fang Hong struck first.

With a flip of his palm, the blinding Light of Years burst forth, instantly covering the entire lake surface, enveloping the two snake demons as well.

The Light of Years contained the mighty power of time. A few breaths later, the light gradually dissipated.

Looking at the lake again, the two snake demons were already limp and paralyzed on the water, motionless, their entire immortal power having been worn away by the Light of Years.

Taking advantage of their weakness, Fang Hong once again summoned the demon soul banner. A powerful suction force instantly sucked the souls of the two snake demons inside, swiftly ending the battle.

Immediately after, Fang Hong swept away the corpses of the two snake demons, then walked quickly to the lakeside and began to harvest those rare immortal herbs.

The whole operation was smooth and fluid, without any hesitation...

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the immortal herbs by the lake were all harvested by Fang Hong, leaving only some roots in the soil.

Fang Hong did not linger, quickly leaving the lake and continuing to explore deeper into the mountain forest.

In the following days, Fang Hong acted according to this method, wandering around the dense ancient forest while holding the immortal settling disk.

When he encountered Ancient Beasts blocking his path, he would directly strike and kill them, taking both their souls and corpses.

When he sensed the aura of immortal herbs, he would immediately seek them out and harvest all of them.

Strangely enough, as Fang Hong went deeper, he never encountered any other Demonic Cultivators, which showed that the Ancient Demon Realm was extremely vast...

In the blink of an eye, the time arrived at the tenth day; there were still twenty days left until the Ancient Demon Realm closed.

Within these short ten days, Fang Hong’s gains were terrifying.

The total number of Ancient Beasts he had hunted exceeded thirty thousand!

Among them, there were 557 Immortal Emperor Peak Ancient Beasts, 1,084 Late Immortal Emperor ones, 2,433 Mid-stage Immortal Emperor ones, and 3,852 Early Stage Immortal Emperor ones.

The rest were all Immortal King level Ancient Beasts, and their numbers were even more massive.

In addition to the gains from hunting Ancient Beasts, the number of immortal herbs Fang Hong had harvested had already exceeded ten thousand, each one a ten-thousand-year fine specimen.

This should be Fang Hong’s biggest harvest yet; as long as he returned and properly processed this batch of resources, his Cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

On this day, Fang Hong was traveling through the mountain forest when he arrived at the foot of a mountain that towered into the clouds.

Looking up, the mountain pierced straight into the firmament, its body towering and upright; by visual estimation, it was at least ten thousand zhang high.

And the summit was wrapped tightly by a layer of thick, heavy dark clouds.

The dark clouds churned ceaselessly, electric snakes danced wildly within them, thunder roared incessantly, and purple-gold Heavenly Tribulation lightning tore through the clouds from time to time.

That terrifying power was no different from the Heavenly Tribulation a Cultivator would face when breaking through a realm.

Just a single glance from afar was enough to make an ordinary Cultivator feel timid.

The nearby creatures all knew that this mountain was a notoriously dangerous place and an absolute forbidden zone for Ancient Beasts.

In the past, many Ancient Beasts had tried to climb the mountain, but they were all struck into ashes by the Heavenly Tribulation lightning falling from the summit, not even a wisp of their souls remaining.

This piece of information was something Fang Hong had accidentally learned a few days ago after capturing a Demonic monkey and performing soul-searching on it.

As soon as Fang Hong heard that there was Heavenly Tribulation lightning hidden in this mountain, he rushed over immediately.

After all, the Devouring Tribulation Divine Art he practiced was extremely special; the various calamities that others avoided like the plague were, to him, excellent resources for Cultivation.

Only by constantly devouring the power of tribulations could this cultivation technique be upgraded smoothly, and his physical body strength could then rapidly improve accordingly.

Fang Hong stood at the foot of the mountain, gazing from afar at the Divine Thunder Mountain shrouded in Heavenly Tribulation lightning, secretly feeling happy.

With his current Cultivation, he could clearly sense that the power of the Heavenly Tribulation lightning at the summit far exceeded the Dao Extinguishing Tribulation.

Heavenly Tribulation lightning of this intensity was perfect for tempering his physical body.

Seeing this, Fang Hong no longer hesitated and immediately used his Void Secret Technique, teleporting directly to the summit of Divine Thunder Mountain.

Boom.

As soon as Fang Hong’s figure appeared on the summit, a thick bolt of Heavenly Tribulation lightning descended from the churning dark clouds in the sky, striking down directly at his head.