As time passed.
Gong Jian's obese figure underwent a startling transformation.
His entire body seemed to have shed a large amount of weight.
But as he grew leaner, his strength also advanced by leaps and bounds.
He directly broke through from the Golden Immortal realm to the fifth level of the Supreme Immortal realm.
The reason they became fat was primarily due to storing a large amount of immortal energy within their bodies.
After losing weight, Gong Jian's features became sharp and distinct, his eyes deep and profound.
He was incredibly handsome.
A trace of disdain flashed in Ji Yunfan's eyes. "If you think reaching the fifth level of the Supreme Immortal realm is enough to kill me, you're gravely overestimating yourself!"
As a ninth-level True Immortal.
Existing just below the Immortal Emperor.
He truly didn't regard someone at the fifth level of the Supreme Immortal realm as a threat.
"Elder Ji, I've changed my mind," Gong Qingyang shouted loudly. "First, I'll sever his limbs, cripple his cultivation, and then I'll kill his mother right before his eyes."
"No."
"I want to find a group of vagrants and have them defile his mother in front of him."
"Let him know the consequences of crossing me."
"Only this way can I vent the killing intent in my heart."
Ji Yunfan nodded slightly, then looked at Gong Jian with a condescending air. "Old man, I won't bully the young. Considering you're a junior, you make the first move!"
"If you can make me move half a step, I'll spare your life."
Gong Jian scoffed, "Stop bluffing. Today, you will die."
As he spoke.
He formed hand seals.
A black iron pot flew into the air.
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Upon seeing the pot.
Everyone from the Gong family looked astonished.
This pot was actually an immortal artifact?
"Gong Jian, Gong Jian, you truly are a good-for-nothing," Gong Qingshan roared with laughter. "After finally going to the Sword Forging Academy, you ended up forging a pot."
"If your father knew this from beyond the grave, he'd surely be furious enough to scatter his soul."
The others also burst into laughter.
Gong Jian looked at the black pot in the air. "Do you really think this is just an ordinary pot?"
The next second.
The black pot emitted a divine radiance in the sky.
A terrifying devouring force erupted from within the pot.
At this moment.
Even Ji Yunfan, a ninth-level True Immortal, turned pale.
He could clearly feel an invisible devouring force continuously siphoning the immortal energy from his body.
"Damn it, what is this? How can it absorb my immortal energy?"
"This isn't a magical treasure either!"
Gong Jian smiled faintly. "Actually, this is a divine artifact."
"Indeed."
"I forged it."
He formed a hand seal with one hand.
The devouring force suddenly intensified.
Everyone, including Ji Yunfan, began to age rapidly.
Their immortal energy was visibly ripped from their bodies.
"What? You actually forged the first divine artifact?"
Ji Yunfan's scalp tingled, and he shrieked in disbelief.
He was a ninth-level True Immortal, a top expert in the entire Immortal Realm.
Furthermore, he had acquaintances in the Yan Nation.
He had naturally heard rumors of a divine artifact appearing in the Yan Nation some years ago.
However.
It turned out to be a pot.
But he never dreamed.
That Gong Jian was the one who forged the Yan Nation's first divine artifact.
"He forged the Yan Nation's first divine artifact?"
"How could it be him?"
The minds of all the Gong family members collapsed.
Their faces were filled with despair.
They had also heard about this matter.
But they didn't know who had forged that divine artifact.
But.
Who could have imagined.
That the person they considered a good-for-nothing had actually forged the Yan Nation's first divine artifact?
If such a person was considered a good-for-nothing, what did that make them?
"Die!"
Ji Yunfan summoned a long sword.
His eyes filled with ferocity as he lunged at Gong Jian.
Although he possessed a divine artifact.
Gong Jian was still a cultivator at the Supreme Immortal realm.
The disparity in their cultivation realms was too vast.
He believed he could still kill him.
His speed was astonishing.
Even with his immortal energy being siphoned away, he appeared before Gong Jian in an instant.
Whoosh!
As Gong Jian extended his palm.
Black flames appeared on his hand.
The Eternal Night Divine Fire, ranked fifteenth on the Divine Fire Ranking.
Dai Yuan knew his artifact forging skills were extremely high, so he gifted him this divine fire.
However.
Gong Jian had failed to live up to his expectations.
He had used the Eternal Night Divine Fire to forge a pot.
As Gong Jian grasped Ji Yunfan's long sword.
Ji Yunfan's high-grade immortal artifact melted like ice.
"You are not worthy of killing me," Gong Jian declared, launching a punch that struck Ji Yunfan's head.
There was no gruesome explosion like a watermelon.
Ji Yunfan's head felt like cotton.
As Gong Jian's fist landed on his face.
It instantly ignited.
A single punch killed a ninth-level True Immortal.
Gong Jian's strength profoundly shocked everyone.
Their scalps prickled, and their eyes stared blankly at the figure they remembered as timid, someone who dared not even look them in the eye.
Even now, they couldn't believe this person had become so powerful.
"Gong Jian, I was wrong. I beg you to show mercy and spare Fifth Uncle's life, won't you?" Gong Laowu fell to his knees with a thud. His formerly robust middle-aged physique now made him appear like an octogenarian.
His immortal energy was being absorbed by Gong Jian's divine pot.
Seeing this, the others also knelt and begged for mercy.
If they had harbored any hope before.
Now, they were truly and utterly convinced.
After all, even Ji Yunfan, a ninth-level True Immortal, had been instantly killed by Gong Jian. What else could they do but kowtow and beg for mercy?
Gong Jian murmured, "My damned father always wished for me to become a powerful artifact refiner."
"Although I achieved nothing in artifact forging."
"I did, at least, forge a divine artifact."
Gong Qingshan quickly chimed in, "If your father knew, he would surely smile in his grave."
"Yes, yes, you are the pride of our Gong family."
The others spoke in succession.
"Indeed, if he knew, he would smile in his grave." His voice paused, and Gong Jian added, "However, he died long ago."
"He never knew I forged a divine artifact."
"Therefore, I'll have to trouble all of you uncles to personally go to the underworld and inform my father of this matter."
As he finished speaking.
A trace of hatred flashed in his eyes.
The Eternal Night Divine Fire spread out in all directions.
Landing on the members of the Gong family.
Each time the Eternal Night Divine Fire fell, it ignited a fierce flame.
Except for Gong Qingyang and his son, everyone else perished tragically under the divine fire.
Gong Jian looked at Gong Yi, who was pale and utterly terrified. "Do you want to live?"
Gong Yi snapped back to his senses amidst the fear and desperately nodded.
Gong Jian waved his hand, and a long sword flew before Gong Yi. "As long as you personally execute your father, I can spare your life."
Gong Qingyang let out a weak roar. "Do you think Yi'er would kill his own father just to live? Is the bond between father and son as fragile as you imagine..."
Before he could finish speaking.
Gong Yi snatched the long sword and plunged it fiercely into Gong Qingyang's brow.