novelraw Chapter 1066: Shekong Heart Tribulation Complete!
Chapter 1066: Shekong Heart Tribulation Complete!
Seeing the sea demon, who possessed a formidable cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor, actually yielding, Ning Fan was slightly taken aback, seeming somewhat surprised.
He did not continue to pursue or strike fiercely, but when the sea demon retracted its life-bound soul ink and tentacle attacks, Ning Fan similarly stopped his actions, halting the activation of the World Bottle that would submerge everything, and put away several magical treasures and divine powers.
The earth-shaking duel ended just like that, as calm as could be.
Even though he utilized one innate mid-grade treasure and four innate inferior treasures, Ning Fan was not arrogant enough to believe he could vanquish the sea demon given his current cultivation level.
The sea demon before him was very powerful, at least a notch stronger than the Meng Family’s Immortal Emperor who ambushed Ning Fan the other day. Even back then, when facing the Meng Family’s Immortal Emperor, Ning Fan used an ultimate item like the Flame Ancestor’s Golden Palm Command, yet didn’t achieve an instant kill. Today’s sea demon would be even more impossible to kill.
At most, he could only inflict a certain degree of injury on the sea demon.
This sea demon seemed likely to be wary of the power of an innate mid-grade treasure, and that’s why it chose to yield.
Of course, this cannot rule out the influence of Wuxx Na. Whatever the reason, since the opponent was willing to stand down, Ning Fan was happy to see it. After all, he had no particular grudge against this sea demon and didn’t see a reason to engage in a fight to the death.
Through this brief battle, Ning Fan was also able to analyze his current advantages and disadvantages when facing an Immortal Emperor.
His defense was sufficient, but if the opponent Immortal Emperor had the means to suppress the God-Extinguishing Shield, that would be a different matter entirely.
His attack was insufficient; he could harm an Immortal Emperor but not annihilate them, though if the opponent were a critically injured or dying Immortal Emperor, that would be different.
Escaping wasn’t a problem, as he had the Wuxian Cloud; Ning Fan had previously escaped from the formidable Death Emperor.
He still viewed the Immortal Emperor as a towering mountain, but at least this mountain was now visible at the summit, no longer unreachable.
"Foreign cultivator... you came here... for the Refining God Cauldron... or for... the Twelve Cauldron Slaves..." The sea demon’s compound eyes retreated and asked.
Refining God Cauldron? Twelve Cauldron Slaves?
Ning Fan’s gaze fell on the silver giant cauldron on the altar in this place. Was this cauldron called the Refining God Cauldron? The aura faintly emanating from this cauldron suggested it was an innate treasure as well! Unfortunately, it was not intact but was badly damaged and ancient, with its capabilities not primarily focused on offense or defense but for other purposes.
As for the Twelve Cauldron Slaves... it referred to the twelve blood-colored spheres floating above the altar, drawing life force from the sealed beings within, seemingly to transfer that life force to the silver giant cauldron...
"I did not come for this silver giant cauldron; I came here to take away one of the cauldron slaves you mentioned," Ning Fan stated.
"If it’s just... a cauldron slave... I can... stay out of it... but... you cannot take... any of them... the Refining God Cauldron has... an ancient blood curse..."
After the sea demon spoke, the massive beast eyelids slowly closed, followed by thunderous snores, actually falling asleep in front of Ning Fan.
It clearly had no intention of further intervening in Ning Fan’s business.
The Refining God Cauldron has an ancient blood curse? What does that mean?
Ning Fan did not quite understand what the sea demon’s words meant, but now that the sea demon had decided to remain a bystander, he also wasted no time and flickered his figure to the altar’s center, releasing the anxious Wuxx Na with the opening of the Xuan Yin Treasure.
"Big brother, are you okay? Did Lord Sea Demon harm you! Hmph, if Lord Sea Demon dares to hurt you, I will never chat with it again!"
With tears in her eyes, Wuxx Na rushed into Ning Fan’s embrace, and when she found that Ning Fan had no injuries at all, she was amazed and couldn’t shut her mouth.
How could it be... Big brother was supposed to have fought with Lord Sea Demon... and had no injuries at all! Although Lord Sea Demon is very strong, big brother is also very strong, but...
It’s still unbelievable!
Ning Fan had a slight headache, pushing the crying little girl out of his embrace, "Wait here for a moment; I’ll rescue your sister now."
"Mm, big brother is such a good person!" The little girl’s eyes sparkled like stars.
Ning Fan soared into the air, observing the twelve floating blood-colored spheres around, deep in thought.
With a flip of his hand, the Reverse Sea Sword appeared, and he tentatively struck at the blood-colored sphere sealing Wuxx Yan. The half-moon sword light whipped up violent winds, advancing ferociously, but when it approached ten zhang from the blood-colored sphere, countless irregular blood lines exploded from it. Without even seeing how the blood lines attacked, the sword light Ning Fan struck directly exploded, dissipating its power.
"This blood sphere is indeed strange..."
Ning Fan did not release another strike but walked forward with his sword, step by step nearing the blood sphere sealing Wuxx Yan, deciding to personally test the peculiarity of this blood sphere. As he got within ten zhang of the sphere, it erupted with countless erratic lines of blood again.
A sense of danger suddenly surfaced, prompting Ning Fan to retreat without hesitation.
But he was still a step too slow! As he retreated, his sleeve on his left arm directly turned to ashes in the blood light, then his left arm’s blood began to dry up. In an instant, his left arm no longer looked like a living person’s arm, but like a mummified hand!
What a bizarre blood sphere!
What horrifying destructive force!
Seeing Ning Fan’s arm being drained of blood, Wuxx Na down on the altar immediately grew worried.
Additionally, some mocking and ridiculing voices came from some of the blood spheres.
Apparently, not all those sealed in the blood spheres were unconscious... Wuxx Yan was merely an exception due to her severe injuries, leading to her unconscious state.
"A measly Second Calamity Immortal Lord, yet you dare to resist the Niku Withering Curse, foolish, utterly foolish!" The ancient magic dragon in the ninth blood sphere taunted, exuding the aura of a Four Tribulations Immortal King.
"Seeking your own death indeed." An elderly man with the aura of a Five Tribulations Immortal King snorted coldly from the seventh blood sphere.
"Another brat not knowing their place, this is something not even an Immortal Emperor could achieve." In the third blood sphere, a Quasi-Emperor Big Fish sneered incessantly.
"Just a worthless being." In the first blood sphere, an ancient golden primordial spirit, who had been sealed for god knows how long, arrogantly stated, exuding the aura of a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor.
Such formidable beings were unexpectedly imprisoned here!
Ning Fan’s gaze shifted slightly, but he said nothing. After consuming some blood-replenishing pills, he managed to replenish the lost vitality. Once his left arm’s flesh and blood were restored, his divine power again restored even the decayed sleeve to its original state.
Ignoring the ridicule from other prisoners, Ning Fan observed the blood sphere sealing Wuxx Yan, deep in thought.
The force of the blood sphere that shriveled his left arm’s blood in an instant seemed to transcend the power of control positions and reach the level of the Dao’s source.
Since it was the Dao source power, even if a Sixth or Seventh Calamity Immortal Emperor came, without a means to counter the Dao source power, they would undoubtedly suffer greatly from the blood sphere’s attack.
Those trapped in the blood spheres, including the Immortal Lords, Kings, and Emperors, couldn’t escape the imprisonment of the blood spheres because they couldn’t contend with the Dao source power within them.
The sea demon probably didn’t have a way to counter this Dao source power either, which is why it said what it did earlier.
But Ning Fan was different.
As the inheritor of the Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor, mastering the Yin-Yang Five Swords, even though this blood sphere possessed the power at the Dao source level, Ning Fan could... shatter it!
Ning Fan wielded the Reverse Sea Sword horizontally, the light of the Cutter of Paths Sword gradually rising from the blade. In an instant, with a light tap of his toes in the air, he and the sword had already moved past the blood sphere sealing Wuxx Yan, appearing behind it.
A sword light pierced through the sky!
Then there was a cracking sound from the blood sphere, which was cleaved in two by Ning Fan’s sword!
Within the blood sphere, Wuxx Yan was naturally rescued by Ning Fan, whom he lightly embraced, descending to the ground.
In that instant, the once-sleeping human sharks opened their beast-like eyes in shock.
And those prisoners who had mocked Ning Fan in the blood sphere all gasped in disbelief.
Mere Immortal Venerable, actually shattered the Niku Withering Curse, how is this possible!
"Junior! No, Daoist, no, Senior! Senior can actually shatter the Niku Withering Curse with one sword strike, truly a deity. Please, Senior, save me from this curse, and I will serve you faithfully for all my life!"
"I have been imprisoned here for a total of thirty-five million years. I don’t want to stay here any longer! Save me, you damn kid!"
"Kid, release me at once! Otherwise, if I manage to escape on my own, I’ll wipe out your family, annihilate your entire clan!"
"I have an Innate Treasure hidden somewhere within the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain. If you rescue me, I will certainly give it to you!"
The remaining eleven prisoners in blood spheres all began to shout, their emotions agitated.
Because Ning Fan brought them hope for escape!
Their words contained requests, commands, temptations, threats... all for one purpose, to have Ning Fan break their blood spheres and release them from this damned place!
Ning Fan’s gaze subtly shifted.
There’s no point in saving those who threatened him, but those who requested his help weren’t entirely without merit, he might indeed gain some benefits...
However, just as this thought arose, it was stopped by Weiliang, the young girl.
"Big brother, you can’t, you can’t release these people! The only one not deserving to stay here, apart from my sister, is a long time ago, when the Baihua Great Emperor had yet to extend her hands to my Sea Witch Sect, these people had committed grave murders here. If released, they will undoubtedly seek revenge on my Sea Witch Sect..."
As soon as Weiliang finished her words, the prisoners started cursing in unison. Clearly, they were upset that Weiliang had revealed their dark secrets, obstructing their chance for freedom.
Ning Fan slightly furrowed his brow; it was not appropriate to release those who had committed serious crimes in the Sea Witch Sect.
No matter, rescuing Wuxx Yan was enough; there was no need to worry about the others.
Thus, regardless of their curses, threats, and inducements, Ning Fan stubbornly refrained from saving them. Gradually, the prisoners also grew tired, seeing Ning Fan’s heart as hard as stone and not deigning to waste words on him any further. However, they did not hide their murderous intent, directed at Ning Fan.
Ning Fan slightly wrinkled his brow but couldn’t be bothered to deal with these mad prisoners; he thanked the human sharks and, with Wuxx Yan and Weiliang sisters in tow, flew away from the altar.
The thanks were obviously for the human sharks’ inaction. After all, had they stopped him, it would have been hard for him to both contend with the sharks and shatter the blood sphere.
As for the blood curse’s name... Niku Withering Curse...
It seemed familiar.
[Return, return, return... along my infinite path, stepping into emptiness with the Four Illusions and Four Extinguishments, Sect of SoleFlame from the Ground...]
[Return, return, return... along my infinite ancient path, till the Bright Void Masters the Niku, Sect of SoleFlame from the Ground...]
Ning Fan recalled the Withered Palm attack he had suffered when breaking through to Shedding Void.
The words ’Niku’ seemed related to the Real Realms, but such secrets didn’t concern Ning Fan nowadays, nor did he intend to delve into them.
Upon seeing Ning Fan depart, the human sharks opened their mouths as if to speak, but eventually, they shook their large heads in silence.
"This young man shattered the Niku Withering Curse using external power, not his own ability... He has many tricks, but he probably can’t unlock the restraints of the Refining God Cauldron and help me remove the black stick inside me..." the human sharks sighed slightly.
After rescuing, Ning Fan did not immediately leave the Sea Valley Forbidden Land but sought a suitable place in the vast forbidden land to refine the Heart Inquiry Pill, intending to utilize the ancient sea’s energy here.
Ultimately, he chose a canyon filled with ancient fish fossils to land.
Wuxx Yan’s injuries were severe; even after being saved by Ning Fan, she remained unconscious. Ning Fan assisted her with Demon Starfall to set her bones and gave Weiliang some pills to dissolve in water and feed to Wuxx Yan.
He himself, utilizing the Medicine Soul Cauldron, began refining the Heart Inquiry Pill within the mist-laden canyon.
Due to his limited experience with refining Nine Revolutions Elixir, Ning Fan’s failure rate was quite high, but this time he managed to reach a point of occasional success, with one or two perfect Heart Inquiry Pills per ten furnaces.
Thanks to the special fish fossils provided by Weiliang.
And even more to the endlessly available special fish fossils in this place.
Weiliang had picked her fossils here as well. Any ancient fish fossil in this place contained that special Dao resonance, becoming a major aid in refining the Heart Inquiry Pill.
After two days, Ning Fan had refined a total of 47 Heart Inquiry Pills, and not knowing how many were needed, he decided to make extra. Once the materials ran out, he ceased alchemy, turning to consume the pills to comprehend his Shedding Void Heart Tribulation.
He initially thought the first heart trial corresponded to commitment, the second to grace.
But on deeper reflection, heart trials seemed not so simplistic...
Amidst mist in the canyon, Ning Fan sat cross-legged on the stony ground, swallowing a Heart Inquiry Pill. The cold pill melted into a hot stream in his throat.
Ning Fan’s consciousness began to blur.
His senses started to distort.
The surrounding world seemed to transform, like the sea turning into mulberry fields.
The mist in the canyon deepened, making it harder to discern anything, and the proximity of Wuxx Yan and Weiliang’s breaths seemed to fade...
Ning Fan felt his body becoming lighter, as if soaring through the clouds, ascending to the firmament, traversing the boundaries of time and space.
He seemed to be moving through the River of Time, yet also retreating...
After a while, his body regained a sense of weight, and his senses gradually returned.
The surrounding mist began to clear, but the scene before him was no longer of the Sea Valley Forbidden Land; it was... the Rain Immortal World.
"This is... the Rain Immortal World, Yue Country. This is..." Ning Fan was slightly taken aback.
Here is the home of the Western Hu Clan located in Yue Country, Cold Moon Mountain.
This is Hu Clan ravaged by Bone Devil’s rampage.
[I am Hu Fengzi, old ancestor of Hu Clan, paying respect to Elder Ning of Sinister Sparrow Sect.]
[If Elder Ning promises to help the Hu Clan three times... I, the old man, am willing to forsake reincarnation, and with my lifelong cultivation, condense a Cultivation Pill and offer it to the elder!]
Under the potency of the Heart Inquiry Pill, at this moment, Ning Fan seemed to directly see through his inner heart.
In fact, he could clearly feel the entire process of his spirit sense transformation!
Indeed... just as he previously speculated, the first Heart Tribulation manifests the scene with Hu Fengzi for a reason. His first spirit sense transformation during cultivation occurred here!
Suddenly, the surrounding scenery blurred again.
Then, time and space shifted, and the scene before Ning Fan became recollections involving his mother.
There were false memories of pastoral life with his mother within the Zidou Illusion Realm.
There were also pale memories of his mother marking the cocoon of blood.
Also, the image of him sitting outside his father’s gold room, not daring to enter, watching the icy stone figure of his mother...
During Transformation God Mortal Severance, within the illusion realm of Purple Dou Immortal Emperor, Ning Fan lived with his mother for some time.
Thus, his spirit sense underwent a second transformation, from then he understood ascending as an Immortal, descending as a mortal, and throughout his cultivation road, he adhered to this principle unwaveringly...
Suddenly the scenery changed once again!
Ning Fan knew that the scenes he would see next would likely relate to his third Heart Tribulation. As he had already overcome the first two, he was less concerned, but if he could decipher the third Heart Tribulation, it would immensely benefit his cultivation progress, thus he focused intensely!
The third Heart Tribulation was indeed related to Weiliang, here he saw Xu Qiuling gifting him the golden aura and him soaring to the Ancient Heavenly Court, and later during the catastrophe of Ancient Heavenly Court, he used his weak mortal body to destroy one of Love Wielding Immortal Emperor’s eyes.
Yes, indeed...
This was the first time the ordinary butterfly gathered the courage to confront the world’s strongest beings with a tiny body!
This was also... a significant moment of spirit sense transformation! Without such a transformation, even if the butterfly reincarnated into a human later, it could not have possessed such an excessively rigid backbone...
The scenes before his eyes suddenly interrupted.
Turns out a Heart Inquiry Pill’s effects had been exhausted.
Currently, Ning Fan still sits cross-legged within the Sea Valley Forbidden Land; not much time had passed in the surrounding, yet within the pill’s power, he experienced far too many memories.
Both in this life, and in past lives...
Ning Fan once again consumes a Heart Inquiry Pill, pondering the third Heart Tribulation, savoring the feeling from the initial transformation of spirit sense.
Under the effects of the Heart Inquiry Pill, Ning Fan’s understanding often directly pointed to his innermost self.
The so-called Shekong Heart Tribulation is the process of a Master’s spirit sense transformation. This transformation could occur in this life, or in past lives. It might not be just four, it could be countless...
The Shekong Stage demands the Master abandon these spirit sense transformations, indeed an erroneous path.
Whether it is the transformation of spirit sense from a past life or from this life, if abandoned, if all is reduced to emptiness, this person’s reincarnation would thereby bear a flaw...
Short-term may conceal disadvantages, but from a long-term perspective, from the viewpoint of the third step’s path, it likely would be... difficult to achieve completeness.
The cultivation road of the Era of Decline seems to have considerable issues.
And I, won’t abandon, nor will I empty. This is akin to Mortal Severance; people sever their own mortal affairs, but I only sever the petty inner self. People forsake crucial spirit changes in reincarnation and consider them calamities, whereas I view them as important spirit changes in reincarnation, not to be abandoned but to reclaim those forgotten spirit changes, never losing the core self...
Shekong ought to be cultivated in this manner; this is the true path!
After consecutively consuming eleven Heart Inquiry Pills, Ning Fan had absolute confidence in breakthrough of the third Heart Tribulation, to him, the third Heart Tribulation was no longer an obstacle.
"If I continue taking more Heart Inquiry Pills, I might see my final Heart Tribulation..."
Ning Fan continued consuming Heart Inquiry Pills, once again sinking into a peculiar state.
The surrounding scenery swiftly changed as if tracing back from a lush field to a vast sea, continuously pursuing toward ancient times...
The scenery before his eyes finally became clearer little by little.
In the night sky, hung an ancient full moon.
Under the night sky, was a scene of countless colorful butterflies gathering nectar among flowers.
In the depths of the flower clusters, there seemed to be a small lake, in which a woman with a bare body bathed under the moonlight. The woman, only her silhouette could be seen. The woman, possessed a terrifying aura that made surrounding butterflies dare not fly near the pond.
Only Ning Fan, curious with a trace, approached bit by bit.
Hmm?
Not in human form, but as a butterfly...
Ning Fan noticed his current state, not as a human, a Master, but as a butterfly.
He couldn’t control his body.
He seemed to follow the memories of reincarnation, doing what he did back then, approaching the water bit by bit without getting too close, instead, exhausted, landed on the clothes the woman had left on the shore.
Seemingly intended only to rest awhile here.
A faint body fragrance emanated from the woman’s inner clothes, bringing Ning Fan an inexplicable feeling of quietude and serenity, causing weariness to seep, and he unexpectedly fell asleep on the woman’s apparel.
With the wind blowing, petals swayed, equally falling upon the woman’s clothes, covering Ning Fan’s butterfly body.
Unknown how long had passed, the woman cleaned the dust off her body, not minding the petals falling on her clothes, dressed herself.
Then, left this realm of butterfly dances.
Her elegant brows furrowed tightly, as though burdened with many concerns, weighing heavily. In her preoccupied state, she did not notice a tiny butterfly hiding within her lingerie.
Perhaps she noticed, but simply did not care.
After all, it was just a little butterfly without any cultivation.
In the end, she left this butterfly’s hometown, taking that butterfly with her.
Upon leaving, she murmured some unknown words.
"Cannot find... searching heaven above and hell below, why can’t... I find him..."
Whom is she searching for?
...
Ning Fan was slightly silent.
This scene should be the content of his Fourth Heart Tribulation.
The butterfly taken away from the butterfly’s hometown by the woman, should... be him.
Perhaps his destiny was to be a butterfly through lifetimes, living in the butterfly’s hometown, reincarnating endlessly.
But that woman took him out of the butterfly’s hometown, hence he experienced what followed thereafter.
This could perhaps be the most significant change in his countless past lives, stepping from the world of butterflies into the human world for the first time.
The woman who brought him to the human world had a visage very similar to Dugu, but in terms of aura, breath, everything they had, there were subtle differences.
Ning Fan could feel the woman’s aura distinctly. Early in his cultivation path, he had already sensed this aura. Throughout his cultivation journey, he has frequently heard the owner’s name of this aura from various ancient texts.
She was the woman known as the Sword Ancestor. She was the one who, should I break my sword, would see no weapon in the world.
"My Fourth Heart Tribulation... involves her. I have such a connection with her..."
This was truly unexpected to Ning Fan.
Walking from the butterfly world to the human world was his last Heart Tribulation, which he could understand.
It was just unbelievable to think he had such intricate ties with the Sword Ancestor.
For some reason, Ning Fan thought of the Ten Bees Supreme, who also had a face resembling Dugu, and if anything, the Ten Bees Supreme looked more like the Sword Ancestor.
Was the fog within the Dabei Clan somehow related to the Sword Ancestor as well...
Ning Fan consumed some Heart Inquiry Pills, realizing the scenes of the Fourth Heart Tribulation again and again, and gradually had full confidence in overcoming the Fourth Heart Tribulation.
As long as his mana was sufficient, his cultivation of ancient demons and ancient fiends could break through the late and peak Shedding Void Stage and even impact the Shattered Thought Realm at any moment!
The only unsettling thing for him was the Sword Ancestor seen in the Fourth Heart Tribulation... it never felt that significant before, but now, he always felt that the Sword Ancestor in his Heart Tribulation, with a random frown or smile, could cause him inexplicable heartache.
Truly bizarre to the extreme.
After a long time, Ning Fan retracted his thoughts, starting to plan for the rapid enhancement of his ancient fiend and ancient demon cultivation, as he would not allow bizarre thoughts to delay his cultivation.
Ning Fan’s intention was to purchase enough expensive pills and Dao Fruits directly from the Ancient Kingdom Trading Formation to rapidly enhance his cultivation. This time he was more cautious, entering the Xuan Yin Treasure with the Wuxx Yan and Wuxx Na sisters and arranging the Ancient Kingdom Trading Formation inside the Xuan Yin Treasure.
With the Xuan Yin Treasure as a barrier, no one should be able to detect the operation of the Ancient Kingdom Trading Formation, right?
The array was indeed set up naturally, evading the little girl Wuxx Na, as this was a great secret of the world. Knowing this matter without sufficient cultivation might not be a good thing and could rather bring disaster upon oneself.
Coincidentally, the one serving Ning Fan this time was still that disciple from the Tongtian Sect. It seemed this person had registered Ning Fan under his name, ensuring he was the one to serve whenever Ning Fan engaged with the Tongtian Sect for trading.
Unluckily, the finished expensive pills and Dao Fruits Ning Fan wanted to buy were not for sale to the cultivators in the Dreamland Realm.
"Daoist friend, you may not know, but there exists a prohibition among the Ancient Holy Sects, disallowing the sale of finished expensive pills and cultivator Dao Fruits to Dreamland Realm cultivators. This was why I didn’t directly sell you the Heart Inquiry Pills last time but only sold you the pill formula. Such a prohibition is something even our Tongtian Sect does not dare to defy, so if you wish to purchase items to enhance your disciples’ Abandon-Void Cultivation Level, you must buy the raw materials and pill formulas to refine the pills yourself."
"By the way, the pills to enhance Shedding Void cultivation are mostly of the Nine Revolutions Silver Pill grade. Silver Pills are less restricted. For Golden Pills and Emperor Elixir grades, not even the pill formulas can be sold. Some key materials for cultivation Golden Pills and Emperor Elixirs similarly cannot be sold to Daoist friends, as well as any Innate mid-grade or higher Than magical treasures, certain goods categories, same certain goods categories, also cannot be sold... Alas, this prohibition doesn’t merely target Daoist friends; it similarly targets the countless Dreamland Realm. Truly unsure why those stubborn old guys from the Ancient Holy Sects would issue such stupid prohibitions; our Tongtian Sect would otherwise make unknown amounts of additional Heavenly Dao Gold each year..."
The elder on the other side of the trading formation spoke somewhat indignantly.
Ning Fan frowned slightly.
He was curious last time why the Tongtian Sect didn’t sell Innate Mid-Grade Treasures or finished Heart Inquiry Pills, but today realized there was a trading prohibition from the Ancient Holy Sects targeting the Dreamland Realm.
Consequently, although the Ancient Kingdom Trading Formation provided him with numerous conveniences, it was no longer all-powerful.
"I suppose, at least the Nine Revolutions Silver Pill’s restrictions aren’t too severe, and I can still purchase enough materials to refine pills and impact my Shattered Thought cultivation level."
Ning Fan bought dozens of pill formulas and over ten thousand sets of materials, spending only five gold in total.
If these prohibitions didn’t exist, with Ning Fan’s Heavenly Dao Gold and Silver, who knows to what extent his cultivation could be directly elevated...
Thinking for a moment, Ning Fan asked again, "Cultivation resources like Daoquan aren’t under prohibition, right?"
"Daoquan at four ranks and above cannot be sold to Daoist friends, but those below four ranks can still be sold."
"If so, I’ll buy some Daoquan."
Ning Fan spent another twenty-plus gold buying a large quantity of Daoquan, concluding this transaction.
Afterward, he entered a Tower of Years to begin meticulous cultivation.
The greatest obstacle hindering Ning Fan’s cultivation enhancement was once the Shedding Void Heart Tribulation, and now with that removed, it’s natural that Ning Fan’s cultivation would see an explosive surge!
Such surging was certain; however, what Ning Fan looked forward to more was the potential qualitative transformation his cultivation might undergo upon the rise of his Divine Demon cultivation.
...
Outside the Sea Valley Forbidden Land, dozens of cultivators unleashed their divine abilities, sealing off the surrounding thousands of miles of the Sea Witch Sect, guarding the area.
The person leading these cultivators was none other than True Person Bailu of Baihua Peak!
"Lord Bailu, the culprit responsible for destroying the Sea Witch Elder Council is hiding in the forbidden land! Should we enter and capture him?"
A robust man with the Immortal Venerable cultivation level inquired of True Person Bailu, displaying clear disdain towards the culprit who destroyed the Sea Witch Elder Council in his words.