novelraw Chapter 1067: The First of Yin and Yang in the End of Days
Chapter 1067: The First of Yin and Yang in the End of Days
"Lord Bailu, that culprit who destroyed the Sea Witch Sect’s elder group is hiding inside the forbidden grounds! Do you need us to go in and capture him?"
"No need. I will take action personally, you just provide support from the side! That ghost-faced villain is audacious, having killed the king and three elders appointed by the Great Emperor, showing not only boldness but also exceptional strength. Do not underestimate this person, for he can even slay an Immortal King! Another thing, the Sea Valley Forbidden Land is not a benign place; sea monsters of the Sea Witch Sect reside within. When we enter and search for that ghost-faced villain, be cautious and quiet so as not to anger the sea monsters," True Person Bailu solemnly stated.
The Great mentioned is naturally the Baihua Great Emperor.
Yet, speaking of the sea monsters, even with his status as the master of Baihua Peak’s First Auxiliary Peak and his Pinnacle Immortal King cultivation, he felt slightly apprehensive.
"Why is the Lord so apprehensive of the sea monsters? Surely, rumors say that the sea monsters once roared back an Immortal Emperor, but that’s just gossip, and no one has witnessed such a thing. Besides, the monsters were subdued by the Great and are but servants before us disciples of Baihua Sect. Lord, you are a Pinnacle Immortal King and are destined to become an emperor. Why fear a mere sea monster?" Another Immortal Venerable elder dismissively said.
"The tale of roaring back the Immortal Emperor is no rumor; rather, the notion of the sea monsters being servants is the real myth. The sea monsters are not subservient to the Great..."
"Then what about the Great back then..."
"Back then, the Great managed to control the Sea Witch Sect merely through a transaction with the sea monsters. The Great intended to subdue them by force, but alas, even with his cultivation, he couldn’t achieve it... The specifics of the deal are only vaguely known to me, but the Great has been seeking an answer, one highly related to the sea monsters... Enough! These matters are not for you to worry about. Remember this: when entering the Sea Valley Forbidden Land, keep a low profile! But don’t be overly afraid, for the sea monsters have also dealt with the Great. So long as you don’t overstep, they won’t harm you lightly!"
With that, True Person Bailu smiled slightly, waved his hand, and tore open a rift in the space of the Sea Valley Forbidden Land.
As he was about to lead the group inside, his eyes suddenly narrowed and he came to a halt.
From the space rift he created, a gleam flashed, and an ugly old man with red hair, red skin, and black teeth appeared. The old man was cloaked, concealing his aura, yet everyone present felt a heart-pounding intimidation, as if his mere presence embodied heavenly might!
"This path... is closed! You all... may leave!"
The ugly old man’s speech seemed laborious, but his words carried an overwhelming aura equivalent to the might of an Immortal Emperor, forcing Bai Lu and others back while coughing up blood, faces aghast.
This ugly old man was none other than the king of the Sea Valley Forbidden Land... the sea monster!
This was the sea monster’s transformed appearance. Upon closer inspection, one would notice that beneath his billowing cloak was a body pierced with bizarre black rods!
Facing the full force of the sea monster, hardly any of the cultivators remained composed, even causing the hearts of the two Eternal Immortal Venerables to tremble slightly.
Evidently, no one expected the sea monster’s strength to be as formidable as legend, possessing an aura that rivaled an Immortal Emperor!
Among them, True Person Bailu had the highest cultivation, yet even he felt his heart race facing the sea monster’s oppressive presence. Now blocked from entering the forbidden grounds, True Person Bailu had no choice but to brace himself and address the sea monster elder,
"What do you mean, Demon Lord? We are under orders from the Baihua Great Emperor to enter the Sea Valley Forbidden Land and apprehend a criminal. Why block our way?"
"Criminal? Sea Valley... Forbidden Land... does not have... the criminal... you seek... leave!"
"Impossible! Someone saw the ghost-faced cultivator flee into the Sea Valley Forbidden Land after committing murder! Since then, the forbidden grounds have not reopened, naturally meaning the criminal is still inside. Why does the Demon Lord deny the truth? Could it be that you intend to shield the criminal from justice?" The Immortal Venerable elder standing behind True Person Bailu protested.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the sea monster elder shot him an icy glare that stabbed into the Immortal Venerable elder’s divine sense like a knife, causing him to kneel in agony and cough up blood; the mere gaze from the sea monster had injured his divine sense!
"Leave!"
This was an aura so overwhelmingly dominant and world-conquering!
The sea monster elder was indeed stronger than the Baihua Great Emperor in his prime!
True Person Bailu was both shocked and furious—shocked at the sea monster elder’s power exceeding expectations, angry that he dared attack Baihua’s disciples!
"Hmph! The Demon Lord seems intent on protecting that ghost-faced cultivator. Have you forgotten your pact with our Baihua Great Emperor? The Great sought to extract the black rods from your body, and you, Demon Lord, were to serve the Baihua Peak, obeying its commands. Today you block our path; don’t expect us to aid in removing the black rods’ curse in the future! I needn’t remind you how tormenting that curse is," Bai Lu warned.
Nonetheless, the sea monster elder had lost his patience. Unwilling to argue further, he casually waved his hand, sweeping Bai Lu and his group a thousand miles away with a rush of black wind, even causing their primordial spirits to almost separate from their bodies.
Finally regaining their balance, each of the Baihua Peak disciples displayed uncertain expressions.
It was clear to anyone that the sea monster elder intended to shield that ghost-faced criminal!
If the sea monster is determined to protect the perpetrator, there’s no way they could breach his blockade to enter the Sea Valley Forbidden Land. The sea monster’s strength was terrifyingly great!
"Lord! What now? This old monster is a major hindrance! How can we enter the Sea Valley Forbidden Land to capture anyone?"
A few Baihua Peak cultivators, eager for merit, blurted out.
"Hmph! If we can’t get in, then we won’t! The Sea Valley Forbidden Land has only this spatial rift to the outside. We’ll wait nearby! I refuse to believe that ghost-faced criminal will stay inside forever!"
"But what if he never comes out..."
"Rest assured! He seems to be a reckless demon cultivator, or he wouldn’t brazenly ignore our Dabei Grassland’s laws and slaughter the Sea Witch Sect. Even knowing we’re guarding here, he wouldn’t hide forever. If he harbored fear, it would harm his demon cultivation! Should he emerge, not even the sea monster’s mighty hand could protect a criminal within our Dabei Clan’s lands!"
True Person Bailu had an air of confidence.
But in his heart, he was extremely afraid of that sea demon and didn’t want to face such a terrifying enemy directly.
...
Ning Fan, who was cultivating bitterly in the Xuan Yin Realm, naturally didn’t know that the sea demon he had fiercely fought against would actually step in to help him avert some trouble.
If it weren’t for the sea demon’s interference, True Person Bailu and the others would have entered the Sea Valley Forbidden Land without a hitch, found the location where Ning Fan entered the Xuan Yin Realm, and tried every way to tear open the Xuan Yin Realm to capture Ning Fan inside.
The Xuan Yin Realm, a medium dichiliocosm, may be considered an extraordinary treasure for ordinary True Immortals, but for beings like True Person Bailu, even if Ning Fan was in the Xuan Yin Realm, he could still be extracted. At this level of magical combat, hiding in the Xuan Yin Realm for self-preservation was impossible.
Unknowingly, Ning Fan owed the sea demon some karma, which he was unaware of at the moment.
Of course, even if the sea demon didn’t act, at most Ning Fan would have been interrupted by True Person Bailu tearing open the Xuan Yin Realm and halting his cultivation. He was prepared for True Person Bailu’s capabilities. Come what may, with his full divine abilities now, he could contend with the sea demon to a draw, so why fear True Person Bailu? In this sense, while he owed some karma to the sea demon, it wasn’t a big deal.
Wuxx Yan had not yet awakened, along with Wuxx Na, they were temporarily placed by Ning Fan in the Eastern Xuan Yin Region, residing with the cauldron furnaces.
Ning Fan himself was arduously cultivating in the Western Xuan Yin Region.
His Shekong Heart Tribulation had already been entirely conquered, making the swift ascension in the cultivation of the ancient god and ancient demon a natural progression.
Though a substantial advancement in the Shattered Thought Realm was too much to hope for, a swift increase in the Shedding Void Realm was not difficult for Ning Fan, who possessed ample alchemical herbs.
After some preparations, Ning Fan entered the first Millennium Age Tower.
He had previously achieved the Thunder Yin-Yang transformation; logically, accomplishing each Yin-Yang should significantly advance his cultivation. However, due to the heart tribulation, his ancient god cultivation, which should have surged, was stuck at the Mid Stage of Shekong. Now that the heart tribulation was entirely resolved, the delayed surge in Thunder Yin-Yang directly propelled Ning Fan’s ancient god cultivation to the Late Stage of Shekong and nearly to the peak of Shekong.
Ning Fan spent a hundred years stabilizing the surge in Thunder Yin-Yang, and the remaining time was spent cultivating both alchemy and tree planting, pursuing progress from both ends.
Unable to mass-purchase or prepare the Ninth Revolution Golden Pill through the Ancient Kingdom Trade Array, Ning Fan had no choice but to abundantly concoct the Nine Revolutions Silver Pill.
Alchemy, consuming pills, alchemy, consuming pills... In the monotonous cultivation routine, Ning Fan’s only joy was nurturing the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree and the Four Emperors Luohan Pine.
After reaching seven hundred zhang, the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree could no longer be effectively watered with Dao Springs of grade six and below. Fortunately, Ning Fan acquired a river’s worth of sixth-grade Dao Springs from the Baihua Great Emperor’s treasury and bought a large quantity of fifth-grade Dao Springs from the Sky-reaching Sect, allowing the continued growth of the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree.
Moreover, the leftover Dao Springs used to water the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree could also nourish the Four Emperors Luohan Pine.
During the Meng Family Immortal Emperor’s ambush, Ning Fan used the Four Emperors Luohan Pine as bait, with nearly all thirty million flying swords lost in the process; now, the Four Emperors Luohan Pine was reduced to bare branches, looking quite woeful.
But with Ning Fan’s continued nurturing, the branches of the Four Emperors Luohan Pine began to sprout green again, and new pine needle flying swords started to grow.
Upon emerging from the first Millennium Age Tower, Ning Fan’s ancient god cultivation was just a hair’s breadth from the peak of Shekong, while his ancient demon cultivation had advanced to the Late Stage of Shekong.
Another thousand years passed, and Ning Fan’s ancient god cultivation fully broke through to the peak of Shekong, with his ancient demon cultivation advancing one-third towards the peak.
Four thousand years later, Ning Fan’s ancient demon cultivation also broke through to the peak of Shekong.
Six thousand years later, Ning Fan’s ancient god and ancient demon cultivation reached their limits, unable to advance any further unless breaking the bottleneck into the Shattered Thought Realm!
Starting with the seventh Millennium Age Tower, Ning Fan no longer focused on alchemizing the Nine Revolutions Silver Pill but instead on concocting a pill called the Qianyuan Kai Nian Pill.
This is a kind of Nine Revolutions Silver Pill that aids in breaking through the bottleneck of Shattered Thought, supporting Ning Fan in crossing the threshold into the Shattered Thought Realm.
Followers of the Shattered Thought Realm cultivate a daoist mind, with their released divine spells often imbued with dao thoughts, and their power far surpasses that of Shekong-related divine abilities.
Regarding dao thoughts, Ning Fan was not unfamiliar, having previously created the West Wind Technique, which was a divine art imbued with dao thoughts. From his experience with employing dao thoughts, Ning Fan had a significant advantage over other cultivators attempting to break the Shattered Thought bottleneck.
Given Ning Fan’s overall strength had long surpassed the mere level of Shattered Thought, the risk in breaking the bottleneck was reduced to the utmost, marking a second advantage.
Moreover, with ample resources and being a Ninth Revolution Silver Elixir Alchemist, he spared no expense to alchemized over a thousand Qianyuan Kai Nian Pills. The total value of the consumed pills far exceeded several times the wealth of ordinary Shattered Thought cultivators, a privilege unattainable to average individuals facing the Shattered Thought bottleneck.
With all these advantages, Ning Fan’s cultivation gradually and inevitably approached the Shattered Thought Realm.
The eighth millennium passed...
The ninth millennium passed...
When Ning Fan emerged from the ninth Millennium Age Tower, his ancient god and ancient demon cultivation finally naturally broke through to the Early Shattered Thought Stage!
At the same time, he also slightly experienced the depth of divine skills that Shattered Thought cultivators wield.
Words become law; thoughts birth the Dao!
Spirit Speech is a means only Mid-Phase Shattered Thought cultivators can master, using Daoist Thought to slightly interact with the laws of heaven and earth; once spoken, a law is formed.
However, Thought-Birthing Dao is a technique only applicable for those in the Later Stage of Shattered Thought.
Currently, Ning Fan cannot reach these points, yet after entering the Early Stage of Shattered Thought, Ning Fan clearly feels a deeper connection with the universe than ever before.
The speed at which he absorbs and refines nature’s spiritual energy is now several times faster than in the Shedding Void Stage.
Condensing nature’s spiritual energy to form divine skills has also become much easier.
Regrettably, Ning Fan’s pills could not support cultivation within the Shattered Thought realm; the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree had gradually reached a bottleneck, unable to produce any more fruits. Thus, his progress in cultivation had to pause for the time being.
During the tenth millennium, Ning Fan consolidated his Ancient God and ancient demons cultivation in the Tower of Years, familiarizing himself with the Thought-Shattering Cultivator techniques, while also perceiving the transformation of his cultivation stream into an ocean within his body.
His prior sense was correct.
As his Fiendgods, ancient demons, and Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor bloodlines all reached the first Shattered Thought tier, the three bloodlines began to display some changes.
The magical powers of Fiendgods, demon spiritual qi, and Ancient Devil Dao gradually recoiled from his meridians like millions of tiny rivulets, flowing into Ning Fan’s Spirit, continually converging.
Ning Fan’s Spirit continued to expand, its form grew larger, to the point where the little Dantian could no longer contain it. Consequently, Ning Fan had to choose to let his Spirit leave his body and continue with its mysterious enlargement.
He could sense that this transformation was not detrimental but beneficial, a major achievement he attained through countless years of practicing Yin-Yang Transformation.
It was a significant moment exclusively belonging to practitioners of Yin-Yang Transformation!
Based on Ning Fan’s comprehension of the Yin Yang Transformation Cultivation Technique, this transformation in cultivation is a stage that must occur once Yin-Yang Transformation reaches a certain level.
But for some reason, there is no mention of this transformation stage in the Yin Yang Transformation Cultivation Technique, nor in the memory inheritance from the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.
Upon exiting the tenth Millennium Age Tower, Ning Fan’s Spirit had expanded to a hundred zhang in magnitude!
Upon leaving the twelfth Tower of Years, Ning Fan’s Spirit was comparable to a thousand-zhang mountain!
Upon exiting the seventeenth Tower of Years, Ning Fan’s Spirit was not much smaller than some Lower-Level Cultivation Stars!
Upon leaving the twenty-third Millennium Age Tower, Ning Fan’s Spirit astonishingly grew as large as a Middle-Level Cultivation Star!
With the Millennium Age Towers spent, only 9 remaining Ten-thousand-year Age Towers were left for Ning Fan.
Ning Fan was unclear how long this transformation would persist, yet meticulously counting, his Spirit had been out of the body for thirteen thousand years!
If it were other cultivators, having their Spirit out of the body for such an extended period, their physical bodies would mostly have long lost vitality.
Yet inexplicably, along with Ning Fan’s Spirit transformation, his physical body seemed to be undergoing some unspeakable transformation.
It did not lose vitality.
On the contrary, it subtly changed in the Long River of Years!
Having exhausted the Millennium Age Towers, Ning Fan finally decided to enter a Ten-thousand-year Age Tower.
Another ten thousand long years passed, and his Spirit expanded to the size of an Upper-Level Cultivation Star!
Subsequently entering the second and third Ten-thousand-year Age Towers.
After emerging from the third Ten-thousand-year Age Tower, his Spirit finally reached the size of an Emperor-rank Cultivation Star!
Throughout the lengthy era, Ning Fan distinctly felt the transformation occurring within his Spirit!
This enlarging of the Spirit was akin to a bubble being filled with gas, continually expanding.
Such as bubbles, the more they swell, the thinner their membrane becomes, the more prone they are to rupture.
If an ordinary bubble could actually be enlarged to the size of a Cultivation Star without popping, then its membrane must be unimaginably sturdy.
Such is the circumstance with Ning Fan’s Spirit!
The continual expansion of his Spirit did not directly advance Ning Fan’s cultivation level, yet it remarkably augmented the tenacity of his Spirit’s membrane to an incredible degree!
From the fourth Ten-thousand-year Age Tower onwards, Ning Fan’s Spirit began to shrink; the speed at which it shrank was far faster than its expansion. In merely ten thousand years, his Spirit reverted to its normal size.
On the surface, Ning Fan’s Spirit appeared unchanged compared to before.
However, upon Ning Fan experimentally attacking his Spirit with a Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures, the Spirit’s inherent toughness managed to withstand the attack!
By Ning Fan’s estimation, with his current Spirit strength, even under the attack of an Innate Treasure, it might not incur significant harm!
This was indeed an extraordinary occurrence!
According to Ning Fan’s knowledge, even the Immortal Emperor’s Golden Primordial Spirit would be incapable of withstanding a Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures attack unharmed without using protective methods. There would not be another like him across the four heavens and nine worlds!
He is most likely unique!
What does this signify?
This signifies that numerous secret techniques specializing in Spirit in the cultivation world would be unable to affect his Spirit in the slightest!
This implies that should he use any Spirit-recoil divine skills or magical treasures, the damage inflicted upon his Spirit would be greatly reduced!
"My body seems to have undergone significant changes as well..."
After countless years of the Spirit being apart, Ning Fan finally led the Spirit back, returning to the Dantian.
The physical body, dormant for tens of thousands of years, finally reopened its eyes. The primary expression observed upon opening was shock.
Once the Spirit reassumed its position, Ning Fan was horrifiedly aware of the substantial transformation in his physical body.
The strength of the physical body hadn’t increased, yet its defenses astonishingly advanced to a terrifying extent!
Ning Fan tested it, using his physical body to withstand the Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures attack directly. He emerged unscathed, without even a scratch!
Could this be the defensive prowess of the Ten Nirvana Heavenly Demon?!
Ning Fan then attempted with Innate Treasures, albeit lacking attacking Innate Treasures, he merely tried a few non-aggressive Innate Treasures to evaluate the body’s sturdiness...
The conclusion was drawn: even when using a singular non-aggressive Innate Treasure, it barely managed to make a minuscule cut—so small that not even a speck of blood was visible!
With the combined power of four non-attacking Innate Treasures, equivalent to a singular attacking Innate Treasure’s might, it could only slightly break into his flesh, causing minor damage.
Purely in terms of physical defense, presently he hardly fell short compared to Sea Witch Sect of Immortal Emperor cultivation.
Completely akin to a humanoid Demon Beast!
"With significant increases in Spirit’s tenacity, physical body’s resilience, it appears even the divine sense underwent modifications..."
Upon marveling at the changes in the body, Ning Fan commenced inspecting his divine sense.
The transformation within the divine sense was equally immense!
In terms of tenacity, as with the Spirit and physical body, it elevated to an unfathomable degree, where non-Innate Treasures simply could not harm Ning Fan’s divine sense!
Even Ning Fan’s emitted spirit sense thread was surprisingly tough to the extent that Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures could not sever it!
Could a cultivator’s spirit sense truly be this strong?
Indeed an extraordinary occurrence!
To be aware of, presently Ning Fan had not fulfilled the Supreme Ox Demon’s trading agreement, nor acquired the complete Divine Art Chant, regardless, his spirit sense due to a transformation, saw unprecedented enhancement in resilience.
Ning Fan tested it.
With his current spirit sense strength, utilizing the forbidden technique Myriad Miles Wander of the cultivation world, still lacked slightly, unable to truly execute it.
Yet, seemingly it lacked little!
Even without a completed Divine Art Chant state, his spirit sense tenacity might surpass that of Supreme Ox Demon!
Should he master the complete Divine Art Chant, purely in terms of spirit sense resilience, he might even transcend the current Supreme Ox Demon!
"Is this what I speculated as a breakthrough from thousands of streams into an ocean? Though it didn’t grant me direct cultivation level advancement, it immensely transformed my power in other aspects! Under the same realm of cultivation, my Spirit, physical body, divine sense, qualities surpass others by numerous levels!"
"Once I reached a qualitative leap in this stage of cultivation, I vaguely felt that if my Divine Demon Cultivation continued to improve to a certain extent, a second qualitative leap might occur..."
"Xian’er is cultivating the Nine Revolutions Thunder Body, and each evolution of the Thunder Body greatly enhances her strength. My qualitative leap in cultivation seems similar to Xian’er’s Thunder Body evolution. Could this be considered a unique transformation for a Yin-Yang Variant Cultivator?"
"But I’m somewhat puzzled. Why isn’t this general evolutionary qualitative leap mentioned in the Yin-Yang Transformation, even in the memory and legacy of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor? Is it because of some drawbacks that the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor deliberately hid it? Or is it that the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor himself didn’t complete this kind of evolution, so it was never mentioned in any records or memories..."
Ning Fan recalled the remnant divine form of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.
It seems the remaining Primordial Spirit of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor had only the toughness of a typical Immortal Emperor level, totally different from his evolved Primordial Spirit...
Could it be that the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor truly hadn’t experienced this kind of evolution?
If this is true, doesn’t it mean that Ning Fan, in terms of cultivating the Yin-Yang Transformation, has already surpassed the creator of the Yin-Yang Transformation, the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor?
Is such a thing really possible?
No, it’s possible!
The Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor cultivates in Divine, Demon, and Evil, while Ning Fan... cultivates in four disciplines: Divine, Demon, Evil Calamity!
Ning Fan introspected, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
Previously, he focused his attention on his Primordial Spirit, physical defense, and divine sense. It was not until now that he inadvertently noticed that the relationship between his internal four-series cultivations seemed to have undergone a monumental change!
Previously, his four-series cultivations of Divine, Demon, and Evil Calamity were in a chaotic and antagonistic relationship.
But after cultivating into a realm similar to the Yin-Yang Transformation, his four-series cultivations were no longer separate but officially divided into two major camps, opposing like Yin and Yang!
Calamity Blood is Yang, a power recognized by heaven and earth.
Divine, Demon, and Evil are Yin, powers abandoned by heaven and earth.
In the past, there was some repulsion among the Divine, Demon, and Evil series of powers. But now, the Yin side’s power has essentially unified, only standing in opposition to the Yang side. And this opposition is not entirely antagonistic but rather a harmonious relationship of mutual restraint and mutual generation.
As the Yin and Yang powers operated within Ning Fan, they surprisingly followed the pattern of Yin-Yang Fish, separate yet intertwined, revolving around Ning Fan’s Primordial Spirit!
This scene of Yin-Yang opposition yet harmony probably... wouldn’t appear within the body of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.
Because the Divine, Demon, and Evil cultivation of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor is all Yin, lacking Yang power...
Ning Fan practices one more bloodline cultivation than the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, but the difference between him and the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor is not merely as simple as four versus three...
"The first evolutionary transformation I cultivated today, is it perhaps a precedent, a pioneering act for those practicing the Yin-Yang Transformation..."
"Now, with my significantly improved physical qualities, using the Two Waters Power of the Flooded Bottle should no longer cause as severe a backlash as before. Indeed, I am quite confident in using the Three Waters Power of the Flooded Bottle..."
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with brilliance.
In the past, he dared not light the third pattern of the Flooded Bottle, fearing that doing so would lead to being directly destroyed by the backlash force of the Flooded Bottle.
But now, his physical defense is almost comparable to demon beasts like the human sharks, even though using the Three Waters Power still poses a burden, it won’t be fatal.
What is the power of the Three Waters Power Flooded Bottle?
Legends tell of an age when the Demon-Sealing Peak still existed; a rebellion of ancient demons gathered seven rebellious Immortal Emperors to contend with the Demon-Sealing Peak. In that battle, Emperor Shuiyan stood alone against the rebellious realm, sealing the heavens and earth with the Flooded Bottle, drowning every living being in the realm, including the seven Immortal Emperors, in seawater...
It was the renown of the Flooded Bottle!"
With the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, the Three Waters Power of the Flooded Bottle is the most terrifying side of the Innate Mid-grade Treasure, a lethal weapon capable of extinguishing ordinary Immortal Emperors!
Previously, Ning Fan might have lacked the finishing means against Immortal Emperors.
But now, if he fully unleashes his vicious nature and unleashes the water to flood the One Hundred and Eight Grasslands of the Dabei Clan or among the Central Continent Five Emperors, how many could survive!
On the Holy Mountain, how many could survive again?
"With my current strength, even in the face of Bright Buddha, I might not be entirely powerless to contest!"
"However, this recent seclusion has lasted quite a long time indeed. In the outside world, entering and exiting over twenty Ten-thousand-year Age Towers is just the brief moment of petals falling from the tree to the ground; but for me, I’ve truly lived through over sixty-three thousand springs and autumns..."
Ning Fan’s bone age has grown to one hundred and twenty thousand years.
For ordinary people living to such an age, stepping into the Crossing Truth Realm would already be considered a heavenly talent, yet Ning Fan has already initially acquired the strength to slay Immortal Emperors!
The Millennium Age Tower is completely exhausted, with five Ten-thousand-year Age Towers remaining. Perhaps in the next great seclusion, Ning Fan will use up all the Age Towers.
These Age Towers were indeed gifts from the Eye Orb Monster. Speaking of, that fellow, now gone to the Northern Heaven with the Candle Bow, should be doing quite well...
Ning Fan smiled slightly.
Recalling the Eye Orb Monster, his feeling was not like remembering a senior but rather a mischievous friend.
Wuxx Yan has not yet awakened, so Ning Fan left Wuxx Na and Wuxx Yan in the Xuan Yin Treasure and walked out alone.
As soon as he stepped out of the Xuan Yin Treasure, he sensed some changes in the spatial rift at the Sea Valley Forbidden Land.
Currently, the spatial rift in the Sea Valley Forbidden Land remains open. At the position of the spatial rift, an ugly old man with red hair and red skin stands guard with an attitude of "no passage." Judging from the aura, this ugly old man is undoubtedly the human shark.
What is the human shark doing at the spatial rift...
Ning Fan’s figure flickered and flew towards the spatial rift.
As soon as one of his feet descended onto the spatial rift, dozens of killing intents from thousands of miles away instantly locked onto Ning Fan.
Ning Fan glanced at the human shark, vaguely understanding something, somewhat surprised.
"The seclusion... is over?" The old human shark asked.
"Yes, Senior, how did you know I was in seclusion? And what is this situation here?" Ning Fan’s gaze pierced thousands of miles, seeing the likes of Bailu and others, but he didn’t take them to heart at all.
"You’ve... grown stronger... I’m really... curious... in just a few days... you’ve grown... so much stronger... why?" The human shark asked instead of answering.
At this moment, Ning Fan, for some reason, exuded a sense of oppression that he hadn’t had during their previous confrontation.
This oppressive feeling comes not only from the evolutionary increase in Ning Fan’s strength but also from an authority inherent in him.
An authority that is incredibly unfamiliar to any Cultivator of the Decline.
No, it’s not just for Cultivators of the Decline; that authority is so ancient, ancient enough that... it needs to trace back to a time before the Three Great Realms were formed—an even more distant history...
Few know of it!
"So... it’s like this... you’ve become... [Divine Spirit Wasted Body]..."
"Divine Spirit Wasted Body? What does that mean?" Ning Fan was slightly taken aback and asked.
"It seems... you’re just... a half-baked... Divine Spirit Wasted Body. After you... handle... matters here... come to the altar... I have something... to tell you..."
Without waiting for Ning Fan’s reply, the old human shark shook his head mysteriously and, with a single flicker, flew away from the spatial rift, returning to the altar.
As soon as the old human shark left, Bailu and others swiftly returned, flying to the outside of the Sea Valley Forbidden Land.
Without exchanging words with Ning Fan, over a dozen cultivators immediately cast their magical treasures towards Ning Fan at the spatial rift.
Immediately, Ning Fan frowned.
He knew these people, all cultivators from various auxiliary peaks of the Baihua Peak.
Back when he was an esteemed guest of Baihua Peak, many of these people had hosted him at banquets. Of course, their purposes were mainly to build connections with him or to gain insights from him.
Those rapidly approaching magical treasures were effortlessly collected by Ning Fan into his sleeve, and he then wiped his hand over his face, putting away the Ghost Eye Clan mask.
Directly revealing his true face to these people, he said expressionlessly.
"If you all retreat now, I can overlook this and spare you from pursuit."
With Ning Fan’s wit, upon seeing that the approaching individuals were disciples of the Baihua Sect, he instantly understood that these people were sent to capture him, most likely due to him killing Baihua Great Emperor’s retained one king and three supremes in the Sea Witch Sect.
Thus, Ning Fan revealed his true face.
Once his true identity was revealed, these people would have one more reason to kill him.
However, if among these individuals, someone truly cherished the fellowship formed during the banquets at Baihua Peak and sincerely regarded him as a friend, then upon seeing his real face, perhaps they would abandon the chase and leave this place.
For those who truly consider him a friend, revealing himself without the Ghost Eye mask is no big deal.
For the cultivators before him, Ning Fan feared none. The mask was merely to avoid mistakenly killing anyone among the Disciples of Hundred Flowers who had treated him as a friend. Nothing more.
Unfortunately, Ning Fan seemed to have overthought things.
As he revealed his true face, the pursuers were initially stunned, but then their intent to kill intensified.
No one cared about the camaraderie they once shared with Ning Fan over wine.
"It’s him! Ning Fan! He’s that outsider who secretly destroyed the Punishing Ring!"
"The Ghost Eye cultivator who committed atrocities in the Sea Witch Sect is him! What an unexpected encounter!"
"He hasn’t fled the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain! How did he evade the personal pursuit of Bright Buddha?"
"Haha! This is excellent! He bears two major crimes; killing him will earn us two major achievements simultaneously!"
"Kill!"
More Divine Power Treasures were unleashed towards Ning Fan!
Only True Person Bailu’s gaze showed a hint of hesitation, though not because of any goodwill towards Ning Fan. There was no friendship between them, only old grievances.
Back then, he kindly suggested Ning Fan sell his wife for glory, but Ning Fan rejected his kindness with harsh words...
The Flame Ancestor’s Golden Palm Command, hidden in Ning Fan’s sleeve that day, had brought True Person Bailu to the brink of death, leaving him with a lingering fear towards Ning Fan to this day.
However, he soon reconsidered, thinking that if he had something from the Baihua Great Emperor’s hand, there was no need to be overly afraid of Ning Fan, even if Ning Fan possessed some perilous treasure.
With this thought in mind, True Person Bailu similarly slapped his storage pouch, releasing a twelve nirvana acquired sword light, slashing towards Ning Fan.
Seeing everyone decisively attacking him, Ning Fan’s last bit of hesitation dissipated like ice.
Here were only enemies, no friends, and there was no better news than this. So, he needn’t hold back anymore!
In a blur, Ning Fan directly disappeared from the spot.
Then, one after another, dazzling red lights flashed before several Hundred Flowers disciples!
Numerous Divine Power Treasures originally aimed at Ning Fan exploded in the onrush of that red light, including True Person Bailu’s twelve nirvana flying swords, which were blasted open in several places, causing True Person Bailu great pain and his expression to darken.
The few Thought-Shattering Cultivators standing in front were unable to react in Ning Fan’s sweeping red light, and one after another, their bodies were pierced through, exploding into blood flowers scattered on the ground.
The Immortal Venerable man and another Immortal Venerable elder, relying on their strength, jointly charged into the sky of red light but were repelled, coughing blood and flying back, their expressions one of immense shock.
They are Eternal Immortal Venerables, but astonishingly, they are no match for Ning Fan!
"Don’t be careless! This outsider can kill one king and three elders of the Sea Witch Sect, definitely not ordinary. All of you, retreat, and watch the methods of the old man!"
True Person Bailu ordered while flashing forward, actively meeting the flying red light. His left hand formed a spirit sense, his right palm suddenly turned gold, and he slammed fiercely into the richest red light.
The sky temporarily darkened, nature’s spiritual energy gathered from all around, concentrating on True Person Bailu’s palm, seeming at this moment, his palm replaced all the light in the world.
Within this palm print, was True Person Bailu’s lifetime comprehension of forty-seven million years of cultivation!
Within this palm print, was True Person Bailu’s practicing meditation for two ten billion seven hundred million days and nights!
Almost as soon as the palm print formed, it was upon them!
Indeed a strike from a Pinnacle Immortal King, quick and fierce, hidden in the red light, Ning Fan, didn’t evade this palm print attack.
Or capable of avoiding it, but didn’t intend to, not feeling threatened by the palm print for his safety.
One palm fell, the sky of red light along with Ning Fan was slammed into the ground by True Person Bailu’s hand.
Then, after the severe earthquake, the barren wilderness had a giant palm-shaped crater of a thousand zhang, the center of the crater, everything in the path of the palm print, mountains, grasslands, and creatures were crushed into ashes by an extinguishing force.
Among the heap of countless ashes, Ning Fan could not be seen at all.
"Gasp! Lord Bailu’s Sumeru Palmprint is truly impressive, worthy of being the ultimate skill learned from the Holy Mountain!"
"Years ago, when a Four Calamity Immortal King caused trouble at Baihua Peak, Lord Bailu used this same palm strike to blow up that Immortal King’s physical body! This outsider’s cultivation is far inferior to a Four Calamity Immortal King, having taken such a palm, he might have become ashes like the vegetation and rivers."
"To die under Lord Bailu’s famous Divine Power, this outsider could also consider it an honor. This is the price of being an enemy of Baihua Peak!"
True Person Bailu’s face remained calm, undisturbed by the surrounding flattery.
He frowned, staring intently at the giant crater on the ground below, sensing Ning Fan’s breath had not extinguished.
The same was sensed by the two Eternal Immortal Venerables.
"This one seems to be alive, but my palm should have landed entirely on him; even if he’s alive, he’s most likely critically injured and dying. Hmph! Back then, I kindly revealed the immense opportunity of Spirit Sect lineage to this one, yet he retorted unpleasantly. Now hit by my palm print heavily, it’s karma cycling, retribution unavoidable!"
True Person Bailu sneered slightly.
But as a figure stood up from the ruined mound, perfectly unharmed, he could no longer smile.
Ning Fan dusted off his sleeves, standing up from the mound, squinting slightly in the direction of True Person Bailu.
Thinking that True Person Bailu indeed lives up to being a Pinnacle Immortal King, that palm managed to make him feel a slight pain. Of course, it was only a slight pain, without even a hint of injury.
After all, a physique that could withstand attacks from Twelve Nirvana Treasures! Having completed the first evolution of Yin Yang Transformation, he was vastly different from before!
Ning Fan didn’t bother wasting words with True Person Bailu.
Yet often, silent actions can be even more humiliating.
True Person Bailu watched Ning Fan in disbelief; he absolutely didn’t believe his full-force Sumeru Palmprint would be harmlessly received by Ning Fan.
It should have hit!
The opponent should be without any defensive Divine Power!
But why... the opponent was unscathed!
"Ah, I see, it’s indeed a mind-boggling Illusory Art, tampering with my judgment before I noticed, making me believe my attack hit, while it was merely striking air. Your Illusory Art may succeed once but can never save your life repeatedly. This time I’ve focused my spirit to guard my divine sense; you absolutely cannot use the same art on me again!"
True Person Bailu suddenly realized, his eyes widening in a flash of enlightenment.
"..." Ning Fan, having used no Illusory Arts, remained silently speechless.
Hiss!
True Person Bailu’s figure blinked and disappeared from the spot.
Almost simultaneously, his form appeared behind Ning Fan, again left hand forming a seal, with the right hand a golden palm print, striking at Ning Fan’s back.
As if to channel all the power of two ten billion seven hundred million days and nights of Buddhist Law Divine Power into Ning Fan’s body!
The surrounding heaven and earth’s spiritual energy were instantly drained by the palm print!
This time too, Ning Fan didn’t bother to dodge.
Having just completed the first evolution of Yin Yang Transformation, there was a probing element in hard-receiving True Person Bailu’s first palm, without absolute confidence.
But after the first palm, Ning Fan had accurately assessed True Person Bailu’s palmprint power; such a print couldn’t harm him, only slightly painful. Hence, there was no need to dodge, better to directly take the palm and seize the opportunity to counterattack!
Ning Fan’s back squarely took True Person Bailu’s palm.
The earth was shattered into numerous plates by the palm print.
The sky was punched through with a palm-shaped hole by True Person Bailu.
Amidst the world-ending fluctuation, a few Disciples of Hundred Flowers standing too close were caught by the palm print’s shockwave, violently flying back, spitting blood, with frightened expressions.
More Disciples of Hundred Flowers, against the intense palm-print pressure, retreated while eagerly hoping to witness the climax of True Person Bailu’s palm killing the sinful outsider.
In the center of the palm-print pressure, Ning Fan disappointingly survived, unscathed, and in the rigid moment after True Person Bailu’s palm strike, suddenly turned around, his left hand like a destiny-seeking dead soul, locked tightly onto True Person Bailu’s wrist, preventing escape; the right hand beckoned, and the Reverse Sea Sword immediately appeared in his hand, stabbing towards True Person Bailu’s Dantian!
More chilling voice caused True Person Bailu’s scalp to tingle, simultaneously issuing from Ning Fan’s mouth.
"Got you!"