novelraw Chapter 585: Advancement to the Void Fragmentation Realm!
Chapter 585: Advancement to the Void Fragmentation Realm!
The youth in black saw Ning Fan nod, daring to attempt the Slashing Heart Technique, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad."
He finally praised Ning Fan before silently walking out of the tavern, along the small path outside, drenched in the drizzle, as he walked further away.
He was the rain ancestor, but he was ultimately dead. He could only bestow opportunities upon the descendants, whether they succeed or fail, live or die, each has its fate which cannot be forcibly altered, and he naturally cannot intervene.
He came with the wind and rain, leaving within the rain, from whence he came, to whence he goes.
The illustrious achievements of the rain ancestor, how he rose step by step from insignificance, ultimately cannot be known by the later generations.
Ning Fan put away the jade scroll, clasped his fists toward the direction the rain ancestor departed, and stood long in the drizzle, holding a sense of admiration and gratitude.
After the rain ancestor’s figure completely vanished into the wind and rain, the scenery within the illusionary world began to transform.
Ning Fan knew his Slashing Heart Technique was about to begin.
His gaze revealed a heavy expression, oblivious to the changing scenery around him, focusing solely on forming hand seals.
The first step of the Slashing Heart Technique requires borrowing the power of demons to lock his divine strength.
Ning Fan temporarily separated his three powers, retransforming them into the divine, demon, and devil races’ strength.
Suddenly within the illusionary world emerged a sky-covering mist of blue, purple, and black hues.
As the mist dispersed, three youths appeared within the illusionary world.
The first youth donned a blue robe, surrounded by powerful rain intent, three blood-red stars shimmering at his brow, he was a royal divine cultivator, expression compassionate and majestic.
The second youth wore a purple robe, surrounded by purple light infused with Demon Intent of Fu Li, his left eye twinkling with two purple stars, he was an ancestral demon cultivator, expression bizarre and charmingly sinister.
The third youth adorned a black cloak, surrounded by domineering Devil Intent of Evil Mountain!
That Devil Intent of Mountain comes from one of the nine mountains suppressing the Demon Ancestor Mo Luo!
That black-robed youth had two black stars twinkling in his right eye, he was an ancestral-level demon cultivator, expression wild and tyrannical!
Though the three youths had differing expressions, their appearances were identical, each was Ning Fan!
These three youths were manifestations of Ning Fan’s tri-racial powers within the Mind’s Illusory Realm, unrelated to types of body doubles or divine skills.
As a flash of brilliance appeared in the Mirage, suddenly countless purple and black chains emerged around the blue-robed divine cultivator, binding him tightly.
While the purple-robed demon cultivator had a Purple-Glow Flying Sword appear in his hand.
And the black-robed demon cultivator had a Black Giant Axe manifest in his grip.
"Slash away!" The blue-robed divine cultivator calmly uttered, unfazed.
In the next instant, the purple-robed demon cultivator flicked a finger, and the flying sword before him transformed into a purple light, piercing through the blue-robed divine cultivator’s chest, stabbing through his heart!
The blue-robed divine cultivator frowned, seemingly in great pain, yet spoke no further.
Moments later, a blue mist fluctuated within his chest, and the pierced heart was gradually reborn.
Seeing this, the purple-robed demon cultivator changed his incantation, and suddenly millions of purple flying swords appeared before him, stabbing toward the heart of the blue-robed divine cultivator...
One million swords, two million swords, three million swords...
A year passed, the blue-robed divine cultivator’s face was extremely pale, yet he never uttered a single word.
"A year has passed, it’s your turn." The purple-robed demon cultivator spoke to the black-robed demon cultivator.
The black-robed demon cultivator nodded, swinging the giant axe diagonally down toward the blue-robed divine cultivator’s heart.
With just one axe, the strong force was unbeatable, not only shattering the heart of the blue-robed divine cultivator but also splitting his body in two!
After a waft of blue mist, the body of the blue-robed divine cultivator returned to normal, and his heart also revived.
The black-robed demon cultivator sneered coldly, saying, "The axe strike seems insufficiently painful, let’s try something fresh! Transform!"
With a point of his finger, the giant axe immediately transformed into an Iron-Beaked Black Eagle, rushing toward the chest of the blue-robed divine cultivator!
Its sharp iron claws easily tore open the flesh and blood of the blue-robed divine cultivator’s chest.
Its beak, sharp as a sword, fiercely pecked at the heart pulsating beneath the ribs of the blue-robed divine cultivator.
Not in one go did the black eagle tear out the heart, instead, it pecked at the blue-robed divine cultivator’s heart one bite at a time.
The heart of the blue-robed divine cultivator continuously regrew, while the black eagle incessantly pecked...
The second year passed, the face of the youth divine cultivator grew paler, yet he still remained alive.
The mad eyes of the black-robed demon cultivator showed a few hints of admiration, allowing the purple-robed demon cultivator to perform techniques tormenting the blue-robed divine cultivator.
The purple-robed demon cultivator smiled charmingly sinister, "Attacking his heart continuously for two years, now let’s attack another place for a change, let his heart rest for a year, to relish some comfort, when attacked again next year, he’ll feel greater pain..."
Finished speaking, the purple-robed demon cultivator stepped forward, raising a single hand to claw at the eyes of the blue-robed divine cultivator, forcibly gouging out the divine cultivator’s eyes.
Then casually summoned a purple dagger, slicing off the flesh of blue-robed divine cultivator’s arms and legs, stripping away the white bones, and spilling blood all over.
Soon enough, the flesh of the blue-robed divine cultivator restored, while the purple-robed demon cultivator once more revealed a charmingly sinister smile, varying techniques to torment the blue-robed divine cultivator...
Thus, the third year went by, and though the youth divine cultivator from beginning to end did not emit a sound, he ultimately began to falter under such torturous torment.
Fourth year, fifth year, sixth year...
Year after year passed, within the illusionary world unable to distinguish night from day, hard to discern spring from autumn.
Ten years passed, a hundred years passed, a thousand years passed... seven thousand years passed.
This year, the deity in the blue robe appeared ethereal, almost on the verge of fading away...
He could no longer endure any more torment from the other two.
He finally understood the unimaginable pain Luo You endured during those seven thousand years of heart torment...
"Little You Er, just what burden does she bear that causes her to harm herself so recklessly, just for revenge..."
The deity in the blue robe was nearing the end of his strength, seemingly on the brink of death, yet he gritted his teeth and stubbornly said to the figures in purple and black, "Continue! The first Divine Aperture hasn’t opened yet!"
The demoness in purple and the demoness in black exchanged glances, each seeing hesitation in the other’s eyes.
The heart-splitting technique had progressed to this point, yet they still could not open the Divine Aperture. It truly seemed unnecessary to continue.
If they continued, the deity in the blue robe would surely die...no, Ning Fan would surely die!
But once this illusion began, unless they opened the Divine Aperture, there was no way to leave!
This method had a perfect success rate, enough to reliably open the first Divine Aperture!
But to ensure a perfect success rate, there was one precondition: one must survive until the moment the Divine Aperture is opened!
"Continue! I won’t die so easily!" the deity in the blue robe declared with a stubborn determination in his eyes!
In the instant that determination emerged, he suddenly felt a profound connection with the heavens.
His body was suddenly enveloped in countless blue mists, and his injuries healed seventy to eighty percent in an instant!
"This is..." all three of them—the figure in blue, in purple, and in black—appeared contemplative.
The next moment, all three showed an expression of realization.
"So that’s how it is!" they exclaimed in unison.
They recalled the last words spoken by the rain ancestors.
The ancient divine race proved their Dao with their heart; if the heart died, then the law perished...
Conversely, if the heart did not die, the law would not perish!
A single thread of obsession in the heart, the law protecting the body eternally, daring to live as long as heaven and earth...this was truly the ancient divine race’s great Dao!
During the ancient catastrophe, the gods lost their hearts—not just referring to talent in cultivating mana, but their inner obsession!
Without sufficient obsession, how could one’s heart be subdued!
If one could subdue one’s heart, they could prove their Dao!
"Subdue one’s heart, huh..."
The deity in the blue robe seemed to gain deep divine insight, his gaze becoming increasingly resolute, and his heart stronger.
The figures in black and purple took turns attacking his heart, obliterating it countless times, yet in moments, his divine heart would regenerate.
Eight thousand years, nine thousand years, ten thousand years...
Twenty thousand years, fifty thousand years, one hundred thousand years...
A hundred thousand years of torment could not extinguish the obsession in the deity in the blue robe’s eyes.
His heart still held fast!
"Enough!" the deity in the blue robe suddenly laughed towards the sky, his mana exploding, shattering the demonic chains around him.
With his first step, his body’s injuries healed instantly; with the second step, he rejoined with the figures in purple and black as one.
In the third step, he transformed into a body garbed in white, the corners of his mouth gently lifted, saying, "The first Divine Aperture, open!"
A hundred thousand years of heart-splitting pain could not force him to yield, only made his conviction grow stronger!
In that instant, the heart-splitting illusion completely collapsed, and in the outside world, Ning Fan, who was sitting cross-legged in Xuan Yin Treasure, suddenly opened his eyes wide!
He had stayed in the illusion for a hundred thousand years, yet that illusion was but as brief as a nap, very fleeting.
Outside, merely half a stick of incense had burned...
When Ning Fan initiated the heart-splitting technique, his body outside automatically fell into a coma.
Upon awakening, he found himself leaning against the warm embrace of a fragrant soft jade.
Luo You was holding him tightly with deep concern, cradling his unconscious body to her chest, her beautiful eyes showing none of their usual allure, only unconcealed panic and worry.
She had no idea what had happened during Ning Fan’s refinement of the Rain Ancestor’s natal blood rain.
Yet she could tell that Ning Fan’s predicament was incredibly severe; otherwise, his complexion would not have turned pale as paper, almost on the brink of death, within mere moments...
At that moment, Luo You clearly felt Ning Fan’s life force rapidly fading, as if he might die in her arms any second.
In that instant, her thoughts were no longer of vengeance, nor of using Ning Fan’s power to escape Xuan Yin Treasure; it was solely to prevent him from dying...
Not willing to let him die, willing to pay any price, not willing to let him die!
But at that moment, Ning Fan suddenly recovered his vitality and awakened, completely unharmed.
"You, you’re okay now, really!" Luo You, no longer her usual calm self, found her eyes brimming with tears, sleeves stained with clear tears.
Ning Fan initially wanted to tease Luo You with a few words, but seeing her expression at that moment, he was moved and found himself unable to laugh, only able to comfort with kindness, "Mm, there was a slight twist, but everything is okay now..."
He reached out to wipe Luo You’s tears away, and Luo You, momentarily startled, gradually regained her composure, released Ning Fan, stood up gently, and avoided Ning Fan’s hand.
"As long as you’re okay, continue to push through to the Void Refinement Realm bottleneck. I’ll protect you." She had returned to her usual calm demeanor.
If it weren’t for the tear stains at the corner of her eyes, Ning Fan would find it hard to believe that it was Luo You, who earlier was hugging him with heart-wrenching sorrow.
Luo You wiped away her tears herself, her gaze gradually revealing a few traces of allure, resuming her enchanting expression.
She scrutinized Ning Fan carefully and suddenly gasped when their eyes met.
Ning Fan had only been unconscious for half an incense stick’s time, but at this moment, his gaze was completely different from before!
At this moment, Ning Fan’s gaze was as steadfast as rock, imbued with a sense of timeworn melancholy from suffering through hardships.
If Luo You hadn’t watched Ning Fan grow up since he was ’little’, she would surely think that Ning Fan was a ten-thousand-year-old monster.
She naturally couldn’t imagine that Ning Fan would endure heart-slashing torment for ten thousand years in a mirage.
Suppressing the steadily rising momentum of mana within him, Ning Fan knew he must immediately consume other heavenly materials and treasures, to continue his mana growth after breaking through Void Pierce, in preparation for the impact on the Void Fragmentation Realm!
"Little You Er, there’s something I haven’t told you. The reason I passed out earlier was because of that drop of natal blood rain."
"That drop of natal blood rain was specially refined by the rain ancestors with the divine effect of enabling a cultivator to open a divine aperture. I have successfully opened the first aperture of the ancient divine race. This is the message about the ancient divine aperture I got from the rain ancestors. You can have a look, it may help you..."
Ning Fan took out a jade scroll and branded all the secrets of the ancient divine race he knew from the mirage into the jade scroll, handing it to Luo You.
He didn’t watch Luo You’s startled expression but immediately took out a series of expensive pills and Dao Fruits to refine various heavenly materials and treasures.
Luo You was extremely shocked, she never expected that Ning Fan could open the first aperture of the ancient divine race within just half an incense stick’s time, becoming a true ancient god!
After reading the jade scroll, Luo You realized that the Heart Aperture Technique she used to cultivate was merely an imitation of the ancient divine race and couldn’t truly cultivate an ancient divine aperture... In the past, she endured seven thousand years of heart-slicing pain but had walked into a trap.
She also saw the Heart-Slashing Technique from the jade scroll and almost instantly guessed that Ning Fan must have used such a ruthless technique to open the divine aperture.
"He used the Heart-Slashing Technique, slashing his heart within the heart-slaying mirage, where a slash endures thousands or ten thousands of years... So earlier he was so weak, nearly on the brink of death..."
She watched Ning Fan unblinkingly, waiting to witness the power of Ning Fan’s body as an ancient god!
Ning Fan is a One Orifice Ancient God. At this moment, the tiny apertures in his heart have been opened to the size of finger holes, which is the first divine aperture!
Inside the divine aperture, vast mana flows endlessly, making Ning Fan cultivate mana twice as fast as before!
And when consuming mana-increasing pills, the increase is also twice as much as before!
Moreover, the divine aperture itself can continuously absorb the mighty force of heaven and earth, converting it into mana.
Even if Ning Fan doesn’t cultivate, he can increase one Jiazi of magic power daily!
In a year, he can naturally increase 365 Jiazi of magic power, in ten thousand years, 3.65 million Jiazi, and in one hundred thousand years, 36.5 million Jiazi!
A true One Orifice Ancient God, even if he never cultivates in this life, can still gather millions of Jiazi magic power before aging, striving for the Void Refinement Realm.
Whether he can successfully break through to Void Fragmentation depends on the capabilities of this One Orifice Ancient God.
If the second aperture, the third aperture, or the fourth aperture are opened... the enhancement to magic power will become even more extraordinary.
The ancient divine race is naturally far superior to other races in cultivating mana!
Ning Fan successively took 200 Quiet Grass Pills, utilizing the terrifying refining speed of the Xuan Yin Treasure, and refined all pills within a day!
The Quiet Grass Pill is a sixth-revolution middle-ranked pill, each pill can increase 2000 units of magic power, and 200 Quiet Grass Pills can increase a total of 400,000 units of magic power!
But after Ning Fan consumed so many Quiet Grass Pills, he increased a total of 800,000 units of magic power!
After opening the first divine aperture, consuming one mana pill gives him double the increase!
Mana, 11 million Jiazi!
"Double the effect of taking pills!" Luo You’s beautiful eyes carried a hint of heat and shock.
The ancient divine race is indeed very powerful; just a One Orifice Ancient God eating one pill is equivalent to others taking two, and higher-level ancient gods would surely be even more incredible.
Ning Fan didn’t continue to take other mana pills but experimentally took out 50 Green Bone Pills and refined them one by one.
Green Bone Pills, each one can greatly enhance essence cultivation.
pills can collectively increase 500,000 Jiazi of essence cultivation!
Ning Fan consumed all the Green Bone Pills, increasing his essence cultivation from 9 million Jiazi to 9.5 million without increasing the pill effect.
It seems the divine aperture can only enhance the effect of mana pills...
Ning Fan took out 9 Barbarian Dragon Fruits consecutively and consumed them all, increasing 900,000 Jiazi of essence.
The 9 Barbarian Dragon Fruits also failed to double the pill effect.
He then took out an entire Barbarian Dragon Tree, recklessly refining the whole tree into his body, increasing a million Jiazi of essence, with no doubled pill effect as well.
"You foolish brother, you even ate the Barbarian Dragon Tree..." Luo You looked at Ning Fan speechlessly.
This Barbarian Dragon Tree is quite formidable. Even an ordinary Barbarian Dragon Tree can bear 12 Barbarian Dragon Fruits every millennium, each being a treasure for Golden Body Realm Masters to enhance their Body Cultivation realm.
The Barbarian Dragon Tree is considered a rather precious spiritual root above the four heavens.
Meanwhile, there are few Body Cultivation well-known families above the four heavens that know the secret technique to cultivate the Barbarian Dragon Tree as an ancestral tree.
Once the Barbarian Dragon Tree is cultivated as an ancestral tree, the resulting Barbarian Dragon Ancestor Fruits would be even more extraordinary...
Luo You merely felt a bit speechless, as she rightly understood that Ning Fan was not someone patient enough to plant and nurture trees.
He lacks time and needs to use every possible method to enhance his cultivation, even if it means breaking treasures recklessly.
As the Barbarian Dragon Tree got refined, Ning Fan’s essence cultivation broke through to 11.4 million Jiazi, and his ancient demon cultivation broke through to the Late Reckless Devil Realm at that moment!
The golden apertures within him rapidly increased, and his Body Refinement realm at the Third Level of Golden Body Refining Realm broke through to the Fourth Level at that moment!
Not only that!
After absorbing the wood power of the rare spirit wood, the Barbarian Dragon Tree, the Wood Element Physique of Ning Fan’s Minor Five Elements Constitution advanced by one percent!
His ability to control and command wood greatly improved!
"The Minor Five Elements Constitution can actually upgrade!" Ning Fan exclaimed.
"Of course the Minor Five Elements Constitution can upgrade... By absorbing the power of the Five Elements Spiritual Objects born innately, one can gradually cultivate the Minor Five Elements to completion, eventually cultivating to the Grand Five Elements Body..." Luo You explained.
"I see."
Ning Fan nodded. Since the Minor Five Elements Constitution can be upgraded, he was naturally willing to search for the Five Elements Spiritual Objects to perfect the Minor Five Elements.
However, this was not the moment to focus on the Minor Five Elements Constitution. He patted his storage pouch, took out some Jade Royal Dan, and consumed them all. His essence finally stayed at 11,800,000 units of magic power.
Then he took out pills that enhance mana, using the power of the Divine Aperture to double his mana.
Divine Bamboo Pills could collectively enhance a Void Pierce Stage expert’s mana by 1,200,000 units of magic power. After consuming them, Ning Fan’s mana increased by 2,400,000 units of magic power, reaching 13,400,000 units!
He took out 15 Void Refinement Realm Dao Fruits gathered from all over, and together they could enhance his mana by 800,000 units.
After consuming these Void Refinement Realm Dao Fruits, Ning Fan’s mana increased by 1,600,000 units, reaching 15,000,000 units!
He took out a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit obtained from the Cedar Clan, swallowed it whole, and gradually refined it.
This Dao Fruit originally could enhance a million units of magic power, but at this moment, it enhanced by 2,000,000 units of magic power!
Mana, 17,000,000 units!
Ning Fan took out the last item, a Rogue Immortal Grade Dao Fruit obtained from the four passes of Heaven Controlling City!
This Rogue Immortal Grade Dao Fruit was sealed with seventh-level strange chill, which Ning Fan directly connected with and refined together.
The strange chill could enhance the fire power of Yin and Yang fire, complement the Water Element, and also enhance nearly 50,000 units of magic power.
The Rogue Immortal Grade Dao Fruit could enhance 2,000,000 units of magic power.
The two items refined simultaneously, Ning Fan’s mana increased by 4,100,000 units, and the cultivation of the Water Element Physique was fully improved to one percent.
Mana, 21,100,000 units!
The Void Piece Stage’s threshold is 10,000,000 units, while the Void Fragmentation Stage’s threshold is 20,000,000 units.
Reaching this point in mana, Ning Fan could truly hit the Void Fragmentation threshold in one step!
The grandiose Void Fragmentation mana was hard to suppress, and the breakthrough was imminent, with the lightning tribulation also about to descend.
Ning Fan no longer waited, hurriedly taking out Void Refinement Pills and Taixu Pills, deciding to begin his charge towards the Void Fragmentation threshold!
He had enough insight, sufficient mana, and the assistance of pills, making the breakthrough a natural outcome.
His momentum rose sharply, Ning Fan abruptly stood up, his aura reaching its peak at that moment!
Cultivation, Void Fragmentation!
"Be careful!" At the moment Ning Fan broke through to the Void Fragmentation, Luo You suddenly hurriedly warned, but it was too late.
Suddenly, in the Mysterious Yin World, a gigantic hand appeared out of thin air, slapping towards Ning Fan.
The hand formed by the power of the Heavenly Dao had no destructive power. However, when it slapped Ning Fan, his form flickered and he was directly knocked out of the Mysterious Yin World, just after breaking through Void Fragmentation, with his aura not yet stable!
"As expected, trying to use the Mysterious Yin World to bypass the tribulation is impossible..." Ning Fan frowned, seemingly having anticipated this situation.
He was still somewhat dismissive of the Void Inquiry Stage heavenly tribulation, but he was fully focused on the Void Piece Stage heavenly tribulation.
This time, he prepared a lot to withstand the Tribulation of Yin Wind, but ultimately chose to break through Void Fragmentation in the Mysterious Yin World to see if he could outsmart the tribulation there.
The Mysterious Yin World is a Void Realm, its rank higher than the Rain Immortal World!
The Heavenly Dao of the Rain Immortal World did not have the authority to mete out tribulation penalties within the Mysterious Yin World!
If it were just a normal heavenly tribulation, Ning Fan could choose to spend it in the Mysterious Yin World,
but now the Heavenly Dao of the lower realms was clearly biased against Ning Fan, intensifying the tribulation unreasonably, which violated the rules of heaven and earth; excessive tribulations cannot be employed within the Mysterious Yin World.
Therefore, Ning Fan wanted to cleverly escape into the Mysterious Yin World, to see if he could use the world’s power to block the tribulation from the lower realms.
But unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao of the lower realms had such means, directly ejecting Ning Fan from the Mysterious Yin World back to the Ice Island.
Fortunately, Ning Fan had set up numerous formation arrays on the Ice Island beforehand; otherwise, he wouldn’t even have a chance to retaliate.
He looked up at the sky, his Void Fragmentation aura soaring!
Above the sky, dark clouds covered the heavens, and Yin Wind was like blades. This time, the heavenly tribulation was the Tribulation of Yin Wind, and its power was at least that of a First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
And above the heavy dark clouds, coldly standing were three giants of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, each a Dao Guardian!
The one managing this Tribulation of Yin Wind was a Tree Armor Giant named Gust.
The other two giants were: an Ice Giant, clad in green armor, named Green Frost;
and a Stone Warrior, clad in rock armor, named Mountain and Earth Collapsed!
"Cultivator Ning Fan, your killings are excessive, repeatedly violating the heavenly principles, and cannot be forgiven! We, the Dao Guardians, descend from heaven to execute you in the Tree Immortal Realm! My name is Gust!"
The Gust Giant said coldly, its roar thunderous, dark as a blade!
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