novelraw Chapter 615: Battle to the Death
Chapter 615: Battle to the Death
This Swirling Void Technique is actually an Immortal Technique!
If the full power of this technique is unleashed, it is enough to easily seal a rogue devil!
This technique consists of three layers of cultivation, divided into three realms, from low to high: Silver Vortex, Golden Vortex, and Void Whirl.
In the history of the Three Realms Sect, only the first Sect Master has successfully cultivated to the Void Whirl realm. The current Three Realms Sect Master has only cultivated to the Golden Vortex realm.
With the Swirling Void Technique realm of the Three Realms Sect Master, he can seal ordinary Void Fragmentation cultivators with a wave of his hand.
If one cultivates this technique to the highest realm, they can seal a rogue devil with a mere wave!
To practice the Swirling Void Technique, one needs to refine Immortal Abode’s Magical Treasures to condense one’s life-bound cave heaven.
The stronger the life-bound cave heaven, the more powerful the sealing capability.
After reading the jade scroll of the "Swirling Void Technique," Ning Fan’s eyes suddenly brightened.
He had many Cauldron Rings, as well as three small chiliocosms.
If he devoured the caverns of all the Cauldron Rings, and then the small chiliocosms of the small chiliocosms, his life-bound cave heaven might be stronger than the Sect Master of the Three Realms Sect.
If he could master the Swirling Void Technique, he would naturally be more formidable than the Sect Master of the Three Realms Sect.
"If I have time, I might as well learn this technique."
Ning Fan put away the Swirling Void Technique jade scroll and began examining the storage pouch of the Moksha Emperor.
The Moksha Emperor’s storage pouch also contained many good things.
What caught Ning Fan’s eye the most were two jade scrolls.
The first jade scroll recorded an Immortal Void peak-level spell called the "Wheel of Reincarnation Technique," which was one of the Moksha Emperor’s strongest Divine Skills.
This technique was bestowed upon the Moksha Emperor by the White Demon Sect Master and required profound ice mana to cultivate.
If cultivated to its highest realm, this technique is enough to rebound any spell attacks below Immortal Techniques. In terms of killing, its power is almost comparable to true Immortal Techniques.
This technique caught Ning Fan’s attention. If he wished to cultivate it, he would have to wait until he had time in the future.
The second jade scroll recorded a fragmented merit law.
"The ’Nirvana Sutra’!"
Ning Fan’s gaze shook. This merit law was precisely the merit law for cultivating the Nirvana Devil Veins!
The Nirvana Devil Veins are extremely abnormal. As long as one is injured but not dead, the more severe the injury, the greater the strength increase after recovery.
What the Moksha Emperor cultivated was this "Nirvana Sutra"!
Ning Fan read the jade scroll carefully, his brow gradually furrowing.
This jade scroll only recorded the cultivation of the ’physical body’ among the Nirvana Trinity, and did not include the methods for the other two bodies, nor the way to open the Nirvana Devil Veins.
Still, after finishing the jade scroll, Ning Fan remained silent for a long time.
He hadn’t previously understood what exactly the Moksha Emperor’s physical body was, but now he thoroughly knew.
The Moksha Emperor has three bodies, one entity three bodies!
The one he had captured was the Moksha Emperor’s physical body.
Apart from this, the Moksha Emperor also has a past body and a future body.
"This work is incomplete and cannot be cultivated."
Ning Fan put away all the storage pouches and jade scrolls, then with a flick of his sleeve, he took out a black Spirit, holding it tightly in his hand.
The Spirit of the Moksha Emperor!
The Moksha Emperor was severely injured by a rogue devil, and his Spirit looked like it wouldn’t last long.
If not properly treated, the Moksha Emperor’s Spirit would perish before long.
Would Ning Fan treat him? Of course not.
With his Spirit captured, the Moksha Emperor’s gaze was fierce as he coldly snorted, "By capturing my Spirit of the present body, my other two bodies must have already sensed it and will come to rescue me sooner or later!"
"I have rogue devils in hand. If your other two bodies come, I’ll kill them one by one!" Ning Fan sneered.
"Rogue devil!" The thought of the rogue devil made the Moksha Emperor’s Spirit’s aura weaken significantly.
With Ning Fan having rogue devils in hand, the Moksha Emperor’s other two bodies are not at all opponents; coming would be sending them to their deaths.
"What do you want in exchange for sparing me! If you kill me, you will definitely offend the White Demon Sect!" the Moksha Emperor gritted his teeth.
"And what of offending the White Demon Sect! Soul Search!"
Ning Fan couldn’t be bothered to say more to the Moksha Emperor and directly cast the Soul Search Technique.
At this moment, the Moksha Emperor was not far from death, his Spirit was insubstantial, and how could he resist Ning Fan’s Soul Search Technique.
With a scream, the Moksha Emperor passed out, while Ning Fan unscrupulously wiped out memories of the soul.
The Moksha Emperor’s divine sense was a vast black ocean, appearing as a black sea.
Underneath this ocean, multiple layers of seals were set.
To Ning Fan, these memory seals were insignificant, easily destroyed.
As he flipped through the memory fragments of the Moksha Emperor, Ning Fan’s gaze grew colder and colder.
From the Moksha Emperor’s memories, Ning Fan saw the Moksha Emperor’s entire life, saw his past of apprenticing under an old monster, and witnessed the entire process of him defecting to the White Demon Sect and betraying the old monster.
Bang!
Ning Fan clenched his hand fiercely, crushing the Moksha Emperor’s Spirit, dirty blood flowing wantonly.
"White Demon Sect..." Ning Fan’s tone was indifferent, but his eyes contained countless murder intents.
Gradually, he collected all his killing intent and regained his composure.
Revenge must be exacted bit by bit. Although he is now unafraid of the Moksha Emperor, he is far from being an adversary of the Northern Heaven White Demon Sect.
The White Demon Sect is a great enemy, yet still far, nearly unreachable.
The nearby enemies have not yet been fully slain. The Moksha Emperor still has two bodies in existence, the Three Realms Sect’s foundation remains intact, and the Rain Emperor’s stance is still unclear...
There are also the enemies who harmed his parents, that mysterious old man with the seven colors...
"This path of cultivating against the Yin Yang Transformation is destined to be long..." Ning Fan murmured to himself.
...
Five days later, in Heavenly Cloud Country.
During these days, a giant jade platform was erected in the ocean of clouds above the Ten Realms of the Heavenly Cloud.
On the jade platform, a grand ceremony was being held to celebrate King Lan Ling and Bright Sparrow’s breakthrough to the Void Fragmentation.
The seats on the jade platform were already filled with countless leaders from the first-rate powers of Middle State.
At the head seat, Rain Emperor and other Rain World Void Fragmentation were seated.
Yet the Heaven Separation Sect was still absent. King Lan Ling and Bright Sparrow had already taken their seats.
Also seated was a black-clad beauty of the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation, remarkably none other than the Netherworld Sable—Mei Chen!
Ordinarily, her injuries should not yet have healed, requiring the consumption of high-grade Seventh Revolution expensive pills for complete recovery.
Only after recovery could she regain her Third Stage of Shattered Void cultivation, yet it was unclear why she had already recovered.
Beside the small sable sat another mysterious figure, cloaked entirely in black, revealing only a pair of deep, black gemstone-like eyes with a cunning smile in them.
This mysterious figure similarly exuded an aura of Void Fragmentation, yet the aura was so elusive that it was impossible to discern the exact cultivation level.
Both the small sable and the mysterious figure had concealed their presence, leaving outsiders unaware that the two were old monsters of the Void Fragmentation realm.
But the high-ranking members of the Rain Palace knew, and the Rain Emperor knew as well!
The Rain Emperor wore a smile, yet his heart was shrouded in gloom.
He could never have imagined that Ning Fan had the power to slay the Vine Emperor!
He could never have imagined that so many experts were hidden within the Yue Country!
He assigned Ning Fan to the Tree World, originally intending for Ning Fan to soak in the Zhu Rong Spring, enhance his fire resistance, and assist in his endeavors.
Who would have thought he misjudged so gravely, that Ning Fan was such a formidable individual, who could even kill the Vine Emperor!
The Vine Emperor! His prowess surpassed that of the Rain Emperor by half a notch!
The Rain Emperor, having sent Ning Fan to the Tree World, naturally paid close attention to the movements there.
Upon learning of the Vine Emperor’s death, the Rain Emperor spent a significant amount of resources to send people to investigate the Tree World secretly.
When he obtained the information about the killer, the Rain Emperor could hardly believe his eyes.
The killer’s visage was clearly identical to Ning Fan’s!
The North Tree Emperor, Lu Bei, was indeed Ning Fan!
Soul Extraction, Clone, Emperor Shadow... all three great divine skills of Void Fragmentation, Ning Fan had mastered them all!
"Sovereign qi! Hmph! The one who condensed sovereign qi in the Rain World back then was undoubtedly Ning Fan! Ning Fan, he is the adversary I calculated, the great enemy that would hinder my path to immortality! This child has hidden so deeply, so deeply! If it weren’t for such a significant event, how could I have guessed this child could even annihilate the Vine Emperor!"
"Hmph! Fortunately, I hadn’t yet sent him to fetch the Feather Ascension Pill... If I had, he would surely snatch away my Feather Ascension Pill, obstructing my path to immortality!"
The Rain Emperor looked at Bright Sparrow, Meichen, and the cloaked mysterious figure, with a slight trace of anger in his eyes.
Regarding Ning Fan’s act of killing the Vine Emperor, the Rain Emperor silenced all the informants, not spreading the news, so that besides him, no one in the Rain World knew.
Upon learning of Ning Fan’s slaying of the Vine Emperor, he personally infiltrated the Yue Country secretly to execute some misdeeds.
It was then he shockingly discovered that the Yue Country housed three Void Fragmentation cultivators.
A dryad of the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, a sable demon of the Third Heavenly Layer, and a mysterious cloaked figure whose strength was unfathomable.
As for the sable demon, it was negligible, but the dryad and the mysterious cloaked figure both exceeded the Rain Emperor in strength!
After discerning the profound foundation of the Yue Country, the Rain Emperor dared not take action against it and sulkingly returned to the Rain Palace.
Later, even Bright Sparrow succeeded in reaching Void Fragmentation.
The Rain Emperor’s mind was in disarray!
He didn’t know how to handle Ning Fan, for Ning Fan’s influence was alarmingly vast!
What to do, what to do!
Ning Fan alone could slay the Vine Emperor, and the Yue Country had so many experts.
If Ning Fan wanted to contend for the Rain Emperor’s throne, he would almost certainly lose!
"Could it be that I can only, like with the Thunder Emperor millennia ago, harness the power of the divine beast from the Ancestral Rain Altar to eliminate Ning Fan?"
The Rain Emperor’s thoughts were exceedingly complex; the divine beast’s appetite was vast, and for it to act once, who knows how much blood sacrifice would be required...
The last time against the Thunder Emperor, he secretly had two million Golden Core experts kidnapped as offerings to satiate the divine beast, garnering its assistance once...
To get the divine beast to act again, who knows what price would be exacted...
The Rain Emperor’s thoughts were unknown to everyone present.
Each of the Rain World’s Void Fragmentation harbored their own thoughts but remained inscrutable on the surface.
The Rain Emperor steadied his nerves, turning his gaze towards King Lan Ling and Bright Sparrow.
He had yet to make up his mind regarding Ning Fan, so perhaps it was best not to touch Bright Sparrow for now...
"Daoist Lan Ling, Daoist Bright Sparrow, achieving Void Fragmentation is indeed a fortune for the Rain World, a fortune for this emperor. This emperor intends to reward the two of you; you may speak of what you desire, and as long as it’s reasonable, this emperor will not refuse!"
The Rain Emperor thought about continuing to win over Bright Sparrow for the time being. As for King Lan Ling, naturally, he would seek to win him over too.
For now, he should grant them some rewards to draw them closer.
The Rain Emperor’s gaze swept over Bright Sparrow and King Lan Ling, waiting for them to voice their requests.
Bright Sparrow glanced at the small sable and mysterious figure beside her and communicated a few things through sound transmission, the content unknown.
After that, Bright Sparrow giggled as she stood up and spoke to the Rain Emperor, "I want to enter the Heaven Controlling City’s treasury and consume pills to my fill."
"Consume pills to your fill?" The Rain Emperor was slightly taken aback, then chuckled lightly, "That’s simple. After this grand ceremony, this emperor will arrange for someone to take you to the dan refinement room in the Heaven Controlling City’s treasury, where there are many expensive pills; you may take them at your discretion."
The Rain Emperor didn’t grasp the true intention behind ’to my fill,’ merely assuming Bright Sparrow wished to take a few bottles of pills from the treasury, thus he agreed without much hesitation.
Bright Sparrow giggled and sat back down, envisioning the delightful scene of consuming all the pills stored in the Rain Palace.
After breaking through to Void Fragmentation, her appetite had grown tremendously, leaving her uncertain how many pills would satisfy her hunger.
The Rain Emperor glanced toward King Lan Ling, who gradually stood up, cupped his fist towards the Rain Emperor, and spoke with a hint of coldness in his handsome eyes.
"Daoist Lan Ling, do you and the White Marquis harbor any resentment? I hope to settle it with a duel to the death!"
After speaking, King Lan Ling exchanged secretive glances with the princes, including Yun Jinghong and Yun Zhongyan.
It was then that the Rain Emperor realized the pivotal point.
Lan Ling King was unaware that Ning Fan had entered the Tree World and slain the Vine Emperor; he didn’t know how formidable Ning Fan was!
Having had a previous grudge against Ning Fan, now that he broke through to the Void Fragmentation, he was likely instigated by Yun Jinghong and others!
The Rain Emperor was just about to refuse him when, suddenly, a golden sword light pierced through layers of clouds towards the jade platform.
Just one phrase, but filled with overwhelming momentum.
Under this momentum, King Lan Ling staggered back, shocked beyond measure!
He could not withstand Ning Fan’s momentum!
One sentence was enough to encompass a terrifying aura that shocked even the Rain Emperor himself.
One sentence: "Do you dare to accept my challenge, Lan Ling?"
In this moment, the majestic confidence of Ning Fan made King Lan Ling tremble with shock!
He, he couldn’t stand against Ning Fan’s might, he took several steps back!
Each step was heavy, yet full of a majestic aura.
In the presence of such embellishment, how could he stand firm?
One sentence was laden with overwhelming momentum.
Under this momentum, King Lan Ling staggered, taking multiple steps back, utterly astounded!
"By the name of the White Marquis!"
"If Ning Fan is what this emperor has predicted—a foe—he must be the one brewing the calamity," thought the Rain Emperor, the tale to be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian.com; your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)