Grasping the Evil

Chapter 657: Breaking Through to the Second Heavenly Layer of Void Fragmentation Realm, Visitors from the Mountain World

The mana boundary for the Fracture First Realm is 50,000 Yuanhui, 100,000 for the Fracture Second, 200,000 for the Fracture Third, 400,000 for the Fracture Fourth, and 1,000,000 for the Fracture Fifth.

From the Fracture Fifth onward, the mana required by Void Fragmentation cultivators for a breakthrough increases dramatically.

The mana boundary for the Fracture Sixth Realm is 3,000,000 Yuanhui, 5,000,000 for the Fracture Seventh, 8,000,000 for the Fracture Eighth, and 10,000,000 for the Fracture Ninth!

Once mana reaches 10,000,000 Yuanhui, a cultivator can comprehend life and death and push through the bottleneck of the Fate Immortal.

Ning Fan’s mana is currently 78,000 Yuanhui.

He is a One Orifice Ancient God, and the effect of consuming Dao Crystals for him is twice that of ordinary people. Every five Dao Crystals refined increases his mana by 1 Yuanhui.

This devouring took over two months, during which Ning Fan devoured 100,000 Dao Crystals, raising his mana by 20,000 Yuanhui, nearing the breakthrough to the Fracture Second Realm.

Refining Dao Crystals took far more time than he had imagined.

The higher the mana, the faster a Void Fragmentation cultivator can absorb the power of a Dao Crystal.

As Ning Fan is only at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, his refining speed is naturally not fast.

Were it not for being within the Xuan Yin Treasure, refining 100,000 Dao Crystals would have taken him about 20 years.

Ning Fan can stay in the Xuan Yin Treasure for at most three months at a time. Now that the time is up, he had no choice but to temporarily exit the Xuan Yin Treasure, stay outside for a few days, and then re-enter.

After another three months of refining, Ning Fan refined a total of 170,000 Dao Crystals this time.

As mana increased, the time extended, the number of Dao Crystals refined naturally increased as well.

Once mana reaches 100,000 Yuanhui, the effect of Dao Crystals immediately halves, requiring ten Dao Crystals to increase mana by 1 Yuanhui.

Ning Fan’s mana ultimately reached 116,000 Yuanhui.

At this point, his mana was sufficient to break through the bottleneck of the Fracture Second Realm.

Ning Fan shook himself lightly, left the Xuan Yin Treasure, traveled away from Yue Country, heading south to the southern sea for the tribulation breakthrough.

He again chose a deserted island for the tribulation, but this time, Ning Fan did not set up any formation array.

The Heavenly Dao no longer increased the intensity of the tribulation, and Ning Fan feared not the ordinary Fracture Second Heavenly Tribulation.

On the deserted island, Ning Fan established a temporary abode and took a Space-breaking Pill from his storage pouch.

This Space-breaking Pill was one of Ning Fan’s spoils of war, with a total of twelve pills, and is a Low Grade Seventh Revolution Pill, able to increase a Void Fragmentation cultivator’s breakthrough probability by half.

A Fracture First breaking through to the Fracture Second can only consume one pill.

To break from the Fracture Second to the Fracture Third, two pills are required to increase the breakthrough probability by half.

To break from the Fracture Third to the Fracture Fourth, four pills are required.

The number of Space-breaking Pills needed doubles with each realm level increase.

Ning Fan only consumed one Space-breaking Pill, which was sufficient.

While refining the medicinal power of the Space-breaking Pill, he simultaneously attacked the Fracture Second bottleneck.

Despite Ning Fan’s considerable fortune, it still took him three attempts to break through this bottleneck.

The moment he broke through the bottleneck, Ning Fan’s mana surged by 10,000 Yuanhui, and he successfully advanced to the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!

Simultaneously with the realm breakthrough, his spirit sense greatly increased, reaching nearly the peak of the Fracture Second spirit sense.

Ning Fan stood up abruptly, exuding an imposing aura like a rainbow.

With a footstep on the ground, the entire deserted island crumbled with a roar into countless pieces, sinking into the sea.

He stood on the southern sea’s surface, his eyes slightly focused, gazing at the sky.

In the sky above, large black and white ring shadows appeared, gathering vast billows of tribulation clouds, with countless golden thunders brewing within them.

"The Imperial Thunder Tribulation, is it!"

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with golden light, and an Imperial Qi Flying Dragon immediately coiled around him!

In the next moment, countless Imperial Thunders struck overhead, turning the entire sea area into golden light!

Without a word, Ning Fan lifted his foot, and a massive T-Tai Su Lightning Diagram immediately appeared beneath his feet, defending against the showers of Imperial Thunder.

With the T-Tai Su Lightning Diagram’s defense, not a single Imperial Thunder could strike Ning Fan.

Ning Fan raised his hand, and a one-zhang long Imperial Qi Flying Dragon soared into the sky, frantically devouring the Imperial Thunders one after another.

With Ning Fan’s command of finger techniques, each Imperial Thunder was swallowed into the belly of the flying dragon.

An hour later, the countless Imperial Thunders were consumed by the flying dragon, and the originally one-zhang long Imperial Qi Flying Dragon had grown to two zhangs in length!

Ning Fan still had only this single Imperial Qi, but this single Imperial Qi was equivalent to twenty of an ordinary person’s!

The Imperial Qi pressure in his body was equivalent to the total of 20 Rain World’s Heavenly Kings!

"Heh, the Imperial Thunder Tribulation was broken again with ease... the Tribulation of Yin Wind won’t be hard for him either."

In a place far beyond measure, a little loli dressed in snow-white sighed with exasperation.

She still bore a grudge, holding onto the time Ning Fan ate her Eight Treasures Cake.

She really wanted to increase the tribulation’s severity to give Ning Fan some grief, but Empress Dao Monarch had forbidden her from intensifying the tribulation...

"Yet another tribulation for that obnoxious Ning Fan, such a hassle... Speaking of, he hasn’t been in the Fracture First for long, how did he already break through to the Fracture Second... Truly frightening cultivation speed."

For certain reasons, the little loli could only exert the power of the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.

When Ning Fan hadn’t yet broken into the Void Fragmentation, she wasn’t his opponent.

Now that Ning Fan and she were in the same realm, she naturally wasn’t his match, and didn’t dare show herself to trouble him.

’Tribulation of Yin Wind, you can’t be easily broken by that wretched Ning Fan.’ The little loli puffed her cheeks, praying earnestly.

Sadly, things went contrary to her wishes.

Facing the Fracture Second’s powerful Tribulation of Yin Wind, Ning Fan said nothing, directly pulling out the Wind-Stabilizing Banner, dispelling the Fracture Second Wind Tribulation completely.

This Wind-Stabilizing Banner could at least be used until the Fracture Third Heavenly Tribulation.

The pervasive Yin Wind gradually vanished as both the Imperial Thunder Tribulation and Yin Wind Tribulation were overcome by Ning Fan.

The little loli stood above the lake water, gazing at Ning Fan’s reflection in the lake surface, cheeks puffed in frustration.

"I’m so angry; he passed the tribulation again! Step on you, step on you, step on you..."

Her little feet continuously stomped the lake surface, creating ripples.

All of a sudden, she exerted too much force, and her snow-white little shoe was kicked away.

It flew away...

Away...

Far away...

Away...

The little loli realized she had done something silly again and sat on the lake, petrified.

"My... my embroidered shoe... it fell off again..."

"That was the pair Empress Dao Monarch embroidered for me personally. I won’t live, I won’t live! Wah!"

Tears fell down her face in grievance.

Those were her favorite embroidered shoes, Empress Dao Monarch said these embroidered shoes were for her dowry, to be worn for her future marriage...

Unexpectedly, with one slip, they fell to the lower realms again, convenient for Ning Fan...

Momentarily, the little loli started a torrent of endless muttering against Ning Fan.

"Stupid Ning Fan, lousy Ning Fan, stupid Ning Fan, lousy Ning Fan..."

Ning Fan successively dispelled the Imperial Thunder Tribulation and the Tribulation of Yin Wind, completely passing the Fracture Second Heavenly Tribulation.

The Fracture Second Heavenly Tribulation, unlike the Fracture First, only contains two tribulations, with no third tribulation and naturally no reward from the Heavenly Dao.

With the breakthrough, Ning Fan prepared to return to Seven Apricot City to solidify his foundation.

Suddenly, a radiance flashed across the sky, and a hidden weapon dropped down.

Ning Fan raised his hand and grabbed the hidden weapon into his palm, his expression immediately turning strange.

"Uh... isn’t this a woman’s embroidered shoe?"

It was an exquisitely crafted snow-white embroidered shoe, delicately scented with the aroma of 200,000-year-old Celestial Iris.

The owner of this shoe actually used a 200,000-year-old spiritual medicine to make perfume, even staining the embroidered shoe with a faint scent...

"What a lavish little girl, using such precious spiritual medicine for fragrance..."

"Speaking of which, why would that little girl gift me an embroidered shoe... Could this be some unique form of goodwill?"

Ning Fan’s expression turned slightly awkward. After pondering, he decided to store the embroidered shoe in his storage pouch.

Since it was a gesture of goodwill from the Heavenly Dao Little Miss, wouldn’t it be a shame to refuse her good intentions?

The little girl was dumbfounded, she was furious.

"Who...who would give you their dowry! You’re not anyone to me, why should I give you my embroidered shoes!"

"I’m so mad, I’m so mad! You ate my eight-treasure cake and stole my embroidered shoes, you’re shameless, you have no face! Boo hoo hoo...."

The little girl cried continuously, as if she had suffered a great grievance, crying for three days straight before she finally calmed down a bit.

All of this, however, had nothing to do with Ning Fan.

He made his way back to Yue Country, returning to Seven Apricot.

He visited Godly Void Pavilion once, inquiring when exactly the little demoness would be heading to Immortal Burning Valley.

The half-year period had come to an end, and it seemed they would be heading to Immortal Burning Valley soon.

"Hehe, Husband, stabilize your cultivation first, there’s no rush for the journey to Immortal Burning Valley. There have been some issues on He Daozi’s side, we will depart in a month’s time," the little demoness giggled.

Having received the little demoness’s response, Ning Fan returned to Si Fan Palace, entered the Xuan Yin Realm, and began to solidify his cultivation base.

Once his cultivation base was settled, he took out the "Sword Demon Scripture" and the Grotto-Heaven Pearl to study them carefully.

With a month left, he could learn the Dismantling Technique and enhance the power of the Swirling Void Technique.

The sword forms of the Dismantling Technique were very intricate, but there were many shadows of the Myriad Sword Style within them, so Ning Fan’s comprehension was not slow.

He absorbed the power of numerous broken swords and Immortal Swords to strengthen his divine sense while practicing the Dismantling Technique.

Within just ten days, he had preliminarily mastered the sword forms of the Dismantling Technique.

The sword forms were not difficult to master, but the cost of performing this sword technique was too immense.

If Ning Fan were to pay the price of having his physical form dismantled and severely wounding his Spirit, he could unleash the First Sword of Dismantling and slay a rogue immortal with a single strike!

If Ning Fan paid the price of his life, he could continue to unleash the Second Sword and slay another rogue immortal!

This was a life-risking technique, one Ning Fan would not use unless at the brink of life and death.

After devouring countless fragments of broken swords, Ning Fan’s Sword Intent significantly improved, and his divine sense received reinforcement, leading to an unexpected pleasant surprise as his spirit sense broke through to the Third Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.

Ning Fan then took out 200 Yuan Cleansing Pills and refined them one by one.

After his spirit sense broke through to the Third Layer, the efficacy of the Yuan Cleansing Pills was only a quarter of what it once was.

Consuming the 200 Yuan Cleansing Pills, Ning Fan’s spirit sense saw a substantial improvement, nearly reaching the invincible level of the Third Layer.

Simultaneously, within the Cauldron Ring, Nieli also successfully broke through to the Shattered Sixth Realm.

This was also a cause for celebration.

Next, it was time to absorb the Cauldron Power within the Grotto-Heaven Pearl.

Ning Fan exited the Xuan Yin Realm and entered the Infinite Nascent Realm of the Grotto-Heaven Pearl.

Here, there was an infinite number of high-grade Grotto-Heaven spaces, and Ning Fan could effortlessly destroy one, extracting its Grotto-Heaven Power without impacting the treasure in any way.

Each time a high-grade Grotto-Heaven was destroyed, one of the silver continents within Ning Fan’s Life-bound Cave Heaven would be dyed gold.

Gradually, all 72 silver continents turned golden, transforming the entire Life-bound Cave Heaven into a pure gold space.

Ning Fan extended his palm, and with a thought, golden vortices appeared in his palm.

The Swirling Void Technique was finally perfected, reaching the Golden Vortex Realm!

"Golden Vortex... The Swirling Void Technique of the Tri-Realm Sect Master seems to be only at the Golden Vortex level..."

"The ultimate realm of the Swirling Void Technique is the Virtual Whirl Realm... I wonder if continuing to devour the Cauldron Power within the Grotto-Heaven Pearl can further elevate the realm of the Swirling Void Technique."

Ning Fan continued to extract strands of high-grade Cauldron Power to devour.

Unfortunately, after the Swirling Void Technique broke through to the Golden Vortex Realm, absorbing Cauldron Power was no longer effective.

However, the Grotto-Heaven Pearl still had its uses.

Ning Fan sat cross-legged in a certain high-grade Grotto-Heaven within the Grotto-Heaven Pearl, contemplating the changes in the Grotto-Heaven Pearl’s manifestation.

The so-called infinite Grotto-Heavens are derived from innumerable virtual spaces originating from one real Grotto-Heaven.

"It seems the Swirling Void Technique can be applied in this manner as well..."

With a thought, Ning Fan vanished into the real Grotto-Heaven within the Grotto-Heaven Pearl, extracting and devouring its Cauldron Power.

As the real Grotto-Heaven collapsed, infinite virtual Grotto-Heavens also crumbled.

Ning Fan was forcibly teleported out of the Grotto-Heaven Pearl’s space, and upon looking at it again, the pearl had split into two halves.

The treasure was destroyed.

Despite the Grotto-Heaven Pearl’s ruin, Ning Fan displayed a satisfied expression.

The ways to perform the Swirling Void Technique had increased by one...

Returning to the Xuan Yin Realm, Ning Fan finally retrieved the bloody umbrella, hesitating slightly before resolutely making up his mind.

With his current prowess in the Swirling Void Technique, he could effortlessly trap Third Stage cultivators.

To further enhance its power, he would likely have to devour small chiliocosm treasures.

"Begin refining!"

Ning Fan activated the bloody umbrella, which immediately transformed into a streak of blood light.

With a gulp, the blood light was swallowed into Ning Fan’s stomach.

Three days later, Ning Fan extracted the small chiliocosm power from the bloody umbrella and merged it with his Life-bound Cave Heaven.

In that instant, one of the 72 golden continents within the Life-bound Cave Heaven suddenly turned half-real, half-virtual.

Ning Fan extended his hand, producing a golden vortex, which also began to toggle between reality and illusion.

"Indeed, to train the Swirling Void Technique to the Virtual Whirl Realm, devouring small chiliocosm treasures is essential. And it seems I still need to devour 71 more small chiliocosm treasures to refine the Swirling Void Technique to its highest level... But where to find 71 small chiliocosm treasures? This technique is truly difficult to cultivate..."

Ning Fan sighed, shaking his head. No wonder only the founding ancestor of the Tri-Realm Sect had cultivated the Swirling Void to the Virtual Whirl Realm; no one else had managed it since.

To reach the Virtual Whirl Realm, devouring 72 small chiliocosm treasures was an almost impossible task for cultivators of the lower realms.

Even Ning Fan, after devouring the bloody umbrella, was only left with the Cauldron Ring and the Yuan Yao Jade as small chiliocosm treasures.

These two treasures were not to be consumed lightly.

And the Xuan Yin Treasure within the Yin Yang Locket was even more untouchable.

Therefore, he could only wait until he acquired other small chiliocosm treasures to devour them.

"I’ve only devoured one small chiliocosm treasure, yet the Swirling Void’s power is already a notch stronger than the initial Tri-Realm Sect Master!"

"With my current cultivation in the Swirling Void Technique, I can directly trap Fragmentation Five cultivators within my Life-bound Cave Heaven, seal, or kill them!"

"Within my Life-bound Cave Heaven, having absorbed the power of the Grotto-Heaven Pearl, a Fragmentation Five cultivator sealed inside cannot escape death! But unfortunately, my cultivation is still low, and I can seal only one Fragmentation Five cultivator at a time..."

Ning Fan was deep in thought when suddenly the Sound Transmission Jade Gui in his storage pouch began to emit a sound.

He extracted the jade tablet, and from it came Xu Qiuling’s somewhat solemn voice.

"Big Brother, five Void Fragmentation cultivators from the Mountain World have invaded the Rain Immortal World, descending upon Seven Apricot! Come quickly! They claim to seek reparation for the former Rain World’s Heavenly King!"

Ning Fan’s gaze suddenly turned icy.

He hadn’t expected that even after Yun Zongxuan’s death, other realm’s old monsters would come to demand reparation for him.

It was uncertain what cultivation these individuals had, or whether they truly intended only to seek reparation.

Given that these five individuals were from the Mountain World, they couldn’t possibly have rogue immortals among them.

Being part of the Middle Three Worlds among the nine worlds, the strongest from the Mountain World was but a Fragmentation Level Seven cultivator.

Even if Mountain World sent Level Seven Fragmentation old monsters, Ning Fan would not fear them!

...

At this moment, Bright Sparrow, Meichen, and Teng Xianrou stood together in the sky.

Xu Qiuling produced five heavenly tribulation puppets, guarding them in the sky with Wukui.

A black-robed Mu Luo body double stood at the forefront of the group, coldly observing the Mountain World’s visitors.

A group of five old monsters from the Mountain World arrived: three at Fragmentation Five, one at Fragmentation Four, and one at Fragmentation Three, all long-time friends of Yun Zongxuan.

To call them friends was only a flattering term; these individuals merely had dealings of mutual interest with Yun Zongxuan.

With Yun Zongxuan dead, and the new Divine Emperor of the Rain Immortal World being Ning Fan of First Layer cultivation and Li Cangtian at the Third Layer, they saw the Rain Immortal World as easy prey and naturally sought to exploit it for their benefit.

"Where is the Rain World’s Heavenly Emperor Ning Fan? Let him come out and speak with me!"

A Fragmentation Five old monster spoke with extreme arrogance, coldly overlooking Seven Apricot City.

Although there were several cultivators within Seven Apricot City, there was only one at Fragmentation Five, insufficient to fear!

It was clear he had come to capitalize on the Rain Immortal World!

If Ning Fan was unwilling to cooperate and offer enough benefits, he would have to teach Ning Fan a lesson to make him understand their might! (To be continued. If you enjoy this piece of work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)