novelraw Chapter 748: Demonic Night Transformation, Dao-Manifested Big Dipper!
Chapter 748: Demonic Night Transformation, Dao-Manifested Big Dipper!
Ning Fan stood atop the mountain of Dao, feeling immense pressure as if the entire sky was pressing down on his shoulders.
Ordinary masters climb the mountain of Dao step by step, but he leapt directly to the peak.
The pressure he endured at the summit was several times that of an ordinary person, unimaginable to most.
He intended to use this pressure to rapidly refine the Yao family’s incense flame.
The Yao family incense flame was an ownerless item, so despite its high level, he could easily seize it.
However, to refine it was not something that could be done in a short period.
An ordinary Dao Line of Life Immortal would need at least a few hundred years to refine such a quantity of Incense Flame power.
If Ning Fan used the power of Xuan Yin Treasure to refine the incense, it would still take several years.
At this moment, Ning Fan took advantage of his chance to ascend to the Immortal Position of the mountain of Dao, using the oppressive pressure to forcibly refine the incense in a very short time.
This kind of opportunity could not be sought and must be seized when available, so Ning Fan had no qualms about taking a shortcut to save years of refining time.
If he did not absorb the Incense Flame power, he would become an Immortal only at the Human Profound Initial Stage, with mana comparable to the Human Profound Peak.
By consuming a large amount of Incense Flame power, Ning Fan advanced three levels, reaching the Human Profound Peak in cultivation.
His mana capacity already far exceeded that of masters of the same level, and after reaching the Human Profound Peak, his mana was comparable to the Ghost Profound Middle Stage!
Standing on the summit of the mountain of Dao, the oppressive aura around him was as heavy as a mountain, imposing immense pressure on the seventeen Life Immortals present.
Among them, eight Blood-robed Life Immortals from the Slaughter Hall were not enemies, merely affected by Ning Fan’s pressure, so it was not too unbearable.
Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and nine other Demon Immortals bore the brunt of Ning Fan’s overwhelming pressure!
They harbored ill intentions, so Ning Fan showed no mercy!
The pressure contained not only mana oppression but also the force of Evil Qi!
At this moment, as Ning Fan stood on the mountain of Dao, the pressure also faintly contained his Dao force!
This pressure was difficult even for an ordinary Enlightenment to withstand, let alone for Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and his companions.
Black Blaze Heavenly Lord could hardly believe the scene before him!
Ning Fan had just broken through to an Immortal, and his realm was not yet stable. How could he possibly reach the Human Profound Peak?
Even supposing Ning Fan was extraordinarily talented, breaking through to the Human Profound Peak right after becoming an Immortal, he shouldn’t have such overwhelming pressure.
The mana pressure at the Ghost Profound Middle Stage was enough to suffocate Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and the others.
Added to the ominous force that could deter an ordinary Enlightenment, it was sufficient to make Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and the others breathless.
With the addition of Dao pressure, injuries immediately appeared within the bodies of the nine Demon Immortals, including Black Blaze Heavenly Lord!
"This child just became an Immortal; his pressure shouldn’t be this strong! How can he inflict injury on me with mere pressure!"
Black Blaze Heavenly Lord was contemplating his situation when suddenly, Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with blood-red light, and his ferocious gaze swept over.
In an instant, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord felt pain in his chest as if hit by a heavy punch. He hurriedly retreated several steps in the air before stabilizing himself, clearly suffering significant injury!
Around him, the eight Human Profound Demon Immortals had bloodshot eyes, their aura chaotic, already devoured by Ning Fan’s Evil Qi!
"Go! Quickly, go! This child is not simple! He is no ordinary person; how can an ordinary person reach the Human Profound Peak in a single step, or exert such terrifying pressure!"
Black Blaze Heavenly Lord gritted his teeth fiercely and unhesitatingly issued the retreat order.
He had come here intending to ambush Ning Fan and seize his Dao mountain for devouring.
Unexpectedly, Ning Fan was far tougher than expected, giving Black Blaze Heavenly Lord such an unsettling feeling that he dared not stay longer nor further covet Ning Fan’s Dao mountain.
He saw clearly that Ning Fan’s ascension was not complete, as he had just stepped on the mountain of Dao and had not yet undergone the lightning tribulation.
Leaving now was still timely!
Ning Fan had not yet completed his ascension, unable to split his body to attack him. He must take this chance to flee!
The eight Human Profound Demon Immortals had been invaded by Ning Fan’s Evil Qi, their combat power reduced to only half, already too scared to stay and plot against Ning Fan’s Dao mountain.
If Black Blaze Heavenly Lord wanted to retreat, they naturally wanted to as well.
Unfortunately, Plant Willow City was not a place they could come and go from at will.
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with killing intent. As he was still in the midst of ascension, he couldn’t prevent Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and others from escaping.
He considered briefly and then said nothing more.
With the Blood Lotus Spiritual Outfit in hand, even if Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and the others fled first, no matter to the ends of the earth, he could pursue and annihilate them one by one!
Seeing Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and the others about to escape, the Life Immortal surnamed Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
Truth be told, if not to protect Ning Fan, he wouldn’t want to make an enemy of Black Blaze Heavenly Lord either.
This Black Blaze Heavenly Lord was the master of the Azure Sea Fierce Beasts, and if he could kill him instantly it would be fine, but if he could not, and they harbored eternal enmity, the consequences would be dire.
If Black Blaze Heavenly Lord commanded the Azure Sea Fierce Beasts to attack, countless Big Dipper Descendants would perish in the beast tide.
"Black Blaze wants to escape; there’s no need for us to risk following him into the Jade Sea. Just staying here to guard this Daoist friend’s ascension will suffice," the Life Immortal surnamed Mo ordered the Life Immortal beside him.
In the next moment, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord and the Demon Immortals conjured up gusting demon winds and turned to run toward the Jade Sea.
Seeing the Life Immortal surnamed Mo had no intention to pursue, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord breathed a sigh of relief.
Before they could escape two miles, a strong force struck, halting the escape light of all nine Demon Immortals.
"Who is it!" Black Blaze roared in anger.
In the darkness of night, two silhouettes of young women stood before the nine immortals, flexing their fingers, eyes filled with indescribable fury.
"Dare to ambush Little Butterfly! I will not spare you!" Mu Weiliang clenched her pink fists until they creaked.
As her soul slowly matured, her bodily strength grew rapidly.
Originally, her physical body was already comparable to a Nirvana Peak Cultivator. Having consumed fifty years of Immortal Soul Grass, now Mu Weiliang could easily crush a Human Profound Peak Cultivator with just her fists!
Her Silvery Bone realm was equivalent to the fifth slash of the Transcended Immortal Body, and she could fight against a Ghost Profound Early Stage with her physical defense alone!
"Dare to harm my master, all of you deserve death!" Zili’s black hair danced in the wind, purple eyes overflowing with killing intent.
After fifty years of hunting Azure Sea Beasts, Zili’s strength had grown significantly, just one step away from breaking through to Ghost Profound Middle Stage!
Seeing the duo blocking the way, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord’s eyes widened in shock, exclaiming, "’Purple-Gold Twin Fiends’!"
Upon hearing the name Purple-Gold Twin Fiends, the other eight Demon Immortals were similarly shocked.
The Life Immortal with the surname Mo and eight other Blood Realm Immortals also showed expressions of awe.
Purple-Gold Twin Fiends was the name given to Mu and Zili by the Azure Sea Beasts.
Over the past fifty years, these two little ladies had been wreaking havoc in the Azure Sea, hunting down fierce beasts. One would consume the flesh and blood essence, the other would consume the Demon Core, earning a great reputation among the Azure Sea Beasts.
When Mu Weiliang took action, golden lights would dance around; when Zili struck, purple waves would shimmer, thus the infamous name Purple-Gold Twin Fiends was born.
Together, the two women swept across the entire Azure Sea, unmatched by demons or beasts.
Once, when Black Blaze Heavenly Lord traveled alone, he sensed the duo’s presence from afar but dared not approach, not knowing their appearance.
Either of the two women was not someone he could defeat, so naturally, he dared not engage them.
Sensing the presence of the two now, he immediately recognized them as the famed beauties known as the Purple-Gold Twin Fiends!
At the peak of the path mountain, Ning Fan was almost disrupted and failed to become immortal because of the term ’Purple-Gold Twin Fiends’.
Purple-Gold Twin Fiends, Purple-Gold Twin Fiends... Living in Plant Willow City, he occasionally heard of their notorious name but never imagined that the two sweet little girls at home were the Purple-Gold Twin Fiends.
Turns out, these little girls were running off everyday to wreak havoc in the Azure Sea...
"Who are the Purple-Gold Twin Fiends?" Mu Weiliang asked in confusion.
"I don’t know." Zili shook her head.
The two exchanged glances, shook their heads, and then moved in perfect harmony to attack.
Zili held off the Black Blaze Heavenly Lord, while Mu Weiliang single-handedly stopped the eight Human Profound Demon Immortals.
Around Mu Weiliang, golden lights shone brilliantly; who knows what divine skill she was using, but golden butterfly wings had grown from her back.
Every golden punch would certainly send a Demon Immortal flying.
The eight Human Profound Demon Immortals were greatly alarmed, hurriedly joining forces to barely withstand Mu Weiliang’s punches, still at a disadvantage.
If this continued, the eight would definitely fall under Mu Weiliang’s powerful punches, their lives in jeopardy.
Zili lightly tapped her foot, the night sky rippling with circles of purple-black waves, her figure ghostly fast.
Those waves were formed from spirit wheels.
After forming into tangible waves, Zili skillfully manipulated the spirit wheels, so much so that most Immortal Cultivators couldn’t see that the waves were formed by spirit wheels.
With a casual wave of her graceful palm, slices of purple-black wind blades slashed towards Black Blaze Heavenly Lord.
The wind element belonged to the Wood Element Physique, giving rise to fire, and Black Blaze Heavenly Lord was a fire element demon cultivator.
Logically, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord should have no fear of wood element cultivators or wind techniques.
Yet these wind blades were extraordinarily sharp, every light slice easily piercing his demon body defense.
Zili casually yawned, then gracefully struck with her palm, sending a huge purple-black hand seal flying, blasting Black Blaze Heavenly Lord away with a single hit.
In this moment of crisis, Black Blaze Heavenly Lord used a gold ring just in time to barely block the hand seal, his face full of shock.
His strength was far inferior to Zili’s, even with a mystical treasure, he couldn’t hold on against Zili for long!
"Damn it! We’re being stalled by the Purple-Gold Twin Fiends. Even if we don’t die at their hands, we’ll surely die later at that man’s hands!"
Black Blaze Heavenly Lord looked towards Ning Fan with regret in his eyes.
If he had known this place was not a soft target, he would’ve never come to covet Ning Fan’s path mountain!
"Zili is already strong, but who would’ve thought even Weiliang has become so... violent... With Weiliang’s and Zili’s strength, stalling this group of demons is more than enough, even wiping them out is not impossible. I shouldn’t worry about their safety, just focus on overcoming the tribulation."
Seeing Mu Weiliang and Zili skillfully hold off the nine enemies, Ning Fan felt reassured.
On the peak of the path mountain, the wind howled fiercely. Ning Fan closed his eyes, ink-like hair dancing wildly in the tempest, yet his heart grew increasingly calm.
In the night sky, a gigantic black and white ring appeared, within it countless black and white tribulation clouds emerged.
The rolling True Immortal Tribulation brewed within the clouds, yet Ning Fan remained fearless.
After breaking through the Second Step, smaller realm breakthroughs no longer brought tribulations, only when breaking through major realms would tribulations descend.
With the absence of minor realm tribulations, there are now additional tribulations tied to one’s age.
Ning Fan forged ahead to the Human Profound Peak, yet the lightning tribulation’s power was only at the Human Profound Initial Stage level, naturally, he would not fear the tribulation.
He has achieved Dao Enlightenment, but his Dao Image has yet to condense!
He intends to condense his Dao Image under this tribulation!
Suddenly, a rumbling sound emerged from the clouds of tribulation.
Lightning, fire, and wind tribulations, half-black, half-white, descended from the heavens!
Three tribulations arriving simultaneously, with power sufficient to instantly kill an Immortal!
Ordinary Masters who wish to withstand the tribulation to become Immortal must prepare countless methods for preserving their lives.
Ning Fan needs not such preparations, lightning struck his body, the fire burned his physical form, and the wind corroded his flesh. He neither dodged nor evaded.
Why dodge, why evade?
This is a perfect opportunity to enhance his Metal, Fire, and Wood Element Physique!
To ordinary people, the terrifying power of the First Step of tribulation, to Ning Fan, it’s an invaluable bolster.
Tribulation after tribulation struck, Ning Fan remained unharmed, and the progress of his cultivation in the three elements increased by five percent each.
Under the onslaught of tribulation, Ning Fan was startled to find his souls gradually merging with his Spirit.
No, it would be accurate to say the souls were being devoured by the Spirit, only to strengthen the Spirit!
An Immortal’s Spirit is their soul!
If the Spirit perishes, the soul is destroyed, then there’s everlasting loss of reincarnation opportunity!
"This individual is absorbing the power of the Five Elements Tribulation! Is he a Minor Five Elements Constitution!?"
"No, he’s not a Minor Five Elements Constitution! This person is the Grand Five Elements Body! Even at its peak, the Minor Five Elements Constitution cannot devour the strongest First Step three tribulations!"
A Life Immortal of the Mo surname witnessed Ning Fan absorbing the tribulation power and was utterly shocked.
Even the demon immortals like the Black Blaze Heavenly Lord divided their attention to Ning Fan’s challenge of the tribulation.
Seeing Ning Fan so fearless, directly refining the tribulation, their fear of Ning Fan deepened.
"Hateful! This Heavenly Lord is not mistaken, this person is undoubtedly more terrifying than the Purple-Gold Twin Fiends. If he successfully becomes Immortal, this Heavenly Lord is doomed! Fight!"
The Black Blaze Heavenly Lord fiercely punched his chest, spurting several mouthfuls of blood essence, instantly turning his body into a streak of blood light, attempting to evade Zili’s obstruction and escape.
Zili snorted disdainfully, with a wave of her small hand, the night sky began to collapse in large swaths, layers of collapsing force struck the Black Blaze Heavenly Lord, forcibly severing his escape light.
Want to flee, no way!
"Damn!" The Black Blaze Heavenly Lord coughed up black blood, his aura weakened considerably, and his eyes filled with unwillingness.
How could he willingly perish here!
Rustle, rustle...
Beneath Ning Fan’s feet, the mountain of Dao gradually turned into flowing sand and disappeared.
The black and white rings and tribulation clouds also gradually faded.
At this moment, Ning Fan had survived the tribulation and officially became Immortal!
Yet, it’s still not over!
The starlight from the Big Dipper Stars gently poured down.
Ning Fan stood atop the night sky, bathed in starlight, eyes closed.
A progressively stronger pressure of Dao force enveloped him, gradually transforming into black and white hues.
Black is thoughts, white is Dao!
Black is the heart, white is the spirit sense!
Ning Fan’s eyes momentarily turned frenzied like a demon, momentarily calm like water.
He reached out his right palm, and a half-black, half-white ring slowly emerged in the palm.
His gaze was reflective, recalling fifty years of insights, recalling the path leading to Dao Enlightenment, muttering to himself.
His words could only be heard by him because they were the voice of his heart!
"I pulled the grass, to make it die."
"I wove the grass rings, to make it live."
"I resolve people’s divination, observing life and death, and infusing others’ life and death into the grass rings, giving it others’ Dao."
"I achieved complete life and death, no longer weaving others’ life and death, but instead weaving my own Dao."
"My Dao is all the roads I walked to reach the Human Profound Peak. I am not obsessed with any particular divine skills; I don’t persist in any particular magical treasure. What I persist in are people, events, and warmth."
"The Path of Perseverance, the word perseverance, contains both the obsession of thoughts and the persistence of spirit sense."
"In the past, what I persisted in were thoughts! Because of maintaining thoughts, I transformed into an Evil Sect, at all costs extinguishing masters one after another, just to protect the warmth behind me. If I persist in thoughts, there shall be no Immortal under the heavens! With these thoughts, I have walked to today! Without thoughts, there is no me!"
"As of now, what I insist upon is spirit sense! Because of maintaining spirit sense, I aspire to become heaven, solely desiring to annihilate all Evil Sects under the skies, creating a peaceful world akin to the Big Dipper Blood Realm, allowing coexistence among Immortals and mortals, ensuring that after me, there will be no more Evil Sects! Ensuring those I care for, are safe and joyful... If I persist in heaven, there shall be no Evil Sect under the heavens! With this spirit sense, I will continue to walk forward! Without spirit sense, there will be no creation of a future!"
"People may grow old, strength may diminish, but the heart mustn’t die, and the ideals cannot be extinguished!"
"The thoughts of demons and Dao are both part of my path. If the Dao and the demons cannot coexist, I shall make them coexist! Today, I will prove my Dao here and gather all phenomena! Appear, Dao Image!"
With Ning Fan’s command, the light of the Northern Dipper stars quivered immediately and melded into his body.
His gaze turned severe, and in an instant, the entire night sky was obscured by Ning Fan’s Dao power, causing the Big Dipper to vanish completely.
The ultimate black night descended; this phenomenon of the black night was transformed by Ning Fan’s demonic thoughts!
In the midst of the black night, seven illusory white stars suddenly appeared, transforming from Dao thoughts!
"Demonic Night Transformation, Dao-Manifested Big Dipper!" remarked the Slaughter Emperor within the Pojun Star Palace, his gaze shifting with deep shock.
The Dao-Manifested Big Dipper, indeed, could only be cultivated by the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor, a heavenly grade phenomenon! No one else in history from the Big Dipper Immortal Domain had been able to cultivate such a Dao Image!
Not only did Ning Fan cultivate the Dao Image of the Dao-Manifested Big Dipper, but he also went further to cultivate the phenomenon of the Demonic Night Transformation based on it!
The Dao Image of the Demonic Night Transformation is also of the heavenly grade, unprecedented in the entire Big Dipper Immortal Domain.
Ning Fan’s Dao Image encompassed two heavenly grade Dao Images simultaneously; this rank had long surpassed heavenly grade!
A Dao Image beyond the heavenly grade! A Dao Image more formidable than the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor!
"If I hadn’t witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that anyone in this world could simultaneously cultivate two heavenly grade Dao Images and fuse them into one! This child’s talents far exceed my imagination! Perhaps in two thousand years, this child might truly protect the Blood Realm!"
The life immortals with the surname Mo and the Black Blaze Heavenly Lord, unlike the Slaughter Emperor, did not understand much about the ranks of Dao Images. They only knew Ning Fan’s Dao Image was extremely formidable, but to what extent, they did not know.
However, just witnessing Ning Fan condensing his Dao Image was enough to astonish all immortals.
Only those who had proven their Dao and completed their Dao were qualified to condense a Dao Image.
Only those who condensed a Dao Image were qualified to break through Enlightenment.
Ning Fan had just broken through to the Immortal Position and already condensed a Dao Image, possessing his own Dao.
It wouldn’t take many years for Ning Fan to enter the Crossing Truth Realm and become a True Immortal!
"Not good! This child has completed his tribulation and successfully condensed a Dao Image! He will attack us now!"
The Black Blaze Heavenly Lord exclaimed, desperately sacrificing his life-bound magical treasures, attacking Zili, and spared no effort to ignite his Spirit to flee for his life!
The other eight Demon Immortals also turned pale, using all self-damaging methods at their disposal and fled desperately to save their lives.
What courage did they have to contend with Ning Fan? They couldn’t even withstand Ning Fan’s imposing force; with just a glance from Ning Fan, they vomited blood one by one!
They were no match for Ning Fan!
This time, as the nine Demon Immortals fled, Zili and Mu Weiliang both blocked their way.
Because they understood that Ning Fan had completed his tribulation and could personally deal with these Demon Immortals.
Gazing at the nine escaping Demon Immortals, Ning Fan was not in a hurry to pursue.
His gaze was profound, and he suddenly raised his hand without forming seals, with seven layers of handprints already appearing in his palm.
These handprints were not golden, similar to the Heaven Seizing Seal, but ultimately no longer the Heaven Seizing Seal.
Those who cultivated the Heaven Seizing Seal must possess the Will of Heaven Seizure.
Ning Fan’s Dao thoughts at the moment were not of Heaven Seizure.
His heart’s thoughts were not of Heaven Seizure, but... Sky Grasping Thought!
The handprints he displayed were no longer the Heaven Seizing Seal but the self-created Sky Grasping Seal!
Yes, the Sky Grasping Seal! And it was a self-created technique!
The moment of cultivating a Dao Image is when a Master’s Dao Enlightenment is deepest; it is the best time to self-create Divine Skills.
Ning Fan had entered the state of Unity of Heaven and Man several times, and at this moment of initial Dao Image condensation, he seamlessly entered the Unity of Heaven and Man state.
This moment’s Dao enlightenment of Ning Fan was unprecedentedly deep.
The Will of Heaven Seizure was contrary to Ning Fan’s Dao; since it was contrary, it was not Ning Fan’s true Dao.
The Will of Heaven Seizure is stronger than the Will of Defying Heaven.
Defying Heaven means Heaven above and Man below, while Heaven Seizure means equality between Heaven and Man.
The Sky Grasping Thought is stronger than the Will of Heaven Seizure!
Because a Sky Grasper must stand above the heavens! Man above Heaven!
The spirit sense of the Seven Seals of Heaven Seizing was discarded by Ning Fan!
These seven seals, he retained only the palm style, but the essence of each palm had to be recreated at this moment!
"Unity of Heaven and Man! This child’s chance is not small; others condense a Dao Image, only slightly increasing Dao enlightenment. Yet he took the opportunity to enter the state of Unity of Heaven and Man! And after Unity of Heaven and Man, he actually used the initial handprint style of the Heaven Seizing Seal to self-create handprint Divine Skills!" The gaze of the Slaughter Emperor was shaken once more!
The seven-style handprint of the Seven Seals of Heaven Seizing was derived from the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor’s Divine Skill—the Big Dipper Three Thousand Seals.
What Ning Fan was doing at the moment was actually improving the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor’s most proud Divine Skill!
Even though it was only improving the seven-style handprint of the Three Thousand Seals, even though it was leveraging the Unity of Heaven and Man to elevate Dao enlightenment, how high must one’s understanding be to be able to improve an Immortal Emperor’s Divine Skill!
Even if Ning Fan was in a state of Unity of Heaven and Man, without an extremely high understanding, how could he improve the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor’s absolute techniques?
On second thought, since Ning Fan was able to create Dao Images surpassing the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor, what is impossible about improving the Big Dipper Immortal Emperor’s absolute techniques...
"I wonder to what degree this child can improve the Heaven Seizing Seal..." The Slaughter Emperor’s eyes showed a look of expectation. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)