At the moment Ning Fan sailed the warship away from Lingyun Pass, a phantom resembling Emperor Yuan Dan in every detail sensed something and smiled.

"Hehe, according to the news from my true self, that brat Ning Fan has stepped into the trap and is coming this way."

This phantom was none other than the second Primordial Spirit of Emperor Yuan Dan, yet he unexpectedly appeared in this remote water domain.

At this moment, around Emperor Yuan Dan’s second Primordial Spirit, hundreds and thousands of gigantic beasts of a different race, as huge as mountains, roared with laughter upon hearing this.

"Thanks to Daoist Yuan Dan’s brilliant plan, you really led that Immortal Venerable Ning here! If we can kill this brat this time, I will certainly petition the Grand Divine Minister for a reward for you!"

Within these thousands of beasts, there were shockingly sixteen different race Immortal Emperors. If not for their suppression of their imposing aura, this place would have been a scene of wild turmoil under such pressure!

Of the sixteen emperors, ten Immortal Emperors were from the Dragon-Horse Clan, while the remaining Immortal Emperors were helpers invited by the Dragon-Horse Clan.

Ning Fan would never have expected there to be sixteen different race Immortal Emperors in this place, waiting to ambush him!

After all, a full-scale war hasn’t broken out between the different race and Eastern Heaven yet, and the different race Immortal Emperors cannot surface in large numbers. Yet to kill Ning Fan, the different race Emperors of the Eleventh Path disregarded all this, mobilizing such a massive force. One can only imagine the kind of battle that would break out here when Ning Fan arrives.

This still happened because the seal placed by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign at the Boundary River hasn’t been completely destroyed. The Eleventh Path could mobilize no more than these sixteen Immortal Emperors, which was already the limit. Otherwise, more Immortal Emperors might have come here to assassinate Ning Fan.

"If we can kill that brat Ning Fan, that Yin Yang Locket of his must be handed over to me, don’t forget this agreement!" Emperor Yuan Dan reminded, as if he suddenly recalled something.

"Haha! Rest assured, Daoist Yuan Dan, we of the Shui Clan primarily cultivate our physical bodies and Divine Skills. Artifacts are merely external items, not our focus. All the artifacts on this brat’s body are yours, but his fleshy corpse belongs to us! This rare outing from the water is an opportunity to feast. Human flesh, comparable to that of an Ancient Immortal Lord’s, must be delicious!" Many of the different race giant beasts salivated at the thought of the delicacy.

"Agreed!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Agreed!"

Emperor Yuan Dan’s second Primordial Spirit felt a sense of triumph. Thinking of obtaining Ning Fan’s Yin Yang Locket and the key to the Tianhuang Giant Gate of the Extreme Elixir Holy Realm, he was thrilled.

This was a chance to leave the Dreamland Realm and step into the Real Realms. How could he not be excited!

In this resource and spiritual energy-deprived Dreamland Realm, he was able to cultivate to the Seventh Calamity of Eternal. If he reached the Real Realms, he was confident in achieving Quasi-Saint, and even attempting the Saint position!

Comparing it to this grand opportunity, collaborating with the different race didn’t cause him the slightest shame. As long as things were done covertly, nobody would ever know he was responsible for Ning Fan’s demise!

The only fear is that the Emperor Jizao, who excelled in calculations, might deduce the truth. If so, even if he killed Ning Fan, he would become a public enemy of the Allied Forces of Boundary River...

"No, there is no need to worry about this. This time is different from the previous incident when the Five Dragon-Horse Emperors surfaced. I’ve heard that the different race Grand Divine Minister specially bestowed the Sword of Severing Bonds to conceal heaven’s secrets... No matter how formidable Emperor Jizao is at divination, he could never discover the entire story, nor foresee my intentions of killing Ning Fan!"

Thinking of this, Emperor Yuan Dan could not hide his glee, laughing heartily. It was as if he could already see the fertile spiritual lands of the Real Realms beckoning to him.

...

The auspicious site originally was only three thousand miles from Lingyun Pass. With the speed of the warship, akin to Eternal Cultivators, this distance could be covered in an instant.

Ning Fan gazed toward the center of that auspicious site—of course, he knew that the so-called emergence of a heavenly treasure was likely a ploy by Emperor Yuan Dan, but he decided to play along.

In his vision, the clouds refracted light to create a ten-thousand-zhang glow, shimmering with silver brilliance, like the Milky Way of the Nine Heavens falling from the sky, extremely beautiful. More intriguingly, a strange fragrance carried from that auspicious center, spreading across the heavens and earth. It smelled like poppy flowers, yet somewhat different upon closer inspection.

Within the radiance, a silver gourd was faintly visible, floating up and down. Ning Fan’s eyes slightly moved; it was unexpected for this appearing heavenly treasure to be a gourd, and then it seemed reasonable after some thought.

The gourd, covered by the glow, revealed only its rough shape. Its opening bore a pair of silver horns, adding a touch of oddity compared to regular gourds.

Even more bizarre were the mysterious runes painted on its body, forming a smiling ghost face when gathered together. Ning Fan could acutely feel the innate aura radiating from this treasure. Undoubtedly, this ghost face gourd was an Innate Treasure, albeit an inferior one.

"An inferior Innate Treasure is still an Innate Treasure. It wouldn’t make sense for Elder Yuan Dan to entice me with a mid-grade Innate Treasure... He can’t produce something that good..." Ning Fan thought inwardly.

A regular inferior Innate Treasure would only be used as refining material by Ning Fan, not something to catch his attention. But a gourd-type treasure was an exception...

Stories about Ning Fan’s interest in collecting gourd treasures had spread throughout Eastern Heaven, and those in the know were aware of his penchant for them. Considering Ning Fan’s preference, Emperor Yuan Dan specifically chose this ghost face gourd to cater to his taste, enticing him with profit...

The warship attempted to approach the ghost face gourd at the auspicious site’s center. However, the ghost face gourd suddenly emitted countless strands of soft light, forcing the warship to a standstill, unable to advance even an inch, showcasing its prowess.

Emperor Yuan Dan feigned surprise, "What a powerful Innate Gourd! This warship is a special creation of the Golden Bull Palace, a typical Innate Treasure wouldn’t be able to hold it back like this!"

As he spoke, Emperor Yuan Dan secretly observed Ning Fan’s expression. Seeing that Ning Fan seemed more intrigued by the ghost face gourd, he couldn’t help but be pleased with himself.

Hehe, it seems this bait worked well. It wasn’t in vain that he shamelessly sought this item from the different race Grand Divine Minister...

Ning Fan watched with great interest as the ghost-faced gourd demonstrated its divine skills. This interest was not entirely feigned, and he said with a smile, "This gourd seems to have some secrets! Our efforts to fetch it were not in vain!"

He wondered whether this gourd might be the divine spirit treasure he sought—the Blood Essence Gourd. With the treasure’s light obscuring it, Ning Fan found it difficult to accurately sense if this was the divine spirit treasure using his internal divine bloodline. Only by snatching the gourd could he confirm this.

He didn’t believe there could be such coincidences in the world, where one would encounter the coveted Blood Essence Gourd as soon as one left the house. However, he couldn’t completely rule out such possibilities.

Just as Ning Fan was about to deploy divine skills to dispel the celestial glow and seize the ghost-faced gourd, the gourd suddenly released a storm of silver flames and used them to vanish without a trace, fleeing swiftly.

"Hmph! A mere spiritual gourd dares to escape! Daoist Ning, quickly maneuver the warship to chase it; don’t let this treasure slip away!" Emperor Yuan Dan urged.

"This..." Ning Fan deliberately hesitated, putting on an act of indecision.

"Why don’t you pursue it, Daoist?"

"Alas, the Boundary River is perilous, as Elder Yuan Dan knows. Additionally, I have slain several different race Immortal Emperors already and have been long regarded as a major threat by them. If I were to seize treasures near Lingyun Pass, Ning Fan wouldn’t fear; but should I chase after this gourd, accidentally reaching deeper water territories, it would be unwise. Once spotted by them, they would dispatch a large number of powerhouses to intercept and retaliate. By then, we would be alone outside, without a fortress to protect us, and the consequences would be unimaginable..."

"Daoist, you are mistaken. The different races, having lost six emperors, are deeply afraid of you. The fact they haven’t come seeking revenge proves this. We can confidently chase that gourd; even if there is a slim chance, we needn’t worry. Even if we can’t fight, don’t we still have the means to escape? Although I admit my abilities are less than yours, you can’t imagine my skill in escaping. Even if you’re not confident in protecting yourself, I am confident I can protect you from harm. Throughout history, heaven-sent opportunities always come with risks. Without entering the tiger’s den, how can one get the tiger cub? If we miss this spiritual gourd now, we will regret it in the future..." Emperor Yuan Dan earnestly advised.

Ning Fan’s expression subtly shifted, as if Emperor Yuan Dan’s words moved him. After briefly hesitating, he finally bit the bullet, made up his mind, and resolutely drove the warship to pursue the gourd treasure.

The dilemma was, the warship’s speed was similar to an ordinary Eternal Immortal Venerable, not much faster than the gourd’s escape speed. Thus, after several hours of pursuit, the distance between them was still not narrowed significantly.

However, this relentless pursuit led the warship farther and farther from Lingyun Pass, until being taken by the frantic fleeing gourd to the deepest part of the Eleventh Waterway...

This was a dead water area of the Eleventh Waterway, abandoned for many years. Over the ages, very few came here.

Between the waters and the sky, not a breath of wind stirred; even as the warship sped by, it failed to cause a hint of breeze. The air was cold, damp, and reeked of a stench that permeated the world.

The water surface was covered with rotting seaweed, and countless wrecks of ships floated here.

Among the seaweed, occasionally, there would be one or two better-preserved ancient ships, emitting a strong odor of decay. These were warships of ancient cultivators, destroyed over unknown ages. On some of these ancient ships, some stone human figures stood —— Ning Fan vaguely felt that these stone figures were not artificially carved but were the weathered remains of ancient cultivators, with expressions frozen in fear before dying, eerily lifelike...

The bizarre stone figures, eternally present on ghostly ships, drift with the waves, unable to rest in peace.

Occasionally, there would be mountain-like ancient sea beast corpses floating, those gigantic corpses already turned to rock, yet not sunk into the water.

The atmosphere here was already ominously terrifying, and further ahead, the water surface began to exhibit insect eggs drifting with the waves.

Initially, there weren’t many insect eggs on the water’s surface, but later, they were overwhelming, almost covering the entire expanse of the Boundary River, writhing densely, uncountable in the hundreds of thousands or millions.

Could it be there were so many insect eggs here because it’s the nest of another race...

As Ning Fan pondered, he suddenly saw the fleeing ghost-faced gourd explode with a bang, breaking into countless silver flames and disappearing between heaven and earth, completing its mission to lure Ning Fan.

In the instant the gourd vanished, Emperor Yuan Dan, who had been smiling at Ning Fan all along, finally revealed his fangs. Though his face still carried a smile, his hand secretly wielded a killing move, raising it to launch several streaks of golden light straight at Ning Fan’s head.

Those golden lights turned out to be incredibly fierce golden needles, whose emitted glow dyed the sky gold!

If it were an unguarded Immortal Emperor, they’d likely be struck by Emperor Yuan Dan’s sneak attack; but Ning Fan had been cautious of him from the start, hence wouldn’t be hit by these golden lights.

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with ridicule, his body-protecting golden light abruptly opened, with traces of golden celebratory clouds faintly appearing within the body-protecting light, instantly repelling all the attacking golden needles. Simultaneously, a cross halo suddenly activated, ink seal sweeping across thousand zhang waves, resembling a ferocious beast about to engulf Emperor Yuan Dan within the halo’s scope.

Emperor Yuan Dan’s expression drastically changed. Refusing to be caught in the cross halo, his large hand tore open, causing the space around him to distort, and in the instant of space distortion, he ripped open the sky and fled thousands of zhang from the warship, escaping beyond the orbit of the cross halo.

The unsuccessful omni-directional golden needles were summoned back by Emperor Yuan Dan, transforming into streaks of golden light, encircling him protectively, his gaze icy cold.

"I underestimated you! When did you start suspecting me?"

Emperor Yuan Dan wasn’t foolish; such a close-range ambush avoided by Ning Fan indicated Ning Fan had been vigilant from the start, likely having seen through his plot.

"Suspect? Ning Fan never trusted you, so why talk about suspicion?" Ning Fan said with a smile.

In Emperor Yuan Dan’s eyes, that smile was unbearably glaring, as if mocking the mediocrity of his plot, not worth mentioning.

Thinking of this, Emperor Yuan Dan laughed heartily in anger.

"Hahaha, such arrogance from a youngster, to know my insidious intent from the beginning yet willingly walk into my trap, how foolish, how conceited! Do you think that even if you fall into my trap, I won’t be able to deal with you? It seems your past actions made you quite conceited. You should know, I’m not alone, I have reinforcements here, if you..."

"Enough nonsense, let all your people come out!"

Ning Fan wasn’t interested in talking. Swinging his fists fiercely left and right, Ancient Devil Essence swept like dragons, shattering the heavens and earth. Hundreds and thousands of different race powerhouses fell out from the seams between heaven and earth, all showing varying degrees of astonishment.

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They were hiding here, concealed by the secret techniques of the Heavenly Shadows Clan. Even the Seven Tribulations and Eight Tribulations Immortal Emperors of Eastern Heaven might not be able to sense their hidden positions, yet Ning Fan seemed to understand everything...

"I heard from Daoist Yuan Dan that this lad is a Heavenly Immortal Practitioner. It seems to be true indeed. Truly, young ones are to be feared! Among the ants of Eastern Heaven now, there’s such a fine jade!" A giant beast resembling a red carp spoke solemnly. He was a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor of the Henggong Fish Clan. Ning Fan had killed many strong ones from this clan on his journey, but this was the first time encountering an Immortal Emperor.

"Hmph! It’s no wonder he captured six Princes of the Dragon-Horse clan; he indeed has some skills. But unfortunately, today he will still die!" A white fish with wings spoke arrogantly. He was a Seventh Calamity Great Emperor of the Yingyu Clan, with an imposing coldness that seemed to freeze the heavens and the earth.

"Able to break my Heavenly Shadows Clan’s Divine Concealment Secret Technique, I thought the Dragon-Horse Clan exaggerated about you; it seems it might be true." A giant beast made of shadow clicked its tongue in admiration, yet within that admiration was an unspeakable killing intent. This person was a Seventh Calamity Immortal Emperor.

"Is it you who captured my six brothers? Roar!" Other princes of the Dragon-Horse Clan all came to this place, and upon seeing Ning Fan, all glared at him with hostility.

Ning Fan’s expression remained as usual, but his heart was somewhat stirred. He merely speculated that Emperor Yuan Dan might collude with the different races, and unexpectedly, he guessed correctly.

Ning Fan’s gaze swept the heavens and the earth, seeing these foreign race Immortal Emperors ambushing him; there were as many as sixteen, along with Yuan Dan, making it seventeen. Among them, not only were there Seven Tribulations and Eight Tribulations individuals, but also two Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperors, silent and standing behind the beasts, emitting an incomparable pressure far beyond other Immortal Emperors.

These two Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperors, one was an Immortal Emperor of the Dragon-Horse Clan, and the other was a female emperor with a human upper body and fish lower body, appearing exceedingly beautiful and somewhat resembling the legendary human sharks.

Below the Immortal Emperors, there were nearly a hundred Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings, the other giant beasts had the lowest cultivation at the Mysterious Scholar Dan level! Such a massive lineup, if any Eastern Heaven Immortal Emperor other than Ning Fan were to come, it would be a near certain death situation. But Ning Fan was different, having even ventured alone into the Dark Clan; how could he fear such a lineup?

"Yuan Dan, hearing these foreign races call you a Daoist friend, you must have defected to them. Do you know, participating in the Boundary River Covenant, yet betraying and plotting against allies, what crime does it deserve?

Ning Fan’s tone was calm as water, the kind of calmness that truly regarded the enemy as insignificant.

Emperor Yuan Dan snorted coldly, avoiding answering Ning Fan’s words about betrayal, and with a wave of his hand, countless giant beasts behind him immediately launched an attack on Ning Fan.

There were giant dragons spewing dragon breath, giant turtles spitting ice pillars, giant snakes spitting venom... hundreds of thousands of attacks converged, even a Quasi-Saint could not withstand them and could only evade!

Tss!

Relying on his speed far surpassing ordinary Immortal Emperors, Ning Fan dodged thousands of feet, flying away from the warship, evading the first round of attacks from the beasts. Although he managed to escape, the warship could not dodge and was directly reduced to dust by the beasts’ attacks, scattered to the wind.

"Hmph! You dodged fast, but unfortunately the warship didn’t. Without the warship, given the strength of your spirit sense, you can’t return to Lingyun Pass on your own! Above the water, we wish to end your life, beneath the water, there are even more Immortal Emperor monsters, constrained by the Immortal Emperor Seal, unable to surface all at once! You won’t survive!" Emperor Yuan Dan laughed repeatedly.

The second round of the beasts’ attack came instantly!

Countless Divine Skills seemed to have eyes, locking onto Ning Fan. As the number of enemy attacks increased, no matter how fast Ning Fan was, he couldn’t avoid all attacks and was finally hit by some.

Fortunately, his body-protecting Golden Light was incredibly strong, and when he manifested the Eternal True Body, even some Immortal Emperor attacks felt painless when hitting him.

"This one’s defenses are incredibly strong!" An entity of a different race capable of spoken word was stunned by Ning Fan’s against-the-heavens defenses.

"No wonder you managed to capture six Princes of my clan, you indeed have some ability! But no matter how strong your defenses are, don’t expect to block this sword!"

The Ninth Tribulation cultivation Dragon-Horse Great Crown Prince suddenly manifested his Eternal True Body, turning into a giant with a horse face and human body!

That giant wielded a cyan glowing sword, covered with Dao patterns, emitting an aura that made Ning Fan slightly pause.

It was actually an Innate Mid-grade Treasure!

"Die!"

The Dragon-Horse Great Crown Prince struck from the west, the entire heavens and earth lost their splendor, replaced by the grandeur of this sword.

Countless giant beasts were frightened by the might of this sword, hurriedly avoiding it, exclaiming ’Sword of Severing Fate is irresistible’ and ’We must avoid it’ as they fled.

But Ning Fan was locked onto by the killing intent of this sword, with no way to escape.

He could only take it head-on!

Transforming into his true self, Ning Fan held a giant shield, guarding in front, interweaving cross halos, colliding with the sword light of the Dragon-Horse Great Crown Prince. That incredibly sharp sword light was shattered by Ning Fan’s brute force.

Ning Fan didn’t feel good either, being shaken violently with his Blood and Essence surging from the force of that sword, secretly alarmed by the might of this sword.

As expected, it’s no ordinary treasure sword of Innate Mid-grade, and just with the Eternal True Body, it feared could only withstand a few strikes.

"You actually blocked the Sword of Severing Fate from me!" The Dragon-Horse Great Crown Prince’s eyes shook intensely, and after the shock, his killing intent surged even more, his world-conquering sword rushing over again.

This time, it wasn’t just him attacking Ning Fan; several Immortal Emperors also transformed into their human-shaped Eternal True Bodies, pincer attacking Ning Fan.

Ning Fan’s heart remained as calm as still water, a calm honed from countless life-and-death battles. With a raise of his hand, he summoned the Sun Moon Stars Stele, striking it against the Dragon-Horse Great Crown Prince to defend against his Innate Mid-grade Treasure sword’s attack.

The attacks of the remaining Different Race Immortal Emperors were dissolved by Ning Fan’s demonic fists. The Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike was unleashed in a torrential manner, such that the long-range attacks of the ordinary Different Race Immortal Emperors couldn’t even come close to Ning Fan.

"This kid has actually become this powerful!" Emperor Yuan Dan watched Ning Fan effortlessly battle several Different Race Immortal Emperors, his eyes widened, unable to hide his shock.

He knew about Ning Fan’s series of achievements in Eastern Heaven.

He had heard about Ning Fan capturing six Dragon-Horse Immortal Emperors.

He had heard of Ning Fan venturing alone into the Dark Clan and emerging unscathed.

He was somewhat aware of Ning Fan’s various techniques.

But all those were just hearsay! Now, facing Ning Fan in his full power, Emperor Yuan Dan only felt a chill run down his spine, his body trembling uncontrollably.

A mere Eternal Immortal Venerable, how could he be so mighty, responding so calmly amidst the siege of numerous Different Race Immortal Emperors!

"Let me take him!"

Seeing the Crown Prince of the Dragon-Horse Clan being entangled by the attacks of the Sun Moon Stars Stele and unable to split himself to attack Ning Fan, the Nine Tribulations Empress, who had a half-fish, half-human form, finally couldn’t restrain herself and made a move.

Upon seeing her take action, many of the Different Race began to cheer ’Aflo’ ’Aflo’.

Aflo seemed to be the name of this Empress among the Different Race.

Named Aflo, the Empress raised her hand, a golden bow appeared within it, firing three consecutive arrows at Ning Fan’s position.

One arrow aimed at the Tian Ling!

One arrow aimed at the heart!

One arrow aimed at the Dantian!

The potency of those golden arrows seemed ordinary, yet they gave Ning Fan an inexplicable sense of crisis.

Logically, with the sharpness of those golden arrows, they should not have been able to penetrate his physical defenses.

But...

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Before the three arrows even neared his body, Ning Fan’s Eternal True Body emitted three sounds of flesh being pierced, the Tian Ling, heart, and Dantian all sustaining minor injuries!

Ning Fan raised his hand and shattered the three golden arrows, but at those three positions, a mysterious golden light flashed, and the golden arrows had entered.

First came the result of being wounded, followed by the cause of being hit by arrows, another reversal of cause and effect!

Ning Fan’s gaze immediately turned cold.

These golden arrows were actually a kind of causal magical treasure. Once the bow was drawn, the result of being hit by arrows was inevitable, and merely blocking the cause of shooting was ineffective.

It somewhat resembled the Candle Bow, back when his cultivations were still low, he was injured by the Candle Bow in the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, it was this kind of causal reversal attack. The difference was, this time the attack was executed by a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, whose power naturally far exceeded the Immortal Venerable-level attack of the Ancestor Dulong back then.

"Oh? Hit by my three arrows, yet only lightly injured." The Jiao Ren Empress named Aflo seemed a bit surprised, astonished by Ning Fan’s physical defense.

Even a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor, struck by her three consecutive arrows, would be heavily injured. She was a formidable Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, not far from advancing to a Quasi-Saint...

"Causal tricks, what is there for me, Ning, to fear!"

A shooting azure light erupted from Ning Fan’s eyes, he stretched out his hand and broke the causal connections between heaven and earth and those three golden arrows, causing them to instantly shatter and vanish without a trace.

As for the wounds Ning Fan sustained from the three arrows, they healed instantaneously under the reversal healing of the Cross Halo.

Aflo furrowed her graceful brows, raising the golden bow again, intending to shoot at Ning Fan.

Ning Fan was unwilling to suffer arrow wounds again. Although his physical form was strong and the previous arrow wounds were insignificant, what if Aflo had even more powerful golden arrows?

Ning Fan didn’t plan to take any risks. He flipped his hand and sent a storm of brilliant rosy light toward Aflo.

It was not ordinary rosy light, but a unique bewitching technique of the inheritor of Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor... Chaos World Purple Rosy Light!

The rosy light transformed into a massive web, approaching face-forward. Aflo showed a look of disdain, she could discern that Ning Fan’s net of rosy light was weak in power, perhaps not even as strong as some attacks at the Immortal Venerable level.

If it’s just this power, she almost doesn’t need to block it. Just relying on the physical defense she gained from bitter training for many years, she could remain unscathed.

Aphrodite focused intently on aiming at Ning Fan. Ning Fan’s previous move not only tore apart the cause and effect of her three golden arrows but also ripped away many interconnected possibilities between heaven and earth. The destroyed connections were the paths of her archery, but fortunately, Ning Fan did not destroy all of them. Her arrows could still wound Ning Fan!

Focused on aiming, Aphrodite had no time to block Ning Fan’s magical attack, and so... a tragedy occurred!

The power of Chaos World Purple Rosy Light seemed inconspicuous, but if it hit the body... with Ning Fan’s current Eternal True Body fully active, almost no woman under Quasi-Saint could withstand Ning Fan’s bewitching technique. The moment the Chaos World Purple Rosy Light touched her, Aphrodite felt something was amiss, and trying to block it was too late.

A massive and boundless net of glow enveloped her, sealing all her mana and Divine Skills!

Threads of bewitching technique penetrated Aphrodite’s body, causing her skin, different from the Human race’s, to be coated with a seductive pink, proof of lust stirred by the bewitching technique!

"You, you despicable! You actually used bewitching techniques on me! Let me go! Let me go now!" Aphrodite resisted making a soft moan, eyes filled with hatred, wishing she could glare Ning Fan to death.

Bewitching techniques? Just a minor path. Since time immemorial, how many Immortal Emperors have used bewitching techniques during duels?

It’s not that they don’t want to use them, it’s just that the power of bewitching techniques is usually very low, using them is akin to using nothing, better to save the mana instead.

Because of this, Aphrodite never thought that Ning Fan would use a bewitching technique on her at first meeting.

Not only didn’t she think of it, but she didn’t notice it in the slightest. If she knew that the glow was a bewitching technique, no matter how inconspicuous, she would have resisted it a bit, to prevent her heart spirit from being shaken, causing her arrows to miss their aim!

The blame could only fall on the current Ning Fan, who had already combined the bewitching techniques of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor and Xi Zihua, the two Charm Arts Grandmasters. Now, his usage of bewitching techniques was almost undetectable, unless one was a grandmaster of the same level, they absolutely couldn’t see that the Chaos World Purple Rosy Light Ning Fan used was a bewitching technique...

Ning Fan was also stunned.

He rarely fought empresses all out. Though he occasionally sparred with Burying Moon and Xian Luoli, it was just sparring, not with full power like now.

He naturally never used bewitching techniques with full power before.

Originally, he only intended to use Chaos World Purple Rosy Light to disturb Aphrodite’s heart spirit, making her arrows lose aim, but unexpectedly, Chaos World Purple Rosy Light had extraordinary effect, trapping Aphrodite unable to escape.

This was certainly an unexpected gain!

Not only Ning Fan was stunned.

All the powerful experts of different races here were stunned!

Their goddess, the renowned beautiful Aphrodite, was subdued by Ning Fan at first glance, how could this be possible!

Bewitching techniques? It seemed the noble Aphrodite mentioned that...

Could such fearsome bewitching techniques exist, to subdue a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor at first sight? Impossible! But the fact was right in front of their eyes!

"Quick! Rescue Lady Aphrodite!" Some foreign race masters reacted, wanting to rescue Aphrodite from the net.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Ning Fan grabbed with a big hand, pulling Aphrodite, net and all, into his palm. Why into the palm? Naturally, because Ning Fan was maintaining his gigantic deity form of the Eternal True Body, and Aphrodite was of ordinary size...

Ning Fan held Aphrodite with his left hand, constantly outputting bewitching techniques into her body, making her body softer, finally passing out in shame and anger.

With his right hand, he wielded the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike, endless mana with the Cross Halo, and Ning Fan’s punch grew fiercer, reaching a combo of three thousand strikes. The thrice grand Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike was incredibly powerful, blasting apart the bodies of two different race Immortal Emperors on the spot, leaving only their Demon Souls to escape.

As for Immortal Venerables and Kings, Ning Fan had already killed over twenty, he didn’t even bother to count, with his full power, he didn’t put Immortal Venerables and Kings in his eyes at all.

More and more foreign strong warriors looked fearful, seeing Ning Fan as a ghost god.

Could they not be afraid!

How long had this ambush been going on, and Ning Fan had already blown up the bodies of two Immortal Emperors, killed over twenty Immortal Venerables and Kings, and captured Aphrodite, whose cultivation was at the Nine Tribulations!

That was the noble Lady Aphrodite!

It wasn’t like capturing the Dragon Horse Crown Prince with Sixth Tribulation or Seventh Tribulation cultivation before, Aphrodite was an existing formidable enough to have stepped half into the Quasi-Saint level, yet Ning Fan captured her at first glance, how could this not be shocking!

"Impossible! How could he so easily capture a Nine Tribulations Empress! Even if he is the inheritor of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, it shouldn’t be like this! The bewitching techniques of the Ancient Chaos aren’t this formidable, his bewitching techniques actually surpassed the Ancient Chaos!" Emperor Yuan Dan was drenched in cold sweat, an extremely ominous feeling rising in his heart.

Could today’s seemingly perfect ambush actually end in failure?

The situation that further broke out in cold sweat over Elder Yuan Dan was yet to come!

During the fierce battle, Ning Fan seized an opening, implanted heavy restrictions on the unconscious Aflo, and casually tossed her into the Xuan Yin Treasure. Capturing Aflo was just a beautiful accident. Such an accident could hardly happen again because among the present emperors, there wasn’t a second empress.

After a series of contests, Ning Fan had already figured out the reality and facade of these different race Immortal Emperors.

The opposition was definitely prepared and had even set up specific arrangements against him!

Every time Ning Fan relied on his speed to get close and envelop a certain different race Immortal Emperor within the range of the cross halo, other Immortal Emperors of different races would immediately act and rescue their companion from the halo’s scope.

Each of these different race Immortal Emperors somehow had an Immortal Talisman attached to their bodies for protection. Whenever Ning Fan attempted to use the Heaven Sealing Art to lock them, the Immortal Talisman would automatically protect, rendering Ning Fan’s body locking ineffective...

Although the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike was powerful, these Immortal Emperors were thick-skinned and tough, making it difficult to kill them, and their attacks were formidable. The Sword of Severing Bonds from the Dragon-Horse Crown Prince, followed by Aflo’s karma golden arrows, both made Ning Fan apprehensive. Aside from these, some different race Immortal Emperors possessed strange divine skills. They might not be capable of killing Ning Fan, but they could certainly set traps for him, making defense nearly impossible.

Consequently, Ning Fan was gradually injured by the different race emperors.

The accumulation of these injuries increased more and more, ultimately surpassing the healing speed of the cross halo.

Ning Fan had to admit that if he continued relying on the cross halo, Eternal True Body, and Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike in this way, he would undoubtedly die here.

After all, he was merely an Eternal Immortal Venerable.

To him, dealing with several Immortal Emperors in a leap over the level was already remarkably defiant; should he defeat sixteen or seventeen Immortal Emperors in a leap and still win effortlessly, those declining Immortal Emperors would truly have no place to go but to search for a piece of tofu to crash upon and die.

"My cultivation is still too low, in this manner, I can only rely on the advantage of magical treasures..."

When Ning Fan again blocked the attacks of several Immortal Emperors with a demon fist, seizing a gap, suddenly he brought forth two treasures, causing the surrounding powerhouses’ expressions to change dramatically.

Primordial Thunder Cauldron! Water-Flooding Realm Bottle!

Both were Innate Mid-grade magical treasures!

The Sun Moon Stars Stele, although formidable, was merely a single-target attack capable of blocking a single Dragon-Horse Crown Prince, which was already very rare. Given the current circumstances, of course, group attack magical treasures were more practical. Ning Fan had no intention of engaging in a war of attrition with these different race powerhouses; he wanted to sweep them away in one fell swoop!

"Innate Mid-grade! He actually has two Innate Mid-grade magical treasures!"

"Impossible! He isn’t even a Quasi-Saint, how could he have so many Innate Mid-grade magical treasures?! Adding the two innate stele attacking the Crown Prince, doesn’t that make three Innate Mid-grade magical treasures?! Even for a Quasi-Saint, it shouldn’t be so!"

"Full defense! This boy is likely about to go all out!"

"Form an array! With the Thousand Dragons Water Formation, we combine our strength to withstand this boy’s full force strike!"

All different race powerhouses were shocked by Ning Fan’s foundation of magical treasures!

Elder Yuan Dan likewise joined the formation among these different race powerhouses. Previously, when different race powerhouses attacked Ning Fan, he was wary of Ning Fan’s strength, only aiding from the side without daring to take part personally, fearing something might go amiss. However, seeing that Ning Fan was ready to unleash a grand move, he would undoubtedly suffer loss if he didn’t participate in the joint defense, thus naturally no longer holding back.

The scene instantly became somewhat bizarre.

On one side was a single Eternal Immortal Venerable, and on the other side, there were over a thousand different race powerhouses; not counting Aflo, there were still a total of sixteen Immortal Emperors, seventy or eighty Immortal Venerables Immortal Kings.

Regardless of numbers or cultivation, the different race held absolute advantage; yet at this moment, facing Ning Fan alone, they were vigilant, forming an array in defense...

They knew Ning Fan was about to unleash a grand move.

But some things, even knowing, remain unblockable.

For instance, the dazzling thunder light of the Primordial Thunder Cauldron!

When the thunder light of the Primordial Thunder Cauldron shot out, countless different race members had their eyes blinded by the thunder light, penetrating through their spirit sense, causing chaos in the formation.

Elder Yuan Dan was equally blinded!

At this moment, his eyes were streaming fresh blood, amidst total darkness, completely unaware of what Ning Fan was doing now!

Vision was lost, spirit sense was also unable to perceive! Even though some Immortal Emperors instantly reconstructed their eyes, they were once again blinded by the thunder light of the Primordial Thunder Cauldron.

No one could clearly see what Ning Fan was doing at this moment; everyone was terrified by the dreadful thunder light of the Primordial Thunder Cauldron.

They only knew that they must fully defend themselves right then, each maximizing their defensive divine skills and trying to find ways to sense the outside and resist the radiant light of the Thunder Cauldron.

Ning Fan himself was also unable to open his eyes under the dazzling brilliance of the Primordial Thunder Cauldron.

He didn’t need to open his eyes, for there was no need to do so for the next attack!

Skilled, he clapped the void, and ancient formation patterns containing the brilliance of the Northern Dipper stars instantly appeared in the sky, mobilizing all Water Essence Force in the heavens and earth.

In an instant, a sea faintly red like blood appeared above the Boundary River.

Endless Sea!

At the moment of summoning the Endless Sea, Ning Fan activated the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, and the sky similarly transformed into a sea.

Nether Dust Sea!

Those powerful beings of different races who couldn’t open their eyes did not know what kind of strange scene was unfolding between heaven and earth. They couldn’t see, but instinctively sensed an enormous danger rushing toward them!

They wanted to form a defense array, but in the end, they were submerged by incredibly heavy sea waves... This was Ning Fan’s strongest sea attack, formed by melding the seas of Endless Sea and Nether Dust Sea—Endless Reverse Sea!

"Attack together, form a defensive array... Impossible! What kind of waves are these, so heavy!"

"Can’t block it! Damn it, can’t block it! We, the Shui Clan, can’t even fend off the enemy’s sea attack!"

"My life essence scales were crushed! These waves are too powerful! Impossible, this is impossible!"

"My physical defense is going to be shattered! This brat’s attack is too formidable!"

"Cannot resist! Flee quickly!"

"Escape together!"

"Otherwise, we’ll be drowned alive here!"

"Damn it, damn it!"

"Ah!"

Screams echoed continuously.

After a long while, the sea waves calmed down.

Ning Fan retrieved the Primordial Thunder Cauldron, the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, and the Sun Moon Stars Stele, dispersed the Eternal True Body, and with a solemn gaze, looked at the Boundary River waters below, which had returned to calm.

On the Boundary River, countless insect eggs were crushed by the sea waves, along with bloody corpse remnants floating on the surface.

Ning Fan’s indiscriminate attack this time directly cleaned up tens of thousands of miles of water territory, obliterating the insect eggs and drowning over a thousand powerhouses of different races.

The Water-Flooding Realm Bottle was supposed to be an attack covering the area of one realm, but due to the seal laid by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign on the Boundary River, which restricted the Water Essence Force in this place, Ning Fan’s indiscriminate attack could only cover tens of thousands of miles of the Boundary River.

Far from flooding an entire realm.

Ning Fan had considered that the Immortal Emperor seal on the Boundary River would restrict the Water-Flooding Bottle beforehand, which is why he dared to use the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle here. Otherwise, wouldn’t he have flooded the entire Boundary River? If that happened, the Eastern Celestial Cultivators elsewhere in the Boundary River would also have perished together.

Though he knew this restriction existed, he wasn’t aware that the limitation would be this immense. Only flooding tens of thousands of miles might be enough for dealing with ordinary powerhouses of different races, but dealing with those Immortal Emperors would be difficult, significantly reducing the power...

Ning Fan sighed softly.

If he sensed correctly, fourteen Immortal Emperors of different races escaped back to the bottom of the water with merely light injuries. If the Water-Flooding Bottle could unleash its full power, it surely wouldn’t cause only light injuries to these individuals. These lightly injured Immortal Emperors were evidently scared by Ning Fan’s terrifying attack and dared not fight, choosing to retreat.

Only one Immortal Emperor of the Dragon-Horse Tribe with the weakest cultivation level had his physical defense crushed by the sea waves. In his state of heavy injury, his True Spirit was captured by Ning Fan.

The unfortunate Immortal Emperor captured by Ning Fan appeared to be the youngest prince of the Dragon-Horse Clan—the Sixteenth Prince. Thus, Ning Fan now possessed seven Dragon-Horse True Spirits.

At this moment, the weakened True Spirit of the Sixteenth Prince was trembling in Ning Fan’s hand, truly terrified by Ning Fan’s awe-inspiring water-based attack!

Was that an attack a Supreme Pill Sacred Domain Eternal Immortal Venerable could unleash!

With just one move, he managed to kill seventy to eighty Immortal Venerable Immortal Kings, even blew up my physical defense, scared away the other Immortal Emperors...

"Your Dragon-Horse brothers seem to have abandoned you completely." Ning Fan stated indifferently.

"Hmph! They’re merely intimidated by your sea attack, temporarily retreating underwater. They will still come to rescue me!" The Sixteenth Prince replied stubbornly, fearing Ning Fan was one thing, yet maintaining the noble spirit of the Dragon-Horse Tribe was another.

"Is that so? If they truly dare to surface to rescue you, I wouldn’t mind drowning them again."

"Hmph! Once my brothers borrow the Great Crown Prince’s Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle, your sea attack will surely..." The Sixteenth Prince intended to utter some hard words against Ning Fan, but he swallowed them on the verge of speaking, fearing Ning Fan might gain too much intelligence.

Yet Ning Fan still read between the lines from the Sixteenth Prince’s few words.

Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle...

Just from the name, it was known to be a supreme treasure that restrains sea attacks. If the Immortal Emperors of different races who fled really borrowed this item from the Great Deity Director, attempting to flood a realm again wouldn’t be easy...

"If you’re wise, leave me and my other brothers. I can plead with the Great Deity Director to spare your life!" The Sixteenth Prince added.

"Enough talking, you and your six brothers together, become prisoners of Ning Fan!"

Ning Fan heavily sealed the Sixteenth Prince and imprisoned him in the Xuan Yin Treasure.

Then, with a mocking expression, he gazed into the sky at an empty spot and sneered,

"Daoist Yuan Dan, aren’t you showing yourself yet, or are you waiting for Ning Fan to invite you to reveal yourself?"

Ning Fan’s voice echoed in the silent Shuitian, yet there was no response.

Seeing the situation, Ning Fan casually threw a punch at that empty spot, obliterating the space.

From the collapsed space, a bizarre-looking creature fell out, looking fearfully at Ning Fan.

Judging from the aura, this creature should undoubtedly be the true form of the Elemental Elixir Emperor, his second Primordial Spirit already drowned in the sea waves.

From the appearance, people would hardly associate this bizarre-looking creature with the Elemental Elixir Emperor.

Like the unfortunate Sixteenth Prince, the Elemental Elixir Emperor was heavily injured by Ning Fan with just one move and now was dying.

The reasons other Immortal Emperors of different races could escape with light injuries are closely related to their identities as Shui Clan. They are the Shui Clan, skilled at water escape, high water resistance, gaining from being drowned, normal if not drowned.

But the Elemental Elixir Emperor wasn’t from the Shui Clan!

Not only was he not from the Shui Clan, but his life essence was fire, inherently clashing with water. With Ning Fan flooding just once, he nearly obliterated his spirit entirely.

Under heavy injury, the Elemental Elixir Emperor was directly forced into his true form. His true form was not human but... an expensive pill with hair, a human face, hands, and feet!

The renowned Elemental Elixir Emperor in East Heaven turned out to be a demon pill!

Ning Fan knew this since the chaos of Senluo back in the day, so naturally, it didn’t surprise him much at the moment.

After being punched by Ning Fan, the Elemental Elixir Emperor was terrified, urging a long rainbow to attempt escape.

Unfortunately, even in a full state, he was probably not Ning Fan’s opponent. Now, dying and severely injured, only his true form remained, naturally making it impossible to escape Ning Fan’s grasp.

With just a flash, Ning Fan caught up with the Elemental Elixir Emperor, then delivered a violent beating.

"Sp-spare me!" The Elemental Elixir Emperor astonishingly begged for mercy.

Unfortunately, Ning Fan completely ignored the Elemental Elixir Emperor’s plea for mercy.

Dozens of breaths later, the Elemental Elixir Emperor was beaten until he lost consciousness, passed out, and was eventually captured alive by Ning Fan.

Thus, Ning Fan captured two Immortal Emperors of different races—the Sixteenth Prince of the Dragon-Horse and the unfortunate Aflo. Simultaneously, he also seized a large pill—the Elemental Elixir Emperor. Though this battle seemed to yield impressive results, it didn’t quite compare to Ning Fan’s previous achievements.

Speaking of which, the third prisoner—the Elemental Elixir Emperor with the demon pill identity—appeared to be quite appetizing...

Ning Fan quietly pondered: If he consumed this large pill (Elemental Elixir Emperor), he wondered if it could greatly enhance his cultivation level...

The Elemental Elixir Emperor is a demon pill of Immortal Emperor level, and its pill origin is difficult to ascertain, requiring a lot of effort afterward to figure it out.

If the Elemental Elixir Emperor’s true form is an Immeasurable Pill, then such a large Immeasurable Pill could significantly boost his cultivation.

But if it’s another type of pill, it might not necessarily be used for enhancing cultivation...

The unconscious Elemental Elixir Emperor naturally didn’t know his cultivation path would soon come to an end. Meanwhile, Ning Fan was planning how to consume this oversized pill...