Grasping the Evil-Chapter 831: First Nirvana of Heavenly Demon

Chapter 831: Chapter 831: First Nirvana of Heavenly Demon

"Young friend, are you satisfied with the first gift this old man has given you?"

On the ninth layer of the Divine Tomb, the Ancient Chaos, holding the Spirit of a red-eyed elder, smiled as he spoke to Ning Fan.

With a wave of his hand, he directly handed the drowsy, dying Spirit over to Ning Fan.

He had witnessed Ning Fan’s secret technique for refining Spirits and could infer its specific divine skills to an extent.

Understanding that this Spirit would be useful to Ning Fan, he could only provide him with this one.

He had an agreement with the Shenxu Progenitor and thus could not act recklessly or engage in excessive slaughter here...

Ning Fan’s expression seemed as calm as a still lake, but inside, he remained in a state of shock.

He never imagined that the final three layers of the Divine Tomb were all mausoleums of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.

The Chaotic Ancient Phantom could roam freely here, reigning supreme, and upon emerging, demon soldiers would tremble! Five swords drawn, evil cultivators perished! With a mere thought, even the spirit sense of Shenkong the Great Emperor was severely injured, likely causing significant harm to the physical body!

"According to the Chaotic Ancient Phantom, all he did was to test me, and now it seems he wasn’t lying... These last three layers are his burial grounds, if he truly intended to harm me, I wouldn’t have escaped from his grasp the moment I stepped into the seventh layer... He doesn’t seem to harbor ill intentions towards me, instead, he bestows favors upon me repeatedly..."

"The trace of red light in my blood before was a fortuitous encounter he bestowed upon me; aiding me in slaying this evil cultivator was also a grace he bestowed upon me..."

Gazing at the Spirit of the red-eyed elder, Ning Fan remained silent for a moment, suddenly activating the secret technique of the Divine Blast Technique, extinguishing and refining the Spirit, placing it into the Soul Bag.

In this manner, he killed another Fragmented Thought, and the Evil Qi naturally grew denser.

The Soul Bag now contained the first Fragmented Thought Spirit; using the Divine Blast Technique to explode this Fragmented Thought Spirit alone could potentially blast a Late-Stage Shattering Void Old Monster to death, even those at the peak of Shekong would have to fear Ning Fan by three parts!

Having done all this, Ning Fan clasped his fists and bowed to the Chaotic Ancient Phantom, finally believing in his words, sweeping away all the lingering doubts in his heart.

"Thank you, Senior, for stepping in and helping me slay this demon!"

"Why thank me, didn’t you previously say you remember the kindness this old man showed you and regarded this old man as a master... If you consider this old man your master, you are naturally my disciple, hence this old man could not stand by and watch you being bullied by others! In ancient times, if you only declared yourself a disciple of the Lieyuan Sect, even the Initial Saints wouldn’t dare suppress you! Because you are this old man’s disciple!"

When he said these words, the Chaotic Ancient Phantom’s expression was full of arrogance and dominance over the world.

Ning Fan had passed his test and remembered the grace of his legacy, such a person was qualified to be accepted as a disciple of the Ancient Chaos.

"Lieyuan Sect disciple?" Ning Fan was slightly startled, unfamiliar with this title, yet he did not reject it.

Without the Ancient Chaos legacy, he would not be who he is today; as long as Ancient Chaos bore no ill intentions towards him, Ning Fan would remember the past kindness and naturally regard Ancient Chaos as his master.

"Indeed, you are the old man’s heir, naturally considered a disciple of the Lieyuan Sect, you must remember this in your heart. The Lieyuan Sect was an immortal sect founded single-handedly by my master, Saint Luyuan, and I am the second Sect Master..."

Speaking of past matters, a trace of sorrow flickered in the eyes of the Chaotic Ancient Phantom, after a momentary pause, he said to Ning Fan,

"Slaying Xue Daofei, helping you remove an enemy, was the first gift the old man gave you... And now, the old man will give you a second gift. Follow me."

After saying this, the Chaotic Ancient Phantom used his Daoist Thought, once again taking Ning Fan and disappearing from the original place.

In a flash, they traversed countless distances, arriving at the end of the Western Region World on the ninth layer!

Here, an uncountable number of powerful demon creatures lay in wait.

In sight was a range of winding Yin Mountains shaped like dragons, at the foothills stood a gigantic magic formation, with twelve Celestial Pillars.

The Celestial Pillars opened a large golden formation, sealing a Demon Well filled with black Qi rising to the heavens.

Around the Demon Well, numerous powerful demon creatures originally sat cross-legged, devouring Demonic Qi and cultivating.

Among these demon creatures, there were no lack of Enlightened beings, those at the Late Stage of Shattering Void, and even those surpassing Fragmented Thoughts.

In the outside world, none of these demon creatures would be insignificant.

But the moment the Chaotic Ancient Phantom descended with Ning Fan, all the demons turned pale with fright, no longer maintaining the composure of senior figures, exclaiming loudly,

"It’s the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor! Wasn’t he just in the far distance killing someone, how did he suddenly arrive here!"

"The Demonic Qi Surge! Surely, he has come for the Demonic Qi Surge again! Anyone who obstructs his devouring of the Demonic Qi will surely be killed! It’s always been like this!"

"No way, the Demonic Qi Surge occurs once every thousand years, and there are still a hundred years before the next Demonic Qi Surge... He shouldn’t be here for the Demonic Qi Surge..."

Amidst the demon horde’s fear, the Chaotic Ancient Phantom’s gaze turned cold, sweeping fiercely across the demon grounds.

Just with a sweep of his gaze, the demons spewed blood, their eyes towards the Chaotic Ancient Phantom filled with even more dread.

"My disciple wishes to cultivate here, and does not want to be disturbed. All unrelated demons, retreat beyond a million miles!"

"Yes, yes, we will withdraw immediately... We plead with the Emperor not to engage in reckless battle..."

No demon dared to question the commands of the Chaotic Ancient Phantom.

No one dared to be as bold as the red-eyed elder to ask why there was suddenly a disciple if the Ancient Chaos had fallen for many years.

Regardless of cultivation level, at the command of the Chaotic Ancient Phantom, all demons madly retreated from this place.

As the demon horde departed, anyone with a heart could see Ning Fan with shock, memorizing Ning Fan’s appearance.

They had to remember that this person was a disciple of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, and must not be provoked...

In less than ten breaths, the demon horde had all retreated beyond a million miles.

Ning Fan looked at the Demon Well within the sealed formation, the overflowing Demonic Qi, his expression gradually turned solemn.

If he guessed correctly, this Demon Well should be the fabled Well of Covenant, connecting the Eastern Heaven and the Ancient Demon Abyss.

The Crystal Slave dispatched by Demon Luo—Thousand-Leaved Demon Luo, came to Eastern Heaven through here...

"This Well of Covenant was personally opened by the Shenxu Progenitor, to draw in Demonic Qi and nurture the old man’s bones... The world fractured, the Ancient Demon Abyss divided into nine, the well should connect to the fourth Demon Abyss... Each millennial, this Demon Well amasses enough Demonic Qi and experiences an overflow. The last overflow was nine hundred years ago, this well has accumulated nine hundred years’ worth of Demonic Qi, enough to help you slightly break through the Heavenly Demon Barrier! This is the second gift from the old man! Formation, open!"

The Chaotic Ancient Phantom raised his hand, and the light of the magic formation at the location immediately dissipated.

In the next instant, the nine hundred years of accumulated Demonic Qi in the Demon Well explosively surged forth!

With just a grasp of the Ancient Chaos’s fingers, the Demonic Qi was instantly confined within a hundred-zhang, unable to escape far.

"Hurry and devour!" reminded the Chaotic Ancient Phantom from the side.

Facing the oncoming wave of Demonic Qi, Ning Fan hesitated only briefly, then immediately took a step forward, entering the dense Demonic Qi alone.

The Demonic Qi here was extremely pure, even demons at the Shattering Void or Fragmented Thoughts stages could use it to cultivate.

Such pure Demonic Qi, accumulated over nine hundred years, if entirely devoured by Ning Fan alone, could present a significant chance for his Ancient Demon cultivations to advance, breaking through the Heavenly Demon Realm barrier in one stroke!

This was the second gift the Ancient Chaos gave him...

Every strand of Demonic Qi here weighed as heavily as a mountain, and as nine hundred years’ worth of Demonic Qi surged towards Ning Fan, he immediately felt a sense of being oppressed by the heavens.

Without any hesitation, Ning Fan maximized the activation of the Demon Seal within his body, and a strong ancestral Demon aura erupted, radiating crazily from Ning Fan’s center throughout the place!

Facing the Demonic Qi again, the pressing sensation was no more.

"Devour!"

Ning Fan sat cross-legged on the ground, opened his mouth wide, and began to inhale, absorbing the countless Demonic Qi in the area like a whale.

The Ancient Demon cultivation, which had already reached the peak of the Timekeeper’s Realm, was fiercely assaulting the bottleneck of the next realm at this moment.

The eighth level of the Timekeeper’s Realm corresponds to the Human Profound Ghost Profound Eight Realms.

The next Ancient Demon Realm—Twelve Nirvana of the Heavenly Demon, corresponds to the twelve minor realms of Enlightenment, Shedding Void, and mumbling!

For Ancient Demon Masters, a Heavenly Demon is equivalent to a True Immortal!

As time passed by, the Demonic Qi here grew less and less, ultimately all being absorbed by Ning Fan.

He seemed to transform into a statue, sitting cross-legged, breathing and absorbing.

The essence within him, however, grew more stable and powerful as time went on.

One day, two days, three days...

On the tenth day, Ning Fan abruptly opened his eyes, and the nine-hundred-year-old Demonic Qi from the Demon Well transformed into his deafening demonic roar!

Roar!

He suddenly stood up, countless rune patterns flowing wildly on his body, and the essence within him transformed into a storm at this moment, violently sweeping through millions of miles!

At this moment, he was no longer an Ancient Demon of the Timekeeper’s Realm; he had broken through the bottleneck and become a Heavenly Demon!

Suddenly, within a million miles, clouds of tribulation densely gathered, and a giant demon’s shadow appeared between heaven and earth.

The giant demon wielded a black lightning bolt, and in the instant it appeared, it struck down towards Ning Fan with that Demon Thunder!

The power of that Demon Thunder was not weaker than the natal green thunderbolt Ning Fan had previously obtained!

This strike was heaven’s test for the Ancient Demon.

Out of a hundred Ancient Demons, only one could survive this Demon Thunder by chance; the rest would all die under the Demon Thunder!

The bottleneck of the Heavenly Demon was much easier to break through than that of Enlightenment, but it was fraught with mortal danger!

If one feared this danger, then they were not qualified to become an Ancient Demon!

"Do you need me to help you withstand the tribulation?" the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor asked indifferently.

"No need!"

Ning Fan took a stride, leaping into the sky, the blood-red star on his forehead flickering.

With a wave of his hand, a gigantic lightning diagram instantly appeared in front of him, blocking the path of the black lightning.

The black lightning came fiercely, directly into the lightning diagram, and began wreaking havoc within.

Ning Fan’s face immediately turned pale, internal injuries rapidly accumulating, yet his expression showed no fear.

If he feared this tribulation even slightly, he wouldn’t be worthy of being a generation’s Ancient Demon!

He fiercely pointed at the lightning diagram, and then collected it inside the diagram along with the black lightning!

Forcefully absorbing the black lightning, he suffered a heavy backlash, immediately retreating in the sky as if struck by a heavy blow.

But his gaze remained steady, and apart from the green thunder on his forehead, there was now a second black thunderbolt, serving as his additional life-saving tool.

"So you’ve forcibly subdued the power of the Demon Thunder..." the Ancient Chaos smiled approvingly.

As his disciple, you should have the courage to seize the tribulation of the heavens.

The tribulation clouds gradually disappeared, and the giant demon’s shadow also slowly vanished.

Ning Fan consumed expensive pills to suppress his internal injuries and landed on the ground.

He introspected himself, feeling his physical defense now more than twice as powerful as before, and showed a satisfied expression.

At this moment, although his Magic Power Cultivation was still at the Ghost Profound Realm, his Ancient Demon cultivation was at the First Nirvana of Heavenly Demon.

The Heavenly Demon is equivalent to Enlightenment!

The First Nirvana of the Heavenly Demon is tantamount to the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth!

At this moment, he is no longer a junior facing Enlightenment; he can be considered an equal to Enlightenment!

"Thank you, Senior, for granting me Demonic Qi and helping me break through to the Heavenly Demon Realm!" Ning Fan clasped his fists in gratitude towards the Chaotic Ancient Phantom.

"It was nothing, no need to thank me... I intend to give you a third gift. You seem to have cultivated the Great Emperor of the Big Dipper’s Cultivation Technique—the Beidou Celestial Tome?" the Chaotic Ancient Phantom suddenly asked.

"Yes..." Ning Fan paused, but eventually admitted to the Ancient Chaos.

He did not know if the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, coming from the Purple Dou Immortal Domain, would take issue with this cultivation technique.

Since the Ancient Chaos bore him no malice, he had no reason to deliberately conceal it.

"Rest assured, old man will not ask where this technique came from. You are my disciple, and I will naturally trust you. Come with me!"

The Chaotic Ancient Phantom moved his Daoist Thought, instantly transporting Ning Fan to a demon nest.

In this lair, there was an old monster with a beast’s head and a human body, sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Behind him, demon corpses were piled high, his previous kills.

His cultivation was not high in the Ninth Layer of the Divine Mausoleum, but he had a point of pride—his fortune was higher than that of an ordinary Shedding Void cultivator.

This meant he often had exceptional luck in battles of the same level, repeatedly defeating the strong despite his weakness, collecting enemy heads...

His fortune level was the second color of Immortal Fate.

When the Chaotic Ancient Phantom brought Ning Fan outside the nest, this beast-headed Shedding Void demon was immediately alarmed, without saying a word, he rushed out of the lair, his face full of terror, and bowed fearfully toward the Chaotic Ancient Phantom.

"Your Majesty graces my humble abode, and I did not come out to greet you, please forgive me!"

"No need for unnecessary words, Moye, do you remember you owe me a life!"

"Of course, I remember! That day, a Quasi-Emperor Demon Creature’s contract lost control and went on a rampage on the ninth layer. If it weren’t for Your Majesty slaying that demon, I’d be dead... My life was saved by you, Your Majesty, if you need it, you may take it..."

"I’m not interested in your life, what I want is your fortune! Will you surrender your fortune to me?"

"This..."

The beast-headed demon was startled, then gritted its teeth and bowed to the Chaotic Ancient Phantom, "If His Majesty can take my fortune, he may do so at will! However, as far as I know, there is no divine skill in this world that can seize another’s fortune..."

"Is that so... You, try to take his fortune!" the Ancient Chaos said as he deeply looked at the beast-headed demon and then spoke to Ning Fan.

The third gift he intended to give Ning Fan was to aid him in cultivating the Big Dipper Celestial Tome, raising his fortune to an extremely high realm!

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