Grasping the Evil-Chapter 985: An Old Acquaintance

Thousands of cultivators soared into the sky first, converging towards Ning Fan. Among them, there were indeed a few cultivators of the second step, yet the majority were those of the Void Fragmentation.

Various magical treasures and divine skills streaked across the dark sky, instantly illuminating what was once dim, with majestic waves of mana surging higher and higher, stirring up one void storm after another in the starry sky!

More and more cultivators from the Alliance continuously took to the sky, joining in the siege against Ning Fan, each filled with killing intent that pierced the skies.

If it were alone, naturally none of these alliance cultivators would dare provoke Ning Fan, but now, with the strength of numbers on their side, why would they fear Ning Fan alone!

The initial shock had been suppressed. Ning Fan dared to intrude alone on the joyous day of the Alliance’s establishment, clearly holding the Alliance in no regard. Since he came, he shall not leave!

"Kill! Kill! Kill! With the blood of the Rain Bandit, let us raise the prestige of our Alliance!"

"Whoever captures the whole corpse of the Rain Bandit, three hundred lashes with the cane! Whoever captures the head, a reward of ten billion Dao Crystals! The torso, a reward of six billion Dao Crystals. The limbs, a reward of two billion Dao Crystals each. And for even an inch of flesh, a reward of one billion Dao Crystals!"

The upper echelons of the Alliance had even placed a heavy reward, aiming to tear Ning Fan to pieces!

Although these alliance cultivators were a motley throng, they were wanderers from the most war-torn Eastern Heaven, each one a desperado who had been around for years. With such a heavy reward, their courage was even greater. In the cultivation world, there’s no lack of slaughter. The tale of a lone tiger slaying a pack of wolves exists! But tales of wolf packs killing a tiger are even more numerous!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Cries of killing soared into the sky, and endless attacks came from all directions, leaving no retreat.

Moreover, Ning Fan never planned to retreat; he came today to annihilate the Alliance, to use today’s event to give the entire Eastern Heaven a bloody warning!

Ning Fan’s gaze locked directly upon an old monster at the early stage of Shattered Thought amidst the myriad soldiers and horses. It was this person who earlier shouted to tear him apart!

The assault of thousands of cultivators was like nothing to him. With a casual sweep of his sleeve, all the attacks from thousands of Void Fragmentation and Fate Immortal cultivators were collected into his sleeve.

If it were thousands of well-trained cultivators attacking Ning Fan in an array, Ning Fan would not have so easily absorbed all their magical treasures and divine skills. But unfortunately, the so-called alliance cultivators were indeed a mob. An array attack? Could you expect an alliance just formed and with mutual unfamiliarity to attack Ning Fan in any array?

With another sweep of his sleeve, those divine skills and magical treasures that initially attacked him immediately flew out from his sleeve, recoiling back towards the thousands of alliance cultivators.

The crowd was all surprised, hastily defending, but there were at least several hundred Void Fragmentation and Fate Immortal cultivators who were directly killed by stray shots on the chaotic battlefield.

"Don’t panic! All cultivators, listen to my order, ten people per formation, form a Square Array!"

It was the same early-stage Shattered Thought figure who had urged to tear Ning Fan apart, commanding the starry sky. He was Elder Tianzhen, the Sect Master of the Tianzhen Sect in the Eastern Heaven, known for his expertise in battle arrays, hence he was appointed as the Tenth Elder of the Alliance.

Unfortunately, before the Square Array was formed, Ning Fan took a step across the starry sky, transforming into a golden flash like a specter, disappearing from his original spot. In a flicker, he bypassed thousands, appearing before Elder Tianzhen, exploding into action, slashing down with a sword!

Elder Tianzhen, in great shock, summoned a Dao Weapon, attempting to block, yet it was futile. Both man and Dao Weapon were cleaved into two by Ning Fan’s single strike!

The prestigious Shattered Thought couldn’t withstand a single sword from Ning Fan, blood spilling across the starry sky!

In the next instant, a streak of light shot out from the corpse, precisely Elder Tianzhen’s Spirit. His Spirit, in great panic, fled from the physical body, only to be captured by Ning Fan with a casual grab, swallowed whole!

Immediately, the essence around Ning Fan enhanced significantly!

"Tenth...Tenth Elder was actually eaten alive by the Rain Bandit!"

Hiss! Scores of gasps echoed throughout the starry sky!

Ning Fan’s instant killing of the Tenth Elder amidst thousands of enemies was shocking enough, but what was even more horrifying was the scene of Ning Fan devouring the Spirit.

Without the Tenth Elder’s command, the alliance cultivators’ formation finally fell into complete chaos.

"Lifestealer Technique, ancient demon’s lost Divine Skill, Mo Zhong’s renowned technique. Today, let you all witness...the fear of the ancient demon!"

The Lifestealer Technique is an ancient demon’s lost Divine Skill. When killing, it absorbs the blood aura of the deceased, replenishing the ancient demon’s essence.

But this is just the effect when ordinary ancient demons use the Lifestealer Technique. After Demon Blood Fusion Charm, Ning Fan gained new insights into this technique.

If an ancient demon with Demon Blood Fusion Charm uses this technique, not only can the consumption of essence be swiftly replenished, but by devouring the person’s Spirit or Demon Soul, it can act like a secret technique, temporarily boosting the ancient demon cultivator’s fighting power.

For ancient demons with Demon Blood Fusion Charm, the more they kill, the stronger their cultivation can be augmented!

Ning Fan swallowed Elder Tianzhen’s primordial spirit whole, gaining one-tenth of Elder Tianzhen’s cultivation as an enhancement within a few hours!

The ancient demon cultivation level of the Eighth Nirvana of the Heavenly Demon peaked instantly after devouring Elder Tianzhen! He no longer suppressed his ancient demon cultivation but allowed his body to fully transform into a giant, appearing at the center of the battlefield!

"Ancient Demon!"

Many experienced old monsters exclaimed at this moment, especially those Void Fragmentation and Fate Immortal cultivators, for whom ancient demons were a very distant existence, yet now they witnessed it with their own eyes.

"Do not fear! So what if it’s an ancient demon, so what if it eats people! Since you began cultivating, it’s not the first time you’ve seen a cultivator eating people, don’t fear the Rain Bandit!"

Another old monster at the peak of the Shedding Void Realm transmitted his voice to the heavens, his voice echoing through the starry sky, calming the crowd’s panic.

This person took over Elder Tianzhen’s duties after his death and wanted to command the situation; he was the seventeenth elder of the Alliance.

Unfortunately, just after he finished speaking, Ning Fan’s ancient demon giant body directly stepped across the starry battlefield, walking straight toward him. With the might of his ancient demon physical body, each step crushed many Alliance cultivators who were too slow to dodge. After just a few steps, Ning Fan stood right in front of him. The demon palm pressed down, and the heavens and earth seemed to collapse!

"Not good!"

The seventeenth elder spat out a cold light, a flying sword that he had refined as a Dao Weapon for many years, hoping to block the descending demon palm, while he frantically retreated backward.

But there was no escape!

Ning Fan’s demon palm simply pressed down, directly shattering the flying sword Dao Weapon. The demon palm seemed to cover the sky. As it clenched, it seemed to grasp eons within its giant palm, crushing the seventeenth elder to death with its immense force. Along with him, no fewer than a hundred Alliance cultivators were crushed to death by the giant palm.

Fortunately, the seventeenth elder used a secret technique, and his heavily injured primordial spirit barely escaped from the gaps of the giant palm, only to face another calamity, being swallowed whole by Ning Fan.

"Even the seventeenth elder was eaten!"

The fear permeating among the cultivators grew stronger, while Ning Fan, at this moment, took the opportunity to start a one-sided massacre.

The ancient demon physical body, despite being huge like a target, after transforming into a giant body, its physical defense was greatly enhanced. Even the Divine Skills at the Shedding Void Realm could hardly harm Ning Fan at all. As he charged through the midst of the enemy, with every punch and palm, he had the power to shatter cultivation stars, and each strike resulted in hundreds of cultivators meeting their doom!

Ning Fan’s combat power was nearly unstoppable with the combination of the ancient demon giant body, Blood Lightning, Spirit, and demon cultivations. Continuously, the bodies of cultivators were smashed by the ancient demon giant, and their primordial spirits escaped, yet after each strike, the ancient demon giant would open its mouth and suck them in, swallowing all the surviving primordial spirits!

Slaughter, swallow primordial spirits! Slaughter, swallow primordial spirits!

After annihilating the seventeenth elder, Ning Fan continued the massacre. The more he killed, the stronger his ancient demonic aura grew.

One hundred people, two hundred people, three hundred people...thousands!

Two thousand, three thousand, four thousand...ten thousand!

In the entire Alliance, a hundred thousand strong were involved. Except for the Sect Master of the Pill Sect and the three Immortal Venerables, nearly all joined the fray, yet they couldn’t stop Ning Fan’s slaughter. In less than a stick of incense’s time, the battle loss reached one-tenth! Ning Fan primarily chose the strong to kill first, resulting in a high proportion of the dead being strong cultivators!

Out of 200 Void Fragmentation cultivators in the Alliance, Ning Fan killed more than half, with over forty Enlightenment primordial spirits being devoured!

Out of 31 Shedding Void cultivators, Ning Fan killed 19, with 14 being directly swallowed!

Out of 9 Shattered Thought Peak cultivators, four have died, all swallowed by Ning Fan, including even two at the Shattered Thought Peak!

With the Lifestealer Technique, Ning Fan’s ancient demon cultivation temporarily surged to the Ninth Nirvana peak of the Heavenly Demon, and the aura unique to the ancient demon shocked every Alliance cultivator’s heart!

The Fiendgods are known for cultivation speed, the ancient demons for tricky Divine Skills, and the ancient demons...for their brutal violence and murderous nature!

The ancient demon clan is bloodthirsty, and ancient demons skilled in the Lifestealer Technique are even more ferocious, terrifying those who witness it.

The strength of ancient demons left a huge shadow in the hearts of all cultivators here!

Bang!

The Seventh Elder of the Alliance, directly crushed by Ning Fan with one palm, primordial spirit swallowed!

Hiss!

The Fourth Elder of the Alliance met his doom...primordial spirit swallowed!

There were the Thirteenth Elder, Fifth Elder, Eleventh Elder, Sixth Elder... one by one, the powerful members of the Alliance kept falling, more and more cultivators having their Spirits devoured by Ning Fan. The entire starry sky was filled with killing intent! Ning Fan’s ancient demon aura continued to rise... the Tenth Nirvana of the Heavenly Demon, the Eleventh Nirvana of the Heavenly Demon...

The Eleventh Nirvana seemed to be the current limit of what Ning Fan’s ancient demon cultivation could endure... The Lifestealer Technique, of course, had its limits, otherwise, how could Ning Fan continue killing indiscriminately and not directly breakthrough to become an Immortal Emperor or a Quasi-Saint? That was naturally impossible, Ning Fan couldn’t withstand such power.

However, an ancient demon of the Eleventh Nirvana already exuded an incredibly terrifying aura, especially the act of devouring Spirits, which made countless Alliance cultivators pale and be intimidated by this aura.

Is this the Rain Immortal Monarch! Powerful, ruthless... Countless Alliance cultivators began to regret, regret getting involved in this chaos, but it was too late to regret now, they could only follow this path to the end!

"Please, the three Immortal Venerables, take action, kill the Rain Bandit, protect the Alliance!"

The Alliance army was utterly defeated by Ning Fan, on one side they scattered in all directions, on the other, they begged the three Immortal Venerable ancestors on the high platform below for help.

As the Alliance Hierarch, the Sect Master of the Pill Sect naturally didn’t join the battle, but those three Immortal Venerables had also been holding back, not making a move.

At this moment, the Sect Master of the Pill Sect was also looking for help towards the three Immortal Venerables, Ning Fan’s ferocity and strength acted like a shadow, looming over his heart. Before this, although the Sect Master of the Pill Sect had heard of Ning Fan’s fierce name, he had never seen it with his own eyes, having only a vague concept of Ning Fan’s ferocity. Today, he finally witnessed it in person!

Devouring a Shattered Thought Peak Spirit with a mere mouthful... This is something that requires powerful strength! It seemed that only these three Immortal Venerables here possessed the strength to kill Ning Fan. Ning Fan must die, must be killed here, if Ning Fan does not die, he wouldn’t be able to sleep comfortably in this lifetime, with such a great enemy beside him, who can sleep peacefully!

Among the three Immortal Venerables, the old ancestor of Wang Clan and the old ancestor of Sun Family were First Calamity Immortal Sovereigns, only the Han Family Patriarch was a Second Calamity cultivation level, naturally, it was also Han Family Patriarch whom the three looked up to.

Initially, the three Immortal Venerables hadn’t acted, one was to secretly observe Ning Fan’s strength, the other was to let those below besiege Ning Fan, using their lives to fill in the gap. Not seeking to injure Ning Fan but to thus deplete Ning Fan’s mana.

Unfortunately, Ning Fan slaughtered for a stick of incense’s time, yet had not used too much Divine Skills, using again and again merely that one Dao Weapon, that giant ancient demon body, making it impossible for the three to see through Ning Fan’s reality, not knowing what trump cards Ning Fan still held.

What they couldn’t anticipate was, after slaying countless old monsters, Ning Fan didn’t seem to flush or pant, appearing as if not much mana was exhausted...

The three naturally did not know, Ning Fan cultivated Wood Yin Yang, his mana recovery speed was inherently fast, at this moment he also used the Lifestealer Technique, killing while simultaneously recovering essence, thereby minimizing expenditure.

"Please, three fellow Daoists, take action, slay this fiend! If the matter succeeds, this old man will surely have great rewards!" pleaded the Sect Master of the Pill Sect.

"Rest assured! Such a mere Rain Bandit, vanquishing him with a flick of a finger!" The three exchanged glances, finally agreeing to intervene.

No matter how many others were harmed or killed, it didn’t concern the three, but if too many were harmed or killed, it wouldn’t be beneficial to the Alliance either. Enough observation had been done, it was time to take action!

The Han Family Patriarch slammed the table and rose, alongside were the old ancestor of Sun Family and the old ancestor of Wang Clan, all three ascended into the air, appearing at the center of the battlefield, and as soon as the three appeared, the surviving Alliance cultivators were overjoyed, withdrawing to a safe distance, leaving the battlefield to the three Immortal Venerables.

Next came a true great battle, in which there would no longer be any room for their intervention!

The Alliance cultivators, who were scared out of their wits by Ning Fan, also regained some of their courage due to the involvement of the three Immortal Venerables.

These were after all three Eternal Immortal Venerables! Among them, there was even a Second Calamity Immortal Sovereign. Who was Ning Fan, compared to them, just a newly ascended Immortal Venerable (according to outside speculations), a newly ascended Immortal Venerable, to kill Deyun Ancestor might already be his limit, facing an encirclement by three Immortal Venerables, even if he managed to survive, he would probably have to pay a huge price.

"Please, the three ancestors, kill the Rain Bandit, protect the prestige of our Alliance!"

"Kill the Rain Bandit, protect the Alliance!"

"Kill the Rain Bandit, protect the Alliance!"

Suddenly, the rain began to pour down across the starry sky. It was a drizzle at first, but as Ning Fan’s killing intent moved, it instantly turned into a torrential downpour enveloping the starry sky.

"Han Yunguai of White Spirit Island, Sun Lin of Sea Spirit Star, Wang Yangzi of Wind Tomb Star... Considering the difficulties of your cultivation, I, Ning Fan, am granting you a chance to repent. If you surrender and become slaves, joining the Qianqiu Sect, I can spare your lives! Give me a reply within three breaths, otherwise this offer becomes void!"

Ning Fan withdrew from his ancient demon giant body, looking at the three expressionlessly. Facing the three Immortal Venerables, with the premise of insufficient physical defense, transforming into a giant body was of no good, only making him a target, better to not use it. Of course, slaying small soldiers in the form of a giant body was indeed convenient, killing swathes at a time, very efficient.

Seeing Ning Fan daring to boast as he faced the three alone, even with the deep-seated cunning of the three Immortal Venerables, anger visibly surfaced, each sneered continuously.

"Hmph! Offering us a way out! What audacity you have! Do you think you are an Immortal King?"

"Why argue with him, kill him, the Dark Clan will surely not disappoint us!"

The three had long since had the mind to gain credit for slaying Ning Fan, at this moment, they each unleashed their Divine Skills, exuding a sky-high killing intent, sparing no effort.

Wang Yangzi took the lead, opening his mouth to spit out a blazing red flying sword, engraved with nine fire dragons, named the Nine Dragons Succession Sword, an ancient magical treasure of the Twelve Nirvana Rank, exceedingly formidable. As soon as the sword appeared, dragon roars resonated endlessly in the starry sky, as a world-destroying heat spread, causing the entire starry sky temperature to surge abruptly, an endless sea of fire rising, illuminating half the starry sky in red.

"Descend!"

With Wang Yangzi’s shout, the sword immediately whistled out, slashing straight at Ning Fan’s face.

Ning Fan’s face showed an expressionless look as he pressed his palm towards the Thousand-Zhang sword shadow. This palm was infused with the force of the Ancient Demon, as well as the strength of three other systems, making it extraordinary. With a press, the Thousand-Zhang sword shadow could no longer advance even a half-inch. With another slap, the Nine Dragons Succession Sword was sent flying by Ning Fan’s palm!

Wang Yangzi was secretly shocked. Ning Fan could catch his full-force attack with just his bare hand. Few during the Eternal First Calamity could achieve this...

The Rain Bandit is indeed formidable!

"Soul Sacrifice Banner! Billion Soul Beasts appear!"

It was Sun Lin who seized the opportunity to make a move, attempting to sneak attack Ning Fan by raising a blue ghost banner high.

With the wave of the banner, a billion ghostly souls flew out, those killed by Sun Lin throughout his life. The billion ghostly souls condensed into a giant soul beast shadow resembling a bull or elephant. The soul beast had two horns, giving a sense of unstoppable sharpness. As Ning Fan sent Wang Yangzi’s flying sword away, the soul beast was already fully formed and charged towards Ning Fan in that instant. Its footsteps were heavy, each step causing the starry sky to tremble!

Ning Fan just turned his body, and the soul beast had already collided. Its brute strength made Ning Fan almost lose his balance, sensing the beast’s formidable force. He chose not to confront it head-on, stepping on golden light and instantly disappearing from his original position, leaving the soul beast colliding only with a mere afterimage, which was shattered into pieces.

Sun Lin felt slightly regretful.

This Rain Bandit is astonishingly fast, managing to evade in such a crucial moment...

Han Yunguai frowned slightly because the soul beast missed the attack but, having gained too much momentum, couldn’t change direction and was headed straight towards him.

Such poor coordination, Sun Lin’s attack missing, yet affecting him...

"Get out!"

Han Yunguai waved his large hand, sending a hundred-zhang hand seal towards the soul beast’s giant body. The beast let out a tragic cry and its giant form collapsed, shattering into a billion soul images.

However, after the soul images broke, they reformed into the shape of a soul beast, seemingly undamaged and usable again. Still, the soul beast now looked at Han Yunguai with deep fear.

Who knew Han Yunguai was so powerful that he could shatter its soul body with one slap...

From this, it’s evident that in terms of cultivation, Han Yunguai is stronger than Ning Fan, Sun Lin, and Wang Yangzi. Here, only he can shatter the soul beast with mere cultivation.

But in terms of divine skills, trump cards, and combat power, Ning Fan is not inferior to Han Yunguai. This is the confidence that propelled him to venture alone into the Alliance Battle.

With the Black Cat, he could battle against the Second Calamity of the ancients, along with the Obliteration Technique, Four Emperors Luohan Pine, and Liangyi Square Seal, Ning Fan was unbeatable in the Second Calamity, except against a Triple Calamity Immortal King.

Once more, golden light flashed, and Ning Fan appeared a thousand zhang away, not giving Han Yunguai and the others a chance to attack him again. He flipped his hand to summon the Black Cat.

"Black Evil Sect, unite with me!"

Ning Fan knew the Black Cat’s name, so he casually called out, naturally summoning the Black Cat to unite, and his aura rapidly escalated, nearly rivaling Han Yunguai!

Comparable to the Second Calamity of the ancients!

"The Rain Bandit’s aura has strengthened, reaching the level of the Second Calamity of the ancients!"

Han Yunguai, Sun Lin, and Wang Yangzi all narrowed their pupils, unable to discern what secret technique Ning Fan used to achieve such terrifying enhancement in cultivation!

Especially Sun Lin and Wang Yangzi, they now looked at Ning Fan with some fear. The Second Calamity of the ancients...even in the First Calamity, this individual was hard to deal with, but in the Second Calamity...

"I gave you the chance, and you missed it."

With significantly enhanced cultivation, Ning Fan suddenly pressed his five fingers towards Han Yunguai. Instantly, in the starry sky appeared the phantom of the Obliteration River, with a world-shaking momentum.

Han Yunguai felt a blackout before experiencing a sense of vertigo. In the next instant, he was directly suppressed under the Obliteration River!

This river, capable of suppressing the Eternal True Body state of Wu Laoba, could suppress Han Yunguai!

"What kind of divine skill is this! To capture Han Daoist with just a flick of the hand!"

Sun Lin and Wang Yangzi both inhaled sharply, assessing the divine skill’s strength. It seemed, it seemed...to be at the level of an Ancient Great Cultivator’s divine skill!

The Rain Bandit is indeed not to be underestimated, possessing such high-level divine skills. His combat strength cannot be measured by conventional reason! This battle, it does not bode well...

Han Yunguai was even more terrified internally, because despite his cultivation, he couldn’t break free from the depths of the Obliteration River...he was captured by Ning Fan’s divine skill and trapped at the river’s bottom!

This river has such a strong power of confinement. If Ning Fan can trap another Immortal Venerable in the river, perhaps he might break free with the two working together, but if it’s just him alone... he won’t get out!

All the alliance cultivators watching felt a sense of absurdity at this moment. With a flip of his hand, suppressing a Second Calamity Immortal Venerable... Ning Fan is not an Immortal King, how can he accomplish such an inconceivable thing!

But this is indeed happening right before their eyes!

With a palm suppressed Han Yunguai, Ning Fan didn’t bother talking nonsense with Sun Lin and Wang Yangzi. He flipped his hand and took out two treasures, each striking towards the two.

Wang Yangzi’s reliance was a Twelve Nirvana Flying Sword. Ning Fan directly used the Four Emperors Luohan Pine against Wang Yangzi. Thirty million flying swords roared out, and the overwhelming number of flying swords made one’s scalp tingle, directly covering half the starry sky above the Pill Sect.

"Not good!"

Wang Yangzi’s spirit was scared out of his body. Among those thirty million flying swords, there were countless Immortal Swords, and nine Twelve Nirvana Flying Swords were among them.

Those are Twelve Nirvana Flying Swords! Ning Fan actually unleashed nine at once! To know, he has cultivated for tens of millions of years and only possessed one Twelve Nirvana Flying Sword... to fight one against nine is dire, truly dire!

Wang Yangzi, holding the Nine Dragons Succession Sword, struggled bitterly amidst the dense rainfall of swords. He was doing relatively well, at least capable of holding out temporarily.

Sun Lin, however, was truly terrified! He didn’t even see what came at him before he let out a muffled groan, being struck by something that directly shattered his Tian Ling, and his physical body froze into an ice sculpture at the moment of impact. His vitality was severed, maintaining a fearful expression as he stood in the starry sky, both eerie and terrifying.

Only Sun Lin’s Spirit escaped perilously, trembling uncontrollably after leaving his body!

One strike cut off the vitality of his body and froze him! What kind of treasure has such terrible power! If he had reacted just a moment slower, even his Spirit would have been killed by that one hit!

It was only then Sun Lin saw clearly that Ning Fan was using a cold and terrifying treasure seal, faintly revealing innate majesty...

It is an Innate Treasure!

What kind of joke is this! In an Immortal Venerable battle... someone is using an Innate Treasure! How can one fight, how can one win!

Just the Acquired Twelve Nirvana treasure is enough to decide the outcome of an Immortal Venerable battle. Ning Fan actually has an Innate Treasure... under cultivation suppression, it’s not surprising at all that he obliterates his physical body in one go!

Escape, must escape!

Sun Lin, being no stranger to life and death, instantly recognized the situation and turned to flee without a word, ignoring the battlefield’s circumstances.

The situation, humph, what situation still remains!

Daoist Han was suppressed... Daoist Wang was trapped by thirty million flying swords... he was destroyed by an Innate Treasure Seal in one stroke...

Even with three Immortal Venerables sitting in the alliance, so what! This battle... is lost, and there is not even a chance to redeem it! If he escapes, perhaps there is still a chance for Sun Lin in this life to take revenge on Ning Fan, but if he does not escape... the next fall of the seal would be the time of his demise!

But, can he run!

Yin Seal Phoenix Freeze Heaven!

As Ning Fan’s spell was recited, four Phoenix cries resounded through the starry sky.

With the first cry, the temperature between heaven and earth plummeted suddenly.

With the second cry, heavy snow fell in the starry sky.

With the third, Sun Lin’s escape light stalled; his fleeing escape light was frozen, unable to move further away, terrified beyond belief!

With the fourth, centered on the Liangyi Square Seal, a blue light suddenly swept away. It was the beam formed by the power of the Yin Dao Source, sweeping across the starry sky. Wherever the beam passed, the sky began to freeze, and the frozen area expanded. One by one, the watching alliance cultivators were affected, frozen into ice sculptures, deprived of vitality, frozen to death!

"Retreat quickly!"

Countless cultivators retreated desperately in horror, lucky enough to escape the frozen distance, but many were directly affected and frozen to death.

Sun Lin, at the center of the attack, felt a dire calamity about to befall on him, that he would die, would die, would die! This was the most severe sense of crisis he had ever felt in his life; he couldn’t withstand even one strike of the seal! But he was not reconciled; if only he also possessed various heaven-defying divine skills, if only he also had an Innate Treasure, if only he also... he was not resigned to losing to Ning Fan!

Trying to resist the descending blue light, his body stiffened, frozen. His vitality, moreover, dissipated incredibly rapidly...

"Spare... spare me..."

Sun Lin hid his inner resentment, trying to plead for mercy to Ning Fan, but unfortunately, he couldn’t even finish this last plea. His Spirit was frozen into a block of ice, the last ounce of vitality ultimately lost.

Boom!

Once again, the Liangyi Square Seal smashed down, shattering the frozen Spirit.

Sun Lin, dead!

This was the first Eternal Immortal Venerable killed by Ning Fan upon arriving at the Pill Sect, but it certainly was not the last one!

"Sun Lin was killed by this child with just two seals!"

This scene made Wang Yangzi’s heart drop with fright. Unlike Sun Lin, he had extensive knowledge about Innate Treasures. Even if Ning Fan’s Innate Treasure Seal was not an Intermediate Innate Treasure, it was not far off!

Intermediate Innate... even most Immortal Emperors have no fate to possess such a prized treasure!

With such a treasure in hand, unless an Immortal King appears, who can suppress this child!

Sound after sound of flying swords penetrating flesh echoed; Wang Yangzi fought his way through despite being slashed by the Luohan Pine’s pins and sword needles in a strong bid to escape!

His cultivation level was even weaker than Sun Lin; he could not resist the seal that killed even Sun Lin!

At this moment, Wang Yangzi regretted, regretting why he coveted that little benefit and waded into these muddy waters, regretting why he did not simply agree to Ning Fan, submitting and serving the Qianqiu Sect, thus preserving his life...

Boom!

Regrettably, Wang Yangzi had not yet escaped the flying sword’s siege when a ray of cold light fell squarely on his Tian Ling.

A miserable scream sounded instantly... he was not like Sun Lin, he didn’t even manage to escape his Spirit!

Wang Yangzi, dead!

"Who knows how many seals you can withstand!"

Ning Fan looked expressionlessly at the Obliteration River. Above the river, a beam of blood light suddenly burst out.

Han Yunguai had forced his way out of the Obliteration River at great cost!

At this moment, Han Yunguai’s face had already turned pale as paper, clearly indicating that the cost of breaking free from the Obliteration River was substantial.

The demise of Sun Lin and Wang Yangzi, Han Yunguai had already sensed it. Now, he dared not contend with Ning Fan; upon breaking free from the Obliteration River, he immediately spat out a mouthful of essence blood, using the blood to flee for his life.

In response to Han Yunguai, however, was a cold beam descending overhead, yet unlike Sun Lin and Wang Yangzi, even in extreme weakness Han Yunguai was not killed by a single strike of the treasure seal, only spat blood and was held back from escaping.

Being a Second Calamity Immortal Venerable after all, even if Ning Fan’s treasure was mighty, he couldn’t completely suppress him.

"Ning Fan! This old man admits that joining the alliance to besiege you was wrong, very wrong! Spare this old man, and I promise never to deal with you again. If you push this old man too hard, believe it or not..."

"Don’t believe!"

Ning Fan couldn’t even be bothered to listen to Han Yunguai’s threats. With a push of the treasure seal, another smash, Han Yunguai attempted to resist but was hit and spat blood again.

Third seal, fourth seal... the seventeenth seal!

Even someone as strong as Han Yunguai, under the pressure of the Liangyi Square Seal, could only withstand seventeen strikes before hanging by a thread!

Madness filled Han Yunguai’s eyes; death was looming from both sides. Without killing Ning Fan, he couldn’t quell his hatred!

"Old Monster Shui! You once promised me, if I gave you my life, you would agree to one request of mine, would this agreement still stand now!" Han Yunguai suddenly sneered as if talking to himself, yet seemingly speaking to someone.

"Certainly! This Immortal has always been true to his word!" A sudden aged voice emerged from Han Yunguai’s body.

"Good, I give you my life; I want you to kill this child! Chop him into a thousand pieces!" Han Yunguai roared deceitfully.

"This matter, easy, this Immortal is going to drink your blood..."

Bam!

The conversation between Han Yunguai and that strange voice hadn’t finished, when the Liangyi Square Seal slammed down for the eighteenth time.

This time, it finally obliterated Han Yunguai directly.

What a pity... Han Yunguai never managed to complete his transaction with that strange voice before he died. That made Ning Fan quite curious, what confidence did Han Yunguai have to attempt a counterattack at death’s door...

Scanning Han Yunguai’s corpse with his spirit sense, Ning Fan discovered a Jade Purity Bottle hidden within Han Yunguai’s Dantian.

The Jade Purity Bottle was very worn, empty inside, without any indication of special features. It seemed... just a magical treasure with lost powers.

"Could that voice be coming from this bottle..." Ning Fan slightly frowned.

He couldn’t see anything special about this old bottle, it seemed just an ordinary bottle...

But if it were ordinary, how could a strong master like Han Yunguai carefully store it within his Dantian...

This bottle, definitely has something strange...

"Damned! I was about to drink this person’s blood, yet you ruined it... You, wait, if this Immortal can escape from here..."

Another voice came from within the bottle!

Ning Fan’s gaze slightly narrowed, he seemed to understand. The bottle seemed to have its own magical treasure space, but because it was already destroyed, the space could never open again.

Within the bottle space, something seemed trapped...

Forget it, this matter isn’t important. Now that he has killed three Immortal Venerables in succession, it’s time to settle the final account with the Pill Sect!

With Han Yunguai’s death, the Anti-Ning Alliance was completely disbanded, countless cultivators began to flee, but sadly, their cultivation speed couldn’t hope to escape from Ning Fan, it was pure wishful thinking.

"You moved to kill me, so be prepared to be slaughtered by me, no one will escape! Especially... you!" Ning Fan’s killing intent directly locked onto the Sect Master of the Pill Sect.

The karma of Bright Sparrow, the karma in the Heavenly Court, the karma after ascending to Eastern Heaven... The karma to settle with the Pill Sect was definitely numerous. Today, it must be resolved!

"You cannot kill me, can’t kill, haha! I have split a thread of Medicine Soul, fused it with the Great Desolate Cauldron, you cannot kill me, unless you can destroy this cauldron, haha!"

It was the Sect Master of the Pill Sect, in despair, becoming insane, desperately commanding the cultivators to besiege Ning Fan.

In vain!

No one listened to him anymore!

The entire alliance has collapsed, annihilation was inevitable.

...

Half an hour later, Ning Fan left Danxia Star, the Pill Sect Masters were entirely annihilated, the Anti-Ning Alliance was wiped clean!

Days later, Eastern Heaven was in an uproar.

The once prominent Pill Sect and Anti-Ning Alliance, were utterly swept by a single person, slaughtered to the last!

On Danxia Star, the Spirit Veins were completely destroyed, it has become an Abandoned Star. On this star, five blood-red words were carved with sword marks!

"The killer, Ning Fan!"

Rumor has it upon hearing this news, countless Eastern Heaven’s sect leaders risked their lives to hurry to the Chaotic Demon Star Domain where the Qianqiu Sect was located, only to plead for forgiveness.

Even the Anti-Ning Alliance, which possessed three Eternal Immortal Venerables, was wiped by Ning Fan all at once. Who in Eastern Heaven would dare offend this ferocious star!

Numerous powerful figures had been invited by the Anti-Ning Alliance. Although they hadn’t agreed to join the alliance, who knows if Ning Fan would rather err on the side of caution, holding them accountable later. In this case, better to take the initiative to clarify and apologize, maybe it could avert a disaster.

Those families and sects with members joining the Anti-Ning Alliance were even more miserable, afraid Ning Fan might eradicate them entirely, they wished to apologize but dared not, fearing even more... it was the real torment.

"Terrifying, truly terrifying! The entire Anti-Ning Alliance of a hundred thousand strong was butchered clean by Rain Monarch alone! That was a faction with three Eternal Immortal Venerables, they say Rain Monarch battled those three Venerables for ten days and nights before succeeding..."

"How do you know it was ten days and nights; the Pill Sect went from jubilant celebration to the door within less than ten days. Also, how do you know Rain Monarch went alone; he might have brought lots of people?"

"Uh, I heard it too..."

"I heard Rain Monarch brought several Ancient Strong People... also heard that when Rain Monarch left Danxia Star, it was with furrowed brows, seemingly something unfinished..."

"Where did you hear that..."

"From Old Wanghead in the city patrol..."

"Uh, me too, why does the info we hear differ? Old Wanghead must be talking nonsense..."

"Hey, rumors are flying; who knows which is true. Old Wanghead probably just heard it from someone else, no need to mind him, regardless of how big this gets, it has nothing to do with us, drink, drink!"

Southern Dipper Star, today suddenly a slight rain fell, this was a very inconspicuous Lower-Level Cultivation Star in Eastern Heaven, merely for location, it was extremely remote, thus very few second-step cultivators ever passed by.

But today, a white-clothed youth happened to pass this star.

Slaughtering the Anti-Ning Alliance was seven days ago, Ning Fan did not immediately return to the Luo Family but wandered aimlessly around Eastern Heaven.

It seemed aimless, but he was actually on constant alert.

"I don’t know who is tailing me... this person is extremely weird, spirit sense simply cannot approach them, once close, it would be absorbed by a force directly... unclear..."

Ning Fan descended onto Southern Dipper Star, he could feel that the person stalking him was accelerating towards him.

"From the moment I left Danxia Star, I’ve been tailed by this person; I advance, they retreat; I retreat, they advance. If this person harbors malice, it doesn’t seem that way. If no malice, yet I don’t know why they painstakingly follow... today, they began closing in, surely to reveal their true identity. In that case, let’s see their purpose here on Southern Dipper Star!"

Ning Fan walked into a cultivation city on Southern Dipper Star, entered a small tavern, and requested a jug of wine and two cups from the shopkeeper.

This Southern Dipper Star surely was remote, with many cultivators discussing him, yet none recognized his appearance. He sat clearly within the tavern, but those loudly discussing him were completely oblivious to his presence.

That mysterious person kept approaching, continuously closing in, they soon followed him onto Southern Dipper Star and were heading towards this tavern.

Finally, the tavern’s curtain was raised once more, a blue-clothed woman holding an umbrella and smiling mischievously walked in.

"Are you finally willing to show yourself..."

Ning Fan slowly raised his head, gazing at the doorway, initially carrying a bit of coldness in his eyes, but upon seeing the arrival, it turned to a pause.

This woman is...

"I am Tantai Weiyu, do you remember me?" The woman casually sat opposite Ning Fan, picked up the cup, poured herself a drink, and tasted, yet frowned.

"Not mortal wine."

"Seems this star doesn’t sell mortal wine." Ning Fan surveyed the woman.

Tantai Weiyu?

I happen to have met a woman with this name in the Rain Immortal World. However, this Weiyu and that Weiyu differ in appearance and aura... seemingly not the same person.

But if not the same person... why does the attire resemble so much.

The discourse on Dao that day still lingered in Ning Fan’s mind... originally only a faint recollection, but upon intentional thinking, those past events gradually clarified...

"You once said, in wine, there’s life and death, reality and illusion, karma, and also reincarnation, do you remember..."

The woman retrieved a jug of wine for herself, poured a glass, and inquired Ning Fan, "I have mortal wine here, it’s wine from my hometown, do you want to drink?"

In her eyes was a bright confidence, curving smile, as if certain Ning Fan would accept. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)