Grasping the Evil-Chapter 992: Water-Flooding Realm Bottle

Three requests...

If it doesn’t go against my principles, I’m willing to agree to Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s three requests. That’s just my nature; when others have shown kindness to me, I must repay it. Chongming Phoenix Emperor understood this about me, which is why he waited until Xian Luoli could no longer hold on and presented the Thunder King Seal...

This seal might just be crucial for Xian Luoli’s Thunder Body evolution... With such a life-saving grace, if I, Ning Fan, do not repay it, I would not be myself.

"I wonder what requests Senior has? I’m willing to hear them in detail."

"The first request, I want you to protect my daughter well, help her unify her seven souls, and aid her in breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Realm! If she has affections for you, you may marry her; if not, you must not harm her! Once she breaks through to Immortal Emperor, send her back to the Tianlan Phoenix Clan! This matter...can you promise this to me?"

Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s expression was stern.

I was slightly taken aback.

Chongming Phoenix Emperor doesn’t plan to directly rescue his daughter?

On further thought, it makes sense. Chongming Phoenix Emperor went through so much effort and scheming just to send his daughter to me, hoping I could save her. Naturally, he wouldn’t take her away before she was saved.

The inability to absorb the Phoenix maiden’s essence is a small matter, merely losing an Eternal Cauldron Furnace. To me now, it’s not a big deal.

The troublesome part is Chongming Phoenix Emperor also asking me to help his daughter break through to Immortal Emperor...

"Is Senior perhaps joking? My own breakthrough to Immortal Emperor is still a distant dream; how could I have the ability to help your daughter with such a breakthrough?" I said with a bitter smile.

"You may be unable to accomplish this now, but who can say about your future capability? I have great faith in you. If you can even kill the Ninth Generation Savage God, what can’t you do, right, Tenth Generation Barbarian God?" Chongming Phoenix Emperor spoke with a faint smile.

He even managed to deduce the secret events of me killing Yin Mo and ascending to the Tenth Generation Barbarian God! Truly, his divination skills defy the heavens!

"Senior seems to know quite a lot." My gaze slightly hardened.

"Rest assured, I have my requests of you and so will not divulge anything I know. I don’t seek for you to do too much for Lan’er, only what lies within your capability. You are the flame destined for her; with you, her fate can be ignited... and with your help, she can surely break through to Immortal Emperor..." Chongming Phoenix Emperor sighed slightly. Lan’er was his daughter’s name.

Alas, his life wouldn’t last another few hundred years, and he feared not seeing the day his daughter becomes an Emperor...

Both Great Emperor Chonghe and Chongming Phoenix Emperor were skilled schemers with deep minds. I harbored no good feelings toward Chonghe, but had little disdain for Chongming.

Because at this moment, Chongming wasn’t the lofty Demon Emperor, just a father concerned for his daughter...

"The first request is not difficult; I agree to Senior’s request," I said, with a slight sigh.

Pity the hearts of parents under heaven, even an esteemed Immortal Emperor cannot escape such bonds.

"Good, with your promise, I can rest easy. My second request is for a promise from you, Rain Monarch."

"What promise?"

"If one day the Phoenix Clan’s last bloodline faces extinction, I hope you will intervene to protect some of the Phoenix Clan bloodline, not necessarily all, just so that the Phoenix bloodline continues..."

Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s eyes were full of worry, not only for his daughter but also for the future of the Phoenix Clan.

"Phoenix Clan is a foremost True Spirit Race, they shouldn’t fall to the point of bloodline extinction..." I said.

"Who can say what the future holds? Even extrapolated results are not always unchangeable; they are but one evolution among myriad possibilities. Just tell me, will you agree to this request?"

After some thought, I nodded, "This is likewise not difficult. If the Phoenix Clan truly faces extinction of its bloodline, I can’t promise to protect the entire Phoenix Clan, but I can keep a portion of its cultivators safe."

"With that, another of my wishes is fulfilled." Chongming Phoenix Emperor nodded with satisfaction, after a pause, said, "My third request is to ask for a treasure back from you."

"Which treasure?"

"The Liangyi Square Seal!"

I was taken aback, but quickly understood Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s intention.

The Liangyi Square Seal was a magical treasure painstakingly refined by Daoist Mu Song. To craft this treasure, he once killed four dragons and four phoenixes, using the souls of eight Demon Emperors to create this seal...

"Among the four phoenixes killed by Daoist Mu Song, one was an old acquaintance of mine. His fate was self-inflicted, so I do not blame Mu Song for killing, yet I still wish to retrieve this seal and bring it back to the Phoenix Clan. There, I will conduct the burial rites for the souls of the four Phoenix Emperors sealed within, to allow my old friend to rest in peace... This seal was previously in Mu Song’s possession; as a person from a different race, I did not dare venture to Mu Island to ask for it. But now that it is in your hands, I find it much easier to speak up..."

Ning Fan hesitated slightly.

This Liangyi Square Seal is currently his most powerful attacking magical treasure, just a step away from advancing to an innate mid-grade. If given to the Chongming Phoenix Emperor, his combat strength would be significantly reduced...

However, the hesitation lasted only a moment. Ning Fan eventually nodded and handed the Liangyi Square Seal to the Chongming Phoenix Emperor.

The Chongming Phoenix Emperor had given him even the mid-grade innate Thunder King Seal; it would seem petty if he were unwilling to part with a lesser-grade innate treasure.

"Thank you, young friend, for yielding this seal. One seal exchanged for another, one woman for another, everything is destined in the mysterious ways of heaven."

The Chongming Phoenix Emperor was filled with emotion, yet there was an indescribable sense of loneliness in his expression as he removed the storage pouch and handed it directly to Ning Fan.

There wasn’t much in the storage pouch, just some medicinal herbs, all at least millions of years old, and even four Innate Spiritual Medicines.

"Great Soul Ganoderma, Spirit Restoring Leaf, Seven Yin Phoenix Blood Vine, Life Extending Purple Wood..." Ning Fan’s eyes glinted slightly.

These four Innate Spiritual Medicines are all soul-nurturing herbs!

"According to my deductions, to reunite Lan’er’s seven souls into one, at least seven different types of innate soul-nurturing herbs are needed, and a cultivator of the Second Realm of Tianren must intervene to render aid. Unfortunately, Innate Spiritual Medicines are hard to come by in this world, and soul-nurturing herbs are even rarer. I have traveled across the Immortal Demon World and found only these four kinds; the remaining three should be found in the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain... As the Great Emperor of the demon race, entering the Eastern Heaven is my limit; the Eastern Heavenly Emperors would not allow me to go to the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain. Thus, the task of herb-seeking can only trouble you, my young friend...this treasure, I gift to you..."

The Chongming Phoenix Emperor took out a purple compass and handed it to Ning Fan. The compass had a drawing of three eyes, faintly exuding innate power.

"This is..." Ning Fan inquired.

"This is the Treasure-searching Compass crafted by this old man, of inferior innate grade. Though it lacks offensive and defensive abilities, it excels in tracking and searching, its benefits are endless... With it, young friend, your search for herbs in the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain will surely be much facilitated..."

Thereafter, the Chongming Phoenix Emperor gave Ning Fan a detailed explanation of the Treasure-searching Compass’s usage.

He spoke earnestly, indicating the importance he attached to the search for herbs. Yet his expression carried a sense of loneliness, as if regretting that he could not personally rescue his daughter, having to rely on others instead.

"I must impart some things to you before I take my leave. The time spent in the Eastern Heaven has been quite considerable, and I cannot linger any longer, lest some of the Eastern Heaven Great Emperors grow displeased."

"Predecessor, do you not wish to see your daughter?" Ning Fan was slightly surprised.

"...Better not. I do not want her to see me in such a despondent state..." the Chongming Phoenix Emperor sighed.

"Predecessor, you are an Immortal Emperor, though severely injured, is there really no remedy?" Ning Fan voiced his inner doubts.

"Healing the injuries is not difficult, but my lifespan has ended; this is the true cause of my demise..."

"If someone’s lifespan has ended, is there truly no way to save them?" Ning Fan’s heart was heavy.

Xianxian’s lifespan has ended. If he insists on saving her, can he succeed...even though he obtained the Thunder King Seal...

"Some whose lifespan has ended can still be saved, akin to a snuffed candle that can be relit if the method is correct; others cannot, as their lifespan is exhausted as a consequence of their own actions, having willingly discarded the candle itself... I am one such self-inflicted individual. The Palace Master of the Extreme Thunder Palace isn’t, so she can still be saved. This, you need not worry about, the retrieval of the Thunder King Seal is an opportunity for her lifespan to be reversed..."

Lifespan, this thing, is too mystical. Though the Chongming Phoenix Emperor is skilled in this way, it cannot be explained to Ning Fan in just a few words.

He was not of the Purple Cuckoo Race, yet he insisted on cultivating the Purple Cuckoo bloodline and learned the Art of Tri-life, breaking the first taboo.

The Art of Tri-life allowed for only three prognostications, all of which he had exhausted, breaking the second taboo.

His lifespan was not exhausted by himself, but because...he made a deal with the heavens, losing the candle without the chance to relight it...

Thus, even the Nine-tailed Blood could not save a cultivator like him.

"I have pursued the great path of divination all my life, repeatedly breaking taboos. If I die because of this, I will have no regret in my heart, for it is merely an equivalent exchange..."

"Lifespan unsalvageable, death is inevitable; from the first time I traded with the heavens, I was prepared, hence no dissatisfaction. However, I still have my defiance... The phoenix lineage will not resign to dying quietly. If I must die, it will be a spectacular death, worthy of the phoenix bloodline! If there truly is a great catastrophe of heaven and earth...I will continue to hold on, until that day arrives! If the heavens mean to take my life, so be it, but I must determine the manner of my dying myself!"

In Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s eyes, there was arrogance, the pride belonging to the Phoenix Clan!

"I have drunk twenty drops of the Phoenix Soul Wine from this gourd, enough to sustain me for some years, the remaining eighty drops are for you! With this item, as the inheritor of Ancient Chaos, you’re sufficient to produce a Phoenix Clan bloodline beyond ancestral blood, even awakening the Phoenix Clan’s strongest talent is slightly possible!"

The Phoenix Clan’s strongest divine skill is the Phoenix Nirvana, an extremely powerful immortal skill!

Ning Fan was greatly moved. Could these mere eighty drops of Phoenix Soul Wine really help him produce an ancestral-grade Phoenix Clan bloodline? And perhaps even awaken the Phoenix Clan’s phoenix nirvana talent?

"Do not belittle this wine, it is brewed from the sycamore phoenix soul fruit left behind by countless generations of phoenix cultivators in my family after their deaths. In the Phoenix Clan, this Phoenix Soul Wine signifies bloodline inheritance, it is of great import! You must not underestimate this wine!"

Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s expression was solemn.

This solemnity was not allowing anyone to belittle the ancestors!

"Take it!" Chongming Phoenix Emperor handed over the blazing wine gourd to Ning Fan.

This time, Ning Fan did not refuse and accepted the wine. He agreed to three requests from Chongming Phoenix Emperor and took away three benefits, including the Thunder King Seal. Thus, he owed nothing to Chongming Phoenix Emperor.

"This wine has always been drunk only by men of the Phoenix Clan; if not for this, I would certainly have left this wine to my daughter... With this wine, you’ll certainly produce phoenix blood, and even count as having made a connection with the Phoenix Clan; of course, this wine has another great benefit for you that you’ll know in the future... As two parties to a transaction, there’s no more cause and effect between us. But as a senior of the Phoenix Clan, I have an obligation to guide you a little, so let me tell you my insights from years of deducing fate."

"As a person travels the road, how many miles one travels in an hour, how many hours to reach the destination, these can be predicted."

"But deduction is different; it calculates not these things, but those variables, those accidents, when does this person stop on the road, when does he walk, when is auspicious, when is ominous, when will he meet certain people, when will he miss certain scenes, when will he lose some heart... Changes in the world are dominated by destiny, and what’s called prophecy is actually about fathoming destiny."

"Destiny is like wind, shapeless and bodiless, traceless and rootless, but even the wind has sound, and it can be fathomed."

"Silently the wind rises, encountering objects it makes sound, large objects make large sound, small objects make small sound, with obstacles it faces resistance, without obstacles it remains silent, responding with composure, this is the sound of wind."

"Do you know what the word ’Feng’ in Phoenix means! We Phoenix Clan aim to add a stroke to the wind of destiny, to reverse it, and rewrite destiny! Because we defy it, thus we are Phoenix! Therefore, in ancient times, the Phoenix even knowing its fate will end, still enters the fire of nirvana, seeking a spark of rebirth within the fire, seeking if there’s no way to live, then issuing a last rebellion to the heavens! Sworn to compete against the heavens for fate once more!"

"Do you know, where a phoenix falls, if blood splashes onto the heavens, there will naturally be sycamore growing!"

"Have you ever witnessed a true phoenix’s heroic death!"

"Have you seen... the unyielding will contained within the sycamore that sprouts from the raging fire!"

"Have you heard... the funeral song of the Phoenix Clan!"

"The Phoenix soars in the Nine Heavens, not resting on non-sycamore! The demon wages war against Nijun, not relying on non-master! Wishes to be buried in fiery flames, dies rather than submits! Singing in rage to the heavens, reborn as emperor in the next life!"

Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s voice was old and hoarse, singing this Phoenix Clan funeral song, bringing a more desolate, tragic feeling.

After finishing this song, Chongming Phoenix Emperor suddenly clasped his fists and bowed to Ning Fan,

"Although I made three requests, ultimately I have personal motives... I care about the Phoenix Clan, care about the souls of old friends, but what I care more about is my daughter. I entrust my daughter to you! Ning Fan, remember the promise you gave to me!"

This bow gave Ning Fan an impression of entrusting the orphan, and then Chongming Phoenix Emperor turned and left!

In the night, echoes of the Phoenix Clan funeral song remain, Chongming Phoenix Emperor walks gradually into the receding night, slowly disappearing from sight, the wind blows, and his white hair is somewhat chaotic.

He ultimately did not go to see his daughter, one reason being he did not want his daughter to see him heavily wounded and dying, another reason being he did not know what to say to his daughter.

How many years has it been since he last had a good conversation with his daughter? Well, he can’t remember. It seems since Lan’er’s mother passed away, he forever wore a strict face, and the occasional words spoken were nothing but stern reprimands.

...

’Dad, today I want to rest, don’t want to train...’

’No way!’

’But today is mom’s death anniversary...’

’As a master, one should abandon personal feelings, and seek the path of heaven; a master closing off once can easily last hundreds or thousands of years, if you commemorate the anniversary of those passed every year, do you still want to cultivate the way!’

’Yes, Lan’er understands...’

...

’Dad, the pressure of this Feng Qishan is too heavy, Lan’er can’t walk anymore, can dad carry Lan’er...’

’Impossible! As the next Tianlan Phoenix Consort, if you can’t even endure this bit of hardship, how can you achieve anything!’

’But...’

’No buts!’

’Yes, Lan’er knows...’

...

’Dad, I want...’

’No way! It’s too dangerous!’

’Dad...’

’No way! This girl is not of good character, do not associate with her anymore!’

’Dad...yes, Lan’er understands.’

...

Chongming Phoenix Emperor walked to the edge of the boundary river of Eastern Heaven, his face increasingly showing signs of old age.

In these years, has he been too harsh on his daughter... Is this departure possibly already irretrievable.

He stood by the boundary river, boarded the river, and landed on the shore, hesitating, looking ahead and behind, yet ultimately sighed, stepped onto the boundary river, and left...

Above the night sky of Extreme Thunder Palace, Ning Fan withdrew his Rain Intent, knowing that Chongming Phoenix Emperor had truly left, slightly sighing.

"The boundary river, separating the Four Heaven’s immortal worlds, is the essential passage connected to the Crimson Penetration Passage to the Immortal Demon World. Rumored deep within the boundary river, countless fierce different races lurk, even an Immortal Emperor, entering the deep river recklessly, would face a scenario of nine deaths and one life... The Thunder King Seal was taken by Senluo, yet it’s unknown how it ended up in the depths of the boundary river. This Chongming Phoenix Emperor, in search of the Thunder King Seal within the river depths, must have undergone countless blood battles, leading to such serious injuries..."

"Thunder King Seal, Ning Fan did indeed receive it, your daughter, Ning Fan will take good care of for you!"

In a flash, Ning Fan entered the Xuan Yin Eastern Region, arrived at the repentance palace, releasing the Tianlan Seven Concubines.

"You... you suddenly let me go..."

The seven women were somewhat frightened, speaking with the same voice.

Ning Fan wouldn’t change his mind, deciding no longer to cure them, preparing directly to exploit?

"Rest assured, I’ve made some agreements with your father, won’t take actions against you anymore. From today, you are no longer my cauldron furnace, but my guest. When I fulfill the agreements made with your father, I’ll return you intact to the Tianlan Phoenix Clan. But before the agreement is complete, I hope you can be peaceful, don’t cause trouble for me. The restrictions planted on you, I cannot remove temporarily, as I’m still unable to trust you, so in the coming days, your cultivations will be sealed, but your daily life won’t be restricted, I hope you can understand this point."

Their faces were somewhat pale, bitterly saying, "Unexpectedly, our father indeed came, so it’s no wonder you’ve suddenly changed your attitude... Didn’t expect father wouldn’t directly rescue us, but make agreements with you, indeed, it’s feeling we’ve disgraced the Tianlan Phoenix Clan, resolved to abandon us then..."

Abandon?

Ning Fan shook his head, took out an empty jade scroll, and inscribed the scene of meeting Chongming Phoenix Emperor into the jade slip, only omitting parts involving his secrets.

"You can view the detailed content of the agreements. Before I assist you in uniting your seven souls, just live temporarily in the Xuan Yin Eastern Region."

Ning Fan arranged accommodations in the Xuan Yin World for the seven women and was about to leave.

At this moment, suddenly the seven women called out to him in unison,

"What is it?" Ning Fan paused, asking.

"My name is Qi Yelan. Since you have an agreement with my father, let’s consider our past grievances settled. Before I leave, I’ll listen to you carefully and won’t cause you any trouble..."

"That’s good."

Ning Fan left the Xuan Yin Eastern Region and went directly to the Western Region, entering a Millennium Age Tower for secluded cultivation.

Through the deal with Chongming Phoenix Emperor, though losing the Liangyi Square Seal, Ning Fan gained the Thunder King Seal, Treasure-searching Compass, and eighty drops of Phoenix Soul Wine. Naturally, he entered this Millennium Age Tower to refine the Phoenix Soul Wine.

Based on Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s tone, the Phoenix Soul Wine has a significant origin, but how great it is can only be determined through Ning Fan’s own experience.

Thus, in the Tower of Years, a millennium passed in a blink of an eye.

When Ning Fan exited the Tower of Years again, his cultivation had dramatically changed!

Other cultivations remained unchanged, but only the Ancient Demon Cultivation advanced to the peak of the Initiate Realm of Shekong! Just one Heart Tribulation short of breaking into the Mid Stage of Shekong!

In his left eye, a star point emerged, surprisingly it was the star point of Demon Yin-Yang, cultivated within the millennium!

Phoenix Yin-Yang!

His body’s Monster Race Ancestral Blood, surprisingly due to this Phoenix Soul Wine, directly refined a drop of Phoenix Clan Ancestral Blood!

It’s truly a great advancement of the bloodline!

The Phoenix Clan excels in fire control, with Ning Fan refining the Phoenix Clan bloodline, his fire control ability significantly improved. Phoenix Clan’s control position is similar to fire but different from pure fire control, not so upright and magnificent, but rather gives a sense of peculiar unpredictability.

Unexpectedly, by leveraging the Phoenix Soul Wine’s power, Ning Fan truly awakened the strongest talent of the Phoenix Race... [Phoenix Nirvana]!

Yet the Phoenix Nirvana he awakened seems... slightly different from other Phoenix cultivators...

Other Phoenix cultivators’ Phoenix Nirvana, their flame colors are mostly dazzling, while Ning Fan is enveloped in black flames.

Within those black flames, not only does it encompass the Phoenix Clan’s divine skills, but also for unknown reasons, merges with the power of Immortal Bloodline and Black Star Technique. Thus, it’s black!

’This wine has another significant benefit for you, which you’ll realize later...’

Chongming Phoenix Emperor’s words echoed once more in Ning Fan’s ears.

Could the great benefit mentioned by Phoenix Emperor be the fusion of Phoenix Nirvana, Immortal Bloodline, and Black Star Technique, forming a new divine skill?

Feeling the Phoenix Nirvana crafted by the fusion of three divine skills, Ning Fan was greatly moved, his physical regeneration ability now somewhat terrifying...

The injuries caused by Shekong Cultivator’s attacks can almost instantly regenerate, reborn amidst fierce flames!

Once, the awakening of Immortal Bloodline, Ning Fan considered fusing the Immortal Bloodline and Black Star Technique into a single divine skill. Unexpectedly, through the deal with Chongming Phoenix Emperor, unintentionally achieving this, and more thoroughly, not just two divine skills merging, but three!

If the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana divine skill can be cultivated to a higher realm, if the Immortal Bloodline and Black Star Technique can evolve to a higher level... the recovery ability of this skill can grow even stronger!

"Thus, I should indeed thank Chongming for gifting me the Phoenix Soul Wine. However, I wonder why Immortal Emperor, Immemorial Phoenix, Heavenly Emperor and others don’t leverage Phoenix Soul Wine to merge divine skills, enhancing their divine skills... or maybe, it’s only my kind of Yin-Yang Variant Cultivator that can achieve this..."

The reality indeed aligns with Ning Fan’s speculations. For other cultivators, even with Phoenix Soul Wine, merging three divine skills is impossible.

Only authentic Yin-Yang Variant Cultivators, inherently compatible, combined with the assistance of Phoenix Soul Wine, can accomplish this.

Moreover, this matter not only requires cultivating Yin-Yang Transformation and Chaos Ring Decision cultivation technique but also needs the aid of Yin Yang Locket, otherwise, it’s impossible to merge divine skills with differing properties together.

"Now with Thunder King Seal in my hand, Xianxian’s Thunder Body Evolution should proceed more smoothly..."

Ning Fan exits Mysterious Yin World.

In the subsequent months, as Xian Luoli’s injuries heal, Lan Xiaoqian and the other girls are joyfully busy preparing for the next Thunder Body Evolution.

Never could the four girls anticipate that Ning Fan would actually find the long-missing Thunder King Seal. Even the most proficient at deduction in Eastern Heaven, the Thousand Proliferation Emperor, failed to deduce the whereabouts of the Thunder King Seal back then...

How did Ning Fan find the Thunder King Seal! Incredible!

The four girls asked Ning Fan, however, he only smiled without answering.

Finally, Xian Luoli’s injuries have healed.

For her next Thunder Body Evolution, Xian Luoli appeared rather nervous, yet Ning Fan was not at all worried.

He could see that after retrieving the Thunder King Seal, Xian Luoli’s luck... returned.

Luck, an utterly unpredictable thing, akin to the heavenly will spoken of by Chongming Great Emperor, as spoken of by the resonating wind...

Indeed, this Thunder Body Evolution was extraordinarily smooth, ultimately a success!

In front of Ning Fan’s eyes, Xian Luoli’s naked petite frame gradually matured, becoming fuller and more captivating...

A silver-haired naked woman stood up from within the Flash Thunder Pool water, opening her eyes.

In her beautiful eyes, half was confusion, half was complexity, while possessing an awe-inspiring pressure akin to a vast starry sky, uniquely belonging to the Eternal Seven Calamities Immortal Emperor’s mighty aura! With the presence of Ning Fan beside her, her impeccable side profile suddenly showed a blush, yet her gaze was unprecedentedly distant.

Damn, how come she’s not wearing clothes! How is she exposing herself in front of a strange man!

No, he’s not a strange man... very familiar, without such ingrained familiarity, she couldn’t calmly be naked in front of this person...

Her first reaction should be to scream, to be ashamed and angry, shouldn’t it be to immediately put on clothes... why is this all so habitual...

Increasingly more memories surged like floods, one scene after another, all of her calling the man in front dad...

She, the dignified White Emperor, the proud Lan Yunxian, accepted a dad during her amnesia... But why, why isn’t this rejection...

But this isn’t right... she’s the Extreme Thunder Palace Master, she’s the face of the Three Thousand Thunder Realm, she can’t continue calling him that...

Just at this moment, more memories filled her mind!

Scenes from the Three Thousand Thunder Realm... Scenes from Primitive and Wild... during Primitive and Wild era, when her Spirit was captured, this man risked his life to save her... during Thunder Body Evolution, this man risked his life repeatedly leading her through the lightning tempest of Flash Thunder Pool, and when her luck ran out, he roared at the heavens...

’If I must defy heavenly will, then so be it!’

’Today, I shall protect her, in the future, I shall pave her path, even if this destiny is heaven’s will, it can’t be stopped! Her luck, only I can determine!’

As more and more memories surged into her heart, Lan Yunxian couldn’t say she wasn’t moved, that would be false, it’s just, just...

Now that she’s regained her memories, she’s no longer that lively Xian Luoli, she truly cannot call Ning Fan "dad" anymore...

But astonishingly, she didn’t resist being bare in front of Ning Fan! A part of her character still is Xian Luoli, only... matured...

It’s best to put on clothes first... even though she’s not embarrassed in the slightest.

Lan Yunxian gracefully waved her hand, surrounding lightning power instantly formed a light and airy robe, dressing her.

She tried hard to act indifferent, tried to be distant, tried to tell Ning Fan she is no longer Xian Luoli.

’Young Master Ning, I’d like to talk to you...’

That’s what she intended to say.

At the tip of her tongue, somehow it turned into,

"Daddy, I want a hug!"

Ning Fan was stunned, failing to react.

Lan Xiaoqian and the other girls were also stunned, how could such a cold Palace Master say something so childish, could it be the memories didn’t recover!

Lan Yunxian truly wanted to swallow her tongue!

Having transformed into Xian Luoli for so long, living with Ning Fan in every little detail had already seeped into her very bones; this kind of nonsense was spouted by the former Xian Luoli many times before, but now it just came out naturally, and it’s so hard to change!

"Young Master Ning, I’m sorry, that’s not what I meant..." Lan Yunxian explained apologetically.

This apology, however, made Ning Fan sigh even more. Indeed, the Lan Yunxian who had regained her memory could no longer be that mischievous little girl from before, and there was now an emotional distance between them.

This was only natural; he and Lan Yunxian had been connected for a hundred years, but Lan Yunxian was someone who had lived for millions of years, a mere hundred-year memory was just a drop in the long river of her life.

In the past, Ning Fan was everything to Xian Luoli, he was her father, her heaven.

Now, he was just a drop in the river of all living beings...

From now on, his life would no longer include a playful Xian Luoli clinging to him.

"No worries, I have finished my matters at the Extreme Thunder Palace; it’s time for me to leave. Remember to close off your Thunder Body Evolution properly, these expensive pills..."

Ning Fan wanted to take some expensive pills and leave them with Lan Yunxian, only to find when taking them out that all the high-grade pills in his hand had been coated with syrup.

These seem unable to be given to others...

"Forget it, just focus on your seclusion, I’m leaving."

Ning Fan sighed and turned away to leave the Extreme Thunder Palace.

Lan Yunxian’s heart ached, she didn’t know why, but seeing Ning Fan’s lonely departing figure, she was overwhelmed by the urge to cry.

However, the words ’Father, don’t go’ ultimately couldn’t be spoken...

"Palace Master..." Lan Xiaoqian and others were at a loss for what to say.

"I want some quietness..."

Lan Yunxian lightly inhaled, suppressing the myriad of emotions swirling within.

She must calm down; the current her was nothing like her former self...

The four women left, while she continued to seclude herself in the Flash Thunder Pool; the Thunder King Seal Ning Fan did not take away, leaving it with her...

All was silent around, and for some reason, she recalled those carefree days spent with Ning Fan.

She simply couldn’t calm her mind...

...

Ning Fan, however, remained very calm.

After all, he had already prepared mentally before bringing Xian Luoli back. Moreover, the current Lan Yunxian was clearly still very concerned about him, except she couldn’t overcome the hurdle of addressing him as ’father’...

It was already quite good; at least he did not end up in enmity with Lan Yunxian, at least he still retained some affection with her.

"How did I end up picking up such a little girl back then..."

Ning Fan lightly lamented, the hundred years of companionship replaying scene by scene before him, so near yet so far.

Forget it, there’s no use in dwelling on it; thinking too much isn’t part of his nature.

Ning Fan quickly found new things to do, to alleviate his current complex and tangled emotions.

"Wu Laoba’s bottle seems almost repaired..."

Ning Fan’s lips curved into a playful smile.

Let’s deal with Wu Laoba to divert the mood!

...

Eastern Heaven, Water Curtain Star.

The Shui Family was one of Eastern Heaven’s super powers, with their ancestor being one of the Heavenly Kings of Eastern Heaven.

Being a Heavenly King force, Water Curtain Star had always been unprovokable, but lately, it was said a lewd-eyed little cultivator was extorting the Shui Family.

This was prime news!

Outside Water Curtain City, a sinister-looking old man in black robes didn’t mind the dirt on the ground, directly sitting down against the large stone base at the city gate, tapping a broken bowl with chopsticks while joyfully singing.

Passing cultivators all pointed at the black-robed old man, but he remained indifferent.

Occasionally, a few lackeys from the Shui Family tried to drive the black-robed old man away, but bizarrely, before coming close, they stumbled one by one, falling to the ground.

This was so strange!

As cultivators, the odds of tripping while walking—if not zero—should be close to zero, how could so many people find it impossible to approach the black-robed old man, falling one after another!

"This person’s cultivation is unfathomable, and their divine skills unusual and hard to defend against!" A crowd of Shui Family cultivators began to dread the black-robed old man.

The old man huffed without enthusiasm.

He hadn’t done anything at all! It was these people who couldn’t fend off bad luck, how could he be blamed!

Hey, hey, in ten days it’ll be the Shui Family ancestor’s little lightning tribulation...

A small lightning tribulation wouldn’t kill a Heavenly King, but if he were present, hey...

Ahchoo!

Wu Laoba suddenly sneezed, feeling a vague premonition, glancing nervously around before breathing a sigh of relief.

"I’m getting paranoid; that star of misfortune can’t possibly appear right at the last moment of me repairing the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle... hmm, I’m overthinking, must be overthinking; keep singing!"

Wu Laoba cheerfully continued tapping the broken bowl, singing, while inside the bowl a cute ugly little turtle playfully rolled around, matching Wu Laoba’s rhythm.

A passerby pointed at Wu Laoba, suddenly having his mana circulation stuck, unexpectedly entering into insanity...

A big man cursed at Wu Laoba under his breath, suddenly biting his tongue and his mouth filled with blood...

A gentlewoman cast a disdainful glance at Wu Laoba, only for a gust of wind to lift her skirt high, attracting wide-eyed stares from many nearby cultivators...

And even more bizarre events continued to unfold on Water Curtain Star...

Water Curtain Immortal King was really about to lose his composure!

In these days, as the minor lightning tribulation approached, he increasingly felt the onset of insanity, and it was far too strange; he, a dignified Immortal King, simply crossing a minor lightning tribulation, how could he possibly enter a state of insanity!

Could the legend be true!

The legend of the Dark Luck Sect, the damned Black Turtle Sect...

"Did that Wu-named cultivator only say he wanted the Spirit Supreme Water Pearl? Didn’t say anything else?" Water Curtain Immortal King sighed helplessly.

Could it be this time... he really had to break his fortune to avert disaster?

Damned Black Turtle Sect! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)