Grasping the Evil-Chapter 1008: Wise Men All, Yet Only I Am the Fool

Chapter 1008: Chapter 1008: Wise Men All, Yet Only I Am the Fool

The Phoenix Race is the ruler among the Winged Demons. Unlike the filth and evilness of the Fu Li Race, it exudes a sense of utmost nobility and purity.

As soon as the power of Phoenix Yin-Yang was activated, Ning Fan’s aura instantly changed. The demonic disposition around him gradually disappeared, replaced by an unprecedented divine solemnity.

Parts of his body began to transform into flames, and soon his entire body turned into roaring black flames. With a flicker of his figure, he charged towards the stone wall.

The innate true fire covering the surface of the stone wall flickered uncertainly when suppressed by the aura of the Phoenix Race from Ning Fan’s body. However, this flicker was only momentary; it quickly restored to its original state. As Ning Fan suddenly approached, red and white fire waves immediately surged from the stone wall, carrying a large amount of bluish-grey magma, attempting to engulf him and halt his advance.

Although the Phoenix Race possesses an innate talent for controlling fire, Ning Fan’s cultivation was limited, so he naturally didn’t dare to be swept into the fire waves. He abruptly halted, crossing his hands in a strange demon gesture, causing his fingers to fly in shadows. From his Tian Ling point, his Spirit flew out with a swish, and then transformed into a palm-sized Black Phoenix with a shake. The Black Phoenix gazed coldly and indifferently at the innate fire’s power, paying no heed as it opened its mouth and inhaled towards the red and white fire waves.

With this inhale, it mobilized the whole strength of Phoenix Yin-Yang, directly manipulating the fire’s path laws here, making the red and white fire waves unable to approach or retreat. It was as if space had frozen, leaving the flames stuck rigidly in place, allowing the Black Phoenix to absorb them without any resistance!

However, the magnitude of the fire waves was too overwhelming. The Black Phoenix absorbed only a small portion of the red and white flames before its face showed a pained expression, having reached its limit. It withdrew its form and reverted to Spirit, returning to Ning Fan’s Dantian.

Because his cultivation was restricted, in this tête-à-tête exchange, Ning Fan barely managed to swallow a mouthful of innate true fire from the red and white sea of flames!

Swallowing this true fire made Ning Fan extremely uncomfortable, as the imbibed red and white true fire rampaged violently inside his stomach, trying to escape his body while causing havoc internally. Fortunately, having mastered the Phoenix Race’s Nirvana talent, the internal organs burnt by this fire were quickly regenerating in the blaze, resulting in nothing more than some pain without harm. Thus, the cluster of true fire couldn’t escape!

The surrounding red and white sea of fire appeared to gain anthropomorphic rage!

Its task was merely to trap Ning Fan here without harming him. Who would have thought that Ning Fan would manage to swallow some of its flames? With a condensation of the sea of fire, suddenly a red and white firebird flew out.

This firebird had an unusual form, unlike the Four Heavens’ demon species, capable of stirring overwhelming fire waves when in flight. Its gaze was extremely vicious, and with a spread of its wings, it screeched fiercely at Ning Fan and charged. Its speed was so fast that when it moved, an ordinary person could only faintly see a flash of firelight; even with Ning Fan’s eyesight, it was difficult to capture the bird’s trajectory. In a hurried clash, half of Ning Fan’s body was already incinerated to charcoal!

Luckily, in the next instant, Ning Fan’s injured part regenerated amidst the blazing flames, achieving Nirvana rebirth.

"Has this innate true fire already birthed a Fire Spirit... but unfortunately, this mouthful of true fire, once in my stomach, is mine, Ning Fan’s! No matter what Fire Spirit you manifest, you won’t reclaim this mouthful of true fire!"

Ning Fan’s expression was solemn. This Fire Spirit’s cultivation barely touched the level of the Calamity of Eternal Aeons’ Immortal King Realm, someone he couldn’t defeat even with his unsealed cultivation, let alone now. He didn’t dare confront it directly; while retreating, he summoned the Body-protecting Golden Light of the God-Extinguishing Shield to its absolute limit at the moment.

With Ning Fan’s current restricted cultivation, he couldn’t manifest a complete form of the God-Slaying Giant. He could only extend the golden light to a three-zhang radius around him.

The red and white firebird paid no heed to Ning Fan’s Body-protecting Golden Light and ruthlessly crashed into it again, as the narrow space within the stone walls witnessed a sudden streak of firelight charging forth. The impact burnt nearly one zhang of the golden light away!

Fortunately, the burnt Body-protecting Golden Light swiftly reformed. Even so, Ning Fan was already quite startled.

Though his present cultivation was sealed, how formidable was the God-Extinguishing Shield! Even with insufficient power, its defense wasn’t something ordinary Immortal Kings could break through, yet the red and white firebird obliterated almost one zhang of golden light with just a casual crash, reflecting its terrifying strength.

The firebird, seeing its wrathful strike failing to inflict any injury on Ning Fan, this insignificant being, became furious. Uttering three consecutive sharp cries, its surrounding flames surged as it charged toward Ning Fan again.

This time, the firebird penetrated within one zhang of Ning Fan, incinerating the entire two-zhang protective golden light outside!

It seemed that with just a bit more force, the bird could break through all three zhangs of golden light. It was entirely capable of injuring Ning Fan within the protective light!

If it truly reached that point, Ning Fan would either have to destroy the Punishing Ring to restore his cultivation or use his trump card measures like Origin Qi to directly annihilate the firebird.

She had no intention of expending valuable life-saving trump cards on a mere firebird of the Calamity of Eternal Aeons, nor did she plan to destroy the Punishing Ring, prompting furious pursuit from the Dabei Clan, before achieving her current mission.

Ning Fan’s gaze turned slightly resolute. He suddenly struck his chest and spat out a Blood Arrow, merging it with the Body-protecting Golden Light. His aura weakened significantly, but the golden light expanded to a five-zhang range, enhancing defense immensely!

Thus, no matter how the firebird rammed, it couldn’t completely breach the defense of the God-Extinguishing Shield. Meanwhile, Ning Fan took a Healing Pill to suppress the self-inflicted injury, sitting cross-legged amidst the dense golden light, forcefully refining the small portion of innate true fire within him under the firebird’s resentful gaze.

Ning Fan couldn’t defeat the firebird, but dealing with the mouthful of innate true fire inside him was much easier.

Before long, that cluster of innate true fire was thoroughly refined by Ning Fan, significantly advancing Ning Fan’s Black Flame towards the level of the Twelve Metaplasia True Fire!

Ning Fan didn’t stand up. After a slight rest, he remained seated cross-legged on the stone ground, patted his Tian Ling, and his Spirit flew out again, transforming into the Black Phoenix form. Across heavy golden light, it opened its mouth towards the firebird. In an instant, the fire’s path laws here were controlled by the Black Phoenix again.

The firebird was startled, hastily trying to retreat, but struggled to free itself from the Black Phoenix’s fire control, being forcefully absorbed of a large mouthful of innate true fire by the Black Phoenix, continuously screeching angrily in vain attempts to break through the dense protective golden light.

Ning Fan withdrew his Spirit and continued refining the innate true fire within as the furious firebird desperately clashed against the Body-protecting Golden Light, paying it no mind. Once the refining finished, he repeatedly devoured the innate true fire, bit by bit eroding the flames from the firebird. In this reciprocation, the firebird’s aura grew increasingly weak, no longer as powerful as at the beginning.

One day passed.

The second day passed.

The martial trial deadline was only three days; only one day remained until its conclusion!

Trapped within the mountain, Ning Fan was unaware of the external situation. At that moment, only one belief resided within him: no matter what, he must make it to the martial trial!

He could guess that the Immortal Emperor who trapped him didn’t dare harm his life and did it to prevent him from participating in the Southern Frontier martial trial.

First, his literary trial results were wiped out, and then he was attacked and suppressed on the eve of the martial trial. Ning Fan could almost conclude that these front and back incidents were likely the work of one or several Immortal Emperors!

Towards those so-called Central Continent Five Emperors, Ning Fan now held no goodwill, with a surge of anger burning within his chest!

"I promised the Tamu Clan to partake in the Southern Frontier competition; there’s no reason to give up halfway, that’s the first point! Burying Moon specifically instructed me to seize the Southern Frontier’s top spot, which must be extremely important and can’t be overlooked, that’s the second point! The Immortal Emperor scheming against me doesn’t want me to enter the martial trial; how can I let him have his way, that’s the third point!"

Over the course of two consecutive days of devouring and refining, Ning Fan had absorbed as much as 70% of the innate true fire here. The red and white firebird’s form had significantly shrunk, and its aura was extremely weak, no longer possessing the Triple Calamity Immortal King momentum from two days ago. Its aura was now roughly at the Mid-Phase Shattered Thought level.

The firebird’s gaze was no longer fierce, showing a hint of fear when facing Ning Fan!

The innate true fire formed by Emperor Lou Tuo could manifest seven fire spirits, and it was one of the weaker ones. Now that Ning Fan had consumed 70% of its flames, it instinctively wanted to escape, daring not to trap Ning Fan here any longer!

But alas! Trapped by this volcano, it can also find no escape! If it were at its peak, it could easily escape with its full cultivation, but now, it has only a mid-Fragmented Thought cultivation left, and has no chance of escaping!

"I have already devoured most of the Innate True Fire here, yet I still can’t completely breakthrough the level of the Black Flame to the Twelve Metaplasia level. If I’m not mistaken, the Innate True Fire trapping me here is not complete; it’s only a fragment of an Immortal Emperor’s Innate True Fire..."

"I’m just a hair’s breadth away from completely breaking through the Twelve Metaplasia True Fire. Once I kill this firebird and devour its origin fire, it should be enough for me to break through the bottleneck of the Twelve Metaplasia True Fire!"

Ning Fan suddenly stood up, coldly staring at the firebird hiding in the corner.

Now, he no longer needs to use the God-Extinguishing Shield to defend against the firebird as he did two days ago. The firebird now only has mid-phase Fragmented Thought strength, and with Ning Fan’s Divine Demon cultivation, along with the Phoenix Yin-Yang’s suppression of fire, it’s not difficult to slay it!

Ning Fan could almost imagine the anger of the Immortal Emperor who had plotted against him once he kills the firebird! The Immortal Emperor could never have anticipated that not only did Ning Fan not get trapped in this volcano, but he even managed to kill the Fire Spirit of the Innate True Fire with restricted cultivation!

Anyone daring to plot against Ning Fan should be prepared for severe consequences!

The firebird seemed to sense Ning Fan’s killing intent and, in despair, suddenly gathered the courage for a desperate fight, transforming into a blaze of fire rushing headlong at Ning Fan.

The speed was a far cry from two days ago, and Ning Fan easily saw through the firebird’s trajectory. His body suddenly exploded, turning into a pitch-black sea of fire, nearly drowning the entire rock-walled space!

Instantly, the rock-walled space resounded with the firebird’s mournful cries of struggle.

The wailing gradually subsided, and after a long while, the sea of fire disappeared, and Ning Fan reemerged, sitting cross-legged without a word, starting to refine the immense origin fire within him.

Almost simultaneously, from Middle State’s Mount Zuwang, a furious roar suddenly erupted towards the sky!

"Dare to kill my seventh Fire Spirit, I will fight you to the death, Ning Fan, Ning Fan, Ning Fan!"

Emperor Lou Tuo, seething with rage, charged out of the underground sanctuary. Some disciples, seeing their ancestor’s anger, immediately inquired about the cause.

Emperor Lou Tuo merely maintained a darkened face, refusing to elaborate on what had transpired.

Humiliation, utter humiliation! He, a dignified Immortal Emperor, had orchestrated a plan against a little Immortal Venerable with sealed cultivation, only to have it backfire and lose one of his Fire Spirits!

Were it not for his remaining rationality, Emperor Lou Tuo almost wanted to immediately head to the Southern Frontier to take Ning Fan’s life!

Alas, he could not do that. If he went to the Southern Frontier now, firstly, his plot against Ning Fan would be exposed, and even if he killed Ning Fan, he couldn’t explain it to the Holy Mountain.

"Damn it! Damn it! I can’t kill you openly, but secretly, there are plenty of ways to take your life! Very well, very well indeed, daring foreign cultivator! Wait and see!"

Emperor Lou Tuo gradually calmed his anger and instead showed a sinister cold smile, instructing several disciples beside him.

"How long before your Senior Brother comes out of seclusion?"

"Reporting to the Ancestor, Senior Brother is in the sixth layer at the bottom of the Fire Soul Tower and won’t be able to emerge without a hundred years..."

"Let him come out early. Tell him there’s something in this year’s Central Continent’s great competition that will greatly help in breaking through to the Immortal Venerable. Missing it would be a massive loss! Of course, there are some private matters I’d like him to handle, tell him to come see me at once!"

"Yes!"

...

It’s only half a day left until the end of the martial trial.

The literary test measures perception, while the martial trial measures the overall strength of the tribe.

At this moment, not far from the suppressing volcano, the Summon Wind Clan’s grassland had been divided into thirty-five areas. The Southern Frontier clans each occupied a large expanse of grassland, conducting the martial trial.

The topic of the martial trial is to hunt Fire Souls.

Legend has it that when the Herb-gathering Sage was dying, he shattered his own Saintly Fire, dispersing it sealed beneath the Dabei Grassland. Over time, fragmented fire gave birth to life, transforming into a Fire Soul Clan, eternally suppressing the underground, unable to surface into the upper world.

The Sage’s seal is naturally not something ordinary people can covet. Many cultivators attempted to earth-travel to the bottom of the Dabei Grassland to find the shattered Saintly Fire seal by the Sage but to no avail.

Later, an Immortal Emperor from the Holy Mountain found a strange talisman in the Holy Mountain Mausoleum. Upon activation, it unexpectedly summoned a Fire Soul of Heavenly cultivation from the top of the grassland, nearly killing him in surprise.

Stunned, the Holy Mountain Immortal Emperor called several Immortal Emperors and battled hard for many days before finally extinguishing the Fire Soul, seizing a Fire Crystal from within it. After refining, his fire-path cultivation progressed enormously!

After tasting success, the Immortal Emperor attempted to imitate the talisman from memory, activating it again, and indeed, he could still summon Fire Souls from anywhere on the Dabei Grassland. Once killed, they again yielded Fire Crystals!

Unfortunately, without a talisman drawn by the Sage himself, it became impossible to summon Fire Souls of Immortal Emperor level, at most only some of True Immortal cultivation.

If Immortal Kings or Venerables drew the talisman, the summoned Fire Souls were much weaker, barely having Life Immortal cultivation.

If the talisman was drawn by Shattered Thought cultivation, they couldn’t summon any Fire Soul at all.

Through extensive research, the Holy Mountain realized the talisman’s secret. It turned out to be a summoning talisman developed by the Herb-gathering Sage specifically for summoning Fire Souls from beneath the grassland.

In every first round of the Mausoleum Battle martial trial, hunting Fire Souls has become a staple topic. First, because the Fire Souls of the Dabei Grassland are nearly inexhaustible; once summoned, they appear, requiring no extensive preparation. Second, once exterminated, they yield Fire Crystals, most of which are extremely low-grade and negligible to ancient freaks, but when rewarded to the tribesmen below, they significantly advance the low-grade cultivation path in the fire arts, making for excellent martial trial rewards.

Of course, this talisman has a drawback, needing at least an Eternal Immortal Venerable to draw it, each consuming substantial mental energy from the talisman maker, thus rendering mass production impossible.

Fortunately, the Mausoleum Battle occurs once every thousand years, enough to stockpile for the consumption by the Holy Mountain over time.

This time in the Southern Frontier competition, each tribe received fifty low-grade fire summoning talismans, twenty mid-grade fire summoning talismans, and five high-grade fire summoning talismans.

A low-grade fire summoning talisman, when used once, can randomly summon a Fire Soul with cultivation levels at the Crossing Truth Realm, depending on luck. It might be a Fire Soul at the initial stage of Crossing Truth, or it might be a Fire Soul at the peak of Crossing Truth. The troublesome part is, no matter which stage of Crossing Truth it is in, killing one is worth ten points.

A mid-grade fire summoning talisman can summon a Fire Soul at the Shedding Void Stage, killing one earns you a hundred points. A high-grade fire summoning talisman can summon a Shattered Thought Fire Soul, killing one can earn a thousand points.

Each tribe decides for itself on how to use these fire summoning talismans. A weak tribe like the Tamu Clan doesn’t have anyone at the Shedding Void level and often only dares to summon Fire Souls at the Crossing Truth level to kill. Mid-grade and high-grade fire summoning talismans are never used. Once a Shedding Void or a Shattered Thought Fire Soul is summoned, it undoubtedly becomes a catastrophic disaster for the weak Tamu Clan. It is important to know that the summoned Fire Souls are exceedingly fierce and will kill anyone they encounter...

Unused fire summoning talismans need to be returned to the Holy Envoy overseeing the competition after the martial trial ends.

If each tribe uses up their own fire summoning talismans, they can also go to other tribes and seize their Fire Souls to increase their score!

The Tamu Clan is feeling extremely aggrieved!

They only scored one point in the literary trial, and as of now, they still haven’t achieved anything in the martial trial!

As of now, the Tamu Clan has summoned a total of eleven Fire Souls at the Crossing Truth level, all of which were snatched and killed by other tribes. Their twelfth summoned Crossing Truth Fire Soul remains unclaimed, as it is a Fire Soul on the half-step to the Shedding Void Realm—a complete catastrophe for weak Tamu cultivators!

Even when nineteen Tamu cultivators joined forces, they couldn’t defeat the half-step Shedding Void Fire Soul and instead had over a dozen of their people badly injured.

At this moment, the only two remaining individuals at Crossing Truth for the Tamu Clan are still struggling to hang on alongside five Fate Immortals from the Tamu Clan.

These two individuals are dressed like Shaman Mages, with each possessing only initial stage Crossing Truth Realm cultivation, naturally not daring to confront that Fire Soul directly. Instead, they rely on the Formation laid out beforehand to engage in a struggle with the Fire Soul. However, the Fire Soul is too powerful, and the number of Tamu cultivators keeps dwindling, causing increasing errors in the Formation. Soon, the Fire Soul spotted a flaw and pounced on one of the Crossing Truth Mages.

The Crossing Truth Mage recklessly got half his body burnt to ashes by the Fire Soul, yet barely managed to let his Spirit escape. However, he was badly injured by the wave of fire spat by the Fire Soul, and can no longer fight, forced to withdraw from the martial trial!

Thus, from the Tamu side, only one Crossing Truth Mage is left barely persisting, making the Formation increasingly difficult to maintain, the situation exceedingly precarious!

Among the five remaining Fate Immortals of the Tamu Clan, one after another keeps getting seriously injured by the Fire Soul and withdraws from the martial trial! Ultimately, only that one Crossing Truth Mage remains for the Tamu Clan!

The Formation that besieged the Fire Soul originally required the concerted effort of many people to activate but now is under the charge of just one person, naturally losing its effectiveness completely!

This remaining Crossing Truth Mage’s name is Sateng, and despair is evident in Sateng’s eyes at the moment, but more so are anger and hatred!

Not far away, several tribes have dispatched cultivators at the peak of Crossing Truth Realm, specifically to snatch weak Fire Souls from the Tamu Clan. Whenever the Tamu Clan summons Fire Souls at the initial or intermediate stage of Crossing Truth, these people would come to snatch them. However, when the Tamu Clan accidentally summons a Fire Soul on the half-step towards Shedding Void, these people would simply watch and not interfere, allowing the Tamu people to be grievously injured one by one by the Fire Soul.

If Sateng, too, were to be seriously injured by the Fire Soul and decide to exit the martial trial, then on this day, the overall score for Tamu’s small competition will set a historical low, concluding with a pitiful score of one point!

Of course, officially the Tamu Clan still has another competitor present who hasn’t withdrawn yet, but Ning Fan is currently being suppressed under the volcano. No one believes Ning Fan can break free from the seal and join the martial trial given his restrained cultivation state.

The Tamu Clan’s mausoleum fight is about to end.

"Sateng is already at his limit, even though he has Acquired Treasure to protect himself, his Mana has run out. In less time than it takes to breathe a hundred times, he will surely collapse!" concluded a Crossing Truth Peak from the White Ghost Sect.

"This time the Tamu Clan will likely leave the mausoleum fight with a total score of one point. I wonder if Emperor Lou Tuo will give us credit for this when he learns of it?" A Crossing Truth Peak, who participated in snatching Fire Souls from the Tamu Clan, said with some anticipation. He was from the Forsaken Corpse Sect.

"It’s a pity, if that foreign cultivator with the Ning surname were here, the Tamu Clan would likely achieve more than this..." remarked a Crossing Truth Peak from the Evil Sheep Sect.

He lingered near the Tamu Clan, not to snatch Fire Souls, but because the Young Sect Leader specifically commanded that if Tamu cultivators were critically injured by the Fire Soul, he must make every effort to rescue them. If not for this person’s rescue, the Tamu Clan wouldn’t just be withdraw with injuries; instead, many would have died.

The strength of a half-step Shedding Void Fire Soul is not something ordinary people can handle.

"Hmph, I really don’t understand what your Evil Sheep Sect is thinking. Letting Tamu off the hook would have been enough, yet you even sent someone to protect the Tamu cultivators. Your Young Sect Leader is indeed the biggest fool in the Southern Frontier. Don’t you know that this move is likely to anger that person from the Middle State?" sneered a Crossing Truth Peak from the Black Mountain Sect.

This Crossing Truth Peak from the Evil Sheep Sect did not dispute. He also felt the Young Sect Leader’s decision was inappropriate but continued to implement the Young Sect Leader’s orders out of loyalty, protecting the Tamu cultivators.

Seeing the last person from Tamu, Sateng, about to be critically injured by the Fire Soul, this Crossing Truth Peak from the Evil Sheep Sect sighed slightly, ready to step in for rescue. Suddenly, his expression changed, revealing shock.

A thunderous sound of mountain and earth collapsing came from the direction of the suppressed volcano!

"What on earth happened! Could it be that the foreign cultivator with the Ning surname suppressed beneath the volcano is capable of breaking free?"

"Even a Fragmented Thought Holy Envoy couldn’t break this mountain’s seal, unless the foreign cultivator with the Ning surname destroyed the Punishing Ring and regained his cultivation. Otherwise, there is no way he could escape alive! Could it be... he smashed the Punishing Ring! Such an act in my Dabei is an immeasurable crime!"

The grassland echoed with exclamations one after another.

At this moment, there were only two individuals near the suppressed volcano, one was Xianyu Chun, the other was Duolan.

Duolan and Xianyu Chun had been lingering near the suppressed volcano for quite some time.

Duolan is Ning Fan’s Soul-Locked Slave, sharing life and death with Ning Fan until Ning Fan actively lifts the soul seal. If anything happens to Ning Fan, she will face a life-threatening crisis as well. Now that Ning Fan is suppressed beneath the mountain, Duolan doesn’t know who has plotted against Ning Fan or whether Ning Fan is in danger within the mountain. Naturally, she has some worries and stays near the volcano with no mood to pay attention to the proceedings of the Southern Frontier martial trial.

Xianyu Chun is quite interesting.

This guy directly withdrew from the martial trial, took an Iron Shovel Magical Treasure, and was visibly anxious, seemingly planning to flatten and excavate the mountain, freeing Ning Fan.

This infuriated his father!

The Shepherd Evil Tribe’s Chief originally planned to leverage Xianyu Chun’s Soul Fusion talent to lead the Evil Sheep Sect’s cultivators to achieve excellent results, potentially vying for the first place, which would have been entirely possible. But who would have thought that this impulsive kid directly withdrew from the martial trial!

And foolish enough to use a broken shovel to dig the volcano that even a Fragmented Thought Holy Envoy couldn’t break open!

"I can’t take it anymore! The Young Sect Leader has always been reckless, but now he’s being reckless even during the martial trial, without putting the interests of our Evil Sheep Sect in mind! It should be known that our sect has prepared for a thousand years for this Southern Frontier competition, with the aim of seizing first place and participating in the second round of the mausoleum warfare in the Middle State! For this little competition, our sect formulated numerous plans all centered around the Young Sect Leader’s Soul Fusion Secret Technique, yet the Young Sect Leader directly withdrew from the martial trial! Not only that, but he also dispatched a Crossing Truth Peak to rescue Tamu cultivators! Such an action not only depleted our sect’s fighting strength but also carried the potential offense against Emperor Lou Tuo. Why doesn’t the chief stop this!"

Several elders from the Evil Sheep Sect questioned.

The Shepherd Evil Tribe’s Chief said nothing. He was equally disappointed in Xianyu Chun’s actions that disregarded tribal interests, and even contemplated stripping him of his position as the Young Chief. On the other hand, he felt a deeper sympathy for this son, pitying the pure heart of this fool.

"His mother was killed by the volcanic divine ability used by the Stony Flame Cultivator." The Shepherd Evil Tribe’s Chief suddenly spoke, seeming to mutter to himself, or perhaps talking to those older members, his face showing a trace of grief.

That woman, she was Xianyu Chun’s mother, and the woman he loved most...

"Uh... Clan Leader, what are you saying? We request the Chief to strip Xianyu Chun of his position as Young Chief, please don’t avoid the matter and speak of other things." Several elders said unhappily.

The Shepherd Evil Tribe’s Chief ignored these elders, still looking distantly at Xianyu Chun, sweating profusely, digging the mountain.

This child disregards tribal interests; he doesn’t deserve to be the Young Chief.

But this child has a pure heart different from other cultivators. In a cultivation world that prioritizes interests, this is the most precious trait...

Outsiders only believe that the Shepherd Evil Tribe’s Chief values Xianyu Chun’s cultivation talent and therefore makes an exception to appoint a fool as the Young Chief. But unknown to them, the Chief values that pure heart...

Underneath the suppressed volcano, Duolan helplessly watched Xianyu Chun tirelessly digging midway on the mountain. Naturally, she had no intention of helping with such a futile endeavor.

There is no soil beneath the volcano, only rocks, and not ordinary rocks, but stubborn stone created by divine skills, incredibly solid.

Xianyu Chun, with his mere Life Immortal Realm cultivation, using an Acquired Treasure that wasn’t even entered, naturally couldn’t dig through the mountain stone.

His iron shovel already had many notches.

His hands were lacerated and bleeding from the mountain’s recoil.

He couldn’t feel the burning pain in his palms, only urgently digging the mountain, even if he didn’t remove a single piece of stone, never giving up.

His eyes held a touch of confusion and sorrow. At this moment, what he wanted to dig wasn’t the Stone Flame Volcano suppressing Ning Fan, but the mountain that had killed his mother years ago.

Can’t dig, can’t dig, can’t dig...

Why can’t it be dug? Why!

I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it!

Bang!

The iron shovel finally couldn’t withstand the pressure and broke into two pieces. Xianyu Chun hysterically threw down the shovel, kneeling on the stone, using his blurred hands to dig at the stubborn stone.

Can’t dig, can’t dig, can’t dig...

Why can’t it be dug! I don’t believe!

Xianyu Chun suddenly screamed to the sky, his eyes filled with blood tears, and his mouth muttered a single word.

Mother... 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Mother, I’m sorry, your child is incompetent, unable to save you...

Sorry, sorry...

Rumble and roar!

The suppressed volcano suddenly shook violently, with crashing sounds continuously resonating from inside the mountain!

The thunderous sounds instantly caught the attention of all cultivators present, causing Xianyu Chun’s eyes to gradually clear.

Possessed again, possessed... Mother is already dead; the one trapped in the volcano isn’t Mother but Master.

Master is freed!

Xianyu Chun wiped away the blood tears, swept away the grief on his face, suddenly laughed towards the sky.

No wonder he’s the Master I chose!

Even suppressed by the Immortal Emperor, he can escape! Xianyu Chun didn’t choose the wrong person!

Others couldn’t discern that this was a divine skill displayed by the Immortal Emperor, but Xianyu Chun could, because he personally felt the terror of Stone Flame Volcano and had extensively researched the volcanic divine ability due to his mother’s matter!

Precisely because of this realization, he worried about Ning Fan’s safety and was amazed by Ning Fan’s escape.

The volcanic collapse became increasingly severe, and Xianyu Chun dared not linger on the mountain. He flew away swiftly, and as he distanced himself, the entire volcano suddenly split open like a cracked bottle gourd, exploding from within!

A figure in white, holding an ascendant fire power, burst out from the volcano, soaring into the sky!

It was Ning Fan, who had escaped!

The sharp-eyed cultivators present perceived the fiery aura on Ning Fan, gasping in shock.

"It’s actually the Twelve Metaplasia True Fire! This Ning-named foreign cultivator is truly remarkable. Across the entire Dabei, few possess such a grade of fire, yet this outsider does!"