Grasping the Evil-Chapter 785: Demon-Sealing Ranking, Ring of the Initial Saint
Upon hearing Senluo’s question, the long-eared elder laughed angrily and said,
"You jest with the old man using this relic and even desire to borrow the ’Demon-Sealing Ranking’ from me? Truly naive! Although this item is a Pill God Shard of the Primordial Pill Demon, its spirit is greatly damaged and no longer of great use. Well, you can leave now with this item. For its sake, the old man won’t pursue your crime of mocking me!"
After saying this, the long-eared elder flipped his hand and took away the brocade box containing the Pill God Shard, then abruptly waved his sleeve towards Senluo.
Instantly, behind him, a giant white ape manifested, and without a word, punched fiercely towards Senluo.
In the Ninth Starfield, Ning Fan’s gaze froze; he distinctly recognized this white giant ape was the embodiment of the medicine soul power of the long-eared elder.
With the power of this ape’s strike, it carried the grand aura of an Immortal Emperor of the Seventh Tribulation of the Eternals, causing the starry sky outside the divine city to tremble violently in an instant. The force converged towards the fist light of the giant ape, bringing strands of silver rainbow light.
Upon seeing his master enraged and taking action, Douxi’s face changed, he immediately rode the Fiery Rhinoceros away from Senluo’s side, escaping to his master’s back, his gaze faintly respectful, afraid of being affected by this punch.
The Beast of Destruction’s beast eyes grew tense; with its cultivation, it naturally saw the terror of this giant ape’s strike, which could easily obliterate this section of the galaxy.
Only Senluo’s face remained unmoved, seemingly anticipating the long-eared elder would swallow his Pill God Shard and burst out to drive him away.
No sooner had the giant ape delivered one punch than a continuous resounding boom echoed across the boundless starry sky, silver light covering all. Senluo, entirely engulfed by the fist light, raised his hand abruptly, his gaze turning icy, fingers grasping downward.
With this grasping force, instantly it transformed into a sea of blood flames that could destroy heaven and earth. The blood flames subsequently formed a gigantic bloody hand, claws sharp, carrying demonic blood light, fiercely grasping down on that fist light, crushing it to pieces!
At the moment of the fist light shattering, earth-shattering waves swept in all directions, many of the ancient castle relics floating in the starry sky were directly destroyed by the terrifying waves.
Senluo stood proudly atop the Beast of Destruction, coldly laughed without speaking, looking at the long-eared elder.
The elder’s eyes first trembled, then showed a somber look, coldly snorted and said,
"I did not expect after so many years that you have become so formidable. Unfortunately, with your dissipation of the Emperor aura back then, you’ll never be able to break through to the position of Immortal Emperor in this life. If not for that, the old man would indeed have to fear you three points. Senluo, although you are indeed strong, even Jiuyou or Zhen Yuan cannot compare to you, it is a pity that the old man is different from those two, you cannot defeat me! The Demon-Sealing Ranking cannot be borrowed by you, if you have a bit of self-awareness, quickly leave the Yuan Dan Starfield, do not anger the old man, otherwise... hmph!"
After speaking, the long-eared elder withdrew the giant ape medicine soul, turned to leave, deciding not to pay any further attention to Senluo.
But just as he turned, suddenly his storage pouch lightly trembled, subsequently, the long-eared elder’s expression changed drastically, showing an incredible look, abruptly halting his steps, lips moving but no sound coming out, only known to be transmitting sound, but not knowing to whom.
Moments later, the long-eared elder took a deep breath, his eyes unexpectedly flowing with hints of joy.
Turning back, looking at Senluo with deep meaning, the somberness in his eyes had long faded, he amiably smiled and said,
"Turns out, little friend was joking with the old man, the old man did not notice for a moment, nearly turned faces with little friend. Since little friend found the Yin Yang Locket, why not take it out earlier, and instead tease the old man with this greatly damaged spirit Pill God Shard. Well, since you’ve brought the Yin Yang Locket, the old man borrowing the Demon-Sealing Ranking from you, what harm is there! Quickly hand over the Yin Yang Locket to the old man!"
The long-eared elder’s gaze was full of eagerness. He possessed an item that just now reminded him of the presence of the Yin Yang Locket’s aura upon Senluo!
The Yin Yang Locket had long recognized Ning Fan as its master, stored in his Dantian, its aura completely concealed, even the long-eared elder could not perceive the existence of the Yin Yang Locket from Ning Fan.
Yet, the item on the long-eared elder’s body had a connection with the Yin Yang Locket, it remarkably detected the aura of the Yin Yang Locket upon Senluo, but could not ascertain its exact location on Senluo.
The long-eared elder presumed the Yin Yang Locket was on Senluo, not knowing it was clearly hidden within Ning Fan, who was concealed within Senluo’s Ninth Starfield.
Senluo saw the long-eared elder’s change from arrogance to humility, seeking the Yin Yang Locket from him, his gaze unchanged, though his heart was quite perplexed.
He did not recall ever obtaining the Yin Yang Locket.
With Senluo’s intellect, countless thoughts flashed through his mind instantly.
He did not believe the long-eared elder’s words were unfounded, since the long-eared elder said he hid the Yin Yang Locket on him, likely he did possess it.
To be precise, the item was not on him, but on either Ning Fan or the little demoness.
Suddenly recalling the intelligence previously given by Mu Tu, mentioning that Ning Fan happened to be a cultivator of the Yin Yang Transformation technique...
In an instant, Senluo became nearly certain the Yin Yang Locket was indeed on Ning Fan!
"Unexpectedly, the legendary Chaotic Ancient Emperor Treasure is on this one, with this treasure, the Yin Yang Transformation is no longer a lower-grade cultivation technique, but the finest one. This person is the inheritor of the Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor, the true successor... interesting."
Although Senluo was an enemy to Godly Void Pavilion for certain reasons, he was ultimately a cultivator of the Godly Void Pavilion, naturally versed in the Shenxu Progenitor and Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor’s various disputes.
He knew the Yin Yang Locket was the emperor’s treasure of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, aiding the cultivation of the Yin Yang Transformation, yet did not know the Locket held a certain ancient secret, known only to the long-eared elder among the Sixteen Emperors of Eastern Heaven.
He did not know the long-eared elder’s purpose was requesting the Yin Yang Locket, nor did he care, nor planned to hand over the Yin Yang Locket to the elder.
There were two reasons.
First, Senluo was well aware of the elder’s character, regardless of his grand and pleasant words, even if he took the Yin Yang Locket from Ning Fan and handed it to the elder, the elder might not fulfill his promise, handing the Demon-Sealing Ranking to him.
Second, to Senluo, the Demon-Sealing Ranking was not the most crucial item needed against Heavenly Prison, Ning Fan was his most vital Ancient God Vessel. If he were to seize the Yin Yang Locket from Ning Fan, he would inevitably fall out with Ning Fan, losing Ning Fan, the Three Apertures Ancient God, his chances of achieving his goals would be slim to none.
Hence, even though Senluo guessed Ning Fan possessed the Yin Yang Locket, he would not seize Ning Fan’s treasure to gift to the elder.
"I do not have the Yin Yang Locket, nor do I intend to waste further words with you. I’ve already brought the Pill God Shard of Primordial Pill Demon, this Demon-Sealing Ranking, I’m taking today! Whether you hand it over voluntarily or not!"
Senluo finished his words, abruptly raising his hand to grasp at the starry sky, shockingly deploying the Soul Extraction Technique!
Though this section of the starry sky contained galaxies, it had no Cultivation Star, only floating ancient city remnants, logically unable to extract the souls of stars here.
Yet, Senluo chose to employ the Soul Extraction Technique right here!
He didn’t extract the soul of the stars but rather the soul of the starry sky!
Stars and the starry sky! Although only a word apart, their meanings are vastly different!
Above the Four Heavens, there are many Immortal Cultivators who can extract the soul of the stars, but very few can extract the soul of the starry sky.
The reason is that stars have form, while the starry sky is formless. Only Senluo, with his profound understanding of the Way of the Void, has the means to extract the star soul from the ethereal starry sky!
At the moment Senluo extracted the soul of the entire starry sky, the starry sky of this starfield suddenly lost its spirit, and the surrounding stars halted their movements instantly!
Swallowing the starry sky soul in one gulp, Senluo’s aura surged dramatically, rapidly reaching the realm of the Eternal Seventh Tribulation!
"Extracting the soul of the starry sky! How is this possible!"
The elder with long ears was astonished, Douxi Immortal King was astonished, the little demoness was astonished, and even Ning Fan was deeply shocked.
In an instant, Ning Fan’s understanding of the Soul Extraction Technique improved greatly!
The Soul Extraction Technique, categorized by level, includes extracting the Earth Soul, Void Soul, Celestial Bodies’ Soul, and Heavenly Dao Soul.
Yet, each level of the Soul Extraction Technique has its own distinct cultivation realm.
For example, when Ning Fan was invaded by Moro the Great Emperor back then, he was saved and taught by Lightning Emperor Tai Su. At that time, Moro exhibited the divine skill to extract the Heavenly Dao Soul, whereas Ning Fan used Tai Su’s mana to perform the divine skill for extracting the soul of the Six Dao.
Six Dao Soul and Heavenly Dao Soul, fundamentally belong to the same level of Soul Extraction Technique, with the difference being that the Heavenly Dao has only one soul, while the Six Dao are greater in number.
Extracting the Six Dao Soul can be seen as a more enhanced divine skill derived from the extreme application of extracting the Heavenly Dao Soul.
Extracting the starry sky soul is akin to this; the grand powers of the sun, moon, and stars are not only contained within the Cultivation Star itself but are deeply hidden in the trajectory of its movement.
In the vast starry sky, the movement paths of the sun, moon, and stars are hidden, along with their souls.
Extracting souls from the Cultivation Star only takes a few star souls.
Only by extracting the soul from the starry sky can one entirely extract all the star souls, rendering all Cultivation Stars incapable of completing their circular movement!
A strand of comprehension surged within Ning Fan’s mind, yet he forcibly suppressed it.
He knew that now was not the time to comprehend the Soul Extraction Technique; there were still doubts lingering in his mind without answers!
He was eager to know how the elder with long ears detected the aura of the Yin Yang Locket.
Just recently, when the elder sensed the Yin Yang Locket, it slightly trembled.
Ning Fan couldn’t help but suspect that the elder possessed some divine skill or secret treasure capable of locating the Yin Yang Locket.
This, for Ning Fan, was bad news.
It’s evident that the elder with long ears was determined to obtain the Yin Yang Locket, and he also had a way to perceive the existence of the Yin Yang Locket.
Fortunately, Ning Fan was currently hiding within the Ninth Star and hadn’t directly appeared; otherwise, the elder with long ears would surely have attacked Ning Fan fiercely to seize the locket!
The elder with long ears turned out to be a mysterious emperor... Emperor Yuan Dan!
Before this moment, Ning Fan didn’t know that there was such an emperor hidden within the Eastern Heaven!
"How did Emperor Yuan Dan detect the Yin Yang Locket hidden on me?"
"Why does he covet the Yin Yang Locket so desperately?"
"With Senluo’s intelligence, he likely has guessed that the Yin Yang Locket is with me, yet he hasn’t seized it... Is it simply because I still hold value for him and it isn’t wise to offend me? Should the circumstances change thereafter, would he cause trouble for the Yin Yang Locket?"
Many doubts flashed through Ning Fan’s mind, and his eyes gradually showed signs of vigilance.
This Yin Yang Locket has been with him for a lifetime; no matter who tries to seize it, he will not hand it over.
In the galaxies, Senluo extracted the starry sky soul completely; his aura surged majestically and coldly stared at the elder with long ears.
At this moment, his level was no longer inferior to the elder with long ears; naturally, he had no fear of him.
Today, he came to claim the Demon-Sealing Ranking, and since the elder with long ears was unwilling to hand it over obediently, he could not be blamed for taking it by force!
Senluo’s figure leaped from the Beast of Destruction; his gaze fierce, surrounded by blood-red light, the entire galaxy reflected in boundless blood!
In the entire starfield, any master exposed to this blood light immediately looked up to the sky, pointing at heaven and going mad!
This is the Dao Image, ’Blood-Staining Galaxy’!
Senluo’s dao is slaughter, is destruction, is madness, is blood staining the heavens!
Seeing Senluo unleashing his Dao Image with an expression ready for an all-out battle, the elder with long ears let out a deep hum and took a large stride forward, unleashing a world-shaking Dao Image as well.
Above the galaxy, silver light burst forth suddenly, creating a phantom of an ancient giant ape clad in silver armor, holding a silver staff.
As soon as the silhouette of the giant ape appeared, it let out a bestial roar, and its battle spirit shook the heavens!
This surge of battle spirit swiftly swept across the entire Yuan Dan Starfield, and those masters who were pointing skyward in madness suddenly regained their clarity, their eyes clear.
Upon awakening, their eyes gradually reflected an overwhelming fighting spirit, as if infected by the Dao Image of the long-eared elder!
This is the Dao Image, ’War Ape Splitting the Heavens’!
At this moment, the long-eared elder transformed into a Dao Image, surrounded by battle spirit rising to the heavens, fearless of death, akin to an ancient war god!
Senluo, however, brimmed with murderous intent and peerless demonic thoughts, summoning the Chang’an Blood Axe, each swing leaving no trace, cutting ancient cities into shreds!
The long-eared elder’s eyes gleamed and in the next instant, his demonic thoughts also surged to the heavens, his body transformed into a colossal Purple Gold Giant Demon towering a million zhang, each punch shattering the axe’s glint!
"The true form of Emperor Yuan Dan is actually a pill demon!" Ning Fan’s gaze was again shocked.
The giant demon body transformed by the long-eared elder was precisely the pill demon!
Although Senluo was strong, the long-eared elder was not weak. He achieved the Immortal Emperor position with his pill demon body, which in itself was far more formidable than ordinary Seven Calamity Immortal Emperors, and he could even fight against Eighth Tribulation Immortal Emperors and be respected by the Shenhao Twin Emperors.
During his battle with Senluo, they were evenly matched, maintaining equilibrium.
No one could intervene in this duel; even the Douxi Immortal King and Beast of Destruction had long retreated to far-off distances, and Ning Fan, the little demoness, and others couldn’t interfere at all.
Yuan Dan Starfield was merely an upper starfield and couldn’t withstand the direct clashes of two Immortal Emperor-level powerhouses.
Whenever Senluo and the long-eared elder struck, the fluctuations of the duel would directly shatter several cultivation stars far away.
An incense stick’s time passed, then two hours passed, but the two hadn’t decided the winner, while Yuan Dan Starfield was nearly half destroyed!
The long-eared elder was now panting heavily, deeply shocked in his heart.
He couldn’t believe how, after forty-five million years, Senluo had grown to this extent!
In this bout, he was faintly at a disadvantage!
"Senluo, although he dispersed his emperor aura, will never become an emperor in this life, yet he still retains the strength to fight against Eighth Tribulation Immortal Emperors! He’s so formidable! If he hadn’t dispersed his emperor aura back then, even if he wasn’t an Eight Calamity Immortal Emperor, he’d certainly be at the peak of Six Calamity, and I wouldn’t be able to match him!"
"This kid’s strength is far beyond my expectations. Wisdom dictates lending him the Demon-Sealing Ranking and reaching an accord with him. Though losing the Demon-Sealing Ranking will delay the opening of the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain by a hundred years, it matters not. Nonetheless, the boy possesses the Yin Yang locket! To obtain this item, I must confront him decisively today!"
The long-eared elder’s gaze turned ruthless as he punched Senluo away, withdrew from his pill demon form, and with a flip of his hand, took out a piece of black iron token, gritting his teeth as he activated it with a command sigil.
In the next instant, the ancient god city where he had previously hidden suddenly erupted with divine light reaching the heavens.
Within the divine light, a golden demon-sealing ranking filled with overwhelming demonic aura appeared abruptly in the starry sky.
Covered in ancient demon script as tiny as tadpoles, the demon-sealing ranking unleashed countless demonic glints on Senluo.
From the starry sky, numerous ancient demon roars spread out, all emanating from the demon-sealing ranking.
Swept by those demonic glints, Senluo felt extreme pain all over, and in just one instant, countless injuries appeared on his body.
Not enraged but elated!
"What a Demon-Sealing Ranking! That old man Yuan Dan managed to wound me with just one ranking. ’Ten rankings in hand, sealing the demon at the peak,’ the rumor doesn’t seem baseless."
Senluo sneered coldly, his body dodging the myriad demonic glints. He raised his hand and pointed to the sky, causing millions of bloody stars to appear, rapidly healing his injuries.
Seeing the advantageous strike, the long-eared elder nodded with satisfaction.
Removing the demon-sealing ranking from the divine palace seal will delay the opening of the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain by a hundred years.
But if it can severely damage Senluo and obtain the Yin Yang locket, even though the sacred domain’s opening is delayed, what’s the harm!
"Senluo, I’ll give you one last chance. Quickly hand over the Yin Yang locket, don’t force me to go all out!" The long-eared elder threatened in a deep voice.
"Go all out? With you?"
Senluo snorted disdainfully, he was least susceptible to threats in his life.
The Demon-Sealing Ranking has a grand origin; legend tells of one Saint crafting ten great demon-sealing rankings. United, they form the weapon of a Saint, divided they are peerless treasures.
Now that the long-eared elder held one ranking, even Senluo had to admit that if he didn’t use his trump divine skills, he couldn’t defeat the long-eared elder.
Resolute, Senluo suddenly stepped forward, urging the Flowing Sand Ancestor’s Three Apertures Divine Power within him.
In a flash, a time dao essence capable of weathering all spread from Senluo.
This time dao essence fused with Senluo’s Way of the Void, stripping life and death, releasing true void, instantly transforming into unimaginable strength.
At this moment, Senluo’s mana remained at the level of the Eternal Seventh Calamity, but his aura felt intimidating enough to make the long-eared elder tremble!
That aura was not something a cultivator in the second step of cultivation could possess!
That is the aura capable of cutting through reincarnation, it is the aura only ancient saints could possess!
Behind Senluo, a faintly visible ring is slowly condensing step by step!
This ring is called the Ring of the Initial Saint, an anomaly that only ancient saints can trigger, yet now it was accidentally triggered by Senluo!
A thick color of horror suddenly rose in the eyes of the elder with long ears. He hadn’t reacted yet when Senluo appeared beside him at a ghostly speed. With a mere lift of his hand, the elder couldn’t even see how he made a move. The Demon-Sealing Ranking was already in his hand, his fist covered in blood.
While on the chest of the long-eared elder, suddenly there was a blood hole, as if pierced through by a punch!
What terrified the long-eared elder was that even he himself didn’t see when he was injured by Senluo!
If Senluo desired, he could most likely directly destroy his Pill God!
The elder clutched his chest’s blood hole, retreating among the stars, trembling all over!
The color of fear in his eyes was no longer concealable!
"I originally did not believe Senluo could destroy the Jiuyou Emperor, because the Immortal Emperor’s Divine Spirit is extremely difficult to destroy... Yet now it seems he really destroyed the Jiuyou Emperor! He has the ability to destroy me!"
Turning his gaze sternly towards the elder, he said coldly,
"My power of time is limited, and the power of reincarnation I can synthesize is also limited, don’t want to waste it on you, you should understand!"
This sentence is both candid and threatening!
Senluo understands that if he wants to kill the long-eared elder, he will certainly waste a large bunch of the Power of the Sands of Time.
That power is limited, using it a bit means less. He would prefer to save it for more important things.
Compared to that matter, the life or death of the elder is not important to him at all.
What matters is that the Demon-Sealing Ranking is already in hand, and that’s enough.
The elder is forced into a corner by Senluo’s stare, immediately breaking out in cold sweat.
Previously, he dared to call Senluo a brat, yet now he doesn’t even dare to look at Senluo directly, afraid of offending him.
He understands, Senluo is currently using the power of a trump card, that power is extremely limited, yet can allow him to exert the power of a saint!
A Senluo like this is an existence he never dares to provoke!
Even though Senluo took away his Demon-Sealing Ranking, he wouldn’t dare to ask for it back!
"The Yin Yang Locket is not in my hands, your perception was wrong before!" Senluo stated coldly again.
He said this just to clear up some trouble.
Maybe, it was to help Ning Fan clear trouble.
"What! The Yin Yang Locket is actually not in your hands!" The elder looked at Senluo incredulously.
Although he believes his perception couldn’t be wrong, he believes even more that Senluo wouldn’t lie.
A person like Senluo, regardless of any wicked deed, he wouldn’t deny it, absolutely impossible to lie.
Since he said the locket is not in his hands, then it must certainly not be in his hands.
"Damn it! Yinji must have sensed it wrong, the Yin Yang Locket is not in Senluo’s hands, so what was that all for, fighting Senluo to death!"
The elder didn’t know, although Senluo didn’t lie, he was intentionally misleading him.
The Yin Yang Locket wasn’t in Senluo’s hands, but it was within Senluo’s Ninth Star, belonging to Ning Fan.
This sentence instantly dispelled the elder’s interest in the Yin Yang Locket.
"In this way, even if I die under the Heaven Suppressing Bell, it won’t implicate this child. I owe no favors in life, nor in death."
Senluo stowed away the Demon-Sealing Ranking, leapt up and returned to the Beast of Destruction, transforming into an Escape Rainbow and leaving.
Looking at Senluo’s departing escape light, the elder’s eyes still showed fear, not daring to hinder.
Suddenly seeing Senluo’s escape light turn back, returning once again.
The elder immediately called out in distress, bitterly smiling and asked, "I don’t know why Senluo Daoist has returned..."
"I heard in your hands, there are a few expensive pills, called Soul Refining Pills, which enhance a Pill Master’s Medicine Soul. Give them all to me!"
Senluo showed no expression, while the elder once again cried out in distress.
He did indeed have quite a few Soul Refining Pills before, but to cultivate, he had just consumed them all, leaving only a few...
Don’t know if these few remaining Soul Refining Pills will satisfy Senluo’s needs... (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
