Grasping the Evil-Chapter 792: That High-Hanging Head!

The little girl walking toward Ning Fan is the Heavenly Dao Spirit from the lower realms who once brought tribulations upon Ning Fan.

With Ning Fan’s current experience, he more or less knows that the Heavenly Dao tribulations of the four heavens and nine worlds can be slightly interfered with by a Great Emperor, affecting the Heavenly Dao tribulations of the four heavens and nine worlds.

The Great Emperor who can set the Heavenly Dao Spirit and intervene in the heavenly tribulations hails from the Southern Heaven Immortal Realm’s Purple Prefectural Studies Palace, known as the Tribulation Wielding Great Emperor, reportedly a female emperor.

Because this emperor holds the tribulations, many old monsters from eons past, when unable to withstand the heavenly tribulations, seek help from this emperor.

Therefore, this emperor has excellent connections, friends across the four heavens, admired by countless mighty figures, and her reputation is widespread.

Through Ning Fan’s information channels, he occasionally hears some intelligence about the Tribulation Wielding Immortal Emperor, saying that she has once again helped some old monster delay their tribulations.

Speaking of it, Ning Fan once heard the voice of the Tribulation Wielding Great Emperor from within the Heavenly Dao ringlight, and has encountered this white-clothed little girl several times.

He once seized the Heavenly Dao puppet of this little girl and once turned hostility into friendship with her.

Now, meeting the Heavenly Dao Spirit who once delivered tribulations upon him on the Eastern Heaven again, Ning Fan couldn’t help but feel the passage of time, yet he knew this wasn’t the time for sentimentality.

In Ning Fan’s memory, the white-clothed little girl in front of him had ’expressed goodwill’ to him several times, gifting him various pastries, embroidered shoes, and waistcoats... Naturally, he no longer harbored any hostility toward her.

If not for the special circumstances at this moment, wearing the ghost mask while waiting to complete the task assigned by Senluo, he would have been very happy to greet this little girl.

But now it wasn’t possible; he had already displayed the innate ghost mask in front of many cultivators, and removing the ghost mask now would inadvertently expose his true cultivation and appearance.

What concerned Ning Fan the most was the Fu Li aura on this girl and the strange feeling he sensed before.

Ning Fan practiced the Mind Reading Technique, capable of peeping into the woman’s thoughts. Just before, when facing this girl, he actually felt his own thoughts were being intercepted.

Only when he activated the Yin Yang Locket to guard his mind did that feeling disappear. After all, the Yin Yang Locket also had the divine skill of mind peeping and questioning, which could mutually offset.

When he deliberately activated the Mind Reading Technique to probe the little girl’s thoughts, he found that she had a powerful seal inside her, making it impossible to peek into her thoughts...

"At this time, I can’t meet this girl with my true appearance... Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Dao Spirit who once retreated at my sword wasn’t actually at Void Fragmentation but at the Crossing Truth Realm... Presumably, when she was a Heavenly Dao Spirit, her cultivation was sealed. To manage a realm’s Heavenly Dao, if her cultivation was low, she wouldn’t be able to handle it. But why does this girl have such a strong Fu Li aura... If my perception isn’t wrong, she shouldn’t have the Immemorial Fu Li’s Demon Bloodline."

"She’s not Fu Li, but she has some sort of connection with the Fu Li race..."

While Ning Fan’s mind was rapidly thinking, the white-clothed little girl had already approached to within three zhang of him, stopping there, her expression also slightly surprised.

As she gradually approached Ning Fan, the Fu Li aura sealed within her body began to boil, as if excited, leaving her bewildered!

And her proud Mind Reading Technique could no longer sense Ning Fan’s thoughts!

It must be known that with her cultivation, after mastering the heart-inquiring divine skill, few cultivators below the Shedding Void Stage could resist her Mind Reading Technique.

In an instant, the little girl made a judgment in her heart, speculating that Ning Fan was at least a Shedding Void Realm old monster.

With her eyesight, she couldn’t see through the power of the innate ghost mask. If she could, she might as well highly estimate Ning Fan’s cultivation level.

"Why don’t you remove your ghost mask and show me your true face? Is it because you think my cultivation is just at the Crossing Truth Realm, and I don’t qualify to see your true face? Or are you too ugly to meet people with your true face?" the little girl said, taking a bite of an eight-treasure cake, fearlessly addressing Ning Fan.

Although she guessed that Ning Fan was a Shedding Void Realm old monster, she wasn’t afraid of him.

She was the Heavenly Dao Spirit under the Tribulation Wielding Emperor, and because of the emperor’s special status, she had a wide circle of acquaintances. She often met formidable old monsters, all of whom were kind to her. Even some old monsters within the Four Oceans Sect treated her with courtesy.

Some old Enlightenment old monsters who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years even affectionately called her ’sister,’ often coaxing her to make her happy.

She had seen many Shedding Void Realm old monsters, so naturally, she wasn’t afraid.

And the disturbance of the Fu Li aura within her because of Ning Fan made her even more eager to see Ning Fan’s true appearance.

Ning Fan, however, had no intention of fulfilling this girl’s wish to remove the ghost mask and reveal himself.

He and this girl had a certain bond, but at this moment, he didn’t intend to get too involved with her.

Just as he was about to say something to temporarily send the girl away, the little demoness beside him suddenly spoke first, smilingly addressing the white-clothed little girl,

"You little fool, it’s been a thousand years, and your courage has grown bigger. Even seeing your Sister Xiao, you don’t know to greet her."

Implying that this little demoness was apparently familiar with the Heavenly Dao little girl, which made Ning Fan slightly startled, swallowing back the words he was about to speak.

That white-clothed little girl had only been focused on Ning Fan and hadn’t noticed the little demoness next to him.

Upon suddenly hearing the little demoness’s voice, she quickly looked at her and revealed a panicked expression, instinctively stepping back half a step, weakly saying,

"Ah... Sister Aci, why are you here too? I didn’t mean not to greet you... I just didn’t see you here. If I had seen you, I wouldn’t have come over..."

This dignified Master of Enlightenment, dressed in white, seemed very frightened upon seeing the little demoness. Yet, her way of addressing the little demoness was very intimate, which greatly surprised Ning Fan, who couldn’t help but curiously speculate about the relationship between the two women.

"Heh, I am the Divine Void Young Master. What’s so strange about appearing here in the Godly Void Pavilion? As for you, why did you leave your proper duty as the Heavenly Dao spirit and run off to the Four Oceans Sect to cause trouble? Could it be you missed me? Is that why you returned to the four heavens to meet me?"

The little demoness slightly curled her lips, smiling with seemingly a hint of wickedness.

The little girl in white hurriedly shook her head at these words, "I don’t miss you at all..."

Realizing her words were highly inappropriate, she quickly corrected herself, "No, no, no, it’s not that I don’t dare to miss you... or rather, how could I not miss you..."

"You are still as amusing. Don’t be afraid; I won’t eat you. If you have nothing to do, stay here and chat with me."

Before the little demoness could finish speaking, the little girl in white trembled slightly, nearly dropping the half-eaten Eight Treasures Cake, and weakly said,

"Sister Aci, I still have the task of guarding the Sea of Light. I don’t have time to chat with you... I’ll be leaving first!"

With that, the little girl in white fled the scene as if from tigers and wolves, without saying another word, and went off to drive away other cultivators.

Although she was curious about what mysteries Ning Fan possessed that could disturb her Fu Li aura, she dared not continue to investigate due to her fear of the little demoness.

After the girl left, Ning Fan asked with some curiosity, "You know her?"

"She was once one of the spirits of the lower realms’ Heavenly Dao and also has a status as the apprentice of the Tribulation Wielding Immortal Emperor. Because of something, I once accompanied the Emperor Xu Kong to the Southern Heaven’s Zifu Academy and met her once. Some minor incidents occurred, so despite her high cultivation, she fears me like a tiger, which is quite interesting..."

"What did you do to her that she’s so afraid of you?" Ning Fan asked in surprise.

"It’s a secret..." the little demoness said with a wicked grin.

Suddenly, she smiled brightly at Ning Fan and said, "That silly girl wanted to see your true face. I drove her away for you; how will you thank me?"

"You’re saying one thing but mean another. Are you afraid I’ll make a move against her? Rest assured, she and I are old acquaintances; I won’t harm her."

"Is that so..."

The little demoness looked at Ning Fan with deep meaning, pondering something.

All the stirring emotions the Patriarch Xiao of the Senluo and Xiao family brought her slightly calmed due to the appearance of the little girl in white, transforming into other emotions.

Ning Fan gazed deeply toward the distant battlefield of the Sea of Light, where Senluo was fiercely battling twelve Immortal Emperors. It seemed unlikely to end well for him... 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The Eastern Heavenly Emperors had intervened, and even the Four Oceans Sect was involved. Such a high-level battlefield was still too early for Ning Fan to step into.

The great battle within the Sea of Light continued for seven days.

Over the seven days, the battlefield constantly radiated vast waves of magical spells. Although the barrier of the Sea of Light blocked most of it, the enormous booms still startled many old monsters from the East Heaven and Four Oceans cultivators.

Some old monsters of the East Heaven heard that Senluo was trapped and constantly flocked to this place.

Among them were the subordinates of the warring emperors and other cultivators belonging to various Eastern heavenly factions.

Apart from the Divine Void cultivators, the grand assemblage also featured millions of cultivators from the East Heaven!

Here, Ning Fan even saw cultivators wearing ghost masks, likely Slaughter Hall’s Masked Assassins, covertly carving out jade slips of intelligence and transmitting information to the Slaughter Hall.

Upon seeing Ning Fan wearing a ghost mask, these people mostly changed their glances subtly but did not approach to speak.

"Even the people from the Slaughter Hall are here..." Ning Fan pondered thoughtfully.

Senluo being trapped by twelve Great Emperors captured the nerves of the entire Eastern Heaven Immortal World.

Countless people were fixated on the outcome of the battle. There’s no denying Senluo was powerful and successful; he instilled fear across the entire East Heaven with his notoriety as a demon.

After seven days, the fluctuations from the dueling within the Sea of Light began to diminish, signaling the possible conclusion of the battle between the Twelve Emperors and Senluo.

On the eighth day, countless light walls above the Sea of Light unexpectedly exploded and shattered!

Startled, a million Four Oceans Sect cultivators quickly retreated, attempting to avoid the shockwaves from the exploding light walls, though a few perished in them.

With the shattering of the light walls, the figures of the Twelve Emperors and Senluo once again appeared before the assembled cultivators!

At this moment, four of the Twelve Emperors had their bodies destroyed, and the rest were heavily wounded.

On the other side, Senluo had fallen, his body destroyed, his spirit shattered, and his head hung high!

His head, with eyes tightly shut and bleeding black tears, hangs high atop a golden light pillar!

Beneath his head, the Beast of Destruction lies gravely injured, collapsing on the ground, barely alive, staring at Senluo’s head with unwilling beast eyes.

In the end, Senluo was defeated. Though he was strong, he was no match for the twelve Great Emperors, especially since among them were two from the Eternal Ninth Calamity of the Four Oceans Sect!

Of course, the primary reason for his defeat was his reluctance to use his scarce Power of the Sands of Time to merge and reincarnate...

Otherwise, even if he couldn’t defeat the Twelve Emperors, he could still have slain several lower-ranked Immortal Emperors with the remaining Power of Reincarnation before falling...

"Senluo Old Demon is dead! Good, good!" Countless Divine Void Cultivators and Eastern Heavenly Cultivators cheered in unison.

In their eyes, as long as Senluo lived, East Heaven would never find peace!

Among these cheering cultivators, none were beyond the eons!

The twelve Great Emperors showed no sign of joy; instead, each wore a solemn and extremely apprehensive expression!

"Senluo is not dead!"

Ning Fan’s eyes shone with fierce light. Though his understanding of the Power of Reincarnation was shallow, he could vaguely sense a nearly terrifying force of reincarnation flowing inside the hanging head of Senluo!

This force of reincarnation was even stronger than the one contained in the Ring of the Initial Saint, and fundamentally different!

The previous Power of Reincarnation was forcibly formed by Senluo merging the Power of the Sands of Time with the Void Dao, intertwining space and time, separating illusion and reality, life and death accompanying each other, thus forming reincarnation.

Now the Power of Reincarnation formed after Senluo’s death carries his indomitable will.

Because Senluo is dead, the Power of Reincarnation which he cunningly merged is now becoming complete, becoming whole.

Senluo is dead, but his head remains alive! Ning Fan firmly believed this!

There was something Ning Fan didn’t know.

The second step of cultivation, also known as the Saint, has one most terrifying aspect; it is hard to destroy!

Even if a Saint’s spirit is destroyed and life is lost, as long as the remains endure, and a trace of the path remains, the remains can fight to the last moment!

Even if his blood is spilled, even if his body is incomplete, as long as a broken thought remains, he can fight to the end!

At this moment, Senluo was in such a state, a realm he deliberately reached.

He fought to the last moment, leaving only the head, and ultimately fell, but undaunted!

His purpose was, thus, to use the last of his remains to unleash the final complete force of reincarnation!

The key to this was something Ning Fan couldn’t fully discern, but he gained enormous insight.

All insights pertained entirely to reincarnation!

While countless Divine Void Cultivators and old monsters of East Heaven celebrated Senluo’s fall, Senluo’s hanging head suddenly opened its vacant eyes!

Those vacant eyes suddenly became spirited, became frenzied, became persistent!

This head bore no sign of life, yet it wielded an aura that could make anyone tremble!

No one knew, at this moment, though Senluo died, this head was a true Saint’s head!

This was Senluo’s initial aim, and he achieved it!

"Qianyu, I want you to open your eyes again, to witness a scene of flourishing blossoms, even if all that remains of me is a head, what does it matter! What is there to fear!"

"Roar!!!"

Boundless blood flames burst out crazily from beneath Senluo’s head!

An earth-shattering magic roar suddenly erupted from Senluo’s mouth!

At this moment, Senluo’s head soared high into the air!

At this moment, a blood-red ring of light, enough to make all twelve Great Emperors change their expressions, suddenly spread toward heaven and earth!

That was Senluo’s postmortem magic roar, containing a depth of intent infinitely greater than before!

The killing intent contained within that blood-red ring of light was enough to cause four emperors who had lost their physical bodies to perish instantly, leaving the remaining Immortal Emperors gravely injured and dying!

That force swept out crazily, causing all twelve Great Emperors to retreat in terror.

Yet eerily, after spreading to a certain distance, the blood-red sound wave suddenly stopped, firmly fixed above the galaxies!

This blood-red sound wave did not continue attacking the twelve Emperors, but any cultivator who stepped into its range, or tried to attack Senluo’s head, would be attacked by this wave!

No one among the twelve Emperors could withstand the power of this sound wave, no one dared to step into the wave’s range!

Within the sound wave, only the Heaven Suppressing Bell was covered with cracks, suspended in the galaxies; only the Beast of Destruction was barely alive; only Senluo’s head hung in silence.

At this moment, between heaven and earth, it seemed that only the high-hanging head remained!

Senluo’s eyes relentlessly glared at the Heaven Suppressing Bell; finally, nothing could stop him from destroying the bell to save her!

Finally, finally!

His only remaining head suddenly erupted with a demonic glint, frenzied, roaring, and bellowing, using just the head to violently slam into the Heaven Suppressing Bell!

The force of this impact was indescribable, even outside the sound wave, the two Four Oceans Sect Great Emperors with Eternal Ninth Calamity cultivation were shocked and their expressions greatly changed!

In their eyes, although the impact seemed normal, its immense power had far surpassed the realm of the Second Step, no cultivator of the Second Step could withstand this impact!

This impact caused the cracks on the Heaven Suppressing Bell to spread crazily, nearly one-sixth of its body directly destroyed, turning into thousands of golden shards, falling across the starry sky in all directions!

This impact triggered a more intense backlash from the Heaven Suppressing Bell, turning into thunderous bell sounds, rebounding towards Senluo’s head.

Immediately, blood streamed from Senluo’s head, but there was no sign of pain in his eyes.

He was already dead; how could he feel pain!

The Heaven Suppressing Bell was one-sixth destroyed, in his eyes, the demonic glint shifted, and the Power of Reincarnation poured down like water!

The bell was partially destroyed, the remnant path of Qianyu was slowly seeping from within.

All kinds of phantasms flew out from the Heaven Suppressing Bell under Senluo’s manipulation of the Power of Reincarnation, birds and beasts, magical treasures and divine skills, humans and immortals.

Anything that perished or was destroyed under the Heaven Suppressing Bell left behind a remnant path, lodged within the bell.

Among those phantasms, suddenly there was a female phantom with empty eyes that attracted all of Senluo’s attention!

At this moment, Senluo wanted only one thing, to use all the Power of Reincarnation within his head to revive this woman’s remnant path, to give her rebirth in Eastern Heaven!

Because she was his only true love!

That year, I stood before ten thousand foes,

Not seeking victory or defeat,

But merely to hold your warmth.

That lifetime, I traversed countless galaxies,

Not for future lives,

But just to meet you on the way.

That day, my head was held high,

Yet my heart was at peace.

Qianyu, awaken!

Qianyu, awaken!!!

"Roar!"

The high-hanging head let out another earth-shattering magic roar.

This time the enlightenment within the roar was entirely different from before!

It was not about slaughter, but redemption, it was not only about longing, but also persistence!

(1/2) I returned home late, but the update will happen, aiming for two Chapters tonight! (To be continued. If you liked this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)