Grasping the Evil-Chapter 835: Art of Tri-life
The gentle light formed by the jade locket flickered for an instant and then directly entered Ning Fan’s Dantian.
At this moment, another Yin Yang Locket within the Dantian also began to emit a faint glow.
The lights from the two jade lockets intertwined with each other and suddenly collided, gradually showing a tendency to merge into one.
At this moment, the incomplete laws within the Xuan Yin Realm started to be madly completed.
Beside the Stele of Sun and Moon, countless snowflakes suddenly fell, gradually condensing into an ice and snow monument as tall as the Stele of Sun and Moon.
This ice and snow monument unexpectedly reached the grade of an Innate Treasure!
In the instant when the ice and snow monument fully formed, the Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit on the Stele of Sun and Moon were gradually completed.
The Seven Yin and Seven Yang slots were gradually filled with the power of Yin and Yang.
After the completion, the power prestige of the Stele of Sun and Moon grew stronger and surpassed the level of the Twelve Nirvana Acquired Immortal Treasure, stepping into the grade of Innate Treasure!
"Dual Steles Suppressing Realm!"
Within the Tomb Palace, Ancient Chaos suddenly shouted, and two giant steles, one fiery and one icy, immediately soared into the air, suspending high in the sky of Xuan Yin Realm, one to the west and one to the east.
At this moment, the boundaries of Xuan Yin Realm began to extend far into the distance, expanding tens of times, and the boundary walls became exceptionally solid.
The entire Xuan Yin Realm split into two parts, east and west, with no passage between them.
Though still a Void Realm, it is now much more advanced than the usual ones.
Above the sky, a ten-layered pagoda slowly appeared, with the words ’Immortal Storing’ written on it.
With a sweep of his mind over the pagoda, Ning Fan was immediately shocked.
Within this pagoda, countless ancient fiendgod cultivation techniques were recorded, from the first layer to the ninth, recording one to nine stars of divine demon techniques, respectively.
In the first seven layers, tens of thousands of jade slips containing divine demon techniques were collected.
The eighth layer contained only a little over three hundred jade slips of eight-star techniques.
The ninth layer contained only over thirty jade slips of nine-star techniques.
What drew Ning Fan’s attention was the tenth layer of the pagoda, which was tightly sealed, and its contents were unknown.
The seal was so strong that Ning Fan could not open it at his current level; according to his estimation, it could not be opened without the cultivation of the Eternity Realm.
"The Yin Yang Locket originally comprised two parts, and the one you had before was the Yang Locket among the Yin Yang Lockets. What I have given you now is the Yin Locket... When the dual locks unite, the Dual Steles Suppress the Realm. From now on, even if you do not enter the Xuan Yin Realm, you can have the cultivation speed within it. However, this cultivation speed will vanish once you enter the accelerated time interface and cannot be superimposed..."
"I have already completed the Stele of Sun and Moon for you, and also gifted you the Star Stele. Both steles are Innate Treasures, and given your current cultivation, you are incapable of unleashing their power. They are temporarily useless... However, these two steles contain one of my three divine skills... the Void Stripping Path technique! The Stele of Sun and Moon can extract a woman’s divine skill; the Star Stele can refine a man’s spirit to strip him of his cultivation technique. This is possible because of the existence of the Void Stripping Path technique... This technique cannot be passed down verbally, but if your talent is sufficient, you will eventually comprehend it from the two steles..."
"Besides, I also present you an ’Immortal Storing Pagoda,’ the first nine layers of which contain over 700,000 volumes of divine demon techniques I’ve gathered throughout my life. You might use them if you cultivate other Yin Yang in the future. The tenth layer of the Immortal Storing Pagoda holds a sealed key. As for what the key is for, you don’t need to know now. Once your cultivation is sufficient, I will tell you its use..."
"My final wish is bound to this key... Now that it is in your hands, I can finally rest in peace."
The words of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor brought Ning Fan’s heart and mind back from the Xuan Yin Realm.
Hearing this, Ning Fan sighed lightly. His intention was to do something for the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor to repay his kindness, but unexpectedly, he received yet another gift from him...
The completion of the Yin Yang Locket brought Ning Fan immense benefits. Even without entering the Xuan Yin Realm, he can enhance his cultivation speed by hundreds of times.
The appearance of the Immortal Storing Pavilion brought Ning Fan over 700,000 volumes of divine demon techniques, the value of which is immeasurable and enough to make any force within the four heavens and nine worlds envious and eager.
It was always Ancient Chaos providing him with opportunities, and his cultivation was too low to do anything for Ancient Chaos...
"Within you, I sense a very pure power of Void Dao Laws... and this aura is somewhat familiar, very similar to the Eastern Demon Ancestor’s aura..."
Ancient Chaos suddenly asked, changing the topic.
The Eastern Demon Ancestor he referred to is none other than the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven, a figure whom countless demon races revere as their ancestor.
When Ning Fan heard this question from the Ancient Chaos, he immediately took out the Eastern Ocean Bell from the Xuan Yin Treasure.
With just a glance at the Eastern Ocean Bell, the Ancient Chaos could immediately discern the vast power of the Void Dao Principle contained within it.
His eyes first sparkled, then he sighed regretfully,
"Indeed, it carries the aura of the Ancestral Demon of the East. From where did you acquire this Void Dao Power?"
"The Heaven Suppressing Bell!" Ning Fan did not conceal the truth, answering directly.
"The Heaven Suppressing Bell, is it... That is a relic of the Ancestral Demon of the East, within which is hidden another key... All Divine Void Great Emperors of the past sought to obtain that key, but alas, with their level of Taoist practice, acquiring the key was too difficult... Conducting the Bell Sacrifice was a futile exercise; without being a Saint, one cannot extract that key..."
Upon hearing this, Ning Fan’s gaze immediately shifted.
It was his first time hearing that the secret hidden within the Heaven Suppressing Bell was a key. And that the continuous Bell Sacrifices held by the Godly Void Pavilion were attempts to extract this key...
What the key was, the Ancient Chaos did not intend to reveal to Ning Fan, but it didn’t prevent Ning Fan from speculating.
The Yin Yang Locket contains a key, the Heaven Suppressing Bell contains a key... There is no need to ask, these keys must concern a grand secret of the entire world.
"The Ninth Floor of the Immortal Storing Pagoda harbors two cultivation techniques bestowed upon me by the Shenxu Progenitor — ’Divine Space Scripture’ and ’Void Scripture.’ Given you possess such pure Void Dao Principles, you can cultivate ’Void Scripture’ in the future, using this cultivation technique to refine the principles and master Void Yin Yang," the Ancient Chaos continued.
"The highest cultivation techniques of the Godly Void Pavilion are also in the Immortal Storing Pagoda?" Ning Fan was greatly astonished.
"These two cultivation techniques were gifts from the Shenxu Progenitor to me. In return, I gifted her the technique of Void Stripping Path... Hence, within the Godly Void Pavilion is stored the residual techniques of my Void Stripping Path. Throughout history, every Shenxu Twin Emperor would study this art, though few have managed to master it..."
"I see..." Ning Fan nodded, suddenly recalling Senluo.
Senluo also possesses the Divine Skill of the Void Stripping Path, he must be one of the few in the history of the Godly Void Pavilion who mastered it.
"The essence of Void Stripping Path lies within the Twin Steles of Suppression, which you can comprehend when you have time; as for the Yin-Yang Five Swords, I’ve already demonstrated them to you before, and now I will impart the entire technique to you..."
Upon finishing, the Ancient Chaos raised a finger to touch Ning Fan’s Tian Ling, and like a mountain or sea, countless messages flooded into Ning Fan’s divine sense.
These messages contained not only the complete sword techniques of the Yin-Yang Five Swords but also all the insights the Ancient Chaos had regarding the technique.
After a long time, the Ancient Chaos withdrew his hand, leaving Ning Fan standing there, eyes wide in shock.
When he previously watched the Ancient Chaos use the Yin-Yang Five Swords to slay the red-eyed elder, Ning Fan didn’t realize how terrifying the swords were, after all, the Ancient Chaos’s realm far surpassed the red-eyed elder, any random Divine Skill wielded by him had the power to slay the elder.
Only upon receiving the complete sword techniques of the Yin-Yang Five Swords did Ning Fan comprehend the terrifying nature of this Divine Skill.
The Yin-Yang Five Swords are categorized into Heaven, Earth, Human, Divine, and Ghost swords. The Heavenly Sword annihilates fate, the Earth Sword severs momentum, the Human Sword annihilates life, the Divine Sword annihilates Dao, and the Ghost Sword annihilates thoughts... When all five swords converge, they can shatter all fate, momentum, life, Dao, and thoughts power of masters of the same level!
With this one technique, the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor conquered the world, rarely suffering defeat among peers!
"The Chaotic Heaven Finger is a strike cultivated from the complete power of the Twenty-Seven Yin-Yang Dao Principles... This Divine Skill is recorded in the ’Chaos Ring Technique,’ and you shall be able to perform it once you’ve achieved thorough understanding of Yin and Yang..."
"Thus, all my three Divine Skills have been completely imparted to you..."
"My spiritual form is unstable now, I must enter slumber immediately, be it for a century or a millennium. Is there anything else you wish to say to me?"
The illusionary form of the Ancient Chaos was on the verge of collapse, appearing as if the slightest breeze could scatter him into nothingness.
"I have two requests; I hope Senior will grant them." Ning Fan slightly lowered his head in guilt.
If the matters regarding these two requests weren’t truly significant, he wouldn’t have had the audacity to make such demands after receiving so many benefits from the Ancient Chaos.
"Haha, what requests do you have, feel free to say." The Ancient Chaos smiled indifferently.
"My first request relates to the Well of Covenant... To be honest, the Demon Ancestor of the Fourth Devil Pool is my mortal enemy, and the Well of Covenant just happens to connect to the Fourth Devil Pool... Recently, the Demon Ancestor of the Fourth Devil Pool — Moro the Great Emperor, dispatched a subordinates Quasi-Emperor Crystal Slave through the Well of Covenant to the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, intending to hunt me down..."
Ning Fan succinctly conveyed the events to the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.
Upon hearing that Moro the Great Emperor dared to send someone to pursue Ning Fan, the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor’s gaze immediately filled with killing intent.
For a mere end-of-line Demon Ancestor to dare repeatedly harbor murderous intentions towards his disciple, it was tantamount to courting death!
"The Well of Covenant... rest assured! From today on, there will be no more crystal slaves causing you trouble through this Well of Covenant!"
Unknown to all, this statement from Ancient Chaos directly swept away most of the calamities that Ning Fan would face from Moro the Great Emperor.
Years later, Moro the Great Emperor paid a heavy price to forcibly send crystal slaves to the Divine Tomb again and again.
And again and again, Ancient Chaos would kill these crystal slaves, never giving them a chance to chase Ning Fan...
This is a later story, let’s not mention it for now.
Ning Fan soon made a second request to Ancient Chaos, which led to a forlorn sigh from Ancient Chaos.
Once there was a woman who never received any affection from him, yet she gave her all to build a large tomb for him, waiting for his awakening.
Memories gradually returned to Ancient Chaos, recalling the tangled words of love and hate from Godly Void’s progenitor before he sat for eternity.
"Ancient Chaos, remember this! I built the Divine Tomb for you, collected your remains, but not because I love you. On the contrary, I don’t love you at all. I hate you! I hate your indifference, hate that you never gave me a shred of affection! I will make the phantasms of your tomb palace witness, someday, the inheritor of Ancient Chaos will bow before my Godly Void inheritor’s skirts... On that day, you will know your inheritor has far better judgment than you, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times better!"
Ancient Chaos closed his eyes, a bitter smile of guilt passed across his face.
"Alright, since you are determined to help that Godly Void inheritor, the old man will lend you a hand... Your judgment is indeed far better than mine... Take this item! When the time comes, if anyone at Godly Void Pavilion dares to stop you, show them this item to the Twin Emperors of this generation!"
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Eventually, Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor dissipated his phantasmal form, and the tomb palace entered a silent slumber to restore its phantasmal power.
Of course, if he wished, even if his phantasmal form was nearing collapse, he could leave the tomb palace at any time and sweep across all demons in this place effortlessly.
While Ancient Chaos Tomb Palace slumbers, Ning Fan practices silently alone in the Eastern Region, waiting for the day the tomb competition starts.
No demons dare step into the Eastern Region; even if they did, no demon would dare do anything to Ning Fan.
The high-ranking demons here, which one doesn’t know Ning Fan is Ancient Chaos’ disciple? No one dares to harm Ning Fan even a bit.
Ning Fan established a cave abode near Ancient Chaos Tomb Palace and practiced there.
This time in search of Ancient Chaos inheritance, his gains were immense.
The incomplete Dao principles of Xuan Yin Realm were completed, not for just Ning Fan, but he could even bring along the women from Cauldron Ring into the Xuan Yin Realm.
He obtained the cultivation method ’Chaos Ring Technique,’ acquired the Immortal Storing Pavilion, and secured the opportunities to master the three divine skills of Ancient Chaos.
His ancient demon cultivation has broken through to the First Nirvana of Heavenly Demon, while his fortune broke through to the Fourth Aura of Immortal Cloud. Moreover, with Ancient Chaos’s help, he mastered Rain Yin Yang.
He now has absolute confidence to clinch victory in the upcoming tomb competition.
As far as he knows, the highest cultivation in this competition is only Mid Stage Enlightenment. With his current strength, securing the first place is definitely not difficult!
"With my strength, winning the tomb competition won’t be hard, after which, I can make a request to Godly Void Pavilion to free Aci..."
"There are still about six months until the competition; six months are too short to further boost my cultivation, but enough for me to adapt to my now much-enhanced strength."
"Before that, I can transfer everyone from Cauldron Ring into Xuan Yin Realm..."
Ning Fan flickered into Xuan Yin Realm, removed the Cauldron Ring from his left wrist, and murmured with some reluctance.
"From today onwards, this Cauldron Ring will never be needed again. Transfer!"
Ning Fan stood on a green plain in the Eastern Region of Xuan Yin Realm, his gaze suddenly sharpened, holding the Cauldron Ring in hand with his essence and mana pushed to the extreme.
The next instant, the entire chiliocosm inside the Cauldron was relocated by Ning Fan, placed upon the land of the Eastern Region.
The Western Region holds many of his precious treasures, such as the Eastern Ocean Bell and the immovable Purple Wine Bottle.
The Eastern Region will henceforth serve as the living place for the cauldrons, much safer and more spiritually enriched compared to the chiliocosm Cauldron Ring.
The countless cauldrons in training suddenly realized the entire world was moved into Xuan Yin Realm and were terrified.
But upon seeing Ning Fan, they collected themselves.
As soon as the ice spirit Yue Ling sisters saw Ning Fan, they immediately led a group of female cultivators to meet Ning Fan, asking what had occurred.
After briefly explaining the relocation of Cauldron Ring to the women, Ning Fan stayed for a few days in the Eastern Region with them.
Some female cultivators encountering bottlenecks in their cultivation naturally needed his guidance.
Truth be told, these cauldrons have little use by now, but Ning Fan had no intention of abandoning them.
These cauldrons are witnesses of his entry into the path of demon cultivation, and he won’t abandon them for a lifetime.
Leaving plenty of unused Dao Crystals and magical treasures to the cauldrons, Ning Fan then went to the retreat place of Mu Weiliang and Zili.
The two women have formed demon cocoons in training, with no sign of breaking the cocoon yet.
Since reaching the Second Step, every cultivation advancement requires a tremendous amount of secluded training; their time to break the cocoon might yet be far off.
Transforming all collected blood and flesh essence into crystals, he left them in the women’s cave abode before Ning Fan intended to leave.
Suddenly, from the direction of a female cultivator’s abode within Cauldron Ring, a purple light surged skyward.
The purple light transformed into a colossal Winged Demon’s apparition, a purple cuckoo in the sky.
This apparition immediately drew attention from countless female cultivators here.
Ning Fan was visibly moved, and without a word, he transmitted to all female cultivators here, forbidding them to step into their abodes.
He then flickered his figure directly to the site of the apparition.
The trigger for this purple cuckoo apparition was a blind purple-clothed woman, lying in agony within her abode, her visage pale as paper, blood curling at her lips, hanging by a thread...
This woman was none other than Nalan Zi, whom Ning Fan captured as Lu Bei.
At this moment, Nalan Zi’s face was not only pale but filled with unease and fear.
She could never have imagined that she would unconsciously develop the most forbidden innate divine skill of the Purple Cuckoo Race while blind.
A skill to foresee heavenly fate, a skill scarcely mastered among the Purple Cuckoo line, yet she developed it at her most downtrodden moment...
She unintentionally activated this skill, inadvertently triggering an apparition.
Through this divine skill, she caught a glimpse of a future that broke her heart...
Tears of blood flowed from her sightless eyes, her expression tragic and sorrowful...
Just then, Ning Fan stepped into her chamber, lifting her from the ground.
Like seeing the last hope in despair, Nalan Zi clutched Ning Fan’s hand tightly, whimpering indistinctly,
"I saw the future, a terrifying future... the Four Heavens will be isolated, the Northern Heaven shall experience war... afterward, the royal clan will perish, dying by the hand of the Western Demon Ancestor... Ling Er, devoured by the Spirit King, will perish too, will die too..."
"Save Ling Er, she’s my sister! She must not die! She is waiting for me to rescue her!"
Ning Fan’s expression turned extremely grave.
Nalan Zi unexpectedly triggered the Purple Cuckoo’s apparition, claiming she foresaw the future...
Could she have developed the mythical forbidden divination skill of the Purple Cuckoo Race... the Art of Tri-life?!
The comprehenders of the Art of Tri-life have three opportunities to divine all earthly secrets!
Each divination brings tremendous backlash.
After three divinations... their soul scatters, ending in certain death!
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