Grasping the Evil-Chapter 847: He Is the Inheritor of Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor!
The Quasi-Saint of the Dark Clan who came to rescue was now facing indescribable fear.
He had seen the chaotic ancient portraits hanging in the Primordial Pavilion within the clan!
With his vision, it’s naturally apparent that the illusory elder standing beside Ning Fan is Ancient Chaos. Although not the true form, it is nonetheless an avatar formed from the Emperor Thought!
Only a select few ancient great emperors have the ability to condense themselves into Emperor Thought avatars.
The Chaotic Ancient Phantom cannot leave the confines of the Divine Tomb, yet he can still form an Emperor Thought avatar, allowing the avatar to step out of the Tomb!
Though the Emperor Thought avatar has significant shortcomings, should Ancient Chaos go berserk, disregarding all costs, this Emperor Thought avatar alone would be enough to annihilate the Dark Clan with a mere flick!
At this moment, the mind of this Quasi-Saint from the Dark Clan recalls the numerous warnings from the Clan Leader before departing from the clan.
"An Tiandou, you are one of the three Quasi-Saints of our clan, and today I am entrusting you to take a newly promoted Immortal Emperor to the Godly Void Pavilion and convey my orders to the Shenhao Twin Emperors! The Bell Sacrifice must be reopened within a millennium! The sacrifice must be the female cultivator of the Xiao Family who possesses ’Dark Blood’!"
"The Godly Void Pavilion is of little consequence, but the one within the Divine Tomb must never be offended... Remember this! Should circumstances change, even if we must abandon the Dark Blood, we must not become enemies with this person!"
At this moment, An Tiandou, the Quasi-Saint of the Dark Clan, was filled with terror. Had he known Ning Fan had Ancient Chaos as backing, he would never have allowed the Dark Clan Immortal Emperor to act against Ning Fan, but now it was too late...
An Tiandou blocked in front of the Primordial Spirit of the Dark Clan Immortal Emperor, drawing strange black circles with his hands, from which countless black crows darted forth immediately to shield him.
Though his power is indeed the weakest among the three Quasi-Saints of the Dark Clan, his defensive technique is exceptionally formidable, with few Quasi-Saints able to break through it head-on.
But when four Hei Yao Finger beams came crashing down suddenly, countless black crows screeched in agony and swiftly crumbled.
Under the sweeping finger power, An Tiandou suddenly paused his breath, his complexion changed, and without hesitation, he grabbed the Primordial Spirit of the Dark Emperor and retreated.
He retreated quickly, but the finger beams fell even faster!
Before he could retreat far, the finger beams struck directly at his chest, causing a series of collapses and rumbling sounds.
In this critical moment, An Tiandou summoned countless strange runic patterns to protect his chest, yet all those patterns were obliterated under the finger beams.
"Devour!"
Ancient Chaos shouted out a single word, and the four finger beams instantly rushed into An Tiandou’s body.
An Tiandou trembled violently from the impact and barely managed to keep himself from falling from the sky. Meanwhile, his full cultivation was frantically being consumed by the four finger beams that invaded his body.
In one breath, his cultivation was reduced by ten thousand years!
In ten breaths, his cultivation had been diminished by a million years!
In just ten breaths, An Tiandou’s cultivation was forcibly wiped away by Ancient Chaos, obliterating a million years of hard practice in an instant!
Struggling with difficulty to stabilize his form, An Tiandou coughed up fresh blood, which was saturated with black rays.
"Collapse!"
Suddenly, Ancient Chaos coldly shouted out a word, causing the Primordial Spirit of the Immortal Emperor in An Tiandou’s hand to suddenly lose all luster and explode with thousands of black rays, filled with cracks.
Harming his disciple and he will show no mercy! At this moment, he executed the Dark Clan Immortal Emperor’s Primordial Spirit with a killing blow!
The Primordial Spirit of the Immortal Emperor possesses an Emperor’s protection, making it extremely difficult to destroy, yet with the rise of black rays, it directly exploded.
The explosion of a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor’s Primordial Spirit, with unfathomable power, immediately triggered the collapse of the entire galaxy, causing the shattered Emperor Thought to scatter throughout the starry sky.
Above the Copper Platform Venue, eight-colored light flashed briefly, revealing Xiang Mingzi’s figure.
Upon arrival, Xiang Mingzi immediately transmitted a deep sound to the Shenhao Twin Emperors, and all three simultaneously made a move to set up a barrier in the starry sky, attempting to seal the self-destructive force of the Immortal Emperor’s Primordial Spirit!
Holding the Primordial Spirit, An Tiandou was the first to bear the brunt and was struck hard by the Primordial Spirit’s explosion.
Even though he was a Quasi-Saint, he couldn’t leave unscathed from an Immortal Emperor’s self-destruction. The arm holding the Primordial Spirit was directly obliterated in the explosion, and his body was instantly engulfed by black rays.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The barrier echoed with heart-stirring explosions, accompanied occasionally by muffled grunts.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the explosion ceased, causing the barrier to collapse along with it.
As the black rays dissipated, An Tiandou’s figure was revealed, covered in injuries, looking extremely miserable with an arm missing, filled with extreme terror.
Ancient Chaos had, right in front of him, eliminated a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor with a finger and even wounded a proud Quasi-Saint like him!
This injury may not be severe, but neither is it light, particularly considering he had just lost a million years of cultivation directly...
"Condense!"
An Tiandou took a deep breath and spoke a word, causing his destroyed arm to regenerate immediately. His gaze towards Ancient Chaos wavered, sometimes malevolent, sometimes fearful, sometimes resigned.
The four platform stands fell into deathly silence. No one had expected that a mere tomb competition would culminate in the downfall of an Immortal Emperor!
And the fallen Great Emperor hailed from the Secret Clan!
Few knew about the existence of the Chaotic Ancient Phantom within the Divine Tomb. Fewer still could recognize that the figure standing next to Ning Fan was an Emperor Thought avatar of Ancient Chaos.
Yet An Tiandou’s earlier voice held no reservation, resounding throughout the venue; everyone now knew that the one standing beside Ning Fan was none other than Ancient Chaos!
And Ning Fan, he was actually the esteemed disciple of Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor!
The ancient great emperor emerged soaring across the void, heavily injuring the Dark Clan, once this news spread, who wouldn’t be shocked?
"Dark Clan Quasi-Saint! Your Dark Clan cultivator’s brazen audacity dared to harm my disciple. Today, no matter what, you must give me a satisfactory explanation! Otherwise, even if it costs me severe damage to my phantom body, I will destroy the Dark Clan!"
Ancient Chaos’s demeanor was icy cold, his tone overbearing, whoever harms his disciple, he would kill them! Even if it’s the Dark Clan, today they must give him an explanation!
An Tiandou’s gaze darkened, summoning courage, he retorted coldly, "Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor! You killed my clan’s Immortal Emperor, it’s you who should provide us with an explanation..."
Before he had finished speaking, he suddenly swallowed his words, his complexion turned pale with fright.
For Ancient Chaos had waved his hand to retrieve an ancient scroll, with purple golden light flowing upon it.
"Your Dark Clan’s Immortal Emperor harmed my disciple! Within three breaths, if you cannot satisfy me, I will take this ’Primordial Pact’ and march against the Dark Clan! Overturn Dark Star Realm, leaving not a single blade of grass!"
"What!"
At the instant of seeing that purple golden scroll, cold sweat poured profusely from An Tiandou.
Ordinary masters wouldn’t know what that scroll signifies, even the Shenhao Twin Emperors lacked the qualification to know.
Xiang Mingzi’s expression similarly turned to shock, evidently not expecting that in his frenzy, Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor would even utilize such a terrifying scroll!
"Emperor, calm your anger! This scroll must never be used!" An Tiandou exclaimed, panic-stricken.
"One breath!"
"My clan’s Immortal Emperor harmed your disciple, you also killed my clan’s Immortal Emperor, this matter is already settled! What explanation does the Emperor still seek!"
"Two breaths!"
"A Dark Star Fruit! I am willing to offer a Dark Star Fruit, to apologize to the Emperor!"
Upon these words, some old monsters aware of the Dark Star Fruit’s fame were astonished, their eyes fervent.
Even the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor’s gaze flickered slightly, after a brief pause, he stowed away the purple golden scroll, speaking to An Tiandou, "Ten! Less than one, and the Dark Clan will be annihilated!"
"Ten?! My clan’s Dark Star Tree bears only one Dark Star Fruit every three million years, ten is too many..."
"I do not repeat my words! One month hence, if the Dark Star Fruit is not delivered, I will immediately strike against Dark Star Realm, and you, Dark Clan, bear the consequences! Now you may return to Dark Star Realm, and deliberate with others whether to give me ten Dark Star Fruits!"
Ancient Chaos coldly huffed, a storm of evil Qi instantly surged to the sky, pressuring An Tiandou.
An Tiandou was chilled to the bone from the evil Qi’s impact, hurried changes crossing his complexion.
"The matter of the Dark Star Fruit involves too much, I must return to the Dark Clan, confer with other Quasi-Saints, then respond to the Emperor..."
Gnashing his teeth, An Tiandou clasped his hands towards Ancient Chaos, then turned to leave.
He must immediately return to the Dark Clan, to earnestly discuss with the other two Quasi-Saints whether to agree to Ancient Chaos’s request...
Mostly, it can only be agreed upon... after all, Ancient Chaos possesses such a dreadful item...
"Wait! Leave your two storage pouches!" Ancient Chaos coldly commanded.
Upon hearing this, An Tiandou’s expression changed, pondering that the storage pouches didn’t contain anything crucial, he gritted his teeth and ultimately handed over both his own storage pouch and the earlier Immortal Emperor’s storage pouch to Ancient Chaos.
Though discontented within, he dared not provoke Ancient Chaos at this moment...
The Dark Clan Quasi-Saint departed, yet those remaining inside began to fear. For instance, Shenkong the Great Emperor, who couldn’t maintain composure at all.
He had previously disseminated pressure to intimidate Ning Fan, with Ancient Chaos’s personality, it was impossible not to seek retribution.
Collecting the two storage pouches, Ancient Chaos’s frigid gaze swept towards Shenkong Emperor, with but a glance, at once destabilizing Shenkong Emperor’s divine spirit!
"Present-day Shenkong! You used emperor’s might to harm my disciple, this matter requires an explanation!"
"What explanation does the Emperor wish!" Shenkong Emperor’s eyes brimmed with reluctance, yet dared not antagonize Ancient Chaos.
"In consideration of you being a Divine Void Cultivator, I spare you. However, I demand a third of your primordial spirit’s essence blood! As punishment!" Ancient Chaos decreed, leaving no room for refusal.
"What! This is absolutely impossible!"
Shenkong Emperor’s expression changed, immediately rejecting, responding with Ancient Chaos’s icy, demonic eye.
"I do not repeat my words, a month hence, if I do not receive what I seek, you bear the consequences!"
Ancient Chaos then looked at Xiang Mingzi, pointed at Ning Fan and said, "Xiang Mingzi, he is my disciple! You know what to do?"
"I understand... We Divine Void Pavilion promised the request of Rain Immortal Monarch. From today on, Divine Void Young Master Xiao Qianci is no longer a sacrifice for Bell Sacrifice. If she leaves, we at Divine Void Pavilion will not hinder her in the slightest. Should she remain in Divine Void Pavilion, I will personally guarantee her position as the true Divine Void Young Master. Is such an arrangement satisfactory for the Emperor?"
"What else?"
"Well... from today on, Rain Immortal Monarch’s all cultivation needs can be entirely acquired from the Divine Void Four Pavilions... Is this arrangement satisfactory for the Emperor?"
"Satisfied... However, this Immortalization Stele is something I still want."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Mingzi gave a bitter smile. The Immortalization Stele was a treasure of the Godly Void Pavilion and was not supposed to be given to anyone.
But with Ancient Chaos personally speaking, could he refuse? Dare he refuse?
"The Immortalization Stele can be given to the Emperor, but I hope the Emperor remembers the agreement with my Godly Void Pavilion," Xiang Mingzi said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"What I’ve promised, naturally, I will uphold!"
Ancient Chaos transmitted a few more words to Xiang Mingzi, his gaze swept across the gathered cultivators here, and no matter what cultivation they were, all avoided his gaze, afraid to face him directly.
Ultimately, Ancient Chaos’s gaze fell upon Ning Fan, smiling contentedly, "You, come with me."
With a shift of Emperor Thought, Ancient Chaos disappeared together with Ning Fan from the Copper Platform Venue!
The aftermath here was naturally left for Xiang Mingzi and others to handle, while in the Ninth Layer of the Divine Mausoleum, two figures appeared within the Chaotic Ancient Tomb Palace.
Upon their appearance, Ancient Chaos’s Emperor Thought Avatar immediately transformed into dots of light and vanished, while beneath the twenty-seven bronze statues in the tomb palace, a phantom slowly appeared—it was Ancient Chaos.
After two years of silence, Ancient Chaos’s phantom had not regained much strength. This time, summoning the Emperor Thought Avatar only made the phantom weaker...
His skin was more withered, his white hair more wilted, and his gaze darker...
Ning Fan felt a tightness in his heart, a sense of bitterness, understanding that breaking the jade pendant to summon Ancient Chaos’s Emperor Thought Avatar likely made Ancient Chaos even weaker...
The cultivation of Ancient Chaos’s Emperor Thought Avatar was only a tenth of the phantom’s strength, merely one percent of Ancient Chaos’s strength in his lifetime...
This Emperor Thought Avatar had two major drawbacks. Firstly, the further from the Divine Mausoleum, the weaker the Avatar’s strength, and it could not leave the scope of the Dongming Star Domain.
Secondly, every time the Avatar was summoned, Ancient Chaos’s phantom would weaken considerably, and this Emperor Thought Avatar should not be used repeatedly, or else the phantom would eventually collapse completely.
Naturally, if Ancient Chaos was willing to burn his phantom, going all out, his Emperor Thought Avatar could indeed leave the Dongming Star Domain and reach any part of the Eastern Heaven Immortal World.
Therefore, only the two secret clans of the Eastern Heaven Immortal World—Dark Clan and Southern Clan—fear Ancient Chaos.
The eight secret clans of the other three heavens might not be as wary of Ancient Chaos because his presence could not reach the other three heavens.
If Ancient Chaos truly stormed the Dark Clan, his phantom would be severely damaged, near destruction...
But even if it meant the collapse of his phantom, Ancient Chaos would not mind; no one could harm his disciple without paying the price! This is the tradition of the Fierce Origin Sect!
"If not for Senior’s intervention today, I certainly couldn’t achieve my goal. This kindness, I will never dare forget!"
"Hehe, you are my disciple; helping you is only natural, why speak of kindness?" Ancient Chaos patted Ning Fan’s shoulder, suddenly coughing and smiling bitterly,
"But today, forcibly summoning the Emperor Thought Avatar outside the mausoleum was indeed taxing; this backlash on my phantom is not light, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to use the Emperor Thought Avatar for a while... But rest assured, if you’re in trouble, even if it means burning this phantom to save you, I will do so! Because you are a disciple of the Fierce Origin Sect... my disciple..."
"You did very well; suppressed by the current Divine Space, you should shatter his Emperor Might, no need to endure! Your actions, I am very satisfied!"
Ancient Chaos waved his hand, and countless items appeared on the ground.
"Take these things. I have instructed Xiang Mingzi that in a month, the ten Dark Star Fruits sent by the Dark Clan will be transferred to you by the Godly Void Pavilion. Also, a third of the Spirit Essence Blood of Shenkong Emperor will be given to you... For you, the Spirit Essence Blood of the Eight Tribulations Celestial Emperor is a great supplement; use it wisely..."
"My phantom needs to retreat for recuperation again; you should heal within this tomb palace. Once healed, leave on your own, and travel the Eastern Heaven as the inheritor of Ancient Chaos, and no one will likely dare harm you! Here, take this jade pendant... Within Eastern Heaven, shatter this jade at any time, and I will surely rescue you; those who harm you will die!"
Ancient Chaos waved his hand, and countless items appeared on the ground.
He also took out another Emperor Thought Jade Pendant and handed it to Ning Fan, while his phantom gradually faded away with a smile...
He also had other things to tell Ning Fan, regarding the purple-gold scroll he had taken out earlier... but ultimately, he did not tell Ning Fan about it.
These secrets were not for Ning Fan to know... Until his cultivation is sufficient, then even the scroll can be passed to him...
"Heal well, don’t let any hidden injuries remain." This was Ancient Chaos’s last admonition before his phantom dissipated.
Ning Fan held the jade pendant, his heart warmed by Ancient Chaos’s admonition.
Without Ancient Chaos’s intervention, facing the Dark Clan Emperor today, using the Slaughter Emperor Jade Slip might still not have been enough to deter the Dark Clan...
Without Ancient Chaos’s intervention, the Godly Void Pavilion would not have easily agreed to his requests, and the little demoness would not have gained freedom...
"Ancient Chaos Great Emperor is generous to me; such kindness must be repaid in the future!"
After a long silence, Ning Fan’s gaze finally swept over the myriad of items.
The Immortalization Stele was directly taken by Ancient Chaos and given to Ning Fan. It was a Twelve Nirvana Postnatal Immortal Treasure, devoid of lethal power, but contained an exquisite force within it. Precisely this force could reward the engraver with some secret techniques.
"That is a will... a will of sealing myriad immortals..."
Ning Fan’s hand caressed the Immortalization Stele, pondering for a while, before temporarily storing it away, directly into the Xuan Yin Treasure.
Previously, he engraved the word ’rain’ on the stele, but due to not fully exhibiting his divine skills, the acquired secret technique was not truly powerful.
If he had time, he could re-engrave the word ’rain’ on the stele or engrave other words, potentially obtaining some more formidable secret techniques.
The storage pouches of the Dark Clan Immortal Emperor and Quasi-Saint of the Dark Clan were all displayed on the ground, entirely given to Ning Fan by Ancient Chaos.
Unfortunately, apart from Dao Crystals and some commonly used expensive pills, there were hardly any useful items in these two storage pouches.
As proper Immortal Emperors and Quasi-Saints, they left all valuable items at the Dark Clan’s home and carried nothing significant with them.
They came to the Godly Void Pavilion to oversee the sacrifice matter, which was not dangerous, so naturally, they did not bring many items...
Fortunately, there were a fair number of Dao Crystals; their combined total was a whopping 1.4 trillion.
The few expensive pills they had were all above the grade of the Nine Revolutions Silver Pill and were quite invaluable.
It seems there is still the Void Command reward from the tomb competition that hasn’t been claimed... but Ning Fan doesn’t care, as the Void Command is no longer of much use to him.
Ning Fan swallowed an expensive pill and began to heal his injuries within this Tomb Palace, starting to recover the primordial spirit essence blood consumed during the tomb venture.
For ten consecutive days, Ning Fan did not step out. After ten days, his injuries were healed, he bid farewell to the Chaotic Ancient Tomb Palace and left the Divine Tomb.
The tomb competition has ended, and Ning Fan is destined to become renowned in Eastern Heaven because of it.
Rain Immortal Monarch, Righteous Younger Brother of Plague King, Inheritor of the Ancient Chaos... each title is enough to astonish the world.
As soon as Ning Fan exited the Divine Tomb, he headed straight for Dongming Star.
Cultivators encountered along the way had a noticeable change in their expressions upon seeing Ning Fan approaching.
The Godly Void Pavilion cultivators patrolling Dongming Star, seeing Ning Fan’s arrival, did not interrogate him at all and directly let him enter the star.
Upon entering Dongming Star, Ning Fan immediately descended towards the Ancestral Pavilion of the Divine Void Four Pavilions.
The Ancestral Pavilion is the retreat and cultivation place for elite disciples of the Godly Void Pavilion. Upon arrival, Ning Fan flew directly towards the female cultivators’ quarters.
Female cultivators of the Ancestral Pavilion along the way either showed respect or gazed at him with shining eyes upon seeing his arrival.
Leaving aside Ning Fan’s prominent background, just his various battle achievements were enough to win the admiration of these female cultivators.
Some bold female cultivators even sent message-transmitting flying swords, inviting Ning Fan for a rendezvous at certain places...
Unfortunately, these message-transmitting flying swords were completely ignored by Ning Fan. His escape light headed straight for the little demoness’s residence.
At this moment, the little demoness was in seclusion within her residence. Nearby, atop a small hill, an elderly man with a sword on his back sat cross-legged.
This man had half-stepped into the Shedding Void Stage and was Elder Luxx, responsible for protecting the little demoness.
In the past, in the name of protecting the little demoness, his actual task was to guard the sacrifice, remaining by the little demoness more as a watcher.
Now, the command given to him by Emperor Xukong was to genuinely venerate the little demoness as the Divine Void Young Master and to safeguard her well. For now, the little demoness’s status was different... she was the woman chosen by a Disciple of Chaotic Ancient...
As Elder Luxx was cultivating on the small hill, he suddenly sensed a streak of escape light rushing in.
That escape light, without any reservation, headed directly towards the little demoness’s boudoir, causing Elder Luxx to stand up swiftly without delay.
He formed a sword gesture with his ten fingers, and the Acquired Immortal Sword on his back immediately flew out of its Sword Box, transforming into a sword rainbow, rushing towards the intruder as a blockade.
"Who dares to enter the young master’s boudoir uninvited, don’t you know this is already a restricted area!"
His words barely finished when his gaze suddenly changed.
The sword rainbow he had just released was intercepted halfway by a sudden immense force.
Five streaks of sword light entwined with Rain Intent flashed and vanished, and Elder Luxx didn’t even see how his divine skills were broken before the Immortal Sword was sent flying back.
In the next instance, Ning Fan appeared slowly, surrounded by five sword shadows wreathed in rain swords.
"It’s the Rain Immortal Monarch!"
In an instant, Elder Luxx’s expression changed dramatically with shock.
Nowadays, who in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World doesn’t know that Rain Immortal Monarch Ning Fan is an esteemed Disciple of the Ancient Chaos and cannot be offended.
He actually cut Ning Fan with a sword! Though he did it to protect the boudoir, there’s no guarantee Ning Fan won’t blame him...
It seems laughable that an old monster on the verge of the Shedding Void Stage would fear Ning Fan’s blame, but today, this has become a reality!
"Are you the elder protector of Aci?" Ning Fan asked coolly, without any hint of anger.
Elder Luxx’s sword carried no killing intent and was restrained, he could see this clearly...
His spirit sense brushed across the little demoness’s boudoir subtly, causing Ning Fan to smirk slightly.
He had come today, with the specific intention of ’destroying’ the Dark Clan’s sacrifice.
Though the Dark Clan was scared away by the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, it doesn’t mean they would truly give up on the little demoness as a sacrifice, unless... the little demoness herself loses her qualification to be used as a sacrifice...
It is said that the Bell Sacrifice offerings must be virgins... If not virgins, they cannot be offered...
In the past, Ning Fan didn’t dare to use such extreme measures to strip the little demoness of her sacrificial status.
But now, he dares! (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
