Grasping the Evil-Chapter 914: Entering Tianque!
The Four Oceans Sect has long sought after the Ancient Wilderness Channel.
The True Dragon Clan wants to perform a blood ritual on the wilderness to awaken the ancient passage. This matter might not remain entirely secret, and the Four Oceans Sect is not entirely unaware.
Regarding the plan of the True Dragon Clan, the Immortal Emperors of the Four Oceans Sect hold a tacit approval attitude because the Four Oceans Sect also wants to awaken the ancient passage...
The Heaven-Sealing Celestial Decree left by the Four Oceans Sect in the primitive wilderness is evident. This item will not stop the demon race’s plan but only delay it by seven days, giving the Four Oceans Sect enough time to react and compete for the ancient passage.
Whether demon race or Human, in their view, the lives of the barbarians are insignificant. If the ancient passage can be awakened, then why not perform a blood ritual on the wilderness...
Now, the Ninefold Celestial Towers have finally emerged, and Miaoyan Immortal Honorific, being an Immortal Venerable of the Four Oceans Sect, has the duty to investigate it like Liuhe Immortal Lord.
If possible, she will attempt to seize control of the entrance to the Ninefold Celestial Towers.
At the very least, she must stop the demon race from obtaining the entrance before the power of the Heaven-Sealing Celestial Decree is exhausted... This is her responsibility as an Immortal Honorific of the Four Oceans Sect.
"I need to explore the Ninefold Celestial Towers, Daoist Zhao, do you wish to accompany me? Putting aside the identity of the ancient passage, the Ninefold Celestial Towers should hold numerous opportunities, don’t you want to take a look?" Miaoyan Immortal Honorific asked expectantly.
"Well... Zhao wouldn’t want to join the bustle of the Ninefold Celestial Towers." Ning Fan pondered for a moment before shaking his head to refuse Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s suggestion.
"Daoist Zhao intends to stay here and protect the barbarians?" Miaoyan Immortal Honorific showed a thoughtful expression and looked towards the direction of Tianman City.
"Yes." Ning Fan replied.
If he heads to the Ninefold Celestial Towers, he will inevitably leave Xian Luoli, Zhao Die’er, and others behind.
Currently, the wilderness is perilously unpredictable. If he leaves, who knows what dangers might arise here? No one can guarantee this.
Miaoyan Immortal Honorific went to the Ninefold Celestial Towers to investigate in order to fulfill her duty as the Immortal Honorific of the Four Oceans Sect.
But Ning Fan has no obligation to go to the Ninefold Celestial Towers; he wants to stay and protect Xian Luoli, Zhao Die’er, and others.
Moreover, up to today, Ning Fan has understood many things.
From the careful scheming of both demon race and Human regarding the ancient passage, it seems the unexpected changes happening in the wilderness are beyond the expectations of both races yet within their control.
The emergence of the ancient passage will undoubtedly lead to numerous practitioners from both races competing, and getting involved with matters related to the ancient passage may unwittingly invite trouble.
The collapse of the wilderness will persist for only seven days. After seven days, the power of the Heaven-Sealing Celestial Decree will be exhausted.
By then, numerous strong practitioners from both demon race and Human will enter the wilderness, fighting over the ancient passage until their heads are broken and blood flows...
Ning Fan is not one who seeks trouble. He has no obligation to rush to the ancient passage nor desires the opportunities within it.
Compared to those opportunities, he is more willing to stay here and ensure the safety of Xian Luoli, Zhao Die’er, and others.
"Since Daoist Zhao does not wish to go to the Ninefold Celestial Towers, I will not insist. It is also good to have you here..."
Seeing Ning Fan unwilling to go, Miaoyan Immortal Honorific was somewhat regretful but said no more, giving Ning Fan a deep look.
At that moment, she felt as if she truly understood Ning Fan... He is a unique practitioner who cares for the lives of the barbarians...
For some reason, Miaoyan Immortal Honorific did not find Ning Fan bothersome.
With graceful steps, she finally turned into a long rainbow and flew away from the place.
Watching Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s departing figure, Ning Fan shook his head and returned to Tianman City near the Third Peak.
When the six Immortal Honorifics departed, they took Teng Nan, Teng Bei, Sang Chong, and a large number of strong practitioners from the Four Oceans Sect. Now with Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s departure, the number of Shattered Thought and Shedding Void on the Human continent is dwindling.
Many practitioners felt anxious, fearing Ning Fan’s departure would leave no one here to guard.
Fortunately, Ning Fan chose to stay instead of leaving.
"Why doesn’t Zhao Jian know that Senior Zhao planned to leave with Liuhe and Miaoyan, the two Immortal Honorifics... Speaking of which, where might this illusory palace shadow be..."
"Unknown, but the old man has a feeling there might be significant opportunities within..."
Demon Yuanzi and Jin Hua Ancestor, along with other Fragmented Thought Elders, do not belong to the Four Oceans Sect and were not taken by Liuhe Immortal Lord. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
These Fragmented Thought Elders communicated secretly among themselves, deliberating over something, and before long, they flew away from the Human continent, following the path Liuhe and others took to find the Ninefold Celestial Towers, wanting to join the excitement and seek opportunities.
Ning Fan did not stop Demon Yuanzi and others from leaving; where they wish to go is their own decision.
After Demon Yuanzi and others left, several Shedding Void also departed, and then no one else left.
"Uncle, so many people have gone, aren’t you going with them to take a look..."
In Tianman City, Zhao Die’er’s voice was clear and pleasant as she asked.
"I’m not going anywhere..."
Ning Fan smiled slightly, and as he had done many years ago, gently patted Zhao Die’er’s head.
Although there were no plum blossoms here, he beckoned with his hand, somehow creating a red plum blossom out of nothing and placing it by Zhao Die’er’s hairpin.
Zhao Die’er’s face turned slightly red, the tender white skin took on a light pink hue. In her heart, there arose a budding emotion, but in her ears, Ning Fan’s calm voice resonated without any desire or thought, making her not even dare to let her emotions rise towards Ning Fan, fearing she would defile this moment’s beauty.
"Don’t be afraid, Uncle will be here to protect Die’er."
"In two more days, the calamity upon the wilderness should come to pass. By then, whether the Human or demon race fight crazily, it will have nothing to do with you, me, or the many barbarians..."
Two days, in two more days, the wilderness’ catastrophe should be over...
Whether Xian Luoli, Zhao Die’er, or the many barbarians saved and bound by fate...
During this period, these people will be properly protected by him!
For some reason, at the moment he developed this belief, an inexplicable feeling came over him.
At this moment, Ning Fan clearly felt, his relationship with the 224 Barbarian Patterns grew even closer...
Closer, yes, that’s the feeling...
If previously the Barbarian Patterns occasionally retaliated against the master, now they seemed tamed and no longer bore thoughts of retaliation.
All of this seemed merely because Ning Fan’s heart developed the thought of wanting to protect the barbarians...
"These Barbarian Patterns..."
Ning Fan looked inwardly at himself, pondering for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
After an unknown amount of time, Ning Fan’s figure flickered and appeared on the summit of the Third Peak, unsealing the Rain Yin Yang and using the Heaven Prying Rain Technique.
The Nanli Fire Formation was broken, and the Nanli Fire Chart had reverted to its original form. The three fire peaks now held no power, lifeless and desolate, a mere dead peak.
Ning Fan stood atop the dead Third Peak. As soon as he activated his divine skills, a gentle rain began to fall within the range of the Third Peak...
The rain wafted and gradually spread, drifting towards the Second Peak, the First Peak, and all corners of this Life Gate Interface, extending towards other interfaces along the way.
His rain spread farther and wider, eventually covering the entire wilderness...
He saw, occasionally, solitary Humans and demon races flying swiftly, but now in the wilderness, no Barbarian Beast could be seen.
He saw, at a faraway Life Gate Interface, the main base of the demon race, where the number of demon cultivators exceeded three million, yet there was no Ancestor Dulong or Ao Xuan Immortal Honored to oversee it...
He saw, in a vast void in the distance, a towering palace gate floating.
Unlike the palace gate shadow in the sky above him, that palace gate truly existed, and the shadow here was merely a projection caused by the appearance of that palace gate.
That palace gate was the entrance to the First Layer of the Ninefold Celestial Towers!
As time passed, Ning Fan saw the ancestor Dulong and Ao Xuan the Honored Immortal lead a large group of demon race elders into the Ninefold Celestial Towers.
Gradually, Ning Fan saw Liuhe Immortal Lord and Miaoyan Immortal Honorific and others enter one after another...
He merely watched all this silently, as if none of it concerned him.
It was as if all the opportunities inside the Ninefold Celestial Towers were not enough to move him.
It seemed as if this ancient channel, which Humans and demon races fought over, was just a meaningless morass to him...
The fifth day passed, and the sixth day arrived.
The sixth day passed, and the seventh day arrived.
The last day of the blood sacrifice in the wilderness had come, and Ning Fan remained in this place, with no intention of leaving.
He was waiting, waiting for the seventh day to pass, waiting for the power of the Heaven-Sealing Celestial Decree to completely deplete.
He was waiting, waiting for this calamity sweeping across the wilderness to pass so peacefully on its last day...
But on this last day of the blood sacrifice in the wilderness, an anomaly suddenly appeared above the Third Peak, and a deep ancient voice echoed.
The appearance of this voice was inexplicable, yet it was at midnight on the seventh day, at the moment when the Yin energy was densest!
"Return, O soul."
"O soul, return!"
This voice seemed both like a summons and a call, its appearance inexplicable, yet Ning Fan immediately recognized that this voice came from the direction of the Ninefold Celestial Towers.
Moreover, within this voice, there was faintly a trace of the aura of a Barbarian Ancestor, allowing Ning Fan to directly perceive that the one who uttered this voice was a Barbarian Ancestor!
This voice was not something an ordinary person could hear; only those with Barbarian Blood could.
This was a bloodline sound! Emitted from the bloodline of a Barbarian Ancestor!
The Barbarian Blood that Ning Fan cultivated had all been devoured by the Calamity Blood, yet he still retained part of the divine powers of Barbarian Blood, so he heard this voice.
Neither Xian Luoli nor Liu Yan could hear it, nor could even the likes of Burying Moon, a Great Emperor of ancient times.
But Zhao Die’er heard it, and all the people of the Barbarian behind Zhao Die’er heard it!
At the moment this voice fell, every Barbarian who heard it was tormented by soul-crushing pain, screaming and collapsing.
Their souls, dazed, flew from their bodies, and then involuntarily transformed into illusory streams of light, instantly disappearing from the spot, vanishing to an unknown place...
Ning Fan’s soul had long since fused with the Spirit, so though he felt a faint pain, he naturally wouldn’t break free from the Spirit and fly away from the body.
But those Barbarians whom Ning Fan had saved, those who had once reverently bowed to him, now each fell, losing their souls.
Even Zhao Die’er’s vision went dark, nearly fainting from her soul departing her body.
Ning Fan hurriedly came to the rescue, pointing a finger at Zhao Die’er’s forehead, sealing her soul within her body.
He saved Zhao Die’er.
But he couldn’t rescue the over a million Barbarians behind him in time!
"O soul, return!" Ning Fan’s eyes immediately turned cold.
He had spent many years in the wilderness in transformation, reading numerous ancient wilderness books, and knew what those simple four words meant.
These four words were the incantation of the soul-summoning spell of the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor, Fan Mokong!
The one who cast the soul-summoning spell and seized over a million Barbarian souls was very likely the Seventh Ancestor, Fan Mokong!
Even though it was already the last day of the blood sacrifice in the wilderness, even though as long as they made it through the day, a million Barbarians would survive.
The Barbarians of the wilderness had already suffered near extinction, leaving only this last million of them as the final bloodline of the Barbarians...
Yet those Barbarian Ancestors still refused to spare these Barbarians, still used these malevolent Barbarian Techniques to summon away the souls of these last Barbarians...
"Uncle... what happened again... why is everyone collapsing to the ground, why..."
Zhao Die’er’s face turned pale, breaking away from Ning Fan’s embrace, looking with heartbreak at the main street in Tianman City, where groups of Barbarians had collapsed...
No breath, all the Barbarians had no breath...
Had they died, had the last of the Barbarians died out...
The ominous feeling in her heart grew, tears glistening and slipping down her cheeks.
She couldn’t understand, she couldn’t comprehend...
Why does the heavens have to treat the Barbarians this way, why must the Barbarians face extinction... what wrong have the Barbarians done...
Who! Who has struck against the Barbarians again...
"Don’t cry, these Barbarians are just temporarily unconscious and will wake up. Uncle promises. Here, wipe away your tears."
Ning Fan didn’t tell Zhao Die’er the truth about the Seven Ancestors using the Soul Summoning Technique, but as always, he gently patted Zhao Die’er’s full head of green silk and then said to Xianxian,
"Xianxian, you stay here and protect them. Daddy is going out to take care of some things and will be back soon."
"Oh, got it. Daddy, be careful when you’re out." Xianxian replied obediently.
"Hmm."
Ning Fan gently turned around, tapping his toes sharply, transforming into a golden light, heading straight towards the direction of the Ninefold Celestial Towers.
His expression was still gentle, but at the moment of turning around, no one saw the killing intent in Ning Fan’s eyes, its cold glint as biting as a storm!
Barbarian Ancestor, Barbarian Ancestor, Barbarian Ancestor... it’s the Barbarian Ancestor again!
The Soul Summoning Technique is a Divine Skill that the Seven Ancestors excel in, capable of capturing the souls of the Barbarian people thousands of miles away for sacrificial spellcasting.
If the soul can be retrieved before it is destroyed and returned to the physical body, then the soul-extracted Barbarian people wouldn’t die...
If it’s too late and the soul is destroyed, then here, over a million Barbarians would perish...
Ning Fan was never a saint, but that doesn’t mean he has no principles. On the contrary, he is a man who values principles greatly.
The people he saves are not to be killed twice!
He intends to save back the souls of these Barbarians!
"Now within the primitive and wild lands, almost all the strong have gone to the Ninefold Celestial Towers, with Xianxian outside, there won’t be any problems."
"The Ninefold Celestial Towers, I didn’t intend to go there, but the Seven Ancestors are at the Ninefold Celestial Towers, extracting the souls of these Barbarian people there."
"As such, I must make this trip to the Ninefold Celestial Towers no matter what! Seven Ancestors, is that so..."
The cold glint in Ning Fan’s eyes flashed as his body turned into a golden light, reaching near alarming speeds as he passed through life gates.
His ghostly face exuded a chilly aura, with silver hair wildly fluttering in the void. Along the way, Ning Fan continually swallowed handfuls of Five Elements Spiritual Objects, refining them with the power of the Grand Five Elements Body, turning them into a continuous source of Mana.
At his current cultivation speed, he flew with all his strength, reaching the Ninefold Celestial Towers in less than a hundred breaths.
What came into view was a lofty palace gate so tall it reached the sky, and outside the gate, a white jade staircase consisting of 3,300 steps!
Above the palace gate, inscribed with three ancient Immortal characters—One Heaven—written in bright red ink, as crimson as blood.
Upon the white jade staircase, white mist lingered, permeating like the fog in an immortal realm, carrying an immensely strong forbidden force.
This forbidden force weighed heavily on one’s body, conveying the sensation of carrying mountains, making any Master arriving here lose their ability to fly and land on the staircase, only able to climb on foot.
When Ning Fan arrived, three Initiate Realm of Shekong demon cultivators were struggling their way up the white jade staircase.
All three wore expressions of sweat, as if climbing the white jade staircase was exceedingly strenuous.
The remarkable exertion was because any master stepping onto the staircase would feel an immense pressure.
The pressure on the white jade staircase was enough to immobilize those in the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth. When suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force, even those in the Initiate Realm of Shekong would struggle under such pressure and restraint.
Among the three, the one with deeper cultivation had climbed over a thousand steps and was sitting cross-legged, restoring demonic power.
He had spent a whole day climbing to this height, while the other two Initiate Realm of Shekong demon cultivators, also took a day to only reach seven to eight hundred steps respectively.
"It seems that with Initiate Realm of Shekong cultivation, being suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force, it’s impossible to ascend the white jade stairs and enter the Ninefold Celestial Towers. No wonder Ancestor Poison Dragon and Ao Xuan Ancestor only brought those above the Mid Stage of Shekong here...The three of us came without permission and apparently, it was a futile trip. We can’t even climb the steps outside the palace gate..."
"Forget it, forget it. Let’s rest for a while and then return to our tribe’s camp...No need to try entering here any further...Even if there’s a chance, it wouldn’t fall on us anyway..."
The three demon cultivators, panting, communicated this sentiment to each other and were inclined to leave.
However, before the three could leave, a golden light had already burst through the air, revealing Ning Fan’s ghostly silver-haired figure.
Upon Ning Fan’s arrival, his body was immediately suppressed by the forbidden force and landed on the first step of the white jade staircase, without concealing his Human aura.
The three demons, upon seeing Ning Fan’s arrival, were secretly startled and were even more shocked when they saw his ghostly silver-haired face.
If their guesses were not mistaken, the person before them should be the one for whom Ancestor Poison Dragon had set a high bounty...
"Should we make a move on this person...The bounty set by Ancestor Poison Dragon is indeed high..." one of the weaker ones among the three said.
"Do not engage. The aura this person exudes is of the Mid Stage Enlightenment, which means he is of the Mid Stage of Shekong when not suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force...We three have exhausted quite a bit of demonic power, and even if we join forces, we might not be able to defeat him. Instead, we might just lose our lives in vain..."
"No matter how high the bounty is, it’s not something we can destroy. We should think about how to protect ourselves if this person makes a move against us..."
The three demons, wary, spread their spirit sense, secretly locking onto Ning Fan, yet none dared to make a move, each taking out their magical treasure, adopting a defensive posture, fearing Ning Fan might attack them.
Their spirit sense barely surrounded Ning Fan when it was immediately devoured by a domineering and invisible suction.
As the spirit sense was devoured, all three were in intense pain within their divine sense, their expressions drastically changing. Once more looking at Ning Fan, their fear deepened, becoming even more hesitant to harm him.
Yet Ning Fan, as if not noticing the three demon cultivators, simply continued to climb the white jade stairs step by step.
Ning Fan merely glanced at the three Initiate Realm demon cultivators with indifference, not paying much attention and not showing any sign of murderous intent.
He was not someone who killed indiscriminately, as long as no one provoked him, he wouldn’t casually take action.
Moreover, at that moment, he was eager to enter the Ninefold Celestial Towers to retrieve the souls of millions of Barbarian people, having no time to delay with the three demons here.
Step by step, 1 step, 2 steps, 3 steps...
Ning Fan climbed rapidly upward, his movement technique as ethereal as a ghost, reaching the 782nd step in just a few breaths. Even the pressure that could overpower those in the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth couldn’t slow his pace in the slightest!
Among the three demons, the weakest yellow-clad demon cultivator was on the 782nd step.
Seeing Ning Fan reach such a height in just a few breaths, his face changed drastically in shock.
In his estimation, even some Late Stage Shekong powerhouses, when suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force, wouldn’t ascend the white jade stairs as easily as Ning Fan.
He secretly feared, thinking perhaps Ning Fan wasn’t some kind of Late Stage Shekong old monster!
If he truly was Late Stage Shekong, once murderous intent for him arose, he definitely wouldn’t possess the strength to resist...
That yellow-clad Shekong, visibly nervous, stepped back and hesitantly spoke to Ning Fan.
"Dao...Daoist, you cannot make a move against me! Such an act would defy heaven’s harmony, defy heaven’s harmony...Though we are of different races, heaven has a virtue for life. You cannot..."
Originally, it seemed Ning Fan was bound to attack him, but Ning Fan didn’t even spare him a glance as he walked past, continuing his ascent.
"Uh... this person is a senior of the Human Clan, and his cultivation far surpasses mine; yet, he doesn’t kill me, this... how is this possible..." The old demon in yellow felt utterly surprised.
Judging by the ancestral hatred between the Human Clan and the Yao Clan in the wilds, the other party seemingly had no reason to let him live...
"Could it be that this person is eager to enter the Ninefold Celestial Towers and has no time to fight with me? Yes, that must be it..." The more the old demon thought, the more he felt this guess was correct.
Ning Fan continued to climb upward, passing by the second demon cultivator at the 826th step, still refraining from action.
At the 1106th step, he passed by the third demon cultivator, again not engaging.
Not until Ning Fan ascended past the 2000th step and gone afar did the three demon cultivators let out a collective sigh of relief, assured Ning Fan wouldn’t make a surprise attack and immediately hurried down as if fleeing.
Ning Fan paid no heed to the actions of the three demons, his movement akin to a ghost, covering the 3300 steps of white jade in over ten breaths, standing outside the palace gate.
At this moment, the palace gate was shut; it was a tall stone door, obscured by the white mist of the place, making the top invisible.
Everyone attempting to enter the Ninefold Celestial Towers must spend the time of one incense stick and perform 330 bows to this palace gate to gain entry.
Under the suppression of the forbidding immortal force, only elders of the Shattered Thought rank can disregard this ceremony and directly break down the door...
Ning Fan had no intention to conduct a ceremony for a stone door and didn’t plan to waste an incense stick’s worth of time here. He was eager to enter the Ninefold Celestial Towers to retrieve the souls of the barbarians, unwilling to linger longer.
With merely a glance at the stone door, Ning Fan’s body suddenly gleamed faintly with red radiance, activating the Calamity Blood Force, pressing a finger forward.
His Calamity Blood level had reached the Nine Stars Remnant Blood, which made him capable of rivaling ordinary Initiate and Intermediate Realm Shekong cultivators with just the force of calamitous thoughts!
Under the suppression of the forbidding immortal force, Ning Fan could rely solely on his calamitous force and match elders at the Initial and Intermediate stages of Shattered Thought!
The three Shekong demon cultivators had just fled down the white jade steps when they suddenly heard a thunderous noise coming from the palace gate on the pinnacle of the white jade steps.
Shocked, the three demons turned around abruptly, witnessing a thousand-zhang gigantic scarlet finger mark pressing upon the gigantic door!
The scarlet finger mark was extraordinarily malevolent, causing the three demons to instinctively tremble and sweat profusely at a mere glance!
The power within the finger mark was something the three demons had never seen in their lives, neither demonic power nor mana...
As soon as the finger mark landed, the palace gate of the Ninefold Celestial Towers was instantly shattered, scattering stone everywhere. Yet Ning Fan stepped in!
After Ning Fan stepped in, the scattered stones rose once more, reforming into the palace gate...
With one finger, the palace gate was shattered!
"That elder of the Shattered Thought rank! The silver-haired cultivator with the ghost face must absolutely be a Human of the Shattered Thought rank!"
The three demons’ expressions collectively changed dramatically, filled with fear.
Luckily they hadn’t attacked Ning Fan; if they had, they would have surely met their doom!
The three of them were merely at the Initiate Realm of Shekong; even combined, how could they be matches for an elder of the Shattered Thought Realm!
At the instant Ning Fan shattered the palace gate and entered the Ninefold Celestial Towers, on Huax Yao’s painted skin appeared a dim, indistinct projection of Ning Fan. Sadly, the projection was too vague for anyone to discern Ning Fan’s visage.
"It’s already the seventh day, and still someone is entering the Ninefold Celestial Towers..." The Chief of the True Dragon Clan glanced at the remnant image, then refocused, instructing Huax Yao to adjust the image to the upper layers of the Ninefold Celestial Towers.
What caught his interest was not Ning Fan, who entered the Ninefold Celestial Towers late, but those who had already climbed to the higher levels of Tianque...
Upon seeing that the highest position was held by several people from the Barbarian Clan, the Chief of the True Dragon Clan coldly snorted.
"Humph, these few Barbarian Ancestors are climbing rather quickly; at this rate, they’ll reach the peak of the Ninefold Celestial Towers before the force of the Heaven-Sealing Celestial Decree dissipates..."
"Unexpectedly, the fastest climbers are these Barbarians..."
When Ning Fan entered the Ninefold Celestial Towers, the blue stone stele of Meng Xuanzi suddenly displayed an entry on the 135th position.
’Name, unable to display... This person has entered the first layer of the Ninefold Celestial Towers, the 1st palace.’
Dream Xuanzi expressed slight astonishment, and all the Immortal Emperors of Human Clan fixating on the ancient stele showed expressions of surprise.
There were already 134 names on the stele, and this marks the entry of the 135th person... But this 135th person was nameless.
"Why is this person’s name undetectable?" The Ancient Tongtian Emperor furrowed his brow and inquired of Meng Xuanzi.
Now, there were 135 people who have successfully entered the Ninefold Celestial Towers, among them, only the position of the Seventh Barbarian Ancestor couldn’t be detected.
Yet, now there appears another individual without a displayed name; the cautious Tongtian Ancient Emperor certainly wishes to know the reason...
"The reason this person’s name is undetectable must be due to wearing a treasure concealing identity and appearance." Meng Xuanzi responded.
"Really..." Tongtian Ancient Emperor said indifferently.
This 135th entrant into the Ninefold Celestial Towers is naturally Ning Fan, and due to Ning Fan wearing the Innate Ghost Mask, the name field couldn’t be displayed.
Tongtian Ancient Emperor wasn’t overly concerned with this nameless cultivator; his focus was more on those who ranked higher.
Liuhe Immortal Lord was ranked seventh; his current location was the fifth layer, 57th palace.
Miaoyan Immortal Honorific was ranked eighth; his current location was the fifth layer, 22nd palace.
Ranked sixth was the demon ancestor Poison Dragon, currently on the fifth layer, 93rd palace.
Ranked fifth was Ao Xuan, already in the sixth layer, at the 12th palace.
The top four rankers weren’t from the Yao Clan or Human Clan... but the four Barbarian Ancestors of the wild.
Among the four Barbarian Ancestors, the Seventh Ancestor was furthest ahead, having entered the seventh layer, 72nd palace!
"Could it be that the first to reach the topmost layer will be the Barbarian Clan..." Tongtian Ancient Emperor furrowed his brow slightly in contemplation.
But shortly after, the Tongtian Ancient Emperor issued a faint expression of surprise, turning his gaze to the nameless cultivator positioned last.
In just the brief time of ten breaths, that nameless cultivator advanced from the first layer, 1st palace, to break through to the 19th palace!
Such swift palace-breaking speed was rare, matched only by the likes of the four Barbarian Ancestors, Ao Xuan, Poison Dragon, Liuhe, and Miaoyan, the Eternal Immortal Venerables who entered the lower layers of Tianque early!
"Is this person also an Eternal Cultivator? Strange, according to my analysis, there seems to be no such Eternal Cultivator within the wilderness... Who could this unseen-named person be..." Tongtian Ancient Emperor pondered.
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