Grasping the Evil-Chapter 924: Powerful!

Life and death are entirely for the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign!

Born against calamity, buried without regret!

Clearly, these ancient corpses spoke unconsciously, yet Ning Fan sensed a desolate obsession within, eternal and undying.

To live, only as a cultivator of the Purple Dou Immortal Domain; to die, to be buried for the Purple Dou Immortal Domain!

It is precisely because of this obsession that these ancient corpses, even after countless years of death, can still unconsciously utter these words.

Ning Fan didn’t know why these ancient corpses had died, but he could clearly feel the unwavering persistence within each of them, which faintly mirrored his own adherence to the Dao.

It turned out there truly exists an obsession in the world, one that even death cannot erode.

Roar!

Strange roars brought Ning Fan’s mind back, as the attacks from the twelve ancient corpses instantly arrived, allowing Ning Fan no more time for comprehension.

Faced with only one ancient corpse, Ning Fan could barely manage to advance and retreat freely; but now, faced with twelve simultaneously, he felt a heavy oppression like mountains.

It must be understood that these ancient corpses each had formidable physical defenses; once approached, a casual punch could shatter twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures and severely injure an Eternal Immortal Venerable!

Ning Fan’s gaze was extraordinarily grave, suddenly raising his hand and brandishing the Separation and Union Sword, he unhesitatingly unleashed the third sword intent of the Yin-Yang Five Swords—the Life-Slaying Sword.

The Life-Slaying Sword, capable of cutting off the destiny of the Great Dao, specialized in defeating various immortal creatures. This swordsmanship is his only reliance against this terrifying group of ancient corpses!

Sizzle!

The pale moon sword beam burst forth like flowing water to the four corners; initially, it was just a single hazy sword light, indistinct in appearance, then it multiplied rapidly. In an instant, it divided into ten, a hundred, a thousand...

A thousand sword shadows swept out, disrupting the flow of the Great Dao laws between heaven and earth at that moment!

Before the sword shadows could strike, the Sword Qi had already rushed forth; clearly invisible, yet seemingly containing the power of certain Great Dao laws, it shook with such force that the twelve ancient corpses grunted simultaneously as if struck by a strong force, flying back dozens of yards, each showing fear, with the ghostly green flames in their hollow eye sockets flickering uncertainly, threatening to extinguish at any moment!

"My goodness, what kind of divine skill is this star of misfortune using? The divine skill is only half executed, yet the intangible Sword Qi alone can blast away twelve Yin Death Corpse Demons!" Candle Bow was greatly shocked, not being held by Ning Fan at the moment, but floating around him alongside treasures like the Burning Sky Fan, guarding him.

Ning Fan didn’t know where these ancient corpses originated from, only vaguely guessing they came from the Purple Dou Immortal Domain, whereas Candle Bow knew much more.

Candle Bow had once followed the Ancestral Dragon into battle against the heavens, back in the era when the Purple Dou Immortal Domain hadn’t suffered calamity, the Immortal Emperors under the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign mostly still alive.

At that time, Ancestor Dragon Zhuli was already in the top ten Immortal Emperors under the Immortal Sovereign, while Candle Bow had just awakened spirit awareness from within Candle Bow, becoming its Bow Spirit.

As the Bow Spirit of the Ancestral Dragon, Candle Bow knew many ancient secrets and was aware of the origins of the ancient corpses before them.

If Candle Bow wasn’t mistaken, the ancient corpses here are precisely the Yin Death Corpse Demons created by the Immortal Emperor with Immortal Qi!

Who was the Immortal Emperor? The foremost Immortal Emperor under the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign, possessing an undead demonic body; though not yet in the Third Step Saint Realm, his physical defense had long reached immortality. It’s said that even a Third Step Saint couldn’t kill the Immortal Emperor, merely defeat and suppress him.

The so-called Yin Death Corpse Demons are corpse puppets comparable to Eternal Immortal Venerables, created by the Immortal Emperor using Immortal Qi within.

Legend has it, the Immortal Emperor carried out great slaughter throughout his life and had a peculiar hobby of refining enemy corpses into corpse puppets. Of course, his criteria for selecting a corpse were high; at least possessing the body of an Eternal Immortal Venerable, when infused with Immortal Qi, these corpse puppets possessed the power to rival Eternal Immortal Venerables. These very special corpse puppets were referred to by the cultivators of the Purple Dou Immortal Domain as Yin Death Corpse Demons.

Under the Immortal Emperor were three million Yin Death Corpse Demons as guards. Merely with these three million Venerable corpse puppets, he could make most Immortal Emperors tremble in fear.

In that era, the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign had ten billion Great Emperors under him, with the Immortal Emperor ranked first. He was truly unmatched and irreplaceable!

Candle Bow followed the Ancestral Dragon into battle for many years, never seeing the Immortal Emperor with its own eyes, but had heard of many characteristics of the Yin Death Corpse Demons.

Their physical defenses were extremely formidable, impervious to damage by anything less than Innate Treasures and Immortal Emperor level divine skills.

Unable to use divine skills, almost without spirit awareness, with a very faint flow of Immortal Qi within.

The twelve ancient corpses before them are clearly all Yin Death Corpse Demons created by the Immortal Emperor! There can be no mistake, Candle Bow, having mastered the Reverse Spirit Technique of the True Dragon Clan, has an extremely keen perception and indeed sensed a trace of Immortal Qi within these ancient corpses!

Only the Immortal Emperor can endow corpse puppets with Immortal Qi in this world. And corpse puppets in this world, only Yin Death Corpse Demons possess Immortal Qi!

My, this is a dozen Yin Death Corpse Demons, each with strength comparable to Eternal Immortal Venerables, yet they were blown away by Ning Fan’s Sword Qi; this is simply too absurd!

"What on earth is this star of misfortune using, merely half a sword, and it blew away twelve Eternal Immortal Venerables!" Indeed, it was only half a sword; it wasn’t even fully unleashed when it blasted twelve Yin Death Corpse Demons away—that’s hardly scientific.

Candle Bow knew many ancient secrets, but unfortunately was unaware the Immortal Emperor, who dominated his whole life, had actually been defeated once among peers, only once!

That time, the Immortal Emperor lost to the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, but few know the outcome of that battle.

Candle Bow didn’t know, the Life-Slaying Sword of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor specialized in countering all divine skills of the Immortal Emperor, particularly suppressing Yin Death Corpse Demons, causing the solitary Immortal Emperor to taste defeat for the first time.

And Ning Fan, he happens to be the inheritor of the Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor, having received the complete legacy of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, possessing the Human-Sword Death-Cutting Technique!

Only the Immortal Emperor’s three million Yin Death Corpse Demons seemed to have perished along with him in the battle to protect the Purple Dou Immortal Domain, how come there are remaining corpse demons appearing here?

Candle Bow was somewhat puzzled, unable to grasp this point.

Seeing twelve ancient corpses blown away by his Sword Qi, Ning Fan himself was somewhat amazed, having used the Life-Slaying Sword before; this sword’s power seemed more potent than when previously used.

He fought against Si Ming, a carrier of the undead demonic body, although the undead demonic body wasn’t fully achieved, containing little Immortal Qi. During the duel with Si Ming, the Life-Slaying Sword wasn’t as powerful.

Previously, facing a single ancient corpse, the Life-Slaying Sword also wasn’t as potent.

But at this moment, faced with twelve ancient corpses at once, the power of the Life-Slaying Sword increased significantly, as if the more ancient corpses there were, the stronger the sword became.

The more opponents, the stronger the Life-Slaying Sword?

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed. With his comprehension ability, he instantly grasped the key point.

It’s not the number of opponents, but the amount of Immortal Qi from the opponents, that strengthens the Life-Slaying Sword.

This Life-Slaying Sword is evidently a divine skill that grows stronger when faced with strength! But this growth is solely relative to immortal creatures.

The terrifying power of this life-slaying technique only has significant lethality against immortal creatures, with negligible effects on ordinary beings.

Previously facing a singular ancient corpse, Ning Fan could only scare it off with sword light.

Now, facing twelve ancient corpses simultaneously, Ning Fan can blast away the group of corpses with only half the sword strike!

The twelve ancient corpses each showed fear, the ghost-eyed man’s cultivation clearly low, yet the sense of oppression he imposed exceeded that of Eternal Immortal Venerables, almost akin to an Immortal King!

This sense of oppression didn’t originate from Ning Fan himself, but from the thousand pale moon sword beams flying around.

Just colliding with that Sword Qi, the group of ancient corpses flew backward, the ghostly green flames in their eyes almost extinguished!

The ghostly green flames were transformed by their internal Immortal Qi!

If the ghostly flames extinguish, it signifies the loss of Immortal Qi, which means their true demise!

Merely by the collision with Sword Qi, the ghost-eyed youth before them was overly terrifying!

One by one, the ancient corpses showed terror, standing back a few yards, looking at Ning Fan with eyes akin to beasts staring at fire, not daring to get close.

Gradually, out of the twelve ancient corpses, four revealed signs of hesitation, turned into shadows and retreated, abandoning the plan to attack Ning Fan.

Yet eight ancient corpses still surrounded Ning Fan, refusing to retreat.

Over time, the expressions on these eight ancient corpses changed from initial fear to ferociousness, with foul-smelling drool flowing from their mouths as they greedily stared at Ning Fan, as if he were a delicious feast.

It seemed there was a voice, enticing them in their minds.

Eat him! Eat his flesh, drink his blood, it’s incredibly delicious!

Suddenly, the eight ancient corpses began to roar simultaneously, their roars laced with greed, as they rushed towards Ning Fan once more. At this moment, appetite overwhelmed fear; they only wanted to rip Ning Fan to pieces to quell the hunger gnawing at their stomachs, forgetting the terror of the Human Sword Annihilates Life technique.

These ancient corpses may have been Purple Dou cultivators in life, even possibly died in battle to protect the Zi Dou Immortal Domain. But in death, they became monsters, losing all reason...

It’s indeed quite sad.

Ning Fan’s gaze showed regret; he had once studied under the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign and felt a special connection to the Zi Dou Immortal Domain. If possible, he didn’t want to destroy the corpses of these Purple Dou cultivators, but as these ancient corpses insisted on attacking, he had no choice but to defend himself; otherwise, he would be torn apart by them.

These ancient corpses were equivalent to Eternal Immortal Venerables; with Ning Fan’s cultivation level, even mastering the Human Sword Annihilates Life technique, he could only barely protect himself and had no room for mercy.

In the face of life and death, even a moment’s hesitation could mean death for oneself.

"You seniors were Purple Dou cultivators in life, but in death can’t be laid to rest. Today, Ning Fan is here to send you back to the Lost World Palace!"

One death for you!

Ning Fan pointed his long sword forward, and the sword light from the Human Sword technique instantly rained down like a storm, slashing towards the eight ancient corpses.

Ten, a hundred, seven hundred strikes.

The prior thousand sword lights had now reduced to seven hundred.

At first, there were twelve ancient corpses before Ning Fan, now four had fled, leaving only eight.

It turns out that the Human Sword Annihilates Life technique grows stronger with a stronger opponent; the more Immortal Qi the enemy has, the stronger the sword becomes. Ning Fan was right!

Now with fewer enemies, the Sword Qi naturally weakened. But it’s fine, the seven hundred sword lights are enough to deal with the eight ancient corpses.

Indeed, it’s enough! The Human Sword technique’s lethality on these ancient corpses was much higher than Ning Fan anticipated!

Although these ancient corpses had incredibly strong physical bodies, under the Life Severing Sword Ray, they turned to tofu, easily pierced and shredded to pieces.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The sound of blades piercing flesh continued, with foul blood splattering on the blue stone ancient path.

A tall and skinny ancient corpse, confident in the strength of its body, attempted to collide directly with the sword light using sheer brute force. It charged forward like a cannonball, intent on smashing through the sword shadow ahead, but in mere moments was riddled with sword lights, shot through like a sieve, screaming wretchedly, collapsing into a pile of black ash.

Another corpulent ancient corpse, horrified at the sight of the tall and skinny corpse’s gruesome death, turned to flee, but it was too late. Before it could escape two steps, a hundred sword lights pierced it, rendering it into hive and meeting the same fate, turning to black ash.

The remaining ancient corpses couldn’t withstand the sword light for long, each perishing under the heavy sword shadow.

Only an old ancients corpse, with white hair, showed the greatest strength, lasted longest under the sword light, held on for ten breaths, and wasn’t cut down.

Based on cultivation levels, the strength of the other ancient corpses was akin to first Calamity Immortal Venerables. The old ancient corpse’s strength was comparable to upper mid-level First Calamity Immortal Venerables, slightly stronger than the others.

Unfortunately, as other ancient corpses fell one after another, the seven hundred sword lights converged, instantly slashing the old ancient corpse into ash.

In the end, the eight ancient corpses were annihilated by Ning Fan with a single sword, all within just ten breaths!

"What kind of swordsmanship did this star of misfortune use?! It’s simply terrifying! He’s only at the Crossing Truth Realm, yet he slew eight Immortal Venerables with one sword... How can such horrifying swordsmanship exist in the world!" Candle Bow was shocked; although he had followed Ning Fan for long and was accustomed to his heaven-defying acts, today he was still stunned.

After all, he did not recognize the Human Sword technique, the technique of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor.

The four ancient corpses who had fled earlier gazed at Ning Fan across the heavy ocean of clouds in fear, their faces—lacking much spirit awareness—showing traces of a human-like expression of relief.

Thank goodness, they wisely retreated.

If they hadn’t, they would likely be annihilated just like the other eight.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Sounds of four ancient corpses charging into flight came from afar as they fled, unwilling to spectate any longer.

Witnessing the terror of Ning Fan’s sword, they dared not remain and wait to be slaughtered; even beasts would obey their instincts to flee!

Ning Fan paid no heed to the fleeing ancient corpses, glancing at the black ash on the ground, seemingly having an epiphany. The patches of black ash seen previously were likely remnants left from these ancient corpses being slain.

This implies others were attacked by these ancient corpses when passing the sixth layer?

It’s uncertain how those others dealt with these ancient corpses. Without such heaven-defying divine skills like the Human Sword technique, killing these ancient corpses wouldn’t be easy.

I wonder if Miaoyan Immortal Honorific is safe; she was quite injured, what if she were attacked by these ancient corpses...

And the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor, it’s unknown which layer, which palace he has reached, or how long before Ning Fan catches up.

The souls of millions of barbarians are still in the hands of the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor, and must be reclaimed!

This is Ning Fan’s obsession; the people he saves, no one else can kill them!

Even if the enemy is the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor!

Even if he himself is injured, his momentum keeps rising!

After cultivating Fellow Daoist, Ning Fan’s persistence intensified compared to before.

After trying the demon body taking control, Ning Fan’s aura gained the pollution of the Fu Li race.

After attaining Minor Achievement in Calamity Blood, Ning Fan’s aura became unsettling, seemingly possessing the power to drive madness, and lead to demonic obsession.

After slaying Ancestor Dulong, Ning Fan’s ominous presence intensified immensely, the gained Evil Qi incomparable to that from slaying the Barbarian Ancestor.

Under all these changes, Ning Fan’s aura was unleashed entirely with no restraint, imparting a sense of stubbornness, madness, brutality, and darkness.

Like a savage bloodthirsty Demonic Mount, or a formidable evil sect that slays thousands.

Indeed, he is a formidable evil sect that slays thousands, only now with unprecedented demonic depths.

At this moment, Ning Fan’s aura conveyed the sinister flamboyance of Yin Yang Evil Vein, the brutality of the demoness, the madness of the Evil Sect, but lacked the compassion of Spirit Severing.

With a swing of his sword, he broke through the sixth layer sky, stepping through spatial turbulence, Ning Fan entered the seventh layer of Tianque.

As Ning Fan stepped into the seventh layer, his violent ominous presence spread like a wild beast.

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s beautiful eyes brightened, laughing lightly, "Is that Daoist Zhao... Haha, such an intimidating momentum, even I can’t quite withstand it."

Liuhe Immortal Lord’s gaze shifted, looking at Ning Fan from afar, his eyes glinting with golden light.

The golden light was the divine skill of Acquired Dharma Eye, allowing eyesight over thousands of miles without relying on spirit sense.

In the Seventh Level, there were also ice coffins floating, fewer in number than in the Eighth Level, but more than in the Sixth Level. Here, the Liuhe Immortal did not dare to spread out his spirit sense too much, only daring to use his Acquired Dharma Eye to spy on Ning Fan.

Using the divine ability of the Acquired Dharma Eye, the Liuhe Immortal saw Ning Fan, and Ning Fan seemed to see the Liuhe Immortal as well, lifting his gaze to meet Liuhe Immortal’s.

Ning Fan also possessed an Acquired Dharma Eye, which was refined from the eye of the Six Desires Immortal King (Desire-Dissolving Pearl).

Their gazes met at that moment!

Ning Fan’s gaze was calm, devoid of any emotion, as if it were just an ordinary glance.

Yet the Liuhe Immortal could not remain calm; just one look from Ning Fan caused his hair to stand on end and sweat to appear on his forehead.

What a terrifying gaze! It wasn’t the expression that was frightening, but the aura!

What level of a demon must one be to possess such a cold, fierce gaze!

Even I, a powerful Sovereign among the First Calamity Immortals, was slightly shaken by just one glance from Zhao Jian!

How is this possible? In the realm of the Eternal First Calamity, there’s absolutely no one who can shake my spirit with just a look, not even any Immortal Sovereigns from the Eternal Second Calamity can do this.

Only a king from the Eternal Third Calamity could give me such a feeling. Could Zhao Jian’s true cultivation not be that of an Immortal Sovereign, but actually that of an Immortal King...

Roar!

Suddenly, strange roars came from the sky. Hearing these roars, the Liuhe Immortal’s expression changed immediately, exclaiming, "Not good, Zhao Jian’s disturbance upon entering the Seventh Level has alarmed the monsters on this level!"

A whole formation of twenty-seven ice coffins, arranged in an arrow shape, whistled as they flew, and in each ice coffin lay an ancient corpse.

Twenty-seven ancient corpses rushed straight towards Ning Fan, each equivalent to the presence of twenty-seven Immortal Sovereigns!

Ning Fan had just entered the Seventh Level and was to be besieged by twenty-seven Immortal Sovereigns, without a high-level life-saving technique, it was assuredly certain death!

The Liuhe Immortal felt his scalp go numb. He too had been attacked by ancient corpses before, but was only besieged by three.

Even so, the Liuhe Immortal was seriously injured and barely escaped from the three ancient corpses...

And now, Ning Fan was being besieged by a full twenty-seven ancient corpses!

Even an Immemorial Immortal King would probably find it difficult to match twenty-seven corpses of Immortal Sovereigns in a direct confrontation!

The Liuhe Immortal wanted to warn Ning Fan to escape and not confront the horde of corpses, but ultimately did not speak up. He dared not make a sound nor spread his spirit sense to communicate, fearing that those twenty-seven ancient corpses would sense his voice or spirit sense and turn to attack him instead.

At this moment, every step of the Liuhe Immortal was taken with extreme caution, concealing his aura, fearing an attack from the ancient corpses here!

He dared not remind Ning Fan.

Miaoyan Immortal, however, bit her lip hard. She too had been attacked by ancient corpses and suffered great losses, being painfully clear of how formidable they were.

If someone else were attacked by ancient corpses, she would most likely not dare to speak up to warn them, in order to avoid bringing trouble upon herself.

But now, it was Ning Fan being attacked by the ancient corpses.

Maybe Ning Fan had not encountered these ancient corpses while passing through the Sixth Level and did not know how terrifying they were. These ancient corpses, their physical bodies couldn’t be harmed even by the Twelve Nirvana Acquired Treasures, perhaps Ning Fan was unaware of this fact.

If these ancient corpses were only one or two, it would be manageable, but if many swarmed together, they would be absolutely unbeatable.

Does Ning Fan know this...

"Daoist Zhao! Quickly conceal your aura! Temporarily retreat back to the Sixth Level!" Miaoyan Immortal finally transmitted her voice to Ning Fan.

She had no time to explain how terrifying these ancient corpses were to Ning Fan, she could only tell him how to deal with them.

Flee and hide! Conceal your aura and then temporarily escape back to the lower levels of Tianque, avoiding the pursuit of these ancient corpses!

Miaoyan Immortal was extremely anxious; Ning Fan had once saved her life, she did not want Ning Fan to die here.

Fortunately, Ning Fan had just entered the Seventh Level and only had to turn back to follow the flow of space and return to the Sixth Level.

It should still be in time to escape before being surrounded by the corpses...

She used her spirit sense to transmit her message, and outside people naturally couldn’t hear her voice, but those twenty-seven ancient corpses still sensed the fluctuations of her spirit sense.

Immediately, six of the ice coffins changed direction, flying towards where Miaoyan Immortal was.

The remaining twenty-one ice coffins continued flying towards Ning Fan, but this action caused Ning Fan to frown.

He naturally heard Miaoyan Immortal’s warning and knew that this warning caused trouble for her.

"Go!"

Ning Fan pointed to the sky, and four Seven Stars Demon Lamps immediately turned into a stream of light, creating four layers of purple light curtains to block the six ice coffins flying towards Miaoyan.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Six ice coffins hit the light curtain with a tremendous crash, the powerful collision force causing the entire Seventh Level of Tianque to tremble slightly.

The first layer of the light curtain held for just a moment before being shattered by the coffins. Then the second, third, and fourth layers. Finally, the light curtain completely collapsed and the magical treasure flew back.

The Seven Stars Demon Lamps were merely remnants of the Twelve Nirvana Treasures, unable to withstand the impact of six ancient corpses, but they angered these six ancient corpses.

They never expected Ning Fan to dare obstruct them from their prey, and upon venting their anger, they changed direction once again, flying towards Ning Fan.

The huge sound spread far and wide, and every ancient corpse in the Seventh Level heard the noise. The next moment, hundreds of ice coffins, turned into streams of light, flew towards Ning Fan.

They heard the noise, smelled the scent of food, and decided to swarm in to rip Ning Fan to shreds!

"So many!" Liuhe Immortal held his breath, the momentum of hundreds of ancient coffins approaching filled him with awe.

Miaoyan Immortal, normally composed, had a face paled with fear. Even Ning Fan, let alone an Immortal Emperor figure, dared not face hundreds of Immortal Sovereigns head-on!

"Hurry back to the Sixth Level! Quickly!" Miaoyan Immortal was almost urging Ning Fan, transmitting her voice again.

This time, all the ancient corpses focused on Ning Fan, without being distracted by Miaoyan Immortal.

In the sky, over six hundred ice coffins came flying from afar, a scene that would be a horror in the eyes of any Eternal Immortal Sovereign.

Previously, Ning Fan might have been somewhat flustered facing so many ancient corpses, but now he showed no fear.

Regarding the Life-Slaying Sword, Ning Fan had come to some realizations, understanding that its essence lay in the phrase "the stronger the opponent, the stronger it becomes."

With this realization, Ning Fan’s mastery of the Life-Slaying Sword instantly rose to a high level. The Yin-Yang Five Swords, passed down by the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, relied on comprehending the profound meaning in each sword technique.

Ning Fan said nothing, facing the oncoming horde of corpses, merely shaking the Separation and Union Sword, then pointing the sword skyward!

The pale moon Sword Beam emerged one after another, more and more. Ten streaks, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, sixty thousand!

Previously against twelve ancient corpses, Ning Fan could only conjure a thousand Life Severing Sword Rays, now facing over six hundred ancient corpses, he could summon sixty thousand Sword Beams.

The more sword beams there are, the stronger the power naturally becomes. The mystery of the Life-Annihilating Human Sword truly lies in becoming stronger when encountering strength.

Opposite him, the Immortal Qi was skyrocketing, while Ning Fan was also surrounded by Sword Qi reaching the heavens.

No matter how powerful he is, I too have a sword in hand!

This sword can sever life! All things in this world must face their demise under this one sword!

Sixty thousand sword beams converged into one, forming a moon-white sword beam of a thousand zhang in size, faintly splitting the forbidden force of this space!

Even the forbidden force could be split; the power of these sixty thousand swords combined has reached an extreme level of terror!

However, the eerie thing is that the sword beams that could shatter the forbidden force seemed to be quite harmless to the masters...

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed, and he made an attempt to leap, leaping onto the thousand zhang sword beam.

Standing atop the sword beam, he did not suffer the slightest harm from the Sword Qi. This Life-Annihilating Sword Beam was indeed weak in its lethality to those without immortal cultivations.

He stood upon the sword beam, and with a thought, he began sword flight in the forbidden Ninefold Celestial Towers!

Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the scene before him.

What did he see! Ning Fan actually used a sword beam divine skill to fly within the Ninefold Celestial Towers!

What shocked him even more was the reaction of over six hundred ancient corpses upon seeing the sword beam.

This time, only about ten ancient corpses foolishly did not retreat and continued to attack Ning Fan. The rest almost unanimously acted in panic, turned into black shadows, and fled in all directions as they escaped the ice coffins!

Over six hundred ancient corpses comparable to Immortal Sovereigns were mostly scared away by Ning Fan’s one sword!

What kind of divine skill was this! It’s unheard of!

The Yin-Yang Five Swords were the secret, ultimate skills of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor. In today’s world, hardly anyone has seen this ultimate skill, and even fewer have heard of it.

With Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s experience, he naturally couldn’t recognize the Life-Annihilating Human Sword.

Seeing that most ancient corpses were scrambling away, with only about ten facing imminent death, Ning Fan sighed softly.

"Since you seniors have come to die, let the junior send you to death..." His tone was no longer as arrogant as before, just simply advancing with the sword.

Only about ten ancient coffins collided directly with the thousand zhang sword beam, leading naturally to a situation akin to striking a rock with an egg. The coffins shattered one after another, and the over ten ancient corpses inside didn’t even have time to scream before being severed into a disperse of black ash.

Liuhe Immortal Sovereign could not believe the scene before him; over ten ancient corpses with cultivations comparable to Immortal Sovereign were slain by Ning Fan with just one sword!

Moreover, over six hundred ancient corpses were scared away by Ning Fan!

And Ning Fan was flying on the sword within the forbidden Ninefold Celestial Towers!

"This...is impossible! Is Zhao Jian an Immortal Emperor? But even if he were an Immortal Emperor..." Liuhe Immortal Sovereign couldn’t imagine what cultivation Ning Fan possessed to accomplish such an astonishing feat.

"How does this star of misfortune have such terrifying power! Isn’t he a Crossing Truth Realm cultivator!" Candle Bow was also scared and stupefied.

The ’combat strength’ Ning Fan displayed had already exceeded Candle Bow’s understanding. He secretly guessed that currently, in the era of decline, not even someone at the Quasi-Saint level could achieve what Ning Fan did: slaying over ten Immortal Sovereign, frightening away hundreds, flying regardless of the forbidden force...

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific was similarly speechless from shock, merely staring at Ning Fan with bewildered eyes, feeling a sense of surrealism, as if in a dream.

She assured herself she never underestimated Ning Fan’s capability, even believing he had combat strength comparable to an Eternal Immortal Venerable. But now, it seemed...she still underestimated Ning Fan.

Riding on the thousand zhang sword beam, Ning Fan sped swiftly along, sensing that as the ancient corpses fled further away, the sword beam seemed slightly unstable. It likely wouldn’t hold for much longer before shattering.

Since he could fly with the sword, why not take advantage of it! Flying directly to the eighth layer would be much faster than slowly venturing through the palace!

As long as he rushed into the eighth layer before the sword beam collapsed, it would suffice.

The sword beam sped along, flying over Miaoyan Immortal Honorific. Seeing Miaoyan’s pale complexion, Ning Fan’s thoughts shifted. He extended his five fingers towards her, directly summoning her onto the thousand zhang sword beam.

"Let’s go together!" Ning Fan said calmly.

He could see Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s severe injuries. Now that all the ancient corpses in the seventh layer had been awakened by Ning Fan, leaving Miaoyan Immortal Honorific alone on this layer was worrisome.

Ning Fan still held some goodwill towards Miaoyan Immortal Honorific, although that goodwill was not of a romantic nature.

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific blushed slightly but didn’t say much, simply nodded quietly. It was her first time being directly brought onto a sword beam by a man, to fly.

Her injuries were indeed severe, making it hard for her to hold on. If not for this, she wouldn’t have been easily summoned onto the flying sword without a bit of resistance, truly having no surplus mana left.

The sword beam proceeded onwards and flew over Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s head as well.

Apologies, Ning Fan had no intention of bringing Liuhe Immortal Sovereign aboard for a ride. To explain, he had quite a bit of history with Liuhe Immortal Sovereign.

Thus, he left Liuhe Immortal Sovereign in the seventh layer to climb gradually upward. If attacked by a mass of corpses and faced danger, it wasn’t Ning Fan’s concern.

What obligation did he have to assist someone with whom he had grievances?

Don’t talk about a common human lineage, preserving combat strength to jointly explore the Ancient Passage.

Ning Fan isn’t from the Four Oceans Sect, at least not now. He has no duty to help the Four Oceans Sect fight for that Ancient Passage. He personally witnessed the top layer of the Ninefold Celestial Towers, the gray-colored moon, extremely dangerous. Unless necessary, he wouldn’t step into that muddy water.

He came to the Ninefold Celestial Towers merely to capture the souls of a million Stone Warriors. That’s all, his purpose is quite clear.

Moreover, Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s divine skills aren’t weak; without Ning Fan employing Unity of Heaven and Man, he almost couldn’t detect Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s presence.

Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s concealment techniques aren’t weak, his mana is still substantial, and it shouldn’t be difficult to hide from the senses of the ancient corpses here.

"Daoist Zhao, might you..." assist my show-off and flying?

This kind of plea, Liuhe Immortal Sovereign really hadn’t had time to express, because Ning Fan didn’t pause, directly riding the sword past.

The sword beam sped too fast, so fast that Liuhe Immortal Sovereign couldn’t even complete a sentence and already couldn’t see Ning Fan’s figure.

Leaving only the sky densely populated by six hundred plus ancient corpses. Some of the ancient corpses hearing Liuhe Immortal Sovereign’s fragmented sentence, followed the sound and flew towards him.

Liuhe Immortal Sovereign sighed bitterly and immediately settled his mind, pushing his concealment technique to the extreme, hiding from the detection of those ancient corpses.

Ning Fan didn’t take him along for the ride, but he didn’t dare blame Ning Fan one bit.

Previously, he dared to hassle and threaten Ning Fan because he despised Ning Fan’s weakness.

Today, however, Ning Fan’s demonstrated strength shocked him severely, making him genuinely believe Ning Fan to be either an Immortal Emperor or a Quasi-Saint level celebrity.

The weakness previously displayed was probably all a façade. A True Immortal cannot disguise themselves as an Immortal Emperor, but an Immortal Emperor can easily mask themselves as a True Immortal, right?

With these thoughts, where would Liuhe Immortal Sovereign dare to have any complaint against Ning Fan? Any discontent could only be harbored internally, not daring to voice it.

Strength is everything.

And Ning Fan today was terrifyingly strong! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian.com to cast recommendation votes, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)