Grasping the Evil-Chapter 944: Master, Save Me

Inside the Copper Tower Space, Ning Fan found a place to seclude himself in order to stabilize his Calamity Blood cultivation. This seclusion lasted for nine years.

During these nine years, Miaoyan often visited Ning Fan’s retreat to inquire about his condition. She was quite concerned about Ning Fan who had suddenly closed himself off.

Over the span of nine years, Miaoyan managed to discern some truths: Ning Fan was not the unparalleled expert she had imagined, not someone who could rival a Saint.

Upon seeing Miaoyan again, Ning Fan had once more donned his ghost face mask. Even so, Miaoyan noticed some peculiarities through their daily interactions.

Throughout the nine years of stabilizing his Calamity Blood cultivation, Ning Fan’s aura fluctuated sharply. At its peak, it was comparable to the Immortal Sovereign of the Eternal First Calamity, while at its lowest, he seemed merely a novice at the Mid Stage Enlightenment... this peculiarity was indeed strange.

Miaoyan couldn’t fathom Ning Fan’s true cultivation, but she could see that no matter how high his cultivation was, it didn’t surpass the Eternal First Calamity, perhaps at most being a First Calamity Immortal Sovereign...

"Could it be that Daoist Zhao’s true cultivation is like mine, only at the level of the Eternal First Calamity... If this is true, how did he slay thousands of Immortal Venerable ancient corpses with one strike? Did he use some kind of secret technique? In the cultivation world, is there such a technique to fight one against thousands..."

Unable to make sense of it...

Nevertheless, Miaoyan did not ask further. Everyone has their secrets, and Ning Fan had saved her several times. She wouldn’t deliberately probe his secrets.

Counting the time carefully, ten years had passed since they entered the Copper Tower Space with the Eye Orb Monster.

And this Copper Tower Space coincidentally had a duration of ten years; shortly after Ning Fan emerged from seclusion, the entire Copper Tower Space showed signs of collapse.

"Boy, you’re finally out! Hmm? Your aura seems to have improved a lot..."

"Since that’s the case, let’s switch to another Copper Tower. I will help you complete the final step of your bloodline fusion!"

With a flash of gray light, the Eye Orb Monster appeared in front of Ning Fan, scrutinizing him for a long moment before finally taking Ning Fan and Miaoyan out of the Copper Tower Space, returning to the outside Tower Grove.

Not long after they left the tower, a cracking sound could be heard. The previous Copper Tower, having exhausted its power, was covered with countless cracks, and its internal space was completely destroyed at that moment, preventing any further entry.

The Copper Tower sealing the years, once its time is exhausted, will be destroyed as well... Ning Fan silently thought to himself.

With one tower destroyed, 20 more sealed Copper Towers remained at this place.

This time, the Eye Orb Monster led Ning Fan and Miaoyan to a ten-story Copper Tower. Ning Fan glanced over it, and there on the tower gate was inscribed in Divine Seal Script:

"Within this tower, a hundred years are sealed."

Nine layers of the Copper Tower seal ten years, while ten layers seal a hundred years.

The handwriting still carried the domineering spirit to lord over the world, but this time, having become a Barbarian God, Ning Fan no longer feared the terrifying pressure hidden beneath those words.

He was now a deity of the Barbarian Clan, possessing the might of thirty-six Punishment Mountains. Nowadays, just his Punishment Mountain’s might could easily suppress most Second Step Barbarian Cultivators. Although his Punishment Mountain’s might couldn’t harm other races besides the Barbarian Cultivators, it had a strong deterrent effect on external pressures.

Perhaps these words were indeed left by the Mourning Emperor, who claimed to dominate the world, but as long as the pressure remained confined to the Second Step, it couldn’t intimidate Ning Fan at all!

The Eye Orb Monster led the two into the Hundred Year Copper Tower. In the previous Ten-Year Copper Tower, Miaoyan’s injuries hadn’t fully healed yet, so she sought a place to seclude and heal on her own.

Ning Fan, on the other hand, was taken by the Eye Orb Monster to a desolate desert within the Copper Tower Space.

In the desert, a lone smoke trail soared straight into the sky, with scattered pyramids dotted across the desert. Standing outside these pyramids were numerous statues with lion bodies and human faces.

This scenery seemed familiar to Ning Fan, suggesting a vague sense of déjà vu.

Indeed, he had seen it during the Great Senluo Calamity; it was the scenery of the Flowing Sand Star Domain.

Ning Fan remembered sensing a trace of the Great Dao of Time within the Flowing Sand Star Domain, that was the power to manipulate time.

Moreover, he had refined a fragment of the Yin Fusion Pearls there, recalling it was the Tenth Yin Fusion Pearl, the strongest among the ten Yin Fusion Pearls...

Unlike the Flowing Sand Star Domain, these pyramids here were empty, with nothing existing within their temples.

"The power of time here is very strong... This place wasn’t originally a desert... It’s the power of the Time Dao that altered the landscape here..." Ning Fan murmured to himself, slightly closing his eyes, able to feel the rhythm of the Dao in the mountain and sea between them.

The Dao also breathes, and everything in this world is alive... such is the world through the eyes of the Barbarians.

With closed eyes, Ning Fan seemed to see the transformation of the terrain here, a land once filled with mountains and seas.

There once was a great master in this place who comprehended the Time Dao. When he gained a slight insight, oceans turned to mulberry fields, and with a single thought, the earth turned into the sands at his fingertips...

Who was that great master? It cannot be known, perhaps it truly was the Mourning Emperor the Eye Orb Monster spoke of.

"Alright, alright, just a barren desert, what’s there to see. Stop looking, let’s get down to business. Come out, [Little Archway]!"

The Eye Orb Monster swept out a gray light, and after it receded, a massive stone archway seven hundred feet tall appeared in the desert out of nowhere, with four pillars and three gates. It appeared to be made of white jade from the mortal world, with a lustrous and smooth texture, yet unlike mortal stone, it exuded an immortal aura.

In the cultivation world, archways were quite common. Many large Sects loved to build an archway outside their mountain gates to harness the spiritual energy of the Sect.

Such structures were also often seen outside many tombs and temples even in the mortal world.

The archway before them, however, was unlike ordinary Sect archways. It faintly emanated a kind of innate majesty.

An insignificant stone archway was actually an Innate Treasure! Truly, the Eye Orb Monster’s accumulation was exceedingly rich, beyond the mere possession of a Little Iron Cage as an Innate Treasure.

Though the name was indeed quite unsightly... first a Little Iron Cage, now a Little Archway, what ridiculous names...

"Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, Dui..." The Eye Orb Monster chanted divination formulas, and the stone archway shone with precious light.

The radiance spread very widely, enough to envelop the entire Copper Tower Space.

Consequently, the spiritual energy of the entire Copper Tower Space was forcibly gathered by this stone archway, an effect more tyrannical than any spiritual formation.

"This treasure can seize the spiritual energy from all directions for my personal use. If you build a Sect and set this treasure within it, the disciples meditating and cultivating in your Sect would undoubtedly see their effectiveness increased tenfold, heh heh, this treasure is quite good." The Eye Orb Monster boasted proudly.

Certainly impressive, but perhaps not particularly useful... Ning Fan thought silently.

In the cultivation world, there were few who would earnestly absorb nature’s spiritual energy to cultivate. It might be sufficient for lower-tier cultivators, but those of higher tiers, if they only secluded themselves diligently, might take thousands or tens of thousands of years to advance a minor realm. Only by relying on external resources can one quickly elevate their cultivation.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that meditation and diligent cultivation aren’t important. For one to vie for fortuitous opportunities in the cultivation world naturally entails immense risks. There are many powerful masters willing to spend millions of years in secluded cultivation diligently, and if they had this treasure, a million years of cultivation could be accomplished in just one hundred thousand years, so this item is not entirely useless.

Naturally, if Ning Fan established a force, this item would be even more useful, enhancing all disciples of the Sect and accelerating cultivation. Hmm... if this item were placed in the Xuan Yin Treasure for the Cauldron Furnaces to use, their cultivation would likely soar...

In the past, the advancement of the Cauldron Furnaces did not benefit Ning Fan much, but now...

Ning Fan observed the Reverse Relic within his Dantian, a barely perceptible glint flashed through his eyes. This stone archway might indeed have significant use...

"Alright, I’ve gathered spiritual energy from all directions for you, it shouldn’t be hard to fuse four kinds of bloodlines."

The Eye Orb Monster confidently wielded Divine Skills, the entire desert was instantly shrouded in layers of gray light, obscuring visibility within.

Time slipped away little by little, one day passed, two days passed... in a blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The gray light over the desert gradually faded. Within just one month, the Eye Orb Monster appeared extremely exhausted; its expression was no longer the initial confidence, but was now filled with dejection.

"I can’t fuse them! Completely can’t fuse them! It’s unexpectedly so difficult! No, it’s not working, your Calamity Blood is too overpowering..."

"Let me rest for a bit, and we’ll try again!"

After resting for several days, the Eye Orb Monster returned to its peak state. It cast its Divine Skills again, causing the gray light to cover the earth. In the blink of an eye, another three months had passed.

"Failed again! I don’t believe it, let’s try again!"

Six months went by...

"Still unable to fuse! Try again!"

Three years went by...

"Damn it, that deceiver Ancient Chaos, didn’t he say fusing bloodlines was easy, why is it so difficult!"

After countless failed attempts to fuse the bloodlines, the Eye Orb Monster finally lost its temper, beginning to curse Ancient Chaos.

The Eye Orb Monster had met the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor and had even heard about Ancient Chaos fusing the bloodlines of Fiendgods, ancient demons, and devils.

The process of fusing the Ancient Chaos bloodline was not difficult, leading the Eye Orb Monster to mistakenly believe that Ning Fan’s fusion of four bloodlines would also be easy.

Unfortunately, it completely misjudged the difficulty for Ning Fan to fuse four bloodlines!

Fusing the Fiendgod, ancient demons, and Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor bloodlines would be fine; if Ning Fan only had these three bloodlines, the fusion would not be difficult. After all, these three powers share the same origin, all stemming from the Nether Dust Realm.

But Ning Fan just happened to have the power of the Taicang Calamity Spirit, which belongs to the Dust Realm. It is incompatible with the Nether Dust Realm’s power!

"Damn it, let’s try again..."

The Eye Orb Monster wanted to pull Ning Fan to fuse the bloodlines again, but Ning Fan refused with a wry smile.

"No need, I’ve seen some of the reasons for the failure. With my current bloodline situation, trying another thousand or ten thousand times would yield the same result: failure. Now is not the time to fuse four bloodlines..."

Eventually, the Eye Orb Monster left unwillingly to find a place to go into seclusion to replenish the Primordial Qi consumed over the years.

Meanwhile, Ning Fan sat cross-legged atop the desert, introspecting the four bloodlines within himself, his expression rather solemn.

For an inheritor of Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor, fusing bloodlines is extremely important. Different bloodlines have some degree of rejection and constraint with one another.

The four bloodlines are like four allied nations, nominally united, but not of one heart. Only by truly unifying can they exert maximum power.

If he can fuse the four bloodlines, Ning Fan will no longer be a Master of spirit severing, demoness, Yin Yang Evil Vein, or ghost servants. His body will only have one cultivation that encompasses the four bloodlines, greatly enhancing his power.

Unfortunately, even with the Eye Orb Monster’s help, the bloodline fusion still failed.

"There are three reasons why the four bloodlines cannot be fused. First, there’s a huge barrier between the powers of the Dust Realm and the Nether Dust Realm, making coexistence difficult. To break this barrier, external force is required..."

Ning Fan’s mind suddenly conjured the image of the Primordial Fruit.

He had heard more than once about its miraculous effect on bloodline fusion. Even Masters who hadn’t cultivated the Yin Yang Transformation could fuse multiple bloodlines using this fruit.

If he can find some Primordial Fruit, it might be able to break the barrier between Divine, demons and devil cultivators bloodlines and Demon Seal bloodlines.

"Secondly, the Divine, demons and devil cultivators bloodlines are too weak, while the Demon Seal bloodline is too strong. Perhaps only by balancing the four bloodlines can fusion be achieved..."

The Demon Seal bloodline is already very strong. Next, focus must be placed on cultivating the Divine, demons and devil cultivators bloodlines.

"Thirdly, I have not yet seen the essence of the four bloodlines. At root, the differences in the four bloodlines are differences in the path. Spirit severing cultivates the heart, Yin Yang Evil Vein cultivates the spirit, Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor cultivates the blood—heart, spirit, and blood are all superficial; the real difference comes from their differing views on the path...and ghost servants’ understanding of the path is quite distinct from that of the Divine, demons and devil cultivators bloodlines..."

Seeing the world from different perspectives leads to different perceptions; this Ning Fan realized after learning the Shanhai Curse.

To fuse the four bloodlines, there is still a long road ahead but no need to rush. With Ning Fan’s current divine skills, there’s little doubt he can destroy Yin Mo. Of course, if he can further increase his cultivation level, it would be even better.

Ning Fan possesses many natural treasures to enhance his cultivation. He just needs a significant amount of time to devour and refine them.

He has cultivated the Rain Intent, War Yin and Yang, yet has not completed the final step of Chaos Ring Decision cultivation: thoroughly absorbing the powers of these two Yin Yang forces to greatly advance his cultivation.

Now with the Tower of Time Seal, and plenty of time, he can complete the previously unreachable cultivation steps one by one.

Unfortunately, before Ning Fan began his cultivation process, his mind was interrupted by the incessant chatter of Candle Bow.

"Master, let me out; I can’t stand it anymore, I have to seek revenge on that Eye Orb Monster!"

"Master, my wise master, your little bow is being bullied, how can you stand idly by! That Eye Orb Monster isn’t bullying me; it’s slapping your face!"

"Slapping the master’s face is equivalent to slapping little bow’s face. Intolerable, simply intolerable! Little bow dares to request the master for the chance to punish that insufferable Eye Orb Monster and vent your anger!"

You’re likely aiming to vent your own anger...Ning Fan shook his head.

He intended to calmly teach Candle Bow a lesson to shut its mouth, but then reconsidered, thinking letting Candle Bow suffer at the hands of the Eye Orb Monster might not be a bad thing after all; Candle Bow does deserve it.

"Are you sure you want to fight the Eye Orb Monster?"

Ning Fan curved his palm to retrieve Candle Bow in hand, asking with great meaning.

"Absolutely sure! A mere broken orb dared imprison me in a furnace, almost refining me...ugh, damn Eye Orb! Magnificent master, please grant little bow a chance to seek revenge and wash away the disgrace!" Candle Bow said angrily.

"Fine, if you want to go, then go. I won’t stop you." Ning Fan relaxed his grip.

"Thank you, Master, for your great kindness! Master, you are so good to me, willing to agree to such an unreasonable request. I must have been blinded by lard and had the eyes of a dog to betray you before. Hehe, I’ll go and trouble that Eye Orb Monster right away, please wait for my good news!"

Candle Bow was overjoyed and transformed into a stream of light, flying away fiercely, heading to trouble the Eye Orb Monster.

This Candle Bow is quite silly, not knowing that the Eye Orb Monster possesses the cultivation of a Seven Calamity Immortal Emperor. Taking the initiative to provoke it is simply seeking death...

He should be taught a harsh lesson... Perhaps he’ll be more obedient afterwards.

As Candle Bow left, tranquility returned to the place. Ning Fan closed his eyes, and a moist Rain Intent gradually enveloped him.

Gradually, the entire desert was covered with dark clouds, and soon, a fine rain began to fall.

The rain star on Ning Fan’s forehead flickered with a peculiar light and unexpectedly unsealed itself at this moment.

Ever since Ning Fan cultivated the Rain Yin Yang, once unsealed, it could cause a dramatic increase in cultivation.

The Ancient Chaos once said, if one had strength at the Late Stage Enlightenment and absorbed and refined the power of Rain Yin Yang fully, their cultivation could directly surge to the Peak Crossing Truth Realm. By then, the Rain Yin Yang wouldn’t need to be unsealed repeatedly but would become part of Ning Fan’s cultivation.

Although Ning Fan was not a Late Stage Enlightenment cultivator, he was a Calamity Spirit with Three-Star True Blood.

In terms of Calamity Blood Cultivation, he was entirely an Immortal Sovereign of the Eternal First Calamity, making the absorption of Rain Yin Yang not difficult!

"This Hundred Year Copper Pagoda still has ninety-six years left. I wonder if that’s enough time to absorb all the Rain Yin Yang’s power..."

Ning Fan’s entire body grew increasingly indistinct, as if merging with the rain curtain, becoming unrecognizable.

In the blink of an eye, ninety-six years passed.

As the Hundred Year Copper Pagoda approached collapse, Ning Fan stepped out from the rain curtain, his aura significantly changed.

He clearly stood there, yet those with lower cultivation, scanning with their spirit sense, could only sense a misty drizzle without detecting his presence.

Ninety-six years of arduous cultivation, and Ning Fan only absorbed one-third of the Rain Yin Yang’s power.

Even so, with just one-third of the Rain Yin Yang’s power, Ning Fan’s Ancient God Cultivation jumped from Mid Stage to Late Stage Enlightenment!

Absorbing all the Rain Yin Yang power could easily break through to the Peak Crossing Truth Realm...

"Ninety-six years is insufficient; at least another two hundred years is needed to complete the Rain Yin Yang’s engulfment..."

Entering two more Hundred Year Towers should be enough.

"Master, save me! Master, my dear master... ah, you’re letting dogs bite me, you despicable, vulgar Eye Orb..."

In the distance, Candle Bow’s cry for help suddenly echoed.

Ning Fan followed the sound and saw Candle Bow in human form being viciously chased and bitten by a group of giant silver wolves.

If you looked closely, these giant wolves were puppet beasts, not living creatures, and while chasing Candle Bow, there wasn’t much killing intent, but rather a lot of teasing.

"Hehe, scream all you want, even if you scream your throat out, no one will rescue you." The Eye Orb Monster followed behind the pack, laughing lewdly.

From the first time Candle Bow sought trouble, the Eye Orb Monster easily captured him and kept him in the cave, torturing him for ninety-six years.

Ninety-six years! Finally escaping from the Eye Orb Monster’s cave, yet chased again by wolves... Candle Bow was regretful to tears. It really regretted troubling the Eye Orb Monster back then, as the Eye Orb Monster was too powerful for it to handle!

"Hehe, caught you! Such an irritating little witch, but unfortunately lacking proper training. Hehe, let this old man train you for your master! Don’t worry, it won’t hurt this time." With the wolves surrounding him, the Eye Orb Monster soon captured Candle Bow and laughed even more lewdly.

"No, no... Master, save me, he’s insane, he he he..." Candle Bow desperately cried for help, feeling like a bullied girl...

What have these two fools been doing all these years... Ning Fan felt a headache.

It seems Candle Bow was left with a massive psychological shadow—is it just my illusion... (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)