Grasping the Evil-Chapter 945: Yin Mo Makes a Move
"Hmm? You brat, your cultivation has improved again? Ancient God cultivation Late Stage Crossing Truth, not bad at all..."
After retrieving the Candle Bow, the Eye Orb Monster was already in a good mood. Seeing Ning Fan emerge from the rain, with his cultivation advancing, naturally made it even happier.
The higher Ning Fan’s cultivation, the greater the chance of defeating Yin Mo, how could it not be pleased.
"Master, save me, I promise to listen to you in the future. You don’t know, this Eye Orb Monster has problems with its head, it treats me... wuwuwu... my body, my heart, they are already... wuwuwu..." In human form, the Candle Bow was now bound by a golden rope, carried in the mouth of a giant wolf puppet, and started crying out the moment it saw Ning Fan.
What exactly happened between these two... More black lines appeared on Ning Fan’s head.
Didn’t want to ask, absolutely didn’t want to ask, felt like it would overturn his worldview if he asked...
But still, this Candle Bow was his belonging, he couldn’t let the Eye Orb Monster bully it too much.
Ning Fan frowned slightly. He naturally wanted to protect his belongings, just about to speak and demand the Candle Bow back from the Eye Orb Monster, but heard the Eye Orb Monster say the following words.
"You brat, your innate bow spirit this time is not bad, how about lending it to me to play with for a bit?" The Eye Orb Monster said with a lewd smile, "I have a way to advance it to an innate bow spirit..."
"Master, don’t agree with him, absolutely don’t... wait, what did you say! You can help me advance to an innate bow spirit!" The Candle Bow instantly quieted down, no longer crying out.
"You can advance this bow spirit to innate?" Ning Fan was also a bit surprised.
Innate artifact spirits are rare in the world, does the Eye Orb Monster really have a way to do this?
"Hehe, you brat, take a look at what this is." The Eye Orb Monster smiled mysteriously, summoning a gray glow, and with the dispersal of that glow, a small green bottle appeared out of thin air in front of it. The small bottle was extremely ancient, covered in verdigris, hovering in the air, causing visions of azure clouds to manifest.
That small green bottle seemed to vaguely be an innate magical treasure with innate power, though its specific use was unknown.
Speaking of which, this was already the third innate magical treasure... The Eye Orb Monster’s reserves were indeed rich.
Ning Fan did not recognize this small green bottle, just about to ask what its use was, when the Candle Bow over there couldn’t keep calm.
"This is... could it be..." The Candle Bow seemed to recognize this treasure, breathing heavily, extremely excited.
"That’s right, it is exactly this item! You didn’t expect it, did you? That I, the old man, would have such an item." The Eye Orb Monster said proudly.
"Didn’t expect, really didn’t expect, hehe, if I knew big brother Eye Orb had such a good thing, I wouldn’t have run away no matter what."
"It’s still not too late to come back to my side, you little sophist little demoness..." The Eye Orb Monster laughed lewdly.
"I’ll return, for sure I’ll return to your side! Um, Master, you don’t need to save me anymore, you go about your business... hehe, big brother Eye Orb, shall we find a place to chat?"
"..." Ning Fan.
This Candle Bow, just moments ago sought my help, and now that it found benefits, it wants to chase me away...
Indeed, it needs some fixing.
Oh well, since it is willing to stay by the Eye Orb Monster’s side, let it be. If it can successfully advance to an innate bow spirit, that’s good.
Speaking of which, what exactly is that small green bottle, Ning Fan still hasn’t figured it out.
Ultimately, this space of the hundred-year Copper Tower collapsed, and Ning Fan, along with the Eye Orb Monster, entered another hundred-year Copper Tower. Once inside, the Candle Bow and the Eye Orb Monster quickly ran off together, disappearing without a trace, doing who knows what.
Miaoyan’s injuries had already healed, and this time, she did not follow Ning Fan into the tower, but remained outside.
For Ning Fan, obtaining a hundred years for cultivation was a great thing, allowing his cultivation to soar. But for Miaoyan, bitterly cultivating for a hundred years held little meaning, and would instead bring the large and small heavenly tribulations a hundred years early, which was not worthwhile.
Indeed, even though time stands still inside the Tower of Years, the passing years are still counted in a cultivator’s major and minor heavenly tribulations.
Concerning the major and minor heavenly tribulations, Miaoyan was not yet ready and naturally did not want to waste the years in the Tower of Years and trigger the heavenly tribulation.
Miaoyan remained suspended in mid-air, outside the tower grove of the palatial void, waiting for Ning Fan to return from intense cultivation.
A hundred years within the tower was but a moment outside. With a flick of a finger, a hundred years passed, Ning Fan, along with the Eye Orb Monster and the Candle Bow, exited this hundred-year Copper Tower, only to enter the next one.
Soon, another hundred years passed, and Ning Fan emerged once more, his ancient god cultivation having thoroughly surpassed the Peak Crossing Truth Realm.
The Rain Yin Yang was considered completely mastered, becoming a brilliant star point in Ning Fan’s brow.
Next, it was time to absorb the power of War Yin Yang...
In the unlocked Ten-Year Tower of Years, there were still 12 remaining, and in the century-long Sealing Tower, there were 5 left. Additionally, there were 606 sealed towers in the Tower Grove that could not be entered.
"If I were to absorb the power of War Yin Yang, I wonder if my ancient god cultivation could break through to the Shedding Void Realm in one go..."
After leaving the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, it was about time to accompany Ouyang Nuan to the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain, if the cultivation surpassed the Peak Crossing Truth Realm, it seemed... unable to enter the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain...
However, the cultivation of Calamity Blood seemed to have long surpassed the realm of the Peak Crossing Truth, comparable to a First Calamity Immortal Sovereign, so how should that be counted...
With his cultivation, it seemed he could no longer enter the Supreme Pill Sacred Domain...
"At this point, we should first absorb the power of War Yin Yang. By then, I’ll probably have to send out an avatar with cultivation below the Shedding Void to accompany Nuan’er, it’s the only way..."
Having decided, Ning Fan, along with the Eye Orb Monster and the Candle Bow, entered the next Copper Tower.
A hundred years, a hundred years, then another hundred years.
This time, Ning Fan spent five hundred years absorbing the power of War Yin and Yang, which was two hundred years more than he spent absorbing Rain Yin and Yang.
During these five hundred years, Ning Fan experienced his first minor heavenly tribulation since he began cultivating. For ordinary Crossing Truth Masters, a minor heavenly tribulation would be extremely terrifying, but Ning Fan crushed it with a lift of his hand.
The more one undergoes tribulations, the more terrifying the heavenly tribulations become. A minor heavenly tribulation at the Crossing Truth realm, and it being his first, naturally, wasn’t difficult to overcome.
After five hundred years, Ning Fan had used up all the Hundred Year Copper Towers, leaving only 12 Ten Year Copper Towers here for use.
After five hundred years of hard cultivation, Ning Fan absorbed all of War Yin and Yang’s power. His total mana almost equaled that of a Mid Stage Shedding Void, but he still couldn’t easily step into the Shedding Void realm.
The essence of the Shedding Void realm lies in the word ’shedding’. In this realm, mana cultivation is indeed important, but what is even more crucial is shedding the shackles of the heart.
To break through to the next level, one must trigger the ’Heart Tribulation’ and pass it. Heart Tribulation is something one can encounter but not seek; all one can do is wait, not knowing when it will descend.
Ning Fan still remembered the scene when Yao Qingyun triggered her Heart Tribulation. Before Ning Fan appeared, Yao Qingyun was stuck at the Initiate Realm of Shedding Void bottleneck for 200,000 years.
Later, because of Ning Fan’s appearance, Yao Qingyun triggered her Heart Tribulation and eventually broke through it, thus reaching the bottleneck of the Mid Stage Shedding Void.
Years have passed, she should have already broken through to the Mid Stage Shedding Void by now... Remembering the past, Ning Fan couldn’t help but smile.
However, he soon felt a bit worried again.
Whether the Heart Tribulation at the Shedding Void realm descends depends entirely on chance. Does he really have to be like Yao Qingyun, stuck at the Heart Tribulation bottleneck for 200,000 years, then break through the Initiate Realm of Shedding Void? He doesn’t have that much time to waste.
Speaking of which, the descent of Heart Tribulation is entirely about chance, and chance often relates to fortune... I wonder if improving fortune can accelerate the arrival of Heart Tribulation... Ning Fan showed a pensive look.
His fortune level is the Fourth Color of Immortal Fate. In the ranks of Eternal Immortal Venerables, it’s certainly not weak, but compared with those Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors, it’s not outstanding.
If there’s a chance, he should improve his fortune...
Over the next 120 years, Ning Fan used up the remaining twelve Ten Year Sealing Towers and only accomplished two things.
Firstly, he refined the Dragon Pearl Fragment of Ancestor Dulong.
Secondly, he unsealed the thirty million seals within the Origin Qi.
Origin Qi is a supreme treasure, and if refined and absorbed, it can greatly enhance one’s cultivation. However, even an ordinary Immortal Emperor would find it difficult to refine Origin Qi. Presently, Ning Fan is even further from achieving this.
For Ning Fan, the current use of Origin Qi is merely as a trump card. Once detonated, it could heavily injure an Immortal Emperor.
After unsealing the Origin Qi, Ning Fan doesn’t need to use Blood Ignition Technique to explode Origin Qi to wound foes, undoubtedly increasing his defensive power.
As for refining the Dragon Pearl Fragment, it led Ning Fan’s ancient demon cultivation to break through, advancing from the Human Profound Initial Stage all the way to the Human Profound Peak.
The Dragon Pearl of an Eternal Immortal Venerable is indeed a good thing, almost comparable to a Dao Fruit.
These 620 years of arduous cultivation changed not just Ning Fan’s cultivation but also the bizarre relationship between the Eye Orb Monster and Candle Bow...
"Brother Eye Orb, it took me 620 years of companionship to realize you’re a good person. To avenge your brother, you bore humiliation and burdened yourself thus; your life lonely as snow... Brother, you are so noble, I cannot match!" Candle Bow said tearfully, deeply moved, to the Eye Orb Monster.
"Candle Kid, Brother Eye Orb misunderstood you. Brother thought you were hopelessly dull, that’s why he tormented you for fun. Never did Brother expect, back then you followed Ancestor Dragon Zhuli, fighting in all directions, once battled to protect the Zi Dou Immortal Domain, dying until only an Artifact Spirit Body remained. You’re simply the model of Zi Dou Immortal Domain! Brother promises, from today on, I will no longer bully you! If I break this vow... let Brother never see a beauty in his life!" Eye Orb Monster shared the same deeply touched expression.
"Brother, since our spirits resonate, why not become sworn brothers!"
"Alright! From today on, I am your Brother Eye Orb. If you have difficulties, feel free to speak to Brother!"
"Brother!"
"Second Brother!"
"Brother!"
"Second Brother!"
...
What the heck is this...
Stepping out of the Copper Tower again, Ning Fan was struck by the scene of the duo burning yellow paper to swear brotherhood.
Ning Fan was speechless looking at these two buffoons. Hadn’t these two been full of ambiguity before, talking about little demoness, and how did 620 years pass, they have sworn to become brothers...
What on earth happened to these two clowns in these 620 years...
Speaking of which, Candle Bow’s aura indeed improved a lot. Although he hadn’t truly broken the boundary of Sub-Innate Bow Spirit, he’s probably close.
It seems Candle Bow gained many benefits from the Eye Orb Monster...
Being too lazy to bother with these two oddballs, Ning Fan’s gaze turned to the densely packed Tower Grove ahead, for the first time feeling the sensation of leaving a treasure mountain empty-handed.
Clearly, there are so many Time Towers here, yet they can’t be accessed or used without breaking the seals.
It’s truly a pity... He still has a Dark Star Fruit that hasn’t been refined. It requires a vast amount of time to complete this matter.
Hmm? What is this feeling... Ning Fan stared at the many Sealing Towers, suddenly a glimmer of brilliance flashing in his eyes.
"Hey, brat, what’s with that look, still want to enter the Time Tower for cultivation? You’ve tasted the sweetness, haven’t you? But sadly, the seals on other Time Towers haven’t been broken, so for now, you can’t enter."
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After getting cozy with the Candle Bow, the Eye Orb Monster finally noticed Ning Fan.
"Do you know, the seals of these towers were all personally set by the Mourning Emperor, possessing great power. Even with my Eons Seven Tribulations cultivation, it took me tens of thousands of years to barely break open 21 tower seals. With your cultivation, even with countless years, you probably wouldn’t be able to break any tower seal."
"Speaking of which, in twelve hours, the Yin Mo ’Ying Que Great Calamity’ will arrive, which is the best time to kill him. We don’t have much time left; well, if there’s a chance in the future, I’ll break open a few more tower seals for you to train, but for now, let’s talk about serious matters..."
The words of the Eye Orb Monster were directly ignored by Ning Fan.
At this moment, Ning Fan’s thoughts were entirely on the Tower Grove; he faintly felt a feeling.
If he wished, he could easily avoid all the tower seals here, simply because... he is the Barbarian God!
"I see, the seals here are all restrictions of the Barbarian Clan, which is why I have this strange feeling..." Ning Fan walked towards one of the Ten-Year Copper Towers, understanding in his eyes.
The person who set the seals might be the Mourning Emperor, but the restrictions used were of the Barbarian Clan’s formation seal, which is indeed quite a coincidence.
The Barbarian Clan’s formation seals dare not block the Barbarian God. The seals here are as if non-existent to Ning Fan, no need to break them open...
"Hmm? What are you doing, brat? The seal of this Copper Tower hasn’t been broken open; you can’t get in..."
The Eye Orb Monster choked mid-sentence, unable to speak further.
It saw that as soon as Ning Fan neared the Ten-Year Copper Tower, the seal outside the tower clicked and opened in two, forming a passageway sufficient for entering the tower, as if welcoming Ning Fan inside.
Subsequently, without breaking the tower seal, Ning Fan stepped into the Ten-Year Copper Tower effortlessly.
What a joke! Without breaking the tower seal, he entered the Copper Tower directly. Did the seals of this tower fail from age?! The Eye Orb Monster was greatly surprised.
It followed closely behind Ning Fan, attempting to enter the tower like him, but was fiercely repelled by the power of the seal, sent flying a great distance, cursing in pain.
Damn it, the tower seal hasn’t failed, so how could this brat enter the tower!
Right, this kid is the Barbarian God! He possesses the Power of Slaughter and Punishment; no Barbarian Seal in the world dares block him!
Being able to make formations give way, this is the true power of a deity... Damn it, this power really makes me envious.
Just as the Eye Orb Monster cursed, Ning Fan emerged from the Ten-Year Copper Tower and entered another Copper Tower.
From the outside, it was but an instant, yet within the tower, Ning Fan completed a decade of arduous cultivation.
One tower, two towers, three towers... The site contained 407 Ten-Year Copper Towers, all of which Ning Fan entered and then destroyed.
Copper Towers, 4070 years of arduous cultivation!
At the True Fantasy Riverbank that day, with the help of a River Demon, Ning Fan refined one-tenth of a Dark Star Fruit in just ten days.
This time, with no one to assist him, it took Ning Fan 4070 years to refine just one Dark Star Fruit.
While refining the Dark Star Fruit, Ning Fan also extracted the Nine-Star Dark Method from the Xuan Yin Realm Scripture Tower—the "Black Obsidian Scripture" for cultivation.
The "Black Obsidian Scripture!" Among the ten great secret clans, the highest cultivation method of the Dark Clan, only the elite within the clan have the qualification to cultivate this method!
Such a precious cultivation method was collected by the Ancient Chaos in the Scripture Tower and bestowed upon Ning Fan. Now was the time for cultivation.
Using the Black Obsidian Scripture, Ning Fan step by step cultivated the third Divine Yin-Yang Star Point—the Dark Fledgling Star.
The dark blood produced by his union with the little demoness was absorbed by that fledgling star. Likewise, during the refining of the Dark Star Fruit, the progress of Dark Yin Yang cultivation also increased.
Just one Dark Star Fruit increased Ning Fan’s Dark Yin Yang cultivation progress by thirty percent!
The medicinal power of the Dark Star Fruit also greatly boosted Ning Fan’s cultivation.
One Dark Star Fruit could increase a cultivator’s Taoist cultivation by 400,000 years. Ning Fan, a Three Apertures Ancient God, could offset 3.2 million years of painstaking cultivation by consuming the Dark Star Fruit!
Since Ning Fan’s Ancient God cultivation was distinctly higher than Ancient Demon and Ancient Chaos cultivation, this time, the Dark Star Fruit first enhanced his demon and chaos cultivation.
The Ancient Demon cultivation surged from the Human Profound Peak to Late Stage Enlightenment, and the Ancient Chaos cultivation also broke through to the Third Nirvana of Heavenly Demon!
"Dark Star Fruit... still nine more to go!"
With the Ten-Year Copper Towers destroyed, Ning Fan began entering the Hundred-Year Copper Towers for cultivation; there are a total of 133 Hundred-Year Copper Towers in this place.
Another 13,300 years of arduous cultivation, and Ning Fan once again refined three Dark Star Fruits, his Ancient Demon cultivation reached the Peak of Crossing Truth but still couldn’t enter the Shedding Void Realm.
His Ancient Chaos cultivation, however, advanced to the Fifth Nirvana of Heavenly Demon!
The Fifth Nirvana of Heavenly Demon corresponds to the Initiate Realm of Shekong, but it’s stronger than an ordinary Initiate Realm of Shekong!
Ning Fan did not expect that the breakthrough in God and Demon cultivation past the Shekong bottleneck was so difficult, whereas Ancient Chaos cultivation broke through without a Shekong bottleneck directly.
The Dark Yin Yang was also completely cultivated by Ning Fan and absorbed into his body, transforming into cultivation.
With the Hundred-Year Copper Towers destroyed, there remained 78 Eleven-Layer Copper Towers and 9 Twelve-Layer Copper Towers.
The Eleven-Layer Copper Towers seal centuries, while the Twelve-Layer ones seal millennia.
Ning Fan still faced no obstructions entering the Thousand-Year Copper Towers, entering a total of 26 Thousand-Year Copper Towers, refining all the remaining Dark Star Fruits.
In total, Ning Fan’s cultivation in the Copper Tower Space has exceeded forty thousand years! These forty thousand years of arduous cultivation, in terms of the outside world, have merely passed in an instant.
After forty thousand years of arduous cultivation, Ning Fan’s Ancient God cultivation remains stuck at the Peak Crossing Truth Realm, unable to descend the Shedding Void Heart Tribulation. However, merely in terms of mana thickness, it is already comparable to the Late Stage of Shedding Void!
The Ancient Demon cultivation is similarly stuck at the Peak Crossing Truth Realm, with the thickness of demon spiritual qi comparable to the Late Stage of Shedding Void potent demon cultivators!
The Ancient Chaos cultivation did not encounter any bottleneck and instead broke through all the way to the Seventh Nirvana of Heavenly Demon, equivalent to the Late Stage of Shedding Void!
With the powers of the three clans—Gods, Demons, and Chaos—Ning Fan could easily rank among the powerful ones of the Late Stage Shedding Void.
If all three clan powers are used simultaneously, Ning Fan is confident to fight against the Peak of Shedding Void!
Of course, if the Calamity Blood Power is used, Ning Fan would entirely become an Eternal Immortal Venerable!
As the Dark Star Fruit was consumed, the opportunity from those years has been entirely used up; if he wishes to advance his cultivation further, he will need to resort to other methods in the future.
"The heavenly materials and earthly treasures on my body have been consumed. Continuing into the Tower of Years for cultivation is just a waste of time and has little use; it would be better to leave these towers temporarily and use them later."
Ning Fan made a decision and turned to the Eye Orb Monster, saying, "May I take this entire Tower Grove away from here?"
"Uh, of course, you helped me kill Yin Mo, so the Tower Grove here can be entirely gifted to you!" The Eye Orb Monster was taken aback but agreed readily.
"That’s good. I have completed all my cultivation, and next, let’s discuss business. You intend to kill Yin Mo, what’s the specific plan...?"
...
Ning Fan’s forty thousand years of arduous cultivation, to the outside world, was but a moment.
The Barbarian God Battle Sky phenomenon had just dissipated; at the highest point of the Ninefold Celestial Towers, beneath the gray moon, amidst the stone forest, the Yin Mo Statue had a gloomy expression.
Unexpectedly, within the Ninefold Celestial Towers, a Tenth Generation Barbarian God was born, and the power of slaughter and punishment on this person was simply appalling.
"This person’s power of punishment is twelve times mine; who exactly is this person? Could it be that youngster..."
Yin Mo slightly sensed, and quickly discovered that the Blessing Technique planted in Ning Fan’s body... had actually been broken!
"Hmph! It was hard to find a perfect body, yet it broke free from my Art of Worm’s Curse. Could it be that the person who became the Tenth Generation Barbarian God is indeed that youngster..."
"There are still twelve hours until my Ying Que Great Calamity comes. Such an opportunity, the right eye won’t likely miss; it is sure to come and plot against me. If it were in the past, I wouldn’t fear him, but now..."
Yin Mo’s stone eyes slightly narrowed; this time, with the intervention of the Tenth Generation Barbarian God in the Ninefold Celestial Towers, the changes are significant.
If all these changes are related to the right eye, then this confrontation with the right eye cannot be taken lightly; it must be approached with some caution...
"Oh well, Fan Family Seventh Ancestor, although your body is not what I desire, it’s not entirely useless either. I won’t be courteous in accepting it."
"From this moment until my next Ying Que Tribulation comes, all cultivations of the Ninth Layer shall be sacrificed to me!"
A gray shadow suddenly walked out of the Yin Mo Statue, exceedingly ethereal, with a cultivation level displayed to be merely at the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth. Its appearance clearly resembled Yin Mo, with the left eye intact but the right eye hollow as if gouged out, blood and flesh blurred.
This shadow was none other than a fragment of spirit sense separated from the sealed Spirit of Yin Mo.
Clearly, a mere Initial Stage of Crossing Truth spirit sense caused the Seventh Ancestor’s expression to change drastically.
"Impossible! You can actually ignore Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s seal, separate a fragment of spirit sense from the body, how could this be possible!"
Rumble! Responding to the Seventh Ancestor was the sound of the sky cracking.
Above the sky, six blood pits suddenly appeared, each sealed with a blood-soaked Ancient Coffin.
The sixth Ancient Coffin among them was actually cracked open...
Once, Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign extracted Yin Mo’s Spirit, divided it into six parts, each sealed away.
Countless years have passed, and eventually, Yin Mo managed to escape a fragment of spirit.
But, it’s still insufficient. What Yin Mo desires is not merely a fragment of spirit escape but the reunification of the six spirits!
"You, can be saved for last. Let’s consume others first!"
Yin Mo’s fragmented spirit disappeared instantly from the stone forest center. At the same time, the entire ninth layer began to shake violently.
The seven-colored seal that isolated the cultivators outside the first palace was cracking continuously.
"Haha! The seal is broken; the Ancient Passage is destined to belong to our demon race!"
"Hmph, it belongs to our human race instead!"
"Charge! If we seize the passage this time, we’ll receive abundant rewards!"
At the moment the seal broke, over a hundred streaks of light rushed towards the top of the celestial towers, including experts like Ao Xuan and Liuhe.
But at that moment, a gray shadow blocked their path, expression indifferent, viewing them as mere ants.
"By my Yin Mo’s command, Ninefold Celestial Towers, seal!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
