Unrivaled Martial Emperor-Chapter 1418 - Rise to Fame

Chen Fan toppling the Hua Alliance and the Apex Mystic Alliance—two solid mid-tier powers of the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm—was like tossing a boulder into a still lake. The ripples turned into waves.

While those two weren’t the biggest forces in the ancient realm, they also weren’t organizations just anyone could challenge, let alone wipe out.

Sure, factions clashed all the time in the Ancient Realm, and entire groups were wiped out, but that was force versus force, not one man against an army. And if it ever was one man, that man was usually an eighth or ninth-stage half-immortal, someone untouchable. Leaders like Hua Alliance and Apex Mystic weren’t stupid enough to pick a fight with monsters like that.

So when both alliances vanished, rumors swirled. Had they really been foolish enough to offend one of those untouchables?

However, the truth was even crazier. The annihilator was none other than Chen Fan, a nobody. Worse, he was the same “nobody” the alliances and Gai Huang had once hounded like a stray dog, dangling a fortune over his head.

And yet, the fugitive not only survived, but he thrived. Step by step, he grew strong enough to turn the hunters into corpses.

The truth sent the crowd into an uproar..

Who was Chen Fan, really, and just how far could this nobody rise?

A year ago, Chen Fan was the hunted dog. Now he was the man who erased two alliances. How could that even happen?

Thus, a malicious rumor began spreading among the people, claiming that Chen Fan had accidentally stumbled upon the ruins of an Immortal Emperor while being hunted and obtained their legacy. That was why his strength skyrocketed in record time.

True? Nobody knew. Believable? Absolutely.

After all, the ancient realm was littered with hidden legacies, and plenty of nobodies had struck gold before. Maybe Chen Fan had simply been lucky enough to trip over one while dodging blades.

Consequently, Chen Fan’s plan to use the annihilation of the two forces to deter people with ulterior motives backfired. Instead of scaring people off, he became an even shinier target.

Yesterday, it was those at the sixth stage and below, chasing him for a bounty. Now? Fifth-stage experts and higher were licking their lips at the thought of robbing him.

Chen Fan could only sigh. Not only had his plan failed, but he’d been painted as treasure bait for every ambitious cultivator in the realm.

However, when did he obtain an Immortal Emperor’s legacy?!

Of course, he wasn’t naive. Someone was stirring the pot, likely the Hua or Apex survivors, fanning the flames and ensuring that bigger fish came circling.

“How truly sinister!”

Chen Fan had no choice but to admit that the trap was elegant in its cruelty: dangle him as bait, let greed do the rest, and watch him burn.

The people with relatively lower cultivation no longer dared to have any designs on Chen Fan. It would be useless anyway. With the two forces wiped out, who would pay out for his bounty?

The problem was that the big fish, cultivators with higher cultivation levels, had started circling. His situation hadn’t improved; it had only gotten worse.

Chen Fan felt very helpless about it, but what could he do? Even if he shouted from the rooftops that the rumor was a lie, nobody would believe him. In their eyes, he was a treasure on two legs. So Chen Fan simply braced himself.

If people still thought that he was easy prey and wanted to try squeezing him, he didn’t mind breaking their hands.

Afterward, Chen Fan began looking into information on Gai Huang. Compared to the Hua Alliance and the Apex Mystic Alliance, this was far trickier..

The Eclipse Alliance was already dust, and Gai Huang was hiding deep in the shadows. After hearing about the two alliances’ downfall, he wasn’t about to strut around waiting to be found.

So, for three months, Chen Fan couldn’t find any information on Gai Huang; instead, he was ambushed by those greedy for the so-called Immortal Emperor’s legacy. And this wasn’t small fry anymore. The weakest attackers were peak sixth-stage half-immortals. Most were seventh-stage. Twice, even eighth-stage experts came knocking.

For those below the seventh stage, be they in the peak or not, they were no threat to Chen Fan and were all killed.

But seventh and eighth-stage half-immortal experts were another story. Their ambushes left him bloodied and battered. Twice, when eighth-stage monsters came for him, Chen Fan barely escaped with his life, surviving only because his instincts screamed danger at the last moment.

So, for the past three months, Chen Fan had simply returned to his days of being pursued everywhere.

The difference this time? His pursuers were much stronger.

Of course, it wasn’t like Chen Fan had gained nothing during this process. Bit by bit, his power surged.

It was said that one’s potential would be stimulated in the face of an adversary, and that was indeed the case.

In just three months, he had completely transformed. His cultivation pushed to the peak late-stage Void Immortal level, and his combat strength broke into seventh-stage half-immortal territory. In the last ten days, several seventh-stage half-immortal realm experts died at his hands.

Some were even stronger than him on paper, but their mistake was underestimating him. They never expected that Chen Fan’s strength had leapt forward again, and by the time they realized it, their lives were already forfeit.

Battle after battle, corpse after corpse, his reputation exploded. Once, people scoffed at his destruction of the Hua and Apex Alliances, saying seventh and eighth-stage experts could have done the same.

So, Chen Fan didn’t count for anything in the eyes of these true experts. The only thing they were interested in was the Immortal Emperor’s legacy Chen Fan might have obtained.

But now? Now those same voices were silent, slapped speechless by reality. Chen Fan was no longer the nameless fugitive they dismissed. He had carved his name into the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm in blood.