Grasping Evil

The Hill of Death turned into a bloody hill with blood stains all over the place. The stench of blood and the gruesome scenes would make anyone who approaches this area to feel nauseous.

Dark cloudy spirit sense covered a vicinity of two thousand li* within the Hill of Death. Only experts with Late Nascent Soul Realm spirit sense would be able to do that.

Whenever someone tried to enter the area covered by it, they would immediately be attacked by the sword sense. Any Early Gold Core Realm cultivator would die instantly whenever they enter. For cultivators at the Mid Gold Core Realm and above, they could still resist the sword sense. However, just as they go in deeper, a dark shadow of a young man would appear and eliminate each and every one of the intruders with a single wave of his hand.

These two thousand li* death zone was his territory. Whoever goes in, dies!

The cultivators who came to the Pill Cauldron Gate were those who needed human cauldrons and none of those kinds of cultivators were good people. Moreover, most of them would have hurt at least one female cultivator at a lower cultivation realm than them or a mere mortal female just to satisfy their desires.

Since the Hill of Death was widely known as a place with no restrictions on killing and plundering, those who wish to set foot into it would most likely be well prepared. Once they're inside, it is either they themselves survive by killing others or they die by being killed by others…

As for the cultivators who had been cultivating in the External Endless Sea for many years, they have seen different kinds of upheavals. But it was their first time seeing such a terrifying scene in the Hill of Death.

A true devil stood in the middle of the path to the Pill Cauldron Gate, blocking every single one of the cultivators and slaughtering anyone who tries to get past him. When they heard that the devil had already massacred thousands of Gold Core Realm cultivators together with eleven Nascent Soul Realm experts with his own strength, none of them dared to set foot into that area anymore, unless the devil leaves himself.

Rows of camels could be seen lining up at two thousand li* away from the area that was now a zone of death. The cultivators knew that the devil was called Zhou Ming but knew nothing more about him other than that!

"My name is Zhou Ming. I'll kill whoever trespasses my territory. Those who don't want to die, get lost!"

This voice was infused with magic power, echoing loudly in the sky. Without a doubt, it was the technique of reverberation. However, the aura emanated by the voice was even more powerful than an ordinary Late Nascent Soul Realm expert!

Each and every cultivator who intended to enter the Pill Cauldron Gate and exchange their immortal jade for a few beautiful women turned deathly pale!

"This man must be a… Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert! No wonder he dares to start a bloodbath at this place, killing thousands of Gold Core Realm cultivators and eleven Nascent Soul Realm experts!"

"Zhou Ming, a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert?! I haven't heard of him before. Could he be one of the devils from the Internal Endless Sea?!"

"I have heard of a powerful clan in the Internal Endless Sea known as the Zhou Clan. Don't tell me that he's a member of that clan!"

" *clicks tongue* I have no idea… However, since he killed numerous cultivators, he must have obtained tremendous amounts of immortal jade… I guess his current wealth is more than… a hundred million!"

"What?! That's a lot! If we can kill him, it would still be a huge amount even after dividing equally among us!"

"But… I don't think that's a good idea…"

Each of the old monsters wore solemn expressions. None of the Nascent Soul Realm experts dared to simply cross his territory. Some experts at the Late Nascent Soul Realm even felt their hairs stood on end. However, there was a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert who stood firmly with his hands clasped behind his back. His brows were tightly knitted together with greed flashing within his eyes…

Before his arrival, eleven Nascent Soul Realm experts were overtaken by their greed and tried their luck to snatch Ning Fan's loot. But none of them were able to survive once they entered into the black spirit sense.

In the cultivation world, only Divine Transformation Realm experts would be capable of amassing more than a hundred million immortal jade… If any of them were here at the Hill of Death, they would also do the same.

This Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert was known as Luofei. He was the Feudal Ranking Elder of Purple Charm Gate. He, too, could not hold himself back in the face of a massive amount of wealth!

When he heard that a Late Gold Core Realm elder from his sect was killed by the devil who controlled the black spirit sense, he did not have any intention at all to avenge him. To him, it was not worth it to endanger his own life for a mere Gold Core Realm cultivator.

But when he heard about the immortal jade that he could possibly gain…

I wonder if that Zhou Ming obtained a Nascent Soul Realm Dao Fruit after killing eleven Nascent Soul Realm experts.

If he really did, I could get more than a hundred million immortal jade as well as a Nascent Soul Realm Dao Fruit! It is definitely worth trying.

Besides, this Zhou Ming sure is audacious by killing and robbing everyone in a public area. Does he really think that he's a Divine Transformation Realm expert?!

If he is, then the top ten sects of the External Endless Sea would only warn him, but not seek revenge on him, regardless of how many lives he takes.

If he isn't, he's surely digging his own grave in the Endless Sea.

"Hmmph! No matter who he is, be it a devil cultivator of the Internal Endless Sea or a descendant of the 'Venerated Zhou', I am not afraid of him! The Rain Palace once had an agreement with the Internal Endless Sea. The Divine Transformation Realm experts of the Internal Endless Sea must never leave their territories… Even if I kill him and take all his belongings, I don't have to be afraid of the Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts that will be sent after me! I can just hide in any of the floating islands around here. With that amount of wealth, I can buy all the pills I need and human cauldrons that I desire. Then I'll be able to attain the Divine Transformation Realm! Hahaha!"

The more he thought about what he could do with that amount of wealth, the stronger the greed in his heart took form, occupying his mind!

When Zhou Ming's spirit sense swept past him, he caught a glimpse of his cultivation realm!

This man is only an Early Nascent Soul Realm expert! However, he has quite the powerful combat power which is comparable to that of a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert! Despite that, he is just at the Early Nascent Soul Realm and I am a genuine Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert!

"Hmmph! All your immortal jade belongs to me now!"

He vanished in a blinding light and reappeared within the dark spirit sense. He raised his hand and grabbed the black spirit sense. Immediately, the spirit sense that was fused with the sword sense began to disperse!

"Zhou Ming! How dare you kill my Outer Sect Elder?! You should know your crime!"

"Crime? What crime?! Is killing someone in the External Endless Sea considered as a crime?"

A grey light flashed and a young man who wore white robes and draped in a black cloak emerged. He was Ning Fan!

Luofei spread his spirit sense to study Ning Fan again, making sure that the latter really was only an Early Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Now, he had 90% assurance that he would be able to eliminate Ning Fan.

This cultivator really does not know his place. Countless people like him have died in the hands of the cultivators from the top ten sects!

Luofei had been cultivating the devil path for one thousand and four hundred years. His hands had reaped numerous lives in order to survive until today.

Although he was sure he could kill Ning Fan easily, he was a little curious about Ning Fan's expression. The latter was rather calm for someone who was about to die.

Is he unafraid of a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert? Is he unafraid of me?!

"Purple Charm Gate? Interesting. I've just killed your Gold Core Realm elder and I believe your sect would certainly send people to pursue me. But if I eliminate the Peak Nascent Soul Realm elder of the sect as well, it should be more than enough to intimidate the Early Divine Transformation Realm old ancestor of the sect… Am I right, Stone Warrior?"

"Precisely. In the External Endless Sea, those who killed Gold Core Realm cultivators of a sect would end up being hunted by experts from the sects of those they killed. Those who can kill Nascent Soul Realm experts are considered as powerful cultivators. And those who are able to kill Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts would definitely possess the power to injure a Divine Transformation Realm expert. As such, none of the Divine Transformation Realm experts would want to offend them…"

The voice of the person who answered was rather ineloquent.

Although the voice came from beside Ning Fan, Luofei was unable to identify his existence, let alone his presence.

The next moment, fear ran through his veins, sending chills down his spine!

He realized that the only cultivators he would not be able to sense were cultivators at the Divine Transformation Realm!

This Zhou Ming has a Divine Transformation Realm fighter?! Now I understand why he dares to behave so recklessly!

With a Divine Transformation Realm fighter at his side, no one would dare to offend him, even if he plunders the cultivators in the whole External Endless Sea!

"This is the twelfth Nascent Soul Realm expert. I think it should be enough… Stone Warrior, finish him. Take his Nascent Soul and keep his corpse…" Ning Fan ordered coldly.

"Yes!"

A giant man revealed himself from beside Ning Fan. His body was made of rocks that had moss growing on its surface and a black crescent mark was imprinted on the left side of his face.

All of a sudden, loud screams resounded from inside the Hill of Death. The cultivators who were waiting outside of the territory were shocked!

"What was…that? Did you hear it?!"

"Yes… It's not a mistake! It belongs to the Feudal Ranking Elder of the Purple Charm Gate – Luofei. Don't tell me that he's now dead too!"

"What?! He's an expert at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm! There's no way he would die!"

"Who wants to go and have a look?"

"Are you crazy? No one would be that dumb and get himself killed!"

Each and every one of the devil cultivators were rooted to the ground like wooden statues. None of them were brave enough to enter the black spirit sense.

Furthermore, after hearing the screams, many of the cultivators who wished to buy human cauldrons to break through the bottleneck of their cultivations gulped in fear and left hurriedly.

They no longer wanted to attend the auction!

The black spirit sense was like a wall that separated all the cultivators from the Pill Cauldron Gate in the last two thousand li*!

Normally, there would be nearly ten thousand devil cultivators who would attend the auction of the Pill Cauldron Gate every time.

This time however, half of them have been killed by Ning Fan while 30% of them fled, leaving only one fifth of the normal number of attendees.

…

Ning Fan withdrew his sword sense, making the dark spirit sense dissipate. Stone Warrior returned to its statue form and was kept by Ning Fan into his storage pouch.

"12 Nascent Souls… Good. They should be sufficient in helping me break through to the second realm of the Silver Bone…'Blood Pricking Devil Marks'… This sure is a unique secret art to enhance my body refining realm… As for the flesh from the thousands of Gold Core Realm corpses and their corpse qi, they will serve as excellent nutrients for the cultivation of Corpse Devil Record… After all, I didn't just get a large amount of immortal jade but also necessary items to increase my body refining realm and cultivation method… This kind of things can only be done in the Endless Sea. If I were to massacre thousands of lives in any of the eight hundred cultivation countries, I would have already been caught by the Void Fragmentation Realm experts of the Rain Palace and be executed."

With a wave of a hand, Ning Fan kept all the corpses on the ground into his Cauldron Ring temporarily.

After that, he made a leap and returned to his camel that was being driven by Bing Ling and Yue Ling. Now, they could go towards the oasis leisurely.

Besides, Ning Fan had found out the secret art that would be able to increase his body refining realm from Stone Warrior by asking the latter some seemingly casual questions. He found out that it would require lots of 'Secret Blood' in order to draw the devil marks on Ning Fan's body… The process of obtaining Secret Blood was not easy. Ning Fan must first gather the Gold Cores of Gold Core Realm cultivators, the Nascent Souls of Nascent Soul Realm experts and also the Primordial Spirit of Divine Transformation Realm experts. After all those items mentioned above are refined, they would be melted into droplets of Secret Blood.

Earlier, his worries were how to obtain the Gold Cores and Nascent Souls in order to create Secret Blood. Fortunately, there was the Hill of Death right outside the Pill Cauldron Gate which was a place that allowed cultivators to kill each other.

3711 Gold Cores and 12 Nascent Souls… I think they are enough for me to make a few droplets of Secret Blood.

As for the immortal jade, Ning Fan had obtained more than a hundred million. He was too lazy to even count the exact amount but he knew that he roughly possessed a hundred and thirty million immortal jade. From the loot he got, there were countless pills, magical treasures and also cultivation methods. Through the massacre he orchestrated, he also obtained 27 Gold Core Realm Dao Fruit. Unfortunately, there was not a single Nascent Soul Realm Dao Fruit.

In just one day, the number of people he killed was nearly equivalent to the total amount of cultivators of a Mid-Grade Cultivation Country!

I wonder if the king of Great Jin would feel terrified after hearing this news. Should I be worried of the powerful forces in the External Endless Sea that I offended just now? No. There's nothing to feel scared about.

Actually, is there really someone in the Endless Sea that could hurt Ning Fan now?

If Divine Transformation Realm experts come to seek revenge on him, he would be very willing to kill them in return!

"Stone Warrior, you did great…" Ning Fan did not hold his back compliments for his newfound fighter.

"Hmmph! Remember what you've promised me!" Stone Warrior let out a cold harrumph as a reply.

"Regarding the secret art of drawing devil marks using Secret Blood. Which devil mark do you think I should choose?"

"I only know 3 ancient devil marks. The first two are Profound Ice Devil Marks and Huge Sun Devil Marks. They are devil marks at the general rank. Since your Corpse Devil Record is an earth element cultivation method, you can't carve them on your body. Therefore, you should choose the third one, the Stone Warrior Devil which is same as mine. However, it's only at the soldier rank…"

"Hmm? So the devil marks are categorized into ranks such as the general rank and the soldier rank?" The first thought that came to Ning Fan's mind was the Demon General, Li Ban.

"Yes. The demon tribe is different from cultivators. They run their tribes using military rule. Nascent Soul Realm cultivators are the soldiers, Divine Transformation Realm cultivators are the generals, While the Void Refinement Realm experts are the marshals. Finally, Void Fragmentation Realm experts are the emperors… I don't know much about devil marks of higher ranks. The reason I was created was and will always be to protect Mistress Xiaoman. I don't really have much knowledge about other things…"

"Oh really? It's fine. When it's time for me to get some of the devil marks, I will be needing your guidance."

"Hmmph! As long as you follow the agreement we have, I will naturally help you draw the devil marks on your body. Just a heads-up for you, carving the devil marks on your body is going to be extremely painful!"

"Painful? I like pain… I am actually worried that I won't have the chance to eat the pill again."

Ning Fan's body was stained with tremendous amounts of Violent Qi. Within one day, he had killed too many people and broke the harmony between the experts' primordial qi and heaven and earth. Despite what happened, his heart remained as calm as a tranquil lake.

If he had a lower cultivation base, he might be the one who's dead right now, without having the slightest chance to survive.

This is the Endless Sea which is also known as the Grave of Cultivators. Those who are willing to enter should be prepared both mentally and physically. They should also understand the natural law of this place. The strongest are the ones who survive...

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Back in the stone chamber of the Pill Cauldron Gate, Xiao Wanluo's face was as pale as dying embers.

In the past, he turned part of his territory into the free killing zone which was known as the Hill of Death today. Cultivators were allowed to kill and rob each other but most of the people who would really enter this area with that purpose in mind were normally the Gold Core Realm cultivators. The strongest among them would be Early Nascent Soul Realm experts…

Obviously, they killed and robbed others because they did not have enough immortal jade on them. It was why they would risk their lives and bet everything into a single chance, hoping that they could get what they want by taking them from others.

However, it's extremely bizarre to have a cultivator like Zhou Ming who would be able to kill so many people in the zone!

He was not just going after their immortal jade… After all, even the craziest cultivator would not kill so many people and risk offending the forces from the entire External Endless Sea just for money!

In Xiao Wanluo's mind, this person might have strength that could rival a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert and seize the External Endless Sea. Or perhaps this person might get himself killed by any of the Divine Transformation Realm experts in this place.

But those were not his main concerns. Currently, he only had a terrible feeling about what was about to happen.

"It's over. We're done for... The Pill Cauldron Gate has gotten itself into trouble… And a serious one, at that!"

That Zhou Ming might be enjoying himself but he was still killing people in the zone that was set up by the Pill Cauldron Gate!

If the offended parties could not find Zhou Ming to avenge their dead members, they would definitely come searching for Xiao Wanluo.

11 Nascent Soul Realm cultivators with three of them being Late Nascent Soul Realm experts! This matter was dead serious!

It would've been fine if they were only rogue cultivators. Unfortunately, two of the Late Nascent Soul Realm experts came from powerful backgrounds. Although they were not members of the top ten sects, they were still people that the Pill Cauldron Gate would avoid offending.

When he imagined many powerful forces coming to vent out their anger on him, he trembled in anxiety.

"What should I do now? You! Tell me!"

He was yelling at the sect master. A dignified Early Nascent Soul Realm expert like the sect master could only lower his head in silence.

The next moment, another expert at the Early Nascent Soul Realm came into the room, panting heavily. He was the vice sect master.

"It.... It's even worse now! Another Nascent Soul Realm expert has died!"

"What?! That Zhou Ming is still not satisfied? Tell me, who did he kill?! Is he an Early or Mid-Nascent Soul Realm expert?"

"Erm… This…" Fear was written all over the vice sect master's face.

"Don't stutter! Is he another Late Nascent Soul Realm expert?! *sucks in a cold breath*" Without listening to him, Xiao Wanluo formed an answer himself.

That Zhou Ming has already killed four Late Nascent Soul Realm experts!

"No. It's not… This time, the deceased expert is the Purple Charm Gate's…"

"What?! Purple Charm Gate?! It's one of the top ten sects in the External Endless Sea! He really killed a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert from that sect?!" Xiao Wanluo felt his heart could stop any moment from now.

What he has done in my territory?! He had just dragged us with him into this big troublesome matter! How am I going to face the Divine Transformation Realm old ancestor of the Purple Charm Gate?!

"No. It's not…" The vice sect master shook his head.

"What do you mean?! Wait. Are you telling me that the expert is not actually from the Purple Charm Gate?!" Xiao Wanluo's eyes flashed brightly with a glimmer of hope.

"No. He's indeed from the Purple Charm Gate… But he is not a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert. He's at… the Peak Nascent Soul Realm! He is Luofei, the Bloody Guest."

"What?! *Jaw dropping in disbelief* An expert like him is dead too?!"

Thunder rumbled within his head as if it was going to explode his brain into chunks.

We're really dead this time…

This incident would shock the entire External Endless Sea for sure and everyone would know Zhou Ming for what he had done. Perhaps the Divine Transformation Realm experts would not even dare to seek revenge on him.

Since no one would be daring enough to face Zhou Ming, they would obviously unleash their anger on the Pill Cauldron Gate!

Xiao Wanluo might not be able to get away with it this time!

"Why? Why do I need to suffer for him? It's his fault for killing all those cultivators! Oh my god! Are you freaking kidding me?!"

*Puke* A mouthful of blood gushed out from Xiao Wanluo's mouth.

This is really an unlucky year for me.

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<strong>Translator Team:</strong>

G-Team [Tommy (TL), Roel (Editor)]