Grasping Evil

After several months, Ning Fan had done it with one thousand women. His cultivation method had already been improved to the peak of the Second Level.

Each and every one of the one thousand plus women went through the intense plucking session and lost their chastity. After serving Ning Fan, they began to cultivate on the island one after another. Some of them had a battle of magic power against each other while others practiced in forming battle formations.

In the bedroom, Ning Fan closed his eyes in silence. Bing Ling, Yue Ling, the Wind Demoness, the Flower Demoness and Nalan Zi surrounded him in the nude, pleasing him with their lips and tongues.

On his lower body, Nalan Zi whose eyes had been blinded was carefully wrapping Ning Fan's fiery rod with her fragrant lips, satisfying him with the special Cuckoo Shedding Technique of the Purple Cuckoo Race.

Under the service of these women, it was enough to make any man crazy and fail to restrain their lust. However, Ning Fan's heart was hard like steel and so he remained unaffected.

The higher the level of his cultivation method, the calmer he is when facing women and the lesser he would be enchanted by any bewitching arts or illusions.

In a certain sense, Ning Fan's state of mind being so strong was not without any valid reason.

Restraining himself from abusing his beautiful human cauldrons like an animal would despite facing them every day and night was already a great test for a man's state of mind.

"Master, your cultivation method hasn't broken through yet…?" Bing Ling was hugging Ning Fan's waist and was sensually rubbing her tender chest on his body.

The other women were also doing their best to tease Ning Fan by showing their seductive sides, helping him achieve a breakthrough in his cultivation method.

Nalan Zi seemed to be putting all of her energy in skillfully fellating Ning Fan with her tender lips.

For the sake of her younger sister, she had decided to devote her heart and body to Ning Fan. She did not know whether Ning Fan would swindle her or not. All she could do was to try harder to please him and make him happy so that he would be willing to keep his promise.

"Umph…"

Nalan Zi felt her tongue become a little numb. She had been keeping his rod within her mouth and licked it with her tongue for four hours straight. However, he had yet to blow his load. It was enough to show how strong his mind and endurance was.

"Master, can I continue pleasing you with my hands…? My mouth is getting numb and I want to give it rest for a while…" Nalan Zi asked cautiously. The haughtiness and domineering attitude that she used to have while being the Imperial Concubine could no longer be seen anymore.

"There's no need for that. All of you, go and get some rest. You all have had a long day."

Ning Fan gently patted Nalan Zi's head and nodded at the other women, signaling that they were permitted to take some rest.

Bing Ling and the others obeyed and left but their eyes were filled with disappointment. They felt like they were failures as they were unable to help Ning Fan.

Nalan Zi bit her lips and eventually left the room. She felt pretty guilty and she blamed herself hard for failing to please Ning Fan. Of course, the cause of this feeling of guilt was related to her younger sister.

After the women left, there was only Ning Fan in the room alone. When he examined his immortal veins, his brows became tightly knitted.

"Why hasn't my cultivation method broken through yet? In the cultivation method of the Yin Yang Transformation, it has been mentioned that when attaining the Third Level, a gate of the Yin Yang Fish would appear in the sky. However, even though this gate had already been there for a few months, my cultivation method still hasn't advanced to the Third Level…"

"Am I missing something…?"

Ning Fan seemed to have gained some new insights. He draped a cloak over his shoulders and walked out of the room. The atmosphere outside the room was as cool as water and a full moon was hanging in the dark sky.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. Beyond the formation light in the hazy dark night, a totem of a pair of Yin Yang Fish swimming by each other's side appeared in the sky.

The pair of Yin Yang Fish which were black and white respectively seemed to fully contain all the principles in the world.

When there is kindness, there is evil. When there is good, there is bad. When there is male, there is a female. When there is yin, there is yang. When there is life, there is death. When there is black, there is white...

The understanding within him was getting deeper. Just as the new understanding gradually rose within his mind, he faintly felt that his Yin Yang Transformation was showing signs of advancement. However, because his comprehension of it was not enough, it caused his cultivation method to be unable to go to the next level completely.

"I've done enough dual cultivations with women and if I'm still unable to attain the next level, the problem isn't with dual cultivating. I'm afraid it's because I don't have enough comprehension towards 'Yin' and 'Yang'."

"Yin Yang… What are Yin and Yang…? The Yin Yang Transformation cultivation method of Emperor Ancient Chaos clearly encompasses the great Dao of the world. But why was it explained as the most intimate interaction between male and female…?"

"The principle in the Yin Yang Transformation is too profound. However, just because it's a dual cultivation method, it was considered as garbage by people. Aren't they a little too whimsical?"

"Why did Xiao You'er[1] insisted on practicing the Yin Yang Transformation in the past? If she cultivates this technique, I wonder which she plucked, were they men or women…"

"Emperor Ancient Chaos used to be a disciple of the Immortal Sovereign Zi Dou and discovered the Dao of Yin Yang from his master's Dao of Samsara… This cultivation method might have been prestigious and famous during ancient times, but it has become something perverts use in later generations."

"Perverts!"

Ning Fan's eyes suddenly flashed with enlightenment as if he had grasped the key.

Is it really shameless for males and females to dual cultivate? If there is no intercourse between them, how can one be born into this world?

The fault is not on dual cultivation but the use of the Yin Yang Transformation.

According to hearsays, there was an emperor in ancient times who made out with three thousand women consecutively in a day and eventually ascended to the heavens.

If the Yin Yang Transformation were in the hands of Emperor Ancient Chaos Emperor, he must also be that kind of romantic emperor who is joyous of the session but not indecent.

But if this cultivation method falls in the hands of perverts, it will definitely be a shameless means for them to commit sexual immorality.

As such, it is never the fault of the cultivation method but the person who uses it!

Ning Fan suddenly understood something. Scenes of his past memories flashed in front of his eyes like a trotting horse lamp.

By using the Yin Yang Transformation cultivation method, he had subdued countless women in the past. By using the profound Mind Reading Technique, he had pried into many women's secrets.

From the perspective of the people in this world, his actions were brazen and he would only be treated as a lascivious guy.

However, since lust is human nature, why is it wrong? Could it be that only when one who has eliminated their own desires and nature to be emotionless and merciless is practicing the righteous Dao…?

What is right and what is wrong?!

Ning Fan's mind gradually became chaotic. He was unable to see through it!

Keeping the inherent nature or destroying it, keeping one's emotions or being emotionless. They were two completely different great Dao in the world. The insights of the Dao involved were too profound which made him unable to think it through.

Struggle! His mind was in a struggle again!

It was as if his Heart's Devil was knocking on the door of his heart, mocking and teasing him.

That Heart's Devil was firmly claiming that the Dao that Ning Fan chose was wrong!

When his Heart's Devil became more and more horrible, his eyes glinted with ferocity. He made a strike on his chest with his palm and spurted out mouthfuls of blood which also got rid of his Hearts' Devil.

He was Ning Fan. How could he be underestimated by a mere Heart's Devil!

He had the brutality and arrogance which no one could match!

Gradually, his mind calmed down!

"I have no shame or guilt but have a clear conscience!"

"It's wrong to kill, but what is wrong if one kills his enemies in order to protect their countries and families?!"

"It's right to save people, but how can it be right to save an ungrateful person who repays grace with enmity?!"

"It's wrong to commit fornication, but the people whom I plucked were either my human cauldrons or my foes. I would not dare to say that I'm not wrong, but I have a clear conscience at the very least!"

"It's right to accept one's fate as destined by the heavens. However, if the heavens' fate is to let me die and let my loved one be humiliated and die innocently, I'll never yield to this kind of destiny!"

"...I understand now!"

Ning Fan raised his head and looked at the sky. He finally understood the profound meaning of the totem of the Yin Yang Fish that could be seen everywhere in the cultivation world.

'Yin' and 'Yang' had nothing to do with right or wrong. The Heavenly Dao is merciless and it's because of its mercilessness that everyone could be treated equally.

Ning Fan's gaze alternated between being blank and solemn. His presence flickered unstably from time to time. Sometimes, he would be covered with white robes while other times his black hair would become longer and turn into a man in black robes that seethed with black qi.

The man in black robes was Ning Fan whereas the man in white robes was also him.

What's wrong and right were also Yin and Yang.

There was clarity and obscurity in the Heavenly Dao. However, between the two elements, none of them was superior or inferior to the other.

If there is no clarity, there is no obscurity. If there is no Yin, there will be no Yang!

"Just a bit more! As for the plucking session with women, I have already satisfied that requirement. With regards to my comprehension of the cultivation method, it's almost enough. However, I still need to understand what Yin and Yang means from another perspective! I'm Ning Fan, a devil cultivator who can only view these two words from the perspective of devil cultivation. If I just rely on my own perspective, it will be a biased understanding and would not let me understand the true meaning of Yin and Yang. Therefore, I need to know a righteous cultivator's understanding of it!"

Ning Fan let out a laughter which was loud enough to make the Black Orchid Island tremble. No one knew how many women had been disturbed by his deafening voice from their spring dreams.

"Wait for me here. I'll be back within seven days!"

He made a step forward and vanished into a trace of mist, flying out of Black Orchid Island.

He travelled all the way to the west and passed by the Xuan Wei Sect in the west region of the External Endless Sea.

It was a low-profile righteous sect which only had hundreds of cultivators. The strongest cultivator within this sect was an old man at the Gold Core Realm.

Cultivators of the righteous Dao were considered as aliens in the Endless Sea. They were people others would slaughter at will.

Despite lacking in strength, this Xuan Wei Sect was still able to survive, upholding the Dao of Righteousness. It must have its own way of survival!

In the Xuan Wei Sect, most disciples were either in secluded meditation or slumber except for a few disciples who were assigned to patrol at night.

The night was cool like water. In the study room, the old ancestor of Xuan Wei Sect was holding a scroll of a scripture in his hands. Despite having an air of righteousness, what he was reading was unexpectedly a scripture about the Devil Dao!

Ning Fan seemed to have understood something.

An old ancestor of the righteous Dao is studying the Devil Dao. Is this the reason why the Xuan Wei Sect can survive in the Grave of Cultivators?

A gust of wind blew into the study room and Ning Fan's shadow emerged. The candlelight flickered due to the wind.

"Qing Feng, Ming Yue, haven't I told you that I don't like anyone disturbing me when I'm reading scriptures at midnight?!"

The elderly man lifted his head unhappily. When he noticed that the person who entered his study was an unfamiliar cultivator, he suddenly felt shocked and alerted.

"Who are you?!"

*Shua*

The old man immediately rose to his feet with his face not showing the slightest trace of fear.

Even though his cultivation base was weak, he had his own righteous Dao. This righteous Dao within him was so strong that it would not be destroyed even if he was reading the devil scriptures!

Under the dim candlelight, the old man gradually got a clearer view of Ning Fan's face.

As soon as he saw him clearly, he felt like a bucket of ice-cold water had been poured upon him from his head. Cold sweat began to trickle down from his forehead.

"V-Venerated Ming!"

He was stunned by Ning Fan's aura!

This was all because Ning Fan's name was just too scary. After his notoriety had been spread around in the Endless Sea, innumerable forces strived to buy the jade slips containing his face so as to not offend him without recognizing him when they encounter him in the future and avoid being annihilated!

"I will ask you something and you will answer me!" Ning Fan's tone sounded like he would not take no for an answer. The old man who was breaking out in a cold sweat did not even dare to refuse.

"Yes..."

"What's your name?!"

"My name is Zheng Tong. I'm the old ancestor in charge of the Xuan Wei Sect."

"Are you a cultivator of the righteous Dao?"

"Yes, I am…"

"You're a righteous cultivator and I'm a devil cultivator. Why do you fear me? Isn't eliminating devils the responsibility of cultivators of the righteous Dao?!"

"How will this junior be bold enough to do so?! In this world, the righteous path and the devil path are just a single thought different from each other. Even though the cultivation methods for both Dao are different, they both ultimately lead to the one Great Dao. Instead of holding on to the differences between the righteous and the devil paths, why not devote ourselves to cultivating wholeheartedly and focus on practicing. There are countless kinds of devil and righteous Dao. My righteous Dao is to preach, teach and protect the lives of my disciples from any danger. If I can ensure the safety of my disciples, I'd still claim myself to be a cultivator upholding the righteous Dao even if I fall into the devil Dao!"

The old man just had an Early Gold Core Realm cultivation base. However, his Heart of Dao was firm when he spoke. It was obvious that he had always served the devil sects for the safety of his own sect but he was not ashamed of it.

The righteous Dao that the old man pursued was not the pureness of his own name but to protect the safety of his disciples.

If there was no justice to uphold, there was no point in claiming oneself as a cultivator of the righteous Dao. The justice of this old man was everyone in the Xuan Wei Sect!

"Well said. I see. In your heart, Yin and Yang are just a single thousand different from each other. If one adheres to their conscience and true intentions, they could still claim themselves as Yang even if they fall into Yin."

Ning Fan stopped, musing in silence. He then flicked his sleeve and left several bottles of pills there. At the next moment, he turned into a cooling breeze and disappeared into thin air in front of the old man.

"What a profound speed… Huh? These are Fire Separation Pills!"

The old man was greatly astonished. The Fire Separation Pill was a type of invaluable high-grade Third Revolution pill in the Endless Sea. To Gold Core Realm cultivators, it could be used to increase their magic power by a great deal. If one had sufficient pills, they could even break through to the middle stage of the Gold Core Realm from the early stage in one go!

With these pills in hand, the day for the old man to attain the Mid Gold Core Realm was not far away. The stronger he becomes, the more capable he would be at keeping his disciples safe!

He was a good master. The kind of goodness he had had nothing to do with kindness or evil, nor with being righteous or devilish.

The old man found it difficult to calm himself down. He looked at the direction where Ning Fan had left with a grateful expression.

He surmised that the reason as to why Ning Fan had asked him those questions was to achieve a breakthrough in some kind of bottleneck or shackles in his cultivation. Therefore, he tried to comprehend it by the analogies of other things.

It was the same as to why the old man studied devil scriptures. He was trying to enhance the cultivation of his righteous Dao from another aspect.

It only took the time for an incense stick to burn for Ning Fan to appear in his study and leave after asking those questions. He did not disturb anyone else of the Xuan Wei Sect at all and neither did he take anyone's life.

In the old man's eyes, Ning Fan was not like the bloodthirsty monster who slaughtered many indiscriminately from the rumors spreading in the outside world. Instead, he was a person with principles and he distinguished kindness and hatred clearly.

"So this is the true Venerated Ming…? What an unrestrained devil cultivator with such an elegant demeanor." The old man's eyes glowed with respect. The admiration he had for Ning Fan gradually grew stronger.

After swiftly flying out of the Xuan Wei Sect, Ning Fan was still thinking about the old man's words. The latter's words seemed to have provided him some insights.

He traveled all the way to the west once again while spreading his spirit sense which covered the vicinity of fifty thousand li* (500 m per li) around him. This time, he never stopped and landed anywhere on his way. Another day passed by. When dawn broke and the sky got bright, only then did he come to a halt at the western border of the Endless Sea.

This place was nearly out of the boundaries of the Endless Sea region. There was a mortal kingdom at the border of the western sea. It was rather small in size and could not get into the list of eight hundred cultivation kingdoms at all.

Ning Fan stopped and saw a corrupted county administration office in a mortal city. The county magistrate was offering a bribe to another official by presenting a set of gold and silver taels.

It seems that the embankments of the rivers within the county had burst and countless people had become victims of the disaster. In order to obtain the funds for the disaster relief, the county magistrate was bribing another official.

That county magistrate curried favor with that official. However, after the other official left, he suddenly revealed a stern and virtuous expression.

"One day, I must eliminate all the corrupted officials in the world!"

That air of righteousness came directly from his heart. It was certainly not a disguise.

"Interesting." Ning Fan descended on the county administration office. His interest was piqued by this county magistrate who bribed his superior but had an upright and righteous attitude.

He turned into a gust of wind and appeared in front of the county magistrate. Just as that county magistrate saw him emerge out of nowhere, he thought the latter was some wandering expert. He was inwardly frightened and he immediately summoned dozens of yamen runners[2].

These yamen runners had stocky and imposing bodies while Ning Fan looked so weak that he would be unable to stand up to the wind. However, with a wave of his sleeve, all the yamen runners were knocked out.

"A-A demon!" the county magistrate was terrified. Even though there was a saying in the mortal world which goes, 'Confucius never talked about odd, puissance, turmoil and deity', the county magistrate clearly saw that Ning Fan was not an ordinary person.

"I will ask you a few questions and you will answer me!" Ning Fan's tone sounded firm and domineering.

"Yes…"

"Why are you afraid of me?!"

"Because you can do witchcraft…" The county magistrate was a little scared.

"Why did you choose to become an official?!"

"To eliminate the corrupted and useless officials and help people!" As soon as he talked about his aspirations, his face suddenly lit up with seriousness.

"You want to get rid of the corrupted officials, but why did you taint yourself and become willing to bribe your superior?!"

"Neither good reputation nor a tainted one is significant! May I be so bold to ask this Immortal Master, if I only ask for a good reputation but I can't raise the relief fund for my people who are in danger, how will I aid my people?! If I don't corrupt myself, I will then be unable to save the lives of my people. I'm a capable magistrate, not an honest and clean official. If I don't adjust to what's common practice, I won't be able to solve any troubles for my Majesty. Bo Yi and Shu Qi[3] might be noble and unsullied, but they did nothing beneficial to the people. What's the point of being noble and unsullied? Chen Ping[4] stole his elder brother's wife away and cheated him of his gold, but he was able to share his lord's worries. Xiao He[5] defamed himself and only then did he manage to gain his lord's trust. I'm willing to be someone like Chen Ping and Xiao He by using my abilities to benefit the people. The wrongful action I committed today is for everyone's good in the future!"

"I see. In your heart, Yin and Yang assist each other while clarity and obscurity complement each other. The wrongful act committed today is to exchange for the good in the future…"

Ning Fan made a step out of the administration office. When he was outside of the office, he suddenly made a stomp on the ground which caused the whole county to shake. The overflowing river which originally broke the embankments soared into the sky like a water dragon and returned to its stream while the river embankments were rebuilt!

This was clearly a reward for the county magistrate which Ning Fan gave for answering those questions.

He was a good official. Even though he violated the rules and bribed his superior, his intention was for the good of the people.

The tremor made the county magistrate stunned and frightened. He only thought that Ning Fan was a deity from the heavens who could crush the whole county with one stomp.

Shortly afterwards, a clerk official reported that the river embankments were repaired and the river had returned to its stream. Even the epidemic that appeared after the flood had disappeared and all the victims were in good health and spirit.

The county magistrate froze in astonishment.

It's impossible for the river with broken embankments to return to the river course by itself, let alone the fact that the victims who were infected by the disease were cured themselves. All of these were undoubtedly done by the immortal master just now.

The county magistrate realized that he seemed to have resolved the immortal master's doubts and this act of relief for the victims was a reward to him.

"On behalf of the county residents, I want to express my deepest gratitude to you, Immortal Master!"

The county magistrate was shedding tears as he made a bow in the direction where Ning Fan vanished.

After leaving the mortal kingdom, Ning Fan's comprehension became deeper and clearer. Every time he passed by a place, he would spread out his spirit sense and question every single cultivator and mortal he met.

Yin and Yang covered all Great Dao. Thus, everyone's behavior could be explained by the concept of Yin and Yang.

The more he asked, the more insights he discovered about Yin and Yang. Eventually, he stopped on the bank of a river.

There was a child reading a scripture by the river. He was a student of a private school.

"The bright sun represents Yang while the waning moon symbolizes Yin…"

The meaning of this sentence was plain and obvious. The sun was Yang whereas the moon was Yin.

Despite that, Ning Fan was confused. Within his mind, he questioned himself.

Is the Great Dao of Yin and Yang that I'm pursuing just the principle of the alternation of the sun and moon?

Seven days later, he returned to Black Orchid Island and sat on his bed in lotus position with both of his legs crossed together.

The frown between his eyebrows gradually loosened.

"I can't just cling onto the devil dao while adamantly insisting that the righteous path is wrong… Every principle in this world must have Yin and Yang complementing each other. Good and evil should coexist…"

"What is clarity and obscurity… True blue will never stain and the marks of sin will never be washed away."

What is good and evil… Good is good, evil is evil."

"What is Yin and Yang… Attaining something directly is Yang while taking something in reverse is Yin."

"I understand all of these general principles. However, it's because of this that I have become a little confused…"

The verse recited by the child echoed repeatedly within Ning Fan's mind.

Along the path of inquiring the meaning of Yin and Yang, his understanding of it grew deeper to the point of completely grasping its true meaning from being blank. At this moment, however, he felt like he had returned to the original point where he knew nothing about it.

He was engrossed in it. The Great Dao is extremely simple. A wise man regarded Yin and Yang as the sun and the moon, but he had compared Yin and Yang to qualities like clarity and obscurity, kindness and evil. By comprehending it in such a way, he was just concentrating on the less important thing and neglecting its essence.

"Let's return to its origin again. Why would the Yin Yang Transformation be a dual-cultivation method…? This is because Emperor Ancient Chaos Emperor believed that men represent Yang while women represent Yin. Thus, the intercourse between men and women was the method that suited the principle of the Great Dao of Yin and Yang. Two completely different people become one and give birth to new life. The so-called Yin and Yang, by analogy, is the new power produced the moment two diametrically opposing elements are combined."

The journey of Ning Fan's comprehension was similar to a recollection of his life.

At the initial stage, when a cultivator looked at a mountain, what he saw was just a mountain. However, in a later stage, when he looked at the mountain again, what he saw was not a mountain but something else. In the final stage, when he looked at the same mountain once more, what he saw was just the mountain as it was before.[6]

The Great Dao was unbelievably simple!

"Heaven as my wife, the earth as my concubine, and the common people as my cauldrons. The Great Dao of Yin and Yang - Synthesis Dual Cultivation!"

"Those were Emperor Ancient Chaos' words. He was trying to consider everything beneath the heavens as 'Yin' which can be plucked and assimilated while tempering himself as 'Yang'. By plucking Yin to replenish Yang, one would be able to attain the Great Dao!"

"What I should pluck should not be limited to just women, but also everything beneath the heavens!"

"This is a cultivation method that takes the power of others and competes with heaven and earth for the Dao! And treating the heavens and earth as women and plucking them clean!"

For the first time, Ning Fan managed to see through the essence of Yin the Yang Transformation.

This isn't really a cultivation method to pluck all the women in this world. Instead, it's even trying to pluck the Heavenly Dao and Samara!

It's inconceivable how arrogant and wild Emperor Ancient Chaos was as he even dared to oppose the heavens for the Dao!

Ning Fan walked out of his room and looked at the sky with a smile.

His left eye glowed in a strange pure white color while his right eye was covered with an eerie pure black color. The white of his eyes and his pupils couldn't be differentiated!

Under his gaze, the huge door of the Yin Yang Fish above the sky opened with a loud bang!

In a flash of light, Ning Fan disappeared from where he stood with one single step and appeared in a realm full of haze.

No, the air inside here isn't haze. Instead, it is filled with thick Yin qi of heaven and earth.

After entering this place, Ning Fan suddenly discovered that the

magic power within his Yin Yang Devil Veins boiled all of a sudden and the speed of its circulation was more than one hundred times faster than that in the past.

"The Yin qi here can actually boost my cultivation speed a hundred times faster!"

Ning Fan was dumbfounded!

The seventh floor of the Lost World Palace could slow down time by at least one hundred times while this place could increase the circulation speed of a Yin Yang Transformation's practitioner's magic power by a hundred fold!

What did this mean?

If someone who possesses the Yin Yang Devil Veins cultivates here, their cultivation speed would be a hundred times faster than in the outside world!

On the other hand, if someone who possesses the Yin Yang Devil Veins refines pills within this place, the speed would also be one hundred times faster than in the outside world!

Everything that takes place within this realm would have an effect of one hundred times stronger than in the outside world as long as it involved magic power!

At the center of heaven and earth within this realm stood a one thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) tall fire monument. There were seven marks with the shape of the sun and seven marks in the shape of the waning moon on it.

Among them, one of the seven waning moon marks had been stained with a purple spiritual qi and had a trace of qi which Ning Fan found extremely familiar…

"Bei Yao! The purple qi on this monument is Bei Yao's!"

Ning Fan suddenly recalled a dream that he had a long time ago. It happened shortly after he obtained the Yin Yang Locket.

The place within the dream was a misty world like this. There was also a fire monument and he could remember that there was a woman standing under it…

"This is the space within the Yin Yang Locket - the Profound Yin World! This is a dichiliocosm, a world that only Immortal Emperors are qualified to cultivate. With my Yin Yang Devil Veins, my speed of cultivation will be a hundred times faster than in the outside world!"

Ning Fan muttered to himself. Suddenly, an ancient and indifferent voice echoed within the Profound Yin World as if it was responding to his words. The voice seemed to have been left inside the locket by its creator.

"The treasure of the Profound Yin World, the Yin Yang Locket. Heaven as my wife, the earth as my concubine, and the common people as my cauldrons. The Great Dao of Yin and Yang - Synthesis Dual Cultivation!"

"You're the first of my inheritors who has glimpsed and comprehended Yin and Yang after my Dao perished... I am Emperor Ancient Chaos. Since you are destined to open this world, I will make you the master of this Profound Yin World. You will take control of this world and Ancient Chaos' Yin and Yang!"

"Bow to the Immortal Sovereign, may he live forever and never die!"

*Bang*

That voice suddenly disappeared, completely disappearing from the space and the whole Profound Yin World began to tremble. It seemed that that voice that was sealed within this place was finally able to rest in peace after meeting the next master of the Profound Yin World.

At this moment, Ning Fan's heart seemed to have been cut by a knife. The extreme pain on his chest caused him to vomit blood in the Profound Yin World.

As the fresh blood he coughed out sprinkled on the floor of the Profound Yin World, it gradually disappeared. In the next moment, Ning Fan suddenly felt that his heart was seared by something with the mark of the Yin Yang Fish.

With the help of the mark, he could enter the Profound Yin World anytime and anywhere he wishes by just willing it!

He could not help but feel slightly excited even with his cool and steady temperament.

Now, after his Yin Yang Transformation attained the Third Level, he had become the master of the Profound Yin World. With this unique world, there were too many things he could do.

"Speaking of which, where is Little You'er?"

Ning Fan scanned his surroundings. In this world which held nothing within, there was actually a thatched cottage floating in midair. It was slowly floating towards Ning Fan from afar.

Within the cottage, a woman in snow white clothes was in deep slumber on the bed. She was in pain. Her face was pale while her body flickered faintly as if it was going to fade away.

She was hugging her knees tightly with her beautiful face looking so pure that she seemed to be unstained even with a speck of dust, just like a spotless white lotus growing out of the water.

Her body was rather petite. Meanwhile, her embroidered shoes were placed under the bed. Her silky, clean foot seemed to be feeling a little cold as they shrank slightly while she was sleeping.

She looked very timid, and when she hugged herself, she looked delicate and pitiful.

It was not known whether she had dreamt of something. A pained expression suddenly came over her face and tears began to fall from her eyes.

"I'm scared of the dark. I'm scared…"

"Little You'er? She is Luo You?"

Ning Fan had never imagined that Luo You, who always claimed to be his sister and had a quite hearty character would actually be a woman with a petite and soft appeareance in reality. She was actually afraid of the dark and was in such a pitiful state.

Ning Fan's heart could not help but softened and he used his hand to wipe off the tears on the corners of Luo You's eyes. Then, he gently lifted her up from her bed.

Her body is so light. Dancing in the palm of someone... Is that phrase talking about women like her?

Ning Fan sighed inwardly.

If it was not because she had been trapped in this Profound Yin World for too long, a woman like her wouldn't have talked to me with such an enchanting tone.

So it turned out that her enthusiasm and friendliness towards me were just a pretense... She is not a woman as lovely as she sounded.

The reason she pretended to be alluring and friendly was probably to charm him. Perhaps she was afraid of being abandoned and ignored by Ning Fan in the Profound Yin World.

In her deep slumber, Luo You's virtual primordial spirit seemed to have sensed that someone was carrying her. She wanted to wake up but she didn't have the courage to do so.

Because she knew that her virtual primordial spirit would immediately collapse once she wakes up which would cause her to die. Thus, she didn't dare to look at who was holding her.

She didn't dare to open her eyes. She didn't dare to leave her dream realm. She was just too afraid of dying.

"Don't be scared. I'm Ning Fan. I'll get you out of here and help you slightly recover your primordial spirit."

Ning Fan carefully gathered her in his arms as he was afraid of hurting her.

The god of the Luo River was named Luo Shen. This woman must have been lonely and arrogant once.

What was it that made her so depressed? What was it that made her give up everything including her pride and even her position as a deity of the Luo River and choose to practice the shameless and contemptible Yin Yang Transformation?

Ning Fan suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that this woman did not succeed in obtaining the Yin Yang Locket.

If she had succeeded in obtaining Ancient Chaos' inheritance, she would definitely have walked the same path as Ning Fan and sullied her own body by plucking countless men…

She had tried to unlock the inheritance within the Yin Yang Locket but her attempt ended up in failure.

This failure had caused her to be imprisoned for a long period of time, leaving her in a lonely space. However, it had allowed her to meet Ning Fan.

He had corrupted himself by taking the path of devils but Luo You managed to keep her purity intact, maintaining her original pure character.

"Don't be afraid. I'm Ning Fan."

Ning Fan said once again.

His words seemed to have entered into Luo You's dream, slightly calming her trembling body.

Within her dream, she was hiding at a corner while hugging her knees in fright.

"It's Ning Fan. He has managed to open the Profound Yin World?"

"Is he going to save me?"

"Is he going to sully my purity while my primordial spirit is weak or is he going to kill me…?"

"He said, 'Don't be afraid…'"

Luo You slowly calmed down. She had been betrayed by a lot of people in the past. Would she choose to believe Ning Fan?

Would she be at ease to hand her slumbering body to Ning Fan and place it under his care…?

<strong>Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel</strong>

<strong>Note: </strong>

1. Xiao You'er is an affectionate way of calling Luo You, the woman inside the locket.

2. Yamen Runners (Chinese:衙役 Pinyin: yáyi)Yamen runner is an occupation which served for Yamen (Chinese: 衙门 Pinyin: yamen), the law enforcement department in ancient China. (Source: Wikipedia)

3. Bo Yi (Chinese: 伯夷 Pinyin: Bó Yí ) and Shu Qi (Chinese: 叔齊 Pinyin: Shū Qí)Bo Yi and his brother Shu Qi were two brothers who lived in China at the time of the transition between the Shang dynasty and the Zhou dynasty. They are remembered in Chinese literary culture for their personal and moral virtue, loyalty and pacifist idealism. (Source: Wikipedia)

4. Chen Ping (Chinese: 陳平 Pinyin: chén píng)Chen Ping was a Chinese government official who served as a chancellor in the early Western Han dynasty. He was an advisor to Liu Bang who was the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. He played an important role in helping Liu Bang overcome his rival, Xiang Yu. (Source: Wikipedia)

5. Xiao He (Chinese: 萧何 Pinyin: xiāo hé)Xiao He was a Chinese politician of the early Western Han dynasty. He served Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty, during the insurrection against the Qin dynasty. He fought on Liu's side against Liu's rival, Xiang Yu. (Source: Wikipedia)

6. This saying originally was said by a zen master from the Song dynasty about the three realms of meditation. Currently, it is used to depict the three stages of life.

-The first stage (when one looked at the mountain, what he saw was a mountain) is during the beginning when one is introduced to this world. Thus, one looks at everything in this world with naivety and curiosity and believes that whatever they see is the truth.

-The second stage (when one looked at the mountain, what he saw was not a mountain but something else) is when one finds that there are unspoken rules behind everything and their outward appearances are just camouflages. Therefore, they felt like what they see is not necessarily what it truly is. They begin to think about things in a more rational way, trying to discover its reality. As such, when they look at a mountain, they feel that the mountain is not as simple as it.

-The third stage (when one looked at the mountain, what he saw was just a mountain) happens when one gains insights into the world, clearly seeing through it and returning to the original simplicity. In their minds, what they see is what it is, but there is a deeper connotation within it.