Grasping Evil

<strong>Dear readers, the chapter today will be delayed. I was rather busy on some other things today. I'm sorry about it. The chapter will resume tomorrow. Stay tuned. [updated 9 Jul 11:21pm (+8GMT)]</strong>

King Lan Ling stood at one side of the jade platform. His appearance was handsome and elegant. He was clad in a set of dark purple python robes and wore a golden purple crown on his head. His outfit made him look like a young emperor. The dash of cinnabar on his glabella added a hint of malevolence to his overall disposition.

As he stood in the snow and wind, countless orchids fell down around him from the sky, making him as ethereal as a child of a deity. His presence captivated the hearts and minds of many female cultivators in the audience seats…

Compared to King Lan Ling's good looks, Ning Fan appeared less flashy. He wore a set of simple and plain white robes while his unrestrained long, black hair cascaded down his shoulders. His piercing cold eyes were like dark quiet pools that could never be seen through.

His white clothes were tainted with blood. On his glabella, the star which flickered irregularly filled his presence with dreadful killing intent.

A rush of Reckless Devil Realm domineering intent gathered between his brows, making his aura force so strong that ordinary cultivators could not breathe normally. It also made many women around the platform fall for him.

King Lan Ling was the strongest individual among the cultivators below the Void Fragmentation Realm in the Rain World. As for Ning Fan, he was the strongest devil lord of the internal sea… If Ning Fan fought King Lan Ling's second primordial spirit without using a Void Fragmentation Realm jade slip, who would win in the end?!

Perhaps King Lan Ling would have greater chances of winning his fight against Ning Fan. After all, his true body was the most powerful expert among all cultivators below the Void Fragmentation Realm in the Rain World! How could Ning Fan withstand the strength of his second primordial spirit?

The cultivators of the one hundred plus sects held their breaths in nervousness. All of them were staring at the jade platform with full attention.

Today, eleven Void Refinement Realm experts had already died in Ning Fan's hands. This news would surely shake the entire world! As for those who had witnessed Ning Fan's terrifying means, who else would still be brave enough to plot against Feng Xueyan...?

Ning Fan's expression was calm and composed from the beginning, just like an unfathomable abyss.

Even though he had already killed Marquis You Gui and had confidence that he would win the fight against King Lan Ling, he still felt slightly uneasy inside…

That kind of feeling was akin to him having overlooked something. It was like he had failed to notice some of his enemies who were still scheming in the dark…

"Big Brother acted forcefully to suppress the Ghost Eye Clan and strike fear into the one hundred plus sects which harbored ulterior motives, deterring them from acting rashly. I suppose Younger Sister Xueyan's tribulation should be over now… However, why do I still have this feeling of unease…?" Xu Qiuling's brows were slightly drawn together with worry. Similar to Ning Fan, she also sensed a strange and uncomfortable ambience.

Is Feng Xueyan's tribulation really going to end like this…?

"Hmm? Elder Sister Yue… What is she doing?" Xu Qiuling's eyes suddenly flashed with surprise. She took out a jade pendant which contained a trace of Yue Lingkong's qi. She would know whether or not Yue Lingkong was safe and where she was going using that qi.

According to the jade pendant, Yue Lingkong seemed to have gone out of her seclusion…

"Did Elder Sister Yue successfully break through to the Void Inquiry Stage…? However, if she got out of her seclusion, why didn't she come and find us? Where is she heading…?" Xu Qiuling could not understand why.

Ning Fan and King Lan Ling stood ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away from each other and occupied each side of the platform. While facing each other, they were resisting each other's aura forces.

King Lan Ling only came with his second primordial spirit which did not have a powerful aura force. Ning Fan, on the other hand, had successively killed eleven Void Refinement Realm experts including Marquis You Gui who was at the Absolute Void Stage. The strength of his baleful qi nearly suffocated King Lan Ling!

After exchanging glances with Ning Fan for a few breaths, King Lan Ling could hardly endure the latter's aura force and took the lead to attack.

As soon as he made the first step, sighs were heard from the audience around the platform. Everyone was clearly able to tell that King Lan Ling had lost to Ning Fan in terms of the intensity of their aura force… This scene did not seem to be in-line with their previous guesses.

King Lan Ling's handsome face was burning with embarrassment, as if losing to Ning Fan in terms of aura force was a great humiliation to him.

His feet stepped on the ripples in the hollow space. With a skip, he travelled across ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) and got to the other side of the jade platform. He raised his hand and pushed one of his fingers toward Ning Fan. His finger was sharp like a sword and its power was close to the Void Pierce Stage!

He wanted to defeat Ning Fan in a single move to regain his reputation!

"You said you don't need to use your Void Fragmentation Realm jade slips to fight me? Hmph! I think the truth is you no longer have any of those jade slips left! Very well. If you don't have any Void Fragmentation Realm jade slips, it'll be as easy as crushing an ant for me to kill you!"

"This is… the Void Soft Steps!" Someone in the crowd recognized King Lan ling's movement technique. The speed of his technique was actually not any slower than Void Teleportation which common Void Pierce Stage experts used.

"White Orchid Sword Finger!" There were also people who recognized King Lan Ling's finger attack. There were a scant few below the Void Inquiry Stage that could withstand the might of this finger!

Looking at the incoming finger sword light, Ning Fan's eyes were filled with disdain.

In his first encounter with King Lan Ling back in the Six-Winged Clan, Ning Fan felt that this person was as strong as a colossal mountain and there was no way he could defeat him.

But when he faced King Lan Ling again today, he felt that this man was a lot weaker than himself.

That White Orchid Sword Finger that gave out a dazzling white light nearly brighter than the sun was as fast as lightning in the eyes of countless people.

In Ning Fan's eyes, however, it was slow and seemingly stagnant in the air…

It was not because King Lan Ling had become weaker but because Ning Fan was no longer who he was in the past!

"Break!"

Ning Fan acted like lightning. He lifted one of his fingers and displayed the Heaven Breaking Sword Finger which he had not used for a long time. The mountains, rivers and the hollow space in heaven and earth began to collapse and the force of their destruction turned into Ning Fan's finger power.

The First Finger broke the ethereal island, rivers and mountains, the Second Finger crushed the vast heavens and the black sun and the Third Finger pulverized the void space and dead bones. In just an instant, Ning Fan displayed the three styles of the sword finger consecutively!

The sword light of the First Finger struck like lightning. Its power was just enough to neutralize the power of King Lan Ling's White Orchid Sword Finger.

King Lan Ling's expression changed. He did not expect that his White Orchid Sword Finger would be broken so easily. What came right after that was the sword light of Ning Fan's Second Finger which surprised King Lan Ling. He quickly raised his hand to deliver the second White Orchid Sword Finger to offset fifty to sixty percent of the incoming sword light's power. The remaining amount of sword light power landed on his chest, breaking all of his spiritual armor. Upon impact, he was pushed backward for tens of steps!

Before he could even regain his balance, the sword light of Ning Fan's Third Finger was already rushing at him like a maggot which would stubbornly cling to a corpse. The sight of the incoming attack made him break into a cold sweat!

From the third incoming sword light, he felt like he was seeing countless corpses in the void space walking toward him while the flesh of his body slowly decayed!

*Bang*

The third sword light hit King Lan Ling directly without missing. He violently spurted out fresh blood from his mouth and could only recover his balance after taking one thousand consecutive steps backward. Only after dispersing the falling orchids around him did he neutralize a portion of the finger power and prevent himself from being severely injured.

However, his golden purple crown was pulverized, making his long hair scatter and fly wildly in the air. The current King Lan Ling looked extremely haggard. Even though he was not severely injured, the injuries he suffered were not light. There was no longer the slightest hint of elegance in him right now!

"How is this possible?!"

The cultivators in the audience seats were stunned and confused. In just a single exchange, King Lan Ling had nearly lost to Ning Fan!

Despite the great disparity between their strength, King Lan Ling still dared to taunt Ning Fan by saying that killing him was as easy as crushing an ant. Apparently, he was just slapping his own face by making that self-contradictory remark…

"I don't believe it! You and I are both at the Void Inquiry Stage. Since we are both at the same cultivation base, how can I lose to you?! Heaven Sacrificial Ruler!"

King Lan Ling took out a ruler and wielded it to strike Ning Fan.

That was an ancient ruler which had existed for eons. It looked like it was made of gold and jade but it was actually made of neither. As soon as King Lan Ling wielded it, it produced one hundred thousand ruler shadows that went for Ning Fan's head. Its power was vast like the heavens. A single strike of this ruler could instantly kill ordinary Void Inquiry Stage experts.

Besides, the ancient ruler was also augmented with a Void Grade divine ability as well as the power to deceive a person's mind.

All of a sudden, countless chants of ancient scriptures resounded in Ning Fan's mind for no reason. The chants seemed to be inducing him to sacrifice himself for heaven and earth and die under the ruler shadows.

The ancient ruler that was hanging high up in the sky suddenly vanished and a massive halo appeared. The shadow of the light ring gave out a trace of the Heavenly Dao's might!

"This is… the legendary Heavenly Dao's Ring!"

Ning Fan's eyes flashed as he recognized the origin of the ancient ruler's ability.

He now realized that this Heaven Sacrificial Ruler was a magic treasure that contained Heaven's might and the user could use the power of the Heavenly Dao's Ring to hurt their enemies. The wielder of this ruler would punish wrongdoers on behalf of Heaven. Trying to defy the ruler was equivalent to going against Heaven's halo.

If common cultivators face this Heaven Sacrificial Ruler, they would certainly be deterred by the Heaven's might, disabling them from resisting the ruler's power.

Ning Fan, however, had never been afraid of Heaven's might. To him, heaven and earth was like a prison.

Moreover, this prison could never incarcerate him who was a member of the Fu Li Race, a Reckless Devil as well as a butterfly!

"Break!"

He suddenly pushed one of his fists upward and delivered a punch at the sky which gave off immense devil qi. Heaven and earth were immediately filled with the devil dragon fist shadows!

Ning Fan could now display the Double Dragon Void Technique with this much proficiency without having any flaws.

When he sent out that attack, the Heavenly Dao's halos were immediately broken. The one hundred thousand ruler shadows in the sky disintegrated. Under the effect of the massive force of the punch, the entire Northern Cold Country violently trembled!

With just the power of his single punch, he actually disintegrated the Heaven Sacrificial Ruler that contained extraordinary power to ashes!

The Heaven Sacrificial Ruler was something that King Lan Ling cultivated using his life. The moment the ruler was destroyed, he coughed out blood once more which stained his python robe.

He then raised his head with discontentment. He could not believe that Ning Fan could withstand his attack so effortlessly.

Even though he refused to admit it, he still had to acknowledge that Ning Fan's strength far exceeded that of his second primordial spirit.

Envy rose in King Lan Ling's heart. It was the same feeling he had in the past where he felt envious of Yun Tianjue.

The hatred which was birthed from his envy eventually turned into the most ferocious killing intent!

He summoned an armor that was incredibly close to the Profound Divinity Grade. Even though it was not as strong as the Heavenly Ghost Armor, it was much stronger than Ning Fan's Primordial Lightning Armor. Now, he no longer needed to be afraid of any of Ning Fan's attacks.

"My strongest technique isn't my magic treasure or magic techniques. Instead, it's my divine intent. A single orchid can contain all the vigor of the world. This is my Dao! Orchids as the Dao – honoring orchids is the Dao of Acquiring, shedding orchids is the Dao of Losing. Dao should be like an orchid…"

King Lan Ling's aura force changed dramatically. All of a sudden, countless dark purple orchids fell from the sky.

"One orchid, one life; one life, one death – Seven Orchids Technique!"

King Lan Ling grabbed the air with his large hand as innumerable orchids in the air suddenly gathered together, forming into seven one hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall dark purple orchids.

The moment the seven orchids appeared, the expressions of the high-level cultivators of the one hundred plus sects were filled with terror.

Of all the high-level cultivators from the eight hundred cultivation countries, who did not know the terror of King Lan Ling's Seven Orchids Technique...?

That was not a magic technique. To be precise, it was some kind of curse that could be displayed using the power of one's divine intent.

As long as the orchids remain intact, the user's enemies would not die. However, if the orchids wither, the lives of their enemies would end…

"One life, one death!" King Lan Ling raised his hand and delivered a sword light to cut one of the large orchids into pieces.

Immediately, Ning Fan felt a sharp pain in his chest for no reason. He was already injured even without knowing why!

When Ning Fan suffered the injuries, some of King Lan Ling's injuries, on the other hand, had actually recovered. It was as if he had transferred his injuries to Ning Fan…

"Two lives, two deaths!" King Lan Ling smirked coldly. He lifted his finger and turned it into a sword to destroy the second orchid. This time, Ning Fan felt a pain in his Sea of Consciousness. He took half a step backward and his eyes sparkled.

He now realized that the so-called Seven Orchids Technique was a magic technique that was similar to the curses used in the mortal realm.

When a mortal harbors hatred against someone whom they could never exact their revenge on, they would then get their birthdate and the eight characters of their horoscope and write them down on a tiny human figurine that was made out of grass. Afterward, they would use a needle to prick the figurine. Those who knew how to cast a curse could kill a person after pricking the figurine seven times for seven days.

In the cultivation world, there were also curse techniques such as the Seven Arrows Book.

Without a doubt, the technique King Lan Ling was using must be a type of curse technique and it was a quite vicious and insidious one at that.

Ning Fan took a step forward, intending to deliver an attack. However, King Lan Ling acted faster than him. He raised his hand and eliminated the third orchid.

"Three lives, three deaths!"

At the moment the third orchid was cut, pain struck Ning Fan's dantian. Traces of blood flowed out from the corners of his lips.

He held his head up and looked at the remaining four large orchids. His eyes were not filled with rage at all. Instead, he was thinking calmly.

The moment King Lan Ling destroyed the third orchid, his mind seemed to have obtained an enlightenment about the curse technique.

In his mind, he recalled King Lan Ling's words: Orchids as the Dao – honoring orchids is the Dao of Acquiring, shedding orchids is the Dao of Losing…

Ning Fan originally felt nothing about it when he said those words. However, after witnessing the Seven Orchids Technique, he suddenly realized that the two words, "shedding orchid", sounded rather familiar to him…

The Shedding Orchid Sect!

If the Orchid could be seen as the Great Dao, the Lan Ling Sect could be said to be honoring the orchids. Therefore, the essence of this Seven Orchids Technique is to seize and acquire. It was to forcibly transfer the user's own injuries to his enemies and seizing the enemy's health when they cut down the orchids.

As for the Shedding Orchid Sect, it's naturally shedding the orchid. Its essence was focused on giving up first and then acquiring later. Even though it was completely opposite to the main principle of the Lan Ling Sect, both of them were of the Great Dao of Orchid.

Ning Fan lifted his head. His expression still remained calm and collected. If the seven orchids were fully destroyed, he would also suffer grievous injuries even if the technique does not kill him.

However, Lan Ling might be a man with a wicked heart and vicious means, but Ning Fan was not a kind-hearted weakling. How could he allow him to cut down all the orchids?

Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of cold light and raised his hands to perform an ancient and abstruse hand seal.

Just as King Lan Ling was about to cut down the fourth orchid, he displayed the magic technique that he had learned from the ancient scriptures in the divine chests.

Mutual Death Technique!

"Four lives, four deaths!" Lan Ling was sneering coldly. What he wanted to see was the scene of Ning Fan slowly dying.

However, he did not expect that after he had cut down the fourth orchid and inflicted damage to Ning Fan, his injuries were not healed as he expected. Instead, both he and Ning Fan were injured!

A massive ancient formation diagram suddenly covered the entire jade platform. The formation diagram was carved with countless orchids.

The moment this diagram emerged, the orchids that were falling down around King Lan Ling somehow disintegrated. To his surprise, he then discovered that his lifespan was actually rapidly decreasing!

"One thousand years!"

Ning Fan muttered coldly and continued performing the hand seals vigorously. Meanwhile, a strand of his temple hair turned gray. It was a sign of him losing his lifespan.

As soon as he made the hand seals, he had lost one thousand years of life. King Lan Ling, on the other hand, surprisingly found out that he had actually lost one thousand and three hundred years of life!

"I-It's a magic technique of the Shedding Orchid Sect! This is the Mutual Death Technique!" King Lan Ling's eyes widened with shock. He actually recognized the origin of this technique. Overwhelmed with panic and fear, he hurriedly turned around, trying to get off the jade platform.

How could he not choose to run? The cultivation of his second primordial spirit was done extremely hastily. Therefore, he only had less than four thousand years of life. He did not dare to let this body endure this kind of life-shortening magic technique that would mutually harm the user and his enemy!

Even though he was wearing a Half-Step Profound Divinity Grade armor, it could not defend against that technique!

The cultivators of the one hundred plus sects were at a loss. They had no idea at all about what a Mutual Death Technique was and neither were they aware of how frightening this technique was.

However, when they saw King Lan Ling's horrified expression, each of them could not stop guessing what kind of technique Ning Fan was using.

At first, the Lan Ling Sect's Void Pierce Stage elder in their sect's seats was ready to help King Lan Ling. However, when he saw the Mutual Death Technique, the terror in his eyes was much more intense than what was reflected in King Lan Ling's eyes.

The current King Lan Ling was just a second primordial spirit of his true body. Even if it dies, his true body would not perish. The Void Pierce Stage elder, on the other hand, was a living person. He was a Void Pierce Stage old monster who did not have much life span left. Currently, he only has less than 2500 years of life.

How could he dare to face Ning Fan's Mutual Death Technique?!

"Trying to run? Freeze!" Ning Fan pointed a finger at King Lan Ling, immobilizing him. Then, he continued to perform the hand seals.

"Two thousand years!"

This time, he had sacrificed two thousand years of his own life. King Lan Ling's entire body was in agony. He now lost another two thousand and seven hundred years of life. His black hair had all turned gray-white. His face which was previously handsome and elegant turned dry, wrinkled and saggy. The loss of his lifespan had actually turned him into an old man!

Furthermore, because he had aged too much, all of his magic power became hard to muster…

At this moment, King Lan Ling was scared!

He tried to take Ning Fan's life by using his Seven Orchids Technique. However, Ning Fan retaliated using the Mutual Death Technique!

"Madman! This kid is a madman! No one including the Void Refinement Realm old monsters in the history of the Shedding Orchid Sect were willing to instantly give up three thousand years of their lives!"

"I've lost four thousand years of life. My second primordial spirit has already become too old to fight. This kid sacrificed three thousand years of his life and all he got was just a few strands of white hair!? Why didn't he show any signs of aging?!"

"This young man… How many years of life does he have exactly?!"

Ning Fan casually removed the few strands of white hair and maintained a neutral expression.

To him who possessed one hundred and ten thousand years of life, three thousand years of life were nothing.

He slowly walked toward King Lan Ling, fully unleashing his killing intent. He had already canceled the effect of his Heaven Locking Finger but King Lan Ling collapsed to the ground without being able to move at all, much less have the strength to resist Ning Fan. He was already close to the end of his life.

"Zhou Ming, how dare you hurt our master?!"

That Void Glimpse Stage elder of the Lan Ling Sect only had the guts to reproach him. He did not dare to get up to the platform at all.

Not only was he afraid of Ning Fan's Void Fragmentation Realm jade slip, but he was also afraid of his Mutual Death Technique…

When his voice fell, only a few hundreds of hot-headed cultivators of the Lan Ling Sect dashed toward the jade platform, trying to protect King Lan Ling.

However, before these cultivators could even get close to the platform, all of them died with their blood splashing onto the platform as Ning Fan spread his sword sense.

King Lan Ling raised his head and looked at Ning Fan with his old weary eyes. He could only feel that the current Ning Fan had become an undefeatable devil lord.

"Don't ever mess with me. This time, I'll only kill your second primordial spirit. If there is a next time, the one that perishes will be your true body!"

*Bang*

Ning Fan lifted his foot and stomped, crushing King Lan Ling's second primordial spirit who was close to dying from old age to meat paste. The Seven Orchids Technique was automatically destroyed without needing him to take any actions.

Before King Lan Ling's second primordial spirit died, his eyes held fear but also resentment and hatred.

But when he heard Ning Fan's threat, he did not dare to think of getting revenge on him at all. With Ning Fan's capabilities, if he kills his way into the Lan Ling Sect, he was not sure whether his true body, who was currently in a seclusion to heal his wounds, would be able to withstand a Void Fragmentation Realm attack as well as the Mutual Death Technique…"

"Sect Master… has lost!"

All the people of the Lan Ling Sect were filled with fear. They really wanted to know whether or not Ning Fan would wipe them out…

Each of the cultivators at the audience seats were bewildered. The reason why they were perplexed was because Ning Fan could kill King Lan Ling's second primordial spirit without even using a Void Fragmentation Realm jade slip.

The Void Inquiry Stage Ning Fan could already kill Lan King and Marquis You Gui.

If he continues to grow even stronger, who would dare to mess with him?! Even Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters might become unwilling to provoke him!

"It seems like there is no longer any meaning in staying at the Giant Devil Clan… With Zhou Ming here, no one can take Feng Xueyan away…"

Xu Qiuling's frown did not relax… Is Feng Xueyan's tribulation really going to simply end like this…?

But why?

Her heart raced.

As a matter of fact, Ning Fan also discovered that the uneasy feeling within him intensified after he killed King Lan Ling.

He was not proficient in divination techniques. Therefore, he could not foresee the cause of this uneasiness. Deep inside, however, his instincts were telling him that something was about to happen. Thus, he did not immediately wipe out the rest of the Lan Ling Sect.

Just as he was contemplating it, the snowy sky above them suddenly cracked and formed a huge portal.

The Pill Island floating in midair was directly broken into two halves by that hole which had appeared out of the blue!

Countless cultivators of the Pill Island were shocked. Some of them turned into rays of travelling light while some others rode their magic treasures to fly down from the island as quickly as possible.

The sky was filled with the gigantic rocks from the destruction of the Pill Island!

"What is that?!"

Countless cultivators looked into the sky. In the next second, a humongous blood-red tree emerged from the huge portal in the sky. Some kind of flower buds seemed to have grown on the tree but had yet to blossom or bear any fruit.

Below the blood-red tree, six layers of blood oceans appeared.

In the province of the Northern Cold Country, eight enormous devil pillars rose from the ground. One of them was located right at the Lan Ling Sect's seats. The devil pillar penetrated upward from the ground, directly killing nearly ten thousand low-level cultivators of the sect!

All the blood essence of the dead cultivators flew toward the sky and went inside the six layers of blood seas.

After that, some cultivators who were close to the devil pillar also exploded into pieces and died without a warning. Their blood splashed all over the snowy ground…

As for some cultivators of the Giant Devil Clan, they also suddenly exploded and died a violent death just like the others. The scene was extremely ghastly.

"Who is so bold to actually kill the cultivators of my one hundred plus sects randomly?!"

Each of the Void Refinement Realm old monsters shifted their gazes to Ning Fan. They were suspecting Ning Fan for slaughtering their men. However, none of them dared to question him because they were afraid of his ferocious might.

Ning Fan could not help but feel helpless about it. Why would others be suspicious of him whenever someone takes innocent lives?

Well, he naturally did not need to explain anything because the figures of eight Void Refinement Realm experts appeared below the six layers of blood seas. Without a doubt, they were the perpetrators of the strange and horrifying occurrence.

In the meantime, Ning Fan also realized that his feeling of unease magnified after the eight ancestors showed themselves.

"Are they the ones I have overlooked?!" Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"My eight old ancestors, what's this all about?!" Ju Qing looked at the eight ancestors in disbelief.

Weren't the eight old ancestors scheming something big? Didn't they refuse to show themselves?

Then, why did they act now?

Anyway, it's still acceptable that they killed the cultivators of the one hundred plus sects. But why did they even kill the members of the Giant Devil Clan?!

"It's nothing. Just taking the blood of some sacrificial offerings… Of course, the greatest sacrificial offering is none other than Feng Xueyan."

King Ju Lu made a cold smirk. All of a sudden, he lifted his finger and pointed downward while standing several ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away.

In an instant, the artificial Mo Luo Blood within Feng Xueyan's body began to burn, making her cry her lungs out in agony.

Ahh!

Ju Qing could not believe what was happening in front of his eyes. The eight old ancestors were actually harming Feng Xueyan!?

What he found difficult to believe was King Ju Lu's cold-blooded words.

"Activate the Boundless Evil Sea Formation. Sacrifice the blood of everyone here like sacrificial offerings until the flowers on the ancestral tree blossom!"

"What?!" Countless members of the Giant Devil Clan could not believe what they had just heard. These eight Void Refinement Realm experts who appeared out of nowhere were trying to turn everyone into sacrificial offerings?!

Some members of the Giant Devil Clan had seen the portraits of the clan's ancestors. Therefore, they recognized that these eight Void Refinement Realm experts were the clan's eight ancestors.

They could not believe that these eight ancestors were willing to kill their own clan members!

"Evil Sea, activate!"

The eight devil pillars and the six layers of blood sea spread out layers of formation light which sealed off the area, trapping everyone within the formation light.

In the formation light, cultivators with weak cultivation bases began to melt into blood and pus and ultimately died.

Countless cultivators of the one hundred plus sects tried to attack the formation light. However, even though all the Void Refinement Realm experts of the sects joined forces, they were still unable to break it.

Ning Fan stood in front of Feng Xueyan and touched her multiple times with his finger. However, he still could not extinguish the flames of the devil bloodline within her.

Ning Fan's eyes looked anxious. If her devil blood continues to burn, Feng Xueyan would be burned to ashes within an hour…

He wanted to save her but he realized in the end that even if he possessed the Mo Luo Ancestral Talisman, he could not get rid of the hidden trouble of Feng Xueyan's devil blood within an hour.

He was actually incapable of saving her!

"Why? Why?! Father, how can you bear to treat Feng Xueyan and our Giant Devil Clan like this?!" Ju Qing shouted in grief and anger. His indignant cries were not for King Ju Lu and others but for his father, Ju Yan.

Ju Yan closed his eyes in frustration without giving him any explanation.

For the continuation of the clan, he really had no choice but to sacrifice the clan's descendants…

Feng Xueyan's body was trembling. Her convulsing body made Ning Fan feel extremely furious due to his inability to help her.

He had eliminated the Ghost Eye Clan. He had destroyed Lan Ling. He had wiped out all kinds of formidable enemies.

In the end, however, the ones who hurt Feng Xueyan the most were her relatives…

Perhaps the emotional anguish she felt right now was even more unbearable than the pain she felt from the flame that was burning her body…

"The Eight Ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan! Go to hell!"

Ning Fan's fist was fully covered with golden purple mist. Then, he threw that punch at the Boundless Evil Sea Formation.

Upon impact, that formation which remained unbreakable from all of their attempts had actually begun to erode away!

"What?!"

Countless cultivators inside the formation were filled with amazement.

Those who were filled with the most disbelief were none other than the eight ancestors!

This punch contained Ning Fan's comprehension about samsara.

This punch contained Ning Fan's persistence and determination!

Ning Fan did not know how to save Feng Xueyan. However, if she dies, he would make every single person who caused harm to her to die with her!

As for the eight ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan, they did not deserve to be her ancestors!

Ning Fan turned into a dazzling light and soared into the sky. His aura force was filled with his determination to eliminate everything!

Out of the eight ancestors, the mean lady who was always disdainful toward Ning Fan faced him with a cold looking expression. She waved her hand and summoned a flying sword as fast as lightning, trying to cut him down.

"I'm Bi Tong, a former clan leader of the Giant Devil Clan. My soul is attached to the ancestral tree. Even if you have a Void Fragmentation Realm attack, you won't be able to kill me! No matter how many times I die, I will be revived with the ancestral tree's help. As for killing you, however, it's similar to trampling on an ant!"

"The ancestral tree, huh…?"

Ning Fan's eyes glowed with a cold light. He broke the incoming flying sword with a punch. Then, he turned his hand and activated the power of his Yin Yang Locket to condense a half black and half white rope that was not made out of gold or metal.

It was a bewitching technique of the Yin Yang Transformation. Its grade was even higher than the Yin Plucking Finger. However, the user would need to have Void Refinement Realm power at the minimum in order to execute it.

Ning Fan could indeed tell that after the ancestral tree appeared, Old Ancestor Bi Tong was being surrounded by a strange aura force. It was as if she would not perish no matter how many times she was killed. But so what?!

Ning Fan swung his arm and the black and white rope flew toward Bi Tong at an unbelievable speed.

"Yin Imprisoning Rope!" Ning Fan muttered coldly.

Old Ancestor Bi Tong was stunned after seeing Ning Fan break her flying sword with a punch. But when she saw Ning Fan try to use a rope to tie her up, she wore a derisive look.

"Are you trying to catch me with an unknown rope? Extremely ridiculous!"

She flew backward and stayed away from the rope. However, the Yin Imprisoning Rope suddenly accelerated. At a speed faster than she was retreating, the rope caught up with her and bound her limbs tightly!

Right as she was tied up by the rope, all of her magic power was actually sealed away, preventing her from mustering any of it!

With her undead and unkillable state, she should be indestructible and should not be afraid of Ning Fan.

Besides, generally speaking, she could use her connection with the ancestral tree to revive herself under the tree when she gets trapped by common magic treasures, allowing her to break free from all kinds of restraints.

This Yin Imprisoning Rope, however, was too terrifying. As soon as it got around her, it even cut off her connection with the ancestral tree.

If she were to be killed in her current state, she certainly would not revive under the ancestral tree!

"Don't kill me!" Old Ancestor Bi Tong actually pleaded to Ning Fan.

"Kill you? You'll become my human cauldron and your life will be worse than death!" Ning Fan shook the Yin Imprisoning Rope and tossed Bi Tong into his Cauldron Ring. Then, he charged at the other seven ancestors without stopping.

He took out the fifth Void Fragmentation Realm jade slip and crushed it with his hand!

All of a sudden, a howling Void Fragmentation Realm attack rushed out from the jade slip. It did not go after the seven other ancestors but the ancestral tree which had emerged from the portal in the sky instead.

Ning Fan did not know how he could save Feng Xueyan. However, after his earlier exchange with Old Ancestor Bi Tong, his keen senses discovered that the ancestral tree was rather abnormal and must be destroyed at once.

He might or might not be able to save her by destroying the ancestral tree… However, he wanted to give it a try no matter what!

The six other ancestors except King Ju Lu were shocked and furious when they figured out what Ning Fan was up to.

"Zhou Ming, how dare you attack the ancestral tree and ruin the great plan of our Giant Devil Clan?! We'll make you die without a grave!"

Only King Ju Lu seemed to have anticipated that Ning Fan would try to destroy the ancestral tree. With a cold smirk, he took out a jade slip which also contained an attack at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!

In the sky, two gigantic shadows appeared in succession. One of them turned into Ju Mo while the other one turned into Ling Jiao. Both of them displayed their Void Fragmentation Realm attacks!

When their attacks clashed, heaven and earth cracked but the ancestral tree was not damaged at all.

"Zhou Ming, you aren't the only one who has Void Fragmentation Realm jade slips! You're still too young and soft to destroy the ancestral tree and make me your enemy…"

King Ju Lu taunted. In the next moment, beneath the ancestral tree in the sky above, a wild laughter resounded.

"Little Cucumber, don't worry. You want to cut down this tree, right? Let me help you! I'm going to chop this tree in no time!"

Yue Lingkong suddenly appeared below the tree. Her sudden appearance was beyond everyone's expectations.

She raised the moon blade in her hand and swung it toward the roots of the ancestral tree. At the same time, King Ju Lu roared in fury.

"NO!"

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