Chapter 424 - Is it Him? It’s Not! (2/2)

The only thing he could remember was the friendly and warm smile on that person’s face.

Who is this man?!

“You aren’t half bad. With your potential, it is enough for you to defeat Mo Luo after gaining a bit of comprehension about this palm. However, you will inevitably let him escape. I have already foreseen today’s situation in the past. The reason why I left the jade slip was none other than aiding you to dispel this disaster. However, this is the only chance I can help you in this life. Otherwise…”

“Forget it. There’s no point talking too much. Suppressing this devil is my true objective. It’s considered to put an end to the debt of gratitude and resentment in the past.”

“Helping you is just an accident. However, this accident is also within Samsara. You will understand it someday.”

Just as the voice of the man in purple robes entered Ning Fan’s ears, they were literally erased without leaving any trace. It did not give anyone a chance to perform divination on it.

There would only be a single time for him to come here and help Ning Fan.

The cost of him lending a hand this time was the destruction of this trace of Dao Sense.

He was not a living person nor a deceased man. However, he must not reveal himself.

From the beginning until now, Ning Fan could not figure out whether this man was Teacher Zi Dou. However, that person had already acted without hesitation to suppress Mo Luo on Ning Fan’s behalf.

“I will help you eliminate the thirty percent of this devil’s devil sense. As for the seventy percent devil sense that is being suppressed by the Mo Luo Mountain, you shall go to the Devil World to eliminate it yourself once you gain sufficient cultivation base!”

The gigantic purple shadow took a step forward and emanated a terrifyingly immense aura force which directly crushed all of the ten billion devil eyes.

Mo Luo was very strong. However, in the face of this mysterious man in purple robes, he was nothing.

“You can’t do this! My slave, Liu Yi, has once guarded the Six Dao. He has met you before. He has met you before!”

“So what if he has met me before?!”

The man in purple robes smiled coldly. When he pushed out one of his palms, the five fingers of Heaven Breaking Sword Finger formed into a palm. A golden purple palm imprint fell upon Mo Luo.

Mo Luo was in panic. He wanted to flee. But no matter where he fled to, the gigantic golden purple palm imprint would always be above his head.

When he enlarged his devil body, the palm imprint also became bigger accordingly. When he turned himself as small as a molecule of dust, the palm imprint also became smaller. It would never allow Mo Luo to get out of its grasp regardless.

The palm imprint got closer and closer to Mo Luo. The latter’s eyes were filled with absolute shock, as if he was about to be scared to death. It was difficult for him to continue evading.

As the palm imprint was about to land on his body, he activated all the defenses on his physical body. However, as soon as the palm imprint touched him, his physical body disintegrated completely!

One Hands Covers the Heavens. There was no way to run!

“Ah!”

A loud painful shriek echoed across the air. Mo Luo who only had thirty percent of strength was instantly killed!

The gigantic devil mountain behind him also vanished along with him.

The blood mist that permeated the air after his death gradually turned into a droplet of black devil blood.

He only left his final words which were filled with resentment. Mo Luo still had seventy percent of his devil sense that was being suppressed by the Mo Luo Mountain. From this point onwards, absolute hatred was what he had for Ning Fan!

“Young man, I’ll remember you. Just wait. I will find my next devil slave in the next one million years. Then, I will certainly break out from the mountain! There won’t be a second Tai Su the next time who will ignite his own Dao Sense to save you. His Dao has truly extinguished but I just lost thirty percent of my cultivation base!”

“You! Just wait and see!”

Then, the voice fell.

The man in purple robes drew the drop of devil blood into his hand and scrutinized it. He seemed to have thought of something as his eyes were filled with recollections.

“The blood of Mo Luo…” The purple-robed man sighed with emotions. With a flick of his finger, he shot the devil blood into Ning Fan’s body.

After displaying the palm imprint, he had already depleted all the power of his Dao Sense. Hence, his gigantic shadow began to dissipate little by little.

At the end of the day, he was just a trace of Dao Sense and he was not a true living person.

He was about to perish but before he left, he stared deeply at Ning Fan.

He was not looking at Ning Fan but… Tai Su instead.

His mouth moved, as if he was telling Tai Su something with telepathy and Ning Fan was unable to hear anything. The only thing he picked up was the gasp of disbelief from Tai Su.

“The karma of that year is ended today. Are you satisfied with this outcome?” The man in purple robes smiled faintly and his shadow became even more indistinct.

“*Sigh* I’m satisfied… Unexpectedly, it will end up like this.” Obviously, Tai Su felt rather surprised.

What was the connection among the purple-robed man, Tai Su and Mo Luo exactly? Ning Fan did not know about it.

Was the purple-robed man actually Zi Dou? Why did he need to conceal his identity? Ning Fan also had no answers for those doubts.

The only thing that Ning Fan knew was that thirty percent of Mo Luo’s devil sense had already been eliminated. The man in purple robes was about to disappear and Tai Su’s Dao was going to vanish from this world as his Dao Sense had almost burnt out.

All of this was just like a dream.

At the beginning of the dream, there was only Ning Fan.

At the end of the dream, three peerless experts were going to leave one after another. The only person that was left was still Ning Fan.

“The devil race has lost its blood. Even though this Mo Luo’s blood is only one drop, it is a great opportunity for you. After assimilating it, you will have the chance to become the next Mo Luo!”

The man in purple robes let out a hearty laughter. Then, with a bang, his gigantic shadow disappeared.

Just as his shadow vanished, Immortal Emperor Tai Su seemed like he wanted to say something but he did not open his mouth in the end.

He turned into a ray of lightning and got out of Ning Fan’s body, turning into an elderly man in red robes again.

As for Ning Fan, exhaustion instantly overwhelmed him, nearly making him fall asleep.

“Thank you Immortal Emperor Tai Su for saving my life!” Ning Fan cupped his fist and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank me? Originally, I thought in that way as well. However, I didn’t think it would end up like this… After all, whether you thank me or not, it’s just an empty dream.” It seemed like Immortal Emperor Tai Su was still immersed in the words from the man in purple robes and could not let them go.

“I wonder what request does Senior has for me? As long as it’s something that this junior can do, I will definitely give my all to help!” Even though it was the mysterious purple-robed man who eliminated Mo Luo in the end and saved him from this disaster, if it wasn’t Tai Su who lent him a hand at the beginning, it would be impossible for him survive.

He was not a person of noble character but he was not a villain as well. When he owes someone a debt of gratitude, he would, of course, repay them!

“My request…” Tai Su’s eyes turned slightly stern. He wanted to say something and he decided otherwise in the end.

“Well, this matter is hard to explain in just a conversation. I will condense my message into a jade slip. You will know it after you take a look at the jade slip. Whether you can accomplish it or not, you have to do it with all your strength. True Lightning World is my hometown. I’ll count on you for the rest.”

Tai Su extended his five fingers and condensed a jade slip with his lightning power. Then, he passed it to Ning Fan.

His eyes flashed with some recollections. The person whom he missed and longed for was a white-hair old lady that he had not met for many years. Whether she was alive or dead, it was unknown.

“You are much more fortunate than me to have such an infatuated woman who sacrifice for you so much… Mind Purifying Virtuous Incantation. The backlash that this woman will suffer is certainly very serious.”

“What is Senior talking about? Why do I find it a little incomprehensible?” Ning Fan asked confusedly.

“If you don’t know about it, then so be it. Whether you are heartless or fickle in love, I have one reminder for you… pick the flowers earlier when they are in full blossom… That woman is not bad. Young man, cherish her!”

Tai Su closed his eyes sentimentally. He was already dead in the first place. Today, on the other hand, he just experienced the extinguishment of his own Dao.

To immortal emperors, the extinguishment of Dao was just dying once again after they were dead.

At this moment, what he longed for was not the respect and fame he had gained in his lifetime or his status in Dao Comprehension but just the resentful look from a white-haired old lady.

“Fei Feng…”

Tai Su muttered the last name and slowly disappeared.

At the moment he disappeared, Ning Fan could clearly sense that a trace of Dao Power from the Heavenly Dao had vanished…

The disappearance of this trace of Dao Power implied that the position of the Lightning Wielding Immortal Emperor that had been vacant for many years would be vacant once again!

This incident would probably stir an uproar in the Four Heavens. However, no one would find out that one peerless expert in purple robes and two immortals emperors had fallen one after another today in this place.

Someone was truly dead. Someone was just partially dead. Someone experienced the extinguishment of his Dao. Who was real and who was fake? No one could clearly tell.

If it wasn’t for the overwhelming tiredness that was reminding Ning Fan…

If it wasn’t for the memories of the improvisations he had made on a few types of magic techniques in his mind…

If it wasn’t for the traces of qi of the Dao Power left by the Heavenly Dao…

Ning Fan would surely think that all of this was really just a dream.

Now, the dream ended and it was time to wake up!

“The black primordial spirit wanted to command me to become Mo Luo’s slave. I wonder what expression will he have when he finds out that thirty percent of Mo Luo’s devil sense is eliminated!”

Ning Fan sneered. In the finger bone, blood-red lightning flashed ferociously all of a sudden.

Within the blood-lightning, there was also a drop of black devil blood that nourished Ning Fan’s primordial spirit.

At the next moment, Ning Fan’s primordial spirit was seething with great devil qi. He opened his eyes.

He did not show any signs of being polluted by the devil qi. At this moment, he could control his devil qi at his will.

“How come you are awake already?!” Within his dantian, the black primordial spirit was still resisting the lightning power from Ning Fan’s finger bone with all his strength, attempting to gain the control of Ning Fan’s body completely and make him a slave to Mo Luo.

However, he did not expect that Ning Fan’s primordial spirit that had been injured by the devil qi would wake up at this moment. Besides, just as Ning Fan’s primordial spirit woke up, he gave him an irresistible feeling.

That feeling originated form the drop of devil blood which Ning Fan had devoured!

“Didn’t you want to become Mo Luo’s slave? I have devoured a drop of Mo Luo’s blood. The current me is Mo Luo!”

Ning Fan’s primordial spirit revealed a cold and indifferent look. In a flash, he turned to the dantian and regained the control over his body.

At this moment, Ning Fan’s gigantic body that had been demonized returned to his original look.

At this moment, Ning Fan’s primordial spirit reoccupied his dantian. His miniature primordial spirit wore a set of golden armor and trampled upon the black primordial spirit. His eyes flashed with killing intent.

“Impossible! This is definitely impossible! Why would Lord Mo Luo’s blood in your hands?! Unless he is dead, his devil blood…”

“Precisely. He’s dead!” Ning Fan sneered.

“I don’t believe you! I don’t believe you! This must be fake!” The black primordial spirit behaved like he had lost his sanity as he laughed for a moment but cried at the next.

He wholeheartedly wanted to become Mo Luo’s slave. In his heart, Mo Luo was the strongest.

However, Ning Fan knew that Mo Luo was not the strongest. Tai Su was not the strongest. Even the peerless man in purple robes was not necessarily the strongest.

In this world, there is no the strongest being.

Whoever could walk until the end of the Dao would be the strongest. Unfortunately, no one knew where the end of the Dao was.

Ning Fan had really experienced how it felt to be a strong being this time by achieving the unity of heaven and man and having the temporary boost of his strength to the Immortal Emperor Realm.

I really can’t be complacent and self-satisfied anymore…

Perhaps one million years later, Ning Fan would have a fight with Mo Luo who manages to break out from the mountain. Perhaps that battle would be much nearer than the actual date.

However, Ning Fan would be a true immortal emperor by that time. He would let Mo Luo know that the junior he once underestimated had already become a being whom he could only admire.

“I still have a long path to go… You, on the other hand, can die now. The next person to die will be King Ying Long!”

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with cold light. He opened his mouth and swallowed the black primordial spirit. The devil qi within him became even stronger.

After that, he assimilated the devil blood and completely digested the finger bone.

Mo Luo’s blood, Tai Su’s bone and the technique from the mysterious man in purple robes had all fallen into Ning Fan’s hands.

The hidden danger of Mo Luo’s devil marks seemed to have been eliminated. However, if he wants to continue improving the grades of his devil marks, he would still need to make a trip to the Giant Sect Clan once.

Ju Mo(Giant Devil), Liu Yi(Six Wings), Lan Jiao(Mist Horn) and Gui Mu(Ghost Eye) were all Mo Luo’s slaves.

Thus, they must have extremely deep and profound research about the devil marks.

In the end, Ning Fan was still unable to completely assimilate the devil blood. It seemed like he had no other option but to improve his devil marks to the marshal rank in order to assimilate that drop of blood. When the time comes, perhaps he would find out the use of ‘blood’.

As for the Immortal Emperor’s Finger Bone, Ning Fan was able to refine it with ease.

Originally, the risk of refining the emperor bone was rather high. However, Tai Su had no hostility towards Ning Fan. Thus, his bone also had no resistance against the latter to devour it.

The process of devouring the bone was pretty smooth.

After digesting the bone, Ning Fan’s magic power experienced a sharp increase and arrived at six hundred and fifty thousand units.

The increase in his magic power was just one small part of the effect. The bigger part was the improvement in his physical body.

The strength of his physical body had broken through to the Peak Level of Jade Life Realm. He was now just a hair’s breadth away from the Golden Body Realm.

Ning Fan was aware that the breakthrough to the Golden Body Realm was going to be very difficult.

However, his corpse devil body had made his physical body at the Peak Level of Jade Life Realm not weaker than an ordinary expert with Golden Body Realm at all.

As for the devil form that consisted the features of Lan Jiao, Liu Yi and Gui Mu, if he transformed into that form, he could probably put up a fight against a cultivator at the Second Level of Golden Body Realm!

After all, this devil form was the manifestation which his second primordial spirit imitated from Mo Luo. It combined the advantageous features from the four great devil clans in the Internal Endless Sea. Its might was without a doubt extraordinary.

As such, if Ning Fan activates his devil form and goes all-out, he could literally kill Void Glimpse Stage cultivators in an instant.

Moreover, with the lightning armor which gave him an additional advantage in defense, he could even withstand attacks from Void Inquiry Stage experts.

Therefore, it was not necessarily that he could not win against King Ying Long!

The only thing he had to consider was that his devil form was unable to maintain a stable condition and the reason was apparently because he had yet to completely assimilate the devil blood. If he turns into that form during combat, that form could not last for too long. He had to finish the battle quickly and swiftly.

“Mo Luo’s devil manifestation, huh… After I have turned into that form, I can instantly eliminate a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator. That is an undeniable fact.”

The agreed time between him and Lei Shiyi was about to arrive.

Ning Fan’s primordial spirit returned to its position. He dismissed his devil form and returned to a normal young man in a set of white robes.

He did not immediately leave the Profound Yin World. When he had recovered himself, his expression changed. He was dazed.

Beside him, a pale woman in white robs was depleting all her magic power and channeling the power from her primordial spirit to nourish Ning Fan’s primordial spirit.

Her ten fingers were performing a hand seal. The light chant of the Sanskrit words had the divine effect of dispelling devil qi.

Ning Fan was very familiar to that rush of magic power which was as cool as autumn water…

That was the cooling magic power that woke him up while he was nearly lost in Mo Luo’s devil sound.

“The other person who saved me is actually Little You’er! When did she wake up?!”

Ning Fan did not know about it. The only thing he knew now was that Luo You whose primordial spirit power was gradually recovering had become weak and frail again because of channeling her power to save Ning Fan.

Fortunately, her current state was not as severe as before when Ning Fan first treated her.

Her qi was greatly damaged but she was not at a level so serious that she needed to slumber. Only her primordial spirit was extremely weak and she needed rest and nourishment.

“You…are…already…fine…aren’t…you…” Seeing Ning Fan wake up, Luo You felt relieved as if she had let go of a heavy rock in her heart. Her frown loosened and she then gave Ning Fan a faint smile.

“That’s good…”

Her vision went black and she fell into Ning Fan’s embrace without consciousness…

“How did this happen…?”

Ning Fan’s eyes turned solemn. Unconsciously, he had owed Luo You a huge favor.

Besides, he could tell that the reason why Luo You saved him this time was different from the past…

All of a sudden, he seemed to understand the words which Immortal Emperor Tai Su said to him.

The good woman that Tai Su mentioned was probably referring to Luo You…

“A cunning little woman. When did you wake up? How did you get past my senses…? If you wake up the next time, I will certainly not let you pretend to be asleep again. Now, however, you should take a good rest…”

Ning Fan carefully lifted Luo You in his arms and returned to the thatched cottage step by step. Then, he helped Luo You slightly stabilize her weak primordial spirit.

I think it’ll be better if I request a few tufts of one hundred thousand years old spiritual medicine from Hong Yi after helping her to harmonize a few dark golden bamboo leaves to treat Luo You…

After this incident, it would be even more impossible for Ning Fan to leave Luo You in the lurch.

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel