Chapter 479 - Restoring the Ancestors and Devil Conferral (4) (1/2)

The strange phenomenon tore the skies apart and seized the blood of the heavens.

The black blood turned into black qi and entered Ning Fan’s body. Meanwhile, the dark golden devil talisman on his palm emanated rays of dazzling dark light.

The shadow of a black devil mountain floated above the devil talisman which was as large as his palm.

The pattern of the devil talisman eventually condensed into an ancient rune with the image of a devil mountain which gave off an ancient and archaic qi.

It was the Mo Luo Ancestral Talisman which was one of the nine great ancestral talismans!

As Ning Fan willed it to disappear, the ancestral talisman seeped into his skin, entering his body.

Whenever he wishes for it, it would appear and answer his call.

The chanting voices of the devil scriptures in his ears gradually disappeared. Ning Fan’s eyes looked blank as he stared at the devil talisman on his palm which was still a bit warm. Fragments of memories slowly appeared in his Sea of Consciousness. The blood of the heavens had secretly brought them with it.

The nine great devil ancestors possessed the nine great ancestral talismans which controlled the power of Navagraha, the nine heavenly bodies of the world.

The ancestral talisman that Ning Fan had was the Mo Luo Ancestral Talisman which controlled the power of the earth.

The earth power was famous for its heaven-defying defense. If one refines their devil blood using the Mo Luo Ancestral Talisman or practices the devil cultivation method, the growth of their physical defense would far exceed those of body cultivators at the same level as them.

This ancestral talisman that Ning Fan condensed was his natal devil talisman. To ancient devils, a devil talisman was the primary requirement before they could start cultivating ancient devil body techniques.

The abilities of the ancient devil race’s body techniques were much stronger than the body techniques of the current era. They were known as “Devil Martial Arts”. One would not expend magic power when using Devil Martial Arts. Instead, what they would use was the essence qi of their ancient devil bloodlines.

There was no falsehood in saying that a truly powerful ancient devil could flatten mountains and destroy rivers by using just a strand of their essence qi.

The Devil Martial Arts they could display using essence qi was capable of unleashing terrifying destructive power.

Ordinary members of the devil races could not cultivate their own essence qi. Only ancient devils who possessed devil talismans could refine the medicinal power of heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures into essence qi and store it within their bodies.

The divine race cultivated magic power and it was all about the world outside their bodies. The devil race, on the other hand, cultivated their own physical bodies and it was focused on the world inside their bodies.

Ning Fan took out a Body Constructing Pill which was a Fourth Revolution Pill. After consuming it, he activated the ancestral talisman to digest its medicinal power.

All of its medicinal power turned into essence qi in the form of a strand of dark blood which eventually spread throughout his body.

His physical body which was already strong in the first place became even more sturdy after absorbing the trace of essence qi. The amount of power held in a single strand of essence qi was comparable to a single unit of a cultivator’s magic power!

After refining that trace of essence qi, Ning Fan was now considered to have officially stepped a foot into the great cultivation path of the ancient devils.

1 unit of essence qi immediately raised Ning Fan’s ancient devil cultivation realm to the Fourth Level of the Blood Refinement Realm which corresponded to the Harmonious Spirit Realm and was equivalent to the Fourth Level of the Silver Light Realm in terms of body refining.

Of course, the Fourth Level of the Blood Refinement Realm was much stronger than the Fourth Level of the Silver Light Realm despite the fact that both were cultivation levels for body refinement.

Ning Fan did not continue to raise the level of his essence qi. Instead, he seemed to be trying to think about something important.

He was about to attain the Golden Body Refining Realm soon. That level of body refinement was equivalent to the Reckless Devil Realm of the ancient devil cultivation realms. However, the Reckless Devil Realm was much stronger than the Golden Body Refining Realm even though they were supposed to be at the same level.

In ancient times, the combat power of a devil cultivator with the Reckless Devil Realm was far greater than a body cultivator with the Golden Body Refining Realm.

A Golden Body Refining Realm cultivator could put up a fight against Void Refinement Realm experts but the combat power a Reckless Devil Realm cultivator held could overwhelm those experts easily.

In the era where the ancient devils still existed, there were tons of Reckless Devil Realm cultivators who killed Void Refinement Realm cultivators like they were slaughtering dogs just by depending on the overwhelming strength of their physical bodies.

After contemplating for some time, Ning Fan realized that attaining the Golden Body Refining Realm would doubtlessly not be as strong as attaining the Reckless Devil Realm.

Even so, he still needed to achieve the Golden Body Refining Realm. After achieving a breakthrough to that level, he would borrow the power of his ancestral talisman to convert all the power of his Golden Body Refining Realm into essence qi to raise his ancient devil cultivation realm. By doing so, his combat power would certainly be enhanced greatly!

Thus, the first step of attaining the Reckless Devil Realm was to break through to the Golden Body Refining Realm!

“I’ve made a lot of preparations to attain the Golden Body Refining Realm. No matter what happens today, I must complete that breakthrough! The first thing to do is to consume pills that will raise my chances of having a successful breakthrough…”

Ning Fan kept the ancestral talisman into his body and took out different kinds of pills from his storage pouch. There were Revered Devil Pills, a Devil Raising Pill and a Golden Body Pill which was a Sixth Revolution Pill. All of them were pills that could increase his chances of success in attaining the Golden Body Refining Realm.

He consumed every single one of them without any hesitation. As their medicinal power took effect, Ning Fan’s entire body shone in a dazzling golden light again. One hundred golden orifices which were meant for storing the power of the golden light gradually formed inside his body.

The appearance of one hundred golden orifices indicated that Ning Fan had accomplished the first step of breaking through to the Golden Body Refining Realm.

The second step was to consume sufficient amounts of heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures to accumulate enough power to fill up all golden orifices. When that time comes, he could complete the breakthrough in a single try!

Ning Fan took out a jade bottle which contained a droplet of core blood of a sovereign beast. He got this item from Shi Kun. This droplet of blood contained all of the power inside a sovereign beast’s demon core.

He crushed the jade bottle with his hand and consumed the core blood. A wave of ferocious mystical power then spread out from his body like a fearsome beast.

The tremendous amount of power from the core blood made his body swell.

“Assimilate!”

Traces of power from the core blood were channeled into the golden orifices of his body. Eventually, every last one of the golden orifices were filled up by the power.

The golden light of Ning Fan’s body became even more intense. With that much power, he could already break through to the Golden Body Realm but he was still not done yet!

“The four traces of devil qi! Refine!”

His devil marks released four streams of power which went into his golden orifices.

More and more golden orifices began to develop inside his body. As the number of golden orifices increased, his physical body also became stronger.

After a brief moment, the number of golden orifices in his body reached 300. It was already at the standard of the Second Level of the Golden Body Refining Realm.

He opened his eyes at this moment. The bottleneck of the Golden Body Refining Realm that had been restraining him for a long time had now been broken.

Every inch of his body glowed in bright golden light, making him look like a man made of gold.

His aura force increased drastically. After breaking through to the First Level of the Golden Body Refining Realm, it continued to rise, reaching the Second Level!

A cultivator at the Second Level of the Golden Body Refining Realm could fight against a Void Inquiry Stage expert with just their physical strength!

However, even though Ning Fan had broken through to that level, he did not have the intention to relax at all. Instead, he wore a very serious look on his face.

He did not want to stop after just breaking through to the Golden Body Refining Realm.

What he wanted to do next was to convert all the power in his Golden Body Refining Realm into the essence qi of the ancient devils!

“Ancestral Talisman, appear!”

Ning Fan changed his hand seal. In the next instant, countless mysterious devil runes appeared on the surface of his pure golden body.