Chapter 497 - Ancient Demons’ Spirit Wheels (1/2)

The white tiger’s memories were incomplete.

From his incomplete memories, Ning Fan found out the demon’s true identity. He was known as White Tiger Boy and he served the sect master of the Pill Sect. His duty was to guard the pill refinement cauldron for his master.

Apart from that, Ning Fan even discovered the reason why this white tiger would be as timid as a mouse. He really had to admit that this person’s life was pretty rough and pitiful.

When the sect master of the Pill Sect secretly descended to the mortal world in the past, he was determined to raise a pill devil with all his effort. He planned to continuously enhance that pill devil until it advanced to the level above the Ninth Revolution, reaching the level of Ancestor Pill.

He brought with him a few small children who were responsible for looking after his pill cauldrons when he descended to the mortal world and White Tiger Boy was one of them.

However, he did not expect that White Tiger Boy would steal three of his treasures while he was busy creating the pill devil and escape stealthily.

At that time, White Tiger Boy was only at the Late Gold Core Realm. Because of his low cultivation base, he could not use those supreme treasures at will even though he possessed them.

Moreover, he had been spending his entire life guarding his master’s pill cauldrons and had no combat experience at all. Thus, his combat power was predictably low.

The Heavenly Dao was just and impartial. A few years later after White Tiger Boy had stolen the three treasures from his master, he was killed by a Gold Core Realm cultivator of the mortal world. His treasures also fell into the hands of that cultivator.

That Gold Core Realm cultivator was merely at the Mid Gold Core Realm. Despite being a minor cultivation realm lower than White Tiger Boy, he still managed to kill him. White Tiger Boy was unable to forget that incident and that was why he was extremely fearful of Ning Fan when he faced him even though he clearly knew that Ning Fan had a lower cultivation base.

During that time, he managed to hide a trace of his remnant soul inside the jade ornament before dying. Thanks to the extraordinary function of the Spirit Bone Jade Ornament, that Gold Core Realm cultivator did not discover him.

At first, White Tiger Boy had a bold and reckless personality. Otherwise, he would not have dared to steal his master’s treasures.

However, after ‘dying’ once, he became unusually faint-hearted. He stayed inside the jade ornament in the form of his remnant soul and did not have the guts to come out for countless years.

That jade ornament was truly uncommon as it actually had the function to conceal the secrets of heaven and allow a remnant soul to take shelter in it. Moreover, it could also protect the remnant soul from perishing, prolonging its lifespan indefinitely.

While the white tiger’s remnant soul was hiding inside the jade ornament, he focused on healing his wounds. Unknowingly, the jade ornament had actually altered his remnant soul which somehow enabled him to obtain a trace of ancient demon power.

Because of that, his cultivation base broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm in one go.

This was good as the white tiger was now in the Nascent Soul Realm and would never lose to a junior at the Mid Gold Core Realm no matter what.

Full of confidence, he flew out from the jade ornament and eliminated that Gold Core Realm cultivator and eradicated his entire sect and his family. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

It had already been countless years since the time the sect master of the Pill Sect descended to the mortal world. The pill devil’s birth had been successfully arranged and the sect master of the Pill Sect had also returned to the upper world.

The white tiger stayed in the Rain World, feeling as free as a bird flying in the vast and boundless sky. Inwardly, he muttered.

With the three supreme treasures of my master, I will be able to make a name for myself no matter what and would no longer be a lowly kid who looks after cauldrons like I was in the past back in the upper world.

His Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base was more than enough for him to bully some Harmonious Spirit Realm and Gold Core Realm cultivators. In one of the low-grade cultivation countries in the Rain World, he established his name and ruled that country while living a free life.

Unexpectedly, that unlucky white tiger somehow provoked a Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm devil cultivator.

Even though he was at the Nascent Soul Realm, he was merely at the early stage and had low combat power .

As for that devil cultivator, his combat power was rather good. After they engaged in a fight, the devil cultivator managed to defeat and kill that white tiger despite the difference in their cultivation bases and took away the three treasures.

Fortunately, the white tiger once again successfully hid himself in the jade ornament and avoided another disaster.

However, his courage diminished even more. The feeling of being defeated and nearly killed by another person whose cultivation base was lower was really bitter and agonizing.

Thus, the white tiger stayed inside the jade ornament again for countless years.

During his stay, the jade ornament modified his remnant soul once again. The ancient demon power in him became even thicker. His cultivation base also advanced to the Divine Transformation Realm a thousand years later.

At that time, that devil cultivator had also broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm but was only at the intermediate stage of that cultivation realm. No matter how heaven-defying a Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was, it was impossible for them to win against a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator.

The white tiger regained his confidence and went out of the jade ornament. Similarly, he killed that devil cultivator and annihilated all the members of his sect.

After that, the white tiger started to maintain a low profile. Even though his cultivation base was at the Divine Transformation Realm, he hid himself in intermediate-grade cultivation countries to cultivate while bullying the Nascent Soul Realm and Gold Core Realm cultivators there.

He did not dare to go to high-grade cultivation countries because other Divine Transformation Realm old monsters could be found there.

Besides, he also became extremely timid. In spite of his Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base, he did not even dare to offend a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator as he was worried that he might encounter another heaven-defying person who could kill him regardless of the difference in their cultivation bases.

Unfortunately, destiny always has its way of fooling someone. The white tiger inevitably offended a heaven-defying Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.. Just like the previous two cultivators, the cultivator killed him, seized his treasures and brought them to the Endless Sea…

“I got myself killed by someone with a lower cultivation base again!” The white tiger hid a trace of his remnant soul one more time and escaped death. This time, however, he cried out in grief and anger inside the jade ornament.

Aggrieved. He really felt aggrieved!

At the same time, his courage shrunk even more.

It was unknown how many years had passed since the white tiger hid himself inside the jade ornament. However, during this period of time, he was constantly being modified by the power of the jade ornament. Gradually, he attained the Void Refinement Realm.

He flew out from the jade again, feeling extremely pleased with himself. He was ready to kill that Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and get his revenge. Pitifully, a great number of years had passed and that cultivator died after his lifespan had reached its end.

Damn it! There is no way I can get my revenge now.

The white tiger then wandered around within the internal sea. While strolling around the area, he accidentally saw the princess statue on Si Kong Demon Island and discovered a great amount of incense flame power inside it. It was an excellent place for him to hide and continue cultivating.

After everything he had been through, he had learned to behave himself. This time, he planned to attain the Void Fragmentation Realm in one try and only travel around the Rain World after that.

He could not believe that someone with a lower cultivation base than him would be able to kill him after attaining the Void Fragmentation Realm.

The white tiger had followed his master for many years and knew a lot of information about the pill devil.

After staying on Si Kong Demon Island for many years, he had broken through the Void Inquiry Stage and the Void Pierce Stage continuously but he still could not absorb the incense flame power.

During this time, Ming Que arrived at the demon island… Thus, the white tiger hatched a plot. He planned on devouring Ming Que and the incense flame power while she took in the inheritance power. In this way, he might be able to advance to the Absolute Void Stage in one go.

The pill devil was a creature which that ancient demon’s master had spent great efforts just to raise it. Devouring the pill devil without his permission was similar to offending the sect master of the Pill Sect.

However, since he had already stolen three treasures from his master and betrayed him in the past, he was not afraid of betraying him once more…

“This white tiger experienced quite a tough life. However, every time he was on the verge of death, he would be blessed with great luck and would ultimately survive. Unfortunately, he ran out of luck this time as I was the one he met and provoked…”

After Ning Fan finished browsing through the white tiger’s memories, he swallowed his remnant soul down his throat.

Then, he took out the three magic treasures: the jade ornament, the blood umbrella and the metal handheld furnace and inspected each of them carefully. Only after making sure that the white tiger did not hide any of his remnant soul within them did he feel less worried.

This time, the white tiger was truly dead.

Ning Fan did not immediately leave the world within the blood umbrella. Instead, he began studying the three magic treasures.

From the white tiger’s memories, he found out the identity of his master, the origins of these three magic treasures and the ancient demon’s lifetime of experience.

However, he still had yet to learn the specific categorizations of the ancient demon cultivation levels as well as their cultivation methods.

Well, it couldn’t be helped. The white tiger was turned into an ancient demon by the jade ornament without being fully aware of it. How could he know anything about the ancient demon cultivation levels?

Fortunately, he still knew a little bit about ancient demons.

The jade ornament contained the faint green circular demon marks. The larger circles surrounded the smaller ones, just like in a person’s fingerprint or the growth rings of a tree.

The umbrella contained faint red circles while the metal handheld furnace was carved with faint golden circles.

Based on the white tiger’s memories, Ning Fan learned that these circular demon marks were called ‘spirit wheels’!

“Ancient devils possess devil talismans and they use them to refine their ‘blood’. The strongest kind of devil talisman is the ancestral talisman. Ancient demons possess spirit wheels which they use to gather ‘spirit’. The strongest spirit wheel is called ‘ancestral ring’…”

While stroking the patterns of the spirit wheels on the three treasures, Ning Fan’s eyes became as deep as the ocean. It was the expression that he would wear whenever he was deep in thought.

In order to systematically cultivate the ancient demon cultivation realms, the first step is to form my own spirit wheels and restore the ancestors’ paths to become an ancient demon.

Devil talismans could refine one’s blood, strengthen one’s physical body and provide ancient devils great potential in body refining that was one hundred times greater than other races.

On the other hand, spirit wheels could gather spirit, enhance one’s spirit sense and give ancient demons great potential in cultivation of sense that was one hundred times stronger than other races!

If Ning Fan wanted to condense his own spirit wheels, he would need to get a relic from the old ancestors of the Fu Li Tribe and use it to perform the ancestral sacrificial ceremony. Only then would he have a chance to form his own spirit wheels.

Actually, Ning Fan was not really concerned about whether or not he could cultivate the ancient demon path.

With regards to the spirit wheels, however, he really wished he could condense them. If he has his own spirit wheels, his potential in cultivating his spirit sense would be one hundred times stronger than ordinary cultivators.

The strength of one’s spirit sense was not only closely related to their combat power, it even shared a close relation to pill refinement and weapon refinement techniques. Thus, it would be a wonderful thing if he could form his own spirit wheels which could greatly boost the power of his spirit sense.

“It’s such a pity that the Fu Li Tribe has already gone extinct for a long time. Most people haven’t even heard of its name. I’m afraid it will be extremely difficult to find a Fu Li ancestral demon’s relic to perform the ancestral sacrificial ceremony… Mm? This is…”

All of a sudden, Ning Fan fixed his eyes on the Spirit Bone Jade Ornament. He had made a new discovery.

The jade ornament, the blood umbrella and the metal handheld furnace had patterns of the spirit wheels but the spirit wheels on the last two items had signs of being engraved. The spirit wheels on them were not formed naturally.

As for the spirit wheels on the jade ornament, they seemed to have formed there on their own. In other words, they were obtained through refinement.

This jade ornament was originally carved from a pile of remains of an ancient demon and those bones already had the spirit wheels of that ancient demon in the first place.

Ning Fan cast a strand of his spirit sense into the jade ornament. To his surprise, he realized that his spirit sense was actually enveloped by the power of those spirit wheels.

However, his spirit sense was not hurt. Instead, it was growing under the nourishment of the spirit wheels.

Slowly his tiny strand of spirit sense grew a little longer and became slightly stronger!

Ning Fan’s eyes sparkled.

“So that’s why that ancient demon could continuously raise his cultivation base under the help of the jade ornament. It turns out that this jade can raise one’s spirit sense level by itself…”

A demon cultivator’s cultivation base was closely related to their spirit sense. Since the white tiger had the jade ornament that was constantly improving his spirit sense, his cultivation base continuously advanced from the Gold Core Realm up to the Void Refinement Realm as a result.

When Ning Fan used his spirit sense to inspect the umbrella and metal handheld furnace, he found out that although the two of them also have spirit wheels, theirs could not improve his spirit sense because the spirit wheels were carved onto them through artificial methods.

It seemed like only the spirit wheels on the jade ornament had the effect of raising one’s spirit sense.

“What will happen if I absorb the power of the spirit wheels on this jade ornament?!” A bold idea suddenly surfaced within Ning Fan’s mind.

Every ancient demon tribe had their own spirit wheels. Ning Fan possessed the Fu Li Demon Bloodline. If he wants to condense his own spirit wheels, he would obviously be condensing the Fu Li Spirit Wheels.

Even though this jade ornament was made out of the bones of an ancient demon, Ning Fan had no idea what demon tribe this ancient demon belonged to.

Even if he absorbs this demon’s spirit wheels, they might not necessarily be suitable for him.