Chapter 565 (1/2)
Incomplete.
When Qian Shou and Mu Chi saw Ning Fan chasing after them, they exchanged glances with each other. With gritted teeth, they both went the opposite direction. One of them went to the east while the other went to the west.
They knew that they were not Ning Fan’s match. If Ning Fan catches up with them, they would certainly die in his hands.
At this moment, they could only make a bet on their luck and see who Ning Fan goes after. The unlucky one would be pursued and killed by Ning Fan.
“Fleeing in different directions, huh…”
Ning Fan unsealed his sword pouch and five rays of sword light immediately flew out from within, turning into five little agile sword spirits.
His opponents were experts at the Absolute Void Stage. If they run in different directions, Ning Fan could at most go after one of them and would lose track of the other person.
“All of you, chase after that man with wings. I’ll go after that man with eight arms!”
After giving an order to them with an indifferent tone, he immediately stepped on an ancient golden sword and went after Qian Shou.
The five sword spirits pursed their lips. They were reluctant to be Ning Fan’s suburodinates.
However, they could not defy his order at all as they were planted with a life-threatening sword seal. After snorting with dissatisfaction, they obediently transformed into five rays of sword light and chased after Mu Chi.
Even though Mu Chi was not a sword cultivator, the five little girls’ original strength were already extremely heaven-defying despite their natural restraint to sword cultivators. Each of them was equivalent to an Absolute Void Stage expert.
Therefore, it would not be very difficult for five Absolute Void Stage little girls to hunt down an Absolute Void Stage expert.
Qian Shou had already gotten out of his one thousand-handed giant’s avatar and turned into an eight-armed elderly man. After separating with Mu Chi, he was fleeing desperately all the way.
Filler Word
The moment the black and white ring shadows appeared, the ten suns above the sky of the illusory realm exploded one after another. The sky began becoming dim and dark. The earth, however, started to tremble and the lava surged, initiating a raging flame that engulfed each of the volcanoes!
As the ring shadows flashed, an unimaginable medicine soul gradually permeated heaven and earth. It was so powerful that it could crush the medicine soul of any Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters!
It was the medicine soul power accumulated in the Heavenly Dao from the countless deceased pill masters since ancient times. It was the reward that heaven and earth gave to a Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Master!
A Fifth Revolution Pill Master did not have the right to observe the breakthrough of a Seventh Revolution Pill Master at all! Every single one of them was unable to endure the force given out by the medicinal soul of heaven and earth!
Each of the volcanoes erupted in succession, filling the sky with sparks of flames. Those flames, however, suddenly fell down, raining down upon the Pill Sovereign’s location.
At this moment, the Pill Sovereign’s forehead was beaded with sweat. He was sitting down with his eyes closed, beginning to push through the bottleneck of the Seventh Revolution.
A towering ancient tree was standing upright behind him. It was the form of his medicine soul.
That ancient tree had luxuriant foliage. It gave off a faint layer of light screen that was condensed from medicine soul power, preventing the rain of flames from falling upon him.
Ning Fan raised his head and looked into the sky. His expression turned grim as he was staring at the black and white ring shadows.
“This black and white ring shadow is the first ring of the Heavenly Dao – The Ring of Life and Death. If cultivators at the First Step of Cultivation are unable to escape the restriction of the first ring of the Heavenly Dao, they won’t be able to achieve immortality…” Luo You explained.
“A mere black and white ring shadow like this is the Heavenly Dao of the Lower Realm, huh…”
Ning Fan was deep in thoughts. This black and white Heavenly Dao was probably the one he offended in the past.
Maybe it was an illusion. When he stared at the black and white ring shadow, he suddenly felt that the ring shadow turned into a huge eye. Its black pupil was clearly distinctive from the whites of the eye around it. That large eye batted once at him…
After he observed it carefully, he realized that the ring shadow did not undergo any changes. It seemed just like an illusion.
There was an instant where a fierce and piercing qi seemed to have been released from the ring shadow and it was locked on Ning Fan.
The Heavenly Dao of the Lower Realm seemed to have recognized Ning Fan and knew that he was the person who captured the messengers of the heavenly tribulation twice and offended the might of the heavens.
However, a brief moment later, that qi which was targeted at Ning Fan dispersed.
The reason why the heavenly ring appeared today was because the Pill Sovereign achieved the breakthrough in his pill refinement realm.
Even though the Heavenly Dao detested Ning Fan, it was aware of what was right and wrong and it did not intend to go against the rules and punish Ning Fan.
Only an indolent female voice suddenly echoed from the ring shadow of the Heavenly Dao and entered Ning Fan’s ears. Other than Ning Fan, no one else could hear that voice.
“Junior of the Rain World, you are quite bold to harm my puppets in the Lower Realm. I have been in control of the heavenly ring for 150 million years. You are the first cultivator who dare to defy the heavens publicly. Although your sins are deep, I know what is right and wrong and I won’t summon tribulations upon you personally now. Besides, you are already not far away from the heavenly tribulation of the Void Pierce Stage. I’m looking forward to you dying in that heavenly tribulation… But still, hopefully you can go through the tribulation safely…”
The lady seemed to have chuckled. Then, it vanished all of a sudden. That voice seemed to be coming from very far away. Neither the Pill Sovereig nor Luo You could hear it. Only Ning Fan was able to hear it.
Ning Fan’s eyes widened with surprise.
Who exactly is the lady who spoke to me via telepathy just now? Her abilities are so terrifying…
Commanding the Heavenly Rings for 150 million years… Could she be an immortal emperor…?
Ning Fan sighed. He never expected that he would be targeted by such a frightening lady.
Luckily, she was a lady who goes by the law and did not try to summon tribulations on Ning Fan personally.
Although the heavenly tribulations that Ning Fan faced became scarier and scarier starting from the Void Glimpse Stage, they also did not give him no chance to survive…
The heavenly tribulations might be terrifying, but their power was still restricted to the level of the First Step of cultivation. The Heavenly Dao was not so cruel to summon an immortal tribulation on him.
An immortal tribulation was the heavenly tribulation that the Heavenly Dao of the Second Step of cultivation would summon for immortals… If Ning Fan were to encounter that level of heavenly tribulation, he would not need to make any struggles at all as he would be directly killed.
With that lady’s strength, she could kill Ning Fan in a single breath. Even so, she did not abuse her power and go against the laws to summon an immortal tribulation to kill him. In a way, she could not be counted as his enemy.
Ning Fan had a feeling that even though she looked forward to seeing him die in the next heavenly tribulation he would face after attaining the Void Pierce Stage, she was also excited to see him go against the heavens and get through the tribulation…
Perhaps the terrifying heavenly tribulations that came after him every time was just a test while the heavenly tribulation puppets were his rewards…
“Ning Fan! What are you doing? Hurry up and absorb the soul power that was flowing across the heaven and world!” The Pill Sovereign suddenly opened his eyes and urged him.
Ning Fan did not utter any word. He had already decided not to absorb the Pill Sovereign’s soul power.
Every time when a pill master is advancing to the Seventh Revolution, there was a limitation to the soul power that the heaven and earth would grant to them.
For ordinary Peak Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Masters, even if they absorb all the soul power that the heaven and earth give to them, they also might not necessarily be able to advance to the Seventh Revolution.
If Ning Fan absorbs the Pill Sovereign’s soul power now, it would then lower his chances of success in the advancement…
Ning Fan was not a kind person. However, since the Pill Sovereign was kind to him, he was not going to repay his kindness with evil!
Suddenly, he stood up. He did not plan to absorb the soul power at al. Instead, he turned into a ray of light and flew out of the protected area of the ancient tree, soaring into the sky. Standing mid-air, he said.
“I’ll help you withstand the tribulations!”
His words were simple and brief but they were loud and determined.
Upon hearing his words, the Pill Sovereign was stunned. Then, he looked touched but he sighed with a hint of disappointment at the same time.
“Silly child… This is a rare opportunity! If you absorb some of the soul power, perhaps your pill refinement realm can advance to the High Grade Sixth Revolution!”
“I never lack opportunities in my entire life. If I am not blessed with opportunities, I’ll just need to seize them with force. The only thing that I can never neglect is my Dao Heart!”
With determination in his eyes, he opened his mouth and inhaled. The rain of flames that fell around the sky were absorbed into his abdomen.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he gathered the soul power that was scattered across heaven and earth near the ancient tree to make it easy for the Pill Sovereign in absorbing it.
He took out several formation disks and planted layers of Mortal Void Grade formation light around the ancient tree!
He knew that the moment the Pill Sovereign finishes absorbing the soul power, he would then start facing the tests from the heavenly tribulation!
The heavenly tribulation of the Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Realm was not trivial. What Ning Fan was doing now was considered as helping the Pill Sovereign increase his chances in achieving his advancement.
The Pill Sovereign sighed and closed his eyes. He had decided to grant Ning Fan a vast opportunity but if Ning Fan insisted not to accept it, he also could not force him.
After making a sigh, what occupied more of his heart was the feeling of relief.
His judgement was not wrong. The disciple that he had set his eyes on was indeed a man with excellent personality. Unfortunately, that man already had a master and therefore, there was no chance for him to be his master in this life anymore…
“Fine… Since you don’t accept my soul power of heaven and earth, this second session of guidance is invalid…”
“Why? Having the chance to observe a pill master attaining the Seventh Revolution at such a close distance is an opportunity itself!”
Ning Fan smiled at the sky. Just like what he had said, how many chances does one have in the world to observe the breakthrough of a Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Master?
Commonly, every Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Masters was worried about others seizing their soul power. Thus, most of them would choose to achieve the breakthrough in a remote area without allowing any outsider to witness sit.
The Sixth Revolution was like Heaven while the Seventh Revolution was like attaining the Immortal Realm. Breaking through to the Seventh Revolution was even more difficult than the Sixth Revolution. Its difficulty was not just in the aspect of soul transformation but also the fact that a majority of pill masters could not get the experience from those who had successfully achieved the breakthrough. Pill masters without the necessary knowledge could only explore themselves, just like a blind man travelling at night. Thus, it was naturally beset with difficulties…
The Pill Sovereign closed his eyes and stopped speaking.
In the Temple of Rain, each of the old monsters were shocked by Ning Fan’s tolerance.
Be it a divine cultivator or a devil cultivator, there is basically no one who could persevere in not seizing the soul power.
How many Sixth Revolution Pill Masters in the world could keep their mind intact upon seeing a Seventh Revolution Pill Master who wants to share his soul power with them…?