Chapter 1175: Chapter 1175: Six Paths Portal

The Black Wind Child seldom shows himself in the outside world, but due to managing the Black Market Star, he occasionally meets with his underlings, concealed by good fortune.

As a result, while very few know the true appearance beneath the Black Wind Child’s aura of fortune, many local cultivators are familiar with his presence.

"What’s going on! It’s just a minor theft case in the black market; how did it alert even the Black Wind Master!"

The guards of the Silent Inquiry Pavilion were greatly surprised, rushing to meet the Black Wind Child. Ning Fan also stepped out of the shop, holding a fossil, looking at the Black Wind Child who appeared out of thin air, his gaze slightly deepened.

"Though I don’t wish to stir trouble, this person insists on bothering me; what a nuisance..."

Seeing this, after landing, the Black Wind Child arrogantly waved his hand to dismiss his followers, neither wanting to acknowledge these people nor inquire about what occurred here, directly walking towards Ning Fan.

The cause of events, he had long seen everything, and his appearance now was precisely to prevent Ning Fan from purchasing the butterfly fossil!

"Lord of the Slaughter Hall! Let’s speak frankly, earlier I didn’t discern the true value of this item, hence it was put for sale in the store, now that I’ve discovered it, this item can no longer be sold to you!"

With the utterance of the Black Wind Child, all cultivators drawn by the commotion displayed looks of astonishment.

Besides the Black Wind Child, nobody here could see through Ning Fan’s minor Illusory Art, and hearing suddenly of Ning Fan’s true identity, could they not be shocked!

Some guards of the Silent Inquiry Pavilion who previously spoke disrespectfully of Ning Fan now sweated profusely at this moment: The one they previously rebuked fiercely was surprisingly the eminent Lord of the Slaughter Hall, Eastern Heaven Yama! They’re done for, sure to face Ning Fan’s reckoning later, with no burial place...

Ning Fan’s brows furrowed deeper.

Now that his identity was exposed, the whole Black Market Star plunged into shock and exclamations—a scene he didn’t wish to see.

Even more unsettling was the attitude of the Black Wind Child.

This Black Wind Child upon seeing the butterfly fossil activating the mysteries of reincarnation, intended to unilaterally revoke the sale and reclaim the fossil.

Why should he!

Seeing his identity exposed, Ning Fan was even lazier to act, undoing the minor Illusory Art, revealing his true visage to all present.

The exclamations from the entire Black Market Star intensified further!

"It’s really Lord of the Slaughter Hall! The Lord truly graced the Black Market Star with his presence!"

"Wow, the Lord of the Slaughter Hall is so handsome! More so than in his portrait!"

"Have you heard! When the Lord of the Slaughter Hall cloaked his identity, he was troubled by some low-level True Immortals, yet he remained gracious, not bothering with those True Immortals! He’s not that unreasonable brute as reported!"

"The Lord of the Slaughter Hall is truly gentle! If it were other old monsters, they might not kill the troublemakers but would surely teach them a lesson or two."

"I’ve heard the Lord of the Slaughter Hall is quite amorous, wonder if he hires maidens to warm his bed..."

"Rumor has it the Lord of the Slaughter Hall has peculiar tastes under the bed, likes whips and wax... Ah, just thinking about it is thrilling, really wish to be humiliated by the Lord..."

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Given Ning Fan’s acute perception, how could the discussions across the Black Market Star escape his ears.

Who can tell him why the nearby clamoring voices are discussing increasingly odd topics.

Those discussing peculiar topics, clearly, are female cultivators of the Black Market Star...

Ning Fan discretely withdrew his spirit sense, feeling awkward, unwilling to listen further. His gaze returned to the Black Wind Child, saying, "I, Ning, have cultivated all my life, yet haven’t heard of any market having such a rule, forcefully reclaiming sold goods!"

"Humph! It’s true that other places don’t have this rule, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist on my Black Market Star. Here, my word is the rule!" Black Wind Child, in a posture of the Heavenly Healer, arrogantly remarked.

Ning Fan smiled.

He’s the one who usually bullies others; today, he’s being bullied by an Eight Tribulations Celestial Emperor. Does this person not know about his battle achievements at Boundary River, even having slain Half-Saints? How dare one of mere Eight Tribulations cultivation provoke him, are they tired of living?

"If not for this person being incredibly stupid, then they have some reliance, believing they can contend with me. As an Immortal Emperor, even wildly arrogant, they’re unlikely to be foolish, hence, it’s the latter reason, I’m rather curious what skills this person possesses, their confidence swelling so..."

Ning Fan was tired of arguing with the Black Wind Child.

This person mixes in dark society, reasoning with them is futile.

With a swoosh, Ning Fan ascended to the sky, casually stowing the butterfly fossil in his storage pouch, smirking, "Fine, you have your rules, I have mine. The item is now in my possession, never will it be returned to you, if you want it, then show me your skills and snatch it!"

"Hahaha! What a bold Eastern Heaven Yama! You brought this upon yourself! Don’t think just because you earned some merits at Boundary River, you’re worthy of succeeding as the Ancestral Emperor from Eastern Heaven. To tell you, in my eyes, all your accomplishments at Boundary River are dog shit! When my master and I ruled Eastern Heaven, you were still someplace suckling milk!"

Swoosh!

The Black Wind Child likewise soared into the sky, laughing wildly, standing across the air from Ning Fan.

The impending battle of Immortal Emperor level stunned everyone, with some excited to witness such a clash, and others fearing being caught up in the Immortal Emperor-level duel, leaving the Black Market Star hastily.

Of course, most chose to stay and watch the battle, hoping to enhance their own understanding.

None of this concerned Ning Fan. At this moment, his eyes filled with azure spikes, his vision was so high, it seemed he could pierce through everything of the Black Wind Child.

Truthfully speaking, the Black Wind Child’s Eternal Eight Tribulations cultivation in Ning Fan’s eyes, was simply a matter of being defeated instantly.

Yet inexplicably, the mere Eight Tribulations cultivation of the Black Wind Child actually elicited a hint of crisis from Ning Fan, which was truly baffling...

"Something seems odd about this person..." Ning Fan thought to himself.

As Ning Fan pondered, the Black Wind Child suddenly opened his mouth, spewing a cloud of black smoke straight at Ning Fan.

"Oh? It turns out to be a Grand Cultivator-level Divine Ability, Law-Dissolving Demon Smoke..."

Ning Fan recognized the divine skill wielded by the Black Wind Child.

What slightly amazed Ning Fan was the proficiency of the Black Wind Child’s skill.

A commendable Black Wind Child! To have cultivated Law-Dissolving Demon Smoke to a perfect state! Ordinary skilled cultivators need at least five million years of dedicated cultivation to achieve mastery of a Grand Cultivator-level divine ability...

Is this Black Wind Child truly such a persistent individual, willing to dedicate five million years to solely studying Law-Dissolving Demon Smoke?

One must know, although Ning Fan’s studies are broad, very few divine abilities are cultivated to perfect states...

Because he lacks time! Always it’s merely adequate.

Just like the Lang Ya Tian Gou Yu divine skill acquired at Boundary River, or the Heavenly Bull Hide Pattern and Against-Fate Thunder Technique obtained earlier...

Any divine ability once perfected, the power unleashed should not be underestimated.

At this moment, Black Wind Child’s divine power was this kind of situation; although he was merely at the cultivation level of Eight Tribulations, even the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor of the Era of Decline would have to be astonished and choose to retreat, not daring to take it head-on when faced with the Law-Dissolving Demon Smoke he casually spewed!

"Hahaha! Though my cultivation level is low, the power of my divine skills and techniques surpass many Half-Saints. You think that just because you killed a Half-Saint, you can act recklessly in my territory? Today, you’ll realize just how high the sky and how thick the earth is on Black Market Star!" Black Wind Child laughed loudly.

Amidst his laughter, Ning Fan’s body was engulfed and devoured by the swirling demon smoke.

But in the next moment, Black Wind Child couldn’t laugh anymore; his face froze as if he had swallowed a fly.

Ning Fan remained unscathed!

He merely took out the Wind-Fire Fan, which he hadn’t used for many years, and with a single fan, he dispersed all the demon smoke in the sky.

"What! My perfected Law-Dissolving Demon Smoke was effortlessly broken by this child! This is impossible! Even if he used an Innate Lower Grade Treasure, he shouldn’t have been able to do this! Could it be that his mana has become so powerful that he can ignore such divine skills?"

Black Wind Child’s eyes deepened, flipping his hand and condensing all the cloud energy of Black Market Star into a Dark Cloud Light Sword, which he casually tossed. Wherever the Dark Cloud Light Sword passed, all traces of the Heavenly Dao were shattered, and the entire starry sky trembled.

"Oh? Another Grand Cultivator-level Divine Ability, and this one too has been cultivated to perfection by this person..."

Ning Fan’s expression grew more astonished.

However, this sword naturally couldn’t harm Ning Fan; with a casual flick, Ning Fan released a Calamity Flash Light Column, causing the sword to collapse and disappear into smoke.

"Impossible! Even the Black Demon Heaven-Slashing Technique can’t touch this person!"

Black Wind Child’s face turned uglier, pointing another finger towards Ning Fan, using a third perfected Grand Cultivator-level divine ability.

Celestial Finger!

Yet this technique too was shattered by Ning Fan’s casual Calamity Flash Light Column, unable to get within a thousand zhang of Ning Fan.

"Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!"

More and more perfected divine abilities were used by Black Wind Child, each one earth-shatteringly powerful, each able to trouble a Half-Saint.

Counting them carefully, Black Wind Child had used nearly fifty kinds of Grand Cultivator-level divine abilities, each cultivated to perfection!

Yet none could even slightly touch Ning Fan’s clothes!

This was the first time the cultivators of Black Market Star had seen Black Wind Child go all out; everyone was shocked by the divine power he exhibited.

Black Wind Child was absolutely a powerful figure among the Immortal Emperors of the Decline! In the Era of Decline, which Immortal Emperor could master nearly fifty kinds of divine abilities, and who could take the time to perfect them all? Not even a Quasi-Saint could accomplish this!

But Ning Fan seemed even stronger... From beginning to end, Ning Fan faced the overwhelming offensive of Black Wind Child without even getting a speck of dirt on his clothes, nor taking a single step back.

How formidable was this! Standing before Black Wind Child, Ning Fan was like an insurmountable mountain; no matter how much effort Black Wind Child exerted, he couldn’t budge him an inch!

"Lord of the Slaughter Hall’s power truly already surpasses all Immortal Emperors of the Decline!" The whole of Black Market Star was filled with amazement.

These astonishments fell upon Black Wind Child’s ears like the strongest humiliation, as though countless hands were harshly slapping his face.

Impossible!

This is impossible!

After all, he had once followed Emperor Ancient Chaos of the Eastern Heaven; how could he be unable to even touch Ning Fan’s clothes? This is impossible!

This child Ning Fan possesses such strength, having made tremendous achievements in the Boundary River battle; he is definitely the greatest obstacle to his aspiration to become the Eastern Heaven’s Ancestral Emperor!

He must kill this person...

He absolutely must kill this person...

The killing intent in Black Wind Child’s heart grew even more intense, though he outwardly seemed to admit defeat, withdrawing all his divine abilities and smiling bitterly.

"Hahaha! Indeed, renowned as the Eastern Heaven Yama, your divine skills are truly amazing. I admit defeat. Well, I’ll sell this butterfly fossil to the Daoist..."

Sigh...

All the cultivators of Black Market Star breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that this battle between two great figures had come to an end, and things hadn’t escalated to an irreparable state, which was good news.

Yet just as everyone thought the duel had ended, Black Wind Child suddenly launched an attack, secretly activating a gourd to launch a surprise attack on Ning Fan.

Crack, crack, crack!

Behind Ning Fan, the sky suddenly split open without warning, and a gourd filled with swirling black air appeared behind him, pulling Ning Fan into it with boundless suction.

Seeing the surprise attack succeed, Black Wind Child’s heart was filled with joy, but before he could celebrate for long, he was dumbfounded.

Behold! The Ning Fan absorbed into the gourd abruptly turned into an illusory bubble, dissipating into nothing.

While the real Ning Fan, like a dream, appeared slowly on the other side of the sky.

"Impossible! You actually avoided my surprise attack! Is it illusory art? Since when have I been caught in this person’s illusion! Disperse!"

Black Wind Child’s expression changed drastically, attempting to break free from Ning Fan’s illusion.

But unfortunately, Ning Fan’s illusion had long surpassed the past; since he was caught in it, he had no hope of awakening!

"I reckon I’ve already been merciful to your Black Market Star, yet you insist on going for the kill. In the world of cultivation, it’s either you or me; since you want to kill me, don’t blame me for being ruthless... Welcome to Ning Fan’s Primordial Rainy Night!"

Ning Fan’s right eye revealed the shadow of the Dark Reincarnation Tree.

As the tree shadow emerged, Black Wind Child’s body trembled, his eyes turned dazed, and his entire consciousness was drawn into Ning Fan’s illusionary world, unable to escape.

This was an illusion capable of instantly killing half-saints of the True Lightning World; even the Spirit Devouring Tree with Quasi-Saint cultivation would need to commit suicide to dispel the illusion, so how could Black Wind Child escape!

With a scream, Black Wind Child’s consciousness was obliterated by Ning Fan’s illusion, rendering him an idiot.

Ning Fan didn’t directly destroy his Spirit. If the full power of the Primordial Rainy Night illusion was unleashed, even the True Spirit of a Half-Saint could be annihilated in an instant, let alone Black Wind Child’s Eight Tribulations Spirit.

Ning Fan spared Black Wind Child’s life, allowing him to live on as an imbecile.

This, of course, wasn’t because Ning Fan was soft-hearted; within the illusion world, by activating the Reverse Spirit Technique, Ning Fan retrieved a large amount of Black Wind Child’s memory.

Amongst the recollections were some things that piqued Ning Fan’s interest.

Sparing Black Wind Child’s life was because he had utilities, to use him as a sacrificial offering; post-blood sacrifice, some benefits could be obtained. If he were killed recklessly, wouldn’t that be a waste? In the Era of Decline, the Eight Tribulations Immortal Emperors are fewer and fewer; finding such a suitable offering wouldn’t be easy...

Silence!

The entire Black Market Star was deathly silent!

No one expected that Black Wind Child attacked Ning Fan for half a day, gasping for breath, without managing to scratch even a corner of Ning Fan’s clothes; while Ning Fan, with just an illusory art and a glance, took out Black Wind Child...

Since when did the Lord of the Killing Hall master such terrifying illusions, capable of killing an Eight Tribulations Celestial Emperor in one blow!

The information showed that the previous Ning Fan did not seem to have such fearsome illusion techniques.

In other words... in recent decades, Ning Fan has grown even stronger, more powerful than during the Boundary River battle!

"From today on, Black Market Star is my, Ning Fan’s, territory! Next, I will take complete control of Black Market Star, and make it a Ring of Eastern Heaven!" Ning Fan said indifferently.

He originally just wanted to discreetly purchase the sixth item, then find a secluded place to cultivate.

But since Black Wind Child was courting death, he did not mind conveniently taking over the Black Market Star.

Hmm, this Black Market Star can be given to the little demoness; doesn’t she love managing businesses in the cultivation world? Let her run the entire Eastern Heaven black market then. On the surface, she would be the Pavilion Master of the Godly Void Pavilion, while secretly she would be the owner of the Eastern Heaven black market. She would surely be delighted...

"Since I’ve claimed the Black Market Star, it’s necessary to deal with some who are loyal to Black Wind Child!"

Ning Fan shed his previous gentleness, and a demonic thought arose in his eyes; in an instant, his spirit sense locked onto the very few masters on the Black Market Star.

These people had murderous intent towards him at the moment Black Wind Child was taken down... If you’re cutting grass, you must pull out the roots! He could be merciful to the innocent, but to his enemies, he would only be ruthless!

...

Days later, news of the events on Black Market Star spread across Eastern Heaven, countless Old Monsters of Eastern Heaven were frightened by Ning Fan’s illusion that killed the Immortal Emperor in one move.

Several months later, Black Market Star officially changed its owner, becoming the private property of the Chief Hall Master of the Godly Void Pavilion, the little demoness.

Ning Fan was not at all concerned about the shock this event caused in Eastern Heaven.

At this moment, he was in seclusion studying the sixth item.

Sky-reaching Demon Wings!

This item was priced exceptionally high on Black Market Star, its worth couldn’t even be measured with Dao Crystals, requiring ten Nine-Turn Emperor Elixirs to exchange.

Ning Fan had ten Nine-Turn Emperor Elixirs, but after occupying the Black Market Star, of course, he needn’t spend money on anything anymore.

Does he need to pay when taking items from his own shop? That’s not a thing.

The Sky-reaching Demon Wings were in hand, the success of the False Demon Chant development was only a matter of time.

However, Ning Fan did not rush to study the Sky-reaching Demon Wings right away.

He was very interested in the spoils acquired on Black Market Star.

Innate Mid-grade Treasure, [Black Wind Gourd]!

This artifact was a relic of the previous Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven, stolen by Black Wind Child who had once served him.

Ning Fan knew that back then, the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven was obliterated across time by the Holy Sect Saint of the Real Realms for secretly cultivating the Heaven Sealing Art.

It was the Emperor Butcher who told Ning Fan, to dissuade him from cultivating the Heaven Sealing Art to its highest level...

By searching Black Wind Child’s memory, Ning Fan learned that before the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven unexpectedly died, he sensed his end was near and gifted his relics to several friends.

The Black Wind Gourd wasn’t given to Black Wind Child, but to another friend.

Yet after the Eastern Heaven Ancestral Emperor’s death, Black Wind Child violated his will, treacherously seized it from that friend...

In essence, Black Wind Child was not a loyal servant to the Ancestral Emperor of Eastern Heaven, nor was he a virtuous character, but rather a traitor under him.

As such, Ning Fan had no reason to feel guilty for disposing of Black Wind Child in light of the Ancestral Emperor of Eastern Heaven.

The entire Eastern Heaven knew that Ning Fan had an obsession with gourd magical treasures.

When he first obtained the Black Wind Gourd, Ning Fan was extremely excited, thinking he might have stumbled upon a Divine Spirit Divine Instrument, the Vital Essence Gourd by chance?

Unfortunately, he was quickly disappointed, as the Black Wind Gourd was not the Vital Essence Gourd; his journey to find other Divine Spirit Divine Instruments was still long...

But this disappointment didn’t last long, as Ning Fan soon developed a renewed interest in the Black Wind Gourd.

"This Black Wind Gourd is truly a wonderful item, capable of accelerating the cultivation of divine skills. No wonder Black Wind Child could perfect nearly fifty Grand Cultivator-level divine skills... In theory, it would take over a hundred million years to perfect fifty Grand Cultivator-level divine skills. But in reality, Black Wind Child didn’t spend a hundred million years just cultivating divine skills. He mastered so many perfect divine skills all because of this Black Wind Gourd..."

"This Black Wind Gourd is why Black Wind Child was powerful, and likely part of why the Ancestral Emperor of Eastern Heaven was strong as well..."

On a remote Abandoned Star, Ning Fan placed the Black Wind Gourd in front of him, his fingers wove through the air, forming a complex set of unnamed spirit sense.

This set of spirit sense comprised thousands, exceedingly intricate.

Ning Fan repeatedly practiced the gestures, becoming increasingly proficient with this set of spirit sense.

He began to reduce the number of gestures.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Ning Fan had reduced the unnamed spirit sense to just one gesture, capable of activating the divine skill.

Another month passed, and Ning Fan no longer even needed that gesture; finally, he was able to enter the gourd’s interior.

"Let’s see if the inside of this Black Wind Gourd is as bloody as Black Wind Child’s memory suggested..."

With a swoosh, Ning Fan’s body transformed into a bolt of light, flying into the gourd’s interior.

The gourd’s interior was a world unto itself.

The sky was forged from blood.

The earth was formed from blood.

Upon the boundless blood-red continent, four blood shadows with Immortal Emperor cultivation sat in seclusion, cultivating.

But as Ning Fan entered the gourd world, the four Immortal Emperor blood shadows suddenly let out a miserable scream and dissolved into pus and blood.

And at that moment, the soul plates of the four Immortal Emperors of Eastern Heaven, who had ambushed Black Wind Child and disappeared for years, finally shattered...

"It seems Black Wind Child’s memory didn’t deceive me, once the Black Wind Gourd changes hands, the gourd blood spirit within would collapse. Back then, when Black Wind Child obtained this gourd, he couldn’t inherit the gourd blood spirit captured by the Ancestral Emperor of Eastern Heaven; now, with me seizing this gourd, similarly, I can’t inherit Black Wind Child’s gourd blood spirit..."

Ning Fan felt some regret.

Fortunately, he still had a living Eight Tribulations Immortal Emperor at hand to create a gourd blood spirit — none other than Black Wind Child himself, whose life he spared earlier!

"It’s a pity. The Purple Thunder Lord I captured earlier, having committed great massacres against the True Lightning Clan, was executed by my judgment. The other Immortal Emperors of the True Lightning World and the Twelve Thunder Lords, I’ve also killed. If only I had gotten this gourd earlier, perhaps I wouldn’t have needed to kill them. I could have used them to make Gourd Blood Spirits..." Ning Fan lamented further.

What is a Gourd Blood Spirit?

A Gourd Blood Spirit is something that can enhance one’s proficiency in spells!

The Black Wind Gourd is not a magical treasure for attack but rather a magical treasure for cultivation; naturally, it does have a capability for capturing, as it can absorb people, but for true experts, its suction power is obviously useless.

From the moment Ning Fan recognized the Black Wind Gourd as its master, he could bring captured Immortal Emperors into the gourd world and make them into Gourd Blood Spirits.

People made into Gourd Blood Spirits are certain to die, but due to the mystery of the gourd world, as long as the blood spirit does not collapse, the Heavenly Dao would not assess the cultivator as dead.

This was precisely the reason why the soul plates of those Eastern Heaven Immortal Emperors remained intact despite their disappearance; in truth, they had died many years ago, having been concealed by the Black Wind Gourd.

"The Black Wind Gourd can accommodate up to seven blood spirits! While blood spirits cannot be used in battle, they can serve as external avatars to increase proficiency in divine skills."

"There are three grades of Gourd Blood Spirit: A low-grade blood spirit must be crafted with an Immortal Emperor as material. Once successfully crafted, the blood spirit can store a divine skill from the gourd’s master and continue cultivating it within the gourd world. Cultivating this skill in the gourd world for a day is equivalent to cultivating it for a year in the outside world."

"A mid-grade blood spirit requires a Quasi-Saint as material. With a day’s cultivation within the gourd world, it can increase the gourd master’s proficiency in a single divine skill by ten years."

"A high-grade blood spirit necessitates a Saint as material; with a day’s cultivation in the gourd world, divine skill proficiency is increased by a hundred years..."

Ning Fan’s gaze grew slightly fervent.

If it were any other innate mid-grade treasure, perhaps he would not have given it a second look. But this item clearly held great utility for him.

Several days later, Ning Fan used Black Wind Child as material to create a low-grade Gourd Blood Spirit.

The Gourd Blood Spirit had no spirit awareness, though it possessed the aura of an Immortal Emperor, it could not engage in battle nor could it leave the gourd world by even a step.

Yet when Ning Fan harnessed the power of the Black Wind Gourd, extracting a cluster of light from within himself and infused it into the Gourd Blood Spirit...

The Gourd Blood Spirit suddenly showed lively awareness, seemingly coming to life, murmuring, "Divine skill, Tree Demon Avatars, cultivation begins!"

From this moment, this Gourd Blood Spirit knew only to do one thing: to cultivate the Tree Demon Avatars divine skill on behalf of Ning Fan!

This was a divine skill acquired by Ning Fan from devouring the Soul-Devouring Tree. Once utilized by the Soul-Devouring Tree, it could split into four avatars with equal cultivation level, highly formidable.

However, the cultivation of this skill was very difficult and incredibly time-consuming. Ning Fan originally did not intend to cultivate it.

But now with the Black Wind Gourd, things were different.

He could entirely use the blood spirit from the gourd world to replace himself in cultivating this skill!

Using Black Wind Child as material could only make a low-grade blood spirit; with one-day cultivation of the Tree Demon Avatars, the proficiency of Ning Fan’s main body would be increased by one year.

This meant that each passing day in the real world, Ning Fan could gain a year’s worth of divine skill proficiency, making perfecting a divine skill no longer unattainable!

"With this treasure, I no longer need to expend time heavily on repeated practice of divine skills. Indeed, it’s a relic of the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven; its mystery is beyond ordinary imagination. However, it has a flaw in that during the blood spirit’s cultivation of the divine skill, at intervals, it would reflect the cultivation memory back to me. If a cultivator without strong heart spirit gains a huge chunk of cultivation memory in their divine sense out of nowhere, they might easily fall into madness. But I am different; my heart spirit is stronger than that of Black Wind Child. Black Wind Child could withstand the memory feedback of four low-grade blood spirits, I could manage the feedback from seven blood spirits effortlessly..."

"In the future, if I encounter Immortal Emperor-level enemies again, I might refrain from using them to refine the Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits... First, it’s better to refine all the Gourd Blood Spirits. Doing this would allow me to simultaneously increase proficiency in seven kinds of divine skills..."

Fifteen years passed in a flash.

In fifteen years, Ning Fan comprehended the mysteries of Sky-reaching Demon Wings and fully developed the False Demon Chant.

The False Demon Chant he developed seemed slightly different, far surpassing the grade of the one used by the Profound Tail Daoist. Once created, it was judged by the world as a brand-new, lost-level ancient demon divine skill!

In other words, this was a new ancient demon divine skill that Ning Fan created by integrating six kinds of time-space concepts into the foundation of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor’s demon chant.

To call this skill the False Demon Chant is obviously inaccurate.

Ning Fan needed to give this skill a new name to distinguish it from the False Demon Chant.

"What a headache, having to name yet another divine skill. I never named the Cross Halo, what should this skill be called..."

"Forget it, let’s just call it [Six Paths Portal]."

Six Paths corresponds to the integration of the six kinds of disparate time-space concepts into the demon chant—how fitting—no need to think of another name, that’s settled.

And during the fifteen years of Ning Fan developing the Six Paths Portal, the proficiency in the Tree Demon Avatars rose by almost five thousand five hundred years.

The Tree Demon Avatars stepped into the realm of small accomplishment!

In future duels, Ning Fan would be able to split an avatar with matching cultivation level to fight one-on-one against opponents!

This skill greatly enhances combat strength, essentially doubling Ning Fan’s own combat power—one Ning Fan might be defeated, but what about two Ning Fans!

"About time to visit the Northern Heaven... The cultivation of the Tree Demon Avatars can be paused, perfecting the realm spends too much time; training a single low-grade blood spirit would take too long—not worth it. Better to adjust the cultivation content and have the Gourd Blood Spirit train the Six Paths Portal instead..."

After all, the Six Paths Portal is a new skill Ning Fan developed recently, starting with zero proficiency. Ning Fan wouldn’t dare recklessly travel between realms without certain proficiency.

Thus, Ning Fan lingered in the Eastern Heaven for another five years.

During those five years, he made arrangements for many affairs prior to departure, thought them over at length but ultimately did not take Burying Moon along to the Northern Heaven.

Only by leaving behind a Burying Moon with Quasi-Saint cultivation in the Eastern Heaven could he depart with peace of mind.

Ning Fan also left a trace of spirit sense in the Eastern Heaven. Should any change occur, Ning Fan could use the Six Paths Portal to directly traverse realms and return to the Eastern Heaven to rescue...

On the eve of Ning Fan’s departure, Burying Moon once again approached Ning Fan, saying, "Little debauched thief, about the reconstruction of the Heavenly Court, I have a new decision..."

She was still planning this matter.

"I am about to head to the Northern Heaven; you make the decisions for everything." Ning Fan replied.

Then Niu Manshan caught scent of something and came knocking.

"Kid, your aura has seemed quite different recently. Did you grasp some powerful realm displacement technique? Can you take me for a trip to the Western Heaven?"

This old thing was still thinking about going to the Western Heaven to find a nun lover!

"No, you sensed wrongly. I haven’t grasped a displacement technique of that level." Ning Fan lied without changing his expression.

Niu Manshan foolishly believed Ning Fan’s words.

Thus.

When Ning Fan truly tore through realms to head to the Northern Heaven, Niu Manshan was enraged!

"You brat, you actually deceived me!"