In the blink of an eye, it has been ten days since Ning Fan entered the Dark Continent.

During these ten days, Ning Fan has killed over three thousand Dark Clan elites. Among them, seventy to eighty of the Hundred Young Ones of the Dark Clan have been slain by him.

The remaining proud sons of the Dark Clan finally realized Ning Fan’s terror. As the proud sons of the Dark Clan, they have always been high-spirited and arrogant, but they have to admit that among their peers, beneath an Immortal Emperor, Ning Fan is already invincible in the Eastern Heaven, and no one can be his match. Even if they were well-prepared, the absolute power gap is such that they cannot rival Ning Fan in the slightest.

During these ten days, apart from Yin Luosha using the Heavenly Emperor’s remnant corpse to engage in a serious fight with the Cross Halo activated by Ning Fan, the rest of the young generation of the Dark Clan couldn’t even compel Ning Fan to exert his full effort. Often, upon encountering Ning Fan, they would be slain by him within a few exchanges.

Gradually, people began to awaken to the fact that participating in this hunt was an enormously grave mistake.

As a result, during these ten days, every day a few proud sons of the Dark Clan, after careful consideration, inevitably gave up this hunt, left the Dark Continent, and returned to the Dark Clan’s base.

Great Dark Heaven!

An Yuanchen, the ancestor of the Dark Clan, when he was younger, once opened up a strange realm on the Dark Continent, naming it the Great Dark Heaven, which had become the place for the Dark Clan to flourish for generations. On the Dark Continent, there are over a dozen hidden Dark Gates connecting to the Great Dark Heaven. Since the coordinates of the Dark Gates constantly shift, only Dark Clan masters can sense their real-time positions through bloodline sensing, rendering ordinary people unable to find the entrances.

Whenever a proud son of the Dark Clan returned to the Great Dark Heaven through the Dark Gates, Ning Fan would carefully observe the positions of these Dark Gates.

He noted that these coordinates of the Dark Gates changed constantly and also noticed that these changes actually followed a certain pattern.

The pattern of the Path of Darkness!

Although Ning Fan did not have the blood of the Dark Clan, he had mastered Dark Yin Yang, and if he wished, he could also find the position of the Dark Gates and secretly head to the Great Dark Heaven...

After ten days, the number of Dark Clan masters still hunting Ning Fan on the Dark Continent had dwindled to just forty or fifty, while the rest had either fled or been killed by him.

The remaining Dark Clan old monsters were all Immortal Kings or Immortal Emperors, each an elite among their rank. Even among the Immortal King old monsters, it was rare for them to act alone, often working together in groups of three or five with seamless coordination. In this way, even for Ning Fan, trying to assassinate these Dark Clan Immortal Kings was not an easy task.

Unless he expended the strength of his Heart Spirit to activate the Cross Halo, he could achieve the feat of instantly killing several Immortal Kings.

But he did not do so.

Because up until now, there had been eleven Dark Clan Immortal Emperors hunting him on the Dark Continent, including four of the Sixth Calamity, three of the Seventh Calamity, two of the Eighth Calamity, and two of the Ninth Calamity... those Immortal Emperors were his true formidable enemies, and Ning Fan had suffered several losses at their hands.

These Immortal Emperors were not in a hurry to fight to the death with Ning Fan. Instead, they appeared like shadows, occasionally ambushing him. Every Dark Clan master was skilled in assassination techniques, and Immortal Emperors were no exception. With so many Immortal Emperors focused on scheming against Ning Fan, no matter how terrifyingly acute Ning Fan’s senses were, he was bound to have lapses in vigilance, allowing the enemy to succeed once or twice.

In the darkness, Ning Fan flew over one continent after another, his body exuding a strong smell of blood.

He was slightly injured, but not seriously; his expression showed a hint of fatigue, yet he was far from exhausted.

He constantly conserved his strength, aiming to defeat as many enemies as possible with minimal effort. As this was an indefinite battle, if he did not die, An Yuanchen would let this hunt continue.

Not knowing how long this hunt would last, constantly fighting and remaining sleepless took a huge toll on his Heart Spirit, which was truly disadvantageous for him...

Moreover, after continuous fighting for ten days, some doubts gradually arose in his mind.

"Throughout these ten days, I have always sensed a gaze hidden in the shadows on me, giving me a strong sense of crisis... To feel watched once or twice might be considered an illusion. But in the past few days, I’ve clearly felt that gaze no longer bothering to disguise itself, laying bare like a beast regards its prey, with growing intent of combat and aggression. Whenever I kill a Four Calamity or Five Calamity Immortal King, the heat of that gaze appears to intensify... This gaze, this emerging combat-intent gaze, is not coming from the Dark Continent, but rather from the Dark Clan’s base..."

"There’s one thing I find puzzling. If An Yuanchen desires a fair fight, then this battle should not involve any Immortal Emperor; if he does not seek fairness, then he could send a Quasi-Saint to assassinate me at any time, so why wait for me to come to him..."

"This Dark Clan ancestor keeps insisting he wants to fairly defeat the inheritor of Ancient Chaos. Are his words sincere? If they are, since the battle has already involved Immortal Emperors, it has lost its fairness, and even if the Dark Clan eventually combines the power of the Immortal Emperors to slay me, can An Yuanchen truly feel content and die satisfied? Is he deceiving himself, or is there something about this decisive battle that I am unaware of..."

On the thirteenth day, Ning Fan found an opportunity to assassinate a Five Calamity Immortal King and severely harmed the two remaining Four Calamity Immortal Kings in the squad. If not for two nearby Immortal Emperors arriving in just a few breaths, Ning Fan might have killed the other two Four Calamity Immortal Kings as well.

Without activating the Cross Halo, Ning Fan wasn’t confident enough to fight two Immortal Emperors head-on, and once delayed, more Immortal Emperors would arrive. Naturally, he wouldn’t linger in battle; once achieving his strike, he immediately fled for a thousand miles, leveraging his speed far superior to the Immortal Emperors to easily shake them off before continuing to await another chance.

It is worth mentioning that, after killing this Five Calamity Immortal King, Ning Fan clearly sensed that the bestial gaze locked on him from the shadows had become even more scorching...

On the seventeenth day, Ning Fan found another opportunity to kill two solitary Immortal Kings in one fell swoop, the bestial gaze from the shadows scorching hot...

On the twenty-fourth day, Ning Fan seized an opportunity to use the power of several Innate Treasures to force a careless Dark Clan Immortal Emperor to vomit blood and expended a little of his Heart Spirit to activate the Cross Halo for twelve breaths, destroying the Immortal Emperor’s physical body in one blow.

This was indeed the largest victory he had achieved since coming to the Dark Clan. This ambush nearly scared that Dark Clan Immortal Emperor to death.

Unfortunately, soon thereafter, two other Immortal Emperors used the cross-domain teleportation art from a great distance to rescue the divine spirit of the Immortal Emperor who lost his physical body. Such a method of long-distance rescue was extremely skilled, almost as if rehearsed countless times before this decisive battle, making it so that Ning Fan ultimately couldn’t kill that Immortal Emperor.

The Cross Halo is strong, but it doesn’t mean it has no weaknesses. If an Immortal Emperor rank elder prepares fully in advance, and rescues someone from afar, then the Cross Halo also can’t take the life of an Immortal Emperor...

In this battle, Ning Fan confirmed two things.

First, the Dark Clan Immortal Emperors are very well-prepared against the Cross Halo. If Ning Fan is facing just a single Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor, slaying them wouldn’t be difficult, but if eleven Dark Clan Immortal Emperors cooperate with each other, saving each other, then wanting to kill an Immortal Emperor is almost impossible!

Second, indeed there is a beast-like gaze secretly locking onto him, this was the first time Ning Fan got confirmation of this!

After Ning Fan successfully destroyed the physical body of that Immortal Emperor, a howl of excitement suddenly rose from the entire Dark Continent, accompanied by a sudden gust of wind!

Countless sound waves formed sound circles, colliding across the continent. Some Dark Clan Immortal Kings were directly shaken by that sound circle to the point of bleeding from their eardrums, panicking; even the Dark Clan Immortal Emperors had their heads buzzing from the sound, their expressions changing slightly.

That howl was not emitted by an Immortal Emperor, yet it brought a sense of oppression to Ning Fan similar to that of the two Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperors of the Dark Clan. Under the impact of that sound circle, even Ning Fan felt a slight pain in his divine sense, secretly startled.

What startled him was that there was such a non-Immortal Emperor practitioner hidden within the Dark Clan, whose strength could match that of a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor! Although Ning Fan’s character was aloof, he was never arrogant and conceited. He admitted, the owner of this howl, he couldn’t compare!

The opponent’s strength could compare to a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, Ning Fan, couldn’t compare!

Judging from the aura, the opponent was a Five Calamity Immortal King, stronger than Ning Fan due to the advantage in cultivation. If Ning Fan were also a Five Calamity Immortal King, he had confidence that he wouldn’t be weaker than this person, but right now, his cultivation in divinity, demon, and devil hadn’t truly stepped into the Timeless Realm yet, only one of his four modes of cultivation had stepped into the Eternal Immortal Venerable level...he truly wasn’t this person’s match.

To say that he didn’t feel any sense of defeat, of course, would be a lie, but more than that, it was a fighting spirit...

Ning Fan had never encountered an opponent from his own generation, perhaps this mysterious Immortal King could be a peer...

The howl came quickly and left quickly. The Dark Clan Immortal Kings seemed unaware of where this howl originated from, feeling bewildered; but the eleven Immortal Emperors all suddenly changed their expressions, clearly knowing the origin of this howl.

Some few Immortal Emperors, being overly shocked, blurted out,

"It’s the voice of that monster, has he awoken from slumber again?"

"No wonder, no wonder the old ancestor arranged for this decisive battle, probably having long calculated the awakening time of this monster! Could it be that the old ancestor wants this monster to take action and kill the inheritor of the Ancient Chaos?"

"But that monster is too murderous, indiscriminately attacking, if he truly makes a move, our clan will probably face a disaster..."

Those Immortal Emperors muttering to themselves obviously didn’t expect their words to be completely heard by Ning Fan through his Boundless Rain Thought.

Ning Fan, with his brilliant mind, combined with the words of these Immortal Emperors, suddenly gained clarity on all the doubts regarding this decisive battle.

"Could it be that An Yuanchen set up thousands to hunt me as merely a smokescreen, the so-called fair duel is actually a struggle between two inheritors, rather than the current chaotic battle? The inheritor of Ancient Chaos is me, while the heir of the Dark Ancestor is perhaps that person with the howling..."

"That howling person initially didn’t take me seriously, but as my achievements grew more remarkable, this person’s fighting spirit towards me grew stronger, until just a moment ago, unable to suppress the battle intent any longer, let out an excited howl... if so, it makes sense, no wonder I felt that this decisive battle always had a touch of strangeness, it turns out this is why..."

"That howling person initially looked down on me, even disdaining to fight me. Because of this, An Yuanchen deliberately set up the scenario to display my strength to this person, enticing him to challenge. Haha, using a Five Calamity Immortal King, to battle me, an Eternal Immortal Venerable, although this person still maintains a certain advantage due to cultivation, overall it’s fairly equal... A Five Calamity Immortal King, truly an exceptional Five Calamity Immortal King, to such an extent that among peers he holds such disdain for me, he’s the first one!"

"According to An Yuanchen’s script, when I display enough strength, it would then be time for that howling person to face me one-on-one in a fair duel. An Yuanchen seeks genuine fairness, I can even assert, before this one-on-one battle begins, An Yuanchen will give me ample time to restore my mind, mana, and injury to the best condition. He aims to truly surpass the Chaotic Ancient Master, to defeat the inheritor of the Ancient Chaos in their prime state, rather than winning through a trick. Of course, if I were to die from being surrounded by Dark Clan Immortal Emperors, it would prove I have no qualification to battle that howling person..."

Ning Fan laughed.

Laughing because he thought he was so valued by An Yuanchen, but it turns out that from the beginning the other party did not value him at all, rather held him with disregard, with a sense of superiority, slighting him down to the dust.

For himself to have an equal duel with the descendant of the Dark Ancestor, he actually needed qualifications? Needed to prove his strength through a chaotic battle of thousands...

It’s no wonder, An Yuanchen’s disciple is indeed formidable, having the capital for arrogance. A Five Calamity Immortal King capable of battling a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, this much, Ning Fan asks himself and cannot achieve.

If this matter were merely about personal honor and disgrace, he wouldn’t mind losing to the opponent, after all, his life was never smooth sailing, nor had he never experienced failure. Losing would make him feel defeated, yet would also become a warning to encourage his progress.

But this battle is not just about personal honor and disgrace!

If he loses this battle, what’s lost isn’t just his face, but the face of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor!

The Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor roamed the world, battling the Dark Ancestor thousands of times without a single defeat. Could it be that I would tarnish the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor’s reputation...

In the mind of the Dark Ancestor, it’s likely that he has already concluded that Ning Fan would lose to that wolf howl person, and countless times he has mocked the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor for poorly choosing his disciples...

The Dark Ancestor has likely already set up the script, requiring me to follow the steps to ultimately gain the qualification to battle the so-called descendant of the Dark Ancestor, and eventually fall in defeat...

Ning Fan’s eyes had a rebellious glint.

He was never a conformist nor someone who played by the rules.

Why should he follow the script laid out by the Dark Ancestor!

Since the Dark Ancestor wants to best him openly and honorably, he will strike back openly and honorably; he will hold nothing back and let the Dark Ancestor know that the name of Ancient Chaos is not to be underestimated!

"Previously I always held back because I couldn’t understand the true intentions of the Dark Ancestor, so I was always on guard... But now, I will use my full strength."

"If the twenty-four days of chaotic battle are merely to grant me the qualification of an equal showdown between the descendants, then I’ll let you, An Yuanchen see, that I, Ning Fan, as the inheritor of Ancient Chaos, have the qualification to challenge your Dark Ancestor’s descendant!"

After twenty-four days of hunting, twenty-four days of slaughter, Ning Fan had already memorized the terrain of the millions of dark continents.

The existing Dark Clan strong men, including the Immortal Emperor whose physical body he destroyed, numbered precisely forty-eight people! Ning Fan had also probed the characteristics of their divine skills through each engagement!

With a ruthless expression in his eyes, he suddenly clasped his ten fingers into spirit sense, then crouched down heavily and pressed a palm firmly onto the dark ground.

The ancient formation pattern, imbued with the starlight of the Northern Dipper, majestically appeared on the ground, instantly mobilizing all the water essence force in the heavens and the earth.

Blood-colored waves surged out from the array map, and the salty sea breeze blew across the entire dark continent.

The speed at which the waves appeared was unimaginably fast, as if wherever Ning Fan’s mind sweep covered, the sea could be directly summoned.

In an instant, the millions of dark continents were no longer visible, all submerged into the ocean!

The terrain changed as a result!

Ning Fan stood in the void, high above the blood sea, seemingly becoming an emperor of water. He felt the mutual response between himself and the seawater of the Big Dipper Endless Sea; he felt that if in such an ocean terrain, using the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle could bring the power of the Flooded Bottle to full effect by leveraging the water essence force from the Endless Sea!

The seawater from the Flooded Bottle came from the Nether Dust Sea, from the Zidou Immortal Domain; the seawater from the Endless Sea came from the Northern Dipper Immortal Domain, the two were originally adversaries, but today, due to Ning Fan’s special identity, they coexisted, they... cooperated!

"Oh? This child summoned the Big Dipper Endless Sea? It seems this kid intends to use water techniques to decide the victory or defeat with us... The Way of Water rarely has techniques for strong attacks, instead, it is mostly for healing, illusory arts, and entrapment techniques, since this child summoned the Endless Sea, it cannot be ignored..."

The mouths of the dark clan old monsters said it cannot be ignored, but in fact, none of them took the Endless Sea waves to heart.

Everyone knows, all previous Slaughter Emperors could summon blood rains and winds, enhancing water system attack power. But truly proving the Dao with water and reigning supreme across the ages, there have been very few people, and none of the previous Slaughter Emperors proved the Dao with water.

No one believed Ning Fan would make any noteworthy water attack requiring caution.

The remaining forty-eight dark clan old monsters all chased towards Ning Fan’s location, including the Immortal Emperor whose physical body was destroyed, confident in the spirit of the Immortal Emperor, not retreating from the battlefield because his physical body was destroyed, instead showing a hateful expression, wanting to retaliate against Ning Fan for his destroyed physical body.

The appearance of the Endless Sea made Ning Fan’s mind sweep perception even clearer, even more accurate.

He could clearly sense one figure after another, whether near or far, rushing towards the place where he stood.

He could feel the contempt on the faces of each dark clan old monster, a pride carved in their bones, an innate superiority...

Ning Fan stood above the sea, raising the Flooded Bottle high, activating the Cross Halo at this moment.

In the past, even when he triggered the three waters power of the Flooded Bottle, it was always under extremely reluctant circumstances, the flooding was not perfect.

But this time, it was different.

For the first time under the conditions of the Cross Halo activation, he used the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle.

No need to worry about insufficient mana...

No need to worry about the terrifying backlash of this bottle...

No need to open the God-Extinguishing Shield to defend against backlash, there’s no such necessity...

Time and again, the physical body exploded into ink shadows, disposing of the backlash from the Flooded Bottle...

Limitless mana, borrowed from the heavens and the earth, from the mountains and seas, from the hands of all the living beings, poured into the Flooded Bottle.

Beneath was the submerged millions-continent Big Dipper Endless Sea!

The sky suddenly shimmered with water light, at an unknown moment, the sky transformed into an inverted ocean!

Zidou Inverted Dust Sea!

"Another sea? Even the sky has become sea?"

All the dark clan old monsters on their way were astonished, revealing contempt.

But when the drops of inverse dust sea water fell like raindrops, hitting the faces of these dark clan old monsters...

An Immortal King was caught off guard and had their teeth shattered by a mere drop of rainwater!

An Immortal Emperor carelessly had their face swollen by a mere drop of rainwater!

A drop of water, as heavy as a mountain!

An entire suspended sea wave, if completely submerged, what kind of world-destroying scene would it be! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The sea suspended under this sky, if submerged, would destroy a world! Is this perhaps...

"It’s the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle! The item of fame of the Demon-Sealing Peak Emperor Shuiyan!"

"Why does this child have this item!"

"Damn it! Once this treasure opens, it will flood a realm, slaughter indiscriminately, regardless of our numbers, what good will it do!"

"Quickly retreat!"

All the dark clan old monsters had pale faces.

Not to mention these dark clan old monsters, even the Dark Clan ancestor An Yuanchen’s expression changed dramatically at this moment.

"To think it’s the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle! This child actually has this item!"

Within the Great Dark Heaven, An Yuanchen’s gaze abruptly changed, likewise, several dark clan quasi-saints were shocked!

Even the dog ear Hei Sheng had a glimmer of confusion, then their eyes revealed bloodthirsty combat intent!

At this moment, An Yuanchen had a slight feeling of miscalculation!

From the moment Ning Fan arrived, An Yuanchen consistently maintained a high-and-mighty posture, because regardless of Ning Fan’s actions, they were all within his calculations.

He disdained scheming against Ning Fan.

Yet he was confident Ning Fan was always under his control, could not escape his grasp.

But reality slapped him in the face; who could have foreseen Ning Fan possessed an Innate Mid-grade Treasure, and such treasure was an indiscriminate realm-flooding cruel treasure!

This treasure’s reputation was too prominent, anyone familiar with the history of Demon-Sealing Peak would undoubtedly know of its existence!

This treasure is indeed qualified to be a trump card even for a Quasi-Saint, but to believe... that it would be in Ning Fan’s possession!

An Yuanchen’s gaze carried a tinge of gloom, thinking to himself that this Ning Fan had a deep sense of strategic reserve, having such a powerful treasure, yet never showing it, completely unknown to all... thus leading him to slightly miscalculate!

The script was disrupted!

"Retreat! Everyone, retreat to the Great Dark Heaven!"

The command was from An Yuanchen, echoed coldly across the entire Dark Continent. Though indifferent to the lives of his descendants, he didn’t want the peak forces of the Dark Clan to suffer excessive losses.

But the order came too late.

The Dark Gates that connected to the Great Dark Heaven were constantly shifting locations. Among millions of continents, only a dozen or so of these Dark Gates existed. Of the forty-eight old monsters present, all were located far from the Dark Gates, with no time to escape the Dark Continent before the tidal wave engulfed it.

As Ning Fan’s fingers swiftly formed a seal, twinned seas of sky and ground underwent a sudden transformation!

The Sea of the Sky turned into countless water dragons, fiercely rushing down towards the ground!

The Sea of the Ground also transformed into countless water dragons, furiously ascending towards the sky!

Hundreds of billions of gigantic water dragons engaged in a savage bite between the twin seas of heaven and earth!

Previously, the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle’s attack submerged from the sky to the ground, without any water dragon transformation... But this time, with the ground filled by the Endless Sea, Ning Fan innovated, making the sea surge upwards to the sky as well, incorporating water dragon assaults into the mix!

Thus, there was no escape from heaven or earth!

Amidst roars from the Inverted Dust Sea and Endless Sea, the ears of every Dark Clan’s old monster were shattered by the ancient ocean’s cacophony, bleeding!

And then, they were engulfed by the tidal waves!

"The extreme of water, Endless Reverse Sea!"

With azure light flickering in his eyes under the Dao Enlightenment of Unity of Heaven and Man, Ning Fan calmly named this attack.

Endless Reverse Sea... is both the Inverted Dust Sea and the Endless Sea...

This was not merely a divine skill but a special water attack formed by combining a divine skill with a magical treasure.

The power surpassed using the Water-Flooding Realm alone multiple times over, embodying a unique technique that would indiscriminately attack even its caster.

In the past, Ning Fan could evade the Water-Flooding attack by utilizing the Flooded Bottle, ultimately standing on the ocean’s surface.

But this time, Ning Fan himself was engulfed by the sea between heaven and earth, refining the indiscriminate attack to its pinnacle.

Only a divine skill that assaults the caster can utterly prevent the enemies from escaping cunningly, leaving no loopholes.

In panic, a Dark Clan Immortal Emperor hid in a medium dichiliocosm, only to have the entire realm drowned upon entry, leading to its collapse...

Another Dark Clan Immortal Emperor attempted a water escape, only to have his body crushed by the overwhelming waves the instant it squeezed into a gap...

Yet another swung an Innate Treasure Sword to cleave an escape, but even this mighty sword was cracked under the waves, rendering the attack useless...

With even Immortal Emperors helpless against the water-flooding realm’s assault, those Immortal Kings fared far worse. Under the offensive of the Endless Reverse Sea, they had practically no resistance, despite trying every protective means, they drowned one after another...

In the deep sea, Ning Fan, who secretly activated the God-Slaying Giant, drifted amidst the waves. Without activating the giant, merely relying on the Cross Halo, Ning Fan reckoned he might truly have been drowned by the waves, becoming a mockery eliminated by his own divine skill...

But the indiscriminate attack was terrifyingly potent, forcing Ning Fan to maximize his defense, daring not to neglect.

Luckily, in the deep sea where others’ spirit senses couldn’t penetrate, Ning Fan confidently felt An Yuanchen wouldn’t detect the existence of this Heaven-Opening Artifact, making the use of the God-Slaying Giant safe...

A long while passed...

As the sea waters of the Inverted Dust and Endless Seas gradually dissipated, what unfolded before him was the Dark Continent, riddled with wounds and cracks, akin to a young bride ravaged by a tyrant...

On the shattered ground lay bodies squeezed into pulp...

A total of 43 bodies...

This meant at least five people weren’t drowned; if there were Immortal Emperors whose physical bodies were destroyed but the Spirits escaped, the number of survivors might be higher...

Indeed, as the seawater slowly receded, one ragged figure after another tore through heaven and earth, revealing themselves.

Five Immortal Emperors whose physical bodies weren’t destroyed, yet were severely injured, looked at Ning Fan as if he were a ghost, with unstoppable anger... and fear.

Four Immortal Emperors managed to escape only with their Spirits boiled.

So two Immortal Emperors were directly drowned?

Such a battle record was indeed impressive. Every Immortal Emperor here had thoroughly prepared for this hunt, each carrying multiple life-saving means. Striking down two under such stringent conditions aptly demonstrated Ning Fan’s power!

Unlike previous uses of the Water-Flooded Realm Bottle, Ning Fan didn’t drop into a mana-depleted, severely wounded state this time because he used it under the Cross Halo’s influence. His mana remained full, and while backlash wounds weren’t too severe, a slight injury was there; a second consecutive use of Endless Reverse Sea would escalate it to a severe wound...

"Damn it! Old An Kong didn’t escape, drowned by this little bastard! He must be killed! This brat must die!"

"And Yin Xiu, he didn’t escape either! With a few million more years, he could’ve become a Seven Calamity Immortal Emperor, a pillar of hope for our clan, yet he was slain by this brat! The wretch is detestable!"

"Thirty-seven Immortal Kings! Thirty-seven total, all wiped out by this brat in an instant! I refuse to accept this!"

"Humph! After employing such a formidable attack, he must have faced severe backlash, now in a weakened state, it’s the perfect moment to kill him!"

"Kill him, and we’ll split the Ancestral rewards!"

"Kill!"

The killing intent of nine Dark Clan Great Emperors soared to the skies, launching countless attacks towards Ning Fan in an instant.

Ning Fan did not directly confront them, elegantly sidestepping all their attacks with a single sway, smirking coldly as he lofted the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle.

"Who told you that Ning Fan is in a weakened state!"

All nine emperors were taken aback, realizing Ning Fan only flooded once, claiming thirty-seven Immortal Kings, two Immortal Emperors, and leaving everyone severely injured.

If flooded a second time, how many would rest forever beneath the ocean!

"Not good! Quick, retreat!"

All nine emperors were alarmed beyond measure, mutually tearing open a gigantic Dark Gate behind them, stepping swiftly into it. Already wary of Ning Fan, these emperors secured a Dark Gate before revealing themselves, shifting it behind them to ensure an immediate escape should Ning Fan muster another assault, avoiding resistance with no retreat like last time.

Though they managed to escape, their hasty departure appeared rather unsightly.

On one hand were nine mighty Immortal Emperors, on the other, merely a single Eternal Immortal Venerable, yet the nine great emperors feared an Immortal Venerable as a tiger, which, if known, would undoubtedly disgrace the Dark Clan!

In this decisive battle, Ning Fan entirely relied on his own strength against an entire secret clan, resulting in complete victory!

This battle led to the Dark Clan’s loss of two Immortal Emperors, seventy-four Immortal Lords and Immortal Kings, over four thousand mumbling shattered!

Even a power like the Dark Clan was grievously wounded, strained to its core!

Watching the nine Great Emperors of the Dark Clan flee hastily into the Dark Gate, Ning Fan faintly smiled and collected the Flooded Bottle, stepping in as well.

He disdained to follow the Dark Ancestor’s script!

He was determined to storm into the Great Dark Heaven, declare war against the sky, and revel in grand chaos!

As Ning Fan stepped into the Great Dark Heaven, the nine Dark Clan Great Emperors collectively cried out in surprise.

"Damn it! This brat actually chased us inside!"

"Stop him! He must not be allowed to flood an entire realm in the Great Dark Heaven!"

"If he unleashes slaughter here, our clan’s low-level cultivators will be massacred by him alone!"

"Even if it costs my life, I must stop him!"

Ning Fan frowned, indifferent to the panicked words of the nine Immortal Emperors.

Does he really look like a bloodthirsty person ready to annihilate an entire clan indiscriminately?

The Dark Ancestor may not hold him in high regard, but at least he has openly challenged him, rather than resorting to assassinating him or his close family.

Precisely because of this, Ning Fan will not recklessly slaughter the Dark Ancestor’s descendants within the Dark Clan. If he sets such a precedent, what would happen to his kin should the Dark Ancestor retaliate the same way?

Though they are adversaries, refraining from harming each other’s innocent relatives is a form of respect and understanding that only the strong possess.

"Rest assured, the battlefield agreed upon between your clan’s Dark Ancestor and this junior is the Dark Continent. On this continent, mutual slaughter is natural; outside the battlefield, I shall not commit reckless massacres... I have that much restraint."

"Then, why have you intruded into our Great Dark Heaven?" The nine emperors exhaled slightly in relief but still stared at Ning Fan with animosity.

Twenty-four days ago, they all looked at Ning Fan as though he were prey.

But now, they gaze at him entirely like looking at a monster, just like the one they have within their clan. Be it Ning Fan or Hei Sheng, both are monsters!

"Why? Naturally, to stir up trouble. Although I disdain indiscriminate killings within your clan, I have always coveted your clan’s resources."

Ning Fan sneered, disappeared in a flash, his speed leaving the nine Immortal Emperors unable to keep up.

The nine Immortal Emperors froze momentarily, then cursed in the direction Ning Fan vanished.

This brat actually intruded into the Great Dark Heaven to loot!

Stop him! We must stop him!

But, can they actually stop him?

These nine heavily injured Immortal Emperors are simply unable to keep pace with Ning Fan’s speed; with a few leaps, Ning Fan was already at the nineteenth sky of the Great Dark Heaven.

The Great Dark Heaven comprises nineteen layers of sky, the higher one ascends, the closer to the Dark Ancestor’s power center.

The nineteenth sky belongs to the outer region of the Great Dark Heaven, with few masters stationed there and one of the areas with the sparsest Spiritual Energy in the clan.

Due to the sparse Spiritual Energy, this sky is used by the Dark Clan to plant a Spiritual Valley named God-Returning rice instead of Spiritual Medicine.

After all, Spiritual Valley doesn’t have high requirements for Spiritual Energy.

God-Returning rice is a rice-type spiritual plant crop, which, although not demanding in spiritual concentration, requires a high planting age, usually ripening every several million years.

Consuming God-Returning rice doesn’t enhance cultivations but can restore the Heart Spirit of exhausted cultivators.

The exhaustion of Heart Spirit is notoriously difficult to replenish; only very few heavenly treasures have significant restoring effects. Hence, despite Dark Clan cultivators having mastered fasting, they still gladly consume such Spiritual Valley crop to restore their Heart Spirit.

This item sells nearly at a fortune in Eastern Heaven, as God-Returning rice from the Dark Clan is rarely sold externally. In Eastern Heaven, a single God-Returning rice grain sells for about ten million Dao Crystals...

Ever since Ning Fan created the Cross Halo, a Divine Skill that consumes Heart Spirit, he has wanted to acquire some God-Returning rice to replenish his Heart Spirit. Unfortunately, the scarce God-Returning rice sources in Eastern Heaven are all related to the Dark Clan, Hence, even if Ning Fan knocks on their door, they refuse to sell him God-Returning rice, rather destroy it...

Good, very good! You’ve refused to sell me God-Returning rice in the past, now, I’ll personally harvest it!

Now the question is, how many pounds of God-Returning rice can be harvested from these hundreds of acres of fields?

Ning Fan grinned; he may not harm ordinary people of the Dark Clan, but he never mentioned he wouldn’t plunder the clan’s resources.

Throughout history, it’s perfectly normal for the victors of war to plunder the defeated’s goods. He defeated the siege by thousands from the Dark Clan, should he not collect some war compensation?

"Who are you! Lacking Dark Clan lineage, yet daring to enter our Great Dark Heaven! Why do you intrude in our God-Returning paddy field!"

A squad of Dark Clan guards found Ning Fan’s arrival, shocked and surrounded him.

Just a squad of Void Fragmentation Masters, Ning Fan didn’t even bother speaking to them. His left eye Demon Light flashed, controlling all guards, leaving them to stand blankly in place.

In a blur, countless shadow avatars split from his body, thousands of them began wildly harvesting the God-Returning rice!

What does it mean to sustain war with war? This is exactly it.

With this batch of God-Returning rice, Ning Fan can squander the Cross Halo relentlessly.

From afar, nine Immortal Emperors chased frantically, but it was too late, Ning Fan already harvested the entire God-Returning paddy field, a small rice bag around his waist, packed full with God-Returning rice grains!

A single God-Returning rice grain is worth ten million Dao Crystals, hundreds of acres of God-Returning rice, the loss is simply incalculable, even for a massive entity like the Dark Clan, unable to withstand such a loss!

"Brazen thief! Hand over the God-Returning rice quickly, else we wouldn’t mind killing you here!" The nine Emperors roared in anger.

"Kill? With just you? Do you really think you’re capable of that, yet you don’t realize you’re somewhat too close to me..."

Ning Fan sneered, grabbed a handful of God-Returning rice from the rice bag, consumed it, and the Cross Halo activated suddenly!

From this moment on, until this bag of God-Returning rice is consumed, Ning Fan no longer needs to worry about Heart Spirit depletion!

What of the Dark Clan? If capable, come and stop me!

The Cross Halo instantaneously expanded thousands of zhang in distance, all nine emperors were bewildered, desperately retreating to escape the Cross Halo’s coverage.

Yet Ning Fan merely took a step, teleporting into the center of the nine emperors, enveloping them all within the halo.

All nine Immortal Emperors, regardless of physical defense, were immobilized on the spot, chills surging, their expressions drastically changing.

And upon the instant of their immobilization, thousands of Divine Skills appeared within the halo domain, striking each Immortal Emperor.

Fortunately, all the Immortal Emperors possess means, impossible to be restrained like the past Emperor Fushan. Each exercised peculiar techniques, paying the price, flashed out of the Cross Halo range.

"Keep your distance! Support each other, do not stand together!" Instructed Ghostfire Immortal Emperor with Ninth Tribulation cultivations coldly, evidently possessing the highest authority among the celestial emperors.

The other celestial emperors obeyed, each occupying a position, dispersing, evidently planning to slaughter Ning Fan jointly.

If the Nine Emperors team up, Ning Fan strongly believes he is no match; he doesn’t waste words with them, when they join forces, he immediately brings out the Flooded Bottle again.

The meaning is clear.

If you wish me dead, I’ll flood the entire Dark Clan clean!

"Despicable scoundrel! You said you wouldn’t flood our clan, yet why take out this bottle!"

All the Dark Clan Immortal Emperors’ expressions changed drastically; they know if Ning Fan is truly cornered, with the Flooded Bottle activated, nine of them might end up meeting their demise on this nineteenth sky.

Their attacks instantly ceased, afraid of inciting Ning Fan, and yet furious that Ning Fan seized the God-Returning rice, such complex feelings truly defy description.

"Despicable? Haha, even if I’m despicable, what can you do about it!"

Ning Fan couldn’t be bothered to wrangle with these nine emperors; he cannot slay anyone while they are teamed up unless using the Flooded Bottle.

Since he cannot achieve any kills, continuing the battle becomes a complete waste of time; rather, it’s an opportunity to seize more treasures before the Dark Ancestor’s heir arrives.

He has already slain many Dark Clan elites; the Dark Ancestor, or his heir, surely won’t dare underestimate him anymore...

The fame of the inheritor of Ancient Chaos has now been established, there might still be a major battle afterward, grabbing more Dark Ancestor’s assets can increase his odds...

Facing the Dark Ancestor’s heir comparable to a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor... Even if the chances of victory are slim, Ning Fan will not retreat!

He won’t allow anyone to underestimate his master, even if the opponent is the Dark Ancestor of ancient great cultivation!