Chapter 1317: Chapter 1317: The Killer Is Nifan!

Falling, endlessly falling.

Zi Wei could no longer remember how many times he had fallen into a new Taiyi Dream. There was no room for distracting thoughts; every ounce of mana, every thread of spirit sense had to be focused on the battle at hand.

Time and again wounded by Ning Fan, healed each time with Heaven-opening Purple Qi, the Heaven and Earth Root within his body was on the brink of wilting, difficult to sustain.

He barely managed to restore the monkey head bitten off by the giant dragon, but finally used up the last bit of Purple Qi.

There was no time to react; the giant dragon attacked again, spraying waves that could flood an entire realm, engulfing Zi Wei along with the whole Taiyi Dream.

So heavy, every drop of seawater was heavy...

In his prime, Zi Wei could have easily broken the flood, but now he was at his last gasp, unable even to pierce through Lu Gao; the giant dragon had devoured more than a thousand blood meals and was in its most ferocious state.

No matter how much effort he put in, he could not match this Butterfly...

If only I could consume some mighty blood meals, the battle could still continue...

Zi Wei sent out his spirit sense, only to find that this Taiyi Dream had some Immortal Venerable small dragons, immediately losing the desire to feed.

Not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth...

The battlefield with the butterfly shattered one Taiyi Dream after another; if the concept of inside and outside existed within Taiyi Dream, their path of destruction could be characterized as moving outward.

They continually approached the periphery of Taiyi Dream, consequently encountering increasingly weaker blood meals along the way: from meeting Buddhas and Sumeru Mountain initially, to dozens of ordinary Immortal Kings, and arriving here to find only a few Immortal Venerable dragons partaking in the spiritual clash...

The method of blood meals gradually became useless, defeat was certain...

But, so what!

As long as there was life, he would battle until the last moment!

"Push Mountains and Fill Seas!"

Knowing that defeat was imminent, Zi Wei instead shed his last burden, activated the Heavenly Gang Skill, voluntarily toppling the mountain of Dao within One Realm and igniting the Dao Sea!

If it can’t be held, then abandon it, exchange it for power, and fight the giant dragon to the end!

The mountain crumbled, the Dao Sea burned, Zi Wei naturally suffered significant backlash, yet his battle spirit reached its peak, resonating even more with Douzhan Ape.

The debris of the collapsing mountain was summoned by Zi Wei, countless blazing red giant stars fell from the sky, transformed into a world-ending stream, crashed into this watery realm, burning and filling the ocean, turning it into the Fire Element Continent.

The giant dragon swung its tail once, shattering the Fire Element Continent, forcing the hidden form of Ziwei Giant Ape out from deep underground, but when it attempted to claw the giant ape, it was countered by the ape’s Reincarnation-Fixing Technique.

Then followed by the ape pursuing and striking down with a stick on the Tian Ling, shattering dragon scales and causing blood to flow profusely!

This stick could break the defense of the God-Extinguishing Shield, it was naturally not a Mortal Grade! It was a bone stick, forged from Zi Wei’s own Heaven-opening Bone into a weapon, radiating purple-gold divine light!

Zi Wei had consumed the relics of Holy Ape Purple Cloud, completing his Heaven-opening Bone. This bone was the foundation of his Reverse Saint achievement, now turned into a weapon without care.

What fear in one battle, what hesitation in one battle, life and death all part of being the Red Dust Immortal!

One strike fell, the second was coming down, but was blocked by the giant dragon with the sword.

Even the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique could only freeze the giant dragon momentarily, it’s difficult hitting the vital points of waning killing instincts.

The sword in the giant dragon’s grasp was the Reverse Sea Sword, but not the ordinary Reverse Sea Sword, therefore it blocked the Heaven-opening Bone.

During the attack on Jiumo Saint, Ning Fan tried enhancing the Reverse Sea Sword with various forces, resulting in multicolored destructive sword light, ultimately piercing through the River of Time.

At present, the Reverse Sea Sword was imbued with more power, vividly colorful and unprecedentedly fierce, countering the Heaven-opening Bone face-to-face without losing ground!

Such as Buddha Country in the Palm, Vajra Relics, Emperor’s Sky Bull Horn, Reverse Bull Palm Pattern, Three Pure Thunder Skill, Lamp Burning Continuation Technique, Eight Heavenly Dragons and Seventy-two Pillars, Three Thousand Lotus Movement, Four Dust King Seal, Heavy Tower Disintegration Technique, Snap Finger to Destroy the Sky, Soul Weapon Life-taking Curse, Million Spirit Pressure Shield, Mad Fire Curse, Forest Elephant Reincarnation Pupil, Thousand-Eyed Mountain and River Sacrifice, Frozen Demon Venerable Transformation Technique, One Thought Super Dream, Reversal Technique, Jiqiong Light, Moon Gazing Spark Tower, Tusi Light Power... all fused into the Reverse Sea Sword by Ning Fan.

These bizarre powers were not cultivated by Ning Fan but acquired through absorbing thousands of evil deeds, gaining the power of Dao Fruit.

The myriad powers of Dao Fruits inherently conflicted, unable to merge into one, but Ning Fan’s lifelong cultivation was harmony, hence he could achieve this.

This is how the vibrant, immense Reverse Sea Sword was created, wielded by the giant dragon, capable of contending with the Heaven-opening Bone!

And this is the essence of Yin Yang Grand Dao, dual cultivation and mastery of the teachings.

A thousand hearts aligned bring a thousand strengths, a myriad discordant hearts render useless!

"This Butterfly merely wielded Dao Weapon, yet able to block my Heaven-opening Bone!"

"No, it wasn’t the Dao Weapon that blocked the Heaven-opening Bone, it was the will of a thousand! I treated all beings as blood meals, yet this Butterfly wielded the power of a thousand Dao Fruits... How can this be!"

"The world through this Butterfly’s eyes, what form does it take..."

One strike, ten strikes, a hundred strikes...

The Heaven-opening Bone and Reverse Sea Sword continually collided, each clash akin to an apocalypse, obliterating all laws.

For the giant dragon, fusing a thousand Dao Fruits wasn’t an easy task, each swing of the sword subjected him to some backlash.

Zi Wei’s circumstances were more challenging, for he directly wielded the Heaven-opening Bone against the Reverse Sea Sword! Ultimately the bone was less than the genuine Heaven-opening Artifact, after hundreds of thousands of exchanges, it was densely cracked, severely damaged.

Yet Zi Wei showed no intention of retracting the bone, instead he swung the bone stick with even more force, frantically burning everything within his body that could be burnt!

Burn the Blood!

Burn the Spirit!

Burn the Immortal Status!

Desire to understand the world through the Butterfly’s eyes!

Desire to seize the Butterfly’s fiery blaze!

Desire to... become the Butterfly!

Zi Wei burned fiercely, transformed into a blaze; Ning Fan too burned with strange ancestral blood acquired from unknown Dao Fruits, flames raging, unextinguished.

The two transformed into two flames, colliding continuously within the realm, battling fiercely.

If time existed here, then they battled for at least a millennium.

But here, where time does not exist, a millennium and an instant bear no difference, are meaningless.

After countless collisions, Zi Wei weakened to the point of being unable to maintain his transformation, Ning Fan suffered too much backlash from the power of a thousand Dao Fruits, barely maintaining the Chao Yue Dragon form.

Zi Wei’s Heaven-opening Bone was shattered, fragmented into countless dim Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle Iron, scattered in the numerous spatial fissures of Taiyi Dream, these fissures forged by their clashes.

Ning Fan’s Reverse Sea Sword also was reduced to a hilt, the blade destroyed, yet its tassel remained intact, forgiven as it was merely a Dao Weapon, having matched the Heaven-opening Bone to such extent was remarkable.

"Butterfly! Your killing instincts have reached their limit, haven’t they? You can hear my voice now, can’t you!"

At this moment, Zi Wei lost an arm and lacked the power to repair it; unable to use All Dharma Void anymore, with Great Transformation Freedom only partially operational.

With his remaining strength, he manifested a golden ancient sword, wielding it single-handedly, relentlessly striking at Ning Fan; yet was struck by Ning Fan with a heavy blow from the Merit Umbrella, shattering the golden sword into dissipating golden light.

The backward flying Zi Wei crashed through three Mount Buzhou, their bodies deeply embedding within the fourth.

Only now did Zi Wei notice, realizing that Taiyi Dream held items from the Primeval Desolate Era like Mount Buzhou...

A mouthful of fresh blood spewed out, Zi Wei’s aura withered to its utmost.

Consciousness began to fade, unable to focus on the enemy before him...

The body felt powerless to move, unable to lift even a finger...

The next moment.

A streak of red light arrived in an instant, piercing through the heart and pinning Zi Wei to Mount Buzhou; it was none other than the Chiwei Spear thrown by Ning Fan.

It is precisely a triumph with Chiwei and a defeat with Chiwei. In the past it severed the True Self, and now it bears its bitter fruit.

"Once again... defeated..."

"But to be defeated... so thrillingly... can only... smile about it..."

Zi Wei gazed at the approaching butterfly, coughing blood while smiling.

He was utterly defeated in this battle, but fighting to the end, he found himself indifferent to the outcome.

As Zi Wei the Purple Star Dust Flower, he was defeated five times by the unsightly, only this time fortunate enough to fall to the pure beauty of the butterfly; a worthy end indeed.

It’s just a pity that though the butterfly is beautiful, it has an aspect of failure and demise; what it seeks, I fear, is hard to fulfill. Even all the Reverse Saints might miss something, but Destiny’s workings are always flawless...

If Destiny does not permit, then regardless of your struggles, fate will always come...

Seeing the butterfly act willfully, Zi Wei instead wished to chat over his last words with the butterfly.

Regrettably, the butterfly had no intention of engaging him in conversation, such a pity...

Heh...

Once, he wished to converse with the stars, but the stars did not respond. Now the butterfly he meets is still a silent gourd...

"This spear... is so ugly... does not suit you... Chiwei’s... taste... is awful... never... imitate her..."

Before Zi Wei finished speaking, he was subjected to Ning Fan’s Illusory Art, his eyes gradually becoming vacant, and like a puppet, he initiated One Realm...

Ning Fan had long withdrawn from his instinctual killing, he could hear Zi Wei’s voice, but he had no plans to respond.

He did not immediately execute Zi Wei, as he had not yet retrieved what he wanted.

He first killed the Purple Qi Three Gods of Zi Wei, and now having defeated Zi Wei himself, the Dao Fruits he collected were certainly not few.

But what he wanted was not these, it was the North Pole Mountain snatched by Zi Wei.

This item was hidden by Zi Wei within One Realm; to retrieve the mountain, either break the other’s One Realm or have Zi Wei voluntarily withdraw the mountain.

Having resolved Zi Wei, he should use the more prudent method to retake the North Pole Mountain; the violent smashing of One Realm could damage the mountain within.

Finally, the North Pole Mountain was reclaimed by Ning Fan.

The small mountain in Ning Fan’s hand danced joyfully, and Ning Fan rarely smiled.

Regrettably, at this moment Ning Fan’s Divine Arts were sealed, unable to hear the joyful sound of North Pole Mountain, exacerbating his resentment towards Manzhi.

Yet he could hear over a thousand voices emanate from within him, indeed disrupting the atmosphere.

Duobao Tathagata: "Blessed is the True Lord for winning!"

Bosun: "Fetch its monkey head for a drink, let’s toast the True Lord!"

Frost Moon Sword Spirit: "Dare to provoke the True Lord, even your heaven-opening bones will be scattered!"

Hu Fengxian: "You boast with horse urine, provoking my True Lord is a death wish!"

Water Mirror Ancestor: "With the True Lord here, we will have no equal!"

Emperor Futian: "For the True Lord! For the honor of the Death Eater!"

Long Yan Ge: "Mere gravel, uncompared to the True Lord!"

Mahamaya: "Golden scales are no ordinary thing, upon encountering the True Lord they transform into a dragon!"

Mad Fire Sect Master: "Even if the guide has been shattered, the True Lord will become the Fourth Divine King!"

Ancient God Beilo: "The True Lord’s brilliance surpasses any spark tower!"

Ning Fan: "Quiet down."

One Thousand: "As you command! everyone quiet down; do not disturb the True Lord’s cultivation, after dealing with the demon monkey, the True Lord certainly will gain great fortune..."

...

At the same time, within the Dream of Taiyi, several survivors were exchanging communications, sighing greatly.

These survivors were originally participants in the Spiritual Battle here, spared from being swallowed by Zi Wei due to their weak cultivations.

What Zi Wei did not consume, Ning Fan’s killer instinct naturally did not need to devour.

Lingxiaozi: "It’s finally over."

Aoguang: "The battle of the Ancient Ten Spirits, truly terrifying, beyond our imagination."

Aoshun: "Luckily, did the senior win?"

Aoguang: "It wasn’t clear, but seems so, since the giant ape’s heaven-opening bones were shattered, I picked up a piece as well."

Aorun: "Ah, this is indeed a treasure! Speaking of which, our survival was thanks to the rain technique from that senior Dragon Lord. This item will serve as a token of gratitude to repay the senior for saving our lives."

Lingxiaozi: "Daoist, your words hint at a path to destruction; mere broken bones cannot suffice as thanks. We must offer our priceless treasures as thanks. With what cultivation does the senior possess, common items cannot impress upon him, lest he perceives them as insults, bringing future disasters..."

Thinking of Ning Fan’s formidable cultivation, the Four Sea Dragon Kings felt some dread, while Lingxiaozi felt some admiration.

Aoguang: "Daoist Lingxiao, we gathered here initially to contest for the spine of Mount Buzhou across East Victory, West Ox, South Zhan, and North Ju. Yet now three mountains are destroyed, leaving only East Victory Mountain; shall we still challenge for it?"

Lingxiaozi: "The senior currently uses this last mountain to suppress demon cultivation, would you dare take the mountain spine? If you seek death, do not involve me. Great fortune lies in front, yet you focus merely on the mountain spine, lamentable, lamentable. I wish to apprentice under that senior, would you wish to follow?"

Aoguang: "Daoist, have you lost your mind? We exist within an era where spirits are taboo; although the senior saved our lives, his identity is truly somewhat..."

Lingxiaozi: "The roads diverge, as such, I shall depart alone. The prior plan, let’s end it here."

Thus transformed into a Grand Thousandfold Rainbow, flying alone towards East Victory Mount Buzhou, leaving the Four Sea Dragon Kings speechless.

Lingxiaozi initially flew swiftly, but upon approaching East Victory Mount Buzhou, he slowed his pace; upon nearing one thousand li, he landed in the wastelands of the Fire Element Continent, choosing to walk towards Mount Buzhou as a sign of pilgrimage.

Lingxiaozi was merely a newly ascended Immortal Venerable, whereas the Fire Element Continent was rubble formed from Zi Wei’s destroyed mountain of Dao. The ground was unbearably hot for Lingxiaozi, yet he remained composed, truly one with a steadfast spirit sense.

He was the root of the Grand Thousandfold Rainbow, born with the qualities of a Saint, though only a newly ascended Immortal Venerable, he had already cultivated the Eternal True Body—the Seven-Colored Body.

If he transformed into the Seven-Colored Body while traversing this land, it would lessen the burning of the fire element, but that would fail to demonstrate his sincerity.

Though walking, a thousand li for an Immortal Venerable was not truly far.

Strangely, no matter how long he walked, he could not seem to draw closer to Mount Buzhou.

Lingxiaozi mused this must be the senior’s use of Divine Skills to test him, so he no longer dwelled on distance, maintaining inner peace while steadily walking towards Mount Buzhou.

In this land timeless, he had no sense of how long he walked.

The flames rising from the ground had long since burned away his Lotus Silk Cloud Stepping Shoes countless ages ago, compelling him to walk barefoot.

Knowing this might be a test from the senior, Lingxiaozi dared not change shoes.

After an eternity of walking, all blood and flesh on his soles had been scorched away, leaving only charred foot bones, yet he continued to walk nonetheless.

Witnessing this, the Four Sea Dragon Kings felt sympathetic, wanting to send rainwater to extinguish the fire element on the ground, easing Lingxiaozi’s suffering, but fearing this was truly a test from the senior, they dared not intervene.

Aoguang: "Foolish! The Three Worlds have countless masters to worship, why must Daoist persist in courting spiritual entanglements?"

Though knowing these words might anger the senior, Aoguang couldn’t help but advise Lingxiaozi—naturally in whispers.

But given the senior’s omnipotence, he believed even whispered words would be heard by the senior...

Lingxiaozi: "My ambition does not lie in Mountains and Seas; this Senior has the skills I wish to learn."

Aoguang: "If Daoist friend wishes to learn the Dragon Transformation Technique of the Chao Yue Clan, I also have some connections. I have a clan uncle who once cultivated on the Ninth Mountain of the Primeval Era. Why seek the distant when the close is at hand?"

Lingxiaozi: "What I want to learn is not this technique..."

Lingxiaozi’s steadfast will stirred the Four Sea Dragon Kings but failed to move Ning Fan.

In truth, Ning Fan did not pay any attention to what was happening outside nor give anyone any trials.

Neither did he know that an Eternal Immortal Venerable called Lingxiaozi wanted to take him as a teacher.

If he knew of this matter, Ning Fan would only be speechless. He was merely an Immortal King, how could he take an Immortal Venerable as a student.

Not quite, soon he would no longer be an Immortal King...

He became an emperor through slaughter, after a millennium of bloody battles, protecting the Northern Barbarians Kingdom. He intended to use the final battle to defend the Northern Barbarians as the end point of slaughter’s completion, but unexpectedly, due to Manzhi’s machinations, he gained the opportunity to fight Zi Wei head-on.

After a hard-fought battle where he took down Zi Wei, he directly reclaimed North Pole Mountain, prematurely completing the slaughter.

The sword of the future actually slew the ancients; such an unimaginable storyline suddenly became reality, an unexpected delight for Ning Fan.

But one matter particularly concerned Ning Fan: All that was happening now originated from the Holy Son’s trial of Ziwei Immortal Emperor, yet the result of the trial brought about the butterfly’s killing calamity for Ziwei...what was the truth behind this?

Did Ziwei Immortal Emperor, after Dao’s achievement, orchestrate his own past tribulations? Not likely, nor could one imagine Ziwei’s motive...

Or was it someone else scheming against Ziwei? Is it Chiwei’s revenge? Or another bad deed from the Rebels? Or perhaps another act of Manzhi...

There are many who can take the blame in the world; when in doubt, blaming Manzhi is often a highly accurate choice. But do those people really have the capability to calculate every intricate step of this circular series of events?

Such calculations must not only include places of the unknown like the Enlightenment Tree Consciousness Realm and Taiyi’s Dream, but also account for every action of supreme beings like Chiwei, Ziwei, and Wa Huang, aside from endless accidental events...be it Ziwei or Chiwei, if they truly had such calculating power, how could they end up with today’s outcome...

The only one who might be able to flawlessly control the destinies of all lives is Destiny...

Destiny merely needs to inscribe a fixed number, thus, everything in the past, present, and future would evolve towards that fixed number...

"If Destiny’s fixed number cannot be rewritten, then what result should arise from me slaying Ziwei at this moment? By common thinking, since I killed Ziwei, Ziwei logically should lose the chance to become a saint and turn rebellious, after which reincarnation is rewritten, and there would be no Ziwei Immortal Emperor, nor a Holy Son trial. Without the Holy Son trial, there would be no me at this time, and I too would cease to exist...if that truly happens, that would be fine. Though I would no longer be the me I am now, it would truly alter her story...pity, life isn’t that simple..."

For great powers, traversing the River of Time is not difficult, often disturbing the reincarnation of time occurs, which is why Reincarnation Messengers exist in the Three Worlds, specifically capturing those who disrupt reincarnation.

If reincarnation could really be changed easily, then the world would truly transform instantly. Simply by killing someone on a past timeline, it would cause all of that person’s descendants to vanish, leading to an unimaginable chain reaction. At that point, why even have saints duel? Just traverse time, find a weak ancestor of the opponent and kill them, killing one person equates to killing countless others...

Even when concepts of timelines and parallel universes are added, to the saints and the rebels there still exist endless loopholes to exploit. It seems great powers all have ways to toy with time, and reincarnation seems as flimsy as paper that anyone can scribble on.

But is that really the case...

Ning Fan is not certain either.

Thus he wanted to witness for himself what effect his killing Ziwei would have on reincarnation and time-space.

The results disappointed him.

After opening the Third Gate of Tianren for observation, Ning Fan found that the River of Time, reincarnation time-space he observed now did not differ much from before.

He indeed killed Ziwei’s sixth incarnation, but Ziwei had already arranged for her seventh, so she could still become a saint and turn rebellious, still become Ziwei Immortal Emperor, and still set up the Holy Son trial...

The script of Destiny left no gaps; at least everything Ning Fan did now was far from rewriting reincarnation time-space, merely following one of countless predetermined paths in Destiny, revealing a previously unknown defeated episode of Ziwei’s journey to sainthood.

Reflecting that he had expended everything to kill Ziwei, yet it had no impact on Destiny, Ning Fan couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

Then he started to open up a little more.

At least he managed to give Ziwei a beating, successfully killing her sixth form, forcing her to reverse in another life. In doing so, he also vented some of her frustrations and might have caused some of the old Bi Deng planning against her to be restrained...

After all, the likes of old Bi Deng are often very cautious, usually researching thoroughly the cost they might incur when planning against someone...

So he would let the world know that she was not without support.

Dare to provoke her, even the Reverse Saint might be subject to settlement! Hmm? Suddenly, I somewhat understand why the Saints on Mount Wansheng are so cautious. Could these people not only fear the Immeasurable Case itself but also fear me...

No, thinking this way is overly arrogant. Have I gained too much power from the Dao Fruit, causing my state of mind to become imbalanced? I must not be beguiled by momentary strength. To the Saints and all who oppose them, I am still an insignificant weakling...

Ning Fan quickly adjusted his mindset, beginning preparations to become an Emperor. Eliminating Ziwei, the execution would be complete, and becoming an Emperor at this moment is timely.

However, North Pole Mountain sensed that Ning Fan wasn’t in high spirits, so it flew to Ning Fan’s side, nudging the corner of his mouth, as if hoping to see the little butterfly smile.

This action indeed made Ning Fan laugh.

Why bother thinking about so many distressing things? Even all he possesses at this moment is already enough for him to cherish for a lifetime.

Moreover, destiny is destiny, Old Bi Deng is Old Bi Deng—destiny is watertight, but Old Bi Deng always has loopholes to find.

Even if he were to ultimately fail and cannot rewrite destiny, he would beat every Old Bi Deng who ever hurt her—all over. Striking Ziwei was already so satisfying; how much more fulfilling would it be to attack everyone?

...

Ning Fan’s mind was cleared.

Yet, Tantai Saint Sect encountered many troubles.

This sect is located on the [Tantai Crossing] above the River of Time, the location chosen because Tantai Crossing is the closest place to [Vast Expanse Path].

The sect’s treasure, the [Taichu Sun Dial], requires the unknown mist of the Vast Expanse Path to function. The closer to the Vast Expanse Path, the more the Taichu Sun Dial’s power can be harnessed.

[Given this, why doesn’t Tantai Saint Sect move directly into Vast Expanse Path? Wouldn’t that be closer to the mist?] A traveler once asked such a question to a guest disciple of Tantai Saint Sect.

[Big brother, are you stupid? Vast Expanse Path is a death zone; who would establish a sect there!] a guest disciple girl who liked to carry an umbrella responded.

[What’s strange about establishing a sect? Perhaps someone else just wanders in for a bath.] the traveler insisted.

[Big brother must be drunk, hence saying such drunk words. Hmm? Why is this Clear Water Wine? Can clear water intoxicate...] the girl disciple expressed her surprise.

Vast Expanse Path is the butterfly’s homeland and ranks as the top death domain in the Real Realms.

If the Sky Desolate Ancient Realm is the ancient passage connecting the Real Realms and Dream Realm, then Vast Expanse Path is the path connecting Dust Shore and the Other Shore—the dangers there are imaginable.

Numerous legends circulate in Vast Expanse Path: Heaven-opening, Nine Butterflies Swallowing Mulberry, Bodhi Mending Heaven, Jiuli Saves the World... Yet, they cannot be verified because most who seek the truth vanish within Vast Expanse Path, including the Three Saints of Beginning, Nirvana, and Wilderness.

This place transcends the Third World and exists outside the Five Elements; common sense doesn’t apply. It’s not surprising for any strange things to occur; disasters and hopes coexist here.

Due to its excessive danger, not even the Saints would willingly enter during the millennia when the mist dissipates, much less the Reverse Saint; during the densest mist, anyone entering cannot return, without exception—no one knows where those people went, whether they are alive or dead now.

The Taichu Sun Dial boasts of knowing everything within the Four Wildernesses but cannot calculate the fate of those missing travelers.

Moreover, there exist more secrets in the world that the Taichu Sun Dial cannot deduce.

This includes the [Ziwei’s Saint Case].

Anyone with a keen interest knows that when Ziwei Demon Monarch became a saint, he once seized a mountain from the Northern Barbarians Kingdom and triggered an Immeasurable Catastrophe there. Though later, for some reason, the process dragged on for a while before finally reaching sainthood.

This event didn’t match Ziwei’s usual conduct, given he was the fastest in all Third World cultivation—his tribulation should have been quicker than average, by no means should it have consumed more than ten times a regular amount of time to become a saint.

Some reincarnation historians suspect Ziwei suffered some counters during his sanctification, hence the delay.

Others suspect Ziwei was secretly arranging something significant...

While Ziwei Immortal Emperor was alive, none dared delve deep into his past.

After Ziwei’s demise, it became one of the taboos of the world, increasingly deterring anyone from thoroughly investigating previous matters.

However, because Ning Fan stirred a dispute for the Northern Barbarians Kingdom’s appeal, related old matters had to be formally investigated.

Though labeled as an investigation, it essentially revealed no useful information.

Even if the Taichu Sun Dial were at full function to deduce the cause and effect of Ziwei’s Saint Case, it could only deduce the following information.

[Ziwei once in mouth mouth mouth mouth was by mouth mouth...]

Most of the content is equally vague.

This made the Sect Master of Tantai Saint Sect - [Mie Ming Saint] have to seriously consider a ridiculous suggestion from a female disciple of the past. What was that disciple’s name again, and where is she now? Somehow, she couldn’t remember, as if caught by the inconceivable. What did she suggest? Yes, she wanted her elder brother to help move the Tantai Saint Sect into the Vast Expanse Path to enhance the power of the Taichu Sun Dial. Uh, was it elder brother or elder sister? Alas, getting more useless, can’t remember anything...

Forget it, thinking is useless, better handle the situation at hand first.

According to Mie Ming Saint’s experience, the first four unobservable characters, unsurprisingly, referred to the Taiyi Wheel or Taiyi’s Dream — he had dealt with such cases too many times.

The latter two words were worth pondering.

Ziwei could be killed by someone or humiliated by someone, could be kissed by someone or hugged by someone... The possibilities are only limited by the imagination of the guesser, thus making them insignificant.

Originally, he thought this deduction would still be the same as before, unable to calculate anything useful, but unexpectedly, the previously unreadable text suddenly appeared, and more clues emerged.

Ziwei was once killed by someone in mouth mouth mouth mouth, the killer was Nifan!

"How is this possible! That butterfly can actually judge the Reverse Saint!" Mie Ming Saint felt a chill up his spine and, for a moment, did not dare to easily handle this piece of information.

Formerly, he would directly send this information to Mount Wansheng to deal with, but now he was afraid that arbitrarily sending information about the butterfly would bring great danger and terror.

"Master is too attached to forms. If this butterfly can truly judge the Reverse Saint, how did the Reverse Saint end up in reverse? Probably, the sun dial is malfunctioning." The child said disapprovingly.

"Malfunction? Do you know whose treasure this is! This is an ancient... In short, it’s of great origin! This thing is limited by the insufficient Misty Mist, perhaps unable to calculate things above the Four Wastes, but it has never been wrong! No, no, I need to think this over; I can’t just randomly send this information to Mount Wansheng. Yes, I’ll send some previously unreadable information to brush them off a bit..." Just as Mie Ming Saint made up his mind, a saint’s voice came from outside the door.

"My brother and I calculated with a pinch of fingers and found that Daoist Mie Ming intends to deceive Mount Wansheng, so we came in person to collect the information. May I and my brother take a look at what kind of information it is that makes you so cautious, Daoist friend?"

The visitors were not one but two saints!

One was the Li Yue Saint, and the other was the Yu Zhu Saint, both saints from the Dao Carp Race.

The one speaking was Li Yue Saint, who, while saying may I, reached directly for the Golden Book of information, intending to snatch it.

Mie Ming Saint was already unwilling to further involve himself with the butterfly’s karma, and now he saw the other party trying to openly rob him, feeling even more angry. Throughout his life, he most hated those who bullied the few with the many!

"I can ask for righteousness, but I cannot be robbed by force!"

Thus, he swung his sword and slashed at the two saints above the river of time, causing each to lose several epochs of reincarnation, retreating in shock and anger.

As for Mie Ming Saint himself, he paid the price of ten epochs of cultivation. He was a Nirvana Saint, facing one Nirvana and one Beginning, to have such a result was not easy.

After repelling the Dao Carp Two Saints, Mie Ming Saint raised his hand and threw the Golden Book of information into the river of time, intending to completely hide the information.

Unexpectedly, there was suddenly a saint who parted the water and emerged from the river, having already calculated that Mie Ming Saint would clash with the Dao Carp Two Saints, hiding here to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

"Does Daoist friend Mie Ming wish to oppose Mount Wansheng?" Shuang Yue Saint, holding the Golden Book of information, looked cold and merciless, with a momentum filled with Desolate Saint’s presence shaking the river of time.

This Golden Book was naturally fished out by him from the river.

"Oppose? Even if I oppose, who dares to kill me? Even if I don’t oppose, who would let me go!" Mie Ming Saint also sneered coldly.

The Taichu Sun Dial not only requires the Misty Mist to be activated but also requires the user to cultivate to the Perfect Realm of the Yin Fusion Body.

If they killed him, it would be hard to find a second person in the world capable of operating the Taichu Sun Dial.

And he, supervising the Taichu Sun Dial daily, knew most of the secrets of the three realms. Even if he was virtuous all his life, he could not end well, so he remained unafraid.

"You’re right, I indeed don’t dare to kill you. But to punish your disciples, I’m too daring. Want to try?" Shuang Yue’s killing intent emerged, and Mie Ming Saint’s aura suddenly diminished.

Though not afraid of death, he feared Shuang Yue would kill his disciples.

Shuang Yue: "Do you plead guilty?"

Mie Ming: "Guilty..."

Shuang Yue: "Considering the hardship of watching over the sun dial, this times’ offense will be temporarily recorded in the [Scroll of Destiny]. If there’s another offense, it will be punished cumulatively."

Mie Ming: "I have noted it, dare not offend again..."

Shuang Yue: "You don’t need to hate me, I’m the same as you, just acting according to [fate]. Do not attempt to rewrite destiny, as the result would be a burden you cannot bear. After all, no one can break destiny."

Seeing that Mie Ming was subdued, Shuang Yue was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, instead flipping through the Golden Book.

At a glance, he was three parts shocked and seven parts angry!

Shocked that a mere Butterfly could actually judge the Reverse Saint, if this matter spread back to Mount Wansheng, it would make the saints fear the butterfly like a tiger! No wonder Mie Ming would have such an action, presumably afraid that the butterfly would madly retaliate against his disciples.

Angry that he had once ordered Mie Ming Saint to deduce it, the missing love sword of his was precisely related to the Ziwei case, which made him especially concerned about this case.

And the result? The butterfly actually killed Ziwei?!

And killed him in Taiyi’s Dream?!

This matches up!

He once used the hand of a black bull to plot against the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven with the Frost Moon Sword, and this had no final result. It seems that the karma of two Taiyi’s Dreams were entangled together!

His sword must have been taken by the butterfly! His plot against Pingtian was also sabotaged by the butterfly!

A mere butterfly, how dare you ruin my plans! You deserve to die!

Just killing you once with the sun of the Third Mountain is apparently not enough, it must be burned again!

...

Achoo.

Ning Fan, rarely, sneezed.

Apparently, the grievance of the Desolate Saint was too strong, causing him to have a reaction.

"Did the True Lord catch a cold? Could it be my Frost Moon Sword Qi is too cold, causing the True Lord discomfort?" The old Sword Spirit of the Frost Moon Sword immediately became anxious at the thought that it might be his fault that caused Ning Fan’s chill.

Ning Fan: "It’s not your fault."

Frost Moon Sword Spirit: "Then I’m relieved, I’ll just offer more of the power of Dao Fruit to the True Lord."

Ning Fan: "Isn’t this inappropriate, after all, it’s undeserved..."

Frost Moon Sword Spirit: "Why be polite, True Lord! Could it be... could it be that True Lord feels what I provided is insufficient and wants more? Hiss! I am by no means questioning the True Lord’s noble morals! I just... just realized it’s not enough, it’s my fault! I’ll correct it, offer more power, better not let Duobao Daoist friend’s Duobao’s Salvation Scripture be recited..."

Seeing he was about to be stingy, Duobao was ready to take out a wooden fish to chant, the Frost Moon Sword Spirit instantly wailed, daring not to refuse.

He had already offered thirty percent of his power to Ning Fan, or to be exact, to the Reverse Sea Sword, since this sword was heavily damaged and in urgent need of external repair, it was a great time for him to make contributions.

Thirty percent was his limit, after all, the Frost Moon Sword was not some ten-generation good person, even having been enlightened by Duobao’s Salvation Scripture thousands of times, remained deeply obsessed, unwilling to give more power away for free. But when people are the knife, and I am the fish meat, if he dares to say a single no, he could be enlightened by Duobao a thousand times more, losing more!

Heaven kills Duobao! You are a well-respected Buddha, why willingly become another’s lackey, isn’t it better to call yourself Buddha and live freely!

Despite three thousand unwillingness, the Frost Moon Sword Spirit still offered more power, making the White Bull Spirit Pingtian feel comforted.

He was nearly killed by this sword before, naturally wouldn’t have any sympathy for it, rather he was a bit gloating.

But what puzzled him was...

Why does this butterfly carry the aura of his seventh brother Zixiao’s Emperor Void Dao Skill? Could he be the successor of the seventh brother?

But if truly a successor, then why has the Emperor Void Dao Skill only seen the courtyard and not entered the hall, could it be his aptitude was too poor, only learning the superficial level of the seventh brother?

Could it be that the seventh brother didn’t teach him everything...

Thinking of this, Pingtian indeed had the intention to guide, so as to slightly repay Ning Fan for saving his life.

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