[Hundred Billion Rain Clone Technique]: An ancient life-preserving divine skill obtained from the last Glacier Cave Mansion, known for making the Water Sect Eight Sons famous. In a moment of near death, this technique can transform into a hundred billion clones, and the deeper the water lineage understanding, the harder it becomes to annihilate the clones.

[Ten Lions and Elephants Pill]: A semi-finished Ten Revolutions Ancestor Pill, seemingly meant to enhance physical defense, with its exact effects unknown.

[Rusted Iron Box]: A peculiar iron box that even ordinary Innate Lower Grade Treasures cannot break, seemingly emitting the aura of Water Control Position.

[Innate Treasures]: Eight pieces in perfect condition; two half-damaged.

As soon as Ning Fan returned to Wansheng Pass, he went into seclusion to study the spoils of his journey.

The spoils were abundant, with alone eight perfectly intact Innate Lower Grade Treasures acquired. For a typical Immortal Emperor, eight Innate Treasures would be enough to drive them mad, but for Ning Fan, whether intact or damaged, these Innate Treasures were only suitable for refining Divine Liquid.

From Water Sect Eight Sons’ senior leader’s cave mansion, Ning Fan also obtained a scroll named [Hundred Billion Rain Clone Technique]. In the Glacier Cave Mansion, Ning Fan hadn’t paid much attention to this divine skill jade scroll, thinking he didn’t lack divine skills, even if it was a scroll of ancient grand cultivator-level divine skill, it might not have much use.

However, upon careful examination, he found that this Hundred Billion Rain Clone Technique wasn’t as useless as he had imagined.

If the technique is mastered, in a moment of impending death, the body can be shattered into a hundred billion clones. As long as one of the clones escapes, life can be preserved, making it highly practical.

Many enemies Ning Fan had fought with understood similar life-saving divine skills. Ning Fan had not yet cultivated such skills, but now with this technique, he could compensate for his shortcomings.

Shortcomings in life-saving techniques.

Considering the existence of monsters like Blood God Geng Wu in the Eastern Boundary River, Ning Fan didn’t mind learning more life-preserving techniques to combat potential dangers.

[Ten Lions and Elephants Pill] was a semi-finished Ten Revolutions Ancestor Pill Ning Fan obtained from the Glacier Cave Mansion. Using his talent for communication with all things, Ning Fan directly conversed with the expensive pills to learn its name. Unfortunately, the pill’s spirit awareness was too low, and Ning Fan couldn’t inquire about the specific effects, only roughly figuring out that it’s a pill to enhance physical defense.

Enhance physical defense?

Ning Fan shook his head; his Divine Spirit Body was already very formidable. Given his strong physical foundation, even if he consumed this pill, the effects might not be significant.

After all, this was merely a semi-finished pill; if it were a true Ten Revolutions Ancestor Pill, he might have held higher expectations.

At this moment, he was more intrigued by the final mysterious rusted iron box.

This was an iron box emanating the aura of Water Control Position, and Ning Fan was still unaware of its contents.

He was very curious about what was ultimately sealed inside the iron box, why it emitted the aura of Water Control Position, and furthermore, why this box was so sturdy that even ordinary Innate Treasures couldn’t break it, deepening Ning Fan’s belief in its extraordinariness.

Consider the Water Sect Eight Sons—people who had collectively defeated the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven, outstanding figures indeed! The Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven, who once unified Eastern Heaven in ancient times, had to be an Ancient Great Cultivator; the Water Sect Eight Sons, defeating such an existence, could not possibly be mediocre.

Control Positions, Control Positions... Figures like the Water Sect Eight Sons, who could have cultivated Water Control Position, might indeed exist, otherwise how could they defeat the Ancestral Emperor from the Eastern Heaven!

"Perhaps, what is sealed inside this iron box is the water Control Position inheritance from the Water Sect Eight Sons; more than that, it could directly house a Water Control Position Dao Fruit!"

Thinking of this possibility, even with Ning Fan’s calm disposition, he couldn’t help feeling a bit excited.

He had already cultivated the Wooden Control Position and with it crafted the Godhood of Wood, becoming the Wood Father God.

If the iron box truly contained a Water Control Position Dao Fruit, he had great confidence in attaining another Control Position, achieving the Godhood of Water; if fortunate, he could even become a Father God of Water in this spirit-depleted era, standing atop all Water Cultivators!

The benefits the Wood Father God brought posed quite an allure to Ning Fan, not just the super strong restorative effects, but also enhancing the Wood-Series Treasures’ powers an entire level, enticing Ning Fan greatly.

If he could become the Father God of Water, leaving other benefits aside, just using the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle would no longer possess Innate Mid-grade power but could potentially rise an entire level, reaching Innate Superior Grade power...

With such power, it could even drowns a Quasi-Saint!

"Could there be a Water Control Position Dao Fruit within this iron box!"

Ning Fan eagerly raised the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree, meticulously breaking the seal locks on the box.

With a snapping sound, the iron box opened and inside it wasn’t a Water Control Position Dao Fruit, but rather a small pebble the size of a fingernail.

Not a Control Position Dao Fruit after all, indeed, Control Position Dao Fruits are unattainable, not easily stumbled upon...

Greater the hope, greater the disappointment. Ning Fan shook his head, quickly suppressing the disappointment with his steadfast spirit sense, appearing normal as he seriously examined the inconspicuous pebble inside the iron box.

Even if it’s not a Control Position Dao Fruit, to be meticulously stored by Water Sect Eight Sons, it mustn’t be an ordinary pebble.

It’s a small pebble of interwoven black and gray, a stone material Ning Fan hadn’t seen in the Era of Decline. When touched, it exudes immense Water Essence Force. Naturally containing a trace of Control Position Power, it’s extraordinary, and if integrated into a Dao Weapon Treasure, the water attack power of the Dao Weapon would greatly increase.

"What kind of stone are you?" Ning Fan asked the small pebble.

[Mount Buzhou Ridge, Mount Buzhou Ridge, Mount Buzhou Ridge...] the small pebble repeatedly responded with just that.

Mount Buzhou Ridge?

The name seemed familiar...

Ning Fan frowned, trying to recall the origin of this name. Although cultivators can remember everything at a glance, due to the vast information stored in their mind, recalling certain trivial information might still require considerable effort.

Before long, Ning Fan remembered where he’d heard this name.

When crafting the Reverse Sea Sword, Wu Laoba had once presented Ning Fan with a yellowed ancient book, which contained various blueprints for Ancient Map Daoist Weapons.

[Barbaric Soldier Mountain Sea Axe, this axe may rank among sixty-six grades in Zong Ze, yet lacks Dao Man Ancient Star. Missing Ancient Country Wind Crystal, Ground Material lacks Mount Buzhou Ridge, and lacks Earth Giant’s tooth... Spent a lifetime’s effort and failed to craft it regrettably.]

Yes, yes! Mount Buzhou Ridge could be used to forge sixty-six-grade Ancient Map Daoist Weapons of unprecedented value!

One must know the original grade of Reverse Sea Sword was counted as a ninety-eight-grade Ancient Map Daoist Weapon; even with Ning Fan using a significant amount of the Eternal Undying Rain during its crafting, the Reverse Sea Sword only reached eighty-nine-grade of Ancient Map Daoist Weapon...

A material capable of crafting sixty-six-grade Ancient Map Daoist Weapons, wouldn’t it be even more precious than the Eternal Undying Rain!

Ning Fan currently only had a small piece of Mount Buzhou Ridge, insufficient to craft any sixty-six-grade Barbaric Soldier Mountain Sea Axe.

What he intended was to incorporate this precious Mount Buzhou Ridge into the Reverse Sea Sword!

The Reverse Sea Sword now, already inlaid with the Sky-hook Jade, possessed formidable power; if further reinforced with a piece of Mount Buzhou Ridge, its power would become even more terrifying.

The sole challenge lay in integrating Mount Buzhou Ridge into the Reverse Sea Sword, entirely diverting from the original blueprint of the sword. Without blueprint guidance, Ning Fan relying on his forging skills to seamlessly incorporate Mount Buzhou Ridge into the Reverse Sea Sword wasn’t easily achievable.

Yet, to speak further, the blueprints for Ancient Map Daoist Weapons were created by predecessors. If predecessors could create Ancient Map Daoist Weapons without blueprints, why couldn’t Ning Fan, with his talents, find a way to incorporate other immortal materials into the Reverse Sea Sword?

He went ahead.

For several months thereafter, Ning Fan researched this matter.

Initially, adding Mount Buzhou Ridge into the Reverse Sea Sword didn’t proceed smoothly. This was because Mount Buzhou Ridge, although possessing Water Control Position power, was ultimately a mountain; whereas the main material of the Reverse Sea Sword—Eternal Undying Rain—was a sea.

Mountain and sea, were not easily unified.

But then Ning Fan suddenly recalled scenes from when he became the Barbarian God, remembered the view of mountains and seas through the Stone Warrior eyes...

And the Stone Warriors modeled their cultivation after Ancient Deities.

Thus, creatively, when Ning Fan infused a bit of divine power into the Reverse Sea Sword, the eternal rain and Mount Buzhou Ridge’s mountain-sea power unexpectedly found balance.

A brand new Reverse Sea Sword was forged by Ning Fan!

It remains a beautiful sword body, entirely deep blue and fluid like water. However, it now has additional mountain and sea patterns like waves on the sword body.

The Reverse Sea Sword was already an incredibly beautiful sword, and now, with thousands of Sky-hook Jades embedded, along with mountain and sea patterns, the sword has become even more beautiful.

Ning Fan is not part of the appearance faction; the beauty of the Reverse Sea Sword is not important to him. He is more concerned with the sword’s power.

Since the sword fused with Mount Buzhou Ridge, its power is roughly equivalent to that of an eighty-grade Ancient Map Daoist Weapon. The surge in power does not fall short of a true Innate Mid-grade Treasure and is even tending towards the upper middle tier of such treasures!

One must understand that Dao Weapons can grow along with their master!

Currently, Ning Fan’s cultivation is merely that of an Immortal King, yet he can make this sword display upper middle tier Innate Mid-grade power. In the future, as Ning Fan’s cultivation increases, it is not impossible for this sword to achieve Innate Superior Grade power!

Unbeknownst to Ning Fan, the Reverse Sea Sword has gradually become an essential offensive means.

However, there is a troublesome aspect.

That is... Ever since it fused with Mount Buzhou Ridge, the Reverse Sea Sword has become heavier for some reason...

This greatly surprised Ning Fan because the material of Mount Buzhou Ridge incorporated into the Reverse Sea Sword is not inherently heavy. According to mortal principles of conservation of matter, the sword should still weigh the equivalent of Seven Stars Weight after integrating with Mount Buzhou Ridge.

The reality, however, is... the weight of the Reverse Sea Sword has more than doubled, reaching a terrifying weight equivalent to Eighteen Stars!

This completely defies common sense, but cultivation itself defies common sense, so mortal theories do not apply.

The weight of eighteen Cultivation Stars... Such a heavy flying sword makes it more difficult to control with spirit sense and wield successfully, requiring significantly more effort.

If Ning Fan could previously wield the Reverse Sea Sword equivalent to Seven Stars Weight for a thousand strikes, the sword with Eighteen Stars Weight could only be swung fifty to sixty times before Ning Fan’s strength would be exhausted.

This was a headache for Ning Fan: first the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle was too heavy to use easily; now the Reverse Sea Sword’s increased weight added to the difficulty of wielding it. Enhancing physical strength was an urgent task.

Unfortunately, physical strength is not easily improved.

Ning Fan shook his head. While the power of the Reverse Sea Sword greatly increased and its weight increased, these are good things, and he shouldn’t be dissatisfied.

Thus, after crafting the Reverse Sea Sword, Ning Fan began refining Innate Treasures and training in the Hundred Billion Rain Clone Technique... As for the Ten Lions and Elephants Pill, he tossed it aside, not giving it much importance.

Several more months passed, and Ning Fan initially succeeded in the Hundred Billion Rain Clone Technique. Only then, as a second thought, did he consume the Ten Lions and Elephants Pill.

He truly didn’t have high expectations for the pill.

However, reality had a surprise for him!

The Water Control Position Dao Fruit he hoped for did not appear.

The Ten Lions and Elephants Pill, which he neglected, gave him an unexpected surprise!

After refining this pill, Ning Fan didn’t increase his physical defense, but his strength surged unexpectedly, more than doubling!

This greatly astonished Ning Fan. Given that his physical body is already stronger than most Immortal Emperors, the fact that his strength could still double means this Ten Lions and Elephants Pill is indeed remarkable!

How could such a seemingly intermediate pill be so extraordinarily powerful?

Since it’s so extraordinarily powerful, why had the Water Sect Eight Sons not consumed it but instead preserved and sealed it?

Ning Fan couldn’t comprehend.

He was unaware that the Ten Lions and Elephants Pill was not from the Dreamland Realm, but a pill from the Real Realms that ended up in the Dreamland Realm, with a vast origin.

Although it was just an intermediate pill, the Alchemist who refined it used the lives of ten Half-Saint lion demons and ten Half-Saint elephant demons to create this intermediate pill.

The reason it was just an intermediate pill and not a complete one was not that the Alchemist was lacking in skill, but because the true Ten Lions and Elephants Pill requires Quasi-Saint materials for its refinement!

Although the Alchemist was highly skilled, he was himself only a First Order Quasi-Saint and naturally lacked the ability to hunt twenty Quasi-Saints for refinement.

Thus, the pill could only be an intermediate pill.

But it still retained incredibly extraordinary medicinal effects!

The Water Sect Eight Sons stumbled upon this pill, amazed by it, not refusing to eat, but rather not daring to eat.

This pill can substantially enhance a Master’s physical strength, but the process of enhancing strength is extremely dangerous. If the physical body’s toughness is insufficient, not only can one not benefit from the pill, but the body might explode from the medicinal power, extremely dangerous.

Though the Water Sect Eight Sons had great divine power, they were not skilled in Body Refinement, and their physical bodies were not as strong as Ning Fan’s, so naturally they dared not consume this pill.

Ning Fan, on the other hand, was different; his physical body was already strong, and its recovery ability was high, so consuming this pill didn’t seem too dangerous... Though he could not understand why the Water Sect Eight Sons didn’t consume this pill.

In any case, this pill caused Ning Fan’s strength to drastically increase, which was a good thing. With his power doubled, Ning Fan was pleased to find that the previously difficult-to-use Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle seemed easier to use; the Reverse Sea Sword, which had increased to Eighteen Stars in weight, was also no longer difficult to wield...

Everything is moving in a positive direction.

In his free time, Ning Fan wanted to continue cultivating the Lang Ya Tian Gou Yu, but without Aflo’s Merfolk Tears, his cultivation progress was slow, involuntarily reminiscing about the days when Aflo was by his side.

This longing was certainly unrelated to feelings; what Ning Fan missed was the abundant Merfolk Tears...

"Unfortunately, she has helped me out, so even if she were here, I couldn’t violate my principles and oppress her to seize the Merfolk Tears."

"Speaking of which, the mysterious seed that was gestating within my Spirit at the time, what on earth is it... With this seed in my body, the Power of Reincarnation has been increasing day by day, so much that it’s enough to condense a ring..."

As Ning Fan urged the Power of Reincarnation within himself, a purple-golden ring appeared at his fingertip.

The Power of Reincarnation in his body slowly increased with his routine cultivation.

Currently, the Power of Reincarnation measures the size of a ring.

According to Ning Fan’s estimation, if he cultivated for a few thousand more years, his Power of Reincarnation might be enough to shape an aura the size of a bracelet.

With tens of thousands of years of cultivation, it might be enough for an aura the size of a headband.

If he continues at the current growth rate, cultivating for billions of years, he might even be able to refine a huge Ring of the Initial Saint.

Of course, he is unwilling to wait billions of years to cultivate just one Ring of the Initial Saint. Billions of years could accomplish many things. Although the mysterious seed can increase the Power of Reincarnation, its speed of growth is truly not impressive to Ning Fan.

This is truly akin to having something rather than nothing...

Ring-ring-ring!

Before entering the Xuan Yin Treasure for seclusion, the jade scroll that was given to Ning Fan by Shenkong Emperor and other people suddenly emitted a soft sound.

Ning Fan furrowed his brow slightly, knowing that it’s an attempt at contact from Shenkong Emperor and others outside. Before his seclusion, he instructed others not to disturb him. Since they are contacting him, it seems that something has transpired in Wansheng Pass.

"Seems to be an urgent military affair..."

Ning Fan stopped his seclusion and directed a spirit sense towards the jade scroll, from which the anxious voice of Shenkong Emperor immediately emanated, confirming Ning Fan’s suspicion.

"Something terrible! Something terrible! Brother Ning, don’t retreat into seclusion, catastrophe is upon us! The different race has actually dispatched two Half-Saints to attack our Wansheng Pass! One of them is the infamous Wansheng Dragon King of the Ninth Path, and the other... is truly the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor!"