Chapter 1168: Chapter 1168: The World Is a Mystery, To Know Is Not to Know

"Who can tell this old body what exactly happened! Why even such a notable figure as Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei has come to Feed Dao Mountain to question the crime!" Immortal King Feifeng was anxious, disregarding her frail body, she immediately wanted to get up to see the situation outside.

A few maids couldn’t stop her, so they supported Immortal King Feifeng and walked her out of the room.

It wasn’t just Immortal King Feifeng; at this moment, the entire True Thunder Race, forty thousand tribe members, were in chaos due to the arrival of Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei. After all, in the True Lightning World, Immortal Emperor powerhouses are the supreme existence. Any Immortal Emperor has the power to crush the True Thunder Race, a fact that cannot be neglected, cannot be feared.

Though they had mentally prepared themselves, when Immortal Kings Jin Lei and Mu Lei truly saw the arrival of Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei, they were still somewhat nervous.

However, upon seeing Ning Fan’s calm and composed demeanor, the two felt reassured.

"Since this person deliberately brought Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei here, he must have a way to deal with him. We just need to watch the changes quietly..." This was their thought.

Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei stood with hands held behind, levitating above Feed Dao Mountain, his eyelids too lazy to lift, appearing extremely arrogant.

Such a trifling True Thunder Race, he showed no regard for them. If not for someone injuring the Snowy Mountain Three Venerables and disgracing him, he wouldn’t have even bothered to set foot in this spirit-poor snowfield.

This was a renowned Great Emperor of the Sixth Calamity, and similar to most Feng Clan Thunder Cultivators, his body was entirely composed of pure lightning power, bizarrely strange. Inside him, ancient demon aura faintly spread, which had reached an ancestral blood level of ancient demons, somewhat formidable.

"Old man says again, the reckless person who injured the Snowy Mountain Three Venerables, come out and face me!"

As Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei angrily shouted, behind him, a giant spirit wheel formed by purple lightning suddenly emerged, revealing his Ancient Demon Spirit Wheel.

His voice echoed throughout the heavens, each echo causing some True Thunder Race members to cough up blood from the shock; even strong figures like Feifeng and other True Thunder Race Immortal Kings struggled to withstand this man’s pressure!

"This person is actually an Ancestral Blood Ancient Demon... The two Thunder Demons I slayed upon entering this realm also possessed a trace of ancient demon bloodline, but their bloodline was extremely weak. This person, on the other hand, has a very pure ancient demon bloodline, obviously seasoned, and has even formed a spirit wheel. During the Era of Decline, within the Four Heavens, due to some changes, the demon race lost their demon spiritual qi, making it hardly possible to birth ancient demons, at most spawning pseudo-ancient demons imitating ancient demons for cultivation. Yet, this True Lightning World, secluded from the world, allowed demon cultivators here not to lose their demon spiritual qi and still able to birth ancient demons..."

Ning Fan’s eyes slightly flashed, his figure flickered, and he was already above the sky. With a wave of his sleeve, he mysteriously dispersed Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei’s heaven-shaking roar.

Amidst fluttering snowflakes, Ning Fan confronted Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei across the space. Seeing Ning Fan finally appear, and effortlessly breaking his demon roar, Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei’s complexion was faintly grim.

Even more surprising to him was that Ning Fan seemed very unfamiliar. He initially thought the person who bullied Snowy Mountain Three Venerables was a well-known Immortal King from the True Lightning World, but it seemed not to be.

"This child does not have the aura of the Thunder Demon of Feng Clan; he is not one of my Feng Clan members, that’s for sure; this child either hails from a mid-tier tribe or is a low-tier True Thunder Clan, hence his background won’t be too prominent, nothing to worry about... There’s also no need to fear this person’s cultivation, Snowy Mountain Three Venerables claimed he was a Pinnacle Immortal King, but in old man’s view, his Immortal King aura hasn’t even touched the Great Perfection realm, weak, too weak!"

"Judging from the lingering Evil Qi in this place, this child had previously slain Feng Clan Thunder Cultivator patrollers here, humph! Such a mediocre cultivator from lower-tier dared to kill Feng Clan Thunder Cultivator, courting death indeed!"

Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei’s mind whirled, his gaze quickly grew gloomy and cold, he snorted disdainfully at Ning Fan, "Junior, report your name! Old man doesn’t kill nameless people!"

"..." Ning Fan seemed not to hear Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei’s question, utterly ignoring him, and instead looking towards the snowy mountain where Immortal King Feifeng was located.

Feifeng... finally appeared...

Facing this sunset years-old crone, Ning Fan felt guilty indeed. He sighed, transmitted a message to Immortal King Feifeng.

Initially, Immortal King Feifeng was pondering over Ning Fan’s identity and purpose, but as soon as she heard Ning Fan’s transmission, her breath suddenly stopped, followed by a deathly pallor, tears streaming down her face.

"Feifeng madam, you, what’s wrong!" Several maids suddenly panicked.

"Nothing, let this old body rest a bit... just an old acquaintance passed away... just that he can never return..." Feifeng painfully closed her eyes.

On the other side, Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei was infuriated by Ning Fan’s disregard!

"How dare you! Old man, as an Immortal Emperor, asked you a question, but you dared to ignore old man!"

Seeing Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei urging his whole body demon spiritual qi, inside the Thunder Demon Spirit Wheel, countless tiny mosquitoes instantly flickered with lightning light, soaring out.

Those mosquitoes were entirely formed by lightning power, uniquely shaped, difficult to name.

Each mosquito possessed Life Immortal Realm cultivation, among the millions of mosquitoes, some even included a few with Immortal King Peak cultivation, their overwhelming appearance caused a tingling sensation on the scalp.

"Is this the technique of Immortal Emperor Old Monster! Unexpectedly able to transform millions of immortal insects using lightning power, if these millions of immortal insects swept down, my True Thunder Race would surely be devoured completely by these immortal insects!" Immortal Kings Jin Lei and Mu Lei were awed by Purple Thunder Lord Zi Lei’s heavenly abilities.

Countless True Thunder Race members were in utter terror, exclaiming fearfully, the entire True Thunder tribe blended insect sounds with human panic, becoming noisy.

"Insect technique, huh..."

Ning Fan’s expression showed no fluctuation, simply raised a finger, and the snow sky immediately visibly showcased the Tai Su Lightning Diagram. With Tai Su Lightning Diagram unfolding, all the immortal insects formed by lightning power were swept away by the diagram; the diagram opened, all immortal insects turned into ashes.

Silence!

A dead silence!

The entire True Thunder tribe never expected that Ning Fan could instantly kill millions of immortal insects, among them even a few Immortal King level insects! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Some elderly cultivators with knowledge of True Thunder Race history even vaguely recognized the gravity of the Tai Su Lightning Diagram, their breath beginning to quicken!

Tai Su Lightning Diagram!

Isn’t this the divine skill originally created by the most outstanding figure of True Thunder Race in history!

What exactly is this child’s relationship with that lord! Even the Twelve Thunder Lords couldn’t replicate the true Tai Su Lightning Diagram, yet this child could use it!

"Tai Su Thunder Map! You, you, you, who on earth are you!" This was the first time Purple Thunder Daoist showed a look of horror, all because the once Lightning Emperor Tai Su, relying on this map, had left the Seal Clan Thunder Cultivators with enormous humiliation and severe wounds!

But what frightened him even more was yet to come.

As Ning Fan once again raised his hand to point, the thunder map suddenly changed direction and swept towards him.

Purple Thunder Daoist’s face drastically changed, and he tried to dodge, but he couldn’t avoid it. Since his body was formed from thunder, he couldn’t escape the suction of the Tai Su Thunder Map, and all his means of survival became ineffective at this moment!

He was directly sucked into the Tai Su Thunder Map!

As the Tai Su Thunder Map rolled up, his physical body turned to ashes, leaving only a demon soul that was unconscious, captured by Ning Fan who released the thunder map and took him away.

Cold!

A bone-chilling cold!

At this moment, Ning Fan’s silent silhouette fell into the eyes of the True Lightning Clan, turning into a peerless fiend. The distinguished Immortal Emperor, Purple Thunder Daoist, was casually exterminated by Ning Fan, his physical body destroyed, and his demon soul captured. This scene was too shocking!

So, even the exalted Immortal Emperor could be crushed like an ant?

The Ning Fan who could crush an Immortal Emperor, to what terrifying level had his power reached!

"Immortal Emperor Ancient Demon, is that all? Did I overestimate this person’s cultivation, or is it that my Tai Su Thunder Map inherently restrains the Seal Clan Thunder Cultivators of this realm, leaving them unable to even escape..."

With Ning Fan’s vast mana, combined with the Thunder Infant and Thunder Sparrow Diagram Spirit of the Tai Su Thunder Map, using this technique to instantly kill a person like Purple Thunder Daoist was not surprising at all.

What puzzled Ning Fan was that although Purple Thunder Daoist clearly tried to flee, he couldn’t accomplish that under the Tai Su Thunder Map; all escape means were rendered ineffective.

"It seems that my understanding of the Tai Su Thunder Map is far from complete. There are many secrets within this technique that I am unaware of..."

Capturing Purple Thunder Daoist’s demon soul, Ning Fan did not immediately refine it into Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits to destroy it.

This was because the moment he captured the Purple Thunder demon soul, Ning Fan sensed a willful obstruction from the entire True Lightning World.

A massive will did not allow him to obliterate Purple Thunder Daoist.

That will was very familiar, it was actually the willpower of Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign...

"Is Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign preventing me from killing him... When I tried to enter the True Lightning World, this will did not stop me; when I exterminated low-level Thunder Demons, it similarly did not stop; but when I attempted to kill an Immortal Emperor, it stopped me..."

Ning Fan frowned, and at this moment, he was caught in a dilemma.

On one side, there was the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign who had shown him favor.

On the other side, there was the Lightning Emperor Tai Su who had shown him favor.

For the first time in his life, Ning Fan felt that his agreement to the Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s request was somewhat hasty.

He did not know what heinous deeds the True Lightning Clan had committed against Purple Dou Immortal Cultivators; without such enormous hatred, would they have been suppressed by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign.

As the regulators of this realm, the Seal Clan Thunder Cultivators were responsible for monitoring the True Lightning Clan. If low-level Thunder Demons were exterminated, Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign might not oppose, but if an Immortal Emperor were killed, it could very likely cause an imbalance in the forces guarding this realm, allowing the True Lightning Clan to grow strong... This is something the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign does not want to see.

Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign wants to oppress the True Lightning Clan.

But Lightning Emperor Tai Su wants to save the True Lightning Clan.

Ning Fan originally planned to directly suppress the Seal Clan Thunder Cultivators by force and rescue the True Lightning Clan, but now he hesitated and faced a dilemma.

Does Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s strong antipathy against the True Lightning Clan mean that he underestimated the severity of the situation, or perhaps there are undisclosed reasons behind this...

Since he had promised, Ning Fan would certainly rescue the True Lightning Clan. However, perhaps his method of rescue should not be violent; maybe he should first understand the whole story behind the suppression of the True Lightning Clan and then redevise a plan...

Having made a mental calculation, Ning Fan did not forcibly destroy Purple Thunder Daoist’s demon soul but temporarily sealed him within the thunder map.

In the fearful gaze of all the True Lightning Clan cultivators, Ning Fan descended once again on Feed Dao Mountain and exchanged some words with Immortal King Feifeng.

Afterward, Immortal King Feifeng suddenly announced that Ning Fan was an honored guest of the True Lightning Clan, a person from the Surface World, and someone invited by Lightning Emperor Tai Su as a savior. She stated that she had matters to discuss with Ning Fan and did not allow anyone to disturb them.

Finally, Immortal King Feifeng led Ning Fan to the secret site of the True Lightning Clan within Feed Dao Mountain.

In the original place, only Immortal Kings of the Golden Thunder and Mu Lei remained, utterly stunned.

They actually guessed Ning Fan’s identity wrong from beginning to end!

...

Few knew that within the belly of Feed Dao Mountain, a secret place was hidden, which held the entire hope for the revival of the True Lightning Clan.

Immortal King Feifeng led the way in front, taking Ning Fan out of this mountain cavern secret place.

Ning Fan followed behind, watching the trembling Immortal King Feifeng ahead, silently sighing in his heart.

He had already informed Immortal King Feifeng about the demise of Lightning Emperor Tai Su, and entrusted the prescription left by Lightning Emperor Tai Su to her. Throughout, Immortal King Feifeng did not ask a single question about Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s affairs, but Ning Fan could tell that this elderly woman was very sad. The deeper the silence, the more profound the grief.

"Senior, I offer my condolences..." Ning Fan finally advised.

"Haha, condolences? It’s unnecessary. We’re not young and sentimental anymore, nor do we have such deep-seated feelings of heart-wrenching pain. It’s just regret. Back then, he left the True Thunder Realm quietly, leaving me to wait here; and now the result has come, yet this is the outcome... In the Surface World, he must be living without restraint, right?" Immortal King Feifeng finally inquired about Lightning Emperor Tai Su.

"Surface World?"

"You don’t know the worlds within and without? It seems you’re not an ’open-eye cultivator’ indeed. To arrive in the True Lightning World, you must have used some special means. I am also not an open-eye cultivator. Since the True Lightning Clan was sealed, only Tai Su has ever been born as an open-eye cultivator, and he is the only one who can travel from the World Within to the Surface World to seek methods to save our True Lightning Clan. Mountains have inside and outside, water has depth and shallowness. Everything in this world actually has a divide between surface and inner reality, and the world is no exception. In the Real Realm, there’s a saying: everything on the Surface World is illusory; everything in the World Within is real. I don’t know if this saying is true or false, but it probably holds some credibility..."

"Senior means, the Four Heavens and Nine Worlds where I live are merely the world’s facade, and everything seen is illusory?" Ning Fan shook his head, for he always scoffed at such sayings.

Real or illusory, it does not matter. If all his warmth was but an illusion, he preferred to live in illusion, rather than pursuing any futile reality.

"Haha, I already said I’m not an open-eye cultivator. Whether this saying is right or wrong, how would I know? Let’s not talk about it and instead tell me about Tai Su. I wish to hear about his feats after leaving the True Lightning Realm."

Ning Fan nodded and recounted the gathered stories of Lightning Emperor Tai Su to Immortal King Feifeng.

In fact, Ning Fan had mostly just heard of Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s deeds, as those tales were ancient and, after much spreading, have gradually strayed from truth, leaning more towards fiction.

Yet Immortal King Feifeng listened eagerly, as if she had always been by Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s side, witnessing all his feats firsthand.

Regarding Tai Su’s unexpected departure back then, she wasn’t without resentment or anger. But more than anything, it was longing...

"To become one of the few Control Position Great Emperors in the Surface World, Tai Su surely shines wherever he goes. If not for the bloodline restrictions of the True Lightning Clan, with his talents, he could have reached an even higher realm..." Feifeng expressed regret.

"The bloodline of the True Lightning Clan restricted Lightning Emperor Tai Su?" Ning Fan pondered in silence, unsure of what he was contemplating.

The two remained silent for a long time, before a faint scent of blood wafted from the dim passage ahead.

There was a hidden chamber there, nowhere inside except a gigantic pool of blood.

When Ning Fan walked into the chamber and saw the pool of blood, he finally had answers to some peculiar aspects of the True Lightning Clan.

No wonder there is a massive cultivation gap among the True Lightning Clan’s masters...

"You said you wish to know the true cause and effects behind my True Lightning Clan’s sealing. These things are taboo for our clan and must not be divulged to outsiders. But you are different, you are someone Tai Su trusted, so I trust you. But you must promise that what you hear today must never be told to anyone else. Can you do this?" Immortal King Feifeng suddenly asked with great seriousness.

"I can." Ning Fan nodded.

"Then it’s settled. Let me think where to begin telling you this story. Let me first talk about our clan’s secret techniques. In our True Lightning Clan, there are three kinds of secret techniques, all requiring blood as the catalyst to perform, hence this blood pool is indispensable. The first secret technique is called the [Bloodline Aggregation Technique], which can forcefully elevate a master’s cultivation by sacrificially offering many clan members. You might have noticed the immense cultivation disparity among my clan’s members? Where have those people gone? Alas, they are within this blood pool. For the revival of the clan, they have sacrificed their lives. Were it not for their sacrifices, in this spiritually barren land where our True Lightning Clan resides for generations, it would be impossible to produce ancient strong individuals... whether it’s myself, Mu Lei, Jin Lei, or even once Tai Su, it’s due to the collective sacrifice of our clan members that we could reach such realms... hence, can the young friend understand the heavy burden on our shoulders?"

"Indeed..." Having some suspicions, Ning Fan heard Feifeng’s narration without much surprise, but was moved by the unhesitating sacrifice.

"Our clan’s second secret technique is called [Blood Thunder Control], capable of empowering a master through sacrificing clan members to master blood-red lightning. This blood-red lightning is said to be one of the [Eight Divine Thunders] of the Real Realm, known as [Yaksha Divine Thunder], reportedly created by a Taicang Calamity Spirit named Red Yaksha. Since it’s grasped by taking shortcuts, naturally it falls vastly short of the true Yaksha Divine Thunder’s power, yet it’s enough to sweep through all kinds of thunder in the Era of Decline."

"Red Yaksha! Taicang Calamity Spirit!" Ning Fan’s expression changed abruptly.

He never expected to hear this name in the True Lightning World.

Back then, he once crossed paths with an Innate Thunder Spirit named Qingnaluo and obtained a bone whip from that spirit.

It was said that the bone whip was crafted from the bones of a woman named Red Yaksha.

Yet Ning Fan distinctly sensed the aura of the red dress from those bones.

The red dress was worn by a peculiar woman he encountered in the Rain Immortal World. Why was she entangled with Taicang Calamity Spirit, Red Yaksha? Ning Fan did not know.

Moreover, he once glimpsed Red Yaksha’s figure in the illusionary dream when devouring the Dust Tree’s Calamity Master’s will...

The Rain Immortal World’s woman in the red dress had, by chance, learned Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s blood-red lightning, enabling her to dominate the Rain Immortal World with formidable force.

Now Ning Fan learned that Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s blood-red lightning was taught by a senior named Red Yaksha...

In this moment, Ning Fan seemed to see countless intricate lines of cause and effect interweaving in the True Lightning World.

He seemed to discern something in the cyclical karma binding the woman in the red dress, Lightning Emperor Tai Su, and Red Yaksha, attempting to contemplate deeply, yet unable to grasp the key insight.

Feifeng did not notice Ning Fan’s shock, and continued, "Our clan’s third secret technique is titled [Against Fate Thunder]. Through sacrificing many clan members, a master can return to the past. This way of returning to the past doesn’t truly reverse time, but is more akin to a reincarnative intrusion. You enter a cycle you should not appear in, witnessing firsthand all that occurred in that cycle. Upon intrusion, you cannot alter anything, nor would anyone likely notice your intrusion... if noticed, even that notice is part of the cycle, unable to escape or leave."

"Oh? The True Lightning Clan possesses such magical secret techniques? They can return to the past as an outsider?" Ning Fan, yet to recover from the surprise of Red Yaksha, was astounded again by the Against Fate Thunder.

Invading reincarnation, returning to the past!

This concept was remarkably similar to the method of traversing reincarnation known as the Superior Demon Chant among Moro the Great Emperor’s ancient demons!

"It seems the fifth item identified by the Treasure-searching Compass is this Against Fate Thunder. If I could comprehend this secret technique, and merge its essence into my False Demon Chant, it would drastically enhance the completion of my chant!"

Although Ning Fan desired to acquire the cultivation method of Against Fate Thunder, he would not mention it at this moment, allowing Immortal King Feifeng to continue without interruption.

"Back then, Tai Su utilized this secret technique to return to a certain cycle in the past. I don’t know what he witnessed. I only know that he claimed to have met a senior during that cycle who pointed out a path, a path that could save the True Lightning Clan... It was then that he conceived the thought to eventually leave without explanation, departing from the True Lightning Clan..."

The Lightning Emperor Tai Su once used a secret technique to return to the past and met a senior...

Ning Fan displayed a look of recollection, remembering the words of the Lightning Emperor Tai Su from those days.

"Back then, the Lightning Emperor Tai Su seemed to have mentioned that he was guided by a certain senior to come and rescue me..."

"On the day of the battle with Moro, a mysterious figure in purple appeared and struck down Moro’s thoughts with a single palm strike, exuding incomparable grace... I once thought that mysterious person was the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign, but upon reconsideration, it really doesn’t seem like it..."

"Back then, because I saw someone resembling the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign take action, I was convinced that rescuing the True Thunder Clan would not go against the will of the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign, so I readily agreed to the task; now that I have come to the True Lightning World, I see and hear that it didn’t seem like the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign wanted to let the True Thunder Clan go, contrary to what I saw back then... If that mysterious person in purple was not the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign, then who could it be... This person must be the high-respected senior who guided the Lightning Emperor Tai Su... But then Moro the Great Emperor said he saw this person within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, so what does that mean..."

Ning Fan’s gaze turned somewhat bewildered.

First the Red Yaksha, then the Against Fate Thunder, the various entanglements of cause and effect made it difficult for him to see himself clearly, to see reincarnation clearly, to see the past and future clearly.

Too many causes and effects that cannot correspond, this feeling is like seeing a scene, clearly covered in snow, yet feeling the heat, feeling the burning and scorching...

Something is wrong...

Something is wrong...

The errors lie not within those causes and effects...

The error lies with me...

"The reason why the people and affairs I’ve experienced have some chaotic understanding of cause and effect is because the people and affairs I’ve experienced do not necessarily reside along the same timeline... The people I have encountered, some are from the past, some from the future, and some from other temporal reincarnations... Cultivators think they can see the past and future clearly, but in reality, all they see is their imagined past and future. The true history of the cultivation world has no past, no future, only an endless cycle of circles, overlapping and interwoven..."

In this moment, Ning Fan suddenly had an epiphany, as if understanding something, murmuring to himself.

Fei Feng was perplexed, not understanding what Ning Fan was saying, yet she could discern that these words contained the highest levels of comprehension, which were completely unattainable to her current understanding.

"In this world, what came first, the chicken or the egg... the effect or the cause... the past or the future... was it me or non-existence... was it the butterfly or Ning Fan first..."

The deeper Ning Fan pondered, the more profound it became. At this moment, due to some epiphany, he seemed to touch the truth of the world, but this truth was too profound, too forbidden, beyond what he could presently reach!

Pft!

A Blood Arrow gushed out, and Ning Fan’s gaze regained focus, awakening from his epiphany, with a bitter smile.

"What does it matter if causes and effects are chaotic... What does it matter if the past and future confuse me... As long as I keep moving forward, I will eventually find the answer." Ning Fan breathed a long sigh and returned to normal.

No one knew what Ning Fan realized, and Fei Feng didn’t know either.

"Congratulations on your breakthrough, my young friend." Fei Feng expressed deeply gratified congratulations. Although she didn’t comprehend what Ning Fan understood, it was evident to her it was a very profound matter. The person entrusted by Tai Su was indeed no ordinary one, perhaps this time, the True Thunder Clan could truly be saved in his hands.

"If it’s too troublesome for me to explain the history of the True Thunder Clan to you, my young friend, why not use the secret technique of the Against Fate Thunder to return to the past and witness the rise and fall of my True Thunder Clan yourself?" the Immortal King Fei Feng suggested.

"But isn’t it said that using the Against Fate Thunder’s secret technique requires the sacrifice of a large number of True Thunder Clan members? This is inappropriate." Ning Fan frowned, refusing.

"No, that is only true for ordinary people. Because ordinary people lack a certain prerequisite to use this technique, they need sacrifices to help. This is akin to mastering the Yaksha Divine Thunder. But for special cultivators like you, my young friend, sacrifices are unnecessary. My grandfather was such an anomaly who could return to the past without needing sacrifices. And among him, there was a Dao Enlightenment aura similar to yours, my young friend... Perhaps you could achieve this too."

While speaking, Fei Feng handed an ancient parchment to Ning Fan, on which was recorded none other than the third secret technique of the True Thunder Clan—’Against Fate Thunder’!

This technique was one of Ning Fan’s objectives for coming to the True Lightning World, yet who would have thought it’d be handed to him nearly as a gift!

He hadn’t even asked for it...

"You captured the Purple Thunder Lord’s Demon Soul but didn’t kill him; it seems there is still some hesitation in your heart regarding saving the True Thunder Clan. I won’t force you to save the True Thunder Clan; how you act after viewing the history of the True Thunder Clan will be your decision. These days coincide with the time the Twelve Thunder Lords hold the Thunder Mansion’s Dao Fruit Assembly. Before the assembly ends, even if they know you’ve captured the Purple Thunder Lord, they won’t have time to deal with you personally and will wait until after the assembly. With the former experience of the Purple Thunder Lord, ordinary Immortal Emperors of the True Lightning World might not dare to come on their own and would choose to wait for the Thunder Lords to deal personally..."

"You have ten days. After ten days, when the Thunder Mansion’s Dao Fruit Assembly ends, the Twelve Thunder Lords will certainly personally come to capture you."

"In these ten days, you can comprehend the Against Fate Thunder on your own and attempt to return to the past of the True Thunder Clan. After ten days, when the army arrives, whether you stay or leave, whether you save my clan or not, it’s entirely up to you. My clan has lived for too long under the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s rule; even if we continue surviving like this, it doesn’t matter, you shouldn’t trouble yourself with it, like Tai Su, abandoning emotion for the sake of duty..."

With those words, Fei Feng sighed and left.

The empty blood pool within the mountain’s heart was left with only Ning Fan, silent.

After a long time, he finally opened the parchment that recorded the secret technique of the Against Fate Thunder.

On the first page of the parchment was this preface.

"Don’t ask what reincarnation is, what’s important is what you choose to believe."

"Don’t ask about past and future; in this world, there is no end nor beginning."

"Do not seek answers, as the answer will be an unbearable weight."

Ning Fan’s eyes suddenly shifted.

If he was not mistaken, the handwriting of this entire scroll of the Against Fate Thunder was... his handwriting!

Could the similarity in handwriting be just a coincidence...