Grasping the Evil-Chapter 854: Thunderfall Realm

On this night, within the Chen family, five Ghost Profound cultivators mysteriously perished, while the newly appointed Chen family elder, Chen Lingfeng, disappeared.

This event caused a stir on Wulan Star. The Chen family requested the Divine Void Four Pavilions to investigate the matter, yet this request sank into oblivion within the Godly Void Pavilion, with no one paying attention.

The Chen family and Lei family are just remnants of the past. With the deaths of Chen Xuan and Lei Jinshi, they are destined to decline.

No one knows that the killer is Ning Fan.

No one knows that Chen Lingfeng has been taken as a prisoner, confined within the Penitence Palace in Xuan Yin Realm.

In the vast starry sky, Ning Fan held the Inlaid Star Compass of the Three Thousand Thunder Realm, speeding away from the Dongming Star Domain.

His plan was to first go to the Three Thousand Thunder Realm to find someone... That person was the sole disciple of Lightning Emperor Tai Su still alive, who had followed the Lightning Emperor, once appearing together in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World...

"The Thunderfall Realm Master... Xu Yanzong..."

Ning Fan murmured to himself, speeding all the way.

Not knowing how far he had fled from the Dongming Star Domain, Ning Fan gradually felt a sense of being stalked.

With a flash of azure light in his eyes, Ning Fan quickly discerned that far behind him, several dozen old freaks were concealing their forms, tailing him.

The trackers originated from various powers, all of them True Immortal old freaks of Enlightenment and Shedding Void realms, including even Peak Shedding Void masters...

Nowadays, the name of Ning Fan as an inheritor of Ancient Chaotic Grand Emperor has spread across Eastern Heaven, so perhaps no one dares to openly confront him. Yet in the shadows, there are many powers holding various intentions towards Ning Fan...

The exposure of his identity as an inheritor of Ancient Chaos has brought Ning Fan not only benefits but also hidden hostility lurking in the darkness...

Ning Fan’s gaze darkened, and while flying, he quickly formed hand seals, causing boundless purple mist to spread across the starry sky.

The numerous old freaks trailing behind Ning Fan were instantly bewildered by the purple mist.

The Enlightenment cultivators at initial and intermediate stages, once confused by the illusion, immediately lost their spirit sense.

The old freaks at late Enlightenment and above only wandered briefly in the illusion, but soon regained their senses.

"Indeed, a rather potent illusion... What a pity, trying to shake off our stalking with such means is futile!"

Among the trackers, an old freak at Peak Shedding Void scoffed disdainfully, waving his large hand to disperse the purple mist instantly.

However, once the mist scattered, there was no trace of Ning Fan in the distance...

"He escaped?"

The old freak at Peak Shedding Void’s expression changed, and he immediately divided his body into dozens of clones, forming hand seals.

A spirit sense vast as the sea spread like tides, nearly enough to cover an entire lower-level star domain.

Yet unfortunately, even with his spirit sense spread so wide, he still couldn’t detect Ning Fan’s whereabouts...

"Strange... Considering his escape speed, there is no reason for him to have fled such an extensive distance in a short time... If he had concealed himself here, it would definitely not escape my clone’s perception... Could it be, he possesses a medium dichiliocosm and is hiding within it! Hmm... although a medium dichiliocosm is valuable, if he is an inheritor of Ancient Chaos, owning one is not surprising... Clearly, he is still hiding here!"

"Hmph! I don’t believe you can stay hidden in the realm space for life!"

The old freak snorted coldly, immediately flying to a nearby abandoned star, sitting cross-legged in meditation, yet his spirit sense continually locked onto this star domain.

The other trackers also camped like this old freak, setting up camp on nearby abandoned stars, waiting for Ning Fan to show himself.

As seasons passed by, they waited here for decades, yet Ning Fan never emerged... This is a subsequent story, so let’s leave it aside.

These people did not know that Ning Fan released the purple mist merely to obstruct their view while summoning the Ghost Mask to leave stealthily.

The stealth capability of the Innate Ghost Mask is naturally beyond the discovery of these trackers.

After summoning the Ghost Mask this time, Ning Fan did not put it away again. Instead, with the silver hair image of the Ghost Mask, he traversed the Eastern Heaven Immortal World.

If he walked through Eastern Heaven in his true form, it would attract too much attention, quickly drawing peering eyes from all sides. Ning Fan certainly did not want to be followed by dozens or hundreds of ill-intentioned trackers wherever he went...

The Three Thousand Thunder Realm is extremely far from the Dongming Star Domain; a normal Enlightenment stage initial master attempting to fly from the Dongming Star Domain to the Three Thousand Thunder Realm would take at least ten years. Of course, if it were a cultivator enlightened with the skill of shrinking the ground below his foot into an inch, it would take at most half a year to reach the Three Thousand Thunder Realm.

The distance allowed Ning Fan the opportunity to cultivate the Vertical Golden Light.

Three drops of blood rolling and boiling produce golden light, which spans ten billion miles at once... This technique consumes a tremendous amount of mana, yet fortunately, Ning Fan can replenish it at any time.

In his Thunder Star, he still holds two lightning strikes of Shedding Void; his lightning diagram contains countless shattered lightning that can be refined to replenish mana.

Despite this, he did not utilize them, instead flew all the way, devouring Five Elements Spiritual Objects to replenish mana.

In the Main Pavilion of the Commercial Pavilion, Ning Fan took away millions of spiritual fires, strange chills, and spirit lightnings...

These spiritual objects might not be of high grade, but they were perfect for the Grand Five Elements Body to absorb and replenish mana.

Moreover, absorbing these Five Elements spiritual objects could not only replenish mana but also slowly enhance the level of Ning Fan’s Black Dragon evil fire.

If not for the crazy consumption of the Vertical Golden Light, Ning Fan couldn’t have absorbed the Five Elements spiritual objects so quickly.

With the mana replenished, Ning Fan didn’t have to worry about mana consumption and started to wildly drive the Vertical Golden Light, dashing through the starry sky.

Initially, the momentum of Ning Fan’s Vertical Golden Light was astonishing, occasionally directly colliding with some Cultivation Star, causing panic along the way, as if some Eternal Old Freaks had descended upon a cultivation star.

Gradually, Ning Fan became more and more proficient in displaying the Vertical Golden Light, and the situation of losing control of the escape light didn’t occur again.

When he deliberately slowed the escape light, the momentum of the Vertical Golden Light was no longer astonishing.

The starry sky along the way was no longer torn by golden light into terrifying chasms; the sound of the light was also devoid of the howling sound of tearing through the sky, almost silent.

Ning Fan seemed to have transformed into a beam of light, as if no longer possessing a physical form... the light’s spread was naturally silent.

If not for catching sight of a golden light streaking across the sky, others would almost not notice Ning Fan flying past...

Even deliberately slowing the escape light, Ning Fan reached the Three Thousand Thunder Realm in just a month.

During that month, he absorbed over seven hundred thousand clusters of spiritual fire and spirit lightning, raising the grade of his Black Dragon evil fire from eighth middle rank to eighth peak.

There was still a slight distance to breakthrough to the ninth grade, which couldn’t be achieved by absorbing spiritual objects but must be broken through by insight.

Eighth-level spiritual fire was a Divine Skill commonly used by Fate Immortal cultivators; ninth-level flames, also known as True Fire, could only be controlled by a True Immortal!

To cultivate True Fire, one must at least possess the Crossing Truth Realm cultivation, but not every Crossing Truth Realm cultivator could cultivate True Fire...

"To cultivate True Fire, one must comprehend the essence of truth and break through the Crossing Truth Realm... Crossing Truth is still far away..."

"The Thunder Territory has arrived... this is the Three Thousand Thunder Realm..."

Ning Fan collected the escape light and stood outside a star domain interwoven with thunder light.

This was an Imperial Star Domain, named Thunder Territory, unlike other star domains, this domain had no Cultivation Star, instead, it had a floating thunderous continent.

The entire thunderous continent was divided by the power of the ring into over three thousand thunder realm interfaces, hence people often refer to the Thunder Territory as the Three Thousand Thunder Realm.

This location had a total of ten levels of thunder realm, very similar to the classification of the ten-grade sects of the Dongming Star Domain.

For a first-level thunder realm, the strongest power was at the Golden Core level; second level was Nascent Soul; third level was Divinity Transformation; fourth level was Void Refinement; fifth level was Void Fragmentation.

Sixth-level thunder realms often had a Fate Immortal in residence; seventh-level was Enlightenment; eighth-level was Shedding Void; ninth-level was mumbling.

In the Three Thousand Thunder Realm, there was only one tenth-level thunder realm, where the strongest power of the thunder realms—the Extreme Thunder Palace—was located.

Throughout the ages, if the Palace Master of the Extreme Thunder Palace was an Immortal Emperor, they would take the title of ’White Emperor’, and the current White Emperor was an empress named Lan Yunxian.

During the extermination of Senluo, this empress was also present. Ning Fan remembered her motive for attacking Senluo was to retrieve the Thunder King Seal taken by Senluo...

"The Three Thousand Thunder Realm has an Immortal Emperor in residence, here I must not reveal my identity, or I will be spied upon by the Immortal Emperor..."

"The Thunderfall Realm is a sixth-level thunder realm, ruled by Xu Yanzong, who is said to be a Ghost Profound Late Stage Fate Immortal, serving as the Thunderfall Realm Master for four hundred thousand years... but Aci’s intelligence suggests this person began following the Lightning Emperor Tai Su fifty million years ago... if he truly is a Ghost Profound Fate Immortal, how could he live such eons... this matter is quite peculiar..."

Ning Fan pondered for a long time, shifting his gaze from the Three Thousand Thunder Realm to an Upper-Level Cultivation Star not far from the Thunder Realm.

That Upper-Level Cultivation Star was named ’Slaughter Demon Star’, with the strongest power being the ’Siyao Sect’, a Renouncing Emptiness Power...

The Slaughter Demon Star was very famous in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, not because of the Siyao Sect, but because there was a Key to the Main Gate on this star, leading directly to the God and Demon race battle grounds... the Barbaric Wilderness Battlefield!

If Ning Fan intended to enter the Barbaric Wilderness Battlefield, he would have to go to the Siyao Sect to open the portal with a Campaign Command...

"First, go to the Thunderfall Realm to find Xu Yanzong!"

Ning Fan made his decision and immediately flew towards the outer regions of the Three Thousand Thunder Realm.

He controlled his aura and cultivation speed to the Human Profound level, so as not to attract too much attention.

With a Human Profound cultivation speed, reaching the depths of the Thunder Realm would require at least several months.

Even with the Thunderfall Realm located on the periphery of the Three Thousand Thunder Realm, it took Ning Fan nearly half a month to reach the Thunderfall Realm.

...

Thunderfall Realm, Su Lei Sect.

Thunderfall Realm is a Sixth-Level Thunder Realm, but among the Three Thousand Thunder Realms, it has quite a reputation, as fifty million years ago, there was once an Immortal Emperor in seclusion here... His name was Tai Su!

The secluded residence of the Lightning Emperor Tai Su has long been lost to history, but a venerable sect persists in the Thunderfall Realm to this day.

This sect is named the Su Lei Sect, said to be founded by an ancient cultivator who revered the Lightning Emperor Tai Su.

The Su Lei Sect has persisted to this day, and within the sect, no cultivator has ever reached the Crossing Truth Realm. The highest cultivation among the ancestors is the master of this realm, Xu Yanzong, known as Heavenly Lord Xu.

The current sect leader of the Su Lei Sect is a female cultivator of the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.

The Su Lei Sect seldom recruits disciples from outside. The entire sect consists of fewer than ten thousand members. For a Fate Immortal power, ten thousand is far too few...

In the past, the grand Su Lei Sect usually had a solitary atmosphere, but in recent months, the sect has been bustling day after day, with forces from other Sixth-Level Thunder Realms continually arriving at the Su Lei Sect to propose alliances.

As a Sixth-Level power, the Su Lei Sect should not warrant such attention from other Sixth-Level powers.

But unexpectedly, a few months ago, a disciple of a Seventh-Level Thunder Realm’s master took a liking to this sect’s leader, intending to make her his concubine!

The master of a Seventh-Level Thunder Realm must be a Crossing Truth cultivator.

As a disciple of such a master, his demand could not be refused by the Su Lei Sect.

From an outsider’s perspective, it seemed a stroke of luck for the Su Lei Sect’s leader to be fancied by someone of such power.

However, just as drinking water, only the drinker knows its warmth or coolness... The Su Lei Sect’s leader was dissatisfied with this union but felt helpless...

"The Profound Thunder Realm is a Seventh-Level Thunder Realm, and its master is a towering cultivator at the Peak Crossing Truth Realm, said to be just a step away from entering the Shedding Void Stage... We, the Su Lei Sect, cannot afford to offend the Profound Thunder Realm! His disciple is greedy and lascivious, not a good match for you, we all know this... But you must marry him, or else our Su Lei Sect might be destroyed because of you alone!"

Within the main hall of the Su Lei Sect, three Human Profound elders sat high above, and one brown-clad elder sternly spoke to a woman below.

Below stood a blue-clad woman at the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, graceful in form and gently elegant, with her eyes filled with despair...

Her name was Liu Yan, the current leader of the Su Lei Sect. During a journey to seek the Dao, she was chanced upon by a disciple of the Profound Thunder Realm’s master, and he took a liking to her...

"Liu Yan, whether you are willing or not, you cannot change this! As the leader of the Su Lei Sect, when you need to make sacrifices for the sect, you must do so without hesitation! This is your duty!" the brown-clad elder admonished again.

Liu Yan’s delicate face turned pale, biting her lip, she finally gathered her courage, lifted her head, and said desolately, "I wish to see my master... I want to know if he consents to this arranged marriage..."

Upon hearing Liu Yan’s words, the three Human Profound elders all changed their expressions, wanting to speak but hesitating.

Liu Yan’s master is none other than the master of the Thunderfall Realm... Xu Yanzong!

"So my master doesn’t wish to see me... He agrees to sacrifice me too, to protect the Su Lei Sect..." Liu Yan laughed self-mockingly.

"No, the realm master does not wish to avoid seeing you, it’s just that..."

One of the Human Profound elders was about to tell Liu Yan something when his words were sternly interrupted by the brown-clad elder.

"Enough! She’s merely a junior of the Void Fragmentation Realm, no need to explain too much to her! This matter is settled... Who!"

The brown-clad elder abruptly stood up, his gaze intensely fixed outside the main hall.

Outside the hall, a white-clad young man with silver hair slowly walked in, wearing a ghastly silver ghost mask, his presence exuding the aura of a Human Profound Initial Stage...

It astounded the three Human Profound elders that this person could silently reach the main hall of the Su Lei Sect.

The Su Lei Sect’s Sect Protection Array was of a Ghost Profound grade, impossible for anyone at the Human Profound stage to enter the main hall without triggering the array.

Yet this person managed to do it...

Liu Yan was slightly taken aback, turning her head to see a cold-eyed silver-haired youth approaching step by step.

The aura of this silver-haired youth was chilling, sending shivers down the spine... Yet strangely, Liu Yan did not feel fear upon seeing him, instead, she felt an inexplicable closeness.

This sense of closeness was indescribable, and in the past, she only felt this way facing her master.

Unexpectedly, now facing this unfamiliar Senior of Human Profound, she felt this familiar affection...

"Who are you! What brings you to our Su Lei Sect!"

Among the three Human Profound elders, the brown-clad elder took a step forward, his gaze cold, demanding in a stern voice.

He was the highest in cultivation among the three, possessing Human Profound Intermediate Stage cultivation, and with this step, a vast pressure of the Human Profound Intermediate Stage surged fiercely towards the newcomer!

"Who I am, you need not know... I am here to find someone." Ning Fan raised his hand and grasped the air, effortlessly shattering the brown-clad elder’s pressure, causing him to stagger back, vomiting blood.

Gasp!

All three Human Profound elders, including the brown-clad one, felt a chill creeping through their bones.

They were certain that Ning Fan could not possibly be of the Human Profound Initial Stage! He was definitively concealing his true cultivation! At least at the Human Profound Peak!

How could he break through the brown-clad elder’s pressure so easily without being at the Human Profound Peak!

"Whom does my lord wish to seek..."

The three Human Profound elders looked at Ning Fan with new wariness, their tone markedly more respectful.

In the cultivation world, strength reigns supreme, and Ning Fan’s prowess evidently surpassed theirs by far, none dared to be disrespectful.

"I seek Xu Yanzong..."

Ning Fan’s words caused even Liu Yan to twitch in surprise.

He was here to find her master...

The expressions of the three Human Profound elders turned peculiar instantly.

The brown-clad elder pondered over Xu Yanzong’s instructions, hesitated slightly, then cupped his fists and asked telepathically,

"Is my lord from the lower realm, the Rain Realm..."

Boom!

An unimaginable terrifying pressure suddenly exploded from Ning Fan, bearing down heavily upon the brown-clad elder!

"Who told you this!" A flash of cold intent appeared in Ning Fan’s eyes.

His identity as a cultivator from the Rain Immortal World was scarcely known in the Eastern Heaven. How did a mere Human Profound Intermediate Stage here know to say it!

Others could not sense Ning Fan’s pressure, but the brown-clad elder, at the center of it, shuddered from the depths of his heart!

He looked at Ning Fan in disbelief, unable to believe that the young man before him could exude such terrifying pressure!

No less than Ghost Profound... potentially much greater!

He couldn’t see through the true cultivation of this person, couldn’t comprehend his depth!

But from his demeanor, this person was indeed from the Rain Immortal World!

"Daoist, calm yourself, it was the realm master who told me that someone from the Rain Realm would come to find him!"

The brown-clad elder revealed a look of terror, gazing at Ning Fan, explaining telepathically, fearing that a delayed explanation might cause some misunderstanding with Ning Fan.

The other two Human Profound elders, unable to sense Ning Fan’s pressure, naturally couldn’t fathom his terror, and didn’t understand why the brown-clad elder would fear Ning Fan as if he were a ferocious beast.

Liu Yan’s beautiful eyes widened in slight shock; the moment Ning Fan released the pressure, she sensed a novel yet familiar power of thunder emanating from him, immediately casting ancient and bizarre images upon her mind...

In those visions, she wasn’t a person, but a... artifact spirit...

"It was Xu Yanzong who told you?" Ning Fan’s gaze slightly narrowed, retrieving his pressure.

The brown-clad elder instantly felt his entire body relax, and with a forced smile, telepathically responded, "Yes... the realm master told me all this. He said there would be someone from the Rain Realm wishing to see him... He is nearing the Lost World Palace, unable to meet anyone, but if one from the Rain Realm comes, he can meet them..."

"Is that so..." Ning Fan frowned slightly.

This unremarkable Xu Yanzong seemingly had quite some abilities, even predicting his arrival...

Moreover, the brown-clad elder’s words touched upon one more thing... Xu Yanzong, nearing the Lost World Palace...

"Daoist, please follow me to the back mountain to meet the realm master." the brown-clad elder urged with a servile smile.

"Very well, lead the way!"

Under the guidance of the three Human Profound elders, Ning Fan left the hall, heading towards the back mountain of the Su Lei Sect.

However, as he left the hall, Ning Fan suddenly looked back at Liu Yan, a hint of puzzlement in his eyes.

"Why does this woman carry a trace of the Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s aura..." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) and cast recommendation or monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)