Grasping the Evil-Chapter 882: Fan Family Immortal Venerable
"How can you be so sure that I am not the Sparrow God Kidd?" The Sparrow God Kidd laughed indifferently.
"Because you carry the aura of a Fan Family cultivator!"
Just as Ning Fan’s words fell, the Sparrow God Kidd’s eyes changed drastically, filled with a murderous intent capable of devouring the heavens and the earth!
It was definitely not the aura a Shedding Void Stage old monster should have. Such pressure could only belong to an Eternal Old Freak!
"Where did you hear about the Fan Family!!!"
At this moment, waves of shock and fear rose in the heart of the Sparrow God Kidd. As Ning Fan said, he was not the Sparrow God Kidd, but a residual soul of an Immortal Venerable from the ancient barbaric Fan Family.
Back then, the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor was slain by the Black Monk Order, leading to the downfall of the Fan Family. He alone attached his soul to the Dust Tree, hiding and barely surviving.
Five million years ago, the true Sparrow God Kidd ventured into the barbaric wasteland to steal the Dust Flower, only to be slain and possessed by the residual soul attached to the Dust Tree.
Barbarians typically could not transcend the rules of heaven and earth to enter the Four Heavens immortal world, but the Immortal Venerable’s residual soul used a special possession method to become the new ’Sparrow God Kidd,’ successfully crossing into the Northern Heaven Immortal World.
In five million years, no one had ever suspected that he was not the Sparrow God Kidd, let alone discovered his true identity as a Fan Family cultivator.
The Fan Family, the prime cultivation family in the ancient barbaric wasteland’s history, had produced seven generations of Barbarian Ancestors, all from the Fan Family!
However, the Fan Family had long perished, and no one in the world should know of their existence. Even his demon race allies were unaware of the Fan Family’s past!
The Sparrow God Kidd was very concerned about how Ning Fan had heard of the Fan Family. He feared this would disrupt his plans.
Under the unreserved Immortal Venerable pressure from the Sparrow God Kidd, Old Monster Tu and others went pale, coughing up blood, their eyes filled with shock.
They never expected the Sparrow God Kidd to have such hidden depths, making them all feel despair, suspecting there was no escape today.
Only Ning Fan, clearly bearing the brunt of the pressure, remained with an expression as calm as the wind and clouds.
"You truly are a Fan Family cultivator, and judging from this pressure, during ancient times, you were an Immortal Venerable of the Fan Family. Unfortunately, you used a secret technique to possess the Sparrow God Kidd, but lost all your cultivation. Although you could enter the Four Heavens immortal world, you are no longer an Immortal Venerable strongman... It seems your possession technique has considerable drawbacks. However, I am quite interested in your possession technique, being able to evade the rules of Heavenly Dao is something Ning has never heard of before."
Ning Fan, having comprehended the Secret Art of Prestige and the Momentum Character Secret, naturally would not fear the Immortal Venerable pressure of the Sparrow God Kidd, maintaining his calm and composed demeanor.
He had a substantial interest in the possession technique of the Sparrow God Kidd. If Zhao Die’er could learn such a technique, she could possess someone else’s body, bypass the rules of Heavenly Dao, cultivate, and step by step pursue the path of immortality.
The Sparrow God Kidd squinted his old eyes, calming down and retracting his murderous intent.
He had not expected Ning Fan to actually withstand his Immortal Venerable pressure. It ought to be known that ordinary cultivators at Enlightenment or Shedding Void couldn’t withstand his Immortal Venerable pressure, not even qualified to stand before him.
Instinctively, the Sparrow God Kidd realized Ning Fan was not simple, and should not be made an enemy frivolously.
With a wave of his hand, the Sparrow God Kidd set up a soundproof barrier between him and Ning Fan and said,
"Young Friend Ning, you have hidden very deeply... So be it, I won’t ask where you heard of the Fan Family. I only ask, are you willing to help me blood sacrifice the barbaric wastelands and awaken the Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian! This matter could be greatly beneficial to both you and me!" The Sparrow God Kidd spoke with a persuasive tone.
"Blood sacrifice the barbaric wastelands? Awaken the Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian? Why should Ning help you!" Ning Fan’s eyes slightly darkened, a brutal scene of the Barbarian Ancestors blood-sacrificing the wasteland appearing in his mind.
After years in the lower realms, he had developed some affection for the barbaric wastelands, and to blood sacrifice it, slaughtering countless people like the Barbarian Ancestors, was something he could not do.
"Since Young Friend possesses Calamity Blood, you must have heard the chanting by the blood river. Young Friend, you know of the Fan Family, but do you know why our Fan Family was destroyed!"
The Sparrow God Kidd’s eyes turned blood-red, glaring at the sky in anger. Seeing Ning Fan remain silent, he continued,
"We barbaric wasteland cultivators once served as servants of the Taicang Calamity Spirit, but the Taicang Calamity Spirit abandoned us! Do you know, the Taicang Calamity Spirit granted our wasteland a formation, called the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation! Through six generations of Barbarian Ancestors, they tried to awaken the Calamity Blood with this formation to ascend to the upper realms, but without exception, they all failed, losing all their Barbarian Blood, dying with resentment, turning to stone!"
"Though six generations of Barbarian Ancestors fell, they left behind a will to protect the wasteland, merging into six stone statues. Under the protection of the six ancestors, the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor finally had a chance to truly awaken the Calamity Blood! If he succeeded, our wasteland would no longer be a slave tribe, leaping to become a force among the upper realm Calamity Lords! But, just before the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor’s successful awakening, the Taicang Calamity Spirits descended to the lower realms, slaughtered the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor, and destroyed the entire wasteland!"
"From that day forth, all cultivation clans of the wasteland were uprooted! The Heavenly Dao of the wasteland was destroyed, barbarians could no longer cultivate! Aside from myself, no other Fan Family members have survived! The reason the Taicang Calamity Spirits wiped out our wasteland was simply that they no longer needed us..."
"From then on, the wasteland has become a battleground for Dreamland Realm cultivators. Every time war erupts, countless barbarians and barbaric beasts die in the flames of war! Can you understand the grief of seeing one’s nation fall, the pain of watching one’s brethren face disaster but being powerless to save them!"
As he spoke, the Sparrow God Kidd clenched his fists in unwillingness, yet heaved a long sigh,
"The Young Barbarian Scripture heard by the blood river is the scripture deduced after exhausting my residual soul power and over ten thousand divinations. According to my deductions, only with the birth of the Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian can the fate of the wasteland be rewritten... The Barbaric Wilderness Realm is a middle-thousand world, and all the previous generations of Barbarian Ancestors have been the masters of this realm. Barbarian Ancestors not recognized by the realm are called Young Master Barbarians... The Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor has passed, and I have lingered till now just to awaken the Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian from among the countless barbarians!"
"Throughout generations, the Barbarian Ancestors have always been born from ordinary barbarians. The ’Young Barbarian Scripture’ tells me that when I perform the blood sacrifice, an eighth generation Young Master Barbarian will awaken from among the barbarians after three lifetimes of cultivation. This is why I decided to proceed with the blood sacrifice!"
"When the race invaded the wilderness, the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation fell into the hands of the demon race, yet they did not know how to activate the formation and could only seal it temporarily... After seizing control of the Sparrow God Kidd, I manipulated part of the barbarian beasts to establish an agreement with the demon race, revealing the operation of the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation and the secret of nurturing the Reverse Infant to them, with the intention of utilizing the demon race to awaken the formation for the blood sacrifice! Unfortunately, those in the demon race were inept; they first lost countless Reverse Infants and then had the remaining formation largely destroyed by the humans, forcing my blood sacrifice plans to be postponed."
"Fortunately, after encountering you, Master Ning Fan, I have devised a new plan! That is to target the Dust Tree!"
"During the long years of possession within the Dust Tree, I discovered a powerful residual will of Calamity Spirit within it. If I can extract and devour this will, I have a thirty percent chance to awaken the Calamity Blood and accomplish what seven generations of Barbarian Ancestors could not, becoming a Taicang Calamity Spirit!"
"Even if I cannot awaken the Calamity Blood, with the power of that will, I can break the physical constraints of the Sparrow God Kidd, eliminate all hidden hazards of possession, and gradually regain my cultivation to an Immortal Venerable level! Then, I will personally handle the blood sacrifice of the Barbarian Wilderness, devour the bloodline of all living spirits, and accomplish a supreme barbarian body for myself; at that time, why would I bother seeking out the eighth generation Young Master Barbarian? I myself will become the Eighth Generation Barbarian Ancestor, no less!"
The gaze of Sparrow God Kidd grew increasingly frenzied, a madness that Ning Fan had once seen in the eyes of the Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor.
The Seventh Generation Barbarian Ancestor did not hesitate to sacrifice the entire wilderness to become a Taicang Calamity Spirit, and likewise, the Sparrow God Kidd would sacrifice the wilderness to become the Eighth Generation Barbarian Ancestor.
Honestly, when Ning Fan first heard the Sparrow God Kidd talk about his tragic past, he felt some sympathy for him.
But upon hearing his blood sacrifice intention for the wilderness, any sympathy for the Sparrow God Kidd vanished.
While the Sparrow God Kidd went on and on, fifteen minutes had already passed, and the Dust Tree’s flowers had begun to bloom, their fragrance pervading the air.
The gaze of Sparrow God Kidd was fixed on the blooming Dust Flowers, growing even more fervent.
The best time to extract the Dust Tree’s will is when the Dust Flowers bloom! If assisted by a true Heaven Separation Sect practitioner, there is substantial assurance that Sparrow God Kidd can extract the will left by the Calamity Master from the Dust Tree!
Unlike Ning Fan, he is not a true Heaven Separation Sect practitioner. However, having the soul of an Immortal Venerable inhabit the Dust Tree for countless years, absorbing much of its essence, has greatly enhanced his enlightenment, outwardly appearing as a Heaven Separation Sect practitioner even though he is not.
With him extracting the Dust Tree’s will, the success rate is not high, but if Ning Fan were to do it, it would certainly be foolproof.
Sparrow God Kidd needed Ning Fan’s help to aid in extracting the Dust Tree’s will!
Additionally, Sparrow God Kidd’s chance of integrating with the Dust Tree’s will and cultivating the Calamity Blood is only thirty percent, which isn’t high. If Ning Fan is willing to use the Calamity Blood’s coercion to help Sparrow God Kidd integrate the Dust Tree’s will, the chance would increase to seventy percent! He needs Ning Fan’s help for blood fusion!
More importantly, Sparrow God Kidd needs Ning Fan’s aid in performing the blood sacrifice of the wilderness to become the Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian.
If aided by a Taicang Calamity Spirit to operate the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation, his odds of devouring the blood of all souls and becoming an Eighth Generation Young Master Barbarian would be quite high!
"My young friend, are you willing to help this old man extract the Dust Tree’s will, help me cultivate the Calamity Blood, help me perform the blood sacrifice on the wilderness! If you agree to my request, I can directly gift you my Corpse Seizing Technique!"
With these words, Sparrow God Kidd took out a Daoist Scroll Weapon, unfurling it to reveal two struggling Phoenix demon women trapped inside, showing them to Ning Fan.
"As far as I know, these seven Phoenix clan women hold significant prestige. They are not seven individuals but one, who is the Phoenix Consort of this generation of the Tianlan Phoenix Clan. Due to her demon soul splitting into seven, her physical body split into seven, forming seven women. If the seven souls merge into one, they will form an Eternal Cauldron Furnace! You have already captured five Phoenix women; if you obtain these two, it’s equivalent to obtaining an Eternal Cauldron Furnace! I can tell that you have cultivated a profound Dual Cultivation Absorption Technique. If you agree to help me, I can offer you these two Phoenix clan furnaces and help you merge the seven souls into one, obtaining an Eternal Realm Cauldron Furnace!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Fan’s expression remained unchanged, yet his heart was secretly shocked. He had not anticipated that the Phoenix Cauldron Furnace he captured was a product of the Tianlan Phoenix Clan’s seven-part demon soul...
"You and I are different; you are a genuine Heaven Separation Sect practitioner, and this Dust Flower is of great benefit to you! Not to deceive you, the Finger Seal I previously gave to you and others was just a fragmented seal derived from ancient texts and has already been tried; it is unable to pick the Dust Flowers. However, if you help me extract the Dust Tree’s will and I integrate it, I would become the Dust Tree itself, and giving you flowers from it would be simple! If you are willing to help me, I can offer you all the Dust Flowers as a gift! If I fail to integrate the Dust Tree’s will, you will have no chance of getting the Dust Flower!"
"If you help me, when I perform the blood sacrifice on the wilderness in the future, I am willing to share the blood of all souls with you, helping you achieve Minor Accomplishment in Calamity Blood! Once you accomplish this, even at the Mid Stage of Enlightenment, you can become invincible in the Void Stage! And should the day come when you fully achieve Calamity Blood, within the Dreamland Realm, no one would be your match unless they are a Saint! I understand the technique of nurturing the Reverse Infant; if you help me, and I become the Barbarian Ancestor, I am willing to nurture the Reverse Infant for you, aiding your full accomplishment in Calamity Blood, achieving an undefeated path!"
"Young friend! I have shown so much sincerity; I ask you this: Are you willing to help me!"
Sparrow God Kidd looked at Ning Fan with great confidence, firmly believing that his words would convince Ning Fan.
He saw that Ning Fan was a demoness who could kill without hesitation, confident that Ning Fan was heartless and ruthless, the type of person who would go to any lengths for cultivation advancement.
Such a person is extremely easy to manipulate, and he was convinced that offering such benefits would entice Ning Fan’s desire for cultivation.
However, Sparrow God Kidd was destined to be disappointed because although Ning Fan craved cultivation, he would not abandon his principles for it.
Extracting the Dust Tree’s will is one thing, and if it were just to help Sparrow God Kidd with this task, Ning Fan would not go against his spiritual sense.
But the one thing Ning Fan could not do is the blood sacrifice of the wilderness, sacrificing countless wilderness mortal lives.
Since embarking on the path of cultivation, he has always demanded of himself not to lightly harm mortal lives. Mortals should not be dragged into the bloody sea of cultivation.
The wilderness is the home of Zhao Die’er, sacrificing the lives of billions of barbarians to exchange for cultivation is something Ning Fan would not do, and if he did, he could not face Zhao Die’er.
Moreover, he knew that despite Sparrow God Kidd’s flowery words, he was only trying to manipulate him. Using his identity as a Heaven Separation Sect practitioner and his Calamity Blood, once used, Sparrow God Kidd, with his cold nature, certainly would not leave him alive...
Ning Fan is not a fool and certainly won’t be foolish enough to be used by the Sparrow God Kidd.
The purpose of the Sparrow God Kidd, he has clarified, and he finally understood why the demon race knew about reverse infant rearing, and why they want to break the seal of the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation. It turns out it was merely due to the influence of the Sparrow God Kidd...
Ning Fan could feel that within the body of the Sparrow God Kidd, there was a persistent sorrow yet to fade away.
That sorrow was truly left by the Sparrow God Kidd before he died.
The Sparrow God Kidd was unwilling to be taken over, but he died with hatred, and his sorrow lingered for millions of years, waiting for a release!
The Sparrow God Kidd yearns for liberation, hoping someone could kill the one who took over him so that his body won’t be misused anymore...
In Ning Fan’s mind, scenes of past events in the Dark Sparrow’s Grave flashed back...
He owes a debt to the Sparrow God Kidd, and even if only to give the Sparrow God Kidd a release, Ning Fan won’t help this fake Sparrow God Kidd!
"Apologies, I cannot accept your proposal."
"What! You actually refuse to help me!" The Sparrow God Kidd’s gaze turned cold, clearly not expecting Ning Fan to refuse his proposal.
"You took over Senior Sparrow God Kidd, causing his demise. I will not assist you. The only thing I can do is... send you to death! Rain Yin Yang, unleash! War Yin Yang, unleash!"
Ning Fan successively unleashed two great Yin Yangs, activating the War God Art, performing Soul Extraction Technique, and his momentum abruptly soared, though not reaching the mid-Shedding Void stage, it was much stronger than people like Old Monster Tu!
With a raised hand, he directly shattered the soundproof barrier laid by the Sparrow God Kidd.
"Hiss! How powerful a secret technique is this kid using! In an instant, his strength surged to such a level!" Elder Iron Cloud and others each showed expressions of surprise.
The four of them were immobilized by the Sparrow God Kidd, unable to move. Their only hope was for Ning Fan to completely break with the Sparrow God Kidd and defeat him, to rescue the four of them!
Due to the presence of the soundproof barrier, they did not know the Sparrow God Kidd’s proposal, yet they could perceive from his anger that Ning Fan and the Sparrow God Kidd were not on the same side.
The aura of the Sparrow God was certainly impressive, but Ning Fan’s secret law was equally astonishing.
Fairy Hanwux looked at Ning Fan with hopeful eyes. If Ning Fan could rescue her from this dire situation, she would definitely thank him profusely!
Among the four, the one with the most confidence in Ning Fan was undoubtedly Old Monster Tu. In his view, Ning Fan was originally a Fragmented Thought Elder, so even though the Sparrow God Kidd had an Immortal Venerable aura, he was ultimately not an Immortal Venerable and couldn’t possibly surpass Ning Fan!
"Send me to death? Young friend, your tone is quite audacious. Unfortunately, with your strength, opposing me is utterly delusional! Since you refuse the offer of wine, don’t blame me for turning my face on you!"
The Sparrow God Kidd snorted coldly, having made up his mind. After capturing Ning Fan, he would abandon his current body and use a secret technique to directly take over Ning Fan’s body!
Ning Fan was a true Heaven Separation Sect Master, and after taking over Ning Fan, he could naturally continue his previous plans!
"Ghost Sparrow Painting! Gather!"
The Sparrow God Kidd raised his hand to summon a scroll weapon, and that scroll unfurled in the wind, casting a divine light towards Ning Fan, as if wanting to pull him directly into the painting.
An immediate sense of crisis enveloped Ning Fan’s entire body. No matter what, the Sparrow God Kidd was at the peak of Shedding Void, and it was somewhat challenging to withstand him with Ning Fan’s own strength.
Without any hesitation, Ning Fan swiftly retreated and pointed forward.
A black light emerged from his fingertip, instantly transforming into a cloaked elder with a void gaze, emotionless, standing before Ning Fan.
"A puppet... an ordinary puppet cannot stop my Ghost Sparrow Painting!"
The Sparrow God Kidd snorted coldly, using the Ghost Sparrow Painting to forcibly absorb the cloaked elder, but found himself unable to take away this puppet!
Only then did he realize that the puppet’s level might have exceeded the absorption capacity of the Ghost Sparrow Painting!
"Shatter that painting!"
Ning Fan gave a command, and with a pull of the puppet thread at his finger, the cloaked puppet immediately received Ning Fan’s order, punching towards the Ghost Sparrow Painting.
An unadorned punch, yet possessing world-shattering might, because it was an all-out blow from a mid-phase Shattered Thought Puppet!
With just one strike, the Ghost Sparrow Painting shattered, and two trapped Phoenix demons fell out, but they were injured by the punch halo, fainted, sealed and thrown into the Xuan Yin Treasure by Ning Fan.
At this moment, it was not the time to deal with these Phoenix Cauldron Furnaces!
"It turned out to be a mid-phase Shattered Thought Puppet!"
The Sparrow God Kidd’s face was severely shaken, he spat blood and retreated, evidently suffering significant backlash from the destruction of his weapon.
Fairy Hanwux, Four-eyed Demon Monarch, and Elder Iron Cloud all exhibited looks of shock, for no one could have anticipated Ning Fan possessing a heaven-defying item like the Shattered Thought Puppet.
Even Old Monster Tu, who always held Ning Fan in high regard, showed an expression of disbelief.
The Shattered Thought Puppet was a rare item, even among the Eternal Immortal Venerables, few owned it...
"Kill him!"
Ning Fan once again issued a deep-toned command, pulling the Six Desire Puppet Threads. The cloaked puppet followed the order, swaying forward, landing several punches on the Sparrow God Kidd, causing him to spit blood and fly back, both frightened and angered.
"Good, good, good! Ning Fan, I underestimated you! You have the Shattered Thought Puppet as a trump card, but I also have one! Dust Tree First Slave, Earth Controlling Devil Star, emerge!"
Murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the Sparrow God Kidd as he quickly made a hand seal, causing the Barbarian Blood Rune on Old Monster Tu to spread across his body. With a scream, his divine sense shattered and died.
Although Old Monster Tu’s divine sense was broken, his corpse was controlled by the Sparrow God Kidd, crouching suddenly, and slamming a palm onto the ground.
The ground suddenly displayed a distorted space, an Earth Hole, astonishingly possessing spirit awareness!
That Earth Hole was originally a secret treasure passed down by Old Monster Tu’s ancestors, crafted by a great power from a talented Earth Controlling Devil Star.
Old Monster Tu opened his mouth and swallowed, directly ingesting the Earth Hole, immediately showing a pained expression.
His corpse gradually merged with the Earth Hole, transforming him into an Earth Controlling Devil Star at the peak of the Shedding Void realm!
"Haha! I, the Earth Controlling Devil Star, have finally seen the light of day again! Hmm? Was it you who released me?"
The Earth Controlling Devil Star, having taken over Old Monster Tu’s body, addressed the Sparrow God Kidd.
"Yes! It was I who assisted you in breaking the seal! At your peak, your power was near the Eternity realm. Now, although your cultivation is not restored, as long as you wholeheartedly follow me, I will eventually help you regain your strength and break through to the Timeless Realm!" The Sparrow God Kidd, all while engaging with the cloaked puppet, attempted to enchant.
"Humph! I, a mighty Earth Controlling Devil Star, why should I heed your words?"
The Earth Controlling Devil Star gave a sinister laugh, completely dismissing the Sparrow God Kidd.
The Sparrow God Kidd’s expression turned sinister, and with a thought, the Barbarian Blood Runes densely packed in the devil star’s body were activated, causing him excruciating pain. He looked at the Sparrow God Kidd with intense hatred.
"You actually planted a restriction in me! You seek death!"
"Humph! Enough talking! Quickly assist me in confronting this puppet, you are my tree slave, don’t think of betrayal! If you continue with nonsense, I will activate the restriction and directly obliterate you!"
The Earth Controlling Devil Star gritted his teeth in resentment, but dared not disobey the Sparrow God Kidd’s command, activating his divine skills and joining the battle.
The Sparrow God Kidd and the Earth Controlling Devil Star joined forces to counter the Shattered Thought Puppet. For a moment, they began stabilizing the declining situation, turning danger into safety.
"Second Tree Slave, Iron Crow, emerge!"
The Sparrow God Kidd’s gaze turned cold once more, and this time, it was Elder Iron Cloud who let out a scream.
"Continuing to summon reinforcements..." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Ning Fan’s gaze darkened, surveying Elder Iron Cloud, Four-eyed Demon Monarch, and Fairy Hanwux.
From Elder Iron Cloud’s body, a momentum, no weaker than the Earth Controlling Devil Star, gradually spread out.
When Barbarian Blood Runes completely enveloped Elder Iron Cloud, an eerie laughter suddenly emerged from his body.
"Haha, I, Iron Crow, have finally returned! Which Daoist friend rescued me, allow me to express my thanks!"
"No thanks necessary, you are my servant, quickly help me engage this puppet!" the Sparrow God Kidd commanded firmly. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)
