Chapter 1263: Chapter 1263: White-Haired Immortal Lord Lie Yukou

For Ning Fan and Qu Yuan, this Dao Thought Battle seemed to last a long time; but for the outside world, it was merely a momentary clash.

Although the two shook hands and ended their battle in a draw, when their Dao Thoughts returned to their bodies, there was a clash of Daoist methods and reverberations.

At the center where their Dao Thoughts intersected, time and space seemed to freeze for an instant, then trembled and swept in all directions.

At this moment!

Space showed signs of collapsing!

Time had a sense of stagnation and delay!

Countless observing cultivators were shocked by their Dao Thoughts, spitting blood and flying backward!

Endless seawater was evaporated by their Dao Thoughts, forming a huge void!

The Jihe Wanzu Xian Emperor present were all astonished.

"Is this really a Dao Thought Battle of Great Cultivation level? The mere aftershocks possess such terrifying power, if caught within, it would be unimaginably dangerous!"

The Fengnu Clan likewise had many people blown away by the aftershocks of the Dao Thoughts.

So Ning Fan snapped his fingers, quietly using the Heaven Sealing Art to stabilize the aftershocks heading toward the Fengnu Clan, then with a wave of his sleeve, they dispersed into nothingness.

He then raised his hand, and a galaxy appeared in the sky, with endless black starlight falling from it, healing some of the Fengnu Clan’s injuries.

It was again the Black Star Technique being used.

On the other side, Elder Qu Yuan also immediately collected the aftershocks of his Dao Thoughts.

Surveying the heavens and earth, he sighed softly.

The aftershocks here, of course, were not something that a Dao Thought Battle of Great Cultivation level could cause.

His Dao Thought had already surpassed the Second Step, with unfathomable power. Such a level of Dao Thought—even if just the First Layer—once out of control, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, he did not engage in an all-out fight to the death with Ning Fan during the Dao Thought Battle.

Otherwise, the destruction of half of Beitian would not be an exaggeration.

Qu Yuan stood on the Dragon Boat, using a divine ability, and the Dragon Boat immediately turned into a ray of light, crossing countless distances in a flash to fly into the Fengnu Clan.

Although the space of the Fengnu Clan had been claimed by Ning Fan, at this moment, Ning Fan did not prevent Qu Yuan’s arrival.

So Qu Yuan’s action did not take much effort.

Several Jihe Xian Emperors were delighted to see Qu Yuan arrive and immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Junior Lou Xuan of the Xuanluo Clan, greets Senior Qu Zi!"

"Junior Ge Tao of the Yintao Clan, greets Senior Qu Zi!"

"Junior..."

In response to the salutes from the Xian Emperors, Qu Yuan just nodded lightly in return.

His gaze remained on Ning Fan in the distance, seemingly calm but internally hesitant.

At this moment, he no longer wished to clash with Ning Fan, but being one of the Myriad Clans, how could he ignore the presence of a Great Cultivator from the enemy?

Not to mention, Ning Fan held the "Titled Elixir Pills" of Rain Master’s title, which was significant to the Myriad Clans and could not be overlooked.

Qu Yuan did not recognize the Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits, so in his eyes, the peculiar pills refined by Ning Fan should be akin to Titled Elixir Pills.

To fight again was not his intent.

But these Titled Elixir Pills, for the Jihe Myriad Clans...

As Qu Yuan hesitated, a cold voice devoid of any emotion suddenly floated from nowhere.

"What was the outcome of this battle?"

Almost as soon as the voice emerged, another Ancient Great Cultivator appeared suddenly within the Fengnu Clan, the one who spoke earlier was precisely this person.

"How fortunate! Even Senior Lie Zi has come!" The foreign cultivators were overjoyed.

The second Ancient Great Cultivator to arrive was none other than Lie Yukou, the leader of the Three Terraces Star Lords, known to the world as the White-Haired Immortal Lord.

"What is the background of this person, whose presence is so vast!" Ning Fan had not yet formed an opinion of Lie Yukou, but the Ant Lord sealed in his Sea of Consciousness gasped in surprise first.

She, a Saint, found herself feeling awe toward this Ancient Great Cultivator before her.

The root of that awe was unrelated to cultivation, strength or weakness—what mattered was his existence!

Lie Yukou’s existence was too vast, like a boundless sea, like a vast mountain—it was a sense...of nearly indestructible presence!

Under normal circumstances, even a Nirvana Saint or Desolate Saint could not cultivate such an expansive existence, yet the one before them possessed it, truly unbelievable.

The Ant Lord was unaware that Lie Yukou’s origins were extraordinary, essentially born from a strand of white hair of Ziwei Xian Huang.

As the white hair of Immortal Emperor, Lie Yukou’s existence was naturally vast and boundless, hardly surprising.

"Just when I was hesitating, this person arrived..." Qu Yuan sighed inwardly, but his face remained unchanged.

"What was the outcome of this battle?" Lie Yukou’s previous question still echoed between heaven and earth, the reverberation was unending, and unless someone answered it, it would continue indefinitely.

So Qu Yuan replied, "In this Dao Thought Battle, I was defeated."

He did not, as Ning Fan mentioned, claim it was a draw.

"If you were defeated, why is your spirit sense undamaged?" Lie Yukou said expressionlessly.

"..." Qu Yuan did not answer.

Although Lie Yukou had not personally witnessed the Dao Thought Battle, it was as if he had seen through everything and suspected that Qu Yuan had not used his full strength in the battle.

Not knowing the reasons, he did not press further.

Lie Yukou’s gaze turned to Ning Fan.

A simple glance gave Ning Fan the illusion of billions of galaxies crashing toward him.

"Within the Different Race, there are actually so many experts..." Ning Fan was secretly amazed, but his face betrayed nothing.

He did not avert his eyes from Lie Yukou’s gaze but instead met it, their eyes meeting.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It was as if countless meteors had crashed into Ning Fan’s Sea of Consciousness!

Yet unexpectedly, that Sea of Consciousness produced endless divine light shielded like ancient God, unyielding.

Lie Yukou’s perpetually unchanged expression loosened a little.

He seemed surprised that Ning Fan was not intimidated by his gaze.

At that moment, the attack and defense suddenly reversed!

Ning Fan’s eyes, like a starry sky, suddenly emitted dazzling starlight.

As Ning Fan’s thoughts moved, Lie Yukou suddenly felt endless starlight piercing into his eyes, attacking his divine sense.

"Only cultivated forty-three Daoist skill stars..." Lie Yukou seemed indifferent to the starlight piercing into his body.

In an instant, he assessed the number of Daoist skill stars Ning Fan had cultivated.

"If that’s all, there’s nothing noteworthy about this man." Lie Yukou judged in his mind.

Just then, Ning Fan’s gaze changed again!

In his eyes, the pure starry sky suddenly gave birth to two flames, one bright and one dark!

The dark flame was slightly weaker, surrounded by an aura of ancient demon spirits!

The bright flame had an incredible might, like a glance from the ancestor gods!

Crack, crack, crack!

Lie Yukou’s starry-eyed vision developed cracks!

He could not withstand the divine power in Ning Fan’s eyes!

Even though he was a strand of white hair of a Reverse Saint, he was not truly a Reverse Saint!

Ultimately, Lie Yukou looked away, no longer staring directly into Ning Fan’s eyes.

A simple evasion, but an unspoken declaration that he suffered a small loss in this first exchange with Ning Fan!

Unfortunately, ordinary people couldn’t even look directly into Lie Yukou’s eyes, unaware that the starry sky in his gaze now had a crack.

Qu Yuan saw it!

"Are you wounded?" Qu Yuan was taken aback.

"His presence is ten times more than mine, cannot be underestimated..." Lie Yukou remained expressionless, though he lost to Ning Fan’s gaze, his emotions remained unchanged.

"Ten times? Are you sure?" Qu Yuan was even more surprised.

"My judgment is rarely inaccurate." Lie Yukou.

"Given the vastness of his presence, he might assist us..." Qu Yuan was shocked but then delighted, as if intending to propose something.

But before finishing his words, he was stopped by Lie Yukou.

"Qu Yuan, you should know, the hypothesis you’re making is impossible. Lord Hebo’s prophecy is absolutely accurate."

"..." Qu Yuan fell silent again.

Lie Yukou walked step by step toward Ning Fan.

Within Fengnu Clan, both time and space were under Ning Fan’s control, making each step Lie Yukou took extraordinarily challenging.

The distance between him and Ning Fan grew closer.

His speed slowed.

Yet, the pressure from him continued to rise, causing numerous people to faint from the pressure.

"I clearly controlled the time and space here, yet can’t stop him from approaching..." Although Ning Fan was astonished by Lie Yukou’s tactics, he wasn’t afraid of his pressure. The divine and demon spirit power was released, causing even more people to faint.

Even the Immortal Emperor in attendance was finding it hard to breathe, feeling muddled.

Each one looked at each other in horror, feeling that this level of confrontation was beyond their participation, lingering here a moment longer was unnecessary, yet the time and space were under Ning Fan’s control, they couldn’t leave, resulting in considerable suffering.

When Lie Yukou reached ten zhang distance from Ning Fan, he halted his advance.

He stopped, reached out his right hand, palm open, with a gesture like he was asking for something.

"Give me the Rain Master elixir you crafted, and your karma with the Myriad Clans can be written off."

The tone didn’t carry any coercion, nor did it hold any expectation, as if simply stating a matter.

"I refuse," Ning Fan responded.

"Though you aren’t at the Great Cultivation level, your methods are on par with it. If possible, I wouldn’t want to engage with you. You can propose terms, but the elixir must be returned to the Myriad Clans." Lie Yukou.

"This elixir is quite special, can’t be easily given to others." Ning Fan shook his head.

The Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits was connected to the ancient deities’ secrets; he wouldn’t give it to outsiders.

"In that case, I’ll have to invite you to my humble abode temporarily."

Lie Yukou’s open palm suddenly emitted a light.

The light was like a seed, growing with the wind, instantly becoming a magical treasure shrouded in a purple glow.

It was a Treasure Wisdom Pearl.

This pearl, named Treasure Wisdom Pearl, was a mid-grade innate treasure!

Lie Yukou flicked his fingers, and the Treasure Wisdom Pearl transformed into a radiant beam, striking towards Ning Fan.

The treasure flashed, growing into a massive millstone size, with purple runes rolling on its surface, purple lightning appearing upon it.

Not knowing the treasure’s details, Ning Fan certainly wouldn’t let it touch him. He raised his hand and summoned the Reverse Sea Sword, wielding it to engage in a fierce battle with the Treasure Wisdom Pearl.

"He used only a Dao Weapon to fend off Senior Lie’s Treasure Wisdom Pearl!" Few cultivators not fainted by the pressure were all shocked by the scene.

Lie Yukou’s face remained unchanged.

His hand moved to perform a spirit gesture.

The Treasure Wisdom Pearl in mid-air suddenly split into two, then four, in an instant, dividing into twenty-four pearls!

Each pearl was mid-grade innate!

The twenty-four pearls combined formed innate superior power!

Thus Ning Fan’s use of the Reverse Sea Sword found it challenging to withstand the Treasure Wisdom Pearl’s attack.

So he once more summoned another sword, this time the True Martial Broken Sword. The broken sword was a pair; the twin swords combined were comparable to innate superior.

Boom, boom, boom!

The clash of swords and pearls unleashed deafening sound waves, neither side could overpower the other.

Lie Yukou’s spirit gesture changed, and the twenty-four pearls suddenly had a fusion tendency.

Ning Fan didn’t allow the fusion of the twenty-four pearls to succeed, flicked his finger to immobilize one of the Treasure Wisdom Pearls.

Unable to hold it for too long.

His Mana was far weaker than Lie Yukou’s, only able to immobilize the opposing treasure momentarily.

Yet, around him, the time was under Ning Fan’s control. So this halted moment was stretched by Ning Fan to be very long, long enough to plant sufficient ownership markings on the Treasure Wisdom Pearl.

Ownership of All Things, activate!

The consumption of 514 Recognition Marks, Treasure Wisdom Pearl has successfully been claimed!

For Ning Fan, this moment of time being frozen was stretched into considerable length, but for Lie Yukou, it remained just an instant.

He couldn’t even clearly see what Ning Fan did after he immobilized the Treasure Wisdom Pearl.

He only knew, at the moment the Treasure Wisdom Pearl was fixed, it was forcibly claimed, with Ning Fan taking over its ownership!

A muffled groan came from Lie Yukou’s mouth, seemingly having a tie due to the magical treasure being taken.

His eternally unchanged expression also showed a slight fluctuation.

He is an Ancient Great Cultivator, wanting to forcibly claim his magical treasure at first sight would need the existence of at least at the level of an Initial Saint.

But even if it’s an Initial Saint, they could only forcibly take his magical treasure, dreaming to instantly refine it for own use is simply speaking the impossible.

He stored the Treasure Wisdom Pearl within himself and nourished it with the primordial spirit flame for millions of years, the imprints of the primordial spirit he left on it couldn’t be erased easily.

Yet...

Ning Fan erased everything within this treasure in just an instant, making it his own.

What earth-shattering methods did this person use, how could he achieve this...

Crack.

Almost at the instant Ning Fan claimed a particular Treasure Wisdom Pearl, the remaining 23 Treasure Wisdom Pearls all shattered into fragments.

Watching this scene, Ning Fan thought to himself, indeed.

In the confrontation with the Treasure Wisdom Pearls, he had long seen though there were 24 pearls, but in truth, only one was the true body, the others were body doubles of the true pearl.

As long as one was subdued, the rest of the body doubles would indeed disappear.

"This pearl holds profound mysteries, but right now, I lack the time for in-depth research." Ning Fan casually transformed the newly claimed Treasure Wisdom Pearl into a beam of light and stored it into his storage pouch.

Everyone who saw this scene was dumbstruck.

Even Qu Ping couldn’t quite comprehend what was happening.

"It must be fake! This person actually seized the magical treasure of Senior Lie in a single gesture!" Cries of shock arose at once.

Hiss.

Ning Fan’s figure flickered, suddenly vanishing from sight.

In the next instant, Ning Fan appeared behind Lie Yukou, wielding the Reverse Sea Sword, the sword light flashed, aiming straight for the opponent’s neck.

Clang!

A sound of metal striking metal was heard.

Lie Yukou actually blocked the slash of the Reverse Sea Sword with a single finger.

"This person can block the Reverse Sea Sword with his physical defense!" Ning Fan was greatly surprised.

The slash of the Reverse Sea Sword was just a guise.

Almost at the instant Lie Yukou blocked the Reverse Sea Sword, two more sword lights came directly at four directions, striking at his critical points.

It was the sneak attack of the True Martial Broken Sword!

One broken sword struck on Lie Yukou’s Tian Ling!

The other, struck on the Dantian!

Yet...

The True Martial Broken Sword merely tore Lie Yukou’s clothing, without managing to cut a single wound on his physical defense.

Not even a scratch was made.

What an incredible physical defense, being able to completely ignore even the True Martial Broken Sword that equals Innate Superior Treasure!

"Lord Hebo’s prophecy was indeed correct, you truly are a monster." Lie Yukou spoke calmly.

The reference was to Ning Fan’s capability to seize his magical treasure instantaneously.

"...You’re the real monster." Ning Fan retorted.

Missing a strike, Ning Fan withdrew instantly, reclaiming the Reverse Sea Sword and the True Martial Broken Sword, his five fingers clenched tightly.

The originally locked space of the Fengnu Clan, nine rain dragons, roared and smashed towards Lie Yukou.

Faced with the combo of nine dragons, even a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint might need to retreat momentarily, yet Lie Yukou still neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the nine dragons to crash into him, letting the soaring Rain Intent wash over him.

No dodging, no evasion, moving within the Rain Intent, as if...invincible!

"Fix!"

Ning Fan stretched out his personal time, then pointed out hundreds and thousands of Heaven-Fixing Finger towards Lie Yukou in an instant.

Then, using the moment Lie Yukou was fixed, Ning Fan borrowed the absorbing Rain Intent, instantaneously maneuvered himself to appear before Lie Yukou, again using his time stretching, with rapid action, striking countless recognition marks at Lie Yukou.

He was actually attempting to directly claim Lie Yukou as a servant in the chaotic battle!

"That’s how you seize others’ magical treasure..." Within Ning Fan’s infinitely stretched time, Lie Yukou astonishingly melted into the time-twist, unaffected by the curvature of time.

He wasn’t even immobilized by Ning Fan!

The thousands of Heaven-Fixing Finger, couldn’t bind him in the slightest!

This greatly exceeded Ning Fan’s expectation, causing Ning Fan to show his largest breach in face of Lie Yukou!

Lie Yukou naturally wouldn’t leave Ning Fan the opportunity to plant recognition marks.

He wouldn’t even give Ning Fan time to react or defend!

Launching into action fiercely, one finger pointed, pressed directly on Ning Fan’s forehead, the finger glow transformed into millions of Wisdom Sword, slashing into Ning Fan’s divine sense!

Boom!

Ning Fan suffers from the pain, flying backward, the corner of his mouth seeping a trace of blood.

Even a divine spirit sea has a little damage under Lie Yukou’s finger.

Fortunately, the damage wasn’t substantial.

Yet still sufficient to make Ning Fan feel dizzy.

"Your divine sense indeed has something bizarre, handling the Wisdom Sword ’s direct hit, was only this degree of damage..."

"Bind!"

Though disadvantaged by the hit, Ning Fan didn’t pause a bit, striking again, with a swift gesture, in the empty air, countless ancient vines suddenly emerged.

In just an instant, Lie Yukou was tied into a bundle by the suddenly appeared vines.

"Unexpected, exceeding the level of Source Stream of Dao, Wood Dao methods." Lie Yukou attempted to break free, realizing he couldn’t sever the vines with sheer force, surely showed a rare hint of surprise in his eyes.

Right at that moment, a towering mountain descended from the sky, pinning Lie Yukou firmly beneath its weight.

It was the Ant Lord Tao Mountain, which had originally been holding down the Alchemy Demon, but to use the mountain against Lie Yukou, Ning Fan temporarily sealed the Alchemy Demon within the Refining God Cauldron.

Controlling time in this place, Ning Fan could accomplish many things in an instant.

"This person is too troublesome; perhaps even the Saintly Dao Mountain won’t be able to suppress him..." Ning Fan murmured to himself.

Indeed.

Under the weight of the Dao Mountain, Lie Yukou somehow shook off the entwining vines, turning them all to ash.

Then, with the posture of lifting a mountain with both hands, he raised the Ant Lord Tao Mountain above him!

Of course, Lie Yukou didn’t do so lightly; he struggled even when facing the Saintly Dao Mountain.

"This isn’t your Tao Mountain. If the master of this mountain were here, I would perhaps be suppressed for a time. I am curious—how did you come to possess a Saintly Dao Mountain?"

And he hurled the Ant Lord Tao Mountain outward.

Boom!

The Ant Lord Tao Mountain slammed into the sea floor, causing the entire Northern Boundary River to tremble violently, with waves surging skyward.

This act astounded countless people.

And angered one!

Who was angered?

By chance, it was the Great Kun of the Northern Sea who was enraged!

The Great Kun of the Northern Sea was busy dining with Gengwu, originally unbothered by the upheaval of the Fengnu Clan.

But just now, the Ant Lord Tao Mountain’s impact caused a violent shake throughout the Northern Boundary River.

This shakes were so intense that even the North Sea Great Kun’s lair trembled continuously.

Note, this was the lair of an Ancient Great Cultivator, protected by restrictions and impervious to sea quakes. But the tremor caused by the Ant Lord Tao Mountain was of a cosmic level.

As a result, even the Great Kun’s lair was affected.

Scene one:

The Great Kun, plump as a ball, was patiently educating Gengwu about eating well to grow stronger.

Scene two:

The Great Kun took out fire fish cake from the treasure vault, intended to share this delicacy with Gengwu.

Scene three:

Just as the Great Kun was about to feed the fire fish cake into its mouth, the lair’s sudden violent shake made it unsteady, smearing the cake all over its face.

...

Seeing even the Ant Lord Tao Mountain unable to deal with Lie Yukou, Ning Fan’s estimation of this person skyrocketed.

As Ning Fan swiftly contemplated his next attack, a red light shot across billions of distances, piercing into the realm of the Fengnu Clan with a screech.

That was the blood-filled path laid out by the Blood Escape Secret Art, using one’s own vital essence as the medium to instantly travel immense distances.

This kind of Blood Escape Secret Art is quite common in the cultivation world; many use it as a last-ditch means to escape, but nobody would casually use it to travel.

After all, vital essence is extremely precious; few Saints would recklessly squander their vital essence.

And no one would lay a blood path traversing the entire Northern Boundary River with their vital essence.

How much vital essence would that cost?

Is vital essence free?

Yet, the shocking scene unfolded right before their eyes!

Someone actually laid a blood path across the Northern Boundary River!

Almost as soon as the blood path was formed, a chubby young girl crossed the endless distance and appeared in the midst of the Fengnu Clan battlefield!

The girl’s appearance was utterly comical; already round like a ball, her face was now plastered with cake.

Her mount was equally funny, a cute yet ugly large squid, still chewing food as they rushed together.

Yet none in the audience dared laugh at the girl, nor at the squid.

For one reason.

Whether it was the girl or the squid, they were both of Great Cultivation Level status!

"I don’t care who you are, you ruined my fire fish cake. A mere apology won’t suffice!"

The rotund girl charged toward Ning Fan with killing intent, not saying another word, riding Gengwu straight at him.

Equally filled with killing intent was Gengwu!

"Ning! Ning! Ning!"

Gengwu recognized Ning Fan!

Never expected to meet Ning Fan here!

"Ning! Ning! Ning!"

Gengwu recalled the past humiliation, its mind flooded with rage!

Roar!

Gengwu let out a furious roar, causing the underwater world to instantly lose all color!

The sea demon’s roar, a wave of blood sound, reverberated across the riverbed. Whether the waters or the sky, all began shaking violently and resonating with the blood wave!

The heavens and the river shook, and none could stand firm amidst the intense tremors, except for the few top individuals present.

Then, scarlet light gathered in Gengwu’s mouth, its radiance growing stronger, clearly about to unleash the Calamity Flash directly at Ning Fan!

Even more terrifying, the power of the Calamity Flash kept compressing, kept escalating!

Threefold Calamity Flash!

Fivefold Calamity Flash!

Tenfold Calamity Flash!

Hundredfold Calamity Flash!

Boom!

The entire Fengnu Clan was instantly engulfed by the scarlet radiance of the Calamity Flash, as if a Tribulation of Measure had descended.

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