Standing on the flaming mountain, Ning Fan was deeply touched.
Since he was born, it was his first time seeing reincarnation at such a close distance. He saw himself in another parallel universe!
Forty-two reincarnations and forty-two volcanoes. Perhaps this is not a coincidence!
Ning Fan seemed to have obtained some kind of epiphany. Many things that he did not understand about reincarnation in the past became clear at this moment and his understanding deepened!
If the space of reincarnation that he was currently in was set as the forty-third reincarnation, then the traces of reincarnation on the flaming mountain should be left behind in the previous reincarnation – the forty-second reincarnation. The order of the time and space between them had a primary and secondary relationship on the level of causality!
Among those traces of reincarnation, Ning Fan sensed a familiar yet strange qi.
Ni Fan's qi!
Other than the Savage Mountain, each of the other forty-two volcanoes had traces of Ni Fan's presence!
Those traces did not exist in this time and space. Instead, they existed in other parallel universes!
Ning Fan's eyes were filled with nostalgia. He remembered that the first time he met Ni Fan was during the chaos of the Savage Wasteland. At that time, he met an enemy named Xin Jia. The enemy held a Space Piercing Stone in his hand. The two words' Ni Fan 'were carved on the stone.
At that time, there was an ancient demon Fu Li sealed inside the stone! That ancient demon Fu Li was Ni Fan! Ni Fan was released from the Space Piercing Stone by Xin Jia. Xin Jia's original intention was to use Ni Fan's power to kill Ning Fan.
At first, Ni Fan's consciousness was not clear and he also wanted to kill Ning Fan.
However, soon after, Ni Fan sensed Ning Fan's Fu Li qi and stopped his attack. Then, he turned into ashes.
However, at the last moment before Ni Fan turned into ashes, his eyes suddenly regained clarity and he smiled at Ning Fan. It was as if he had gained enlightenment, understood, satisfied and gratified.
Ning Fan could never forget Ni Fan's smile at that time!
That smile was like the past and future of the same person intertwined together. It was like his own self from different time and space was meeting and smiling at him …
Ning Fan then remembered that he had once fallen into an illusion in the Supreme Pill Sacred Region and the Yellow Spring. In those illusions, he became Ni Fan. He rode the Heavenly Crow Dog who had the cultivation base of a Sage Realm and broke into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to start a massacre …
Ning Fan also recalled that when he first met the Sword Ancestor's skeleton in the Supreme Pill Sacred Region, the Sword Ancestor had told him some inexplicable words. One of the words he said was like this.
"So it's Ning Fan … So it's not Ni Fan … No wonder I couldn't find him after searching for so long …"
The repeated experiences had made Ning Fan believe that he had a close relationship with this Ni Fan.
After listening to Black Devil's words, Ning Fan seemed to have found more evidence to prove that he and Ni Fan were actually the same person.
If Ning Fan's reincarnation cycle is compared to a circle, then Ni Fan's reincarnation circle did not exist.
However, if Ning Fan's reincarnation cycle still exists in the previous parallel time and space, then he could find Ni Fan in the previous parallel time and space.
Ni Fan might not necessarily be Ning Fan's past. He might also be Ning Fan's future. He might even be an existence that was different from the past and future, similar to materialization.
These concepts were very difficult to understand. Ning Fan did not dare to think about it too deeply. For something like reincarnation, the more you tried to find the source, the more you couldn't find it. The more you tried to look at it, the more you couldn't understand it.
It was because the reincarnation itself had countless contradictory answers!
In this world, there existed heaven-defying abilities such as the Fate Reversing Lightning Technique and the Devil Cavity of the Ancient Devils. After cultivating them to the peak, cultivators could travel across different samsara time and space. They could travel freely between the past, present, and future of the same samsara.
In the past, there were some cultivators who could not see through reincarnation. After learning about the existence of such secret techniques, they began to think about all kinds of strange and bizarre reincarnation paradoxes. Ning Fan had once seen similar paradoxes in some rare ancient records.
One of the paradoxes: If a person could really return to the past, what would happen if this person killed his maternal grandmother before she became pregnant with his mother?
In the eyes of those cultivators, if this person's maternal grandmother dies, the history of the past would be changed. Then, this person's mother would not be born and this person would not be born!
Hence, these people firmly believed that this person's existence would be erased by reincarnation!
However, if this person's existence was erased, he would no longer have the ability to return to the past and kill his maternal grandmother. This result was obviously inconsistent with the fact that he killed his maternal grandmother. The starting point and the ending point could not be connected. It was an unexplainable paradox.
In order to explain this paradox, another group of people invented the concept of parallel time and space!
If the maternal grandmother that this person killed was not the maternal grandmother of the time and space he was in but the maternal grandmother of another parallel time and space, wouldn't everything make sense?
Parallel time and space would not interfere with each other. This was the answer that the second group of people came up with.
Then, here comes the question …
The third group of people began to ask questions!
Would killing the maternal grandmother of a parallel time and space really not affect the history of his own time and space? Who proved this conclusion?
Alright, let's assume that it really won't affect it. What if this person does not go to the parallel time and kill his maternal grandmother this time but kills his maternal grandmother in the past of his own time and space?
This time, they were not allowed to use the concept of parallel time and space to avoid this paradox.
This time, if this person kills the maternal grandmother of his current time and space, his own existence would certainly be erased. In that case, after being erased, he would no longer have the ability to return to the past … Then, what should he do to make the reincarnation complete and complete the act of killing his maternal grandmother?!
The reason why a paradox was called a paradox was not because there was no answer but because the answer was beyond one's common sense!
From Ning Fan's point of view, as long as a certain cultivator begins to study such a boring paradox, it meant that he had already stepped into the wrong path of reincarnation.
One could not see the true face of Mount Lu only because he was in this mountain. If you stand in the reincarnation and study it, what's so strange about not being able to find the answer?
It's because the answer might have long exceeded your common sense. It's not something that you can deduce with common sense and theories! Even if you really deduce an answer and the answer seems to be very reasonable, the answer is probably still wrong.
Studying reincarnation is too brain-burning!
Therefore, even though Ning Fan vaguely felt that he and Ni Fan were the same person and he could feel that Ni Fan had left traces of reincarnation in the Black Devil Sect, he did not plan to delve into these mysteries of reincarnation!
He knew that the common sense that he currently possessed about reincarnation was not enough to find the answer at all! Even if he forcefully tries to find the answer, it might not necessarily be correct.
"If I feel that there's something strange about reincarnation, it only means that I've lived for a short period of time and I've seen too little. If I feel that there's a contradiction in the cause and effect of something in reincarnation, it only means that my current common sense about reincarnation is not enough to see through the true cause and effect of this matter … The mysteries of reincarnation are so fascinating. However, it's also because of this that I won't touch this kind of thing right now. I won't seek trouble for myself."
"As for that so-called maternal grandmother paradox … I'm not interested in knowing the answer to that paradox. What I want to know more is which crazy cultivator was the one who first proposed this paradox. Wanting to go back to the past and kill his own maternal grandmother … Just how much does this person hate his maternal family? Is there something wrong with his brain …? "
Ning Fan was speechless.
He was indeed a person with a strong Dao Heart. Even though the matter regarding Ni Fan had brought him a great shock, he still managed to calm down about seventy percent of his mental state within a very short period of time.
After heaving a long sigh of relief, Ning Fan returned to the Savage Mountain. He spent a few more days to completely calm down the rest of his mental state.
After recovering to his peak state, Ning Fan once again went to the secret chamber of the sect master of the Black Devil Sect to receive the remaining memories and insights of the first sect master of the Black Devil Sect.
[… Exalted Immortal Extreme Ice hated me for splitting the Heaven and Earth Sect. Thus, he changed the name of the White Sect to the White Devil Sect and repeatedly went against me. Unfortunately, I'm a Palm Realm Quasi-Saint. He wasn't a match for me. Thus, he couldn't succeed. Since I had the help of the remaining Zhu Rong Conferred Power in the Savage Mountain, I was able to gain a foothold in the Black Devil Sect and increase my overall strength by thirty percent. After that, Exalted Immortal Extreme Ice invited three other Quasi-Saints to join forces to destroy my Black Devil Sect and seize the Savage Mountain. However, in the end, they were defeated by my combined power of Conferred Power and Palm Realm! Exalted Immortal Extreme Ice's body was severely injured. He fled back to the White Devil Sect and went into a deep slumber. Since then, he has vanished without a trace. However, I couldn't bear to kill him for the sake of our friendship in the past …]
After listening to this part, Ning Fan frowned.
He had figured out the identity of the sleeping Quasi-Saint in the White Devil Sect!
That Extreme Ice Quasi-Saint was probably the traitor of the Ancient Heavenly Court that was mentioned in the memories of the first sect master of the Black Devil Sect – Exalted Immortal Extreme Ice!
What made Ning Fan more concerned was that the first sect master of the Black Devil Sect mentioned the power of the Conferred Title. The reason why the Savage Mountain could increase the sect master's strength by thirty percent was actually because the mountain contained the power of the Zhu Rong Title!
In the long history of the cultivation world, the name Zhu Rong had appeared quite frequently. Every time it appeared, it was related to fire.
If the Savage Mountain really possesses the power of the Zhu Rong Title, then the fact that its magma could burn a Quasi-Saint to death would make sense.
"The Zhu Rong Title seems to be a title of the fire element. It can indeed be used by combining the power of the Fire Palm Realm. However, I wonder if the title I will obtain after cultivating the Yin Yang Phoenix Technique to the extreme will also be the Zhu Rong Title or will I obtain another title of the fire element … "
Ning Fan cleared the distracting thoughts in his mind and continued to listen to the first sect master's words.
"… The power of the Zhu Rong Title was left behind by the Two Rites Saint. It is the proof that my Black Devil Sect is in control of the Two Rites Sect. The White Devil Sect is unorthodox! Even though my Black Devil Sect has split from the Two Rites Sect, there is one thing that we must remember! My Black Devil Sect can disrespect the Two Rites Sect and even the Purple Dou Immortal Domain. However, we cannot disrespect the Two Rites Saint! The ancestor of the Black Devil Sect is definitely not an ant like me, Nan Xuanzi. He is the Two Rites Saint! "
"This portrait contains my comprehension of fire cultivation in my entire life. The disciples of the future generations will naturally benefit from it!"
Up to this point, a large amount of comprehension of fire cultivation finally began to be transmitted into Ning Fan's Sea of Consciousness!
This was the comprehension of the first sect master of the Black Devil Sect in his entire life!
After absorbing these comprehensions, Ning Fan's Yin Yang Phoenix Technique skyrocketed. He could vaguely feel that he had taken a huge step closer to truly cultivating the Yin-Yang Phoenix Technique!
At this point, there was only one last sentence left from the first sect master's words.
"… The comprehension of the inheritance ends here. This old man only has one last thing left to remind you all of your descendants. Remember! Remember! The Immeasurable Pill is a conspiracy! All the Yin Heavy Wood that grows in the Purple Dou Illusory World has a huge hidden danger. Someone has done something to it and it cannot be used as medicine! If you insist on consuming this Immeasurable Pill, one day, you will follow the footsteps of my ancestor, Divine Master Nangong, and die an unnatural death … "
Ning Fan frowned!
Is the first sect master trying to scare me?! What does he mean by the Immeasurable Pill is a conspiracy?! What does he mean by all the Yin Heavy Wood that grows in the Illusory World has a hidden danger and it cannot be used as medicine?!
Divine Master Nangong had appeared several times in the memories of the first Black Devil Sect. According to the first sect master's words, this person seemed to have died an unnatural death because of some hidden danger of the Immeasurable Pill …
The first sect master had said that he was originally unwilling to split the Heaven and Earth Sect. However, after knowing the death of his ancestor, Divine Master Nangong, he split the two sects in anger.
What was the meaning behind the split into the White Devil Sect and the Black Devil Sect? What did it have to do with Divine Master Nangong's death?
"The first sect master said that the Immeasurable Pill is a conspiracy to prevent the descendants from consuming the Immeasurable Pill to cultivate. There is no need for him to frighten the descendants … Could it be that there is really something wrong with the Immeasurable Pill …?"
Ning Fan's frown deepened!
If the Immeasurable Pill really had a hidden danger, should he still consume the Immeasurable Pill to increase his cultivation base in the future?!
The most important method for the ancient cultivators to increase their cultivation base was to consume the Immeasurable Pill! If he does not consume the Immeasurable Pill, his cultivation speed would be very, very slow …
…
In the following month, Ning Fan spent all his time in seclusion to check his body.
He had consumed quite a number of Immeasurable Pills along the way. If the Immeasurable Pill really had a hidden danger, then it was highly likely that there was already some kind of problem with his body.
Unfortunately, no matter how Ning Fan examined himself, he could not find any abnormalities in his body.
He still had a small amount of eight hundred million Yin Heavy Wood in his hands. Similarly, no matter how he examined them, he could not find any traces of the hidden danger in them.
Could it be that the first sect master was really just trying to frighten me?
Or could it be that the hidden danger of the Immeasurable Pill and the eight hundred million Yin Heavy Wood is too high? Even with my current eyesight at the Second Level of the Heaven Realm, I still can't see through it?
Which answer is the truth?!
If the Immeasurable Pill really had a huge hidden danger, Ning Fan would rather increase his cultivation base at a slower pace than to use such a method to increase his cultivation base.
However, what if all of this was just the first sect master's mistaken perception?
Then, Ning Fan would also suffer a huge loss because he listened to a rumor and gave up on the shortcut of using the Immeasurable Pill to increase his cultivation base.
"The Immeasurable Pill is too important in my plan to increase my cultivation base! I must get to the bottom of this matter. Otherwise, if my judgment is wrong, I will have to pay a huge price no matter which side I am wrong on! "
With a heavy heart, Ning Fan entered the Profound Yin World once.
This time, he did not come to the Profound Yin World for cultivation nor was he here to look for someone for dual cultivation.
He came to look for Nalan Zi!
Nalan Zi had once triggered the Three Lives Technique. This technique could only be used three times in a person's life. Nalan Zi had already used it once unconsciously. She had long predicted the current chaotic situation in the Realm River. Basically, no one in the Dharma Ending Era could predict this in advance. It showed how accurate Nalan Zi's Three Lives Technique was.
[I saw the future. A terrifying future … The Four Heavens will be isolated. There will be a great war in the Northern Heaven … After that, the Spirit King will die. He will die in the hands of the Western Demon Ancestor … Ling Er who was eaten by the Spirit King will also die …]
Facts had already proven the miraculous power of the Three Lives Technique. Therefore, this time, Ning Fan planned to use Nalan Zi's technique for the second time to see if the hidden danger of the Immeasurable Pill still existed.
He did not know if Nalan Zi could predict the result. Whether she could or not, he would owe her a favor. After all, the opportunity to use the Three Lives Technique was extremely precious. Every time it was used, it would be one less time.
"Master, do you want me to use the Three Lives Technique to help you predict something?" Nalan Zi closed her blind eyes and said with a troubled expression.
Of course, she was willing to help him and let him owe her a favor. Only then would he help her save her younger sister seriously given his personality.
However, the problem was … she did not know any Three Lives Technique at all!
Even though Ning Fan said that she had once triggered the Three Lives Technique unconsciously, she had lost all of her memories of using the technique after that. She did not remember that she had triggered the technique at all.
"Master, you aren't lying to me, are you? The Three Lives Technique is the highest forbidden technique of my Purple Cuckoo Clan. It is also one of the top ten demonic techniques in the ancient times. How could a First Step Demon like me possibly know such a profound demonic technique … "Nalan Zi said with uncertainty.
"Do you think I need to lie to you about this?" Ning Fan was speechless. After getting along with Nalan Zi for so many years, he no longer hated her anymore.
"That's true …" Nalan Zi nodded her head.
"I have read through some ancient books and found some information about the Three Lives Technique. I will read it to you. Try to comprehend the contents of the information and see if you can trigger the Three Lives Technique again …"
Ning Fan took out tens of ancient books. Each of them recorded some information about the Three Lives Technique. Ning Fan then read the paragraphs of the information to Nalan Zi word by word.
Nalan Zi blushed a little. She had done too many intimate things with Ning Fan but it was her first time sitting next to him and listening to him read books.
Both of them were clearly having intimate contact with each other when they were doing things. However, Nalan Zi felt that Ning Fan was the closest to her at this moment.
This man seems to really have some troublesome matter which requires the Three Lives Technique to predict.
Since that's the case, I will try my best to help him …
Ning Fan read books for an entire day.
After listening to some written records about the Three Lives Technique, Nalan Zi seemed to have found the trick to trigger the technique on her own.
However, Nalan Zi did not tell Ning Fan about it. Because once she tells him, she was very sure that Ning Fan would not read books to her anymore. Instead, he would immediately ask her to use the Three Lives Technique to make a divination.
She still wanted to listen to Ning Fan read for a while more …
This feeling is so warm …
"No! This man seems to know the Mind Reading Technique. He must have already found out about my little thoughts! " Nalan Zi's expression suddenly changed when she recalled Ning Fan's ability. She was afraid that Ning Fan had already seen through her little thoughts and thus angered him.
Fortunately, Ning Fan did not seem to use the Mind Reading Technique because he was still reading books to her …
"It seems like he didn't see through my little thoughts. If he knew about it, he definitely wouldn't bother to read more books to me given his personality …" Nalan Zi heaved a sigh of relief.
Ning Fan was still reading to Nalan Zi but his heart was extremely speechless.
He had already seen through Nalan Zi's little thoughts, alright?!
However, this time, he had a favor to ask from her. Thus, he did not mind slightly accommodating her. Does this woman like to listen to me read books? So what if he recited a bit more?
Thus, this time, he continued to study until the dawn of the next day.
Only then did Ning Fan close the book. He no longer had any books related to the Three Lives Technique to read.
As for Nalan Zi, she had already fallen asleep on the table while listening to Ning Fan's loud reading.
Hence …
When Nalan Zi woke up, she nearly cried because of her own stupid actions. She was really tired of living as she slept soundly in front of the great devil lord Ning Fan! It seemed like the comfortable life she had been living all these years had made her forget the fear of being dominated by Ning Fan! This isn't good! I need to change!
"I'm sorry! Master, I didn't fall asleep on purpose! Master spent so much time explaining the essentials of the Three Lives Technique to me but I didn't listen carefully. Please punish me, Master! "
"You haven't been listening carefully since I started reading the fifth book, right?" Ning Fan was speechless.
"Yes, yes. Because when Master read the fifth book, I already grasped the essentials of triggering the Three Lives Technique. There was no need for me to listen carefully after that … Ah! No, Master. I didn't mean to deceive Master! I just wanted to … Just wanted to ask Master to spare my life! "Nalan Zi cried anxiously.
"Alright. I have already seen through your little thoughts. I don't have the intention to blame you. Why are you crying? There's no need to explain and there's no need to. I'm the one who asked for your help. What's wrong with doing some small things for you? Do you still need to listen to me reading now? If you do, I can read you another ten books at most. You won't be able to listen to any more … "
"N-No need. I can help Master with the divination now …" Nalan Zi said with a red face.
"Alright. Then you can help me with this matter …"
Ning Fan told Nalan Zi about the divination that he wanted.
Two hours later, Ning Fan carried Nalan Zi who had fainted due to excessive consumption of her demon power back to the bed. He fed her a pill to recover her vitality and covered her with a thin blanket.
When they left the Profound Yin World, one could clearly see how gloomy Ning Fan's face was.
That gloominess was not directed at Nalan Zi but the result of her divination!
The Limitless Pill is a conspiracy! All the eight hundred million Yin Heavy Trees in the Illusionary World have been tampered with by someone. All the descendants of Purple Dou are in the scheme! If they consume the problematic Limitless Pill, they will certainly die a horrible death in the future! If Master needs the Limitless Pill, you can buy it from other worlds through the ancient country's trading formation … As Master has consumed the problematic Limitless Pill before, there are already hidden dangers in your cultivation base. If you want to stay alive, you must find a way to eliminate the hidden dangers. Coincidentally, Northern Heaven has one …
Ning Fan felt that an unprecedented conspiracy was shrouding all the descendants of Purple Dou!
Who is the one who did something to all the Yin Heavy Trees in the Illusionary World?! Is his purpose to kill all the descendants of Purple Dou who consumed the Limitless Pill?!
However, they won't die immediately after consuming the Limitless Pill … It seems like there are still certain conditions to be met in order to be killed by these Limitless Pills. Divine Sage Nangong who died tragically in the past must have met those conditions. Ning Fan had yet to meet those conditions. Thus, he was not killed just like most of the descendants of Purple Dou.
What are the conditions to be killed by the Limitless Pill …
I have no idea! Ning Fan only knew that from now on, he would never consume the problematic Limitless Pill again! That was simply seeking his own death!
If he really needs the Limitless Pill, he would think of a way to buy it using the ancient country's trading formation! Otherwise, he could only use other methods to increase his cultivation base!
Wait!
If there is a problem with the eight hundred million Yin Heavy Trees in the Illusionary World of Purple Dou, he seemed to have harmed someone!
"That day, I lacked the main ingredients to concoct the Limitless Pill. Thus, I directly exchanged a large batch of Yin Heavy Trees for the finished Limitless Pill. It was a private transaction with a place called the Little Mountain World in the Illusionary World. I remember that the transaction partner was a female Holy Sage cultivator with the codename Miss Ling. At that time, she urgently needed a large batch of Yin Heavy Trees … Since there is a problem with my Yin Heavy Trees, it is very likely that I have harmed her … "
Ning Fan decided to find a time to contact that female Holy Sage cultivator again and ask about her current situation.
Even though it was impossible for Ning Fan to meet that female Holy Sage cultivator for the rest of his life, he still felt a little guilty. He was the one who sold the problematic items. Thus, he should give that female Holy Sage cultivator some compensation!
Of course, this matter would have to wait until he had the time!
The most important thing now was to go to a certain place in the Northern Heaven and get a secret technique according to Nalan Zi's divination! Ning Fan needed to use this secret technique to eliminate the hidden danger in his cultivation base!
"[Multi-Layered Soul Sealing Technique] … This technique isn't a great technique that is famous in the Northern Heaven. Instead, it is an inconspicuous technique in the scripture pavilion of a certain true force in the Northern Heaven. Because no one has successfully cultivated it before, no one paid much attention to it. If it wasn't for Nalan Zi's divination, I wouldn't even have heard of this technique … However, can this technique really eliminate the hidden danger in my cultivation base …? "
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