It took Ning Fan three days to chase after the Vine Sovereign.
Even though the Vine Sovereign was severely injured, she still managed to inflict serious injuries on Ning Fan and Nie Li with her powerful divine abilities.
When the Vine Sovereign tried to escape, she split her body into ten rays of light and escaped. Ning Fan killed them one by one and spent a lot of effort to chase after them.
Three days later, Ning Fan returned to the Realm Gate along the same path. The gate was already closed on his way here.
Ning Fan spent another half a month's time and used the Wind Mist Technique to create a gap in the world passage.
Only then did he return to the Eastern Tree Sea.
During this calamity, countless cultivators died in the Eastern Tree Sea. Other than the ten million cultivators who were turned into living puppets, there were sixty to seventy million cultivators who died in the chaos.
If Ning Fan didn't kill Wan Changkong in time and turn all the living puppets into ashes, the number of casualties in the Eastern Tree Sea would be even higher.
The vitality of both the Eastern Tree Bamboo Sea and the Western Tree Vine Sea were greatly damaged.
Except for the Bamboo Sovereign, all the Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators of the Bamboo Palace died in this calamity. All the Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators of the Vine Palace including the Vine Sovereign died in the calamity.
Even one of the Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators of the Liu Palace died in vain …
More than half a month had passed. Jishui City that was destroyed by the war had already been rebuilt. Many cultivators of the Tree Clan in the city were wearing plain white robes, remembering their friends and relatives who had died in the calamity.
Ning Fan did not return to Jishui City with the Purple Eyes Nie Li. The Purple Eyes Nie Li was severely injured and he kept her in his Cauldron World to recuperate … Ning Fan realized that she was actually a female …
He returned to Jishui City alone in white robes. As soon as he entered the city, an elder of the Liu Palace who was at the First Level Destruction Realm immediately came out to welcome him.
"Elder Xiu Tan of the Liu Palace respectfully welcomes the Northern Tree Sovereign!" The elder whose name was Xiu Tan cupped his fists at Ning Fan respectfully.
"Northern Tree Sovereign? What do you mean? "Ning Fan was slightly stunned. He did not know when he had gotten this title.
Seeing Ning Fan's puzzled expression, Xiu Tan immediately explained.
From the time Ning Fan chased after the Vine Sovereign to the time he returned to the Tree World, it took him a total of eighteen days.
Three days ago, Ning Fan had already killed the Vine Sovereign. At the same time, the Vine Sovereign's life token in the Tree World shattered.
The news of the Vine Sovereign's death spread like wildfire. The entire Tree World knew about the Vine Sovereign's death.
The incident where Ning Fan chased after the Vine Sovereign to enter the World Passage was witnessed by several tens of thousands of cultivators. Those who were observant could easily find out that the person who killed the Vine Sovereign was Ning Fan.
Ning Fan's alias in the Tree World was Lu Bei. The title of Sovereign Northern Tree came from this name.
Ever since Ning Fan entered the world passage, Liu Haoyue had been waiting outside the world passage, worrying about Ning Fan's safety.
It was only until he received the news of the Vine Sovereign's death that he was convinced that Ning Fan had successfully killed the Vine Sovereign and that he would return to the Tree World in a few days.
Hence, he didn't stay in the Eastern Forest Sea any longer. He left a few elders of the Willow Hall to guard the Eastern Forest Sea and brought the Bamboo Sovereign and his other subordinates to the Western Forest Sea to eliminate the Vine Sovereign's forces and take over the Vine Hall.
Now that the Vine Sovereign was dead, the Vine Hall's countless inheritances naturally had to change owners.
Liu Haoyue and the Bamboo Sovereign purposely left a voice transmission jade slip for Xiu Tan to pass to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan immersed his spirit sense into the jade slip. The voices of the Bamboo and Liu Sovereigns were immediately transmitted into his Sea of Consciousness.
"If Brother Lu returns, please come to the Western Forest Sea as soon as possible. There are quite a lot of heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the Vine Hall … If it wasn't for Brother Lu's help, the two of us would certainly die in Teng Gunan's hands. The hundreds of generations of treasures of the Vine Hall should belong to Brother Lu! "
"From now on, there will be no sovereign in the Western Forest Sea and no sovereign in the Northern Forest Sea. If Brother Lu is willing, you can be the sovereign of the Western and Northern Forest Seas from now on. Since Brother Lu's name has the word 'North' in it, I will address you as Sovereign Northern Tree. What do you think? "
Ning Fan finished reading the jade slip and kept it without saying a word.
Xiu Tan still had some matters to attend to. After delivering the jade slip, he took his leave first.
Ning Fan entered the city alone. His mind was racing and he felt a little disappointed.
When he first entered Jishui City, there were as many cultivators as the clouds in the city. There were endless cultivators coming and going on the long street.
At this moment, most of the cultivators in Jishui City had fallen. There were only a few people on the long street.
The atmosphere was different but there were two completely different Dao Rhymes.
"This is … the Dao Rhythm of Life and Death … Life and death. Once you break through life and death, you will be qualified to seek for the Immortal Path and achieve immortality …"
"What is life and what is death … In the past, I only knew that before one's lifespan ends, life is life and death is death. But now, it seems that this view is not correct."
"Immortals have no lifespan. Judging life and death by lifespan is obviously one-sided."
"Life and death, life and death … When there are so many people on the street, this street is alive; when there are no people, this street is dead. To the long street, death isn't the end of one's lifespan, but it's related to the endless pedestrians. I don't know what the true meaning of life and death is in this … "
During the great calamity of the Eastern Tree Sea this time, he had witnessed the life and death of countless people. Compared to the past when he personally killed people, the feeling he got was different. Thus, he naturally had a new understanding of life and death.
Comprehending the Dao of Life and Death was the key to becoming an immortal. It was not surprising that the current Ning Fan could not see through life and death.
Comprehending the Dao of Life and Death was something that Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators needed to consider.
Ning Fan was just an Absolute Void Stage cultivator. What he needed to comprehend right now was how to break the hollow space …
His comprehension of the void gradually advanced from the Void Glimpse Stage, Void Inquiry Stage, Void Pierce Stage and Absolute Void Stage to the Great Perfection Stage. However, after reaching the Great Perfection Stage, he needed to break this circle and jump out of this void.
"Breaking the hollow space … Breaking the hollow space … There is nothing in the hollow space. How do I break it …? How do I break the hollow space?!"
Ning Fan sighed in disappointment. He was still quite a distance away from the Void Fragmentation Realm.
He had a feeling that the higher his cultivation base was, the more ignorant he felt.
When he was at the Vein Opening Realm, he obtained the first ring of inheritance of the Heavenly Dao in the Chaotic Ancient Land. Then, he thought that he was already above Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators.
Now that he recalled the past, he felt that he was a little too arrogant in the past.
He slowly stopped walking. With a flick of his sleeve, a piece of white paper slowly appeared in his palm.
There was no ink on his fingertip. When he drew on the white paper, he drew an ink-colored circle.
The Great Dao was like a piece of white paper while the cultivators were like circles on the paper.
The smaller the circle, the fewer places the edges of the circle touched.
The bigger the circle, the more places the edges of the circle touched.
The lower one's cultivation base was, the shallower the Dao that one could see.
The higher one's cultivation base was, the deeper the Dao that one could see and the more ignorant one would feel.
Being able to understand one's ignorance was much more brilliant than thinking that one knew everything.
Ning Fan looked at the circle on the paper. He knew that if he wants to break the Void Fragmentation Realm, he would have to break that circle and that void …
He pointed his finger and the white paper turned into ashes and dissipated as if it had never existed before.
Ning Fan looked at the ashes of the paper drifting away. He seemed to have comprehended something but he could not fully comprehend it.
He no longer pondered about these problems of Dao comprehension. Instead, he reflected on his trip to the Tree World.
This time, he had obtained quite a lot of benefits from entering the Tree World.
The day he attained the First Grade Rain Intent was just around the corner. He had already cultivated the Minor Five Elements Physique. Besides, if he devours the ancestral bamboo, his wood element physique would probably reach perfection in one go.
His cultivation base had already broken through to the Absolute Void Stage. If he could empty the one hundred generations of the Vine Hall's accumulations and use the countless heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures to improve his cultivation base, his cultivation base would certainly skyrocket once again.
He had cultivated the royal ancient divine bloodline and opened the first heart acupoint of the ancient god. His cultivation speed would certainly increase tremendously in the future.
During his trip to the Tree World this time, Ning Fan had also fulfilled Mu Luo's request by finding the members of the Ming Luo Clan and killing Wan Changkong to avenge them. If he could bring the members of the Ming Luo Clan and the remnant soul of the You Huang back to the Rain World, it would also be a good thing.
During his trip to the Tree World this time, Ning Fan had even subdued Nie Li who was at the Fifth Void Fragmentation Realm and subdued six hundred Void Inquiry Stage spiritual puppets. The number of heavenly tribulation puppets he had increased to five and he also had Teng Xianrou who was a Void Fragmentation Realm helper …
Currently, Ning Fan's combat power was probably much stronger than the entire Rain Palace.
Not only that, after killing Wan Changkong, he had also obtained the Mourning Ancient Heavenly Jade which had a puppet thread of the Mourning Ancestor sealed in it.
If he could refine the rogue devil into a living puppet with this puppet thread, he would have an Eighth Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm helper by his side!
"With my current wealth, it won't be difficult for me to fight against Moksha Sovereign! Once the one hundred years period is up and the ancient Heavenly Court opens, Moksha Sovereign will definitely die! "
Entering the Tree World this time, Ning Fan had obtained a great fortune but he had also provoked a strong enemy.
He had killed Du Yu and was punished by the Vine Palace. Now that the Vine Palace had been annihilated, the Three Realms Sect which was behind the Vine Palace would certainly hate him!
"The sect master of the Three Realms Sect is an old monster at the Eighth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. If I can successfully control the rogue devil, I will be able to fight against him and I won't have to fear the Three Realms Sect anymore! If I can't, I won't be able to fight against the Three Realms Sect … "
"With my current Absolute Void Stage cultivation base, the probability of refining the rogue devil into a living puppet is less than fifty percent even if I have the puppet thread of the Mourning Ancestor. If my cultivation base can advance further and attain the Primordial Returning Realm, the probability of subduing the rogue devil will be at least ninety percent! "
"It's not difficult to attain the Primordial Returning Realm! I won't stay in the Tree World for long. I don't need the title of Northern Tree Sovereign and I have never thought of ruling the Western Tree Sea and the Northern Tree Sea. However, I must take away the one hundred generations of accumulation of the Vine Palace. With the one hundred generations of accumulation of the Vine Palace, I will pave the path to the Primordial Returning Realm for myself. After that, I will subdue the rogue devil in one fell swoop. By then, the Three Realms Sect will no longer be a threat to me! "
"Let's put the matter of the Three Realms Sect aside for now. There are some troubles in the Rain World … As for the Devil World, I wonder what Moksha Sovereign will do after learning that I've killed the Vine Sovereign …"
Ning Fan sighed. From the moment he subdued the Evil Li and appeared in the sky above Ji Shui, he was destined to not be able to continue hiding his identity in the Tree World.
The matter of subduing the Evil Li was enough to make him famous in the Nine Worlds and attract the attention of all the Void Fragmentation Realm experts in the world.
Moreover, the matter of killing the Vine Sovereign could not be hidden from the cultivators in the world. The death of a divine sovereign of the Nine Worlds was a major event. Even if the one who died was a divine sovereign of the Three Lower Worlds, it would still attract the attention of many cultivators in the Nine Worlds.
Perhaps, the news of the Vine Sovereign's death had already spread across the entire Nine Worlds.
As for Ning Fan, the culprit who killed the Vine Sovereign, he must have already been exposed to the world.
Some people who are observant might have already found out that Ning Fan was not Lu Bei but Marquis White Robe of the Rain World.
If the Rain Sovereign of the Rain World finds out about Ning Fan's shocking battle achievements, what would he think? Would he be wary of Ning Fan and befriend him, or would he hate Ning Fan out of jealousy and turn against him …?
The battle in the Tree World this time was too huge. It had directly pushed Ning Fan to the peak of the storm.
From today onwards, no one knew how many troubles would come one after another …
Unknowingly, Ning Fan had already arrived outside the residence of the Fu Sang Clan.
He stopped in his tracks. With a flash of travelling light, he directly appeared in the main hall of the residence.
The patriarch of the Fu Sang Clan, Tang Xiong, was having a discussion with a few elders of the clan. Each of them wore a worried expression.
As soon as they saw Ning Fan's sudden arrival, all of them immediately stood up to greet him. None of them dared to show any neglect.
Ning Fan had killed the Vine Sovereign and Wan Changkong. In the battle in Ji Shui this time, he had even killed countless Void Fragmentation Realm experts. His name, 'North Tree Sovereign', had already spread across the Tree World and even to the other worlds.
Even though Ning Fan was just an Absolute Void Stage cultivator, in the eyes of the members of the Fu Sang Clan, he was no different from a Fifth Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm divine sovereign.
"We, the members of the Fu Sang Clan, greet North Tree Sovereign. May I know why North Tree Sovereign has come today?!" Tang Xiong said respectfully.
"I owe Senior Fu Sang a favor. The reason why I came here today is to send his ashes back. That's all …"
"What? Old ancestor's ashes?! T-This … "
Tang Xiong and the other members of the Fu Sang Clan all wore sad and excited expressions.
They were sad because they remembered the past of their old ancestor's death. They were excited because they had found his ashes so that his body would not be left to wander around outside.
Ning Fan flicked his finger and an exquisite jade box immediately appeared on the bamboo table in the middle of the hall.
That jade box contained Old Demon Fu Sang's ashes. The ashes faintly emitted a trace of the old demon's qi …
"Old ancestor!"
Tang Xiong and the other elders had tears in their eyes. They knelt down and kowtowed to the jade box.
"Farewell!"
Ning Fan sighed softly and turned to leave. Since he had sent back Old Demon Fu Sang's ashes, he no longer owed the Fu Sang Clan anything.
Previously, he had agreed to help Tang Xiong take care of Tang Yuan because Tang Xiong was very likely to die in this calamity.
Today, due to his intervention, Tang Xiong did not die and the Fu Sang Clan was not destroyed. Thus, he had no reason nor need to take Tang Yuan as his concubine.
"North Tree Sovereign, please wait …" Tang Xiong wanted to stop Ning Fan but Ning Fan walked further and further away. Soon, he disappeared from their sight.
Tang Xiong sighed softly. To be honest, now that he was still alive, he was reluctant to give his daughter to Ning Fan as his concubine.
Ning Fan's refusal to take Tang Yuan as his concubine made him feel both happy and regretful.
He was happy because he could choose another suitable Dao Companion for his daughter.
Regretful because he had lost the chance to form a marriage alliance with Ning Fan. To the declining Fu Sang Clan, Ning Fan's reputation could be said to be a protective umbrella …
"Alright, alright. Yuan Er, come out. Since you are not fated to be with the North Tree Sovereign, I will find another suitable Dao Companion for you in the future." Tang Xiong said to the direction of the inner door of the hall.
"No! I don't want a Dao Companion. I won't marry anyone! "Behind the bead curtain of the inner door, a young lady in red robes stomped her feet angrily. Then, she turned around and ran away.
She was Tang Yuan, the little princess of the Fu Sang Clan who had foolishly provoked Ning Fan time and time again.
It was obviously a good thing that she did not need to be betrothed to Ning Fan by her father.
She obviously hated Ning Fan and was unwilling to marry him. However, at this moment, when she secretly saw Ning Fan's back as he turned around and left, she suddenly felt a little sad.
She had a feeling that Ning Fan would never return to the Fu Sang Clan after he left this place. She had a feeling that the grudge between him and the Fu Sang Clan had been settled.
They would never meet again. They would miss each other …
"He never liked me … If I was more sensible in the past, would he not hate me so much …?"
Tang Yuan sat in her room, her heart filled with suffocation.
One day later, the Fu Sang Clan buried the ashes of their old ancestor in the imperial tomb of Mu Ye Country.
This place had the cenotaphs of past Bamboo Sovereigns and Void Fragmentation Realm experts. However, no one had ever buried the ashes of cultivators here.
Tang Yuan knelt in front of Old Demon Fusang's grave. Her eyes turned into peaches from crying.
After all the Fusang clansmen paid their respects, they walked out of the Imperial Mausoleum and waited outside. Only Tang Yuan was unwilling to leave.
Old Demon Fusang was her grandfather. He had always doted on her, so much so that she became unruly and willful.
From now on, she would no longer be pampered by her grandfather. From now on, she needed to gradually learn to be sensible, learn not to be willful, and learn to bear the responsibility given to her by the family.
At some point in time, a white-robed youth suddenly appeared in the Imperial Mausoleum. He appeared before Old Monster Fusang's grave.
When Tang Yuan seemed to have sensed it, she turned around and saw the young man's face. She was immediately shocked and said angrily, "Do you want to die? Is it fun to scare people by hiding behind them? "
"I've never heard of a Nascent Soul cultivator being scared to death. If Miss Glutinous Dumpling is scared to death by me, I'm afraid that it will become an interesting anecdote in the cultivation world, enough to be recorded in history. "Ning Fan teased.
"Humph! Such a glib tongue. He's not a good person!" Tang Yuan scolded in a low voice. Inwardly, she was secretly delighted. She didn't expect to see Ning Fan again.
"Oh? Miss Glutinous Dumpling still hasn't learned her lesson and dares to scold me? Aren't you afraid that I will throw you into the lair of a Void Refinement Realm demon beast? "
"D-Don't! Grandpa, my dear grandpa, let's talk this out. Don't use force! A gentleman uses his mouth instead of his fists. A great man will not bear a grudge against a lowly man! Please don't lower yourself to my level. Don't throw me into the lair of a demon beast … "Tang Yuan instantly admitted defeat without any sense of integrity.
"Interesting. From today onwards, cultivate well and break through to the Divine Transformation Realm and Void Refinement Realm as soon as possible. The next time I come to the Eastern Tree Sea, I might really throw you into the lair of a Void Refinement Realm ferocious beast. If you don't have a Void Refinement Realm cultivation base, you won't have the ability to protect yourself. "
The corner of Ning Fan's mouth curved into a smile. Then, he turned around and left.
He realized that Tang Yuan was not completely useless. At least, she was a filial daughter.
The word 'filial' was not used by cultivators. Among the cultivators, there were only a few elders who knew how to be filial to their parents …
Even though this lady was unruly, she was much stronger than many cultivators. At the very least, she was a 'human'.
She would descend the mountain to be a human and ascend the mountain to be an immortal. To be able to do this, she would probably have a higher chance than many cultivators in the Dao of Immortality.
Ning Fan left Jishui City and Mu Ye Country and headed towards the Western Tree Sea at full speed.
Tang Yuan looked at the travelling light that Ning Fan left in and watched as it gradually disappeared into the horizon. She felt a little disappointed but also a little hopeful.
"He told me to cultivate diligently … He said that we will meet again and he will throw me into the lair of a Void Refinement Realm ferocious beast …"
All of a sudden, Tang Yuan felt that it was not a big deal to be thrown into the lair of a Void Refinement Realm ferocious beast. At the very least, she would be able to meet him again, wouldn't she?
"Alright. From today onwards, I will be a cultivator who practices hard cultivation. When we meet again, I will certainly make you look at me in a different light!"
"Grandpa, you just wait and see! I won't let you down! "
...
Ning Fan traveled at full speed all the way from the Eastern Tree Sea to the Southern Tree Sea. Then, he entered the Western Tree Sea from the Southern Tree Sea.
When he arrived at the Western Tree Sea, it was already more than a month later.
After another seven days, he finally arrived at the Vine King City of the Western Tree Sea.
Before he entered the city, Liu Haoyue had already come out to welcome him.
"Brother Lu, you're a little late. I have already finished inspecting the Vine King City four days ago. The accumulation of the Vine Palace for hundreds of generations is now stored in the heavenly dwelling of the Inner Palace of the Vine King Palace. Brother Lu, are you willing to go and have a look? "
As soon as Liu Haoyue finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned cold. He transmitted his voice to Ning Fan. "There are still two deacons of the Four Heavens in the Vine King Palace. They are in charge of investigating the death of the Vine Sovereign. They specifically said that they want to meet you. They might not come with good intentions. Be careful!"
"Deacons of the Four Heavens?!"
Ning Fan's eyes turned grim.
It would be fine if they killed the divine sovereigns of the lower worlds discreetly and no one would care about it.
If the cultivators of the lower worlds kill each other, no one would care about it if it did not involve the battle between the worlds.
However, if the cultivators of a foreign world sneak into another world and kill the divine sovereigns of that world, the matter would not be settled without giving the deacons a valid reason. They would certainly be held accountable!
Without the deacons of the lower worlds, wouldn't the experts of the Three Upper Worlds be able to sneak into the lower worlds and kill the divine sovereigns of the lower worlds as they please?
The deacons of the Four Heavens existed to patrol the lower worlds and maintain the stability of the lower worlds.
Firstly, they would catch the cultivators who came to the lower worlds without permission. Secondly, they would prevent the strong worlds from bullying the weak worlds.
The involvement of the Three Worlds Sect in the dispute of the Tree World was something that they needed to investigate.
Similarly, Ning Fan killing the Vine Sovereign was also something that they needed to investigate.
If the two deacons find out that Ning Fan was a cultivator of the Rain World, they would probably arrest Ning Fan with the Law of the Four Heavens and punish him.
A cultivator from the Rain World sneaking into the Tree World and killing the Vine Sovereign was undoubtedly a serious crime.
Of course, if there was a special reason such as a grudge that would not end until one of them dies, Ning Fan might not need to be punished for killing the Vine Sovereign.
"Brother Lu, do you have the confidence to deal with these two deacons of the Four Heavens? If it is necessary, I will think of a way to settle this matter for you!" Liu Haoyue transmitted his voice to Ning Fan.
"I have some confidence but not much …" Ning Fan gently shook his head. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed and he looked at the Vine King Palace.
He sensed an extremely familiar aura from the Vine King Palace.
Currently, he knew one of the two deacons of the Four Heavens in the Vine King Palace!
"It's actually Senior Wei Xuan!"
Wei Xuan was Old Devil's brother!
With Wei Xuan's protection, perhaps there won't be any problems in committing this crime …
"However, I wonder if the other deacons of the Four Heavens is an enemy or a friend …" Ning Fan said with a frown. (To be continued.)
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