The firmament above was green, deep and distant. Ye Fan couldn't see anything and couldn't speculate.
In the Sea of Bitterness, a green lotus stood alone. It was full of vitality as if it was giving birth to a lively world. Around it, chaotic mist lingered, mysterious and hazy.
At this moment, Ye Fan calmed down. His mind was empty as he observed carefully. It had just broken out of the water with only three green leaves. It had a natural Dao nature as if it was explaining the beginning of heaven and earth. The Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things.
"Everything is mixed, born before heaven and earth, the ancestor of all things, the ancestor of the elephant emperor." Ye Fan thought of these words in the ancient books.
This green lotus was one with the Sea of Reincarnation. It had a strange charm like an unfathomable Dao abyss. It was calm and tranquil, as if it could exist forever.
Ye Fan crossed the Sea of Bitterness and reached the Nirvana Realm. The Sea of Reincarnation's initial evolution was mysterious and difficult to describe.
The cauldron that was less than an inch tall bobbed up and down on the green lotus, looking more and more majestic.
Ye Fan's heart moved. He was already a cultivator of the Nirvana Realm and his strength had increased a lot. He tried to take out the cauldron.
"Swoosh!"
The cauldron appeared outside his body and hovered in front of him. He still felt a mountain-like pressure, but he could activate it this time.
"Bang!"
The cauldron didn't shoot up into the sky. It flew not far away and when it came into contact with a boulder that was more than ten meters tall, ashes filled the sky and the boulder was destroyed silently.
It shook lightly, and so did the stone forest. The surrounding boulders were all shattered and turned into dust. The power of the cauldron was evident!
However, Ye Fan's body also trembled. This cauldron didn't give birth to any Dao patterns, but it was already like a bottomless pit. As strong as his physique was, one-third of his strength was drained.
In other words, he could only use it three times. This cauldron was powerful, but he couldn't use it as he wished. This made him happy and frown at the same time.
Ye Fan activated it again and enlarged the cauldron to one meter tall. This was the limit of his control. Any bigger and he wouldn't be able to bear it.
The cauldron floated in the sky like a bottomless pit, as if it could swallow the heavens. In front of it was a stone forest. The boulders that looked like crouching cows and bamboo shoots were all sucked into the cauldron.
Ye Fan retrieved the cauldron and looked inside. He saw that it was filled with stones. With a gentle shake, everything inside was turned to dust. It slowly turned upside down, and the ashes flew away. There wasn't a speck of dust inside, and it was as clean as new.
Even though his divine force was about to be sucked dry, he was still extremely satisfied. He liked this cauldron a lot, this type of power was truly great. There were no fluctuations, no divine radiance. The cauldron silently disappeared, returning to his Sea of Reincarnation.
Now that the tripod had been refined and he had reached the Nirvana Realm, his confidence had increased. After cultivating here for more than a few months, he really wanted to understand the situation outside.
"I wonder if the people of the Ji Family have left …" After recovering his divine power, Ye Fan walked outside.
Outside the Fire Domain, the ground was dry and cracked. The scorched earth was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. It was a barren land. More than half a year had already passed, and the Ji Family disciples had long since left.
"That's good too. They think I've already perished. When the time comes, I'll give them a surprise!"
Ye Fan returned to the Fire Domain and prepared to draw upon the Five-Colored Cloud Flame of the seventh level to refine his own tripod and make it more condensed.
The Five-Colored Cloud Flame was even hotter than the purple gas. He had just gotten close, and he hadn't even entered, but he already felt waves of scorching heat. This caused Ye Fan's heart to tremble. This was the result of holding the Bodhi Seed in his hand. If he didn't have this seed, he most likely wouldn't be able to get close.
"Can I control such a powerful flame?" He was uncertain.
He carefully absorbed a wisp of the Five-Colored Cloud Flame. Instantly, a sizzling sound rang out as his divine power was completely burned away.
Ye Fan inhaled a breath of cold air. This kind of flame was too powerful. It could burn important figures alive. The human-shaped ashes on the ground proved all of this. He had no good idea how to safely absorb it into the Sea of Reincarnation and use it to refine the tripod.
In the following days, he kept trying. He wanted to proceed safely and didn't act rashly.
Suddenly, he heard a strange sound coming from outside. If it wasn't for his powerful consciousness, he wouldn't have sensed it at all.
"Could it be that someone is here?" Ye Fan stealthily headed out.
In the fourth level of the Fire Domain, black nether flames danced. A middle-aged man sat motionlessly on a huge rock. Above his head was an ancient pagoda that was half the height of a person.
The flickering black flames constantly gathered on the body of the pagoda, causing it to emit sonorous sounds. The ancient pagoda was slowly changing shape.
"Why is he refining outside his body? He doesn't care much about his own weapons. Why did he come to the Fire Domain?" Ye Fan was somewhat puzzled.
At this moment, his expression changed. He was no stranger to that pagoda. He had seen it before!
The ancient pagoda with five levels was completely silvery white. Although it was somewhat bright, there were traces of old age. That was why it gave off an overflowing feeling of antiquity.
"A middle-aged man in hemp garments!"
Ye Fan immediately thought of the group of people who chased after him and Ji Ziyue. Among them, there was a middle-aged cultivator in hemp garments. He held a five-level ancient pagoda in his hand and almost killed him.
At this moment, this man was dressed in black and sat quietly. However, the silver pagoda above his head kept changing shape. He wanted to melt it and refine it again.
"A five-level ancient pagoda can be considered a powerful weapon. He actually wants to melt it …"
When a wisp of black and yellow Qi rushed out from the pagoda, Ye Fan was even more certain that it was definitely the man in hemp garments. Although he didn't see his face that day, this pagoda was definitely not wrong.
"He's afraid that the Ji Family will find clues and wants to erase the final traces!" Ye Fan really wanted to know where this person came from. The hidden enemy really made him feel uneasy.
"Looks like he doesn't care much about this weapon. Maybe it's really as Ji Ziyue said, that this person is a puppet being controlled."
Ye Fan observed carefully. Indeed, he felt that this person was a bit stiff. He sat there cross-legged like a piece of wood.
"I'm going to take him down and understand everything!"
He pondered for a moment and felt that this person was very strong. In terms of cultivation realm, this person was definitely above him. At the very least, he was a Dao Palace cultivator.
"I need to be absolutely safe. Otherwise, if I can't kill him and my identity is exposed, it will be a huge disaster."
Ye Fan silently returned to the sixth level of the fire region. He took out his cauldron and let it absorb large amounts of purple flames like a whale drinking water. He then quickly meditated and quickly recovered his divine power.
Eight minutes later, he returned to the fourth level of the hellfire region and waited quietly.
Four hours later, the black-robed man completely melted the silver pagoda and remodeled it, slowly evolving it into a silver bell. At the final critical moment, when the silver bell was about to take shape, Ye Fan finally made his move.
At this moment, the black-robed man was highly focused. His mind was completely immersed in the silver bell, carrying out the final refinement.
The cauldron silently pressed forward and flipped violently. Large amounts of purple flames covered the sky and earth, burning fiercely!
This kind of temperature could even burn important characters to death, not to mention cultivators of other realms.
However, this person was unexpectedly cautious. He had actually carved dao patterns around him. Brilliant light rushed out to block the purple flames.
The legendary figures' treasures couldn't endure the purple flames and would break apart inch by inch. Even though there were dao patterns here, they couldn't stop it. The only use it had was to buy time for this person. He was as fast as a ghost as he shifted to the side.
"Chi!"
Ye Fan was already prepared. The golden book had been waiting for a long time and was ready to meet the black-robed man.
"Pfft!"
With a flash of blood, the black-robed man was gravely injured! His body suddenly stiffened, and at the same time, the purple flames fell. No matter how fast he was, he was still brushed by it. Half of his body was instantly set ablaze, and the left half of his body turned into ashes on the spot.
"Hum!"
The sky trembled slightly. The cauldron grew one meter tall and seemed to have the power to swallow the sky. It sucked in the middle-aged man's half-destroyed body and sealed him inside.
Only now did Ye Fan release a breath of relief. He took out the Holy Jade Bottle and quickly drank a mouthful of divine spring water. His divine force immediately recovered, and then he looked inside the cauldron.
The black-robed man's body was half destroyed. He continuously trembled and struggled to sit up. He raised his head and saw Ye Fan. He immediately revealed a look of shock and said, "It's you … you're still alive!"
Ye Fan was moved. The other party cried out involuntarily as if they were quite familiar with each other. It was not as simple as chasing after him. He immediately laughed and said, "Just what kind of background do you have?"
"I truly never thought that your life would be so tough …" The black-robed man sighed. He then suddenly raised his head and a streak of light shot out from between his brows. He wanted to rush out of the cauldron, but it ended in failure. He couldn't break free from this cauldron.
"You are a walking corpse after all. You're just being controlled by someone." Ye Fan reached out his divine sense and was about to imprison him.
However, the black-robed man was very decisive. The streak of light exploded like fireworks, leaving behind specks of light that ultimately dissipated in the cauldron.
Ye Fan's expression changed, but it was already too late to stop him. He carefully searched where he was and found that the black-robed man's body was empty. Other than the silver bell that had been completely destroyed by the violet flames, there was nothing left.
He threw the half-destroyed body into the netherworld flames, and in an instant, it turned into ashes. He muttered to himself, "Just who was it? It seemed to be someone familiar."
Ye Fan cleaned up the traces of the scene and retreated into the fifth layer of the golden flames to hide. He quietly waited, wanting to see if anyone would appear.
Three days later, a tall old man finally appeared. He observed the pile of ashes for a moment and muttered to himself, "He actually died here …"
"Who is this damned old man? I've never seen him before." Ye Fan was suspicious.
Swoosh!
With a flash of light, the old man rushed out of the fiery domain and quickly disappeared into the distance.
Two days later, Ye Fan walked into the seventh layer of the fiery domain. Even with the bodhi seed protecting him, he still felt waves of burning pain. The temperature of the multicolored flames was unimaginable.
The divine power that cultivators painstakingly cultivated could be directly ignited and could not be resisted. This kind of multicolored flames seemed to have a demonic nature and could devour anything.
Although Ye Fan had successfully entered, he didn't know how to guide the flames into his body. The multicolored flames were too terrifying.
Several days later, people shouted and beasts roared. It was as if there was a magnificent army galloping. The earth rumbled and trembled as countless strange beasts rushed towards the fiery domain.
Among them, there were some powerful beasts whose roars could travel dozens of li. Ye Fan's divine sense was extremely sharp, and he was immediately alerted.
He hurriedly looked around and revealed an expression of shock. "The people from the Ji Clan are here!"
Just outside the fiery domain, there were more than a hundred savage beasts, each of them divine and extraordinary. They stepped through the air and rumbled, causing the earth and sky to tremble. All of the riders wore black iron armor and were filled with an austere aura.
A large flag with the word "Ji" written on it fluttered in the wind.
Ye Fan saw Ji Hui, Ji Biyue, and several other famous figures. There was also a carriage pulled by nine divine horses that floated outside the fiery domain.
The divine horses' roars shook the heavens. Each of them was as large as an elephant and had dense scales. There was a powerful pressure coming from them. The carriage sparkled and blossomed with auspicious colors. It was obvious that important figures from the Ji Clan had arrived.
"They can't be here for me, right? It shouldn't be like this. It's already been half a year … What are they here for?" Ye Fan was bewildered.
An old man walked out of the carriage. Ji Hui hurriedly went forward and respectfully helped him off the carriage.
"Damn you!"
Ye Fan didn't dare to peep anymore and directly hid himself in the depths of the fiery domain.
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