Regarding the cultivation of necromancy by demonic cultivators, Ye Fan had seen it in the general chapter of the "Nine Yang Divine Skill" jade slip. He did not do it unwillingly; he just didn't want to reveal it.

He used to think that the records in the general chapter of the "Nine Yang Divine Skill" were just common knowledge in the cultivation world, yet unexpectedly, there were things even Sang Yuan did not know.

Ye Fan said, "Although Elder Yuan's body was taken away, it also means that he is already dead. Even if we see him again next time, he will only be a walking dead necromancer, and what he cultivates will be Demonic Qi."

"Young Master, it's my fault," Sang Yuan said with a hint of self-blame. "If I had known the demon would come, I would have directly shattered his soul."

Ye Fan shook his head slightly and said, "I wanted to preserve his whole body; this has nothing to do with you. Let's first head to the An Nan Region and investigate the necromantic array there, and then return to Earth."

The group left Kongjian Mountain in the Karo Region. With Sang Yuan present, the journey was convenient. They did not need to travel on foot, and they could nearly reach any desired location instantly within the vast Pan Gu secret realm.

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Upon arrival at the Dead Sea of An Nan Region, the surroundings were desolate. The salt concentration in the seawater was so high that no fish could survive here, and even the shores were devoid of vegetation.

There were no cultivators and no ordinary residents. The Dead Sea here was several times wider than Earth's oceans. The Tongling Mirror in Ye Fan's body reacted fiercely, but he couldn't find the array's core, nor could he track any living beings around.

"Ye Fan, I can't sense anything. Are you saying there's a powerful array around here?" Li Zhaojun asked curiously.

Li Zhaojun's cultivation level was quite high, but she did not have the Tongling Mirror within her. In her perception, everything around was dead silent, and no living or dead beings could be detected.

Sang Yuan said, "Madam, please do not disturb the young master while he is investigating. Although the young master's cultivation level is at the Mahayana Realm, his perception surpasses mine."

In Sang Yuan's mind, she addressed Ye Fan as "young master," treating him as her master, and Li Zhaojun was her mistress. As for Ye Fan's other women, she did not have to be as respectful as she was to Li Zhaojun, but some could still be addressed as mistress, such as Lu Xiaoman, whom Ye Fan relatively favored.

Ye Fan closed his eyes, sensing the surrounding world, simultaneously allowing Little Purple Crystal to relay what she observed.

Little Purple Crystal was very frightened, directly assuming a crystalline form and hiding in Ye Fan's embrace, telling him about the appearances of the necromancers she saw, but these necromancers could not be directly observed by Ye Fan, indicating that the array they formed was complex enough to confuse the Tongling Mirror.

"Xiao Xuan, can you feel anything different around?" Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman.

Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman said, "According to your logic, none of the sects from the Middle Ages were truly extinct, just hidden around here. But don't forget, any cultivator must leave the secret realm before ascending, or they will be struck dead by heavenly lightning. Sang Yuan… her residing in the secret realm is an anomaly, rare for others. A Transcendance Tribulation Stage person would at most have a lifespan of around two thousand years, and the Middle Ages were over twenty thousand years ago. How could these people still be alive?"

Ye Fan nodded, agreeing with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman's words.

He had also considered this issue. It was unlikely for people from the Middle Ages sects to have survived until now. Ye Fan said, "What if these people turned into necromancers, cultivating Demonic Qi, or a special energy, or perhaps they simply established their sects underground, emerging every few decades to select disciples and bring them back underground to continue cultivating?"

Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman slightly furrowed her brows and evaluated Ye Fan, saying, "You are indeed quite intelligent among humans; it is possible. But what would be the significance of doing so?"

Ye Fan thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's a way for some major sects from the Middle Ages to avoid heavenly tribulations."

Afterward, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman fell silent, seemingly not fully agreeing with Ye Fan's theory, but she also did not directly refute it.

Ye Fan continued to observe the surrounding necromantic array. The group floated above the Dead Sea, with Ye Fan intent on finding the array's core. If he could open the core, the necromantic array might be resolved.

Ye Fan mused, "Such a powerful necromantic array, how many necromancers must be around it to confuse even the Tongling Mirror? Could there really be, as Little Purple Crystal said, this area filled with corpses and spirits?"

Despite the bright signal from the Tongling Mirror alerting Ye Fan of danger, it could not identify what exact danger lay within the necromantic array below.

Ye Fan couldn't help but recall the first time he forced his way into the Shadowless Illusion Realm. Though it was formidable, there would still be fleeting openings identified by the Tongling Mirror. Now, Ye Fan, focused intensely, sensed the directional shifts according to Tongling's alignment, knowing that once the Tongling Mirror emitted a strong yellow light towards a direction, that would inevitably be the necromantic array's core location.

"Zhaojun, you and Sang Yuan stay here; I'll go around the Dead Sea alone!"

Ye Fan feared his concentrated power attack might harm the surrounding women, and he couldn't afford any distractions when focusing. If the core's direction coincided with the direction of Li Zhaojun and the others, Ye Fan might inadvertently cause harm, so he had to act alone.

"Be careful," Li Zhaojun advised with concern.

Ye Fan headed towards the Dead Sea's center. The sea was irregular in shape, making it difficult to pinpoint the center. However, with Little Purple Crystal guiding him, her markers being the corpses she sensed more strongly in a particular direction.

"Master, there are so many necromancers ahead; it's terrifying. Let's go back," Little Purple Crystal, unwilling to continue guiding, just clung to Ye Fan, seeking warmth to ward off her inner fear.

"Squee! Squee!" Little Red Crystal and Little Lan Jing reacted similarly to Little Purple Crystal, emerging from Ye Fan's storage bracelet and shrieking upon sensing the surrounding necromancers.

Finally, after nearly two hours, the Tongling Mirror accurately reacted for the first time, emitting a violent yellow light in one direction.

Without hesitation, Ye Fan followed the yellow light's direction and launched a powerful strike.

This strike channeled his most potent origin power within.

"Whoosh..." Ye Fan's strike emitted a crimson light, rushing towards a certain water area within the Dead Sea. Amidst the roar, spiritual energy struck the sea surface directly.

"Boom!" Massive water surged skyward, reaching hundreds of meters high. Initially clear seawater transformed into blood-red liquid as it descended.

"Splash!"

Water filled the sky, and from the array's core position where Ye Fan struck, the environment began changing rapidly, as if witnessing the transformation of seas and land in an instant. The sea turned red. No longer was it a silent expanse, but filled with countless wailing necromancers, bones, debris, and so forth. Many necromancers broke free from the array's confines, scattering in a frenzy, attempting to escape this array that confined them for tens of thousands of years.

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