Chapter 1294: Chapter 1294: Yin-Yang Unpredictable, Thus Called God

The scorching golden flames instantly engulfed the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, causing the concentration of fire elements in the Northern Barbarian Heaven Path to spike fifteen millionfold.

Thus, the heavens and the earth became a furnace, and all living beings turned into charcoal within it, burning at a rate of fifteen million times faster.

Moreover, the impact of a solar storm followed, scattering the already charred remains into nothingness.

No one could observe the process of destruction with their naked eyes, as a blinding light obscured everything, nor did anyone dare recklessly extend their spirit sense amidst the golden flames and storm.

But Fan Lianhai, as the instigator, could naturally sense the approximate situation within the golden flames, leveraging his special connection with the Yangshen Art.

He kept his eyes closed, and his divine sense could faintly sense that "Ning Fan" at the center of the explosion had fallen with a scream after bearing the brunt of the golden flames’ damage.

Having lost its protector, the "Thousand Trees Formation" was easily breached within a few attempts, and the survivors within the formation were burned to death in the golden flames.

Thus, all life became extinct, and even non-living things were burned to nothing. The Spirit Veins of the earth were severed, and gradually, even Immortal Rocks and Spirit Ores struggled to maintain their structure, ultimately returning all things to heaven and earth under the blaze.

The Spiritual Energy in the sky evaporated, and even the surrounding seas of the Northern Barbarian were affected. The seawater boiled and evaporated, and countless sea beasts were cooked alive by the overwhelming fire elements, their corpses bobbing up and down in the boiling waters.

Yet not a trace of the residual fire reached Fan Lianhai, as the Yangshen Art remained in his absolute control.

Fan Lianhai changed his spirit sense, manipulating the Yangshen Art to ravage everything. The pleasure of world-ending filled his hollow chest, and his tightly shut face revealed a crazily twisted smile.

For a Calamity Spirit, was it truly such a joy to turn the Slaughter Blade towards one’s homeland?

This is fair! I shouldn’t be the only one to die; everyone must die together! Kill! Kill! Kill!

"Is this the vision in your heart..."

A voice suddenly rang out, yet it was impossible to locate the speaker.

Subsequently, the golden flames in heaven and earth abruptly reversed direction, surging towards Fan Lianhai as if out of control.

"Impossible! How could the Yangshen Art backfire on its master! Fellow Calamity Spirit Daoists, come and assist me..."

Fan Lianhai protected himself with a thousand layers of Calamity Thought, fleeing the scene, but for some unknown reason, the heavens and the earth seemed locked in a cage, leaving no escape. Terrified, he immediately sought rescue from the other Calamity Spirits.

However, when he sensed his surroundings, he found not a single Calamity Spirit around, everyone had disappeared...

Where did his teammates go! Something’s not right, this is...an illusion!

His tightly shut eyes suddenly opened, and Fan Lianhai moved like lightning, gouging out his own eyeballs in an instant, blood gushing out.

But his actions were still a moment too late.

Almost simultaneously, from his empty eye sockets, numerous black tree branches frantically proliferated, stabbing continuously through his flesh.

Ah——

Only managing a scream, Fan Lianhai’s skull was burst from the inside by the countless Dark Reincarnation Branches. Thus, the bloody mist exploded, leaving behind a headless corpse that fell from the sky.

It was also at this moment that the illusionary heaven and earth shattered like a dream, revealing its original form.

The Northern Barbarian Kingdom had not been attacked by the Gengwu explosion at all; it was all an illusion cast by Ning Fan!

In the instant Fan Lianhai attempted to detonate the Gengwu, Ning Fan had pre-empted him with an illusion, stopping everything.

Having been exploded by the Gengwu once before, Ning Fan would not suffer the same loss a second time.

With Ning Fan’s level of Illusory Art, he ordinarily wouldn’t be able to confuse a Nine-Star Calamity Spirit with just a glance, but in the state of Unbeatable National Defender, he accomplished it easily.

"Our Calamity Spirits’ divine senses are normally connected with Immeasurable Mountain, there’s no way ordinary illusions would work, yet his illusion was able to interfere with me..."

"But the same trick cannot work a second time!"

A furious voice emerged from Fan Lianhai’s headless corpse.

The next moment, Fan Lianhai activated the Niku Withering Rebirth Technique.

Thus, the corpse disintegrated into countless crimson lights, which ascended to the sky, condensing into a scarlet giant egg.

Then the eggshell shattered, releasing a crane shadow from within, which dissipated to reveal Fan Lianhai’s form, restored even his eyes after rebirth.

"The Niku Withering Rebirth Technique... But what is Niku, what is Rebirth, and who am I, the memories I can recall are fewer and fewer..."

Ning Fan’s eyes flickered with azure light as he comprehended the means by which the other had undergone resurrection. Yet, amidst this understanding, even more was forgotten.

At this moment, not only did Ning Fan unlock the power of Infinite Growth, but he also activated the power of National Defender Unbeatable.

The Infinite Growth caused Ning Fan’s life force to increase a hundredfold, while the National Defender Unbeatable put Ning Fan into a special state.

In the National Defender Unbeatable state, Ning Fan’s body bore many side effects and risks, one being the temporary loss of self-awareness, allowing the inconceivable to severely affect his mind.

But the advantages were more apparent; in this state, his physical defense, spirit sense, and divine arts could be enhanced to the very limit of his will!

The National Defender Unbeatable is a belief art created for guardianship, and the stronger the will to protect, the greater the enhancement in the caster’s attributes.

Ning Fan’s level in illusion arts was momentarily boosted to the Second Step’s limit under the influence of National Defender Unbeatable, allowing him to trap Fan Lianhai in an illusion with just a glance, akin to cheating.

At this time, Ning Fan, dressed in black with white hair, stood inverted between heaven and earth, stepping on the sky. Enshrouded in unfathomable depths due to being entwined by the inconceivable, he held a palm-sized Gengwu Sun captive in his hand.

This Gengwu had also fallen for Ning Fan’s illusion. Not even the Nine-Star Calamity Spirits could resist the illusion, let alone a mere Five-Star Gengwu. Thus, it fell into slumber, unable to self-destruct, and was then constrained by tens of thousands of seals, its massive body suppressed to the size of a palm.

"This Gengwu, I just used illusion to imprison it... But what exactly is a Gengwu..."

Memories continued to fade away, like a host of fragmented butterflies scattered among the dust.

"Though I’ve forgotten many things, I still remember what needs to be done... I must guard that formation, it cannot be lost..."

"No matter what price I must pay..."

Ning Fan’s gaze turned towards the Thousand Trees Formation, his eyes filled with determination as deep as the ocean.

Then he opened his mouth and swallowed the Gengwu in his hand.

This Gengwu was devoured in its sleep without struggle.

"You dare to consume the Infinite Tribulation Spirit!" Fan Lianhai’s gaze shook violently.

Observing Ning Fan’s current figure, with white hair and black attire defying the heavens, it bore a striking resemblance to a certain Forbidden Technique that only the Fan Barbarian Main Clan could practice.

[Reversed King Holding Nation Technique]!

Yet, the next moment, the previously inverted Ning Fan righted himself within heaven and earth, as if the previous defying of heavens was merely an illusion.

For a moment, Fan Lianhai couldn’t determine whether the technique used was indeed the clan’s Forbidden Technique.

"Whether it is or isn’t, killing you will reveal the truth! If you truly belong to the Main Clan, killing you will allow me to seize your Forbidden Technique!"

Fan Barbarian Inverse Wilt Technique, Yangshen!

Fan Lianhai burst into maniacal laughter, suddenly reaching with five claws to lift the Infinite Mingque high, attempting to repeat the old technique of igniting the Mingque’s Yangshen, turning it into a sun.

This sparrow was not a Gengwu, its explosive power wasn’t as great, but to Fan Family cultivators, everything in the world could be turned into a blazing sun; the essence was no different.

His action was swift, faster than an instant, but Ning Fan was swifter, arriving with a speed seemingly transcending time and space!

Time and space, once seen by mortals as markers to comprehend the world, exist not, so how could it be transcended!

Ning Fan, in his Defender state, transcended the constraints of time and space, and upon arrival, closed his eyes, touching one finger to the immense skull of the Mingque.

"Fan Barbarian Inverse Wilt Technique, Yangshen."

The Niku Yang Divine Technique, which Ning Fan could not wield before, was learned after he took control of the Ninth Branch of the Fan Barbarians and swallowed Fan Xuanji’s Niku Dao Fruit.

The Niku Dao Fruit made his mana grow by 1500 Tribulations, and it carried Fan Xuanji’s lifetime insights into the Niku Yang Divine Technique within.

Though inherited, Ning Fan should not wield this Divine Art with such fluency.

However, under the empowerment of National Defender Unbeatable, Ning Fan wielded the art even more proficiently and deeply than Fan Xuanji and Fan Lianhai.

Screech!

Unfortunately, that Infinite Mingque only had time to let out a wretched scream before it was transformed into a blazing sun by Ning Fan’s one finger. But under Ning Fan’s absolute control, the sun neither exploded nor fell, instead burning everything at 15 million times the typical combustion speed in an instant. Thus, the blinding light once more enveloped heaven and earth, catching Fan Lianhai and the other Calamity Spirits off guard, they were blinded, while Ning Fan, who initiated it all, had already closed his eyes and protected them with Dao Arts, unharmed by the light.

But in a heartbeat, the light vanished, and in just that moment, the mighty Six-Star Infinite Mingque had been reduced to ashes by the Yangshen Fire.

The life of the bird was too short, and death descended too swiftly.

So swift that even with Mingque’s limited spirit awareness, it didn’t even manage to see a fleeting montage of its life.

Approaching death, it didn’t even have time to spawn millions of little underworld sparrows before it awkwardly took its bow, leaving only a strand of spirit awareness to drift back to the destination at Immeasurable Mountain, waiting for the next resurrection and rebirth.

In the instant the underworld sparrow fell, enormous Calamity Thought scattered at the place of its demise, but was swallowed whole by Ning Fan.

"Impossible! Isn’t this child a member of the main clan of the Fan Family? How can he use my Ninth Branch’s Niku Yang Divine Technique!"

"But what a pity! Although this child has killed the Immeasurable Mingque, interrupting my spellcasting, he has also stepped into another trap I set up in advance!"

"You’ve underestimated me too much!"

"Primordial Inverse Dust Formation, heed my decree! Ancient Mountain Array Diagram, appear!"

Having suffered once, Fan Lianhai was already prepared when casting the spell again. Almost at the instant Ning Fan slew the underworld sparrow, a massive array diagram coalesced from the illusion, appearing beneath Ning Fan’s feet, triggering the trap!

Primordial Inverse Dust Formation!

This formation was realized by Fan Lianhai after reincarnating as an Immeasurable Tribulation Spirit, bestowed to him by Immeasurable Mountain, and was being used in combat for the first time!

Ordinary people would need to sacrifice a Reverse Infant to activate this formation, but he, as an Immeasurable Tribulation Spirit under the mountain’s permission, required no sacrifice.

Where Ning Fan stood at this moment was precisely the doors of death of the Inverse Dust Formation, while the doors of life of the formation were not only connected to Fan Lianhai but also to the twelve other Immeasurable Tribulation Spirits.

"Ancient Mountain Town Prison!"

The blood light of myriad spirits surged forth from the array diagram, transforming into an illusory volcano that oppressed Ning Fan beneath the mountain. If anyone had seen Immeasurable Mountain, they would recognize this volcanic shadow as having a seven to eight resemblance, albeit thousands of times smaller.

"Ten Thousand Stars Worship Fire!"

Hundreds of billions of blood spirits materialized from the array diagram, all from Northern Barbarian cultivators who perished in the Immeasurable Catastrophe. Countless blood spirits knelt before the mountain in bewilderment, chanting ancient scriptures unrecorded by the world, revealing a magnificent spectacle of twinkling stars.

Thus, endless incense offerings were birthed from the stars and the worship, with the incense entering the catastrophe, forming Calamity Thought Sealing Runes. Subsequently, hundreds of billions of runes entered the volcano, instantly imbuing it with hundreds of billions of sealing power.

Under such a seal, even an Ancient Great Cultivator suppressed beneath the mountain would find it hard to break free!

"Divine Crow Mourns the Ancients!"

A shadow of a godly crow ancient monument as high as the heavens suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, as if directly descended from the endless void.

The face of the divine crow was unclear, but its sorrowful and furious gaze seemed to possess life, eternally staring at all beings.

"Monument rotates once, dust formation opens, imprison heavenly spirits!"

"Monument rotates twice, dust formation reverses, blood devours immortal cultivators!"

"Monument rotates thrice, dust formation annihilates, unleash seven thousand edicts of the Infinite Punishing Heaven!"

As Fan Lianhai’s incantations echoed continuously, the light inside the formation changed unceasingly, birthing various slaughtering calamity techniques within the array diagram, causing the volcano to roar, the stars to reverberate, the divine crow ancient monument’s fury to transform into killing intent, subjecting the oppressed beneath the mountain to eternal slaughter across all ages!

Long after, the momentum subsided.

"Dead... impossible... can he still be alive? With my cultivation, plus twelve aids, and the advantage of the array diagram’s trickery, attacking so long, even a Third Order Quasi-Saint should be killed, let alone this child who is merely an Immortal King..."

"But why does my heart keep racing, unable to calm..."

Whether it was intuition or illusion, Fan Lianhai constantly felt something terrifying was slowly awakening beneath the mountain.

Something was transitioning from the Life Realm to the Annihilation Realm, traversing the world’s most forbidden boundaries!

Thus, the air grew heavier, increasingly oppressive.

Clearly, with the advantage of a surprise attack and holding total superiority, Fan Lianhai felt no real sense, as if all the extensive output earlier had hit nothing but air.

Could my attacks indeed have hit air?

Could I have fallen into an Illusory Art again?

"Unable to comprehend? The truth that a murder spell cannot kill an evil ghost..."

A shadow of white hair and black clothes, seemingly illusory, seemingly nonexistent, disregarded the hundreds of billions of seals on the volcano, walked directly out from beneath, utterly unharmed!

The incomprehensibility surrounding Ning Fan reached its apex with the utmost forgetting of memory.

His gaze was but void, seeing no trace of light.

His Daoist Thought was only pitch-black, seeing no trace of life.

Right in front, yet Fan Lianhai felt a certain illusion: The person before him never existed, as if the world never had this person!

"How is it possible! So many attacks, even if they can’t kill you, you shouldn’t emerge unscathed! This is the Reverse Saint Formation Diagram, how could it..."

Fan Lianhai shouted in disbelief, while secretly forming a seal within his sleeve, signaling to the surrounding calamity spirits.

In the next moment, including Fan Lianhai, all the calamity spirits here opened their mouths to unleash the ultimate of their respective Calamity Flash, thirteen bolts of True Blood Calamity Flash all aimed at Ning Fan, then... passed through Ning Fan’s body, traversing his entire world...

Unattainable!

At this moment, Ning Fan no longer existed in the present world, but had fallen into the Unattainable World!

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!

The Calamity Flashes that failed to hit the enemy randomly shot around like stray bullets, instantly involving several calamity spirits and injuring them.

Only Ning Fan, who should have been injured the most, remained unscathed, untouched by any attack.

"This formation only counts as the Reverse Saint Formation Diagram in the hands of a Reverse Saint. You, using it without mastering its reverse, cannot touch the current me..."

Swoosh!

Ning Fan instantly appeared before the Immeasurable Primal Wing, closed his eyes, and a single point of Yangshen Art fell.

In the instant when extreme light shone over the world, the dignified Five Star Primal Wing was reduced to ashes, its postmortem Calamity Thought swallowed by Ning Fan.

The position where the Primal Wing stood was a life gate of the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation. At this spot, Ning Fan stomped down, and hundreds of billions of Ownership seals instantly emerged, the power of Ownership over all things instantly replacing the seal on the volcano, and in an instant, usurped control of the formation diagram!

Under the power of Holding the Nation, even the release of Ownership became instant, akin to cheating.

And then...

"You can’t see the scenery beyond annihilation, so you can’t touch the Unattainable World. Thus, you know nothing about this formation..."

"Ancient Monument Third Turn, Dust Formation Annihilation, Seven Thousand Edicts of the Infinite Punishing Heaven..."

An extreme aura of the Annihilation Realm emanated from Ning Fan. At this moment, the flames of his seven Life Lanterns had long vanished, resembling annihilation.

Having entered annihilation, in the eyes of the world, Ning Fan no longer existed in this realm.

The art of reality could not harm a phantom that doesn’t truly exist. Fan Lianhai didn’t realize this initially, so all the clever maneuvers didn’t harm Ning Fan at all.

This is the second characteristic of National Defender Unbeatable, and also its other risk.

When a National Defender guards something, even if it means entering annihilation, it remains unwavering. Once this state is activated, the Life Lantern extinguishes temporarily, the flames moving to the Unattainable World, and with the various consumptions during Holding the Nation, the Life Lantern flames also gradually fade.

The advantage is that once stepping into the Annihilation Realm, ordinary methods struggle to cause harm; only special means can be effective.

Being a Nine-Star Calamity Spirit after all, Fan Lianhai’s sharp eyes were gradually realizing how to deal with Ning Fan’s National Defender Unbeatable.

But it was too late!

Almost at the instant Ning Fan uttered the incantation, the volcano within the formation subdued its flames!

Consequently, in the sky radiant with ten thousand stars, seven thousand stars plunged into the formation diagram!

Consequently, the Divine Crow Ancient Monument shed bloody tears, which transformed into a boundless sea of blood!

The bloody sea surged out from the formation diagram, birthing a swirling vortex in its depths, where endless Shienie Wilderness’s Three Energies were created and destroyed, waves upon waves crashing in, instantly engulfing Fan Lianhai and the other calamity spirits beneath the bloody sea, rendering them incapable of even slight resistance with their Second Step magic!

Fan Lianhai attempted to break free from the sea of blood, but only sunk deeper, eventually descending to the bottom of the bloody sea, crossing a boundary separating life and death, and fell into the Unattainable Abyss of Gods.

The scenery within the Abyss of Gods seemed both real and illusory, indescribable by mere truth or void, only terrifying and horrifying could describe it!

There were seven thousand corpses of saints more enormous than the starry sky, bearing divine thorns, chained with convict’s shackles, eternally kneeling within the Abyss of Gods, bearing unforgivable sins.

Their Saint Rings shattered, the Dao Mountains collapsed; the shattered One Realm resembled space-time fissures, webbing throughout the Abyss of Gods, visible everywhere.

Seven thousand deceased Daoist Skill Stars transformed into meteors crashing to the ground, on the cracked earth filled with blood rivers, forming countless crater-like holes as huge as an Immortal Kingdom. As the rivers of blood poured into the craters, they gradually formed vast crimson seas of blood.

In such a colossal, ominous place, even an Ancient Great Cultivator was merely a speck of dust.

The scent within the Abyss of Gods was indescribably vile.

Even someone as strong as Fan Lianhai vomited at the sight of this bloody scene.

It wasn’t disgust but a fear so extreme, it triggered a stress response!

Fake! This must be fake! This is clearly the Formation I cast, even if it was stolen, they shouldn’t see seven thousand Saint corpses trapped inside!

Who in this world could kill seven thousand Saints!

Who would dare let Saints kneel long after they’re dead, this Slaying Punishment is abhorrent!

No! There aren’t even seven thousand Saints in existence! The Three Realms’ Great Dao numbers only three thousand! The limit of Saints in the world is three thousand, how can there be seven thousand!

Fake! It’s Illusory Art! I’ve fallen for that brat’s illusion again!

Break!

Release me!

Why can’t I break this Illusory Art!

Let me go! Let me go!

No time was given to Fan Lianhai for more thought; countless rotting Saint giant hands had already reached out from the earth, grasping toward Fan Lianhai. The shattered Great Dao intertwined between the giant hands, only dim starlight now, unable to shine upon the world.

"Is it Calamity Spirits? Are they of high-grade taste?"

"Is there a way to reverse into Shen Yuan? At least a King Blood Calamity Spirit? Let me take a bite! Just one bite!"

"Not King Blood, at best one could be True Blood Nine Stars, garbage! Garbage!"

"Garbage works too! I’ve been starving for too long, please let me take a bite first..."

"No! You can’t eat indiscriminately! It’s a sacrificial offering to... that master’s atonement item! Who dares eat it!"

"That master is still watching us, we can’t privately devour the prey!"

"Then kill these scraps, offer them to the Second Divine King!"

"May the Divine King forgive us for our sins, we guilty ones... realize our mistakes..."

When seven thousand Saint hands attacked, Fan Lianhai and the Calamity Spirits’ resistance was futile, quickly perishing in the Formation...

...

With Fan Lianhai’s fall, the Reverse Dust Array bestowed by the Immeasurable Mountain shattered, returning to Immeasurable Mountain.

The Ownership of All Things can seize control of the array but its ownership is hard to usurp, remaining with Immeasurable Mountain. Even Ning Fan, having activated Holding Nation Unbeatable, is far from being able to snatch from Immeasurable Mountain.

Thankfully, the moment the Formation shattered, the vast Calamity Thought left by the fallen Calamity Spirits was expelled by the array, not daring to swallow it privately, all taken by Ning Fan.

After annihilating the enemy, Ning Fan deactivated the Holding Nation Unbeatable state, memories restored, and the flame of the Life Lantern returned, reverting to his white-clad, black-haired appearance.

Yet, the moment the Life Lantern returned, he felt immense weakness.

Ning Fan possesses seven Life Lanterns; to save Northern Barbarian God, he extinguished three flames, and now for activating Holding Nation Unbeatable, he’s consumed another flame, no wonder he feels weak!

"From the moment I activated Holding Nation Unbeatable to obliterating the Calamity Spirits, although an extremely short time passed, I directly used up an entire flame, is the consumption of Holding Nation Unbeatable really this massive?"

"No, it’s not the consumption of Holding Nation Unbeatable itself that’s massive, but that during Holding Nation state, I used a bit of the true power of the Primordial Inverse Dust Formation, that’s what’s immensely depleting..."

Ning Fan had witnessed the Primordial Inverse Dust Formation long ago, and he had been researching this formation ever since. However, the principles of this array are obscure and difficult to comprehend; even now, he only has partial understanding.

But relying on years of research to gain a partial understanding, Ning Fan, during Holding Nation Unbeatable, managed to glimpse the hidden terror within the Reverse Dust Formation...

If activated correctly, this array can unleash the power of seven thousand Saints! The Three Realms has only three thousand Saints, directly summoning seven thousand, are you intending to annihilate the Three Realms in one strike!

Who, in this world, could withstand the full force of this array’s strike! Even someone like Senior Chiwei, might find it difficult...

Chiwei: Thank you! If this array were fully engaged, I truly have no confidence in directly resisting, but could you please not use me as a reference! I have dignity!

Ning Fan: Apologies, in the Fourth Step, I only know Senior the best, referencing Senior provides more precision.

Chiwei: Only this once, not again!

Ning Fan: I’ll try my best...

Holding Nation Unbeatable is too powerful, even the true potency of the Reverse Dust Formation can be slightly activated, defeating great cultivations and annihilating Calamity Spirits is as easy as chopping vegetables.

However, the side effects are astonishing!

Activating National Defender Unbeatable requires depleting one’s own life flame; in other words, this is a forbidden technique that exchanges life for an absolute increase in power!

If it were the rational Ning Fan, even if he initiated National Defender Unbeatable, he wouldn’t dare overconsume its power. He wouldn’t unleash a map-wide attack recklessly, nor would he pay the heavy price of one life flame to swap for the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation’s seven thousand Saint strikes to kill some mere Second Step ghost servants, playing a grand cannon shooting mosquitoes farce...

This is not Ning Fan’s normal combat style!

Yet Ning Fan in the Defender state is not normal! He is severely affected by the inconceivable, his memory influenced, fighting only by instinct and preference. At that time, Ning Fan couldn’t even remember what sort of side effects National Defender Unbeatable would have; only a belief remained in his heart—protect, at any cost...

This is very dangerous!

If the enemies are more numerous and stronger, the flames consumed by Ning Fan when defending would be more, necessitating to expend all life flames at one mistake, then he would not temporarily reach annihilation but truly perish...

"National Defender Unbeatable is powerful, but it has many flaws..."

"And once memory is lost, forgetting the true self, my nature will be exposed. If enemies use Yangshen Art on me, I’ll counter with Yangshen Art; if enemies kill me with the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation, I’ll counterkill with the same formation...Using the enemy’s methods, applying them to oneself, acting capriciously, speaking excessively, even speaking cryptic nonsense to enemies! My nature is truly somewhat vile..."

"Clearly there are more appropriate methods to face enemies, but under the influence of the inconceivable, I can no longer maintain a thought process, leaving only my nature. Only at the beginning of activating National Defender Unbeatable did I have some rationality, knowing to use Illusory Art to cleverly resolve Gengwu’s explosion; if it were later with all reason lost, I’m afraid I’d dare to swallow Gengwu’s self-destruction with just relying on National Defender Unbeatable, at one careless mistake, exhausting the life flame completely...but there is also a possibility that I might mimic Gengwu’s self-destruction, causing myself to explode..."

"This technique involves great risk, its greatest risk lies in myself! Unless absolutely necessary, it should not be used recklessly, otherwise, it would harm the enemy eight hundred, damage oneself three billion..."

"Besides, another point catches my concern...After initiating National Defender Unbeatable, the existing state switches from Life Realm momentarily to Annihilation Realm, entering the Unattainable realm along with the onslaught of the inconceivable..."

"This strange state sounds somewhat like the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm I’ve not yet achieved, yet it differs slightly..."

Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm, the supreme technique of the Liangyi Sect, to achieve this skill, one must first cultivate Liangyi Four Symbols, refine hundreds of thousands of Yin and Yang Qi.

Once mastered, entering the Life Realm would greatly boost power, entering the Annihilation Realm would result in undying existence; if life is within death, and death within life, cultivation reaches the utmost extreme.

"National Defender Unbeatable is akin to the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm, the difference is National Defender Unbeatable has a low threshold but high cost; the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm has a high threshold but low cost, though both share similarities, there exists some conceptual distinction which is difficult to encapsulate with words..."

Suddenly, waves of pain emanated from the divine sense, disrupting Ning Fan’s contemplation.

This is the corrosion damage left by the heavy inconceivable power when initiating National Defender Unbeatable.

External enemies couldn’t hurt the National Defender Unbeatable Ning Fan, but Ning Fan himself left internal divine sense damage and life flame consumption.

Having four life flames, Ning Fan can still maintain stable breath, yet now only three remain, the weakness and fatigue from the depths of the soul are hard to ignore.

Standing on the scarred, snowless earth, Ning Fan’s mood cannot be carefree, his eyes showing azure spikes, observing the time of the next Immeasurable Tribulation Spirit attack.

"Three days later, the ghost servants I destroyed will revive and come again, and more than before..."

"And such slaughter and resurrection will last a whole Yuanhui...Can we endure until the very end..."

"But I must hold until the last moment, if only relying on external forces, the depletion is too great...Immeasurable Tribulation’s attacks will only become increasingly fierce over time, I cannot remain stagnant..."

"Luckily this battle I swallowed numerous Calamity Thoughts, sufficient to completely break through to True Blood Five Stars, I’m growing stronger along with the Immeasurable Tribulation!"

"But this kind of strengthening might not always sustain, I have a hunch the Immeasurable Tribulation won’t allow me to constantly profit from it..."

...

When Ning Fan victoriously returned, within the Thousand Trees Formation, Bai Ling and the other cultivators of Fan Family were already waiting.

Bai Ling remembered Ning Fan’s words, had prepared abundant food to alleviate Ning Fan’s hunger after battle.

Fan Family cultivators also exerted effort to gather Spirit Fruit Immortal Elixirs, for the ancestor to consume.

This caused Ning Fan to feel a touch of warmth: even though the Northern Barbarians Kingdom walks towards its end, he is not fighting alone, though with difficulty, he is not lonely.

And this is precisely the significance of his rewriting reincarnation.

"Big Brother Fan doesn’t look so good, could he be injured?" Bai Ling, despite her concern, dismissed formality.

"I don’t know if I’m hurt or not, it seems so but also not, do you want to help check?" Ning Fan laughed, extending his wrist, signifying Bai Ling could take the pulse to discern.

"Alright, then I’ll..." Bai Ling instinctively extended her hand to take Ning Fan’s pulse, but halfway through the action, she suddenly realized, she understood no medical skills, she only knew how to play chess...

I’m such a fool!

Nearly reached out foolishly to touch Big Brother Fan’s wrist!

That would be...that would be skin contact, no, no, still cannot, I haven’t yet prepared...

"Big Brother Fan, quickly eat something. I’ll go heat some Spiritual Spring water for you to wash away the bloodstains and Evil Qi..."

Bai Ling blushed and darted away, never quite figuring out whether Ning Fan was injured.

He probably wasn’t injured, otherwise, why would he be in the mood to tease me... He knows I don’t understand medicine!

After teasing Bai Ling away, Ning Fan, attended by the Fan Family cultivators, consumed many Spiritual Medicines and Immortal Fruits.

Most of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures were not of high grade, considering the people’s limited abilities, yet the sincerity was genuine.

But to Ning Fan’s surprise, amidst these low-grade items, there was a mix of extremely high-grade ones.

"Is this... high-grade Enlightenment Fruit! And high-grade Enlightenment Tea!" Ning Fan was greatly surprised.

"To answer the ancestor, the Enlightenment Tea and Enlightenment Fruit were treasures found by Miss Bai! Miss Bai truly has the capability to acquire such supreme treasures! But the ancestor is indeed more formidable, to captivate a lady to such an extent, presenting such precious items without hesitation..." All the Fan Family cultivators regarded Ning Fan as a heaven separation being.

They had witnessed powerful strength, but such overwhelming charm was a first! Even if the ancestor lacked profound cultivation strength, his charismatic and unparalleled demeanor would be enough to enchant both men and women across the world!

Ning Fan ignored their wild imaginations.

He had other concerns, so he cast his spirit sense, observing the karma of the Enlightenment Tea and Fruit, to see if Bai Ling had gotten involved in some scheme due to these precious goodies.

In the end, he realized his worries were unfounded.

These treasures were gifts from Nanke the Old Immortal.

"Brotherly affection, is it..." Ning Fan pondered.

In his heart, he recalled his first encounter with the paper crane. At that time, the paper crane seemed to have mentioned having an elder brother who had passed away... Was it perhaps here, in this mysterious connection?

Seeing their ancestor value the Enlightenment Tea and Fruit so much, the Fan Family cultivators assumed he would consume one of the two first.

Yet, Ning Fan didn’t choose either, and instead picked up a bun shaped like a little rabbit from the most inconspicuous corner.

The purity and adorableness of a young girl’s mind, this rabbit bun was indeed Bai Ling’s handiwork. Her lingering aura was still on it.

The buns were made from low-quality Spiritual Valley, not very potent in medicinal effect, but at that moment, they were precisely what Ning Fan wanted to eat.

He carefully bit a piece off one bun, holding it as if it were an irreplaceable treasure.

Indeed, that taste, so nostalgic...

Ning Fan closed his eyes, reminiscing about the scenes of his youth.

[Back then, I was used as a Cauldron Furnace by demonesses, nearly dying.]

[A destiny that should have ended was forcibly altered by a pair of frail hands.]

[She gave me a few buns, and left me the Yin Yang Locket... giving me a chance at life.]

[How dared she, so small and weak, defy fate, willingly plead for a lifeline for me in the vast cycle of reincarnation, truly a... foolish girl...]

[It’s always been you holding an umbrella for me, so this time, let me shield you...]

His spirit sense was firmer than ever before.

The meaning of becoming stronger was clearer and more untainted than ever.

His determination burned hotter and fiercer than any previous moment!

The Emperor’s aura surged within him, a sign that he could breakthrough to Immortal Emperor at any time. He had long been able to break through, but constrained by the rapid ascension of realms and lack of Mana Purity, he had delayed. However, the desire to breakthrough at this moment was at its peak.

If the realm was insufficient, it would also be difficult to suppress the increasingly swelling Blood Lightning within. Then find a way... and delay no more!

...

Half a day later, Nanke the Old Immortal, who was supposed to treat the Northern Barbarian God, suddenly found Ning Fan.

Nanke: One bad news, one good news, which do you want to hear first?

Ning Fan: Tell me the bad news first.

Nanke: The bad news is, the Primordial Inverse Moon Formation alone cannot truly wake Hongling. It is interfered with by unknown Reverse Saints, more than one in number. To truly save Hongling, a Saint must willingly sacrifice an entire mountain and sea, and a realm, giving up their Saint Road, in exchange for Hongling’s slim chance at life... Unfortunately, I lack these conditions, everything about me is fixed at the eternal fate of a Fate Immortal...

Ning Fan: I understand.

Nanke: Oh? What do you understand?

Ning Fan: I understand what your good news is.

Nanke: But this matter is no easy task for you, and the price is exceedingly high...

Ning Fan: Perhaps, but certain things, I must do myself, otherwise the world would only be cruel to her...

Nanke: Thank you.

Ning Fan: I should be the one thanking you instead. Haven’t you heard, she already married a butterfly, she is the butterfly’s wife.

Nanke: But that is only her perspective, from your perspective, nothing has happened yet.

Ning Fan: From my perspective, she has long been my wife, both in the past and the future, she waits for me here, I do not wish to disappoint her...

Nanke: In that case, I have one last piece of advice. Before you become an Innate Divine Spirit, be cautious with using National Defender Unbeatable, you still have three Life Lanterns remaining, make sure to stay safe; however, if it is the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm, then using it more frequently is no problem, provided you can master it. Whether it’s Zi Wei’s National Defender Unbeatable, or Liangyi’s Taiji Genesis and Termination, in essence, they imitate the Reversed King Holding Nation Technique. When you again consume high-grade Enlightenment Tea or Enlightenment Fruit, try to comprehend the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm, perhaps you’ll find fate; don’t just consume them like a bun dipped in sauce.

Ning Fan: Eh, thank you for the reminder, Senior, I will be careful.

...

Before leaving, Nanke left behind additional Enlightenment Tea and Fruit.

Ning Fan was at a critical point of breaking through the True Blood Five Stars, primarily focused on overcoming Blood Lightning. However, given Nanke’s emphasis on the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm, Ning Fan wouldn’t brush the advice off.

So he temporarily postponed the breakthrough of Blood Lightning and consumed some Enlightenment Tea and Fruit again.

As his understanding surged, he began to comprehend the Taiji Genesis and Termination Realm.

Initially, there seemed to be no special manifestation.

But as the comprehension deepened, his consciousness slowly blurred, as if descending into an unobservable abyss.

So light, the consciousness felt so light, like becoming a boat of awareness, floating in the depths of the abyss.

It was unclear how long he sailed, when suddenly, piercing sunlight illuminated the darkness deep within his awareness.

Under the intense light lay the silhouette of a magnificent crane, treading inversely upon the world, its brilliance too radiant to be viewed by mortal eyes, like the true visage of the sun.

"So another latecomer arrives in this Realm of Consciousness..."

"I see, seeking enlightenment on the Reversed King Holding Nation?"

"Divine Spirit is not authority."

"Divine Spirit is a responsibility, a belief."

"When a person’s belief is overwhelmingly strong, it can birth radiance, transforming into a Divine Spirit."

"Do you possess the awareness to bear the world’s weight..."

The voice ceased, and the pervasive sunlight gradually withdrew, as if it had never existed.

"Responsibility, huh..."

Ning Fan seemed to understand something. The boat of awareness continued to sail, until it reached a place where countless stars shimmered.

A boat laden with pure dreams pressured the galaxies, yet Ning Fan looked not at the galaxies, but at the shadow of a Divine Crow treading inversely on the heavens within them.

That Divine Crow ignored Ning Fan, as if beyond the constellations, nothing on earth was worth its gaze.

Simply repetitively uttering an eternal and indestructible vow.

"The unpredictable Yin and Yang is called Divine."

"With the world so overturned, I will reverse the galaxies."

Ning Fan’s gaze flickered slightly with enlightenment.

The Divine Crow’s face was indiscernible, yet the feeling it gave Ning Fan was identical to the Divine Crow ancient monument summoned by the Nether Dust Formation.

What could this truly mean...

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