To cultivators with the Yin Yang Devil Veins, the Profound Yin World could be said to have a heaven-defying effect on their cultivation. However, Ning Fan had a feeling that there might be some disadvantages behind the unbelievable cultivation speed within this world.
He did not have the time to meticulously assess the disadvantages of the Profound Yin World. He proceeded to carry Luo You in his arms with a cautious expression. When he made a swirl, he flew out from the Profound Yin World and returned to his bedroom. He walked to his bed and carefully placed her on it.
His eyes fell upon her delicate body and he felt pity for her again.
The expression of this sleeping woman who was dressed in snow white robes looked weak and pained. The body of her primordial spirit was illusory. After being trapped within the Profound Yin World for innumerable years, her cultivation base had nearly been completely absorbed by that realm.
Moreover, she had been depleting the power of her primordial spirit every time she helped Ning Fan out of danger.
In the past, Ning Fan would always think that this Luo You was rather lazy and lethargic.
However, from what he had seen, she was not even a bit like what he had thought of her. She was just preventing her primordial spirit from perishing by slumbering.
In the past, she could still wake up once in a while. Today, however, her primordial spirit was on the verge of dissipating. Unless her primordial spirit recovers, she must not wake up.
“You saved me a few times already. I will surely keep you safe. Don’t worry. I’m here…”
Ning Fan’s hand caressed her cheek. The words he said made her, who was in her dream realm, feel relieved once more.
He patted his storage pouch and produced a three thousand and one hundred years old Heart Nourishing Grass. By exerting force with his palm, he carefully ground the grass into medicinal liquid which was green like jade. After pondering for a while, he put it into his mouth.
He uttered ‘pardon me’ and then lowered his head, sending the medicinal liquid into Luo You’s mouth.
As their lips and tongues met, Luo You’s body quivered slightly. Despite being unconscious, she made a gentle moan as if reluctant to kiss Ning Fan.
He did not behave too excessively towards that beauty. His lips parted with hers right after he injected the medicinal liquid. He sat beside the bed and held her palms, gently administering his magic power.
When he was holding her icy but soft and white fingers, he suddenly lost control of himself as he felt a bewitching aura from her which was not any weaker than Yuan Yao’s.
However, when compared to Yuan Yao’s bewitching aura, hers was slightly different.
If they were to be distinguished by color, Yuan Yao’s aura was purple while Luo You’s was as white as snow.
“Disperse!”
Ning Fan gathered his focus and eliminated the lust that rose within him. After his Yin Yang Transformation broke through to the Third Level, his concentration and willpower had greatly improved. Unless Luo You takes the initiative and deliberately tempted him using her deep and profound cultivation base, Ning Fan would never succumb to his lust.
As his magic power entered her body, the medicinal power of the grass spread throughout her entire being. The body of her primordial spirit slightly solidified but was still extremely feeble. She could not awaken for the time being.
A primordial spirit was something that only Divine Transformation Realm cultivators would have. The spiritual herbs that could nourish a primordial spirit were mostly medicinal ingredients used in concocting Fifth Revolution pills although there was no specified requirement on the age of the herbs. Those herbs were extremely expensive and were hard to find.
In Ning Fan’s storage pouch, there was only a tuft of Heart Nourishing Grass that he found by accident. Moreover, it was just three thousand and one hundred years old.
With the severity of the condition of Luo You’s primordial spirit, it was certainly not something that could be cured with tens of hundreds of one thousand years old spiritual herbs.
Fortunately, Ning Fan had already ordered Yu Long to purchase and gather spiritual herbs that could be used to heal a primordial spirit before leaving Gusu Island.
Perhaps Yu Long would give him a satisfying answer when he returns to the island again after a few years.
Currently, his Yin Yang Transformation was at the first layer of the Third Level. He had successfully accomplished the first three levels of the cultivation method. However, Ning Fan had no idea with regards to how to break through to the Fourth Level and above. After all, the cultivation method he inherited from Ancient Chaos was only up to the level of Void Fragmentation Realm while the Third Level of Yin Yang Transformation was already at that level.
Ning Fan gazed thoughtfully at Luo You.
Perhaps after she awakens, she could provide me with some directions on how to achieve the higher levels of this cultivation method. After all, this woman is also a practitioner of Yin Yang Transformation, isn’t she?
After achieving a breakthrough of his cultivation method, it was meaningless to continue lingering around the Black Orchid Island.
Three days later, when Luo You’s primordial spirit was slightly stabilized, Ning Fan brought her back to the Profound Yin World to continue her slumber. Then, he began to study the massive dichiliocosm.
This realm was indeed strange.
The Cauldron Ring, which was at the level of Treasure of Immortal’s Abode, could store women while the Yuan Yao Jade, a Treasure of the Cosmos that consisted of a chiliocosm, contained skies and land.
As for the Profound Yin World, a dichiliocosm which was much larger than the space contained within the two aforementioned treasures, did not allow any outsiders to enter.
To be more precise, no one else could enter this world other than the cultivators who cultivated the Yin Yang Devil Veins.
Luo You had practiced Yin Yang Transformation before in order to search for the Yin Yang Locket. As such, she was able to enter the world.
As for Ning Fan, the level of his Yin Yang Transformation was at a level where he rarely had competitors in the nine worlds. Naturally, he was able to enter it as well.
In other words, others were completely unable to enter this world other than Ning Fan and Luo You.
Besides, even if they manage to enter, they would not experience the one hundred times boost in their cultivation speed like Ning Fan.
The thatched cottage where Luo You stayed in was still floating in the middle of the deserted heaven and earth.
Ning Fan sat upright below the fiery stone slab in a meditation posture while circulating his magic power and connecting himself with the world.
He spent three days meditating within the world and gained magic power equivalent to three hundred days worth of cultivation in the outside world!
However, three days later, the Profound Yin World suddenly trembled violently. That intense tremor had actually cast Ning Fan, the master of the Profound Yin World, out of it.
Ning Fan was inwardly surprised. Prior to this, he had sensed that this Profound Yin World had some sort of disadvantage but he was not aware of what it was.
Now, it had clearly surfaced. The disadvantage of the Profound Yin World was that one would be unable to stay within it continuously!
After spending three days within the world, Ning Fan was chased out of it. Even though he had made a few attempts trying to get into the world again, his efforts were in vain.
Until one day later, only then was he able to enter the world again. However, after spending three days in a row within, he was cast out of it.
As he thought about it carefully, he instantly understood the crux of this incident.
Somehow, this Profound Yin World could only allow Ning Fan to stay within for three days. Three days later, he would then be forbidden from entering the world and he had to wait for one day before he could reenter this place.
While there was such a restriction on Ning Fan, Luo You was able to stay within the world without limits.
With the three-day limitation, the Profound Yin World was only suitable for him to do short-term training and he could not carry out a long-term secluded meditation within.
Otherwise, he might be harmed or even go mentally retarded very easily if he was chased out of the Profound Yin World when he is at a critical moment of his cultivation.
Ning Fan now had an initial understanding of the cultivation speed and time restriction within the Profound Yin World.
When another day passed, Ning Fan entered the Profound Yin World again. This time, he did not practice or meditate but examined the fiery stone slab carefully.
Luo You had once told him that the fire stone slab was named as the Stele of Sun and Moon and was one of the benefits of attaining the Third Level of the cultivation method.
When you achieve the first level of the cultivation method, it would allow the practitioner to pluck and seize the strength of others.
When you reach the second level of the cultivation method, it would give the practitioner the Mind Reading Technique.
When you reach the third level of the cultivation method, the practitioner would become the master of the Profound Yin World.
Because of the breakthrough in his cultivation method, Ning Fan acquired a dichiliocosm that could provide him a heaven-defying cultivation speed. The other advantage of his breakthrough was him gaining control of the Stele of Sun and Moon.
“Luo You once said that the Stele of Sun and Moon has two miraculous functions. One of them was to duplicate the cultivation methods and magic techniques of the female cultivators with whom I have had sexual interactions. The second function was to act as a magical treasure to kill enemies…”
Ning Fan touched the red hot fire stone slab and closed his eyes, trying to search for some information from within.
After a brief moment, information about different types of cultivation methods and magic techniques went into his Sea of Consciousness through his fingers.
All of those cultivation methods and magic techniques were the possessions of the women whom he had plucked before.
The cultivation method of the Sinister Sparrow Sect from Lan Mei.
The cultivation method of bewitching techniques from Bai Lu.
The demon cultivation methods from the Flower Demoness and Wind Demoness.
The secret arts of Nalan Zi, Xi Ran and the other female demons’ races.
The secret arts of the moon consciousness from Yue Lingkong.
Even some low-grade cultivation methods from Yuan Yao were also imprinted on the fiery stone slab!
This vast clutter of information about cultivation methods flowed into Ning Fan’s Sea of Consciousness. A few hours later, there were at least one thousand sets of cultivation methods and secret arts in his mind!
“What a marvelous stele!”
Ning Fan, who was rarely surprised by anything, was overcome with the feeling of great astonishment.
The first level allows me to pluck the power of female cultivators, the second level allows me to read women’s minds while the third level allows me to directly seize their cultivation methods and magic techniques!
Countless thoughts ran across Ning Fan’s mind. He realized that the cultivation methods of the women whose purity he had taken would be completely imprinted on the fiery stele.
As for women like Yuan Yao who only had her rear penetrated by him, only some low-grade cultivation methods or incomplete arts would be copied from them and imprinted on the stele.
Apparently, the effect of penetrating the rear was not a patch on that of performing the genuine dual-cultivation. Otherwise, the Stele of Sun and Moon would probably contain a number of secret arts of several cultivation methods of the Shedding Void Realm.
Inwardly, Ning Fan said to himself.
If I pluck women who practice fiendgod cultivation methods, wouldn’t I have a copy of those cultivation methods too?
Well, if that’s how it is, he could just plunder cultivation methods or magic techniques from others whenever he was lacking them.
Since he already tried out the first function of the Stele of Sun and Moon, it was time for him to try out its second function next.
Ning Fan placed his hand on the one thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall giant stele, trying to engrave each and every line on the fiery stele in his mind.
He stood firmly below the stele for three consecutive days. When he was being cast out of the Profound Yin World, only then did he open his eyes which glowed brightly like he had comprehended something.
This time, he did not try to enter the Profound Yin World again. Instead, he placed his hand on the Yuan Yao Jade and went into the Yuan Yao World.
On the land within this world laid a corpse that was hundreds of thousands of zhang* (3.33 per zhang) large. It was doubtlessly the corpse of the Realm Beast which Yuan Yao gave to him after rescuing her for the first time.
The physical body of this Realm Beast was severely damaged, making it unsuitable to be refined into a spiritual puppet. However, every inch of its hide and bones were excellent ingredients for refining weapons.
Even though it was not like an Immemorial Star Iron and lacked the ability to make the treasures forged using it as material grow in strength, treasure forged using the entire Realm Beast would certainly not be inferior to the Blood Sword.
The Blood Sword was forged using the bones of an Immortal Blood Dragon. However, when compared to this Realm Beast of the True Immortal Realm, it was unknown which of them was more superior…
Ning Fan touched his glabella and produced his Separation Slayer Sword. Without hesitation, he made a slash at the corpse which was as humongous as a lofty mountain.
Combining the sharpness of the Separation Slayer Sword with the intensity of magic power that the current Ning Fan could use to wield it, it was nearly capable of cutting anything at the level of the Divine Transformation Realm. The strength of his single slash immediately caused the hollow space to crumble and the mountains and the ground to tremble and move.
However, when such a great and mighty sword light clashed with the hide of the carcass, only a small amount of sparks were created. The repulsive force from the carcass even made Ning Fan’s purlicue numb, making him retreat for tens of steps before he could regain his balance.
When he looked at the carcass again, there was only a shallow cut at the spot which he slashed using the Separation Slayer Sword. Not even half a piece of its flesh was cut.
The hardness of the Realm Beast’s physical body was seriously terrifying! Even if it were to stand right there and let Ning Fan cut it freely, it was not something that he would be able to slay!
Ning Fan kept his Separation Slayer Sword. In the first place, he was not here to try out his sword but to test the power of the fire stele instead.
He closed his eyes and reached out with one of his palms. He then drew the lines of the fire stele in the air.
Traces of black flames gradually condensed into a one thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) fire stele in midair. It was practically not any different from the Stele of Sun and Moon in the Profound Yin World. The only dissimilarity between the two of them was their color as this one was pitch-black while the other was fiery-red.
Ning Fan remained silent. He faintly felt the mark of the Yin Yang Fish on his heart begin to hurt after he condensed his flames into the stele.
While he was in pain, something seemed to have been extracted from the actual Stele of Sun and Moon and it entered into the dark fiery stele before him.
With the knowledge that he had gained after learning the Soul Extraction Technique, he realized clearly that the thing that was extracted from the Stele of Sun and Moon was actually the soul of the stele!
“Condense!”
As Ning Fan uttered ‘condense’, the soul of the Stele of Sun and Moon rapidly fused with the black fiery stele in front of him.
His magic power was being drained at a frightening speed like a clay ox entering the sea, flowing into the black fiery stele.
Meanwhile, the power being emanated by the black stele grew more and more formidable.
*Puke*
When the power of the fire stele rose to a certain level, Ning Fan actually coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood, as if suffering a heavy backlash from some kind of magic technique.
This magic technique was so powerful that it was enough to harm him!
Looking at the one thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) fiery stele that struck one’s eyes and roused one’s mind, Ning Fan’s expression turned solemn and clawed at the direction of the Realm Beast’s carcass with his five fingers.
The black fiery stele immediately soared into the air with a howl and heavily crashed down onto the huge corpse like a crumbling mountain.
Upon impact, the whole Yuan Yao World was turned upside down, as if this chiliocosm was going to be destroyed by the fire stele!
An imposing and powerful aura force which nearly made Ning Fan gasp for air blasted on the corpse of the Realm Beast and its peerlessly hard body was literally split in half by the fire stele!
*Rumble*
Amidst the violent tremor of the earth and the mountains, the grand formations and stars of magical treasures that Ning Fan had painstakingly set up in the Yuan Yao World were all destroyed by the attack of the fiery stele.
The vigorous shockwave produced by the destruction of the magical treasures slammed onto Ning Fan’s chest, sending him flying backwards while coughing blood as if he had been hit by a heavy blow.
His eyes were filled with deep astonishment and beneath that, there was an immense amount of joy that could not be concealed!
If he was not wrong, the might of the fire stele’s attack was certainly beyond an attack at the Peak Divine Transformation Realm or even a Void Refinement Realm strike…
“This is a strike of the Void Fragmentation Realm! With the help of the soul of the Stele of Sun and Moon, I managed to condense my stele using flames and the strength of its attack was equivalent to that of the Void Fragmentation Realm!”
It was impossible for Ning Fan not to be excited.
From the start of his bitter cultivation up to this point, even though his strength and power were gradually getting stronger, the day he would attain the Void Fragmentation Realm was still far away and not within the foreseeable future.
However, with the power of the Stele of Sun and Moon, Ning Fan managed to deliver a strike of that level. Although the backlash he suffered from displaying it was huge, it was still a surprising and joyful matter.
For the first time, he firmly believed that he could resist Emperor Moksha who was at the Void Fragmentation Realm with his own power!
He found it difficult to calm his realm’s state even after a long time. He consumed a few pills to suppress the injuries he suffered from the backlash of the magic technique. Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something which caused his eyes to darken.
The reason why the strike he displayed earlier could attain destructive power at the Void Fragmentation Realm was because it had been fused with the soul of the Stele of Sun and Moon.
Ning Fan quickly scanned the Profound Yin World with his spirit sense and helplessly found that the mighty strike just now had completely used up the soul of the Stele of Sun and Moon!
It was unable to recover by itself. In fact, Ning Fan had to fill up the Stele of Sun and Moon with flames in order to replenish its soul.
Throughout his journey, he had assimilated countless types of spiritual flames and all the flames he had accumulated were used up during the attack earlier…
Unless I gather innumerable types of flames again and refill the soul of the Stele of Sun and Moon, I would certainly be unable to initiate that Void Fragmentation Realm strike again.
“The limitation of this Void Fragmentation Realm strike is truly great… I wonder how many more types of flames I will have to gather in order to fully replenish the soul of the stele. If I am able to refill it again, I can then have a Void Fragmentation Realm strike as my trump card to protect myself. Even if I face a true Void Fragmentation Realm expert, I will certainly have a strike to resist them!”
Ning Fan’s eyes blazed with zeal.
He had indeed gained a lot after becoming the master of the Profound Yin World as a result of achieving the Third Level of his cultivation method.
Even though the Profound Yin World and the Stele of Sun and Moon had their own disadvantages, if they were to be utilized appropriately and efficiently, both of them were heaven-defying means!
*Rumble*
The frightening aura force of the Void Fragmentation Realm strike spread impressively in all directions from the Black Orchid Island, causing the entire External Endless Sea to tremble violently!
Despite having the Yuan Yao World which blocked most of the attack, it still made countless cultivators of the External Endless Sea to be surprised.
Innumerable experts gazed towards the direction of the Black Orchid Island and felt inwardly amazed.
Such a terrifying attack which shook the entire external sea. It can’t be wrong… It’s a Void Fragmentation Realm strike!
“There is a Void Fragmentation Realm expert in the direction of Black Orchid Island!”
Each of the cultivators in the area were surprised and bewildered.
Wasn’t that place where Ning Fan practiced his cultivation method and plucked women?
Why did a Void Fragmentation Realm strike come from there?
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel.
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