Chapter 852: Chapter 852: Who in the World Can Awaken from Nijun’s Dream?

The Ninth Layer of the Mist Sea is a world shrouded in purple mist.

This place’s purple mist feels like a dream, giving Ning Fan a very familiar feeling… When he achieved Divinity Transformation at the Ten Steps Bridge, he had seen this kind of purple mist.

The purple mist here not only suppresses the cultivation and spirit sense of masters but also has an irresistible power of illusion. The moment Ning Fan steps in, it immediately invades his body.

In just an instant, layers upon layers of illusions appear in Ning Fan’s eyes, changing his expression as these illusions appear real and yet not, beyond his capability to see through.

Without any hesitation, Ning Fan immediately activates the Fu Li Demon Blood within his body, releasing the ancestral blood suppression around him for three feet.

In his left eye, the Fu Li Demon Star slightly flickers, causing his body to emit a purple-black demon light.

Ning Fan’s aura immediately turns strange and sinister, becoming unpredictable.

With a shock of the Fu Li ancestral blood’s suppression, the illusions before him immediately begin to collapse.

The Fu Li race’s specialty is the Illusory Art, and the Fu Li ancestor’s blood has incredible restraint against illusions.

After breaking the illusion, the purple mist here starts to swirl, turning into large purple palms, slapping towards Ning Fan.

These giant palms arrive slowly but move steadily, with an invisible momentum that weighs heavily, making Ning Fan’s breathing difficult.

Only a true Immortal Emperor can withstand such a level of momentum; even an Immortal King cannot do it.

If hit by the giant palms, even an Immortal King would be knocked out of this purple mist world, and Ning Fan would be no exception!

He cannot confront it head-on and can only evade.

Ning Fan narrows his gaze, summoning the Ghost Eye Clan, the blue light flickering in his eyes, and he lightly taps his toe, rushing towards the countless giant purple mist palms in front.

Every step treads on the pulse of the great momentum here.

Clearly, he is moving directly towards those giant palms, but due to Ning Fan’s strange footwork, just as the giant palms are about to smash upon him, they often veer off automatically, brushing past him…

At this moment, Ning Fan is walking upon the great momentum of heaven and earth, skillfully avoiding a direct confrontation with the giant purple mist palms, as he continues to move forward step by step.

Amidst the purple mist, Ning Fan does not know how long he has traveled, gradually, all the giant palms disappear, and the great momentum of heaven and earth begins to settle down.

The further forward he goes, the denser the purple mist becomes. Half an hour later, stepping upon the momentum, Ning Fan reaches the end of the purple mist world.

Here, circles of faint golden light seem like ripples in water, continuously spreading outwards, dispersing all the purple mist in this place.

The source of the faint golden light is a golden island floating in the sky and earth.

The island has an extremely heavy demon aura, which gives Ning Fan a very familiar feeling, consistent with the aura of the Eastern Ocean Bell, belonging to the Ancestral Demon of the East.

Outside the island, the golden light forms layers of demon clan formations. Without the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor, it’s difficult to forcefully break into the formation and enter the island world.

This Demon Island is the location of the Goblin Ancestor’s Cave Mansion.

Ning Fan attempts briefly, and finds that with his cultivation, he can’t break through the golden light formation.

If he tries to forcibly break the island’s formation, he would be turned to ashes by the formation…

“The Ninth Layer of the Mist Sea is indeed not a place ordinary masters can enter…”

After a moment of silence, Ning Fan suddenly makes a hand gesture, retrieving the Eastern Ocean Bell from within the Xuan Yin Treasure, striking it with an art.

Immediately, the Eastern Ocean Bell trembles slightly, emitting an ancient, deep ringing, sending out circles of faint golden light expanding in all directions.

This is Ning Fan’s attempt, trying to see if he can use the Eastern Ocean Bell to cleverly break through the Demon Island Great Array.

The result of the attempt satisfies Ning Fan quite a bit.

With the chime of the Eastern Ocean Bell, a golden light passage immediately appears upon the array of the Demon Island.

This great array seems to be welcoming Ning Fan’s return… only because Ning Fan holds the Eastern Ocean Bell, causing the array to recognize Ning Fan as the former master of this island—the Ancestral Demon of the East.

After a brief contemplation, Ning Fan tentatively steps forward into the golden light passage.

Once he senses everything is normal, he continues to move forward, passing through the passage and stepping onto the Demon Island.

The Demon Island is barren, with serpentine mountain ranges. Looking upon them, the mountains shape resembles a colossal Golden Crow long asleep here.

Deep within the mountains lies an ancient cavern, once the secluded cultivation place of the Ancestral Demon of the East.

It is a cave mansion long empty, with its contents taken by the Godly Void Pavilion, leaving only an empty abode.

Upon stepping into this place, the Eastern Ocean Bell lightly trembles, seemingly quite elated.

Almost without Ning Fan’s control, the Eastern Ocean Bell transforms into a ray of golden light, flying directly towards the direction of the cave mansion.

Once inside the cavern and seeing the empty, dust-covered cave with no trace of its former host, the bell trembles on its own, emitting a series of mournful chimes…

The treasure longs for its master, yet the former master is long gone…

Ning Fan follows closely behind the Eastern Ocean Bell, arriving at this desolate cave mansion, and when he senses a trace of sadness from the Eastern Ocean Bell, his heart is slightly moved.

The Ancestral Demon of the East has long perished countless years ago, dust returns to dust, soil returns to soil… and the only one who still yearns for the Ancestral Demon of the East, perhaps across the entire world, is only this magical treasure, the Eastern Ocean Bell…

“Quiet now… you still have me as your master…”

Ning Fan stepped closer to the Eastern Ocean Bell, reaching out his hand to gently caress its cool surface, as if comforting a child.

Whether Ning Fan’s words had an effect or not, the Eastern Ocean Bell gradually ceased its sorrowful resonance, returning to peace.

Ning Fan sighed slightly, retracting the Eastern Ocean Bell back into the Xuan Yin Treasure, wandering alone in the cave mansion.

The only thing that attracted Ning Fan in this desolate mansion was the ancient carvings on the cave’s stone walls.

Most of the carvings are murals, with a small portion written in ancient demon race text that Ning Fan couldn’t understand.

These texts seemed to describe the content of the murals.

There were over a hundred murals, the first depicting a gigantic egg surrounded by clouds formed from the interplay of clear and turbid qi.

Although Ning Fan couldn’t understand these ancient demon characters, he could discern that the egg in the mural was actually a gigantic demon cocoon.

On the demon cocoon, three circles were drawn, with the outer circle enclosing the inner ones.

Ning Fan walked forward and looked at the second mural, which showed the demon cocoon now broken open, with an Immemorial Golden Crow flying out from it.

The third mural portrayed the Golden Crow transforming into a human form, a wild and unruly young man with a blurred face.

Despite the young man’s features being unclear, Ning Fan could feel an intense, domineering presence emanating from him.

The fourth mural depicted only the back of the young man, a back Ning Fan had seen before… Among the nine divisions of the Lu Clan, he had once grasped the Secret Art of Prestige of the Ancestor Emperor of Dongming, during which he had seen the back of the Ancestor Emperor of Dongming!

“Could these murals possibly depict the life of the Ancestral Demon of the East?” Ning Fan seemed to have an epiphany.

In the fifth mural, the young man was cultivating some divine skill, with a giant bell swirling above his head and three halos in his palm.

Those three halos were undoubtedly spirit wheels!

Upon viewing this mural, the yet-to-be-consolidated Fu Li Spirit Wheel of Ning Fan suddenly emerged from his body, emitting an otherworldly purple-black glow.

At this moment, the spirit wheels in the mural and Ning Fan’s self-cultivated spirit wheels seemed to resonate with each other!

Suddenly, the stone door of the cave mansion boomed shut, completely sealing off!

The golden light from the Demon Island Great Array immediately surged frantically towards the cave mansion!

Ning Fan’s gaze changed, recognizing that his spirit wheel had triggered some sort of incident.

This incident was of unknown nature; it could be the trigger of some hidden legacy or a portent of imminent danger. According to Ning Fan’s character, if there was any potential danger, he wouldn’t stay passively in the cave mansion waiting for it to come.

Just as he was about to shatter the stone door of the cave mansion to leave, the Eastern Ocean Bell within the Xuan Yin Treasure gently trembled, as if comforting Ning Fan not to worry excessively about this incident…

Ning Fan’s raised hand finally lowered, azure spikes flashing in his eyes, seeing the grand momentum being stirred by the change in the cave mansion, though it bore no hostility…

“Could this be an opportunity…”

Ning Fan turned back to look at the fifth mural, concentrating his gaze, ultimately deciding to stay.

A few breaths later, countless golden lights poured into the cave mansion, and from the ancient, barely recognizable words on the stone walls flew out, transforming into golden streams entering Ning Fan’s heavenly spirit.

Immediately, countless pieces of information flooded Ning Fan’s divine sense!

No Divine Void Great Emperor had ever unraveled the mysteries of these ancient characters in the cave mansion.

Today, by summoning the spirit wheel within this cave mansion, Ning Fan inadvertently triggered a significant legacy left by the Ancestral Demon of the East for future generations!

“Descendant of the demon race, since you possess the spirit wheel, you are qualified to receive my inheritance! This is… the Momentum Character Secret!”

It was as if countless deep bell tones resonated within Ning Fan’s divine sense, and as the tones faded, an ancient voice remained.

It seemed like an invisible force immediately bestowed upon Ning Fan, causing his gaze to change. He immediately sat cross-legged in front of the fifth mural, closed his eyes, and entered into a cultivation state!

At this moment, Ning Fan finally understood that the carved text in the cave mansion was indeed one of the two great arts in the life of the Ancestral Demon of the East… the mnemonic of the Momentum Character Secret!

The Ancestral Demon of the East hailed from the Golden Crow Clan, and throughout his life, he created two great skills: the Secret Art of Prestige and the Momentum Character Secret.

He was not a stingy person, and both the Secret Art of Prestige and the Momentum Character Secret were passed on to future generations of the demon race through various means. As long as there was destiny, anyone could comprehend these two great skills.

Ning Fan had once obtained the incantation of the Secret Art of Prestige, which could enhance the oppressor’s aura exponentially. Once mastered, the aura would surge significantly, allowing even the weak to contend against those immensely more powerful.

Unlike the Secret Art of Prestige, the Momentum Character Secret was a recipe that recorded the technique of harnessing the great momentum of heaven and earth for one’s use. If comprehended, it strengthens the control over the great momentum of heaven and earth.

All formations under heaven could not function without the use of ’momentum.’ Without ’momentum,’ no formation could exist.

If the momentum was integrated into divine skills, it could also enhance the power of these skills… If one could comprehend the Momentum Character Secret, the benefits Ning Fan would receive would naturally be immense.

However, there was only a mnemonic inheritance in the carved text, lacking the incantation inheritance…

To obtain the incantation inheritance and fully comprehend the Momentum Character Secret, one must pass a test…

“Junior, answer me, in your eyes, what is momentum!”

A voice challenging all beneath the heavens echoed in Ning Fan’s Heart Spirit World for a long time.

In the Heart Spirit World, Ning Fan stood atop layers of ocean of clouds, gazing at a colossal golden crow phantom in his heart, his heart trembling intensely.

The Immemorial Golden Crow was overwhelmingly enormous; when it spread its wings, it could cover the entire sky of Ning Fan’s Heart Spirit World.

The demon pupils of the Golden Crow gazed at Ning Fan, waiting for him to provide an answer.

The aura of the Golden Crow gave Ning Fan an intangible sense of oppression, not much weaker than the pressure that Ancient Chaos exerted on him.

The Golden Crow was a phantom created by the Ancestral Demon of the East within Ning Fan’s heart spirit. If Ning Fan could satisfy the Golden Crow with his answer, the creature would bestow upon him the complete inheritance of the Momentum Character Secret!

Ning Fan realized he must answer the question posed by the Golden Crow’s shadow sincerely; otherwise, he might miss a great opportunity…

He pondered for a long time, reflecting on his cultivation journey and myriad insights arose.

He didn’t directly answer the Golden Crow’s question, but instead lifted his finger to point below the Heaven Separation´s peak of the Heart Spirit World.

“In the eyes of the world, this mountain is momentum! Without momentum, nothing forms into a mountain! To the mountain, standing unmoved is its momentum!”

The Golden Crow remained indifferent to Ning Fan’s answer, and Ning Fan wasn’t concerned, raising his hand again to point at the ocean of clouds beside him, saying.

“In the world’s eyes, this cloud is momentum! The clouds rise and fall, embodying the great transformation of momentum.”

The Golden Crow still showed no emotion, clearly displeased with such an answer.

Ning Fan pointed to the ground, then the sky, and said, “In the world’s eyes, this sky holds an eminent momentum. This ground possesses a momentum of dwelling below…”

The Golden Crow snorted impatiently, “Junior, what I ask is the momentum in your eyes, not the momentum in the eyes of the world!”

“Senior, don’t rush, listen as I finish my words.”

Ning Fan’s gaze abruptly shifted, azure spikes flickered repeatedly; he looked at the mountain below with eyes gradually filling with a domineering and overpowering expression over the world.

“High mountains, low mountains, all have their momentum, but if in my eyes there are no mountains, then these mountains bear no momentum towards me!”

Ning Fan again raised his hand to point at the wandering clouds and said, “If in my eyes there are no clouds, then no matter how the clouds change and fluctuate, they still cannot obscure my sight, having no momentum to rely on!”

Ning Fan pointed to the ground and then the sky, suddenly smiling, “The sky seals above, the ground seals below, cultivators dwelling between heaven and earth naturally sense the momentum of heaven and earth, imprisoned within… But if my heart soars higher than the sky, thicker than the ground, then the momentum of heaven and earth should dissolve before my eyes!”

“In my eyes, everything possesses momentum but also lacks momentum to rely on… this is my answer.”

Ning Fan’s contemplation on the great momentum of heaven and earth throughout his journey has long evolved beyond its initial form.

If the rain doesn’t descend, there is momentum; if the mountains don’t move, there is momentum; a hidden dragon in the abyss has the momentum to soar; a caterpillar encased in a cocoon has the momentum to transform into a butterfly; a Human King doesn’t kill, possessing the momentum to subdue; if heaven and earth don’t contest, there is momentum to overturn…

Previously, Ning Fan understood momentum through the evolution of all things.

Nowadays, Ning Fan comprehends momentum by exploring its essence.

The great momentum of heaven and earth can subdue Masters because heaven and earth rank above Masters, with a momentum to rely on.

Ordinary people feel the towering height of mountains and the vastness of seas because they are lower than the mountains and smaller than the seas.

If people were taller than the mountains, the mountains’ momentum would collapse!

If one’s heart were broader than the sea, the sea’s momentum would cease to exist!

“Nothing in the world possesses momentum to rely on… What do you think of my momentum!”

The Golden Crow’s eyes flashed with golden light, a pressure akin to the heavens’ destruction immediately descended upon Ning Fan!

This pressure swept through, causing Ning Fan’s Heart Spirit World to have an imminent collapse.

Ning Fan’s heart spirit was about to crumble, yet his face remained calm.

He was weaker than the Golden Crow, naturally unable to escape the suppression of its momentum, but conversely, if one day his cultivation surpassed the Golden Crow, then this pressure was trivial!

Without uttering a word, he conveyed his thoughts to the Golden Crow through his steadfast expression.

The Golden Crow finally showed satisfaction, recognizing that if Ning Fan’s mind held any fear of its momentum, it wouldn’t impart to him the heart secret of the Momentum Character Secret.

“You, are worthy to receive my heart secret inheritance! Accept it!”

The Golden Crow’s phantom suddenly shattered into countless golden lights, these golden lights merged completely into Ning Fan’s Heart Spirit World, instantly causing ancient and arcane heart secrets to gradually emerge within Ning Fan’s divine sense…

In the Goblin Ancestor’s Cave Mansion, Ning Fan sat for seven days; on the eighth day, he opened his eyes!

His gaze seemed deeper, immeasurable.

The previously cultivated ’Yin-Yang Demon Pupils’ manifested at this moment.

Yin-Yang Demon Pupils was the Acquired Dharma Eye Ning Fan cultivated after devouring the Desire-Dissolving Pearl (one eye of the Six Desires Immortal King).

With this Acquired Dharma Eye, Ning Fan could cast a divine skill of Chaos World Purple Rosy Light, using purple light to subdue female cultivators.

Throughout the seven days, Ning Fan concentrated on comprehending the Momentum Character Secret. After mastering this secret, the acquired-level Dharma Eye began evolving toward the innate!

It didn’t instantly transform into an Innate Dharma Eye, but it already exhibited the trend of evolving!

Moreover, upon comprehending the Momentum Character Secret, the Yin-Yang Demon Pupils surprisingly obtained a new ability… the ability to discern invisible great momentum!

Ning Fan stood up and walked step by step toward the stone door of the cave mansion.

Due to the formation, this stone door closes automatically; in the past, if Ning Fan wanted to exit the cave, he had to shatter the stone door.

But at this moment, with a sweep of his demon pupils, Ning Fan instantly saw through the veins of the formation on the stone door.

He raised his palm, his movements lightning-fast, and altered the formation on the stone door.

Clearly, it was an extremely profound formation, but in front of Ning Fan, it was like an unclothed woman, everything exposed without concealment…

With Ning Fan’s past cultivation in the Dao of formations, it would have been impossible to alter such a profound formation.

But this time, Ning Fan relied on the power of the Acquired Dharma Eye to see the grand momentum of the formation and alter it!

The stone door rumbled open, and Ning Fan’s gaze grew slightly more focused.

Looking at the Demon Island Great Array outside the cave, everything appeared clear in structure as well.

It’s just that his cultivation level was still low; while altering the stone door formation was doable, directly altering the Demon Island Great Array was not feasible for now…

“Having comprehended the Secret Art of Prestige, the grand formations of heaven and earth are almost completely exposed before my eyes!”

Ning Fan returned to the cave, walked to the fifth mural, and with a slight smile, looked at the countless formation veins on it.

There are a hundred murals in this cave, but only the fifth mural is equipped with a special formation.

The inheritance left by the Ancestral Demon of the East in the cave not only included the Secret Art of Prestige but also a second inheritance hidden within the fifth mural!

If one cannot truly comprehend the Secret Art of Prestige from the first inheritance, the second inheritance cannot be unlocked.

The first inheritance is the ’Secret Art of Prestige’; the second inheritance, hidden beneath the formation, is the inheritance of the Spirit Wheel!

Ning Fan moved like lightning, altering the formation on the fifth mural, and gradually, the mural began to change.

In the mural, the three rings of the spirit wheel in the young man’s palm suddenly shone with golden light.

Immediately, Ning Fan’s divine sense shook, and his heart spirit was instantly drawn into the mural.

In the mural world, in the vast starry sky, a domineering young man in golden robes and hair sat cross-legged; it was the image of the Ancestral Demon of the East in the painting.

With a tremor of the starry sky, in this mural world, a Ning Fan instantly appeared!

“Oh? You have obtained the heart formula inheritance of the Secret Art of Prestige?” The Ancestral Demon of the East’s gaze shifted slightly as he scanned Ning Fan.

With just one look, it seemed as if the entire starry sky could be obliterated.

“Kid Ning Fan, pays respect to the Ancestral Demon of the East!” Ning Fan cupped his fists and bowed to the Ancestral Demon of the East.

“Hehe, since you managed to enter this world within the painting, you are qualified to receive another of my inheritances. Is your spirit wheel the Departure Wheel of the Fu Li race? It seems not yet fully solidified…”

The Ancestral Demon of the East pointed across the void, and immediately, a purple-black light shot out from Ning Fan’s body, transforming into a phantom of the Fu Li Spirit Wheel.

“Next, I will teach you the ’Technique of the Five Spirit Wheels’, this technique was originally a must-learn for the ancient demons, passed down from the Immortal Emperor, but unfortunately… in today’s world, I’m afraid few know this technique…”

“Having attained this technique, if your aptitude is sufficient, you can cultivate the first wheel of the Five Spirits alone, developing demon spiritual qi… As for the second wheel, with enough fortune, it can also be cultivated. The third wheel is a watershed of sorts in the world of true void, whether you can cultivate it depends on your destiny… The fourth wheel is the limit of reincarnation, you may not be able to achieve it… As for the fifth wheel… it is a realm unattainable even by an Immortal Emperor, in the realms beyond, no Immortal Emperor has been able to cultivate this wheel, there is the end of dreams…”

“Ask below the heavens, who can awaken from the dream of dust! You cannot, I cannot, all beings are in a dream!”

“This technique, I give to you!”

The Ancestral Demon of the East suddenly sighed towards the sky, and with a wave of his hand, sent strands of golden light into Ning Fan’s divine sense.

As this information merged into Ning Fan’s divine sense, Ning Fan’s heart spirit throbbed in pain, and he exited the mural world, returning to the cave.

The spirit wheel halo rotated around him, though originally an illusion, now showed signs of solidification!

As Ning Fan’s heart spirit returned, without a word, he immediately sat cross-legged again, closed his eyes, and entered a state of cultivation.

At this moment, his illusory spirit wheel had a chance of solidifying, an opportunity he must seize!

He seemed like an old monk entering meditation, yet the illusory spirit wheel, under his spirit sense control, flew out of the cave, out of the demon cave, into the realm of purple mist!

The Technique of the Five Spirit Wheels is a secret technique for cultivating spirit wheels, universally applied among the true spirit races.

This is the highest secret technique of the Ancient Demon Clan; in ancient times, countless ancient demons practiced this technique, but it has since been lost through the ages.

Now, this technique has fallen into Ning Fan’s hands!

With this technique, Ning Fan can easily solidify the spirit wheel and cultivate it to reach the first wheel realm!

It’s just that solidifying the spirit wheel requires vast energy corresponding to the spirit wheel.

The power of the Fu Li Spirit Wheel is ’illusion’, this illusion can transform reincarnation, can obliterate the sky!

In this ninth layer of the Mist Sea, there happens to be a vast amount of purple mist containing illusory power.

As long as enough purple mist is absorbed, Ning Fan can easily solidify the spirit wheel!

“Five Spirits First Wheel, for this demon, solidify!”

Ning Fan’s gaze sharpened, and the oppressive force of the Fu Li Bloodline’s ancestral blood spread wildly to every corner of the ninth layer at that moment! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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