Chapter 864: Chapter 864: Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows

The Ninth Class rank is a hierarchy of celestial officials handed down from the ancient immortal domain. Each class in rank is divided into superior, middle, and low grades.

Ninth Class Force Warrior, Eighth Class Immortal Guard, and Seventh Class Shanhe Officer are the lower class ranks.

Sixth-Rank Luotian Protector, Fifth-Rank Golden Immortal, Fourth Rank Celestial Supervisor are mid-level ranks.

Third-Rank Star Lord, Second-Tier Dao Emperor, First-Rank Spirit Ancestor are upper class ranks…

In the world today, the highest-ranking cultivators are the 28 Ancient Emperors of Stars from the Four Oceans Sect, all holding a third-class star lord rank.

In the age of declining cultivation, there are no Second-Tier Dao Emperors, and naturally, no First-Rank Spirit Ancestor either.

With a high rank, if one goes to the Four Oceans Sect, they can directly take on certain roles and gain power.

With a high rank, they can enjoy the incense offerings in the temples of the star domains of the Four Oceans Sect and regularly receive cultivation resources based on their rank.

With a high rank, they even have a say in some major decision-making within the Four Oceans Sect…

The old monster once served as the sect master of the Northern Heaven Black Demon Sect, striving all his life, and only managed to earn a Superior Mountain-River Officer rank, which was not high within the Four Oceans Sect.

Being an officer is not difficult to advance. Even some Void Fragmentation cultivators, as long as they have made contributions, are eligible to obtain it.

However, starting from the Sixth Rank Protector, it is exceedingly difficult to advance. The status differences among superior, middle, and low grades are also extremely vast.

Ning Fan killed sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards and earned significant military achievements, with his rank rising all the way to Superior Protector.

This rank is generally only available to Late Stage of Shekong old monsters within the Four Oceans Sect, definitely a high position.

And should Ning Fan’s military achievements increase a bit more, elevating his rank to Fifth Rank Golden Immortal, even if only a low-grade Golden Immortal, his status within the Four Oceans Sect would rival that of the Fragmented Thought Elders…

The Eastern Heaven is too chaotic, and the Four Oceans Sect rarely intervenes in the Eastern Heaven affairs, making rank insignificant in Eastern Heaven.

The Southern and Northern Heavens are the most peaceful and are the two immortal realms where the Four Oceans Sect’s power is the strongest; here, having a high rank is indeed very advantageous…

“Ranking advancement is an unexpected gain… Superior Luotian Protector, if my master knew that my rank has surpassed his, I wonder what complicated expression he might have…”

Thinking of the old monster, Ning Fan felt slightly warm in his heart, missing the lower realms a little.

Unfortunately, wanting to visit the lower realms is no easy task… The Four Heavens cultivators with Immortal Seed and the upper realm demoness cultivators can go to the lower realms by suppressing their cultivation through specific passages.

But for a cultivator like Ning Fan, who became an Immortal not by Immortal Seed, once breaking through the Second Step, they would be blocked by the power of the realm from descending to the lower realms.

Ordinary passages cannot return one to the lower realms… The ascension passage in the Blood Slave Garden is also not high enough level to allow Ning Fan to return to the lower realms…

For a cultivator who became an Immortal not by Immortal Seed to enter the lower realms, they must use special channels of the Four Oceans Sect in Northern Heaven and Southern Heaven.

“In the future, when I am in Northern or Southern Heaven, with my Luotian Protector status, I can indeed easily use the lower realms passage to have a look…”

Ning Fan put away the token, activated the Ice Rain Technique and, along with Xian Luoli, began searching the unoccupied Barbarian Domain.

What he sought was Barbarian Beasts possessing Reverse Infants.

The grades of Reverse Infant vary, with low-grade Reverse Infant residing in barbaric beasts at the Enlightenment stage.

Middle-grade Reverse Infants are usually hosted within Shekong-stage Barbarian Beasts.

In the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, there are Shattered Thought Realm Barbaric Beasts, but none in the Eternity Realm.

High-grade Reverse Infants reside in a few Shattered Thought Realm Barbaric Beasts, which Ning Fan naturally finds hard to obtain and does not attempt to spy on.

Ning Fan’s goal is to seize all low-grade Reverse Infants from Enlightenment Savage Beasts and a few middle-grade Reverse Infants from Initial Shekong Stage Beasts.

Using the escape technique of the Vertical Golden Light and the perception of the Heaven Prying Rain Technique… Ning Fan roamed the barbarian domain with no hindrance, using the map scroll to locate and slay each of the Reverse Infant Barbarian Beasts…

Of course, seizing the Reverse Infants would arouse countless Barbarian Beasts’ fury, even inciting beast hordes to pursue him.

As long as he doesn’t kill the Reverse Infants, Ancestor Dulong would temporarily remain unaware of all this.

Ning Fan merely sealed each Reverse Infant, storing them in his storage pouch, without the urgency to exterminate.

A large swarm of Barbarian Beasts followed him, but they could not catch up with his escape light, while the Enlightenment Savage Beasts pursuing him were slain. As for Shekong-stage Barbarian Beasts, they did not entangle but merely used their escape speed to leave them behind…

One, two, three… The number of low-grade Reverse Infants in Ning Fan’s storage pouch has reached forty-nine.

Ning Fan also found and killed seven Initial Shekong Stage Reverse Infant Barbarian Beasts, snatching seven middle-grade Reverse Infants.

Although the Barbarian Domain was vast, under Ning Fan’s rapid flight without counting the mana expense, it mattered not.

Ning Fan did not slay the mid-stage Shekong Reverse Infant Barbarian Beast… A Barbarian Beast with a Reverse Infant has its strength greatly increased and can assemble companions, which makes killing it too difficult…

In just a few hours, Ning Fan captured fifty-six Reverse Infants and quietly returned to Mulan City in the Gouchen Barbarian Domain.

Without immediately killing the Reverse Infant, Ning Fan, in the city’s cave mansion, urged the ancient demon spiritual power and laid down a large array with the Momentum Character Secret, isolating spiritual power perception and within this array, he killed and refined the Reverse Infant…

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Northern Territory, Dusk Snow Barbarian Domain.

The Ancestor Dulong, who was focused on sacrificing and refining the Reverse Infant, suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze changed greatly, and the Reverse Infant he was refining failed, exploding into a blood mist…

There was no time to feel heartache for this semi-finished Reverse Infant, the shock in the eyes of Ancestor Dulong gradually turned into frenzied anger!

Just now, he actually felt the death of another Reverse Infant!

“Another low-grade Reverse Infant has died! What’s going on!”

This anger had not yet fully erupted when the third, fourth, and fifth Reverse Infants died in succession!

Immediately, Reverse Infants kept dying, and in just over ten breaths, fifty-six Reverse Infants died in succession!

Among them, forty-nine were low-grade, and seven Reverse Infants… were middle-grade!

“Fifty-six Reverse Infants! Fifty-six Reverse Infants actually died!”

“Can anyone tell this old man what is going on! Can anyone give this old man an explanation!!!”

The roar of Ancestor Dulong shook the sky, and in one step, he leaped out of the sacrificial palace, with no mood left to refine the Reverse Infant.

His voice spread throughout the Dusk Snow Barbaric Domain, and all demon cultivators who heard his roar felt a shiver…

He stood in the snowy void, his eyes wide open in anger, on the verge of splitting!

As Ancestor Dulong angrily formed a seal, Barbarian Beasts in the unoccupied domain continuously exploded and died!

Every time a Barbarian Beast exploded, a piece of information entered Ancestor Dulong’s divine sense, turning into scenes of pursuing Ning Fan.

Ancestor Dulong’s expression grew increasingly somber, and in the end, he actually laughed in rage!

The one who seized the Reverse Infant turned out to be that Ghost-Faced Cultivator!

“Courting death! You’re courting death! A mere ant-like brat dares to repeatedly kill the Reverse Infant, hindering my demon race’s grand plan… courting death!”

“This time, even Liuhe and Miaoyan cannot save you! You have killed fifty-six of my Reverse Infants, and I will go to the ends of the earth to kill you in the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain!”

“Reverse Spirit Technique!”

Ancestor Dulong was murderous, forming seals with ten fingers, as light purple False Spirit Wheel halos suddenly spread out from his body.

This was a powerful perception secret technique of the True Dragon Race, and in times past, as long as the Reverse Infant was still within the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, no matter which domain it was in, it couldn’t escape his perception.

But this time, the Reverse Spirit Technique failed to locate Ning Fan’s whereabouts!

It seemed as if something was obstructing his demon spiritual power’s perception… what on earth is happening!

“Why is the Reverse Spirit Technique ineffective! Impossible! Even if this boy hides in the medium dichiliocosm, it shouldn’t be able to shield from the Reverse Spirit Technique’s perception!”

“Come to think of it, didn’t the old man dispatch the Poison Dragon Guards to assassinate this boy, yet why is it that after so many days, he is still alive! Could it be that the assassination by the Poison Dragon Guards failed? Hmm, this is…”

Ancestor Dulong’s gaze suddenly changed, his figure flickered, and he appeared directly in the palace storing the life tokens of the Poison Dragon Guards.

In the palace, four Shedding Void demon cultivators were there, their faces full of worry. As soon as they saw Ancestor Dulong arrive, they immediately knelt down and apologized.

“We deserve to die! The Poison Dragon Guards suffered too many casualties, and we don’t know how to handle it, please instruct us, Ancestor!” The four demons dared not lift their heads, not daring to meet Ancestor Dulong’s furious gaze.

Ancestor Dulong’s gaze swept over the life tokens of the seventy-two Dragon Guards, and the coldness in his eyes reached its peak at this moment!

Of the seventy-two Dragon Guard life tokens, sixty-eight were shattered, with only four remaining intact…

Sure enough, the assassination of Ning Fan by the Poison Dragon Guards failed!

He didn’t expect the Poison Dragon Guards to fail the assassination, nor did he expect the death toll to be so severe!

He underestimated Ning Fan’s strength!

“Sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards… good, very good! The Poison Dragon Guards I meticulously cultivated with my heart and soul, suffered such heavy casualties!”

“Why did you all not report this to the old man! Why!!!”

Ancestor Dulong was like a madman, laughing in rage, his murderous intent spreading wildly, causing the four Shedding Void old demons to turn pale with fear and beg for mercy.

“We already sent someone to inform the Ancestor…”

“Is that so… it turns out the person wanted to report this matter to the old man, yet in my anger, I killed him, how ironic!”

Ancestor Dulong’s smile grew colder. He was truly furious, on the verge of going mad… No one could stop him, no one dared to!

“So, that Ghost-faced Child killed the Poison Dragon Guards and obtained the Reverse Infant map, slaughtering fifty-six of my Reverse Infants!”

“I see, I see… Haha, very good! You brat, you’re quite good, quite good!”

“Come! Quickly recall all remaining Reverse Infants, there must be no mistakes! If one more Reverse Infant dies, I will bury you all together!”

“Come! Inform the clan, saying there’s been a change with the Reverse Infant matter, the plan must be… delayed! I’ll take full responsibility for all the blame!”

“Come! Open the True Illusion Altar, fetch the True Dragon Seven Arrows Tome, I want to nail that Ghost-faced cultivator directly on the True Illusion Altar!”

A series of orders were issued by Ancestor Dulong, these commands shocked the Barbarian Demon Race!

True Illusion Altar, True Dragon Seven Arrows Tome… Throughout the ages, countless Enlightenment and Shedding Void cultivators have been nailed to the altar.

The Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows specialize in killing Enlightenment and Shedding Void cultivators, but can only wipe out these two realms of cultivators.

Unless one has crossed the True Bridge, it cannot annihilate… If possessed protective Daoist Thoughts by Fragmented Thought Elders, it cannot obliterate…

In previous realm wars, countless Human prodigies were shot dead by the True Dragon Clan across thousands of rivers and mountains.

Of course, each use of the Seven Arrows Book requires a huge cost, and killing ordinary Enlightenment and Shedding Void cultivators is not worthwhile.

But now, Ancestor Dulong couldn’t care about those matters.

Ning Fan hid within the masses, making it impossible to track him, so he had no choice but to use cleverness, to annihilate Ning Fan with the Seven Arrows Tome!

“This person could kill so many of my Dragon Guards; either he’s at the Initiate Realm of Shekong or at the Peak Crossing Truth Realm… He can’t be of a higher cultivation level, otherwise, with his character, he wouldn’t have spared other Dragon Guards, nor would he have left other Reverse Infants untouched…”

“His cultivation is precisely within the elimination scope of the Seven Arrows Tome, he is doomed to die!”

Ancestor Dulong certainly didn’t realize he completely overestimated Ning Fan’s cultivation. Ning Fan was nowhere near Enlightenment…

Unfortunately, Ancestor Dulong never considered Ning Fan might be below Enlightenment…

…

In the Southern Territory, within the Tiandu Barbarian Territory, Liuhe Immortal Lord’s face was as calm as water.

He previously ordered secretly for people to investigate the Merit Monument, to scrutinize changes in the recent Barbaric Wilderness merit, attempting to find out the identity of the cultivator who slaughtered the Poison Dragon Guards.

Slaying sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards gains substantial merit, outside realm war periods, there’s seldom merit fluctuation in the Barbaric Wilderness Ancient Domain.

During this period, only one cultivator had a surge in merits on the Merit Monument. This person, undoubtedly, was the cultivator who annihilated the Poison Dragon Guards, yet, surprisingly, the name column was blank… nameless…

This naturally caused a massive shock in the Divine Clan Five Domains, indicating that the one who killed sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards was just one person, not a group!

Now, this nameless cultivator is already a Sixth-Rank Superior Luotian Protector, carrying an Immortal Position Token.

The reason for his anonymity is only one… The Immortal Position Token he holds wasn’t issued by the Four Oceans Sect, his identity was never registered within the Four Oceans Sect…

“Within the Four Heavens, occasionally some cultivators defy fate, receiving gifts from Ancient Cultivators in certain situations, acquiring Immortal Positions… This senior’s Immortal Position should have been obtained through such means…”

“To single-handedly slaughter sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards, this cultivator is certainly a Shekong Cultivator! Unfortunately, the Merit Monument does not display this senior’s name, oh, I wonder which heavenly day’s formidable figure this senior is…”

“Shekong, no matter which day, Shekong old monsters are ancestral figures within all forces… Life Immortal Realm is merely the transition between the First and Second Step; Crossing Truth Realm is merely just stepping onto the path of pursuing truth… Shekong realm is where the true powerhouses of the Four Heavens are…”

Under the Merit Monument, countless cultivators discussed.

Wu Chen and others were among them, looking at the nameless spot on the Merit Monument, Wu Chen was full of admiration in his eyes.

“I wonder which heavenly day’s Shekong senior would have such a grand scene, single-handedly, almost annihilates Poison Dragon Guards… I really wish to witness the scene while this senior slays demons!”

Wu Chen was yearning for the renowned nameless senior, not knowing that the so-called nameless senior would be Ning Fan.

“Hehe, that person’s Sixth-Rank Immortal Position is obtained through merit, naturally effective… But who is this person… To achieve such immense battle achievements, at the very least, should be a Shekong Cultivator indeed…”

“Unfortunately… this person is just Shekong, yet daring to provoke Dulongzi, even if fleeing to the ends of the world, as long as within the Barbaric Wilderness, still cannot escape death… Dulongzi’s Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows are dedicated to annihilating Enlightenment and Shedding Void…”

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific giggled softly.

Liuhe Immortal Lord’s face remained stern, indifferent to whether Ning Fan would be eliminated by the Seven Arrows Book.

The only worry was that Ning Fan’s actions might incite a realm war, but now it seems Ancestor Dulong has no such intentions, which is fortunate…

“That Shekong is unaware of the vastness of Heaven, ran off to provoke Dulongzi, if dead by the Seven Arrows, it’s merely self-inflicted. Why should I save him! If this event hadn’t been contained, even if Dulongzi doesn’t kill him, I would still find him and punish him severely! Outside of realm war periods, provoking the demon race is a serious crime!”

Liuhe Immortal Lord snorted coldly, previously he had intended to punish Ning Fan severely, but because Ning Fan’s identity couldn’t be uncovered, he had no choice but to abandon the idea.

“Hehe, Liuhe Daoist isn’t willing to help, yet I am quite willing to lend this person a hand… Daring to provoke Dulongzi’s Shekong, hasn’t been seen in so many years…”

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific giggled, walked out of the great hall, and disappeared without a trace.

The Liuhe Immortal Lord slowly closed his eyes, a scornful smile formed on his lips.

He did not believe that with Wonderful Speech’s power, she could stop Dulongzi’s Seven Arrows Book.

In his view, if Dulongzi didn’t use the Seven Arrows Book, it would be fine; but if he did, Ning Fan would inevitably die…

…

A paper-like urgent report spread across every cultivation city in the Divine Clan’s Five Domains, delivering a heart-shaking message to the ears of countless Four Heavens cultivators.

In the last war of the upper realms, the notorious Poison Dragon Guard was wiped out by a mysterious Shekong who single-handedly slaughtered sixty-eight of them!

In the Divine Clan’s Five Barbarian Domains, every Four Heavens cultivator speculated about the identity of the mysterious Shekong, yet no one could guess who that mysterious Shekong was.

In Mulan City, inside a tavern, a few cultivators fervently discussed the identity of that mysterious Shekong.

“The Poison Dragon Guards, each one a True Dragon Race elite… Seventy-two Poison Dragon Guards, and that mysterious predecessor single-handedly killed sixty-eight of them! Without a doubt, that senior must be a Shekong old monster, at least with Mid Shekong cultivation!”

“Indeed, it must have angered Ancestor Dulong. If Dulong Ancestor uses the True Dragon Seven Arrows Tome, the consequences would be unimaginable, and that senior might be in danger…”

“Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows, slaughtering across realms, terrifying indeed… Enlightenment, amidst Shekong, inevitable death…”

“Let’s hope that senior can escape this disaster…”

Inside the tavern, Ning Fan sat alone in a corner, listening to the discussions of the cultivators.

For a month, concealing himself with demon spiritual qi, he had refined all the Reverse Infants; naturally, his Calamity Blood Power was greatly enhanced, and the progress of the War Yin and Yang cultivation skyrocketed to seventy-one percent.

Refining the Reverse Infants, his strength significantly increased, and he also unraveled a secret scheme hidden by the demon race. While Ning Fan should have been happy, he found no joy at the moment.

For a month, Ning Fan would feel lethargic and inexplicable illusions frequently appeared before his eyes.

Initially, the sensation was light, but it gradually intensified to the point Ning Fan could no longer ignore it.

With Ning Fan’s keen perception, he could tell he was under a curse technique.

A curse technique, used to secretly harm and kill…

Realizing that he was cursed, Ning Fan immediately began gathering information and learned that Ancestor Dulong held a Seven Arrows Book, capable of killing across domains with the cursed arrows of Seven True Seven Illusionary…

“Every time Ancestor Dulong kills with the Seven Arrows Book, he plants strawmen, sealing the aura of his target into the strawmen, using blood sacrifice on ten thousand demons daily to taint the strawmen, causing the one indicated by the strawmen to be bewildered by True Illusion Force. When the timing is right, Ancestor Dulong will shoot the Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows, killing across realms…”

“Fortunately, my cultivation isn’t within the killing range of the Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows. The trouble is, as long as the strawmen exist, I’ll remain lethargic which immensely affects my cultivation…”

“Interestingly, being cursed by True Illusion Force, I discovered an unforeseen benefit… Every time I pierce through a True Illusion, my understanding of the ’True’ word subtly enhances…”

Ning Fan got up, left the tavern, and returned to his cave.

Liu Yan had been released, staying with Xian Luoli, in a nearby cave, nurturing an Inlaid Star Compass, and practicing by absorbing shattered lightning.

Ning Fan sat alone in his cave, closed his eyes, and allowed his Heart Spirit to merge with the True Illusion Force that was locked onto him, refining the True Illusion Force within him bit by bit.

A question continued to echo in his mind…

What is truth…

In a hazy state, Ning Fan saw a bridge shrouded in dense fog, unclear…

It was the True Bridge; crossing it would allow Ning Fan to advance to Crossing Truth Realm.

Unfortunately, with Ning Fan’s current understanding of the ’True’ word, looking at this bridge felt like seeing flowers in the mist, unable to find the True Bridge’s position…

“Crossing Truth is not easy…” Ning Fan calmed his mind, gradually refining the excess True Illusion Force within him.

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Northern Territory, Dusk Snow Barbarian Territory.

Ancestor Dulong glared viciously at the strawmen on the altar, cold light gradually rising in his eyes.

For a month, he had been conducting daily blood sacrifices on ten thousand demons, using True Illusion Force to bewilder Ning Fan.

Now the timing was ripe; it was time to use the Seven True Seven Illusionary Arrows to annihilate Ning Fan!

“Come, unseal the Ancestral Spirit Pool beneath the altar, summon the Ancestral Bow Spirit!”

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