Chapter 1331: Human King Road!
Chapter 1331: Chapter 1331: Human King Road!
For Ning Fan, the strength of the Ancient Map Painting Spirit is mediocre, but it indeed has some methods to see through the Human King System.
One must know that Ning Fan is now sitting on the Fourth Throne, with causes and effects as complex as a spider web, difficult to discern, tangled like a mess of threads, like a maze with nine twists and countless diverging paths.
Such complex causality is something even the Primordial Holy City cannot see through.
If Ning Fan uses the power of the throne to conceal himself, even a Reverse Saint would have to pay a price to see part of the truth.
This time coming to the Zi Clan, Ning Fan did not expend the power of the throne to hide himself when facing ordinary people.
Yet even in his normal state, he would unconsciously release inconceivable mists to interfere and confuse enemies.
Illusory art is like the wind, always accompanying me.
Ordinary people can only see the superficial illusion he shows, without seeing his true self. Even Zi Palm Fate, who opened the Karma Eye, couldn’t do this, but the Ancient Map Painting Spirit could.
This is the value of the Ancient Third Map.
Different from the First and Second Maps, this Third Map not only has stronger Dao resonance but also has birthed an Artifact Spirit comparable to a Great Cultivator.
The Ancient Map Painting Spirit can instantly see through Zi Palm Fate’s details, and when in close contact (not from afar), it can perceive Ning Fan’s true cultivations by resonating with the mountains and seas within the map.
This map dares to be named ’Purple Mountain Dou Sea Map’, with good reason and not just an empty name.
Unfortunately...
Such an against-the-heavens Ancient Map Painting Spirit is still not a match for Ning Fan in a single battle.
Though its eyesight is strong, its combat power is somewhat lacking, thus it was brutally defeated by Ning Fan, crushed with a single sword, feeling its chest’s energy and blood surging, its Dao bones about to shatter, unable to mobilize even a trace of mana!
The ears were filled with the deafening roar brought by the sword’s pressure!
Golden stars danced before the eyes, consciousness barely rational!
A dignified Ancient Great Cultivator, unable to even stand in front of Ning Fan, who would believe this!
This scene was extremely impactful, causing Zi Xiao and others to feel their hair standing on end, seeming to see the past Emotion Control...
Si Kong Realm: "How can this be!"
Hidden South Mountain: "A dignified Ancient Great Cultivator, peerless and invincible, yet suppressed by one sword, unable to move! Is this another Emotion Control..."
Mixed Heaven Quasi-Saint: "So heavy! Facing this person’s gaze, I felt immobile! No, it’s not just simple pressure deterrent! This person’s eyes contained the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique with the Twelve Forbidden Techniques... I’ve never heard of the Mixed Sect’s Fixed Character Formula being used like this!"
Combined Ape Quasi-Saint: "Damn you Palm Fate! What kind of monster have you brought here! Why involve the innocent with the trouble you started!"
Zi Palm Fate: "Ridiculous! The word ’innocent’ has nothing to do with you! It’s wise to join forces with me quickly, otherwise, you’ll all die! Do you want me to reveal your crimes in front of the butterfly one by one?"
War Sky Quasi-Saint: "How dare you threaten us!"
Dou Yun Quasi-Saint: "I have a feeling our crimes have long been seen through by this person... Is this person really an inheritor of the Immortal Emperor? If so... this tribulation, we may truly be doomed... The Zi Clan indeed has no future, the Purple Mansion, if you know underground, you must be pleased to see today’s events..."
Purple Bone Quasi-Saint: "Clan Leader, let’s cooperate with Palm Fate for now! The enemy is too strong, perhaps truly a Saint! If he insists on settling scores with us, the disaster of Emotion Control may truly recur! But somehow, when observing this person’s causality, I felt a strange resonance with my Heartbroken Immortal Companion..."
Zixiao Ancestor: "You’re overthinking it! It’s impossible for Saints to be born in the Era of Decline! And the Ancient Map already said this person is not a Saint, then he’s definitely not! This person is undoubtedly a Human King of the Second Step... it’s just unknown what realm this Human King is... Palm Fate, tell us everything you know! Only then will I consider whether to join you!"
Zi Palm Fate: "Then you might be disappointed, I know nothing about the term Human King... I only know one thing, this butterfly cannot be assessed with common sense, even if we join forces, it merely turns certain death into a slim chance of survival... Only by abandoning all luck can we create a sliver of life!"
Zi Palm Fate simultaneously transmitted his knowledge of Ning Fan to everyone via Divine Sense, secretly astonished.
He miscalculated again!
Ning Fan is not an Immortal King, but a Human King!
The judgment of the Ancient Third Map is undeniable, from this perspective, the butterfly secretly created a new cultivation system...
But why does he do this?
Why abandon the great path of Immortal Emperor, to pursue something distant, cultivating as a Human King...
Unknown. I cannot see through this butterfly...
I originally thought the butterfly had not broken through the Immortal Emperor, still trapped in the Immortal King Realm... but the fact is, this butterfly created the Human King Realm, bypassing the Immortal Emperor Realm, breaking from Immortal King to Human King!
He is not in the Immortal King Peak, but in the Human King Peak! Possessing Ten Thousand Tribulation Magical Power, a realm equivalent to the extreme of Ancient Great Cultivators, ready to break into the Third Step at any time!
He has long stood at the pinnacle of the Second Step!
But how old is this butterfly!
I watched him grow step by step, with bone age of only a few hundred thousand, is already approaching sanctity... truly enviable!
No... can the butterfly truly become a Saint!
Creating one’s own cultivation system is incredibly difficult, full of uncertainties, can he really embark on the path of the Saint?
Maybe not for others, but he can!
He is... a butterfly after all!
...
Being trapped in the Immortal King Realm was merely a lie Ning Fan left for the world.
He had already broken through the Immortal King Realm and advanced to the new realm of ’Human King Great Perfection’, just one step away from sanctity!
After killing Ziwei, Ning Fan devoured Ziwei, and with an instant wealth surge, he casually created the Human King System. This Human King corresponds to the Immortal Emperor, both belonging to the upper realms of Immortal King.
The difference lies in the choice between going up the mountain to become an Immortal or going down the mountain to become Human.
Those who go up slay the Dao to become Immortal Emperor; those who go down protect the Dao to become Human King.
The saints of the Wansheng Mountain tried to stop Ning Fan from becoming Emperor but didn’t know Ning Fan never intended to slay the mountain.
All the way, Ning Fan neither slays the Heart Demon nor forgets emotions, and at this time, how could he slay the Dao Mountain and cripple his own arm?
This is not his style, so he secretly created the Human King System, thus bypassing external blocks, and freeing his thoughts, staying true to his heart.
The saints wouldn’t allow him to become Emperor, but why would he need others’ permission!
The path essentially doesn’t exist, doesn’t not exist, if the heavens sever people’s paths, he would carve his own!
These are all benefits.
The downside is that creating one’s own cultivation system is exceedingly difficult, and it’s uncertain the system can reach the third step or higher.
The path of the Immortal Emperor is tried and true, yet Ning Fan’s self-created Human King Road is filled with the unknown, very likely impassable...
Dao is natural, always existing.
The road is made by man, opened by the traveler.
Whether to choose Dao, or to choose Road... countless strong individuals have been troubled by this without a definitive answer.
Mighty like Purple Dipper, only near reversal did he make a choice, abandoning the Nikong Road completely...
Ning Fan, however, answered in the second step.
He fears not challenges, nor the unknown, nor a life as a traveler.
He has long been on the Road.
Since he refused to slay the Heart Demon, it has been so.
From before he reincarnated as a human.
From the moment he first spread his wings and faced destiny.
A person’s character is their destiny.
Ultimately, Ning Fan pioneered the Human King Road and, with numerous Dao Fruits from the Taiyi Dream, elevated his magical power to the Ten Thousand Tribulations’ Human King Perfect Realm, standing directly at the peak of the second step.
The power of the Dao Fruits, which exceeded the realm and could not be contained, was recycled and refined into the "Thousand People Dao Fruit," emphasizing no waste.
Now, Ning Fan is just a retreat away from becoming a Saint, but this step requires him to be exceedingly cautious and not act hastily.
The path he is on is no longer any established path in the world but an early venture into pioneering the Reversal Road.
Like one who does not take the bridge but insists on feeling their way across the river, each step is unknown, with unimaginable torrents obstructing the way.
A single misstep might halt his cultivation, making it difficult to advance, or worse, cause his path to collapse and his achievements to be lost forever.
Crossing the river like this may seem foolish, but Ning Fan understands that the so-called bridge was a trap from the start. Even if he managed to crawl across it, what awaited would only be compromise, resignation, and blending into the mundane, with no her on the other side... he could have it all through countless reincarnations, yet be missing one person.
He does not need such a future.
And so he created the Human King and raised the sword of rebellion against the heavens.
Such is the Reversal Road.
Such a one who ascends is worthy to be called the Reverse Saint!
The system beyond the Human King, Ning Fan has yet to completely create; it is barely capable of sainthood, with the results of sainthood full of the unknown.
He could gamble, but there is no need to rush into it.
He still has much time, enough for him to further learn, integrate, and continue perfecting his Human King Road, drawing widely from different sources, and then forming his own unique doctrine.
Thus.
This ancient painting spirit before him, who claims to assist in sainthood, indeed piques Ning Fan’s interest.
So, after overwhelming the Ancient Painting Spirit with a single sword, he planted twelve kinds of restrictions upon it with a mere glance, then raised a hand to grab, as Yin and Yang Qi surged in an attempt to forcibly pull the Painting Spirit into the "Yin Yang Infinite Lock".
The Yin Yang Infinite Lock, an evolved form of the Yin Yang Locket!
This item, redefined from the Yin Yang Locket by Ning Fan, with earth, wind, water, and fire restructured within, has been transformed into his second One Realm.
Who has the leisure to cultivate two One Realms except Ning Fan?
This realm is no longer a place to accommodate cauldron furnaces, but a place where he hides all his secrets...
He intends to turn the Ancient Third Map into one of his means, one of his many secrets!
"No! He intends to capture me! He actually has a One Realm! He wants to lock me in!"
"No! It’s not right! This person actually has more than one One Realm! He even has a second one! Can I deal with this?"
"Seventy-two Transformations Earth Evil Great Escape!"
Seeing the unfavorable situation, the Ancient Painting Spirit directly burned his ancestral blood, entering a desperation mode - fleeing desperately!
Though crazy, he is not a fool; after a brief encounter, he immediately assessed Ning Fan’s formidable means and strength, losing all courage to compete.
Courage... he had long lost it when facing the Emotion Control in the past, now merely a walking dead, to whom face meant nothing.
Ignoring the blockade of Yin and Yang Qi, he forcefully performed the escape technique, gathering form and dispersing Qi, turning into a wisp of purple smoke, instantly breaking free from the twelve restrictions binding him and escaping far away.
He could actually escape Ning Fan’s confinement head-on; his means were indeed formidable.
Yet it turned out that the Seventy-two Transformations Escape Technique he used was the self-created technique of the young Purple Dipper in the past, hence not subject to conventional measurement!
"Master Zidou’s escape technique... indeed extraordinary, not something common means can confine. Just a glance is not enough to learn all its transformations..." Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with Tianren Green Light, his expression growing serious, acknowledging the power of the Zidou Escape Technique.
However, he did not recognize the clumsy execution of the technique by the Ancient Painting Spirit.
The strength lies in the Escape Technique itself, not the person.
In this Escape Technique, seventy-two transformations of Earth Evil are integrated, making it incredibly powerful, with nothing in the world able to confine it.
However, due to the Painting Spirit’s insufficient Taoist insight, even though he could use the technique, he couldn’t manage all its transformations simultaneously.
This requires extremely profound spell comprehension!
To take a shortcut, the Painting Spirit had refined seventy-two strands of Origin Qi into himself, barely accomplishing this feat with the power of Origin Qi.
He used it with difficulty, lacking in many details. If the opponent were a common ancient cultivator, it might suffice for self-preservation. Unfortunately, he encountered Ning Fan, for whom any flaw became a fatal weakness.
"No wonder the Painting Spirit elder is so formidable at escape..." The Quasi-Saints attempted to break free from the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique and other restrictions while marveling at the prowess of the Painting Spirit’s escape technique, suddenly their expressions changed.
It was because Ning Fan, seeing the Painting Spirit flee, immediately mimicked his divine skill, also gathering form and dispersing Qi, transforming into a wisp of purple smoke to chase after him.
He fled, Ning Fan pursued; there was no escaping by wing.
At this moment, though the Ancient Painting Spirit was hard to confine, Ning Fan seemed to have pierced through the weaknesses of the Painting Spirit’s spell, with just one palm strike, dispersing the Painting Spirit’s gathered form and Qi. The reason he could disperse the opponent’s technique was that Ning Fan, in the original Earth Evil Great Escape, had creatively added a new transformation, just to capture the Painting Spirit and confine his movement technique.
This way, what Ning Fan used was no longer just the Seventy-two Transformations Great Escape, but the Seventy-three Transformations!
With one palm strike exposing the Painting Spirit’s true form, he furthermore released the Yin and Yang Qi, finally confining the Ancient Painting Spirit within the Xuan Yin Treasure.
To last until the second round under Ning Fan’s hands, the Ancient Painting Spirit was not entirely mediocre...
"No—I don’t want to be a cauldron furnace! Let me go! I’m straight! I don’t want to be harvested by the inheritor of the Ancient Chaos, save me—" The Ancient Painting Spirit’s wail was heard, then vanished.
And Ning Fan found himself somewhat speechless.
Who wants to capture you, a large man, as a cauldron furnace? Really think highly of yourself. You don’t think the present Xuan Yin Treasure is still my cauldron furnace place, do you?
But this also indirectly reflected a fact: even the Ancient Painting Spirit couldn’t see through the true purpose of his Xuan Yin Treasure... the opponent, though perceptive, was also limited, not to an exaggerated degree.
As for the seventy-two strands of Origin Qi within him...
Ning Fan directly used the Xuan Yin Treasure’s power, redefining the energy within the painting spirit’s sphere, stripping all the Origin Qi from him.
Then he spread his palm, and the seventy-two strands of Origin Qi glimmered, transforming into seventy-two small Yin-Yang Fish in his palm.
These Origin Qi had been with the Ancient Painting Spirit for a long time, and he had refined them so erratically that Ning Fan needed to purify and reconstruct them with the power of the Xuan Yin Treasure and the Chaos Ring Technique, which allowed the Origin Qi to present the special form of Yin-Yang Fish.
[If you cultivate the "Chaos Ring Technique," when your cultivation is sufficient, you can even unify Yin and Yang and automatically cultivate the ’Primordial Qi,’ greatly enhancing your chance to step into the third step!]
Such were the words of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor of the past.
The once incapable Ning Fan could now achieve this step.
As such, he immediately swallowed the seventy-two strands of Origin Qi.
The ten thousand tribulations of mana in his body finally showed signs of loosening, beginning to advance slowly...
"What! The Painting Spirit elder used the technique of the Young Immortal Emperor, how could he be captured!"
"An ancient great cultivator, an ancient third map, the technique of the Young Immortal Emperor, captured, harvested... putting these words together, I’m completely unfamiliar..."
"He’s not only taken seventy-two strands of Origin Qi from the Painting Spirit elder, he even swallowed them whole... isn’t he afraid of bursting from it!"
"Looked at the Earth Evil Great Escape only once, and this person mastered the technique on the spot... I, an old man, spent thirty million years and still haven’t mastered it completely!"
"He even added his own insights, making the technique exhibit a seventy-third transformation, specifically breaking the Earth Evil situation of others... what kind of monster is this! The skill of the Young Immortal Emperor can be altered at will!"
The young Purple Dipper created the Seventy-Two Transformations Escape Technique, showcasing unparalleled talent.
Ning Fan merely glanced at it, then improved the technique to a Seventy-Three Transformations version, greatly restraining the original...
What an exaggerated Primordial Spirit talent!
Zixiao Ancestor: "Could this person be the inheritor of the Ancient Ten Spirits mentioned in the clan’s records... Fate Wielding! Why wasn’t this information included in your report?"
Zi Palm Fate: "Stop complaining! I just discovered this fact! My understanding of him is just the tip of the iceberg! The terror of the Butterfly far exceeds your imagination, even the Emotion Control that you fear like tigers and leopards doesn’t compare to Butterfly! If you won’t cooperate, I’ll have to flee alone! Take care!"
As he spoke, Zi Palm Fate broke free from the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique’s restraints and attempted to escape, his eyes shining as if plotting something, but Ning Fan, unpredictably, sealed his escape light and captured him alive.
"You are the last one who should leave," Ning Fan said heartlessly.
Having improved the Earth Evil Great Escape, Ning Fan found that this technique was more effective in restraining movement techniques than the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique—thus it officially joined his arsenal.
Indeed, it was a masterpiece of Master Purple Dipper, truly useful!
Zi Palm Fate was unlucky, unable to see how Ning Fan acted, and unable to defend against him!
Not only was he captured alive by Ning Fan, but he was also instantly struck by thousands upon thousands of swords, nearly transformed into a pole, dying on the spot like a dead dog.
Then he was seized by the neck and lifted high. He struggled desperately, kicking in midair, but couldn’t break free from Ning Fan’s grasp.
Trying to manipulate the Heavenly Stone, Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, and other treasures to counterattack Ning Fan, but all treasures passed through him without causing any harm.
Attempting to ensnare Ning Fan with the Death Line of the Causal Beast, the beast whimpered, seized the moment of Zi Palm Fate’s dying breath to break free from its confinement, defected instantly, turned into a white light, happily absorbed into the Xuan Yin Treasure as if returning home...
"Even the Causal Beast too... Damn it!"
"Spare me! If you spare me, I can help you absorb the Ape Saint Corpse! You’ve cultivated the Corpse Magic, if you consume this corpse, your Corpse Demon Power will surely advance further, and your physical cultivation will greatly improve... ah!"
Ning Fan didn’t waste words with Zi Palm Fate; the opponent had been sufficiently corroded by Fu Li’s Black Luck and already exposed a killing line.
Thus he completely killed Zi Palm Fate, his thoughts becoming clearer.
"The fifth one..."
Yet, as he finished Zi Palm Fate, his gaze imperceptibly flicked towards a certain direction in the Zi Clan...
In that direction, another Palm Fate was hiding... Qing Palm Fate.
The Zi Clan might not be human, but Palm Fate is truly despicable!
Palm Fate understood he was no match for Ning Fan and even knew that the Zi Clan couldn’t truly cooperate with him.
Therefore, he initially intended to sacrifice the Purple Luck Body to drag Ning Fan and the Zi Clan into a battle, relocating all of the Zi Clan’s experts away from the Holy Ape Corpse...
Thus, the Green Destiny Body could unscrupulously seize the Ape Saint Corpse and achieve his goal, then face the Butterfly in battle!
"Unexpected, Butterfly! I have one last trick, the Purple Luck Body is just bait, the Green Destiny Body is the real killing move! It’s laughable the Zi Clan is clueless, and the Butterfly lacks wisdom, none of them uncovered my plan! If Butterfly set an ambush here, how could I possibly lose!" Qing Palm Fate said proudly.
If he were aware of the Ning Fan following him silently, he would not be laughing.
The world could only see one Ning Fan, but in fact, Ning Fan was everywhere.
The world in Ning Fan’s eyes was invisible to Palm Fate.
The world Ning Fan saw was his sole, endless world unfolding like overlapping states before him.
Of course, he could simultaneously tread upon infinite space and time.
Like stepping into a stream, he could touch countless drops of water simultaneously...
Man cannot step into the same river twice, but Ning Fan can; his materialization insight already transcended the common knowledge of all things flowing.
So... should he first deal with Qing Palm Fate or dispose of the Zi Clan’s Quasi-Saints one by one...
Without waiting for Ning Fan to make a decision, the others had already made it for him.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Countless streaks of light suddenly shot at Ning Fan, yet passed through him, failing to harm him in the slightest.
So Ning Fan refocused on Zixiao and the others.
These individuals managed to break free from the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique... and their emotions seemed amiss.
Ah, so that’s it...
The Seven Emotions Bundle that Emotion Control once implanted in them can still take effect...
"What kind of technique is this! Not only can it evade Palm Fate’s treasure attacks but also ignore our magical assault!"
Zixiao Ancestor and the others hardly escaped the Reincarnation-Fixing Technique and collectively launched a spell assault on Ning Fan.
Yet they didn’t anticipate their joint attack wouldn’t even touch Ning Fan’s hem.
This is the battle!
But does this battle really hold any hope of victory...
This person’s strength indeed gives a sense comparable to Emotion Control, but to say he is stronger than Emotion Control, Zixiao absolutely refuses to believe!
He had once personally witnessed Emotion Control’s invincible presence and would never believe there exists another Second Step more exaggerated than Emotion Control.
He doesn’t believe Palm Fate’s words!
Even if those words are Palm Fate’s deliberate provocation, he’ll accept them!
The Zi Clan doesn’t need to cooperate with Palm Fate!
The Zi Clan can overcome this person by themselves!
The Disaster of Emotion Control will never repeat in the Zi Clan!
No matter how significant the enemy’s background is, he will reject this enemy from the Zi Clan!
Unprompted courage surged within Zixiao and the others, a method of Emotion Control, the Seven Emotions Bundle affecting their thoughts, but the involved parties were unaware of this, only seeking to battle Ning Fan to the last breath!
"We must not lose..."
"We absolutely can’t lose to this Butterfly!"
"We can’t let the clan extinction disaster repeat!"
"We’ve painstakingly developed the Zi Clan to its current state; it cannot be for nothing!"
At this moment, Zixiao’s Seven Emotions were in chaos; when he looked at Ning Fan, there was no more fear, only boundless intent to fight.
That was the resolve extinguished by Emotion Control when he once faced it, but now it inexplicably emerged, entirely uncontrollable!
Inexplicably, he remembered his original intention to revive the Zi Clan, precisely to prevent the Disaster of Emotion Control from repeating!
Yet, how difficult it is to revive a fallen clan, he could only be relentless...
Once, he was weak as a pawn, facing supreme Emotion Control, helpless to achieve anything, ultimately losing everything...
But now, he is no longer the old A Man!
He has grown strong! The Zi Clan has already been revived!
Even facing Emotion Control, he dares to swear to fight to death, reclaim past glory, how could he fear a mere Butterfly!
"You are strong, but what you face... is the Purple Clan! The honor of the Purple Clan is above all!" Zi Xiao’s battle intent soared to the sky, as if at this moment, Ning Fan was the villain.
"You call this honor?" Ning Fan frowned, lowering his half-raised hand.
Originally planning to easily eliminate these few people, he changed his mind.
At this moment, he suddenly felt an ancient, desolate sensation, resonating with the soul cries of countless ancient Purple Clan martyrs who died protecting their realm.
He sensed that in this Purple Clan land, countless Purple Clan spirits returned to the mountains and seas, shedding tears in sorrow, in anger, unable to rest in peace...
He sensed that here, countless non-Purple Clan people were crying, echoing in the air, the living and the dead alike... but whether living or dead, all had suffered the Purple Clan’s imposed hardships... The dead no longer had a voice, while the living were furiously trying hard to survive...
He further sensed that in the vast Dreamland Realm, countless people unaware of the Purple Clan’s evil deeds were daily offering incense in worship, praying for the emperor’s protection...
Unbidden, he recalled his own helpless cries when he was once a mortal...
Anger suddenly surged in his heart, lamenting the unworthy sacrifice of ancient martyrs, lamenting for those who had been betrayed by the Purple Clan!
A bunch of scum, claiming the right to speak of honor!
What honor do you possess!
How much honor has been sullied by you... isn’t that enough!
If initially coming to the Purple Clan was merely to chase after the Fate Wielding and for personal revenge, at this moment, Ning Fan finally realized his identity as the Master of the Dream Realm.
Whether by fate or coincidence, he now stood as the Master of the Dream Realm.
Would he idly occupy the position and exploit it, or would he govern justly, he needed to decide.
He had no intention of choosing.
He always only had one answer.
He utterly disdained becoming another Purple Clan!
Nor did he want to become another Purple Dou!
He was not a benevolent person, yet even so, he was ashamed to be associated with the Purple Clan!
He intended to do something for those unwavering obsessions till death, for those spirits still mourning, for those beings awaiting a savior...
It’s not only cultivators who bear the light, not only Fu Li who bear the light. So-called passing the torch is not limited to any particular group...
Ning Fan seemed to comprehend something.
And immediately activated his Immortal Spirit Talent, transforming all insights into Divine Skills.
Thus he heard the cries of all beings more clearly.
Even the long-gone Old Ape Saint seemed to weep, murmuring something...
The living yearned for the Purple Clan’s demise, the dead yearned for the Purple Clan’s demise, and in such a scene, the Purple Clan dared to speak of honor, how laughable.
"Are all beings awaiting our answer... Master Zidou, you indeed spoke true. But sadly, my approach is destined to be different from yours."
"I can hear your wails, you should hear my voice too, that’s only fair!"
"I have never been a savior, nor do I want to be one. I neither believe in saviors existing in this world, nor in any Immortal Emperor."
"And if you hope for me to avenge you, to give you a dignified death, I’m afraid you’ve asked the wrong person..."
"The truth lies only on the sword’s edge, only in your own hands, vainly waiting for others to rescue, nothing will come of it."
"I can shatter the Purple Clan’s honor, but your deep hatred must be avenged by your own hands!"
"Here and now, there may be no Immortal Emperor, but with me here, that is enough."
"Those willing to transform into Fu Li can come with me, I will help you reclaim karma with your own hands!"
No one knew what revelation Ning Fan attained at that moment, but as he spoke, day turned to endless night, and within that night, countless lights emerged.
Lights of the living, lights of the dead, lights of this realm, lights beyond this realm, all came following Ning Fan’s promise!
Thus countless flames began to illuminate the endless night!
In that moment, Ning Fan seemed able to gather all beings’ lights into one finger, raising a flame to burn the heavens!
"Dare you withstand the might of all beings’ one finger!" Ning Fan declared.
And then, he pointed a finger downwards, resembling the Gui Xu Finger, yet different from its original form.
"Is this the Fu Li Gui Xu Finger? What a joke! With such momentum, say it was the Immortal Emperor’s one finger that defeated ten billion Immortal Emperors, and I’d believe it!"
"We can’t withstand it! We must attack together, or we’ll all die!"
"What exactly is his cultivation! Nirvana Saint! Desolate Saint! Or... Reverse Saint!"
Zi Xiao and the others’ faces turned aghast, sparing no efforts, as they unleashed all their mastery, hoping to survive Ning Fan’s finger.
Though they overestimated Ning Fan’s finger’s power, thinking it reached the Reverse Saint level, in truth, the power of this strike was nowhere near that of a Reverse Saint, nor could it match a Desolate Saint or Nirvana Saint... but in sheer momentum, it was not inferior to any individual.
This was not a strike delivered through Ning Fan’s cultivation; he did not use a trace of Mana.
He was merely a conduit for the light of all beings.
The power of this finger, every bit of it, came from the strength of all beings.
Where there is injustice, there is resentment.
Where there is unfairness, there is resistance.
The path of Purple Dou was to distribute his power to all beings.
But that was not Ning Fan’s style.
He preferred to be a rebel leader, seeking revenge and satisfaction!
He disliked those who blamed the heavens and others but admired those who remained unrepented until death!
Whatever you desire, don’t cry, don’t resent, just follow me, I will lead you... to seize it with your own hands!
In times gone by, Ning Fan’s understanding of sending one to a dignified death stemmed from learning and mimicking the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign.
But at this moment... he had insights different from the Purple Dou, truly finding his own path!
The road of Nifan is never fought alone! The so-called solo challenge was merely a lie he left for the world!
Indeed, it was a solo battle!
Only the side with fewer people was you five!
I will take the entire world, challenging just you five; you are the challengers!
The Flame Spirit Saint Mother was the first Fu Li he inspired today, but certainly not the last!
Those willing to follow, come with me!
I will lead you, raising fire to burn the heavens!
Only then is it fit to be called... the Human King!