Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 1702: Chapter 1741: Reunion with Wang Chongxiao

Everyone decided to head straight to the Connecting Sky Black Pillar of the Fire Worship Sect.

The White Tiger, as a Great Demon of the Heavenly Human Five Declines, led the group along the Connecting Sky Black Pillar upwards.

In just an hour, they reached the top.

Jiang Fan looked around, realizing that the Southern Heavenly Realm still had abundant Spiritual Energy, with majestic mountains and rivers.

Above, there were still nine suns.

As he was observing the surroundings.

Suddenly, a feather filled with the power of Merit fell from the sky onto him.

Huh?

Hmm?

???

Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise.

The Red Demon Venerable exclaimed, "Mer...Merit? The Heavenly Realm bestowed Merit upon you?"

"Am I seeing things?"

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord stared blankly: "Elder, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, it is indeed Merit."

"And a significant amount of it."

"In this catastrophe of our Central Earth, not many could earn so much Merit."

The others, like the True Word Venerable, also gazed at Jiang Fan in confusion.

The sudden appearance of Merit left everyone bewildered.

The idea of Central Earth bestowing Merit to Jiang Fan was not surprising.

But the Heavenly Realm bestowing Merit, was it upending the celestial order?

Jiang Fan was also confused.

He hadn’t done anything in the Heavenly Realm at all, who could possibly deserve Merit instead of him?

Watching the Merit he couldn’t absorb eventually enter the Little Qilin, he was just as lost:

"Don’t look at me, I don’t understand what’s going on either."

The group exchanged bewildered glances.

After a long pause, Jiang Fan suppressed his unease and said, "Let’s not worry about the Merit for now."

"We must hurry, the Connecting Sky Black Pillar won’t last long."

He dared not delay, took out a map to determine their location, and immediately directed the White Tiger to charge ahead.

Just as they suspected, the Southern Heavenly Realm was desolate, with hardly any Ancient Giants.

After traveling for another hour and crossing a major tribe, they finally encountered a small Giant Clan tribe.

All that remained inside were some elderly giants and a few small giants, around seven to eight meters tall.

Noticing Jiang Fan and the others approaching.

Whether they were old giants or small ones, they all took up Wolf Fang Clubs and hurled them with ferocity.

Heart Demon Venerable coldly remarked, "Even the old, weak, and women are so aggressive?"

Shu Bu Xu, who had spent considerable time in the Heavenly Realm, squinted and said, "The Giant Clan is a society of warriors, there’s no such thing as the old, weak, and women among them."

"They are the fiercest Hunters in the world. Give them a chance, and they’ll devour you."

In the eyes of the True Word Venerable, there was a flicker of understanding.

She finally realized the significance of Jiang Fan’s counterattack against the Heavenly Realm.

If these small giants were not eradicated, given enough time to propagate, they would still bring catastrophe to Central Earth in a millennium.

Everything Jiang Fan did was to establish everlasting peace.

But Jiang Fan, watching the overwhelming number of incoming Wolf Fang Clubs, had no mercy in his eyes.

Purple Thunder in hand, he swung out a thousand-zhang Sword Qi, cutting the entire tribe and its giants in half.

The noisy little tribe fell silent in destruction.

Jiang Fan sheathed his sword without expression and said, "Let’s move on."

The others were slightly awed.

Jiang Fan’s demeanor towards the giants was the polar opposite of how he treated his own people.

To his people, he was as pleasant as a spring breeze.

To giants, he was like an incarnate Asura, eradicating them all!

Along the way.

They encountered more than a dozen small tribes, all exhibiting the same pattern.

No matter young or old, they all fiercely attacked them.

The result was inevitable; they were all annihilated by the purple Sword Qi.

Two-hours later.

They finally saw from afar the Connecting Sky Black Pillar leading to the Returning Ruins State.

Although it flickered unsteadily and was about to collapse, it was still usable.

Everyone relaxed their expressions.

They made it.

If the Connecting Sky Black Pillar collapsed, they would be trapped in the Heavenly Realm.

Just as they were about to rush over, a faint voice drifted over.

"No competition, no fight, everyone benefits peacefully."

Huh?

Huh!!!

Jiang Fan’s eyes widened.

Wasn’t this Wang Chongxiao’s classic slogan for mischief?

He thought he heard wrong.

Wait, how long has Wang Chongxiao been in the Heavenly Realm? He still isn’t dead?

And he could still be lively enough to cause trouble!

"Why is there a voice from the Human Clan?" the Red Demon Venerable asked in surprise.

The True Word Venerable and others recalled a certain unlucky person Jiang Fan had left stranded in the Heavenly Realm.

Wang Chongxiao!

This guy was really screwed over by Jiang Fan, who repeatedly masqueraded under his name to confront the Ancient Giants.

It wasn’t hard to imagine the kind of life he led in the Heavenly Realm.

They cast peculiar looks at Jiang Fan.

"Ahem..." Jiang Fan smiled awkwardly, "Red Demon Senior, that’s my blood brother Wang Chongxiao."

"I’ve been looking everywhere for him, didn’t expect he’d end up in the Heavenly Realm."

The Red Demon Venerable nodded slightly, but the voice that followed from afar made her expression, too, become peculiar.

"Don’t worry, a promise from me, Jiang Fan, is as good as a nailed board."

"If I’m lying to you, may I be struck by lightning and die horribly."

Pfft!

True Word Venerable and Yue Mingzhu, who knew the inside story, covered their mouths and giggled.

These two guys, they even have the same tactics for deceit.

When doing good deeds, they saved their own lives.

When committing mischief, they impersonated each other.

Jiang Fan’s face darkened.

No way, when he impersonated Wang Chongxiao, he never took such vicious oaths!

"Everyone, wait here briefly, I’ll go see my old friend."

Having said that, he grabbed the Divine Wood and executed the No-Self Dust-Cleansing Technique, sneaking quietly forward.

A massive crack appeared.

In the depths, the spatial barrier of the Heavenly Realm was faintly visible.

This was left from when eight participants of the Great Wine Sacrifice charged into the Heavenly Realm to battle the Nine-Day Giant Emperor.

Through the crack, an ancient snow-white building buried deep underground came into view.

Wang Chongxiao and two Dark Asura Kings surrounded the building.

At this moment, Wang Chongxiao had a Divine Ring at the back of his head, indicating he had already reached the Divinity Transformation Realm!

A clear Flame Mark was on the Divine Ring.

Like Jiang Fan, he had also reached the Heavenly Human One Decline Realm.

The two Dark Asura Kings were no ordinary beings.

Because they were both Five Crowned Kings of Hell.

They appeared old, with sinister demeanor, clearly not kind-hearted.

The three were gazing at the ancient building.

More accurately, it was a clock tower.

Only the tower’s top remained intact, embedded in the ground.

Underneath the broken rooftop was a snow-white large bell, one zhang high.

Inscribed with complex patterns that, through millennia, still shimmered intermittently.

A one-eyed Five Crowned Asura King drew a sharp breath: "Jiang Fan, you didn’t deceive us!"

"The defensive boundary artifact of the Angel Clan from millennia ago, the Immortal King’s Undying Bell, is truly here!"

"Though severely damaged from the battle back then and worn by endless time, it remains a Quasi-Realm Artifact."

The other Five Crowned Asura King’s eyes burned with fervor, his expression barely concealing excitement:

"It’s said that when the Immortal King’s Undying Bell was intact, it could capture the Laws of the Human Clan’s Sages, the curses of the Giant Emperor, and the Causes and Effects of the Asura Emperor."

"Overpowering countless World Artifacts in three realms, its might is unmatched."

"Now reduced to a Quasi-Realm Artifact, it’s uncertain if it still has the power to capture."