Chapter 291: A Bountiful Harvest

"What exactly happened in the Nine Firmament Sect? How did it get entangled with that Eternal thing? It doesn't make sense." After leaving the Moon Palace Sect, Lin Fan landed on the ground, pondering these matters.

Liang Yichu was invaded by the Eternal—could it be that Sect Leader Han was also invaded?

What exactly is the Eternal thinking? If it just wants to gather its body, there's no need to attack sects; it could simply search quietly, without all this trouble.

From Lin Fan's detective perspective, there was a shocking secret hidden within.

But any shocking secret, under Lin Fan's detective gaze, would be exposed, revealing its core truth.

The Xuanhuang Realm split in two, the Eternal's body... wait, could there be a connection between them? It seems I need to think this through carefully.

"Forget it, let me first sort out the gains from this trip."

In Lin Fan's view, the gains this time were quite substantial. His cultivation had advanced a major stage, reaching the Lesser Heavenly Realm, and it wouldn't be long before he reached the Greater Heavenly Realm.

Lin Fan was very interested in the Chains of Rules.

But his cultivation was still insufficient; he wasn't qualified to comprehend the rules.

Thinking of Li Yuanqi, who had comprehended twelve Chains of Rules and was so formidable, it was truly enviable.

Looking at the enormous arm of the Blood Demon Emperor in his backpack, a smile curled at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth.

"Heaven and Earth Furnace."

Lin Fan threw the Blood Demon Emperor's arm into the Heaven and Earth Furnace and began to refine it.

Behind that Blood Stone Gate must be another world, but it should be quite different from the Xuanhuang Realm. When I have the chance to enter in the future, I'll definitely take a tour.

"Buzz..."

The Heaven and Earth Furnace refines all things. In the blink of an eye, the Blood Demon Emperor's arm was completely refined.

"Ding, congratulations on obtaining five drops of Blood Demon Emperor's Essence Blood."

"Blood Demon Emperor's Essence Blood: Essence blood containing boundless power."

Looking at the few drops of essence blood floating in the air, a smile appeared at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth. He wondered how effective they would be.

"Swallow."

Lin Fan sat cross-legged, sucked the five drops of Blood Demon Emperor's Essence Blood into his mouth, and then activated the Blood Sea Demon Art, which had a unique use for him.

That Blood God fellow, in his pursuit of shortcuts, didn't cultivate with beast essence blood, which was a lower path.

This 'Blood Demon Emperor's Essence Blood' contained boundless power. He wondered how many levels it could push the Blood Sea Demon Art to.

Lin Fan's goal was to cultivate the Blood Sea Demon Art to the realm of Blood Drop Rebirth, but from the current situation, there was still some distance to go.

After swallowing the essence blood into his abdomen, a surging blood energy spread out. The Blood Sea Demon Art operated at its limit, absorbing the powerful blood force within the five drops of essence blood.

Time passed.

After an unknown period, Lin Fan's eyes opened and closed, a sharp light flashing, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Truly domineering."

The Blood Demon Emperor was indeed a ruler of an unknown world. If he hadn't had the 'Eternal Arm,' he would have been crushed to death by the opponent.

Just one arm and five drops of essence blood had forcibly pushed the Blood Sea Demon Art to the sixth level.

Limb Regeneration.

That Blood God fellow, after decades of effort and countless murders, had barely reached the fourth level, Organ Shift. Now, the sixth level seemed even more formidable to Lin Fan.

Although 'Limb Regeneration' required a great deal of life force and true essence, Lin Fan lacked neither.

The Parasol Tree Divine Tree constantly absorbed the world's true essence, and its vast life force was the most powerful Lin Fan had ever seen, surpassing even the phoenix he had encountered in the Flame Hell.

Not bad, not bad...

At that moment, Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction. Although the 'Eternal Arm' gave him immense power, in Lin Fan's view, the 'Eternal Arm' was still the body of some great being. To become strong, everything ultimately depended on himself.

He just wondered how domineering the body-tempering technique "Eternal Imperishability" would be when cultivated to its extreme—it certainly made Lin Fan look forward to it.

At this moment, Lin Fan took the "Blood Gate" out of his backpack. Instantly, a towering stone gate, awe-inspiring and shocking, stood before him. Observing it up close, blood qi roiled on its surface, stirring the soul.

"Blood Gate: An object that communicates with the Blood Realm, born from the Blood Realm, holding infinite mysteries."

Li Yuanqi had summoned the Blood Demon Emperor through sacrifice, suppressing the ages. He wondered if he himself could sacrifice something, summon the Blood Demon Emperor into the world, and then suppress it fiercely—wondering if that would work.

But Lin Fan also discovered that aside from communicating with the Blood Realm, this "Blood Gate" had no other use, not even the power to suppress enemies, so he lost much interest in it.

Lin Fan thought about throwing the "Blood Gate" into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine it, but he was also afraid that the furnace would refine it into a pile of useless stone, which would be a loss outweighing the gain.

He still needed to summon the Blood Demon Emperor from the "Blood Gate" in the future and suppress it fiercely—how could he let it off so easily?

If he completely refined the Blood Demon Emperor into essence blood, he wondered to what extent the "Blood Sea Demon Art" could be elevated.

"Eh..."

At this moment, Lin Fan thought of Liang Yichu's corpse lying quietly in the backpack.

A gleam of thought flickered in Lin Fan's eyes as he considered something: if he threw Liang Yichu's corpse into the Heaven and Earth Furnace, what would it refine?

Lin Fan had never thought of throwing a person in to refine—mainly because his mind wasn't quick enough.

Now that Liang Yichu was dead, why was he keeping the corpse? Could he take it out in front of Xin Feng?

"Damn, forget it." At this moment, Lin Fan sighed.

No matter what, Liang Yichu was still Brother Xin Feng's master. It would be better to hand him over to Xin Feng for a proper burial. There were plenty of Great Heavenly Realm Great Perfection cultivators; he didn't lack this one corpse.

It was just a pity about Li Yuanqi's corpse—under one palm strike, it had turned completely to ashes, not even a trace left. If he had known he'd have such thoughts, he would have preserved the corpse.

After tidying everything up, Lin Fan set off again. The Nine Heavens Sect was still a long way off, in the far western lands—really quite something.

…

Deep within the dungeon of the Nine Heavens Sect.

The sound of chains clanking and roars came from within.

In the deepest part.

Several Supreme Elders of the Nine Heavens Sect, pale-faced, had their cultivation completely sealed. The chains binding them emitted faint light, and the points where the iron links connected radiated a sinister glow. The elders' true essence was slowly draining away.

At a certain spot, Xin Feng was chained by his limbs, two pitch-black iron spikes piercing through his body.

"Elders, Senior Brother Xin Feng, the Sect Leader has taken those people out. Li Yuanqi has led sect disciples to attack the Moon Palace Sect," said a disciple guarding the dungeon, flustered.

This disciple wanted to rescue the elders and senior brothers, but the power on the chains was beyond his ability to handle. Touching them meant death.

"A calamity for the Nine Heavens Sect," one Supreme Elder said in agony.

The Sect Leader had become like a different person, so changed they dared not recognize him, capable of doing such things.

"Elder, what should we do?" Xin Feng asked, his hair disheveled and his breath weak.

"What has blinded the Sect Leader's eyes? These chains are devouring our cultivation. Soon, we will turn into dried husks and vanish forever," another Supreme Elder said in grief.

He never imagined that the once-prosperous Nine Heavens Sect would suffer such a catastrophe.

Xin Feng lowered his head in silence, knowing that soon they would all die.

At that moment, an elder looked up at Xin Feng. "In this time of crisis for the Nine Heavens Sect, we Supreme Elders cannot die in vain. Even if we perish, we must save the Nine Heavens Sect. Xin Feng..."

"Disciple is here."

"Fellow brothers, our bodies have been eroded and aged, beyond recovery. We cannot let this thing continue to drain us. We will transfer our lifetime of cultivation into Xin Feng's body, allowing him to fight for the last glimmer of hope."

"Good, it must be so." Several Supreme Elders nodded in agreement.

"Fellow brothers, the true essence cannot stop flowing to the chains' connections. I will let it absorb mine to buy you time."

Xin Feng was greatly alarmed. "Elder, you must not! You will die..."

"The Nine Heavens Sect is on the verge of destruction. We cannot let the Sect Leader continue his mistakes. Fellow brothers, prepare..."

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