Chapter 361: Ancient Demon Domain

"Chick, you're not reluctant to leave, are you?" Lin Fan, who had finished showing off and fled, was now far from the Immortal Spirit Sect, but the chick's dejected look left him somewhat helpless—could this enjoyment really become addictive?

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." The chick sat listlessly on Lin Fan's shoulder, wings spread, head tucked in, its adorable chicken eyes gazing into the distance as if reminiscing.

Lin Fan flicked the chick's head. "Alright, don't look so dead. We've got big things to do."

The big thing Lin Fan mentioned was to conquer all of the Seven Saints' Treasure Map, completely dashing the hopes of that old man, the Seven Saints.

"Woof woof..." At that moment, Lin Fan released the black dog that had been kept in his backpack.

The will of the Seven Saints had been entrusted to the black dog by Lin Fan. As soon as it was released, it bared its teeth and snarled at Lin Fan, its eyes blazing with fury as if it wanted to devour him whole.

"Old dog Seven Saints, how is it? Is this body to your liking? Trying to borrow a body to return to life—I think you're still a bit green," Lin Fan said with a smile.

As for the Seven Saints, Lin Fan only knew that this guy was an ancient great power who used treasures to lure people into fighting.

"Woof woof..." Upon hearing this, the old black dog of the Seven Saints turned its eyes bloodshot. If it could speak, it would have cursed Lin Fan to high heaven.

Just then, the chick appeared beside the old black dog, one claw stepping on its head, pinning it down.

Its big, adorable eyes flashed with a divine light that looked down upon the world, as if it were annoyed.

"And you call yourself the Seven Saints? Even my chick can step on your face. I think you're finished," Lin Fan said contemptuously.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." The chick raised its head, then pecked the black dog's head with its sharp beak, as if telling it to behave.

"Old dog Seven Saints, now I have time to find your remaining secret chambers. Soon you'll fully possess this old dog's body," Lin Fan said with a smile. "You wanted to possess my body—now you see the consequences."

"Woof woof..." The old black dog of the Seven Saints snarled, but with the chick's claw pressing its head, it couldn't move.

Just then, the world suddenly changed.

In the clear void, a bolt of lightning flashed, accompanied by a patch of red clouds. In an instant, the red clouds dyed the entire sky, then suddenly dissipated.

It all happened too fast, leaving no time for thought.

Lin Fan watched this scene, his heart filled with astonishment. This omen didn't seem like a good thing.

The old black dog of the Seven Saints looked at the void with its dark eyes, a deep hint of fear hidden within.

Its claws scratched at the ground, as if trying to express something.

"Chick, let it go. See what it wants to do," Lin Fan said.

"Cock-a-doodle..." The chick released its claw and stood aside, ready to step on the old black dog again if it misbehaved.

"Eh, writing?" Lin Fan looked at the old black dog's current state and laughed. It seemed the old dog was trying to convey something.

"The Xuanhuang Realm is in great trouble. Release me, and I'll take you to another realm." The old black dog of the Seven Saints wrote on the ground with its claw, then raised its dog head to look at Lin Fan, wanting to make a deal.

"Tch, I thought it was something important. Just this?" Lin Fan glanced contemptuously at the old black dog of the Seven Saints, then waved his hand and put it back into the backpack.

But what made Lin Fan vigilant was what that omen just now really meant.

The old black dog of the Seven Saints certainly didn't know that the Beast Spirit Realm would attack in three years. So it must have known something about that omen.

Strength—he had to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

Then Lin Fan threw the corpses of the Tianhai Pavilion and Dragon Yanluo into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine them.

"Ding, congratulations on obtaining twenty-five Rule Chains."

Soon, twenty-five Rule Chains were in hand.

Opening the Blood Stone Gate and summoning the Heart Demon Emperor required at least twenty Rule Chains, but Lin Fan wasn't in a hurry to summon him now. He would wait until he gathered more Rule Chains to summon them all at once.

"Demon City in the Palm," a top-grade Heaven-rank technique, was quite good—a very powerful technique.

"Ding, would you like to practice 'Demon City in the Palm'?"

"Yes."

"Ding, congratulations on practicing 'Demon City in the Palm.'"

"Demon City in the Palm: Level 1."

Lin Fan flipped his palm, and a mass of demonic energy gathered, forming a phantom of a demon city floating in his hand.

What left Lin Fan speechless was that the demon city was empty inside—it seemed he needed to condense it himself.

"Chick, let's go." Lin Fan, awakened from his cultivation, beckoned, and the chick jumped onto his shoulder.

In an instant, the man and the beast vanished from the spot, heading toward another destination on the Seven Saints' Treasure Map: the Ancient Demon Domain.

...

A few days later.

When Lin Fan emerged from the void and saw the scene before him, he couldn't help but sigh.

"So this is the Ancient Demon Domain."

Over the past few days, Lin Fan had condensed two Rule Chains: the Wind Rule and the Earth Rule.

His left arm had also been fused with four Rule Chains.

The Ancient Demon Domain was also a forbidden land in the Eastern Spirit Continent. The Eastern Spirit Continent had many forbidden lands, widely scattered, and every sect chose its location near a forbidden land.

After all, these places were of great benefit to the cultivation of sect disciples.

Although forbidden lands were fraught with danger, cultivation itself was defying heaven, with life and death left to fate. Even if the mortality rate in forbidden lands was high, many people still wanted to try their luck.

Lin Fan, hidden in the void, now saw some people coming for trials.

What surprised him even more was that among them were two people he had seen before.

Xia Youtian and He Yuhan.

The two he had briefly met in the cave.

Now, these two stood in the main group, not very conspicuous, but their cultivation levels surprised Lin Fan.

In just a few months, they had improved so much.

Xia Youtian was at the initial Small Heaven rank.

He Yuhan was at the high Small Heaven rank.

Unbelievable, truly unbelievable.

Back in the cave, Lin Fan had wanted to rob them, but a mysterious person had been protecting them. It was because he sensed that presence that Lin Fan had abandoned the idea midway.

Now seeing them here, could it be that they were also pursuing the Seven Saints' Treasure Map?

"Yuhan, why are we here?" Xia Youtian had never been assertive. Even joining this sect was Yuhan's suggestion. He still didn't know why they had joined this sect.

He Yuhan looked at Xia Youtian, a faint smile curling at the corners of her mouth. "Brother Xia, there's something here that's very important to you."

"What is it?" Xia Youtian asked curiously.

He Yuhan smiled mysteriously. "You'll find out soon."