Chapter 218: Saint Tribulation, an Ancient King of the Taigu Era Falls!

The voice of the Great Saint Body was like thunder, but the thunder that rang out in Ye Fan's heart was even louder than that voice.

"How can this be?"

Ye Fan looked at the golden hairs dancing in the wind, one after another, completely unable to believe it.

After the Great Saint Body swallowed the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, he followed the words Ye Fan had spoken earlier, and did not, like Gai Jiuyou had when he swallowed the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill before, cause golden blood and Qi to cover the firmament and shake the entire world.

However, the endless black mist that had always circled around him still dissipated quite a bit at this moment.

Ye Fan was able to see the true appearance of this person through the endless mist; the rest of him did not look like a human at all, with golden hair growing all over his body, and even his face was no exception.

That kind of golden hair did not make Ye Fan feel awe-inspiring; on the contrary, it gave him a tingling sensation on his scalp, as if it carried some kind of terrifying characteristic.

Seeing it, Ye Fan instinctively felt a sense of repulsion.

Seeming to notice Ye Fan's gaze, this Great Saint Body gave a response very naturally: "What do you think a Great Saint Body should look like? Heroic and imposing, peerlessly domineering, able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with an Ancient Great Emperor?

"Between movements, plucking stars with one's hands, swallowing the sun and moon?"

While speaking, the Great Saint Body, which stood several hundred zhang tall, shrank bit by bit, no longer as massive as before.

At the same time, a thin layer of golden blood and Qi bloomed upon the Great Saint Body's body, like a layer of golden flames.

The golden hair that had originally covered the Great Saint Body's frame fell off, then was burned to ashes by that golden blood and Qi, drifting into the world in the blink of an eye, revealing the Great Saint Body's resolute and handsome face.

"This..."

Ye Fan was greatly shocked.

And that Great Saint Body took a step with his toe and directly ascended Sheng Shan.

After he raised his head to look outside the sky for a moment, he nodded slightly, then cast his gaze into the God Ruins, one of the Seven Forbidden Zones of the Eastern Wasteland, staring for a long time before withdrawing his gaze to look at Ye Fan.

"I never thought there would come a day when I could recover my peak blood and Qi."

This Great Saint Body sighed leisurely and solemnly promised Ye Fan: "I know what that person means; I will endure for the time being. If I can lure out one or two figures before the Immortal Path opens, it can also reduce the pressure later on."

Ye Fan actually had countless doubts in his heart; he wanted to know why the Great Saint Body had become a Desolate Slave, and why the Great Saint Body had been covered in golden hair all over his body before?

He also wanted to know why the Great Saint Body had indicated he understood just by hearing a portion of what Zhang Xuan had said; he wanted to know what the situation with the Immortal Path was.

But the Great Saint Body did not give him much of a chance; he reached out and beckoned to the surroundings, and the ripe Saint Fruits on the nine Sheng Shan flew into his hands.

He even cut off several sections of branches, leaves, and roots from one of the fruit trees that had no fruit.

With just a wave of his hand, the Saint Fruits and the branches, leaves, and roots of the Nine Wonders Immortal Tree flew into the broken Green Copper Tripod in his hand.

Ye Fan already had certain guesses in his heart and opened his mouth to ask, but the Great Saint Body just shook his head.

"You are still too weak right now; there are many secrets you do not need to know.

"If I can see the day you reach Great Completion, I will tell you all the secrets."

That figure moved his palm, and the Green Copper Tripod flew into Ye Fan's Bitter Sea. Before Ye Fan could ask again, a finger tapped his brow, and a cultivation diagram, complex to the extreme, was imprinted into his heart.

It was the same as the cultivation diagram passed to him by the remains of the Great Saint Body he had obtained on Sheng Ya before, but it was more detailed and more perfect in some subtle nodes.

It was a specialized cultivation method unique to the Five Great Secret Realms, which could allow the Saint Body to re-cultivate the Five Great Secret Realms after stepping into the Saint Realm, making all Five Great Secret Realms strong to the extreme.

"The secret techniques of the Saint Body can only be passed down from heart to heart between living Saint Bodies; the inheritance obtained from the remains of a Saint Body will ultimately have flaws and not be perfect enough."

Ye Fan already felt he was about to be thrown out of the Huanggu Jinqu, so he hurriedly shouted: "Senior, can I not know anything? Not even a little bit? I should be able to know some things at my current realm, right?"

The Great Saint Body within the Huanggu Jinqu did not speak, only the spiritual light between his fingers grew a bit more intense.

Then Ye Fan felt a supreme unique skill being transmitted into his brow, its name: Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.

That technique fell into his heart and was directly memorized; the relevant mental cultivation methods and mysteries were all marked within it, and at the same time, the Great Saint Body's low voice rang in his ears.

"One does not receive rewards without merit; having received such a great benefit for nothing, I must also give a certain response.

"I saw that person crossing his tribulation, displaying all kinds of wonderful techniques, peerlessly powerful, with every technique understood to the most profound level.

"He likely does not lack other things, but he can be given a bit more of the top-tier cultivation methods and unique skills, so I will give him one more."

Before the words had faded, that large hand moved lightly, and Ye Fan felt his body jolt; before he could react, he had already appeared outside the Huanggu Jinqu.

Standing outside the Huanggu Jinqu, looking at the lush ancient trees and spirit beasts around him, and then looking at the scene of dead birds and beasts inside the Huanggu Jinqu, Ye Fan was a bit dazed for a moment.

He wanted to go deep into the Huanggu Jinqu again to have that Great Saint Body resolve some of the doubts in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood that going in again would be futile, so he could only shake his head.

Feeling the Bronze Cauldron—missing two-thirds of its parts—floating in his Bitter Sea, along with the fruits and roots of the Nine Wonders Undying Divine Medicine that had already been sealed and packed inside the Bronze Cauldron, Ye Fan still had the feeling that he was dreaming.

"I actually really saw a Great Saint Body, a living Great Saint Body.

"What that senior said was actually true; there is actually a Great Saint Body living in the world within the Huanggu Jinqu of the Eastern Wasteland. No wonder I was able to pick Saint Medicine fruits when I entered the Huanggu Jinqu before..."

A portion of the doubts in his heart had been answered, but more doubts remained.

Ancient Great Emperors can only live for ten thousand years, and the Nine Great Sacred Bodies of the ancient era are already separated from the present by intervals of one hundred thousand years.

A Great Saint Body living until now, having existed for over one hundred thousand years.

This is completely unbelievable.

Has his cultivation realm had a breakthrough, reaching above the Great Emperor domain, or is there another possibility?

Thinking of the Great Saint Body covered in golden hair, and how after he fell into the Huanggu Jinqu with the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin before, that terrifying figure was still crazily bombarding the Bronze Ancient Coffin inside the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, appearing as if he had no consciousness.

Ye Fan did not think the Great Saint Body had made another breakthrough above the Great Emperor realm.

The doubts and questions in his heart were truly too many.

After thinking for a while and getting no answers, Ye Fan simply gave up.

He took a hard drive out of his bosom; it was given to him by the Black Emperor, specifically used for a formation to traverse the void, and the location had already been set.

A direct path from the Huanggu Jinqu to Shencheng, fast and stable; it is an essential good for cultivation and home life.

And this time, that dead dog did not mess up the operation, and Ye Fan arrived in Shencheng smoothly all the way.

After arriving, he sent a message to the Black Emperor; this was something he and the Black Emperor had discussed beforehand—whoever succeeded first would send a message to the other to avoid useless effort.

After all, what Zhang Xuan needed was the fruit of a complete Undying Divine Medicine after it had ripened; once successful, he would not need much more, and bringing another one over would be of no use.

But just after arriving in Shencheng, Ye Fan felt that the state of Shencheng was a bit different from before.

There were more and more of the Ancient Race; there were many people wearing scales and armor walking in this area, and they were not the so-called Demon Race, but Ancient Creatures.

He frowned slightly, but did not interfere further; he could not manage such matters now.

Having seen that Great Completion Saint Body and having restored the Great Completion Saint Body's vitality to a youthful state, Ye Fan already felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Because the more Ye Fan thought about what the Great Completion Saint Body had said afterward, the more he felt something was not right.

The Great Completion Saint Body had said he would tell Ye Fan the secrets only after Ye Fan reached Great Completion.

Moreover, he had added a prerequisite: if he were still alive after Ye Fan reached Great Completion, he would tell Ye Fan everything he knew.

The Great Completion Saint Body, who could challenge an Ancient Great Emperor, still held such pessimistic thoughts even after recovering his vitality.

The information revealed in this made one's body turn cold just thinking about it.

He moved forward along the way and tried to send a message to Zhang Xuan, but found there was no response.

Ye Fan's heart sank involuntarily, but overall, he remained steady.

After all, the situation was not yet too chaotic and was still within an acceptable range.

He did not immediately move away from this area, but instead wandered near Shencheng.

After all, he was currently carrying the most precious treasure, so he could not just run around carelessly.

At this moment, Ye Fan heard countless people around him exclaim in surprise.

"Madness, why is blood rain falling in that part of the world?"

"Do you feel an inexplicable sorrow lingering in your hearts?"

One of the Ancient Creatures, who had been quite arrogant and gathered around the Dragon Transformation Pool, looked up into the distance, an inexplicable look of sorrow appearing on their face.

Those around them looked on with strange expressions, not understanding, but the next moment, an older generation cultivator shouted.

"The sky has been pierced; a Saint has died, an Ancient Saint has died."

The crowd stirred at once, and a group of people rushed over, seeing that someone had activated a secret technique to manifest the scene from thousands or even tens of thousands of miles away before their eyes.

Ye Fan also curiously leaned in to take a look, and felt his heart tremble.

Across an infinitely distant region, he saw only that the sky was filled with scarlet rain, spilling over the world.

Heaven knows how many people died in that; looking at that rain, it seemed as if thousands or tens of thousands had perished.

And one drop of blood rain, in Ye Fan's startled gaze, landed on a mountain range; amidst the most terrifying roar, and in the unbelievable gaze of countless people, that mountain range was smashed to collapse with a boom.

Powerful beasts within that mountain range soared into the sky, radiating the light of the Great Power realm, but upon being struck by that blood rain, they instantly exploded into a sky full of blood mist.

"This..."

There were not a few people who saw this scene; upon witnessing such a sight, they all felt a sense of horror, even feeling their scalps go numb.

"That is..."

"That is an Ancient Saint; only a single hair or a single drop of blood from an Ancient Saint can crush a mountain range and kill a Great Power."

Someone whispered an explanation here, and the existence among the Ancient Creatures already felt something was wrong, while the Human Race cultivator beside them still squeezed a smile onto their face.

"Is this an Ancient Saint of the Human Race who has died? The Human Race actually still has Ancient Saints, but no one expected that in such a period, they would be beaten to pieces in the sky; this is probably an unprecedented blow to the Human Race!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people present showed expressions of anger, and those with fiery tempers jumped out directly, pointing at the nose of that Human Race cultivator and cursing.

"You are also of the Human Race; now that the Human Race is in trouble, are you so happy? I am ashamed to be associated with such a shameful person as you!"

These were already very damaging words, but the Human Race cultivator next to the Ancient Creature did not move at all; instead, they revealed a smile, lifted their head, and said: "My clan has already reached an agreement with the Ancient Royal Clan; before long, figures from my clan will intermarry with the outstanding descendants of the Ancient Royal Clan. I am not purely Human Race; who would want to be Human Race!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a crowd of people were flushed with anger, and Ye Fan clenched his fists.

The top cultivators of the Human Race were secretly planning for the future of the world, not hesitating to take huge risks for it.

Yet, the group of people protected by the Human Race were here secretly doing disgusting things, which made Ye Fan feel ashamed.

Ye Fan was filled with righteous indignation, but at the same time, he felt he had enough confidence in his heart.

After all, he had truly seen a powerful figure comparable to an Ancient Great Emperor awaken.

Even if he did not know the overall situation of the plot, based on Ye Fan's mood and state, he felt there should be a little problem here.

"This feeling is really familiar; it seems just like the kind of fishing operation I often do."

Ye Fan whispered while mixed in the crowd, and when he thought of this, he did not feel angry at all.

While other figures were extremely angry at this time, they suddenly heard someone in the crowd howl.

"Hey, why does the Human Race Saint have horns?"

The crowd was stunned, then followed the image to look over, and indeed discovered that above the blood rain, there was actually a single horn falling down mixed with flesh and blood.

"This must belong to that powerful Saint respected by the Human Race, but that is not the big problem; that powerful existence only lost a horn, but the Human Race Saint has already died."

Beside the Ancient Creature, that Human Race cultivator shouted, full of high spirits, but they did not notice that the Ancient Creature beside them already had a very ugly expression; the same person who had spoken before shouted again.

"Hey, not just blood rain and a horn, sigh, I seem to see many scales in there too."

The Human Race cultivator followed the gaze and their expression also became a bit serious; after looking carefully for a moment, their expression also stiffened, while the figure mixed in the crowd did not pause at all, continuing to shout as if they had discovered a new continent.

"Terrible, terrible, I seem to see the head of a beast falling from the sky."

A creature with only two horns left on its head and only a head remaining came tumbling down from the firmament.

There was no need to distinguish carefully; the figures present could all know that this was definitely not the Human Race or the Demon Race, but an Ancient Creature.

The expression of that Ancient Creature beside me was no longer ugly at this moment, but looked as if they had eaten a dead child.

"It is an Ancestor King of the Qianjiao Clan."

The human beside them was still preparing to continue the confrontation to show the power of the Ancient Creatures, but upon hearing this, they opened their mouth, and all the organized words were blocked in their throat, unable to be spoken.

And in the image, even more terrifying things happened.

The head was still moving, and the eyes on it were blinking.

That Ancient Creature was instantly overjoyed.

"Still alive, that Ancestor King is still alive; I suppose they triggered some accident outside the heavens."

The human beside them also acted as if they shared the honor, but before the smile had fully bloomed, from beyond the endless firmament, a fist light that was dazzling to the extreme shot out, and from a distance of thousands of miles, smashed that head into fragments with one punch.

Boom!

Endless light of the God and remnants of flesh and blood bloomed above the firmament, like a grand display of fireworks.

The entire scene fell into a strange and eerie silence.

(End of this chapter)