Chapter 2303: Chapter 2351: Destruction and Rebirth

However, the silver carp’s speed caught Jiang Fan off guard.

Even when driven to its absolute limits, the paper crane couldn’t shake off the fish. Instead, the distance between them closed rapidly.

That expanse of black clouds also swiftly engulfed him.

Jiang Fan instantly felt a formless chill sweep over his body, rendering him completely rigid. The paper crane beneath him gradually slowed down. Astoundingly, the Power of Laws within his body was being suppressed.

His heart pounded wildly as he looked up at the black clouds. With his perception, he couldn’t see anything, but the CLINK of colliding chains was distinctly audible!

"What is that?" Jiang Fan felt his hair stand on end. He decisively put away the paper crane and attempted to activate the Void Feather Robe to escape.

To his dismay, the Holy Power within the Void Feather Robe was also suppressed.

As his ominous premonition deepened, he no longer dared to hold back. Gritting his teeth, a thirty-foot-tall, pure white stele materialized behind him. It radiated brilliant light, successfully counteracting the formless pressure.

The Holy Power within the Void Feather Robe began to flow once more. He immediately swept his Void Feather Robe to use Instantaneous Movement and flee.

At the very moment he initiated Instantaneous Movement, a terrifying consciousness descended from the black clouds. In the unseen void, a voice that seemed to hail from ancient times echoed.

"When a Saint emerges, heaven and earth shall perish.

"Those who defy the Dao shall all be executed."

Every word was like a booming celestial bell, shaking Jiang Fan so violently that he plummeted out of his Instantaneous Movement. He frantically spewed blood from his mouth as his Dao bones cracked inch by inch. His soul flickered like a candle in the wind, on the verge of being extinguished in a split second.

At this critical juncture, the "Tao" character on the Merit Divine Stele hummed vibrantly. Only then did the terrifying mighty force that was about to tear Jiang Fan apart dissipate.

And this was merely the unintentional murmur of the mysterious existence hidden within the black clouds. Had it truly struck, Jiang Fan would have been completely wiped from existence by now.

SWISH—

Suddenly, the black clouds churned, and a massive black beam of light flashed across heaven and earth.

Just from a single glance, Jiang Fan’s eyes bled, and his vision blurred. And this was with the Merit Divine Stele protecting him. Otherwise, his eyes would have exploded, just like those of the three Three Calamities Realm experts.

The black beam wasn’t aimed at Jiang Fan. Rather, it targeted the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill!

When the pill was born, the mysterious fluctuations it carried faintly contained the Dao rhythm of the Saint Realm. Therefore, it had drawn the Dao Slave to execute it.

The silver carp swam away in terror, attempting to outrun the doom of heaven and earth at a speed that even a Three Calamities Realm expert couldn’t match.

However, facing the black beam, it had no room to struggle. With a CRACK, the black beam completely submerged it. In the very next moment, it disintegrated into specks of dust.

As the black beam dissipated, the CLINK of dragging chains echoed from the black clouds once more. The boundless black clouds also drifted away aimlessly toward an unknown direction.

By the time Jiang Fan wiped the blood from his eyes, all he could see were the endless dust particles of the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill.

Jiang Fan’s heart was still beating THUMP THUMP THUMP furiously.

The last time he encountered an indescribable existence, it had been the Ancient Saint of Cloud Desolation. He couldn’t even make out her facial features in her portrait. But this entity before him... even with his current Sage realm, he couldn’t so much as listen to the sounds it made without suffering.

He wondered, "Just what kind of creature is this?

"Why would it attack an Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill?"

Jiang Fan murmured to himself as his mind replayed the entity’s mutterings.

"When a Saint emerges, heaven and earth shall perish.

"Those who defy the Dao shall all be executed.

"When a Saint emerges..."

Suddenly, Jiang Fan’s pupils constricted violently. His heart hammered wildly once more, and his throat felt as though it were being choked. He wanted to speak but couldn’t utter a single word.

In this world, there was an existence that suppressed Saints, preventing them from revealing themselves for ten thousand years.

That was the Dao Slave!

Ten thousand years ago, the Boundary Master of the Dark Shura Clan from the Hell Realm had forcibly revealed himself and was subsequently slain by the Dao Slave. There was a massive bloody hole in his forehead, and his corpse had even been refined by a Buddha into a cave dwelling.

The Holy Blood seeping from it had been corrupted by the Dao Slave’s power, granting it a terrifying destructive might. Even someone as powerful as the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis, a supposed Semi-Saint, had once lost more than half of his chest to that dirty blood.

Back then, Jiang Fan had wondered what exactly the Dao Slave used to pierce a Saint’s forehead.

Now, he understood. It was that black beam of light.

And that beam of light was probably the mysterious chain the Dao Slave dragged behind it, wasn’t it?

Clutching his violently THUMPING heart, Jiang Fan felt a deep, lingering dread. No wonder so few people had dared to practice Alchemy to refine an Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill over the past ten thousand years. It turned out it would summon a taboo existence!

If he hadn’t had the Tao Character Merit Divine Stele protecting his body, the destructive force formlessly released by the Dao Slave would have long annihilated him, the Alchemy Master.

PHEW!

He took several deep breaths, unable to calm the turmoil in his heart for a long time.

Right at this moment, the particles formed by the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill still barely maintained the shape of a silver carp. It wiggled its body, swimming arduously until it was right in front of Jiang Fan. It circled around him continuously.

Feeling doubtful, Jiang Fan pondered for a moment before taking out the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod. The particles of the silver carp immediately drifted into the tripod. Surges of powerful vitality were born from the ashes.

Looking closely, inside the tripod lay another lifeless silver carp. It was the second Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill, which had failed to fully form into a Pill because Jiang Fan had stopped his Alchemy halfway.

However, under the nourishment of the particles, the second Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill unexpectedly began to gradually burst with vitality. In just a short moment, it radiated powerful life force and started swimming inside the tripod. A vigorous Spiritual pressure unique to an Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill surged outward.

Jiang Fan gasped. "The second Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill is complete?"

He hastily looked toward the direction where the black clouds had departed. Only after confirming they weren’t returning did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The second Heavenly Pill had already triggered a celestial phenomenon earlier. Now, it had merely absorbed the residual essence of the other Heavenly Pill to complete the final step of forming into a Pill.

"Even on the verge of disappearing, it didn’t forget its own kind?"

A complex expression appeared on Jiang Fan’s face. His mind recalled the big white rabbit, the White Bone Warhorse, and the phoenix. These Eighth Grade Heavenly Pills already possessed their own emotions. In a sense, they could no longer be classified merely as Spirit Pills.

If an Eighth-grade was already like this, what would a Ninth-grade Spiritual Pill be like? When a Pill reached that level, could it still even be considered a Pill?

Looking at the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill overflowing with vitality, Jiang Fan closed the tripod’s lid and put it away. Then, without another word, he activated the Void Feather Robe to hurry away.

He certainly hadn’t forgotten the two Three Calamities Realm experts nearby who harbored immense hostility toward him!

However, those three also reacted the moment they sensed the black clouds dispersing. They rapidly gave chase.

SWISH SWISH SWISH—

After three piercing sounds rang through the air, they appeared in the area where the black beam of light had struck. They then locked down the surrounding space with their tyrannical auras.

Jiang Fan was forced to tumble out of his Instantaneous Movement.

Sensing the terrifying residual power of the black beam, East Emperor’s eyelids twitched wildly. He shouted in a deep voice, "Human Clan, what happened here just now?"

The Tongyuan Realm Master and the woman in purple magnificent clothes also turned to look at Jiang Fan. What they truly wanted to ask was the whereabouts of the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill.

Jiang Fan remained calm and collected. "The Dao Slave already shattered the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill."

The trio’s expressions darkened, but none of them doubted him. Because they had already guessed the Dao Slave’s purpose for descending.

The woman in purple magnificent clothes looked up at the sky and sighed. "No wonder no one has refined an Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill in ten thousand years.

"My plan was doomed to fail from the very beginning."

Two thousand years of preparation had all been for nothing.

East Emperor was equally deeply disappointed, but when his gaze landed on Jiang Fan, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"I suppose this trip wasn’t a complete waste of time!"

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