Lu Jiuwen made up his mind, clenching his fists and punching the air fiercely.
"Sect Master, what has angered you so?"
Ling Fan's voice echoed from the void.
His figure then materialized.
Lu Jiuwen was first startled, but upon seeing it was Ling Fan, he was dumbfounded.
"Your strength..."
He scrutinized Ling Fan incredulously, as if he no longer recognized him.
"You've reached Ninth Order Heavenly Emperor? And your strength... even I, a Divine Emperor, feel a strong sense of threat!"
"Mm."
Ling Fan nodded faintly.
"I gained a lot from the Myriad Artifact Palace, advanced to Ninth Order Heavenly Emperor, killed the Artifact Master, and even teamed up with your daughter... uh, with your daughter to deal with Gao Qiu. He was heavily injured and escaped. It's estimated that Gao Qiu will become a Quasi-Heavenly Venerate by the time he reappears."
Ling Fan briefly recounted the events of the past period.
Lu Jiuwen grew more and more shocked as he listened.
The Artifact Master!
That was a hegemon of the Heavenly Court faction at the Divine Emperor level, in charge of the Artifact Tower, and ruling several major continents on behalf of the Heavenly Court.
Such an unparalleled expert had actually died at Ling Fan's hands?
What shocked Lu Jiuwen even more was that Gao Qiu had been resurrected! And he would soon advance to Quasi-Heavenly Venerate. This news was simply adding insult to injury.
"What can be done about this!"
Lu Jiuwen's brows were furrowed, and he scratched his head in distress.
"Sect Master, do not worry. I will completely resolve the trouble of Gao Qiu in this Heavenly Court Genius Competition."
"Quasi-Heavenly Venerate is not the same as Divine Emperor! Are you truly confident?"
Lu Jiuwen looked at Ling Fan, unsure where his confidence came from.
Ling Fan did not explain further.
Explanations were too pale and weak. He had always preferred to convince people with facts.
"Let's not talk about this. Tell me about the troubles Qing Xuan Sect has encountered recently. Why do I feel that Old Gu, you, and everyone in Qing Xuan Sect are all worried?"
Ling Fan asked.
Lu Jiuwen replied, "Originally, Tian Yi Sect was wary of the Gao family and the Divine Emperor Gao Qiu whose life and death were unknown, so they had been slowly encroaching on Qing Xuan Sect. But now that the Gao family is destroyed, Tian Yi Sect has no more concerns and is preparing to make a move against Qing Xuan Sect."
"Tian Yi Sect issued an ultimatum three days ago. If Qing Xuan Sect does not submit, they will trample Qing Xuan Sect and clear the biggest obstacle to their unification of Jinzhou."
"Heh! Tian Yi Sect, a fine Tian Yi Sect. I haven't even gone to settle scores with them, and they've come knocking on my door themselves."
Ling Fan couldn't help but sneer.
"Isn't Yan Xi of Tian Yi Sect the Vice Sect Master of Tian Yi Sect? What is her stance?"
Ling Fan suddenly asked.
"You have some acquaintance with Yan Xi?"
Ling Fan didn't know how to answer. He couldn't possibly say he had a thing with Yan Xi.
He said, "We have a bit of an acquaintance."
"No wonder! According to the scouts, Vice Sect Master Yan Xi of Tian Yi Sect strongly opposed Tian Yi Sect dealing with Qing Xuan Sect, but she was outnumbered and her voice was quickly suppressed. I was wondering why she was speaking up for us back then. It turns out it was for your sake."
Ling Fan sheepishly rubbed his nose.
"Alright, leave this matter to me. I will go to Tian Yi Sect and resolve this trouble completely."
Ling Fan said.
Then, without waiting for Lu Jiuwen to speak, his figure vanished from the spot.
"Heh, this kid! He comes when he says he will, and leaves when he says he will. His wings have truly hardened now, eh!"
"Wait, what did this kid just say? He's going to Tian Yi Sect to resolve this trouble. Is he crazy! Even if he's comparable to a Divine Emperor, he can't be stronger than Tian Yi Sect. Tian Yi Sect has as many as three Divine Emperors, and also a Quasi-Dao Artifact!"
Lu Jiuwen was greatly alarmed.
But there was no trace of Ling Fan anywhere around.
"This kid is too impulsive, too reckless! If I ever look for a son-in-law in the future, I absolutely cannot find a junior like him who causes so much worry."
Lu Jiuwen hurriedly got up.
...
Deep within the void of the Heavenly Realm outside Tian Yi Sect.
Ling Fan sat cross-legged amidst countless turbulent flows of time and space.
He did not rashly barge into Tian Yi Sect.
Because he knew that Tian Yi Sect was a deep pool.
He still needed to improve his strength.
Otherwise, even if his current strength was invincible among Divine Emperors, he couldn't guarantee a safe return.
In the turbulent flows of time and space.
Ling Fan sat quietly.
He was contemplating his next path.
His Nirvana Tribulation Body had almost reached the extreme of a Divine Body. It was extremely difficult to improve further now, unless it was some ancient and rare treasures, otherwise, his physical body could not be strengthened any further.
Similarly, before advancing to a Supreme Emperor Artifact, the path of strengthening the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal would not see much progress.
As for Ling Fan's world.
That was an even bigger resource glutton.
From his growth until now, the various origins, laws, and spiritual veins absorbed by his world were countless.
Moreover, at the current level of Ninth Order Heavenly Emperor, ordinary treasures were no longer effective.
Unless he refined Quasi-Divine Emperors, Divine Emperors, or Supreme Emperor Artifacts, he could only expand it slightly.
As Ling Fan was contemplating.
Suddenly, his mind moved.
He summoned the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
After he became a Heavenly Emperor, he rarely used the Samsara Divine Cauldron in combat. One reason was that his own combat power was too strong to make much use of it, and the other was that the improvement of the Samsara Divine Cauldron had not kept up with his pace.
This was not right!
After all, this was likely the only divine artifact in all the myriad worlds.
Now, the value displayed by the Samsara Divine Cauldron was not commensurate with its own level.
"Perhaps my previous strength was insufficient, and I couldn't discover the true mysteries of the Samsara Divine Cauldron."
Ling Fan's mind moved, and his entire being flew into the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
He stepped onto the ancient Yellow Springs Road.
He crossed the Naihe Stone Bridge.
Ling Fan entered the Yama Hall.
At this moment, his former enemies were suppressed in the hall, now transformed into puppets within the formation eyes of the Yama Hall.
Ling Fan did not stop.
He passed through the Yama Hall and continued to walk towards the depths of the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Previously, when his strength was insufficient, he could at most explore up to the Yama Hall and could not go any deeper.
Now, with his physical body reaching the extreme of the Emperor Dao, and possessing the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal, the supreme weapon of the Dragon race, the distance he could explore had greatly increased.
In a vast, empty, and desolate world.
Ling Fan walked alone.
Soon.
A massive object appeared before his eyes!
It was a disc-shaped object the size of a life-ancient star.
It was inscribed with countless talismans, patterns, and ancient characters, so ancient that even Ling Fan, a master of formations, could not understand them.
A desolate and ancient aura of the primordial era washed over him.
"This is... the Samsara Disk, which I once suspected might actually exist!"
Ling Fan had also studied and explored the Samsara Divine Cauldron in his previous life, but at that time, the Samsara Divine Cauldron seemed to be sealed by some mysterious power. After passing the Yama Hall, everything was sealed. Even with Ling Fan's Great Heavenly Emperor cultivation at that time, he could not go deeper.
But as the Samsara Divine Cauldron accompanied Ling Fan in his rebirth, and its power was exhausted, the things beyond the Yama Hall finally appeared before Ling Fan.
Ling Fan suppressed the shock in his heart.
He flew towards the Samsara Disk, which was as large as a planet.
"Clack!"
The moment Ling Fan first stepped onto the Samsara Disk.
The Samsara Disk rotated with a creak.
But it seemed to have lost all its power, and the Samsara Disk did not fully rotate.
As Ling Fan was pondering the function of this Samsara Disk.
Boom!
A profound and mysterious power poured down from above his head like a divine infusion.
Feeling this power, Ling Fan's body trembled.
"This is... the Void God Qi from the Nether Ancient Void God Realm!"
The shock in Ling Fan's heart at this moment was beyond description.