Ling Fan was startled and quickly manipulated the Samsara Divine Cauldron to break free. However, the suction force was so strong that he couldn't escape for a moment, and an incredibly evil power began to erode him along the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
This power was not unfamiliar to Ling Fan.
His eyes widened, and he grunted, "This is the power of the Ancient Souls. Dao Yi, you have replaced the Way of the Ancient Souls!"
"Hahaha, it's too late for you to realize now. You didn't expect this, did you? I have devoured all the Ancient Souls and merged with the entire Nether Ancient Divine Realm, becoming the avatar of the Nether Ancient Way. Let me tell you the true origin of the Samsara Divine Cauldron. It is the source of all origins from the creation of this heaven and earth. In the past, this cauldron fell out from behind the Divine Gate, and its body propped up all the myriad realms. The three thousand Great Daos recorded within the cauldron evolved the rules of heaven and earth, and the world within the cauldron formed the Nether Ancient Divine Realm. Have you always wondered why the Samsara Divine Cauldron has no artifact spirit? It's because the artifact spirit of the Samsara Divine Cauldron is the Nether Ancient Divine Realm, or rather, all the Ancient Souls of the Nether Ancient Divine Realm!"
Dao Yi became increasingly smug.
"In this sense, I have now become the artifact spirit of the Samsara Divine Cauldron. I have to thank you for repairing the Samsara Divine Cauldron to this extent. I wish you would attack me with the Samsara Divine Cauldron; it's like you're giving me a great gift! I accept it with pleasure."
Dao Yi laughed heartily towards the sky, reversing the Samsara Divine Cauldron with terrifying power, intending to pull it completely into his body.
With a boom!
Ling Fan's body shook.
He completely lost control of the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
As for Dao Yi.
The Samsara Divine Cauldron entered his body.
His entire aura ascended to a new level, with boundless and endless power surging, making him seem like a true god surpassing everything, exuding an air of omnipotence, omnipresence, and transcendence.
Bang!
He raised his hand and struck.
Ling Fan was sent flying horizontally, his body almost shattered.
Dao Yi looked at his palm and laughed with satisfaction.
"I am only one step away from becoming a god! And my power is already comparable to that of a true god! Ling Fan, Ling Fan, you were backstabbed by me in your previous life, and everything you had belongs to me. This life, you are also destined to be a stepping stone for me!"
"I can't bear to kill you now. If I kill you, who will witness my moment of becoming a god? Wouldn't I be too lonely? Hahaha!"
Dao Yi pointed a finger, and countless Great Daos appeared, instantly transforming into billions of seals that bound Ling Fan.
As for himself.
He slowly walked towards the heaven-piercing Divine Gate with endless anticipation and excitement.
Just as he trembled uncontrollably, a miniature Samsara Divine Cauldron appeared in his palm, and as he pressed it towards the Divine Gate.
He suddenly heard Ling Fan's cold laugh from behind: "How do you know that what you just took was the true Samsara Divine Cauldron?"
A sense of crisis erupted without any warning.
Dao Yi was startled by Ling Fan's words.
He turned back abruptly.
"What did you say!"
He sensed something was wrong.
But before he could make any move.
Ling Fan uttered a soft command: "Explode!"
Boom!
The next moment.
An unprecedented explosion erupted within Dao Yi's body.
In that terrifying flame.
A nine-story pagoda vaguely appeared.
The energy storm formed by the explosion expanded rapidly.
Finally, with a bang.
Dao Yi's body was blown to pieces.
"Damn it, this is the Investiture of the Gods Platform!"
Dao Yi finally reacted.
But it was already too late.
The Investiture of the Gods Platform, a divine artifact almost as powerful as the Samsara Divine Cauldron, exploded within him, causing immeasurable damage.
If he hadn't absorbed the power of the three supreme powerhouses, this explosion would have been enough to kill him.
Even so.
His injuries were terrifyingly severe, his origins were scattering, and his physical body was completely devastated.
"Damn Ling Fan, you ruined my plans, I won't let you go!"
Dao Yi said through gritted teeth.
Then he attempted to escape.
But an ancient cauldron that connected heaven and earth descended with a roar, instantly collecting Dao Yi within it.
This time.
It was the true Samsara Divine Cauldron.
"Haha, you're too stupid. Since you know I'm equivalent to the artifact spirit of the Samsara Divine Cauldron, you dare to use the Samsara Divine Cauldron to refine me? Isn't this like throwing a meat bun at a dog!"
Dao Yi's voice, filled with ecstatic joy, echoed from within the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Ling Fan sneered coldly.
He was not panicked.
Indeed.
The next moment, he heard Dao Yi exclaim in exasperation: "Damn it, impossible! Absolutely impossible! How can there be another world within the Samsara Divine Cauldron? This is absolutely impossible. The world within the Samsara Divine Cauldron is the Nether Ancient Divine Realm, which I have already refined. Whose world is this?"
Within the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Dao Yi attempted to merge with and seize the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
However, he was met with immense repulsive force and could not claim it as his own.
This was naturally because Ling Fan had completely integrated his own world into the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Although Ling Fan's newly opened world was not as powerful as the Nether Ancient Divine Realm, its potential was even greater.
Boom!
Terrifying flames erupted within the Samsara Divine Cauldron without warning.
These were incredibly fearsome Nirvana Tribulation Flames.
For Ling Fan, they were the best tonic.
But for others.
The Nirvana Tribulation Flames were the greatest poison.
Dao Yi was instantly engulfed in a sea of flames, his origins draining faster as they were scorched by the Nirvana Tribulation Flames, and his physical body was also charred, causing him soul-tearing pain.
Ling Fan remained expressionless, showing no mercy, and increased the heat to refine him.
"Ah! Let me go! Ling Fan, Brother Qingyun, I know I was wrong! Spare me this time!"
Within the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Dao Yi, suffering the torture of being burned by the flames, cried out miserably.
The screams continued for countless days and nights.
Finally.
The screams gradually subsided.
Dao Yi's body, under the dual refinement of the Samsara Divine Cauldron and the Nirvana Tribulation Flames, turned to ashes.
As for the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
After refining Dao Yi's power, it finally achieved complete perfection.
Ling Fan's aura also soared, subtly approaching the limit of a Great Heavenly Venerate and entering another ethereal, profound, and transcendent realm.
However, Ling Fan did not rush to break open the Divine Gate.
Instead, he chose to enter seclusion before the Divine Gate to comprehend.
Time flowed by swiftly.
Ling Fan seemed to have transformed into a statue.
He sat before the Divine Gate for ten thousand years.
Because there were no longer any Great Heavenly Venerates in the myriad realms.
No one could reach the Nether Ancient Divine Realm.
Therefore, no one knew Ling Fan's whereabouts.
Yan Xi, Han Xiaoya, Lu Jiowen, Hama, the demon horse, and other acquaintances rapidly rose to prominence during these ten thousand years, causing the Qing Xuan Sect to shine brightly and almost rule over all the myriad realms, connecting the original ten Heavenly Realms into one.
As for the former overlord of the myriad realms, the Central Heavenly Court.
Following the inexplicable explosion of the statue of the Heavenly Court's Great Heavenly Venerate Dao Yi ten thousand years ago.
The Heavenly Court immediately lost its backbone and disintegrated.
Finally.
After several more thousand years passed.
Yan Xi's strength surpassed her previous life, becoming a Great Heavenly Venerate powerhouse comparable to the Divine Venerables of the Nether Ancient era, successfully reaching the Nether Ancient Divine Realm. Thus, she saw the solitary figure sitting before the Divine Gate.
"Ling Fan!"
Her eyes welled up.
She called out softly.
At this moment.
The statue-like figure moved slightly.
"It's you, Yan Xi."
Ling Fan finally awoke from his meditation, stood up, his gaze devoid of joy or sorrow, and looked at Yan Xi.
"Why haven't you returned to the Heavenly Realm? We... we were very worried about you."
"Dao Yi is dead, and the blood feud has been avenged. It no longer holds any meaning for me to return to the Heavenly Realm."
Ling Fan briefly inquired about everyone's situation.
After listening to Yan Xi's account.
Ling Fan smiled faintly.
Then he turned and walked towards the Divine Gate.
As he took each step.
A flame surpassing all flames in this realm quietly germinated within his body.
Then, this flame grew increasingly crystalline and vigorous.
Finally, it erupted from Ling Fan's body.
Bathed in the light of the flames, he swung his fist, and instantly, all spacetime in the myriad realms heard a resounding clang, like a great bell, enlightening the mind.
The Divine Gate boomed open.
But Ling Fan hesitated.
He lingered at the gate.
He did not choose to immediately step into the world behind the Divine Gate.
Instead, he turned around abruptly.
His divine eyes pierced through heaven and earth, as if he could see everything that had happened in the past and future, above and below. His gaze suddenly trembled, fixing on many fragmented scenes.
In one of the fragments.
Ling Fan had just been reborn. Because he had burned down a brothel, he was captured from it by Lan Tianxiong. It was their first meeting. Even though he had seen countless beautiful women in his previous life, at that moment, he was moved by her beauty.
Another fragment.
The Lan family was pushed to the brink of desperation by the Jin family.
She sat with her back to him, contemplating for a long time before writing a letter of divorce, wanting him to avoid this catastrophe.
Another fragment.
Red candles, a bridal chamber, a thousand pieces of gold for a spring night. The woman in his arms was as beautiful as an immortal, and they pledged their lives to each other.
Fragment after fragment flashed by rapidly.
Finally, it froze on her charging into the God Punishing Great Array as if a moth flying into a flame, facing death without fear.
Everything came to an abrupt halt.
Ling Fan took a deep breath and reached out his hand.
Instantly, the boundaries of past and future were broken.
Countless crystalline threads of origin were drawn out from countless moments in time.
Finally, they transformed into a figure as beautiful as ever.
Looking at Ling Fan with immense surprise.
Finally, after confirming it was not a dream, she suddenly rushed into Ling Fan's embrace.
Ling Fan smiled faintly, took Xue Yi's hand, and together they walked into the even more vast world behind the Divine Gate.
The End.