Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2329: Chapter 2378: Six Lords of Chaotic Ancient Lock On

The deep gaze of the young girl, West Empress, then fell upon Jiang Fan’s face as she spoke. "The only ones capable of getting this close to a Heavenly Daoist are Ancestor Path Practitioners.

"To think that the person who caused such a sensation across the heavens by entering the Sage Realm through the Ancestor Path was actually you."

West Empress slowly closed her eyes, letting out a silent sigh. "Hurry and focus on your cultivation.

"The ultimate hunt belonging to the nine Ancestor Path Practitioners is about to begin very soon."

As her voice faded, she raised a finger and tapped lightly on her own forehead. A ripple of magic meant to erase existence flashed silently. Afterward, her physical form remained that of a young girl, but the look in her eyes reverted to that of a middle-aged woman.

She abruptly stood up, her face filled with horror. "What happened?

"She was clearly under my control, so why could she manifest so easily?

"And... did she erase a portion of my memories?

"What did she discover?" she murmured solemnly, casting a suspicious glance at the faint light on Jiang Fan’s forehead, which was rapidly fading.

Jiang Fan’s eyelashes fluttered a few times before he slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was filled with an indescribable exhaustion. It was far more tiring than spending over two months traveling through the Void in the past.

Discovering West Empress standing right in front of him, he was briefly startled but quickly regained his calm. "How long have you been here?"

Watching the last speck of faint blue light vanish, West Empress kept her brows tightly furrowed and said, "Ten days."

Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn’t miss Chaoge’s competition with the Prodigies, it was fine. He took a deep breath and said, "What are the three batches of Spirit Pills you want me to refine?

"Show me the Pill Recipe first."

West Empress just remembered that she had actual business with Jiang Fan. After taking one last deep look at his forehead, she took out a Pill Recipe.

Jiang Fan took it and examined it, feeling slightly surprised. "A Mid-grade Seventh Grade Spirit Pill, the Golden Soup Soul Medicine?"

He was rendered speechless for a moment. Without the enhancement of the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod, the level of Spirit Pill he could refine should only be Seventh Grade Lower. Producing an Upper Middle Grade one would be somewhat strenuous, and the success rate wouldn’t be very high.

However, when he clearly read the description of the Golden Soup Soul Medicine, his heart skipped a beat. "Upon consumption, a Sage’s Soul Power can temporarily surge by an entire major realm. After the medicinal effects fade, the soul will enter a state of decline."

A major tier in the Sage Realm should mean going from the One Calamity Realm to the Two Calamities Realm, or from the Two Calamities Realm to the Three Calamities Realm! If Jiang Fan’s Soul Power reached the Two Calamities Realm at this moment, then after taking this medicine, his soul could temporarily surge to the Three Calamities Realm! In such a state, the might of the Soul Attack Secret Technique he unleashed would be unimaginable.

Tempted, he said, "Alright, I can give it a try.

"However, I can’t guarantee that every batch will be successful. You’d better have prepared enough materials."

West Empress did not feel surprised by this. Having witnessed Jiang Fan’s Alchemy with her own eyes, with her breadth of experience, she could naturally tell how that Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill came to be. Without that Nine Dragon Demon Tripod, it was easy for Jiang Fan to refine Seventh Grade Lower Spirit Pills, but producing an Upper Middle Grade one wouldn’t be as simple.

She immediately brought out a Space Storage Device and said, "Inside are thirty sets of materials for the Golden Soup Soul Medicine.

"If you can refine three pills, I will reward you heavily."

The materials for the Golden Soup Soul Medicine were no easier to find than those for the Eighth Grade Heavenly Pill. Even after two thousand years of preparation, she had only managed to gather thirty sets. She could only hope Jiang Fan would successfully refine three pills.

Thirty sets? Jiang Fan furrowed his brows. Refining three pills shouldn’t be a big problem, but there wouldn’t be many sets left over either. It would be hard to skim some materials off the top for himself. This woman, West Empress, wanting exactly three pills meant she had calculated the material usage to the absolute limit.

However, West Empress probably didn’t know one thing. And that was that Jiang Fan’s soul still had room to grow. Before his death, the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis had cast the Ancient Soul Curse of the Wilderness to curse Jiang Fan to death. In the end, not only did it fail to kill him, but the soul curse also entered Jiang Fan’s soul and became nourishment. If he could stimulate some of the pure soul energy contained within the soul curse, his Soul Power would increase once again. At that point, the success rate of refining the Golden Soup Soul Medicine would be much higher.

"Alright, I’ll do my best to refine three pills for you," Jiang Fan said calmly. "I am going to perform Alchemy now, so please give me some privacy."

West Empress glanced at Xia Chaoge and said in annoyance, "What about her?"

"She’s one of my own," Jiang Fan replied.

West Empress found this both infuriating and amusing. "So an aging woman whose beauty has faded is an outsider, while a pretty young girl is one of your own, right?

"Hmph!"

Her body flashed with golden light, and she vanished from the spot.

Jiang Fan chuckled, decisively closing his eyes to try and stimulate the curse mark within his soul. Little did he know that Xia Chaoge, who seemed to be deep in meditation beside him, had the corners of her mouth slightly curled up, unable to suppress her smile no matter what.

Deep within Jiang Fan’s soul, a grayish-brown "Blood" character was deeply branded. Wisps of faint soul light spots continuously broke away from the "Blood" character and merged into his soul.

Jiang Fan’s eyes turned cold. "Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis, thank you for the gift.

"I will make good use of it!"

With that said, he mobilized all his Soul Power and ruthlessly slammed it into the "Blood" curse mark. Stimulated by the impact, the curse mark immediately released a massive cluster of soul light spots that nourished Jiang Fan’s soul. He then marshaled his Soul Power to bombard the curse mark time and time again. A continuous stream of soul light spots peeled off, causing his soul to surge at a visible rate.

Meanwhile, far beyond the heavens in the Seven Night Realm, lay the small world that had once assisted the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis in intercepting Jiang Fan’s escape. Right now, its world barriers were riddled with holes, and the Continent had shattered into countless pieces. Corpses floated in an endless river of blood that surged relentlessly. In this massive world, there was not a single ripple of life left; everything had been subjected to a genocidal slaughter.

Six enormous blood moons of varying colors orbited the Seven Night Realm. Faintly visible on the moons were terrifyingly formidable figures. They were none other than the Six Lords of Chaotic Ancient!

They tracked the aura of the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis, searching world by world. Any world where they discovered Jiang Fan had stayed was entirely exterminated!

At this moment, the horrifying figure on the purple moon let out a chilling, indifferent voice. "Next, Central Earth."

The six moons rumbled simultaneously.

Right then, the six terrifying figures seemed to sense something, and all of them gazed toward the direction of Central Earth. To be exact, the direction of the Northern Heavenly State!

"Zhenbei’s soul curse is in the Northern Heavenly State!

"We’ve finally found him!"

BOOM—

The six blood moons transformed into a six-colored rainbow that blotted out the sky, hurtling toward the Northern Heavenly State with a great terror that made all living beings tremble.

Exactly two days later, Jiang Fan finally stopped stimulating the soul curse. After countless collisions, the soul curse had released an immeasurable number of soul light spots. The once solid "Blood" character soul curse was noticeably dimmer. Meanwhile, Jiang Fan’s Soul Power had reached an unprecedented height—the Early-stage Second Calamity Realm!

With such Soul Power, the success rate for refining the Golden Soup Soul Medicine would reach at least thirty percent! He immediately withdrew from his soul space and began refining the Spirit Pills.

One day later, as a rich, seven-colored pill fragrance soared into the sky, the Golden Soup Soul Medicine was successfully completed!

Jiang Fan looked at the Six Pattern Spirit Pills bouncing energetically inside the jade bottle, his face beaming with a smile. He had only used ten sets of materials to refine three pills. As for the remaining twenty sets, he could only reluctantly accept them for himself.

Outside, West Empress, who had been guarding the hall the entire time, sensed the seven-colored pill fragrance soaring upward and hurriedly suppressed it to prevent the East Emperor from discovering it.

"That’s the third batch!" West Empress couldn’t help but reveal a hint of excitement on her face as she said, "With only thirty sets of materials, he actually managed to refine three Great Pills!"