Supreme Emptiness
Chapter 962: The Deranged Nine Aperture Nascent Soul

Chapter 962: Chapter 962: The Deranged Nine Aperture Nascent Soul

Hiss!

Jiang Fan took a sharp breath.

Was this terrifyingly powerful middle-aged swordsman the extremely evil figure Yu Peiyuan mentioned?

He appeared right in front of him?

Yet, this man exuded righteousness, so why was he considered evil?

Despite his doubts, Jiang Fan chose to trust Yu Peiyuan and decisively drew his Purple Sword, stabbing towards the blood-colored beast’s head.

The middle-aged swordsman, who had walked quite a distance, suddenly stopped.

He slowly turned around, once again fixing his gaze on Jiang Fan, and asked, "Young man, why do you have blood Qi on you?"

"Wait! There’s also human clan’s in it."

"Have you killed people? Why haven’t you paid with your life?"

"A life for a life, that’s natural justice! Why do you still live?"

"Killing is evil, and evil must be punished by righteousness."

"You are evil! You are wicked! You are intolerable by heaven and earth!"

The middle-aged swordsman roared in anger, appearing somewhat mad.

Jiang Fan’s expression changed as he continued to stab towards the blood-colored beast, saying, "Senior, please listen to my explanation."

"I have never killed the innocent; they all deserved it."

The middle-aged swordsman became completely mad.

He abruptly opened his sword box and shouted, "I don’t care! I won’t listen!"

"A killer should pay with his life; that is justice!"

"You deserve to die!"

Jiang Fan’s pupils shrank dramatically; the terrifying mysterious sword light was not something he could withstand.

Fortunately, with Yu Peiyuan’s early warning, Jiang Fan had successfully slain the blood-colored beast.

The space before them rapidly distorted, and just as the nine-colored sword light began to engulf them, the space power transported them away.

Thud!

The three of them kneeled on the stone steps, their faces pale as paper.

Sweat dripped from their bodies.

Jiang Fan touched his neck; in the instant he was engulfed by the nine-colored sword light, he felt as if his entire body was being sliced by a blade!

Looking at Yu Peiyuan and Concubine Yunxia, their eyes were also filled with lingering fear.

If they had delayed even a single moment, the three of them would have met the same fate as that blood-colored beast.

"Senior Sister Yu, what exactly is this Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road?"

"Why did such a terrifying person suddenly appear?"

Jiang Fan asked, still shaking with fear, a deep dread for the steps ahead growing within him.

However, Yu Peiyuan revealed something that made Jiang Fan’s heart jump.

"He’s not from the space of the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road."

"He is the first sword cultivator of Taicang State, Jiang Wuya, titled: Ju Zheng Shangren!"

What?

Nine Orifice Nascent Soul?

Jiang Fan felt a chill in his heart, surviving the hands of such an existence was nothing short of a miracle!

He asked incredulously, "Then how is he in the steps?"

"Isn’t it forbidden for those of the Nascent Soul Realm to enter?"

Yu Peiyuan smiled bitterly, saying, "Perhaps he arrived at the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road even before that Venerable."

"So, no one knew he was inside one of the step spaces."

Is that possible?

Jiang Fan recalled the man’s oddity—not a moment ago, he regarded him as a fellow, approving his just acts and even gifting sword intent as encouragement.

Yet the next, upon discovering he had killed, he saw him as great evil, attacking without reason to deliver judgment.

The contrast was too extreme.

"Then what happened to him?" Jiang Fan asked, bewildered.

Yu Peiyuan sighed deeply, "He went mad."

Jiang Fan was astonished, wildly curious, "How could such a great cultivator go mad?"

To cultivate to the Nine Orifice Nascent Soul level, one’s willpower must surpass ordinary people countless times over.

What could drive them mad?

The Sky Demon Emperor was cuckolded so terribly, he nearly self-destructed from rage, yet he didn’t go mad.

Let alone someone at the Nine Orifice Nascent Soul Realm?

Yu Peiyuan looked surprised, "Didn’t your elders tell you the secret of the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm?"

"Oh! Also, your Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion Master is himself just a One-Orifice Nascent Soul. Perhaps he doesn’t know, or even if he does, he probably thinks it’s too soon to tell you before you succeed in tribulation."

"The reason he turned out this way is because..."

"To exterminate evil and demons, righteousness shall triumph!" A low roar came from the steps below them.

Jiang Fan’s face drastically changed.

He swiftly swept the two into the next step’s space.

Not long after.

Jiang Wuya, with the sword box on his back, burst out of the space, his dark hair flying, eyes filled with madness, looking down on the surroundings,

"Evil demons and false paths, heaven and earth shall execute!"

He leapt forward, plunging into the next step.

Jiang Fan looked at the blood-colored beasts before him, no longer hesitant, rapidly slaughtering at all costs.

For he sensed an unrivaled Sword Qi approaching him maniacally.

Fortunately, the steps transported different groups to different places.

This gave Jiang Fan a slight time gap.

Otherwise, if they all transported to one place, Jiang Wuya would have cut down him, the great evil, with a single encounter.

"Jiang, should I intervene?" Concubine Yunxia frowned.

Pursued by a Nine Orifice Nascent Soul left no room for even a tiny mistake.

Jiang Fan shook his head, "No need!"

He handed Yu Peiyuan a Revitalizing Pill, saying, "Senior Sister Yu, it’s up to you!"

Yu Peiyuan said no more, swallowing the pill and immediately aiding in the slaughter.

Very soon.

The space distorted, and they were transported away, Jiang Wuya carrying Sword Qi as he arrived.

He glanced at the sky, swung his finger, and the mysterious sword light shattered the space, revealing a crack, then leapt out!

The rules of the steps had no effect on him whatsoever!

And entering the next step, Jiang Fan immediately sensed Jiang Wuya had arrived.

His heart thumped with terror, rapidly slaughtering the blood-colored beasts.

Then he decisively left.

Thus, repeatedly, countless steps were traversed, and Jiang Wuya relentlessly pursued Jiang Fan.

Luckily, Jiang Wuya was in a state of madness, not calm.

Otherwise, after entering, breaking the space to wait for Jiang Fan’s emergence, he could have ended him with one sword stroke.

Now he only maniacally chased him.

Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine steps.

The Feng Yuan Sect disciple, bloodied Feng Yuanzong, emerged, looking at the final step ahead, he laughed to the sky.

"Haha! First place is mine!"

His gaze swept past the final ten thousand steps, witnessing the legendary giant pill furnace higher than the sky, spewing colorful pill fog, and ancient immortal corpses.

He also saw an elder seated at the peak of clouds.

A golden divine ring prominently stood behind him.

The Divine Ring, a symbol of a Divinity Transformation Venerable!

He, Feng Yuanzong, was about to reach the top!

To become a disciple of this Divinity Transformation Venerable!

Just then.

A formidable aura emerged from behind.

Turning, he saw three panic-stricken people.

One he recognized, a female disciple from Heaven and Sea Pavilion or something.

Due to being unattractive, her name wasn’t memorable.

The other two were entirely unfamiliar.

Upon reaching the nine thousand nine hundred ninety-ninth step, they immediately entered the space.

Feng Yuanzong couldn’t believe his eyes.

"Which sect’s hidden prodigy is this, chasing up to me?"

Clearly, the second place was Hua Wuying from the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple.

In this confusion, a terrifying sword Qi tore apart the steps, a matchless powerful figure soared skyward.

Just one glance at Jiang Wuya made Feng Yuanzong gasp!

"Jiang Wuya? Ah!"

He screamed, quickly jumping onto the ten thousandth step, and was swiftly taken inside.

Jiang Wuya noticed him, eyes full of righteous awe: "Full of Yin Qi, another false demon path!"

He immediately launched a sword light.

Ah!

Feng Yuanzong’s wails came from within the steps, lamenting:

"I’m just here for the excitement..."