Chapter 110 World Order

Seeing Ye Fan become serious for once, Su Ningxue was also slightly taken aback.

"What is it?"

Ye Fan thought it over and decided to tell her everything about You Tan; after all, he had promised Su Ningxue before that he wouldn't keep secrets from her.

As expected, as Su Ningxue listened, the smile on the corners of her mouth gradually vanished, and her willow-leaf brows furrowed as she pondered something.

"Ningxue, are you alright?" Ye Fan asked somewhat anxiously.

"Hmph, Wan'er hasn't said anything, so what could be wrong with me?"

Although Su Ningxue's expression looked like she was gritting her teeth, the fact that she could say this meant it wasn't a major issue.

Her feelings for Ye Fan had always been very complicated—she didn't want to admit them, yet she had to. This awkward mindset made it impossible for her to face him honestly.

It wasn't until Ye Fan was trapped in the spatial passage with his life or death unknown that Su Ningxue truly understood her own heart.

Now that she had even come to terms with life and death, why would she care about another woman by his side?

"Although her status as the Saintess of the White Lotus Sect is a bit troublesome, it's actually not much. Once she enters the gates of my Joyous Union Sect, could we possibly be afraid of her running away?" Su Ningxue said with a light huff.

Ye Fan hadn't expected the master and Disciple's reactions to be so surprisingly consistent; in a sense, this could be considered a connection of minds.

"Ningxue, let me help you heal your injuries."

"Heal? I..."

Su Ningxue froze for a moment before reacting, her world-topplingly beautiful face instantly flushing crimson.

"Go away! Didn't you get enough at Wan'er's place last night?" Su Ningxue couldn't help but scold.

"Wan'er is Wan'er, and you are you. How can you lump them together?"

"You..."

Ye Fan didn't give Su Ningxue any chance to refuse, his large hands already becoming unruly.

Su Ningxue was soon stripped bare, revealing a mouth-watering body. Her shapely legs wrapped in black silk made Ye Fan's eyes light up, and he couldn't help but feel a fire burning in his gaze.

"Ningxue, you look so beautiful in black silk. You must have been waiting for me, right?" Ye Fan couldn't help but smirk wickedly.

Su Ningxue's face was flushed red as she looked down in silence. She had been wondering last night if Ye Fan would come, and by some strange impulse, she had put on this tactical gear early on.

Now that she had been called out to her face, she felt utterly mortified.

In such a beautiful moment, how could Ye Fan restrain himself? He immediately focused on helping Su Ningxue heal and recover. After a bout of clouds and rain, her pale face quickly regained its rosy hue.

Perhaps because they had just experienced a brush with death, Su Ningxue was exceptionally passionate and uninhibited today, lacking her usual rigidity.

Seeing this, Ye Fan became even bolder. He leaned in and whispered a few words into her ear. Su Ningxue's face instantly turned scarlet, and she raised her hand as if to strike him.

But unexpectedly, her slap never landed. Looking at Su Ningxue again, she was biting her lip, her face so red it looked like it might bleed.

"Close your eyes, no looking."

"If you dare say a single word to Wan'er, don't even think about entering my room again."

Only after hearing Ye Fan's repeated guarantees did Su Ningxue seem to make a certain decision, extending her beautiful legs and jade feet clad in black silk.

...

When Ye Fan walked out of the room, he felt refreshed and invigorated. His whole person seemed a bit light on his feet, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

He hadn't expected that the usually dignified and masterly Su Ningxue would have such an unknown side.

"If only I could go a step further like I did with Wan'er... tsk tsk..."

Thinking of this, Ye Fan felt his throat go dry. He hurriedly shook his head to suppress the wicked fire.

Over the next few days, Ye Fan enjoyed a rare period of leisure under the pretext of recovering from his injuries.

Meanwhile, the confrontation between the Righteous and Demonic Factions underwent a series of changes that could be said to have exceeded everyone's expectations.

Regarding the great Treasure Trove of the Heavenly Demon Palace, neither side was willing to let it go, yet neither could do anything to the other for the time being.

Although the Nine Great Sects held the upper hand, as soon as they tried to excavate the spatial passage, people from the Five Demonic Sects would jump out to cause trouble, giving them no time at all.

The two sides pulled back and forth multiple times, but they could do nothing except waste time and energy. Finally, they decided to resolve things through negotiation.

"The Jianghu isn't just about fighting and killing; the Jianghu is about worldly wisdom and relationships. That saying never goes out of style," Ye Fan thought, caught between laughter and tears.

The Righteous and Demonic Factions had been entangled at the Heavenly Demon Palace for a long time, and neither side was willing to continue this way. After several rounds of back-and-forth, they made a decision.

From now on, all Core Formation Realm Experts from both the Righteous and Demonic Factions would withdraw from the struggle over the Heavenly Demon Palace. Instead, they would send Foundation Establishment or even Qi Refining Disciples to participate. Any violators would be collectively hunted by all parties.

To this end, the various Sect Heads also swore a Heavenly Dao Oath; if they violated it, they would surely die by tribulation. Only then was a further escalation of the conflict avoided.

However, Ye Fan was full of confusion. He didn't understand why the Nine Great Sects, whose morale was like a rising rainbow, would make concessions instead of eliminating the Five Demonic Sects in one go to completely end the trouble.

Su Ningxue was also helpless regarding this and could only tell Ye Fan in advance about the layout of the Heavenly Spirit Continent.

"The layout of the Heavenly Spirit Continent?"

"That's right. As you know, the Southwest region where the Nine Great Sects and Five Demonic Sects are located is actually just one of the nine continents of this world."

"One of nine continents?"

According to Su Ningxue, the Heavenly Spirit Continent was divided into eight continents—East, South, West, North, Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast—and finally, the Central Continent which they surrounded.

Among them, while the strength of the eight peripheral continents varied, it wasn't too outrageous. Only the Central Continent far surpassed the other regions.

"Is the Central Continent... very strong?" Ye Fan asked with a frown.

"I broke through to the Core Formation Realm before the age of thirty. In the Southwest region, I'm considered a Prodigy among Prodigies; even the Dao Sons and Saintesses are inferior to me."

"But in the Sects of the Central Continent, I would only be considered an ordinary Prodigy, still a step below the top-tier Dao Sons and Prodigies," Su Ningxue said with a sigh.

"Still a step below?!"

Even though Ye Fan had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by Su Ningxue's words.

One must know that in the Southwest continent, any Disciple who could achieve Core Formation before thirty would surely be called a one-in-a-ten-thousand immortal cultivation Genius, a true Dao Son or Saintess-level talent.

Yet this kind of Aptitude was only an ordinary Prodigy in the Central Continent. This revelation completely overturned Ye Fan's worldview, but what came next was even more exaggerated.

In the Southwest continent, those in the Golden Core Realm could often be called patriarchs and become the heads of a Sect.

But in the Central Continent, where experts stood like trees in a forest, let alone the Golden Core Realm, even a power with a Nascent Soul Realm Great Power could only be called a second-rate force.

"Nascent Soul Realm Great Power... a second-rate force?!"

Ye Fan had only just understood the terrifying nature of a Nascent Soul Realm Great Power, yet in the blink of an eye, it had become a synonym for a second-rate force. The rapid change left Ye Fan stunned, and it took him a long while to recover.

"It seems the world is even bigger than I imagined."

Even without mentioning the transcendent Central Continent, the Southwest region was sandwiched between the West Continent and the South Continent.

The strength of these two was only higher, not lower, than the Southwest continent. For many years, they had been eyeing the resources here, and several small-scale conflicts had even broken out.

Without exception, the Nine Great Sects, fearing an escalation of conflict, could only choose to settle matters peacefully.