Chapter 92 Heavenly Demon Palace

Ye Fan had received a blessing in disguise, muddling his way into becoming an official disciple; he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"It seems I need to find a way to hide my cultivation. Otherwise, having an Epiphany every few days won't be a pleasant surprise, but a fright."

After Qing Mingzi announced the end of the meeting, he immediately ran to the Ancestral Hall to offer sacrifices.

He wanted to tell the ancestors the news that the Joyous Union Sect had a successor, comforting the spirits of the predecessors in heaven.

As soon as Ye Fan stepped out of the main hall, he was called away by Su Ningxue, who looked as if she had a bellyful of questions to ask.

"What exactly happened with you just now?" Su Ningxue asked with a frown.

"Didn't I say it? It was an Epiphany," Ye Fan said somewhat helplessly.

"Save those ghost stories for fooling Wan'er."

"Alright then... actually, it's because the Dual Cultivation with you last time felt so great. With all that accumulated potential, I somehow broke through in a daze."

As soon as Ye Fan said those words, Su Ningxue's face instantly flushed red, and she wished she could draw her sword and kill him.

This was the Tongtian Peak main hall; if those words were overheard, Su Ningxue probably wouldn't be able to show her face in public again.

"Let's go."

Su Ningxue grabbed Ye Fan and returned to Profound Spirit Peak, throwing him directly into his room.

"If you talk nonsense outside again, I really will kill you with one sword strike!" Su Ningxue scolded with a red face.

"If you truly had the heart to kill me, I would have died several times already; I wouldn't have lasted until now."

Ye Fan acted like a dead pig that didn't fear boiling water, causing Su Ningxue's composure to break again, yet she was utterly helpless against him.

Although Su Ningxue was curious about why Ye Fan could break through so quickly, she was more worried.

Ye Fan's cultivation speed was too abnormal. Su Ningxue was worried that in order to achieve Core Formation quickly, he had practiced some sort of messy, wicked Cultivation Technique.

But after checking him thoroughly just now and confirming that Ye Fan's physical state was fine, Su Ningxue couldn't be bothered to investigate further.

After all, there were simply too many secrets on him; by comparison, this didn't seem like much.

"By the way, what kind of place is the Ruins of the Heavenly Demon Palace? Why did all the Elders' faces change the moment they heard the name?"

Ye Fan couldn't hold back the doubt in his heart, and Su Ningxue also showed a solemn expression upon hearing this.

"This is something I shouldn't have told you, as it involves some secrets of the past, but since you asked, there's no harm in knowing."

One could tell from the name that the Heavenly Demon Palace was not a Righteous Path Sect, but what Ye Fan didn't expect was that it was even more demonic than the Demonic Path.

A hundred years ago, the strongest power in the South Continent was the Heavenly Demon Palace. Whether it was the Nine Great Sects of the Righteous Path or the Five Demonic Sects, they were far from being its match.

If the Nine Great Sects hadn't been somewhat united back then, they probably would have been wiped out by the Heavenly Demon Palace long ago.

If things had continued to develop that way, even if the Nine Great Sects joined forces against the enemy, it would only be a matter of time before their Sects were slaughtered and destroyed.

But the cruelty of the Heavenly Demon Palace was far beyond imagination. Not only did it target the Nine Great Sects, but it even treated the demonic Sects, who were nominally its allies, as subordinates to be summoned and dismissed at will.

If it were only that, those demonic Sects might have endured it.

After all, when one is under another's roof, one must bow one's head; such things were commonplace for demonic Cultivators.

But what they didn't expect was that their compromise would result in the Heavenly Demon Palace pushing even further.

One must know that the demonic forces were rampant at that time; there weren't Five Demonic Sects, but seven.

But the Heavenly Demon Palace actually found a random excuse to directly wipe out the two strongest demonic Sects.

Although the official reason was that they had colluded with the Nine Great Sects with ill intent, anyone with discerning eyes knew that the Heavenly Demon Palace was wary of their growing strength and feared they would one day threaten its position, so it used fabricated charges to eliminate them.

The Heavenly Demon Palace thought doing this would intimidate the remaining Five Demonic Sects, but they forgot the principle that things turn into their opposites when they reach the extreme.

"Since you say we're colluding with the Nine Great Sects, then we'll show you some real collusion!"

The Five Demonic Sects sent people to contact the Nine Great Sects, agreeing to turn against the Heavenly Demon Palace on the day of the final battle.

On the day of the great war, both the Righteous and Demonic Factions gathered at the Heavenly Demon Palace; it was a slaughter of extreme tragedy.

The Righteous and Demonic Factions paid a massive price before completely defeating the Heavenly Demon Palace.

But before both sides could breathe a sigh of relief, they began a new round of slaughter to compete for control of the Southwest region, which finally ended with the victory of the Nine Great Sects.

Back then, Su Ningxue was just a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator who was beginning to show her talent; she did not participate on the day the great war occurred.

What she saw and heard was only recounted by others. Although she didn't know the specific details very clearly, it was enough to glimpse the tragic extent of that great war.

Ye Fan also didn't expect that the great war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths a hundred years ago had such secrets. To be able to force both sides to join forces, this Heavenly Demon Palace really knew how to court death.

"But this Heavenly Demon Palace was truly powerful, to be able to withstand the siege of both the Righteous and Demonic Factions."

"It was more than just powerful; it was the only behemoth in the South Continent that had a Nascent Soul Realm expert overseeing it," Su Ningxue said with a look of wariness.

As soon as the words 'Nascent Soul Realm' came out, even Ye Fan couldn't help but suck in a cold breath.

The Nascent Soul Realm was a level of Great Power that only existed in legends. In the thousand years since the Joyous Union Sect was founded, only the founding Ancestral Master had ever reached this Realm.

"No wonder the Heavenly Demon Palace could suppress the Southwest with its own strength... then this time the Five Demonic Sects going to the Heavenly Demon Palace, could it be..."

"That great war caused the space within a hundred-mile radius of the Heavenly Demon Palace to shatter and the spiritual energy to fluctuate constantly, effectively turning it into a forbidden land."

"It has only just regained its calm after a hundred years; it's absolutely impossible for there to be any survivors."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Five Demonic Sects must have discovered something, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a big fuss," Su Ningxue said after thinking for a moment.

Knowing the secrets of the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Nascent Soul Realm Great Power, Ye Fan only felt the burden on his shoulders grow heavier.

But it was too late to back out now; he could only brace himself and keep going.

Seeing the atmosphere turn silent again, Ye Fan suddenly remembered something.

"Ningxue."

"...What is it?"

"Do you have any Divine Ability or Magical Artifact that can hide cultivation? Could you let me use it?" Ye Fan said somewhat bashfully.

"What are you using that kind of thing for?" Su Ningxue said with some surprise.

"To be prepared... in case I have another few Epiphanies... cough cough... it'll be troublesome, you know."

"Epiphany? A few times?!"

Su Ningxue simply couldn't put those two terms together. Since meeting Ye Fan, the amount of times she had been speechless was more than in the past hundred years.

"I don't have a Magical Artifact, but I have a High Grade Yellow Rank Divine Ability, the Turtle Breathing Art, which can significantly lower one's aura and cultivation. See if you can use it."

Su Ningxue casually brought out a Jade Slip, but when it reached Ye Fan's hand, it became something else.

"Dao Companion Su Ningxue gifted the Host the High Grade Yellow Rank Divine Ability, Turtle Breathing Art. After a tenfold value amplification, the Host has obtained the High Grade Profound Rank Divine Ability, Heaven Concealing Art."

The Heaven Concealing Art not only strengthened all the effects of the Turtle Breathing Art but could also fuse one's aura with heaven and earth, thereby perfectly evading Divine Sense searches. For Cultivators who relied on Divine Sense long-term, this was practically a dimensional strike.

Imagine your Divine Sense sweeping over a certain area and not finding a trace of anyone.

But just as you breathed a sigh of relief, you were ambushed and killed from behind; that scenario would surely be quite 'beautiful'.