Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 855: Chapter 431: Return to the Yiling Secret Realm, Guided by Fate (Part 2)

”As long as I consume this human, I will definitely recover some of my strength.”

In an instant, the endless white mist nearby began to churn, eerie and terrifying voices echoed in the void, as if they were whispers. These sounds weren’t heard by the ears but directly transmitted to the soul’s depths.

Even if one only listened for a few words, they would be driven completely mad.

Causing one’s sanity to continuously decline, twisting the soul.

”Damn it.”

Suddenly, Jiang Fan felt his soul being attacked by an unknown force, as if someone was driving a nail into his soul, filling him with immeasurable pain.

It was as if some mysterious force was twisting his five senses, pulling his soul.

Aiming to drag him into an illusion realm.

Celestial Respect Crown Talisman!

In a flash, Jiang Fan activated a Life Talisman on him, and instantly a golden crown appeared, resting on his head, covered with countless mysterious runes.

The moment the Celestial Respect Crown appeared, it immediately helped him block out the endless whispers.

It seemed like countless soul attacks were isolated outside the crown.

An invisible energy enveloped every corner of his body, forming a soul barrier.

This allowed him to remain clear-headed in such a bizarre environment.

”Celestial Respect Crown Talisman?”

”How can a human possess an Immortal Realm Spirit Talisman, how is it possible?”

From deep within the void, a voice, both shocked and angry, rang out, unable to believe that merely a mortal cultivator could possess the Immortal Realm’s Thirty-Three Celestial Spirit Talisman, which was completely beyond imagination.

”As long as you attack me, karma will be generated.”

”Causing the formation of a karma line.”

”Your true form has nowhere to hide.”

At this moment, Jiang Fan’s eyes revealed a hint of terrifying light.

Through the power of the Celestial Respect Crown, he saw a thick karma line extending far into the void.

And this was precisely the power of the Celestial Respect Crown Talisman.

If a connection is made with him, karma is formed.

In this way, wherever the enemy appears, it would be impossible to hide from him.

Using the power of the karma line, he can find where the enemy’s true form is located.

He saw this karma line extending towards the Yiling Secret Realm.

Without a doubt, the true form of this ancient demon still resided within the Yiling Secret Realm.

Although the opponent indeed broke free, it was not completely free.

This was undoubtedly the best time to defeat this ancient demon.

If it were truly completely free, then it would be suicidal to come to this place.

After all, facing a fully freed ancient demon, coming here would be purely seeking death.

But if it was the weakest, he still had a sliver of hope of defeating it.

Boom~~

With this thought, Jiang Fan did not hesitate and immediately took out the Yiling Token from himself.

This was the token he obtained when he previously entered the Yiling Secret Realm.

As long as he activated this token, he would instantly be transported into the Yiling Secret Realm.

Whoosh!

After Jiang Fan activated this token, his entire body was enveloped by a burst of void energy.

In the next second, he appeared on a massive island within the Yiling Secret Realm.

The entire Yiling Secret Realm was constructed from different floating islands.

Last time, he only visited one of these floating islands.

However, he hadn’t been to most of the floating islands.

This time, he arrived at the largest and most central island of the Yiling Secret Realm.

Here lies the sealed true form of the ancient demon, the Soul Devourer Dream Demon.

The moment he appeared, Jiang Fan saw a massive demon, at least a few hundred meters long, resembling a jellyfish, entirely black, with countless transparent tentacles growing from it.

Its body was covered with dense, dark, eerie runes, oozing drops of thick black liquid.

Just looking at it could drive one insane.

Especially those eerie, dark runes, which seemed to come alive.

Just looking at them, these runes would madly bore into the depths of your soul, corrupting it.

However, at this moment, the ancient demon’s body was bound by dark golden chains, the very power sealing the Soul Devourer Dream Demon.

But these sealing chains already showed signs of breaking.

If it struggled a bit longer, it would break free from these restraints and completely escape the seals of the Yiling Secret Realm.

When that happens, it will start a killing spree, annihilating all life here.

”Jiang Fan? Is that really you, Jiang Fan? How could you return to the Yiling Secret Realm now?”

”Wait, your cultivation has already reached the Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul?”

”Is it true or false, how could you breakthrough so quickly?”

At that moment, a voice suddenly sounded, it was the Array Spirit Burial of the Yiling Secret Realm speaking.

The moment Jiang Fan entered the Yiling Secret Realm, as the array spirit of the secret realm world, it naturally noticed immediately.

At the same time, it recognized his identity.

He was the divinity transformation seed it selected during the last opening of the secret realm.

Initially, it thought Jiang Fan might take a long time to return to the Yiling Secret Realm.

Who could have thought, in just a few decades, he’d return once more.

To its astonishment, this kid had already become a Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul cultivator.

Such a cultivation speed is unbelievably fast.

In the ancient era, it might not have been a big deal, after all, spiritual Qi was abundant in those times, nurturing endless cultivation resources, with ten-thousand-year-old spirit medicines everywhere.

But now, with resources desperately scarce, it’s nearly impossible to reach the Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul so quickly.

So, seeing Jiang Fan again left it incredibly shocked, not knowing how he achieved it.

”What a pity, your timing is unfortunate.”

”To have chosen this moment to return to the Yiling Secret Realm.”

”Not knowing what changes occurred, I am now powerless to seal this ancient demon.”

The Array Spirit Burial said helplessly.

If it weren’t for the sudden anomaly with the ancient demon, it would have been overjoyed to see Jiang Fan’s rapid cultivation progress, believing he would definitely complete the task.

If he could achieve divinity transformation, he might even seize the opportunity to slay this demon.

But now, the fact that he came to the Yiling Secret Realm, precisely when the ancient demon was escaping, was purely seeking death.

It just proves that human plans can’t match the whims of fate.

Boom~~

At this moment, a message entered the depths of Jiang Fan’s conscious sea.

”You chose to come to the Yiling Secret Realm, but the terror of the Soul Devourer Dream Demon is beyond imagination. Even in its weakest state, it’s not something that can be easily killed. If not handled properly, it might even counter-kill you. Fortunately, you have destiny hints to see this demon’s weakness.”

”Destiny Hint One: Don’t be fooled by the Soul Devourer Dream Demon’s terror; it actually received severe injuries in the ancient era. Once split in two by a Peerless Sword Immortal’s strike, leaving an indelible scar inside. Even after countless years, this sword mark remains, with the wound faintly aching.

This is your only hope of defeating it. If you strike this scar, you can invoke the terrifying sword intent to obliterate the Soul Devourer Dream Demon, killing it completely.”

”Destiny Hint Two: Of course, you could stubbornly think this is opportunistic, wanting to face the Soul Devourer Dream Demon one-on-one. After a few moves, you’ll be killed by it, with your soul completely consumed, earning praise from the demon — hoping more worthy opponents would come.”

Scar?!

Receiving this message, Jiang Fan squinted slightly, letting his spiritual sense pierce through the demon in front of him, and he indeed sensed a scar inside the jellyfish-like body.

Originally, he thought it was just a physical pattern.

But without the destiny hint, he would’ve never imagined it was a scar.

It’s also the demon’s most fatal weakness.

If the Soul Devourer Dream Demon’s injuries fully recovered, this fatal weakness might disappear.

But since it just broke free, recovering such injuries is impossible.

Therefore, this is his only opportunity to kill the Soul Devourer Dream Demon.

If he misses this chance, it’s highly likely that in the future, it will be challenging to kill it.

Even if possible later, the cost would be extremely severe.