Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2225: Chapter 2269: Gods

Before Jiang Fan could think, the mutated souls in the ten thousand holes gradually adapted to the bright light outside and crawled out of the remains one after another. Probing carefully, they poked their heads out of the holes and stared greedily at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan’s heart tightened. Just as he was about to activate the Hell Soul Bell to resist, the platform he stood on suddenly shook violently. CLANG CLANG CLANG. The sound of colliding chains echoed in succession.

Looking down, he saw flickering, colorful spots of light appearing beneath the platform, and their numbers grew rapidly. Soon, a vast expanse of these flickering lights, stretching for thousands of zhang, filled his vision. Jiang Fan’s pupils shrank as he realized that the spots of light were forming the outline of a head!

”Is this the head of a living creature?” he wondered. ”The Nine-Day Giant Emperor is no more than a hundred zhang tall, and his head is ten zhang at most. But the head before me is a thousand zhang huge! Could there really be such a massive creature in the world? It must be a stone carving, right?”

At this moment, Jiang Fan realized that the so-called colorful spots of light were actually lines of blurry text! All the words were engraved on a piece of silk of unknown material. The silk wrapped completely around the neck and cheeks, encircling the head.

”Silk? Words?” Jiang Fan’s eyes revealed his confusion.

Just as he was about to study the characters closely, the mysterious power within his body surged uncontrollably. The Champion Marquis Banner materialized, and a powerful urge to bow and worship the silk welled up within him! His pupils quaked as he cried out in horror, ”This... this is a Holy Decree of the Daqian Divine Kingdom!”

The massive piece of silk, stretching for thousands of zhang like a canopy in the sky, was a Holy Decree stamped with the Imperial Jade Seal! His heart trembling incessantly, he carefully stared at the blurry text and faintly recognized a few fragmented phrases:

”In the first year of the Daqian Calendar, a Divine Head fell from the heavens, shattering the southwest of the Divine Country and wiping out billions of living beings.

”Thus, this Holy Decree is issued to suppress it here, serving as a warning to future generations: the barbarian enemies’ desire to destroy us will never die!”

Jiang Fan froze in place, his eyes hollow.

”Is this... the head of a living creature?” he thought. ”Or a Divine Head? Do gods truly exist in this world? The White-robed Skeleton in the Thunder God Heavenly Palace wasn’t talking nonsense; gods really do exist!”

After a long, long time, Jiang Fan finally regained his senses. The sheer amount of information on this Holy Decree was overwhelmingly massive! It practically opened a completely new door for him!

A single Divine Head falling from the sky had killed billions of beings in Daqian. Who threw this head? And who had successfully slain a god and severed its head? Were the so-called barbarian enemies of the Daqian Divine Kingdom the great foes they were preparing to face at all costs, even going so far as to build the World Destruction Battleship and cultivate the Four Great Fierce Species?

While he was deep in thought, a heavy, whistling roar like a landslide echoed from underground! It was the Divine Head letting out a breath!

The exhalation carried a terrifying Divine Power that caused the entire mountain belly to shake violently. The mutated souls that had poked their heads out retreated into their holes in fright. Cracks began to spread in the vicinity, looking as if they were about to tear this Soul Refining Hall apart.

Sensing the disturbance, the Holy Decree suppressing it released a brilliant nine-colored light, stifling the breath. Only then did the trembling space finally calm down.

Jiang Fan’s heart suffered a massive shock. ”Is this head... dead or alive?” he wondered.

However, the breathing sound that had already escaped reverberated back and forth within the mountain’s belly. Just hearing the first echo caused Jiang Fan’s soul to experience a tearing agony. As the second echo followed closely behind, his soul felt as if it would explode on the spot.

His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly swallowed a Taiqing Pill. As the medicinal effects of the Taiqing Pill kicked in, his soul was saved from bursting apart and began to slowly mend.

Jiang Fan quickly sat down cross-legged. He now understood what the Soul Refining Hall’s method of tempering the soul was. It was the sound of this Divine Head’s breathing, which caused massive trauma and excruciating pain to the soul. Fortunately, after undergoing numerous temperings, he could completely endure this.

Several two-hour periods later.

His soul recovered and was noticeably stronger than before. However, it was still not enough; he needed at least a few more similar soul refinements. And he only had one Taiqing Pill left.

”I need to refine some Spirit Pills first,” he said.

He hastily left the main hall. Sweeping his gaze around, he was relieved to find that the palace-dressed young woman was still ”reflecting on her mistakes while facing the wall.”

”Keep standing there properly, you wretched girl!”

The palace-dressed young woman rolled her eyes and muttered in her heart, ”This guy is acting as if nothing happened, completely unafraid of the soul-tempering agony of the Soul Refining Hall.

”His willpower is truly formidable.

”But what is he doing now?”

When she noticed Jiang Fan taking out a black Pill Furnace carved with nine dragons, she couldn’t help but be stunned.

”He’s going to perform Alchemy?” she wondered. ”No way, right? Could this guy also be a Soul Master?

”Interesting. Let’s see what his standard is. If he has the skill level of a Six-star Alchemist, I might seriously nurture him a bit.

”If he can be cultivated into a Seven-star Soul Master, my Nanqian will gain another Great Soul Master.”

Completely oblivious, Jiang Fan took out the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod and used his Soul Power to purify ten portions of Taiqing Pill materials.

The young woman in the palace dress frowned and thought, ”Taiqing Pill?

”He plans to refine a Seventh Grade Spirit Pill? That’s impossible, right? His Soul Power is only at the Divinity Transformation Realm. How could he possibly control the refinement of a Seventh Grade Spirit Pill?

”Isn’t this purely a waste of materials?”

One two-hour period later.

Jiang Fan’s forehead was covered in sweat, and his Soul Power was exceptionally depleted. He swayed slightly, wiping the cold sweat from his brow, and muttered, ”As expected of a Seventh Grade Spirit Pill. Just purifying the materials alone heavily consumes Soul Power.

”Fortunately, my Alchemy skills can make up for the lack of soul strength during the refinement process!”

Taking a deep breath, he began the refinement according to the Pill Recipe.

A full three two-hour periods later.

A colorful, fragrant pill aroma gradually wafted out from the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod, filling the entire Alchemy Room.

The young woman’s pupils widened as she thought, ”He actually succeeded in the refinement?

”He’s actually a Seven-star Soul Master like me? But he’s still so young!

”I’ve really found a treasure!

”However, the prerequisite is figuring out who exactly he is!”

Not long after.

As a powerful, seven-colored beam of light pierced through the secret chamber and shot into the clouds, the Sages on the battleship were all startled and looked toward the beam of light. Their eyes held deep envy and longing.

”As expected of Her Excellency. She has successfully refined another Seventh Grade Spirit Pill.”

”I just don’t know if it’s the specific one she’s always wanted to refine.”

Inside the secret chamber.

As the Pill Furnace opened, ten highly sentient Seventh Grade Great Pills all escaped, fleeing in every direction. Holding a jade bottle, Jiang Fan flew all over the room to catch them.

Very soon, he caught nine of them.

”Where is the last one?” Jiang Fan looked around and discovered a flickering light in the bosom of the palace-dressed young woman.

He felt both annoyed and amused. ”You lecherous Spirit Pill, you really know where to hide!”

With a leap, he arrived beside the young woman and used his palm to generate a suction force from afar. However, the Spirit Pill clung tightly to her bosom, refusing to come out, and even burrowed deeper.

Jiang Fan scoffed, ”Do you think I can’t do anything about you?”

He glanced at the young woman. ”Wretched girl, don’t blame me.

”It was this indecent Spirit Pill that tempted me to do this!”

After speaking, he reached his hand into her bosom.