Chapter 676: Nine Secret Chambers Determine the Outcome

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Ye Fan was also stunned. He had only said it casually, but the dull gourd actually responded. The beam of light was too fast; even the Northern Emperor couldn't dodge it.

The head rolled down, repeatedly struck by the sword light, turning into a white pulp, stained with traces of blood. It was no longer recognizable and looked utterly miserable.

In Ye Fan's hand, an ancient universe appeared at the mouth of the gourd. It was detailed yet miniature, with profound star fields. The sword light that had shot out was its manifestation, and it had now returned.

"Let's see how you'll come back to life!" Ye Fan shouted. The head is the vital part of the human body, where the primordial spirit resides. If it's shattered, the spiritual consciousness will also turn to ash. This is spiritual annihilation, more thorough than physical death.

Of course, he was still somewhat uneasy. After all, the Northern Emperor's reputation was too great, known throughout the five domains, and his power was formidable. He didn't want any accidents to happen.

Immediately, he activated the black gourd. Endless flames surged out and flew forward, intending to completely incinerate Wang Teng's remains into ashes.

An elder of the Wang family went mad, no longer able to endure, and attacked Ye Fan.

In the distance, Daoist Red Dragon snorted coldly. His Eight Forms of the True Dragon struck, and with a single finger, he shattered the elder's forbidden technique, blocking him.

"Pop!"

Suddenly, a strange sound echoed in the air. The Northern Emperor's pulped head rapidly healed, and his body began to reform. He swiftly retreated, evading the Sacred Flames.

His entire body was enveloped in a golden divine radiance, bathed in holy light. Like a phoenix reborn from ashes, he exuded an aura of sacred invincibility.

"How can this be? His head was shattered, how could he still be alive? Could it be that his primordial spirit escaped beforehand?"

"That's impossible, it defies common sense. Even if a person is powerful, once their primordial spirit is destroyed, they cease to exist, erased from the world. I clearly saw his spiritual consciousness shatter just now."

Everyone found it unbelievable, struggling to accept that what they were witnessing was real.

Only Ye Fan's heart jolted. In an instant, he thought of a possibility: it must have been an Emperor's Sacred Item that saved Wang Teng's life. It had to be the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Seal!

Indeed, in the distance, within Wang Teng's glabella, a walnut-sized divine seal shimmered brightly, like a rising sun, emitting and absorbing essence, filled with the aura of life.

"The Chaotic Ancient Emperor Seal!"

Finally, an old living fossil exclaimed, guessing what the broken treasure was.

Earlier, Wang Chong had a piece on him; although it was shattered, it could save his life and allow him to regenerate.

Wang Teng dared to give that treasure away because he naturally possessed another one to protect himself. And now, it had finally revealed itself.

"The Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor was astonishingly brilliant. This divine seal he inscribed defies creation, possessing incredible power. To be able to revive even after one's primordial spirit is severed is truly inconceivable!"

A strange gleam flickered in everyone's eyes. Possessing such a treasure was like having an extra life; it could break open certain death situations, which truly incited envy.

"It's truly incredible. What kind of opponent did the only Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor of the Northern Plains encounter that even his divine seal was cracked? One can only imagine how difficult that battle was."

A living fossil pondered this question and couldn't help but be aghast. Endless thoughts arose in his mind: Unless he had entered the seven forbidden zones like the Primordial Mine, what else could challenge a Human Emperor?!

"Treasure, please turn around!" Ye Fan recited the so-called incantation once more.

However, this time, the black gourd had no reaction at all. Even the ancient universe at the mouth of the gourd sank back into it.

"Treasure, please kill!"

"Treasure, please sever his head!"

"Treasure, please hack him!"

"Treasure, you're useless!"

Ye Fan shouted repeatedly, but it was useless. He was so angry he almost smashed the black gourd. This thing was different from the legends he had heard; it definitely wasn't the same item.

The crowd in the distance: "..."

On the other side, Wang Teng, having reshaped his origin with the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Seal, stood in the void, looking over coldly. He was somewhat puzzled.

His true combat power feared no one in the world. As long as the Victorious Fighting Buddha, the Old Madman, and the Peerless Divine King didn't interfere, he could sweep across the land and almost contend with living fossils.

Yet today, he repeatedly faced disaster. Ye Fan used various means to try and kill him. He was seething with frustration. The path to being a Great Emperor couldn't tolerate defeat; he was not allowed to lose!

Once damaged by someone, he must kill that adversary. Otherwise, he would never be able to overcome that mental barrier. An Emperor must be invincible.

"'Before' Character Secret of the Nine Secrets!" Wang Teng silently recited in his heart. He intended to unleash the Nine Secrets to kill his enemy, which he had obtained from the Eastern Wasteland, to be used against a great enemy from the Eastern Wasteland!

Nine-colored divine radiance shot out from his entire body, especially a point on his glabella, which shone like a golden sun, emitting thousands of streamer-like lights that enveloped him.

Ye Fan immediately sensed it. It was an aura of the same origin. The opponent possessed a secret technique similar to his own inheritance—the Nine Secrets!

Wang Teng's left eye was like a true dragon, his right eye like an immortal phoenix, seemingly about to manifest the Dao. The streamers radiating from his glabella twisted space, forming a special field that spread in all directions.

Ye Fan's heart pounded. He rapidly retreated using the 'Movement' Character Secret, and shouted for the black gourd again, but it was useless.

Silently, Ye Fan was obstructed. The distorted field occupied half the sky, covering him below. This was an invisible killing intent; it couldn't be touched, yet one could feel its bone-chilling murderous aura.

In the distance, an inexplicable gleam flickered in Zi Tiandu's eyes. He stared intently at the black gourd, murmuring, "It unleashed terrifying might in the Primordial Era; it wasn't destroyed in those battles, only partially damaged!"

His sister, the purple-eyed girl, also showed a change in expression. She kept staring at the black gourd and asked in the Primordial language, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"That's right, it's exactly as described in the ancient texts of the Primordial Divine Script. I really didn't expect it to survive that great battle!" Zi Tiandu said, the purple light in his eyes intensifying as he fixed his gaze on the black gourd.

In the battlefield, Ye Fan activated the Sacred Flames within the black gourd, to contend with the distorted field and burn everything away.

"This is..." He was greatly startled. The field was still present, coexisting with the Sacred Flames, unable to be extinguished by fire. It was pervasive and had approached right in front of him.

"Clang!"

His entire body glowed as he manifested the Fighting Saint Technique. A golden Tai Chi diagram appeared, colliding with the field, creating a ripple.

Then, he suddenly trembled violently as his primordial spirit was attacked. His body couldn't help but shudder. This was no ordinary attack method; it targeted a person's spiritual consciousness. It penetrated emptiness, ignored tangible attacks, and acted through an invisible field!

Fortunately, his golden Tai Chi diagram was immortal and blocked the fatal blow. Otherwise, he might have been instantly killed just now!

"It's the 'Before' Character Secret of the Nine Secrets!" Ye Fan's heart jolted. He had long heard of this secret and intensely yearned for it. He never expected it to be on Wang Teng.

The 'Before' Character Secret cultivates the primordial spirit, making spiritual consciousness immortal, and can even influence the physical body, expanding divinity to an incomparable degree!

"No wonder his primordial spirit is so powerful, and his body endured the fire tribulation for so long." Ye Fan instantly understood the reason.

Of course, the true power of the 'Before' Character Secret is not limited to this. Besides primarily cultivating the primordial spirit and possessing immortal divinity, upon reaching an advanced stage, it can also foresee everything in advance.

The 'Before' in its name is precisely for this reason. The human sea of consciousness is the most mysterious, possessing endless immortal energy. To a certain extent, it can foresee everything and know it in advance.

It can be said that once the sea of consciousness is tapped, endless secret treasures will be unlocked. The 'Before' Character Secret primarily cultivates it, allowing everything to be one step ahead.

At this moment, Wang Teng used the 'Before' Character Secret to unleash a sea of consciousness field, invisible and traceless, severing the primordial spirit's path!

Ye Fan was awe-struck and observed carefully. He found that it wasn't that the Sacred Fire couldn't destroy the field's energy; it was just that this distorted "domain" perceived everything in advance and evaded it, making the attack seem ineffective.

"He wants to sever my primordial spirit!" While startled, he also felt fortunate that this secret was extremely difficult to master, and the Northern Emperor had only just scratched the surface. It was impossible for him to foresee everything in advance, otherwise, there would be no need to fight at all.

But even this was enough. The 'Before' Character Secret made Wang Teng's primordial spirit exceptionally powerful, always able to foresee half a step ahead, possessing an immortal divinity. In battle, he had a complete advantage.

While Ye Fan manifested the Fighting Saint Technique and countered with the golden Tai Chi diagram, he then unleashed the 'Soldier' Character Secret, sacrificing the black gourd to spew flames at Wang Teng.

The so-called ability to foresee half a step ahead and calculate everything had a precondition: it only worked if the power was within a controllable range. Now, with the black gourd approaching with a destructive aura, Wang Teng's expression immediately changed.

The 'Soldier' Character Secret was unparalleled, the foremost weapon-controlling technique in the world. The black gourd broke through emptiness, almost entering Wang Teng's body. The raging flames were even more immense.

He retreated immediately and unleashed the Heaven-Disrupting Secret Art, intending to cast the black gourd into an endless dimensional abyss and sever its connection with Ye Fan.

This was indeed the best strategy. Banishing the black gourd would be like cutting off one of Ye Fan's arms, depriving him of his offensive power. However, the 'Soldier' Character Secret was unparalleled, and Ye Fan's weapon-controlling technique was miraculous.

Even with the Heaven-Disrupting Secret Art, the Northern Emperor couldn't sever the connection or banish the black gourd. He was almost burned to ashes. Furthermore, the black gourd began to press down on his "domain," and flames poured forth. No matter how much he foresaw, he couldn't completely avoid them.

The powerful Northern Emperor was helpless against the Sacred Flames of the ninth layer of the Fire Domain. Unless he retreated, he wouldn't be able to endure it.

"Chaotic Ancient Saint Art!" Wang Teng roared, finally beginning to display the peerless secret art of the Northern Plains' sole ancient emperor. At this moment, ancient and modern times seemed to blur.

He displayed an incredibly terrifying divine art, disrupting space-time, dividing the space-time around Ye Fan into many "blocks," where time in each block was discontinuous and chaotic.

"'Before' Character Secret, stripping the primordial spirit, eternally binding emptiness, Chaotic Ancient Restraint!"

At the same time, the 'Before' Character Secret was unleashed again, used in conjunction with the Chaotic Ancient Saint Art. Its terrifying power exceeded imagination, causing several living fossils to tremble inwardly.

In discontinuous space-time, a specific void, Ye Fan found his primordial spirit appearing in one domain, while his physical body and the black gourd were in another, as if they existed in different temporal spaces.

"How can this secret art be broken?!" The Fifth Bandit, Wu Dao, was aghast.

"There's no solution, only sheer power that pierces the heavens can break it!" Daoist Red Dragon said with a solemn expression.

In the distance, the other sect masters also changed color. If it were them, they might also be slain by Wang Teng. They truly couldn't think of a way to break it.

"The secret art of an ancient Great Emperor is indeed terrifying! Even before mastery, just its initial manifestation has created such an unsolvable situation!"

All the people of the Wang family showed joy. The surviving young people were elated, and Wang Chengkun sneered incessantly.

Ji Ziyue, Pang Bo, Li Heishui, and others were extremely worried. The Jade Lake Saintess also watched closely. The Southern Demon and Qi Huoshui were also moved, drawing everyone's attention.

"Holy Body, what do you have to fight me with? A gap is a gap; heterodoxy cannot achieve anything great!" Wang Teng roared, his black hair standing on end. His primordial spirit manifested, appearing in the same space-time as Ye Fan's spiritual consciousness, and attacked forward.

Ye Fan calmed his mind. The five ancient scriptures—the Dao Scripture, Western Emperor Scripture, Hengyu Scripture, Taihuang Scripture, and Sun True Scripture—resounded in unison, playing the divine sound of the Great Dao in this chaotic space-time.

His entire body became crystalline, like a seven-colored glazed divine lamp. With the five scriptures activated, he then operated the 'Soldier' Character Secret, unleashing the world's foremost weapon-controlling technique!

"Om!"

The ancient bronze coffin vibrated and flew straight over, breaking through the confinement and entering this void. The golden figure in Ye Fan's sea of consciousness forcefully activated it, emitting a deafening sound as the bronze coffin ascended and began to rotate.

"Crack!"

"Ah..."

The Northern Emperor screamed miserably. The bronze coffin solidly struck his primordial spirit, shattering it instantly.

"Trying to escape? There's no way!" Ye Fan roared, activating the bronze coffin with the 'Soldier' Character Secret, and struck again.

"Thump!"

The Northern Emperor's incomparably powerful spiritual consciousness instantly disintegrated. The golden figure in Ye Fan's sea of consciousness reached out a hand and, with a "bang," seized the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Seal.

"Let's see what you'll use to revive!" In an instant, Ye Fan broke through the strange space-time. His spiritual consciousness returned to his physical body, and then he stepped out, slamming down with the bronze coffin in hand.

"Thump!"

Wang Teng's physical body also turned to mush and splattered outwards, completely formless.

Everyone knew that the Northern Emperor likely had no hope of revival. Despite possessing immense divine powers, he couldn't unleash them, being completely suppressed!

All the pulped flesh and blood splattered onto the golden ancient war chariot, creating a vivid red, extremely bloody scene, with some shattered bones, causing terror.

It had to be said that this golden ancient war chariot was a sacred item; it had survived the fire tribulation undamaged.

"Teng'er!"

Wang Chengkun's heart was about to burst, and he almost fainted. He rushed forward with the elders beside him, intending to act ruthlessly against Ye Fan and seize the ancient war chariot.

Ye Fan didn't stop. He unleashed the black gourd, activating its flames to burn, intending to destroy the ancient chariot and completely refine away everything related to Wang Teng.

Now, he would kill anyone who stood in his way. Determined to obliterate everything about his foe, he would fight even gods. He mercilessly unleashed Sacred Flames upon several powerful cultivators.

"Stop!" The Eighth Ancestor of the Ji Family roared, divine light shooting from his eyes as he stared coldly.

Ye Fan completely ignored him and went his own way, charging forward and engulfing the area ahead in flames.

"Presumptuous! How dare you act wildly in my Ji Family's territory!" the Eighth Ancestor of the Ji Family rebuked coldly.

Suddenly, Ye Fan felt an immense crisis. He used the 'Movement' Character Secret, fleeing several thousand zhang in a flash of lightning.

From the sky, a wisp of holy light descended. The spot where he had just stood instantly shattered, silently annihilated. An extreme Dao pressure surged forth.

The Void Ancient Mirror, the family's ultimate heritage, forever hung in the void. Within the family, some important figures could draw upon a wisp of Emperor's might to protect the immortal Ji Family.

"Eighth Ancestor of the Ji Family, you've gone too far!" Old Daoist Red Dragon sprang to his feet.

In the distance, the Monkey roared loudly. Holding his dark golden cudgel, he walked over and said, "If you suppress others with your power, I don't mind attracting a Primordial King!"

"Ji, you old bastard, you don't distinguish right from wrong, you favor the Wang family, and you even used an extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to kill me! I demand an explanation from you!" Ye Fan was truly enraged.

Everyone was startled. The Ji Family possessed a Void Emperor Weapon, suspended in an eternally unknown place, capable of unleashing extreme Dao Emperor's might at any time. Yet Ye Fan dared to question and confront them like this.