Chapter 1307: Fireball Returns

Looking at Grand Venerable Xingyuan, his overdrawn body rapidly recovered under the effect of the spiritual rain. His depleted vast qi gradually restored with the nourishment of the spiritual rain! Even Venerable Lianjing's divine halo, which was on the verge of shattering, visibly healed!

Jiang Fan exclaimed in surprise, "Wh-what's going on?"

Grand Venerable Xingyuan's face lit up with joy as he excitedly said, "I've heard that when a powerful individual in the Grand Sage realm falls, they transform into spiritual rain to nourish all beings. Grand Venerable Wugou's remnant soul entered the Sage realm and then perished as a Sage, thus meeting this condition."

Venerable Lianjing's beautiful eyes gleamed with astonishment. "I've heard about it too! But I never imagined I'd be able to benefit from Sage's spiritual rain myself! After all, a Sage's demise is a rare event, seen only once in a millennium. With the help of this spiritual rain, my domain can recover somewhat!"

Jiang Fan stroked his chin and said, "So, Grand Venerable Wugou consumed her merits, accelerating the disintegration of her own soul. But in reality, she benefited our Central Land, and specifically, the three of us?"

Grand Venerable Xingyuan and Venerable Lianjing were stunned. Grand Venerable Xingyuan looked towards the sky with a strange expression. "From the outcome, it certainly seems so," he said.

Venerable Lianjing also looked peculiar: "She painstakingly entered the Sage realm, failed to kill us, and instead turned into spiritual rain to nourish us. Thinking about it that way, she's not so hateful after all."

Jiang Fan couldn't help but cup his hands towards the sky and chuckle: "Grand Venerable Wugou, you're truly too kind. We'll accept this spiritual rain, but no more next time, okay?"

In the sky, the remnant soul of Grand Venerable Wugou, upon realizing that Jiang Fan and the other two had not only survived but also gained immense benefits from her spiritual rain, let out a furious roar: "Jiang Fan!!!" "I curse you... to hell..." As her remnant soul dissipated, the curse abruptly ceased.

Jiang Fan shrugged. "Whether I go to hell or not, I don't know. But you're definitely in hell right now." He immediately tilted his head back, absorbing as much of the hard-earned spiritual rain as possible.

Soon after, the spiritual rain completely dissipated. Jiang Fan was pleasantly surprised to find that his Nascent Soul had unknowingly opened its seventh aperture! His soul power also surged to the level of a nine-aperture Nascent Soul! This sudden stroke of fortune was beyond his wildest expectations. He had only recently broken through to the six-aperture Nascent Soul, and in the blink of an eye, he had now reached the seven-aperture Nascent Soul. Furthermore, the instability in his foundation caused by successive breakthroughs was smoothed out by the spiritual rain!

Recalling the dangers faced in the Heavenly Realm this time, he quickly calmed down: "Such gains are certainly worth the perils encountered along the way."

Looking at Grand Venerable Xingyuan again, his depleted vast qi had recovered by half, and his injured body was completely restored. There was still just over a month until the Ancient Giants descended. If he could find a way to recover the other half of his vast qi, he would be completely safe when facing the catastrophe. As for Venerable Lianjing, most of the cracks on her divine halo had disappeared, so she should have no major issues dealing with the impending Five Heavenly Decay.

The three exchanged glances, all smiling with the relief of surviving a great ordeal. Surviving this disaster and gaining spiritual rain truly made for an unforgettable experience.

Grand Venerable Xingyuan said, "Let's go. Don't make the powerful figures of the Central Land worry. Also, we need to go thank the Grand Libationer."

Jiang Fan deeply agreed. Without the Grand Libationer's final intervention, the three of them might not have escaped the calamity. This also piqued Jiang Fan's curiosity. What was the cultivation level of the Grand Libationer of Hunyuan Province? In her final moments, Grand Venerable Wugou was in the Sage realm. Although she entered the Sage realm as a remnant soul, her strength was certainly not comparable to a true Sage, yet the Grand Libationer was able to shatter her remnant soul. This truly showed the Grand Libationer's astonishing power.

As he spoke, he descended. Suddenly, he noticed faint black smoke rising from Venerable Lianjing, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Venerable Sister, why are you on fire?"

Venerable Lianjing frowned and looked at her hands, her pupils slightly constricting. Indeed, faint black smoke was rising from her body, as if she were burning from within. She looked at Grand Venerable Xingyuan and Jiang Fan, exclaiming in surprise, "You're burning too!"

"What?" Jiang Fan quickly looked at himself. And sure enough, just like Venerable Lianjing, faint black smoke was rising from his pores.

Grand Venerable Xingyuan's expression changed. "Grand Venerable Wugou issued a second law before her death," he said. "'You shall burn in raging flames!' The Grand Libationer dispelled most of that law, but a small portion of it still took effect!" Fortunately, Grand Venerable Xingyuan added, "It shouldn't be fatal, just uncomfortable."

Not long after he spoke, the black smoke on their bodies grew thicker, and gradually, flames began to appear. By the time they flew down through the fierce wind zone and returned to the sky above the Central Land, they had already become three fiery figures.

Jiang Fan was scorched and dizzy, unable to sustain flight, and transformed into a fireball plummeting towards the ground. Grand Venerable Xingyuan and Venerable Lianjing were no better off; they too became fireballs, falling towards different directions.

At this moment, the powerful figures from the Central Land who had come to provide assistance watched the three rapidly descending fireballs and gave chase. However, the fireballs were too fast for them to catch up quickly.

At Wenhai Academy, in the courtyard, Venerable Zhenyan stared at the fireball that was Jiang Fan, gnashing her teeth. "Little rascal!" she muttered. "I should have known it was you, you scoundrel!" Her fists were clenched, and she was furious! No wonder Wang Chongxiao's various methods seemed so similar to Jiang Fan's. It was Jiang Fan himself! Remembering how this scoundrel had burst in on her while she was naked in the treasury, her fists clenched even tighter: "You'll pay for this, and not even the King of Heaven himself can save you!"

She said this, but when she saw Jiang Fan moving the black pillar connecting heaven and earth, she let out a long sigh of relief inwardly. Being seen naked by Wang Chongxiao had felt like a thorn in her heart, causing her immense discomfort. But knowing it was Jiang Fan, the discomfort vanished. After all, having already been seen by Jiang Fan, being seen again wouldn't really count as being seen.

Watching Jiang Fan transform into a fireball in the projection, she bit her lip slightly. "I hope no one catches you," she muttered, "and you crash and die, you little hooligan!"

As the fireball continued its descent, with no one catching up from behind, Venerable Zhenyan couldn't help but laugh. "Haha! Little rascal, no one really caught you! I want to see where you'll land! Preferably into a cesspit, so your name stinks for ten thousand years!"

"Oh, it's heading for Wenhai Academy!" At this point, even without looking at the projection, Venerable Zhenyan could see a fireball in the sky streaking towards Wenhai Academy. "Good then, smash Wenhai Academy and make that old geezer feel some pain! I just wonder if it'll hit anyone." She suddenly felt a bit worried. Such immense impact force would be unbearable even for an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. They might well be smashed to death.

"No, it shouldn't, right? People aren't blind; if they see a fireball coming, wouldn't they dodge? Unless it's some unlucky soul who can't dodge." As she mumbled, Venerable Zhenyan suddenly realized something was off. "How... how does it seem to be coming straight for me?"