Chapter 1483: Going Against the Ancestors' Decision

The Pavilion Master of Heavenly Secret Pavilion and the Demonic Empress Nu Xin have advanced to Five-Aperture Nascent Soul.

Xia Chaoge, Liu Qingxian, Hua Wuqing, and Ye Banxia have all reached Four-Aperture Nascent Soul.

Chuyue, Liang Feiyan, Ren Guhong, Wang Chongling, Nangong Xiaoyun, Rebel, and Little Tiger have all reached Three-Aperture Nascent Soul.

The four Deputy Pavilion Masters, You Yunzi, Gu Huaxi, Ye Cangyuan, and Chen Zhengdao, have all reached Two-Aperture Nascent Soul.

Even Lin Yuheng, Yun Yang, Ning Kun, and Luo Dongcheng, the four managers who accompanied them, have successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Only Shang Shiqiu and Leng Qingzhu, two disciples under Yun Yang, and Ruan Qingsu, Lin Yuheng's sole disciple, had not yet entered the Nascent Soul realm.

The three of them were still at the peak of ninth-layer Core Formation.

Ruan Qingsu felt embarrassed under the gaze, and gave a wry smile, saying, "I've made Deputy Pavilion Master Jiang laugh."

For someone her age to be at the peak of ninth-layer Core Formation would make her a top disciple in any sect within the Taicang Grand Province.

However, in the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, she felt as though she was holding them back.

This was because, apart from the three of them, everyone else was a Nascent Soul Venerable!

Jiang Fan smiled and took out the Fate-Altering Jade Butterfly.

Three of its apertures were already filled with the souls of half-giants.

He took out a drop of God Transformation Blood and pressed it into the central aperture.

A milky-white Marrow of Heaven-Penetration, shimmering with brilliant light, dripped out.

Jiang Fan handed it to Ruan Qingsu, saying, "Go and break through."

Ruan Qingsu was someone he had known since his time in the Lands of Nine Sects.

Giving it to her first could be seen as fulfilling a gesture of old friendship.

"Ha, indeed, the squeaky wheel gets the grease!" Shang Shiqiu placed her hands on her hips, bit her red lips, and stomped her foot in resentment.

Her ample bosom trembled with the movement.

Although Leng Qingzhu was much more reserved, she also gazed at Jiang Fan with a hint of resentment.

As for Ren Guhong, Wang Chongling, and Ye Banxia, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's legendary prodigies of old, she wouldn't mention them.

They were naturally gifted, so she had nothing to say about their progress.

Liang Feiyan, who had barely managed to join the Heavenly Secret Pavilion thanks to Jiang Fan.

Now she was a Three-Aperture Nascent Soul Venerable.

It could only be said that those close to Jiang Fan progressed exceptionally quickly.

Jiang Fan gave a wry smile, saying, "I don't have any extra Lingtian Pills left either."

"If I did, I'd give them to you."

He somewhat regretted not killing more half-giants in Tianyi City and bringing back more Marrow of Heaven-Penetration.

For now, Shang Shiqiu and Leng Qingzhu would just have to wait.

After checking everyone's cultivation levels, Jiang Fan looked at Ye Banxia with a meaningful gaze.

The progress of others' cultivation was understandable, given the Heavenly Mountain Battlefield and the resources he brought back from the Celestial Realm.

Even if it was fast, it was reasonable.

But Ye Banxia was a bit peculiar.

She had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm less than two months ago, before the Heavenly Mountain Battlefield opened.

Yet, she was now a Four-Aperture Nascent Soul!

Her cultivation had caught up to Hua Wuqing, Xia Chaoge, and Liu Qingxian, who had already broken through to the Nascent Soul realm much earlier.

This was truly a little terrifying.

Furthermore, considering that this woman was also proficient in formations, capable of transforming the Asura Saint Son's teleportation array into a large-scale formation connecting the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Teachings.

Jiang Fan felt he couldn't quite fathom this former senior disciple of his.

Ye Banxia still wore a black long dress, elegantly sitting with her legs crossed on a floating jade-carved phoenix chair.

Like a black phoenix, she was elegant and noble.

Sensing Jiang Fan's gaze, she lightly snorted and coldly turned her face away.

Jiang Fan was speechless.

This woman... truly hadn't changed at all.

He'd have to ask the Pavilion Master of Heavenly Secret Pavilion about Ye Banxia's background when he had a chance.

After scanning everyone, Jiang Fan slightly frowned.

"Why does it feel like someone is missing?"

After pondering for a long while, he finally slapped his forehead: "Where's Gu Xiner?"

"There are only five days until the war, and she's still thinking about making money?"

No sooner had he spoken.

A cloud swiftly drifted from the horizon.

"I'm here, I'm here, didn't I just arrive?"

The cloud landed in front of everyone.

A dainty and lovely girl, dressed in an orange-red open-front short-sleeved top and a goose-yellow long skirt, with her hair styled in a 'flying Apsara' bun and pink ribbons fluttering, nimbly jumped down.

She shot Jiang Fan a glare and huffed, "I was out getting benefits for everyone."

"Unlike some people, who disappear for a whole month and then have the nerve to complain about my absence!"

Upon examination, Jiang Fan discovered that Gu Xiner had broken through to Five-Aperture Nascent Soul.

He was secretly surprised.

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion members progressed quickly because Jiang Fan had shared many great opportunities he had acquired.

Gu Xiner, who rarely stayed in the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, could still cultivate so quickly.

She had even caught up to the Pavilion Master's progress.

It seemed that Gu Xiner indeed had the remnant soul of a mysterious strong expert assisting her.

If no surprises, it would be the remnant soul of the Great Lord of Red Demons.

He composed himself and asked, "Oh, what benefits?"

Gu Xiner took out a jade box and tossed it to Jiang Fan, saying, "This is for you."

Jiang Fan took it and his pupils constricted sharply at the sight.

He quickly took out the sect's inheritance item given to him by the Azure Cloud Sect: half of the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail.

When compared, the two pieces fit together perfectly!

What was even more astonishing was that.

After 800 years, the two broken halves of the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail, upon touching each other, actually fused together, becoming a brand new Aperture-Opening Divine Nail!

Everyone present was amazed.

The Pavilion Master of Heavenly Secret Pavilion was also repeatedly surprised, asking, "What exactly was the origin of that nine-colored rain 800 years ago?"

All Aperture-Opening Divine Nails in the world originated from the nine-colored rain 800 years ago.

Because those raindrops, upon falling to the ground, transformed into Aperture-Opening Divine Nails.

Fairy Yunshang regretfully said, "It's a pity, Young Master Jiang hasn't yet forged his own path and hasn't reached Eight-Aperture Nascent Soul."

Jiang Fan smiled, raised his palm, and a surge of immense Eight-Aperture Nascent Soul power flowed out.

Fairy Yunshang's beautiful eyes widened: "Young Master Jiang has broken through to Eight-Aperture Nascent Soul?"

Liu Qingxian was also incredibly excited: "What path are you cultivating?"

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion members were also filled with exclamations of surprise.

They hadn't expected Jiang Fan to find his own path so quickly.

Jiang Fan smiled, hugged their waists tightly, kissed each of their foreheads, and said:

"It's a secret."

Clang! Clang! Clang!

At this moment, the Demonic Sword behind Jiang Fan trembled again.

Its resentment grew once more.

Jiang Fan chuckled, saying, "You'll have plenty more times to feel uncomfortable!"

He then turned to Gu Xiner and said, "It must have taken a lot of effort to find half of the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail, didn't it?"

Finding a half of the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail, which had been lost for 800 years, was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

It certainly wasn't something that could be easily found.

Gu Xiner held her head high and said, "Don't misunderstand, I didn't help you find it at all."

"The owner of the Jiangshan Yipin Tower found it, and then he entrusted it to a friend of a friend of a friend, who finally asked me to deliver it to you."

Jiang Fan smiled without speaking.

It was probably true that the owner of the Jiangshan Yipin Tower found this half of the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail.

But Gu Xiner must have put effort into searching for it; otherwise, why would the owner of the Jiangshan Yipin Tower ask Gu Xiner to deliver it?

"Thanks, I owe you a big one."

Jiang Fan gripped the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail.

This was the key to his breakthrough to Nine-Aperture Nascent Soul; once his heart was without flaws, he could enter the Nine-Aperture Nascent Soul realm.

And then quickly enter the God Transformation realm.

Gu Xiner proudly said, "It's rare to hear you say 'thanks'."

"Alright, Jiang Fan's benefits have been distributed, now it's time for everyone's benefits."

"Ta-da!"

She pulled out a jade box, inside which quietly lay ten Fifth-Grade Spirit Pills: Reversion Spirit Pills.

With animated brows, she announced, "This is the healing holy medicine from Danzhou, a Fifth-Grade Spirit Pill: Heavenly Robe Divine Water!"

"The cost price is five high-grade crystal mines!"

"But today, to thank all of you fellow disciples for your great support."

"I'm going to make a decision that goes against my ancestors' wishes!"

"That is, I'll sell them to you for five mid-grade crystal mines!"