There exist only three true worlds in the realm: the Dust Realm, the Nether Dust Realm, and the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Among them, the Nether Dust Realm is comprised of four ancient continents. Above these four wild lands, countless Immortal Kingdoms and Immortal Domains engage in endless battles with one another.

At that time, the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign had not yet achieved his path, and the strongest force above the wild lands belonged to the Primeval Immortal Realm. The Primeval Immortal Cultivators dominated the Eastern Wild, with no one daring to challenge their majesty.

Second only to the Primeval Immortal Realm were the two Immortal Domains: Zi Wei and Northern Dipper. These two domains jointly occupied the Northern Wild and boasted equally formidable power.

No one expected that such powerful realms as Zi Wei and Northern Dipper would eventually be destroyed by a single person.

On that day, the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign single-handedly annihilated the two Immortal Sovereigns, becoming the sole ruler of the Northern Wild, with his infamous reputation sweeping across the three realms, terrifying all who heard of it!

On that day, the two emperors of Zi Wei and Northern Dipper were crushed under the wheels of history, becoming mere stepping stones for the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s rise to fame.

The surviving descendants of Zi Wei were sealed by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign in the Dreamland Realm he created. Together with them, the sanctum in the eyes of Zi Wei’s Immortal Cultivators — the Zi Wei Beiji Palace — was sealed in the Dreamland Realm.

In Zi Wei’s North Pole, the term ’North Pole’ refers to the place where Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign attained his path — the North Pole Mountain. It is said that on the day Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign achieved his path, he refined the entire North Pole Mountain into an abode, thus beginning its story. As for ’Zi Wei,’ it refers to the life path of Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign — the Purple Rose Great Path.

Out of respect for his distinction, the descendants of Zi Wei dare not casually call it Zi Wei Beiji Palace and often refer to it simply as the North Pole Palace.

This is a palace sunk at the bottom of the Boundary River, with an age unknown.

This is a palace which no one can enter; exceptions are made only for those who possess the key and are permitted by the Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign.

The key to Zi Wei Beiji Palace is in the hands of the Fengnu Clan Leader and has been passed down through generations to the present. The Fengnu Clan is the guardian of Zi Wei Beiji Palace, yet even they cannot recall how long they have been guarding it.

At present, outside Zi Wei Beiji Palace, a Purple Sand Fish Carriage gently rides the waves, slowly approaching. Seating atop the Fish Carriage is a woman in imperial purple attire, surrounded by a solemn assembly of the Shui Clan.

This regal woman is none other than the queen of the Fengnu Clan, the one who intends to refine the spirit of the Northern Sea True Lord.

"My Queen, do you truly intend to enter the North Pole Palace? Invitations to alchemists have been sent to all clans, and with your summon, numerous alchemists will soon come to assist. The demise of the Northern Sea Thief is imminent. Why must you risk entering the North Pole Palace? In past attempts, you’ve ventured into the North Pole Palace seven times and were injured by its creatures each time, with the most severe incident almost devouring half of your Demon Soul, nearly leading to your doom. Please reconsider and abandon this journey!" several female guards implored.

"Cease your persuasion. That Northern Sea Thief is a Second-Grade Titled Quasi-Saint with such formidable cultivation that even if he shackled his spirit and sealed his mana, killing him would be a task beyond reach; refining him into expensive pills would be ten times more challenging. Only by incorporating the Saint Extermination Grass, Soul Transforming Leaf, and Dao-Sealing Spirit Spring during alchemy can there be a slight chance to refine him. These three items are exclusively found within the North Pole Palace... Father’s revenge, mother’s blood feud, I cannot live under the same sky as him! Even if this journey is perilous, I must undertake it!" The imperially dressed woman replied resolutely.

"My Queen..."

"Enough, this topic needs no further discussion. When alchemists from all clans arrive, ensure their hospitality and diligence. I will certainly return within three days minimum, five days maximum."

The imperial woman spoke no further, gently tapping her toes, riding the waves towards the entrance of Zi Wei Beiji Palace.

Zi Wei Beiji Palace consists of twelve palace clusters, known as the Twelve Palace Gates by the Fengnu Clan. The entrance the imperial woman is approaching belongs to the Partridge Tail Palace Gate among the twelve gates. As she nears this gate, the purple lightning prohibition on the gate immediately reacts.

However, the prohibitions do not attack her immediately but wait.

Awaiting the imperial woman to present her key, if she has one, they will spare her; otherwise, she will face merciless extermination.

"Lower Immortal Fuyao, holding the Sovereign’s key, seeks entry into this palace, please grant passage."

With these words, a purple light flew from the imperial woman’s body, circling around the palace gate nine times before returning back to her.

The surrounding members of the Fengnu Clan could not see what was wrapped inside the purple light.

Yet after presenting this item, the imperial woman successfully entered the Partridge Tail Palace Gate, which might be the famed key.

...

Ning Fan was surprised.

With just a gentle push against the treasure vault door, intending to exit, his hand was obliterated by the purple lightning prohibition on the door. Indeed, the power of these prohibitions is formidable.

As Tianren Green Light appeared in his eyes, Ning Fan gazed towards the iron door of the vault, focusing intently.

After a long while, Ning Fan finally withdrew his sight, assessing the wound on his right hand. Due to a forced push on the vault door, his right hand was seared to charcoal by the purple lightning prohibition, now completely numb with grave injury.

He then sensed the surrounding space, finding in the North Pole Palace a Fourth-Step Spatial Interference, a condition under which even a Saint cannot freely use Escape Techniques or Transmission Techniques; his Six Paths Transmission Technique was similarly unusable here.

To enter or leave this place, one can only walk through the door, unable to escape through the void.

"On this door, there are 3122 purple lightning prohibitions, and due to their ancient nature, half of them have failed. About 1400 reacted when I pushed the door... But just those 1400 prohibitions easily destroyed one of my hands..."

"If these prohibitions were intact, not even a Third-Step Saint could force their way through. But if these prohibitions have weaknesses, then even I might have a chance at breaking them."

...

Zi Wei Beiji Palace, the Twelfth Palace, Xi Mu Palace.

Within Zi Wei Beiji Palace compounds exist twelve palace clusters, namely: Star Era Palace, Xuanxiao Palace, Juzitu Palace, Xianglou Palace, Daliang Palace, Shishen Palace, Partridge Head Palace, Partridge Fire Palace, Partridge Tail Palace, Longevity Star Palace, Great Fire Palace, and Xi Mu Palace.

For Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign, the existence of Zi Wei Beiji Palace is akin to the significance of Xuan Yin Treasure for Ning Fan. He occasionally retreats for cultivation within its compounds and plants Spiritual Medicine there, storing treasures and miscellaneous items.

Among them, Xi Mu Palace encompasses over three thousand halls, purely for storing miscellaneous items.

Outside one of Xi Mu Palace’s halls, two drunken little demons patrol nearby.

"Burp... Haven’t finished the wine and dishes yet, why does the king want us to patrol... Burp..." The blue-faced demon grumbled drunkenly amidst belches.

"Fool! Truly foolish! Since the king wanted us to patrol, obviously there’s a thief infiltrating Xi Mu Palace! Burp..." The red-faced demon replied drunkenly.

"What? Again, thieves are here to steal from us? Could it be the wine demons from Daliang Palace again? Burp..."

"Likely those pill demons from Partridge Tail Palace are seeking vengeance against us. Hasn’t our king ventured to steal expensive pills lately? Probably set off retaliation, right? Burp..."

"In such a case, the book demons from Xianglou Palace will possibly retaliate too... Burp..."

Amid their jesting, a sudden sound of prohibition collapse echoed from a nearby palace!

"Not good, real thieves! And not internal ones, but seem like outsiders!"

The two demons were taken aback, new Golden Core demons not long transformed, with limited knowledge of the North Pole Palace.

Yet even they understood one basic fact: the North Pole Palace’s prohibitions do not target internal demon creations, for these demons are created from Zi Wei Immortal Sovereign’s stored objects.

Thus these demons may occasionally thieve other palace treasures without needing to break prohibitions — naturally, ordinary little demons cannot breach prohibitions either.

Yet presently the scene unfolds authentically!

"That’s said only the Fengnu lineage can enter from outside. This intruder surely belongs to Fengnu Clan’s thieves!"

"It’s approaching the direction of Hall 466! Quick, catch the little thief!"

Swiftly the two demons arrived at Hall 466, then the sight before them left them quaking.

The iron door of the hall ahead had been completely shattered by a person, with all purple lightning prohibitions destroyed! The instigator was a white-robed youth of transcendent cultivation!

Despite being grievously injured by the purple lightning prohibitions, the youth was safeguarded by three mysterious mulberry trees, healing his terrifying wounds in mere breaths!

"Three... Three Mulberry Demon Tree! This person actually has the Three Mulberry Demon Tree protecting him. Could he be a descendant of the Three Mulberry Kingdom? I heard the Three Mulberry Kingdom was destroyed by us Ziwei Immortal Cultivators. Could it be this person is here to take revenge on us?" Although these two little demons were not powerful, their eyes were astonishing, for they immediately recognized the origin of the Three Mulberry Ancient Tree.

Thinking about the terrifying descendants of the Three Mulberry Kingdom, the two little demons were so scared their legs went weak. It was at this time they finally saw clearly the true appearance of the two thunderbolts surrounding the youthful man in white robes.

Ancestral Thunder Sparrow!

Destroying Path Thunder Infant!

On this young man’s shoulder, there was even a Royal Jiuli!

"The Ancestral Thunder Sparrow, known for its arrogance, actually submitted to this person! This can’t be true!"

"My goodness! This is truly the Destroying Path Thunder Infant! It’s said in books that the Destroying Path Thunder Infant can annihilate a Half-Saint!"

"The Jiuli, ranked fourth among the Myriad Dao-Soul Clans, actually submitted to this person! And it’s even a Royal Jiuli he’s conquered!"

The two Golden Core little demons were so scared, they collapsed to the ground, trembling non-stop.

Little did they know Ning Fan was truly startled by the well-informed nature of these two Golden Core little demons.

He was not surprised by their strength, but by their perceptiveness.

"These two little demons, with only Initiate Realm of Shekong cultivations, could so easily discern my methods. This seems somewhat peculiar..."

Ning Fan didn’t casually kill these two little demons but rather developed a curiosity to investigate further.

"Quickly report to the King, there is an intruder..." The two little demons, though collapsing on the ground, mustered up the courage to take out signal arrows, intending to inform their King out of loyalty.

Unfortunately, Ning Fan did not give them the opportunity to send out the signal. With a mere glance, the two little demons succumbed to his Illusory Art, unable to resist.

"Does Master still need the Black Evil Sect to break the thunder prohibitions of other palaces?" the Black Evil Sect member perched on Ning Fan’s shoulder humbly inquired.

"Not for now. I need to understand the situation here first. You have done well, rest for now." Ning Fan praised the Black Evil Sect member, as well as the other two members of the Black Demon Squad - Thunder Sparrow and Thunder Infant.

"Not a problem, not a problem! Master may not know this, but the thunder prohibitions here are too delicious. They’re greatly beneficial to my cultivation; I haven’t had my fill yet. Master, please find more thunder prohibitions for me to consume." The Ancestral Thunder Sparrow pleaded.

Having lived a whole life, this was the first time it tasted such pure lightning power. If it could consume more, it was confident of breaking through its cultivation in a very short time.

"Haven’t had enough, still want more..." The Destroying Path Thunder Infant, with a pitiful expression of "help me up, I can still eat," gazed at Ning Fan.

Ning Fan was at a loss for words.

Did these two gluttons know what thunder prohibitions they had just consumed were? Those prohibitions were set by strong cultivators of the Fourth Step!

Ning Fan had only managed to break the prohibitions by using the power of his own lightning diagram to slow down the operation of the thunder power within the prohibitions, employing the Momentum Character Secret to tear apart the most damaged parts of the prohibitions, plus the assistance of the Ancestral Thunder Sparrow and Destroying Path Thunder Infant.

Though they managed to break through the prohibition, Ning Fan was quite exhausted and injured, only healing his wounds thanks to the Three Mulberry Ancient Tree.

Yet these two fellows were eating happily, not realizing that any mishap during the process of breaking through the prohibitions could result in complete annihilation...

"Come back!"

Ignoring the demands of the two gluttons to continue consuming thunder, Ning Fan withdrew the Black Demon Squad into the Xuan Yin Treasure, then approached the two little demons.

The situation before him was quite different from what he had envisioned. He initially thought that breaking the prohibitions would allow him to leave this place, not realizing he was only leaving one of the many palaces before him.

He thought he could leave this place just like that, but it wasn’t that simple at all.

It seems necessary to gather some information about this place...

"You two, answer my questions. I’ll ask one, and you both answer one..." Ning Fan commanded the two little demons.

"Yes, King. Right away, King..." The two little demons, under the Illusory Art’s influence, would not resist in any way.

"Let’s first address the question that confuses me the most: Why can you two, with only Gold Core cultivations, see through so many of my methods?"

"It’s because of Lord Duowen, King told us that all the knowledge we’ve acquired is from the residual power left by Lord Duowen in the North Pole Palace... Duowen Wushuang, Ziwei Four Sacred Artifacts... Duowen Wushuang, Ziwei Four Sacred Artifacts."

...

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ning Fan ended the questioning. Activating the Illusory Art strength again, he put the two little demons into a slumber from which they would wake without remembrance of having ever met Ning Fan here.

"Interesting. Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon the Ziwei Immortal Sovereign’s cave abode. Could this really be a coincidence, or some plot by that old scoundrel from the North Sea..."

"The possibility of a scheme is small. After all, when I was sent into the spatial turbulence, I clearly perceived that old scoundrel from the North Sea was also sent into the turbulence by the formation pattern. Facing the power of the Saint Pattern Formation, the North Sea Old Thief lost his physical body in an instant, and whether his Spirit survived that situation is debatable. If this were all a scheme against me, the cost would be too immense..."

"If all this isn’t a scheme, then it must be explained by good fortune. In the Era of Decline, only ancient great cultivators might cultivate the Immortal Fate Nine Colors, whereas I am only at the realm of an Immortal King, yet I have achieved the Immortal Fate Nine Colors. The power of the Saint Pattern Formation’s strike shouldn’t have been enough to bring me into this Immortal Sovereign’s palace, but due to this palace’s long neglect and many damaged prohibitions, there was a slight chance. The North Sea Old Thief meant to harm me but inadvertently helped me stumble upon a treasury; he sought to kill me but instead brought ruin upon himself... If everything has been driven by fortune, then the path of fortune is indeed terrifying..."

Although having inadvertently entered an Immortal Sovereign treasury and gained a tremendous opportunity, Ning Fan’s expression was not joyful, but grave.

Because he thought of a person.

An enemy who rose to power through good fortune— the Emperor of Fate.

This man claimed to wield fortune, likely practiced in the control of fortune...seeing how terrifying the way of fortune is, controlling fortune must be of immense power...

"To deal with the Emperor of Fate, perhaps one cannot rely solely on cultivation and Divine Skills, but destiny is the key...Without a fortune of the same level, I won’t even have a chance to confront him equally...Regular luck may not be effective against him, even if I have cultivated the Immortal Fate Nine Colors, I am still under his control. The best means to counter the control of fortune is indeed Black Fortune. At its extreme, Black Fortune compares to Fu Li...To defeat the Emperor of Fate, the power of Fu Li is critical; with my current power of Fu Li, I cannot yet contend with fortune control..."

"I’ve always wanted to enhance the power of Fu Li, yet couldn’t find a way... If the words of these two little demons are true, then within this Ziwei Beiji Palace, there might truly be something I’ve always longed for."

According to the two little demons, their ability to see through Ning Fan’s Divine Skills was not due to their own insight or vision, but because they possessed a kind of innate knowledge power.

In this world, to gain knowledge, one must learn, but there is a treasure that allows one to have innate knowledge.

This treasure, called [Duowen Wushuang], is one of the Ziwei Immortal Cultivators’ four sacred artifacts they dream of.

The owner of Duowen Wushuang can have innate knowledge; the reason the two little demons could see through Ning Fan’s Divine Skills is because they received a fraction of Duowen Wushuang’s power, greatly enhancing their knowledge.

"According to the two demons, the Ziwei Immortal Sovereign had four treasures during his lifetime, which together become a Heaven-Opening Artifact, and separated, they have numerous wondrous uses. These four treasures are revered as the four sacred artifacts by the Ziwei Immortal Cultivators, and within the current Ziwei North Pole Palace resides Duowen Wushuang from the four sacred artifacts. Apart from Duowen Wushuang, the other three sacred artifacts have been lost and are not within the palace."

Duowen Wushuang, allows innate knowledge, providing all necessary knowledge.

Wide-Eye Boundless, grants infinite eye power, enabling endless casting of eye-type Divine Skills without damaging vision.

Zengzhang Infinite, breaks the limits of qi and blood, allowing unlimited growth.

National Defender Unbeatable, while stepping on one’s native land, renders them invincible.

"Unexpectedly, such miraculous treasures exist in the world, enabling a cultivator to be born with knowledge. Since I’ve entered a treasure mountain, how can I return empty-handed? This Duowen Wushuang, it’s mine..." Ning Fan said with a smile.

The Ant Lord, however, couldn’t bring herself to smile.

She had been quietly observing everything, yet she didn’t want to speak to Ning Fan!

She was envious of Ning Fan’s fortune!

If I could report Ning Fan to the heavens, I would definitely report him for his incredible luck!

Being knocked flying, he can land into the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s cave; if the Northern Sea True Lord knew Ning Fan got fortune because of him, he’d probably have a mental breakdown.

Besides feeling speechless, she also felt a bit worried.

She worried that Ning Fan might actually find Duowen Wushuang, such a great treasure, within this North Pole Palace, a situation she did not wish to see!

"I live in this lad’s divine sense, peacefully coexisting with him, only because he cannot kill me. But if he acquires the Duowen Wushuang, receives supreme knowledge, he might comprehend some special method to kill me... Not good, not good! Although I helped him refine the Merit Umbrella, I have also mocked him daily. If he truly gains a method to exterminate me, he may not spare my life! Dreadful Northern Sea, cursed Northern Sea! Why did you have to knock this lad here, causing me such trouble..."

The Ant Lord grew more and more worried as she thought, deciding she would absolutely not help Ning Fan find treasures! As long as Ning Fan doesn’t obtain Duowen Wushuang, she can be safe and carefree!

"You think too much, our hearts are connected, you should know my character. You helped me refine the Merit Umbrella, so for the sake of this umbrella, I won’t do anything to you." Ning Fan said helplessly. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Really?" The Ant Lord half doubted, half believed.

"Really."

"You! Liar! If you believe a man, then Ning Fan would climb a tree!"

"..."

...

After the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign died, the treasures within the Purple Dou North Pole Palace experienced long and lonely years without an owner.

That period was so lengthy, long enough for items that shouldn’t possess spirit awareness to develop spirit awareness, transforming into demons.

Ximu Palace is the place where the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign stored miscellaneous goods; in the palace, all demons were transformed from these miscellaneous items. Among them, the most numerous are Dao Crystal Demons, followed by demons transformed from low-grade magical treasures and expensive pills. Miscellaneous items are mostly lower-tier stuff, so even if they transform into demons, their Taoist skills won’t be high.

There are many little demons here, but few strong ones. In Ximu Palace, there are only a few hundred demons who reached the Second Step of cultivation, among them, the highest cultivation belongs to a Dan Demon transformed from a Nine Revolutions Silver Pill, at the Initiate Realm of Shekong, respected by those in Ximu Palace as King Ximu.

Ximu Palace boasts more than three thousand halls, the grandest of which is currently hosting a banquet.

Today is King Ximu’s joyous day; after a bitter three-thousand-year courtship, Lady Golden Bottle has finally agreed to his proposal, willing to become his Dao companion.

"How slow! It’s been so long, why haven’t Qing-Face and Red-Face returned yet! Could it be these two fools got drunk on the way? How difficult it is to let these fools accomplish anything proper!" At the feast, a demon in festive clothing and a rugged appearance, King Ximu grumbled unhappily.

Beside him sat a female demon also in festive attire, his hopelessly pined Dao companion, Lady Golden Bottle.

Lady Golden Bottle is not terribly beautiful, there are many more attractive female demons in Ximu Palace, and many with higher cultivation.

Yet she alone, managed to make King Ximu obsessed.

King Ximu was transformed from an expensive pill, and she was transformed from its bottle.

She was once his protective pill bottle, but now, she no longer has the power to protect him.

Today, she is merely a shattered cultivation, death-imminent bottle demon.

While he is the King of Ximu Palace.

"With the King’s abilities, you could seek better; if you regret now, it’s still not too late... This humble lady’s days are numbered, why should the King spend his emotions on me, only to add sorrow..." Lady Golden Bottle whispered, biting her lip.

"Hahaha! Madam likes to jest with me! Though the female demons in Ximu Palace are many, none can compare to Madam; in my eyes, Madam is..."

King Ximu was about to speak some sweet words, but his expression changed suddenly, shouting in alarm.

"You you you... who are you!"

For it turns out, at this merry feast of demons, someone had appeared unnoticed!

It was a young man in white whom nobody had seen, even King Ximu had never met him!

The young man found an empty spot at the banquet, drinking alone, revealing no aura at all, seemingly becoming one with nature. If King Ximu hadn’t happened to glance in that direction, he would never have noticed that an outsider was here!

Due to King Ximu’s alarm, the entire banquet turned dead silent instantly, all music stopped! All the laughing demons were replaced by expressions of fear!

"My name is Ning Fan." Ning Fan said calmly, his eyes subtly scanning between King Ximu and Lady Golden Bottle, with just one glance, seemingly seeing through them completely.

With just one glance, it felt as if the entire world was pressing down!

Resistance was futile!

Even if all the demons of Ximu Palace were combined, they couldn’t stand against this person for an instant!

King Ximu broke into a cold sweat, by this point, how could he not realize Ning Fan was an outsider.

Outsiders fall into two categories; one is the Clan Leader of the Fengnu Clan, Ning Fan clearly is not, he doesn’t possess any trace of the Fengnu Clan bloodline.

The other is a troublesome intruder.

Clearly, Ning Fan was the latter!

Outsiders say the Purple Dou North Pole Palace cannot be freely entered or exited, but only the demons within the North Pole Palace know that from ancient times to now, several outsiders have intruded!

White-Haired Immortal Lord Lie Yukou! This person was formed by a strand of purple Dou Immortal Sovereign’s white hair, thus able to enter and exit the palace freely, no one can stop him, and no one would dare!

Also, the North Sea Great Kun! This hungry creature was personally nurtured by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign, once received a promise from the Immortal Sovereign, so each time it felt hungry, it could enter the North Pole Palace for food, entering the palace felt like coming home, super happy.

In recent years, a mysterious eyeball demon intruded into this palace on a wondrous feather, seemingly the moment the broadly limitless Wide-Eye Sacred Artifact sealed somewhere in the palace vanished.

Later, a few Evil Sect intruded into the North Pole Palace. These Evil Sect claimed to come from Demon-Sealing Peak, wreaking havoc upon entering, no one could stop them.

That day, blood flowed like a river within the North Pole Palace.

That day, King Ximu was pinned to the ground by an Evil Sect among them, one self-claimed to be Old Demon Tansheng, with a sword. This man’s cultivation was too high, high enough to kill King Ximu with a mere breath! But that Old Demon Tansheng refused to give him a swift end, seeming to enjoy King Ximu’s fearful expression before death.

A little bit of torture.

A little bit of dismemberment.

No one dared to save King Ximu.

Only Lady Golden Bottle... dared.

"I won’t let you hurt him..." Lady Golden Bottle said.

Following that, the one pinned to the ground became Lady Golden Bottle, her Demon Soul was sliced apart bit by bit by that Old Demon Tansheng, it was at that time Lady Golden Bottle’s cultivation was ruined...

When all the demons were desperate, an old demon named Duowen appeared! This person at the cost of his life, unleashed the Origin Thunder Sea within the Transforming Thunder Pool, repelling those Evil Sect. Duowen even split some of his power before dying, infusing it into the North Pole Palace.

From then, the demons in the North Pole Palace became knowledgeable, even newly formed demons were no exception. Out of gratitude, many demons referred to the deceased Duowen as Lord Duowen as a sign of respect.

...

King Ximu showed a look of hatred, and within the hatred, there was fear.

He was very afraid, afraid that Ning Fan was from the Demon-Sealing Peak again, afraid that this time, his wife would again be pinned to the ground with a sword.

Lord Duowen is dead, and this time, there will be no one to save these demons.

His heart was filled with fear, not only the fear of Ning Fan, but more so, the fear left in his spirit sense by the old demon Tansheng.

He was trembling with fear, even his breath was not stable, he wanted to fall down, wanted to run away, wanted to cry out, wanted to beg, wanted to...

"Don’t be afraid, my husband."

Lady Golden Bottle held King Ximu’s hand, no longer calling him king but addressing him as husband.

"If we die today, we will go together."

...

Ning Fan was speechless.

Did he really appear bloodthirsty, or was his name that frightening? Just asking his name could scare a couple into mutual despair?

"I just came to ask for directions. Could you give me a map of the interior of the North Pole Palace? The restrictions on spirit sense here are too great." Ning Fan put down the wine cup.

"Yes, yes..." King Ximu nodded frantically; how could he dare say no? Of course, he quickly offered up the map of the North Pole Palace.

"Thank you. Your wine, not bad."

Ning Fan glanced at the map, then put it away, turned, and walked out of the palace.

Seeing Ning Fan leave, all the demons breathed a sigh of relief.

However, some demons noticed that on the table where Ning Fan had been drinking, a wooden box had been left behind.

King Ximu also noticed this matter, how dare he not remind Ning Fan that he had forgotten something.

"Immortal, hold on! You’ve left something here!"

But Ning Fan walked too fast. He wanted to catch up, but Ning Fan was already gone, as if worried that staying longer would further disrupt the atmosphere of the wedding feast.

"Phew, really scared me to death. That person actually didn’t slaughter us, seems he isn’t of the same ilk as the Demon-Sealing Peak." Some demons who had experienced the previous catastrophe breathed a long sigh of relief.

But King Ximu did not feel any sense of relief.

He stared at the wooden box in his hand, as if facing a formidable enemy!

This was something Ning Fan left behind; who knew if there was a prohibition inside that would explode upon opening!

The demented ones from the Demon-Sealing Peak, those twisted inside, sending an explosion to the enemy surviving the disaster, perhaps such perverts exist...

Gulp.

King Ximu was full of trepidation, but still opened the wooden box. He had no choice; if this box had malicious intent, not opening it would not satisfy the opponent’s sadistic interest, they would come back directly.

"Huh, this is... this is..." King Ximu was stunned.

Of course, inside the wooden box couldn’t be the explosive Immortal Talisman he imagined.

Instead, it was a pill that emitted a strange fragrance.

King Ximu, possessing supreme knowledge, immediately saw through the origin of the pill.

Nine-Turn Resurrection Elixir!

The Ninth Revolution Golden Pill specialized for healing demon souls!

He previously went to the territory of the demon alchemists to steal expensive pills for just this item, only to be beaten out by the powerful demon alchemists.

But now, he had obtained it!

"My wife! My wife! You are saved, saved! Thank you, Immortal, thank you, Immortal!"

...

After Ning Fan left for a long time, King Ximu’s banquet finally restored its joyous atmosphere, and there was more laughter than before Ning Fan arrived.

The sound of laughter traveled far, eventually reaching Ning Fan’s ears, and finally turning into a smile at Ning Fan’s mouth.

"This wine is really good."

Ning Fan took out the Black Wind Gourd, took a sip from it. Naturally, the wine was poured from the banquet. Using the infamous Black Wind Gourd for drinking shows a truly bold heart.

The wine wasn’t actually any fine wine.

But in Ning Fan’s view, such wine was better than any wine under the heavens.

"The map is in hand, next is to find the whereabouts of Duowen Wushuang among this vast palace complex. The whereabouts seem to be the greatest mystery within the North Pole Palace, unknown to the palace’s demons. However, this won’t baffle me."

Ning Fan squatted down, picked up a stone from under a dilapidated palace wall.

"May I ask, Stone Brother, do you know the whereabouts of Duowen Wushuang..."

"Hmm? You know, but you refuse to tell me?"

"That’s not good, very bad. Hmm? What are you saying, you’re not Stone Brother? You’re Stone Maiden?"

"Sorry, I addressed you wrong. Then Stone Maiden, can you tell me the whereabouts of Duowen Wushuang?"

"You still don’t want to say? Hehe, quite stubborn, but how about this..."

After trying this and that, and that and this...

"Hehe, finally decided to concede, what, you want to do it again, it’s not good..."

...

The Ant Lord was on the brink of tears.

Her worldview was refreshed again by Ning Fan!

"Stop! Please stop! That’s a stone, that’s a stone! I beg you not to further pollute the eyes of this palace! I will call you Brother Ning, alright? Brother Ning, stop, Brother Ning, please stop! Don’t bully the stone anymore, I will help, I will help you find Duowen Wushuang! Leave this stone alone!"

"You’re too attached, Ant Lord Maiden. A stone can be a stone, but also can, not be a stone..."