The Black Plague

Chapter 609: The Black Calamity Unfolds

Lin Fan left, not going to the Nine Heavens, nor staying in the Three Thousand Provinces. He chose to go to the Cross Yin and Yang Land.

Because his injuries were far worse than imagined; a wisp of black substance had invaded his body, raging madly, threatening to plunge him into darkness.

This was extremely dangerous, like a ticking time bomb. If it were to erupt, the Three Thousand Provinces would be affected, so he did not remain in the Upper Realm.

“You’re injured…” As soon as he entered the Forbidden Zone, the half crystal skull glowed, transforming into the White-robed Man, who looked surprised.

This time, the cosmic lake did not appear, nor did the thatched hut manifest; it remained dry and dilapidated, as if very abrupt.

However, with the Forbidden Zone environment unchanged, he manifested like this, observing Lin Fan’s unusual state with surprise.

“Dark substance!” The White-robed Man was as handsome as jade. As an Immortal King in his former life, his discerning eye naturally spotted it at a glance.

“Senior, please lend me a place to recuperate!” Lin Fan said urgently, not explaining much, as his condition was truly severe now.

Not only was his Physical Body damaged and heavily wounded, almost dying under the origin ancient artifact, but his Primordial Spirit was also dim and on the verge of unconsciousness.

Now, he urgently needed a safe, uninhabited place, far from the mundane world, to quietly heal his injuries.

“Ch!”

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone nodded, understanding his current state. With a wave of his hand, a primal ancient hall appeared.

Lin Fan did not hesitate, quickly flying in. This grand hall was covered in runes, isolating everything inside and out, perfect for his seclusion.

“Puff…”

However, his injuries were truly terrible. An unknown power remained within his body, crushing him, causing him to constantly cough up blood, and his skull and limbs were cracking.

Even his Divine Soul was splitting, terrifyingly so, looking as if it could be destroyed at any moment.

This scene was extremely tragic. If it were an ordinary True Immortal, suffering such a Dao injury would surely result in the complete destruction of both body and spirit.

That Lin Fan could endure this was truly a miracle!

However, he was decisive. His Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body, avoiding the continuous冲击 of the black light within his body, prevented it from eroding his Divine Soul.

At the same time, carrying a cluster of the most original essence blood, he abandoned his Physical Body!

“Boom!”

Before long, under great magical power, that cluster of essence blood reshaped an indestructible body. He quickly reassembled, and his Primordial Spirit returned to its place.

At this Realm, the so-called Rebirth from a drop of blood meant exactly this.

Additionally, Lin Fan took out Medicinal Pills refined from Longevity Medicine and consumed them to nourish himself.

However, in the Era of Emperor Fall, he had already taken a Supreme great medicine once and developed resistance; taking it again, the effect was halved.

Thus, he took out a jade jar containing refined immortal blood great medicine, which he absorbed like a whale, emphasizing quantity.

Even so, Lin Fan’s newly formed body was still dripping blood, enduring a mysterious force in the ethereal Realm, as if it could not be completely cut off.

Not far away, his discarded old body was torn into pieces, and a wisp of the purest Dark Creature substance floated there.

“Source of calamity, perish for me!”

Lin Fan roared, attacking his old body, fearing that it would fall into darkness, give birth to a new Primordial Spirit, and become a great menace.

“Boom!”

With a punch, his previous body exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

At this moment, even the originally crimson, sacred blood was tinged with a faint black light. If he had been a step slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

“Ch!”

Then, the undying phoenix flames surged, carrying rich immortal light, burning fiercely to thoroughly purify the Dark Creature substance.

This was a disaster. If even a wisp were to leak, it could cause a Dark evolution.

“No rush, I’ll leave once my injuries are a bit better.”

Lin Fan immediately went into seclusion where he was. Even though he cultivated the Dao of life and death, he coughed up blood for several years, spending that time healing.

The Physical Body is easy to heal, but the Primordial Spirit is difficult to cure. At this Realm, the Divine Soul is the foundation; if it suffers damage, it is far worse than the body.

Ten years passed in a flash, and Lin Fan was still in seclusion. This time, his injuries were too severe, and he needed time to recover.

Moreover, he needed to temper his blood again and again to eliminate the Dark Creature substance, and at the same time, he was Soul Refining, fearing any lingering hidden dangers.

It wasn’t until his injuries stabilized a bit that he emerged from seclusion to meet the Lord of the Forbidden Zone and explain the situation.

“I thought you were going to fall into darkness,” the Lord of the Forbidden Zone said, staring at him, his face filled with shock.

On the altar, the three old monsters from the Xiling Realm, now revived, were also startled upon learning the truth.

A being not even at the Immortal King Realm, after coming into contact with the origin ancient artifact, could still survive? Was he Heaven-Defying?

One must know, the terror of that thing was renowned throughout the heavens; no Immortal King saw it without dread, and all would try to avoid its illumination.

But now, Lin Fan faced it head-on, even with a crack in the box, and survived, which was truly astonishing.

“It was luck. If not for some methods, I would have truly perished this time,” Lin Fan said, still feeling a lingering fear when he recalled it.

He could guarantee that if he had fallen into darkness, he would definitely have become a super evolutionary, with immense potential, possibly becoming an Immortal King within ten thousand years.

After all, that was the Dark Creature substance released by the origin ancient artifact, the purest form, meaning it could evolve infinitely until it became a giant.

This was something many in the Foreign Realm yearned for, exceedingly precious and rarely encountered.

However, at that point, he probably wouldn’t be himself; his Primordial Spirit would be obscured, replaced, and he would in turn become a disaster for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

“It’s not entirely a bad thing. Since you were illuminated and didn’t die, perhaps next time you encounter it, you can be largely immune,” the Lord of the Forbidden Zone said. Then, he recounted a rumor.

It was said that the first creature to touch the origin ancient artifact and not die could initially be immune to it, and even possess a certain ability.

Lin Fan pondered. It seemed his little brother was also like this, but unlike him, the other party touched a different one, from the Burial Earth.

However, these were not important for now; he put them aside. He had been gone for over ten years and was eager to know about the outside world.

However, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone didn’t know much either, though Shi Hao occasionally traveled to the Upper Realm, bringing back some news.

“That kid is now in a hurry to seek a Breakthrough to Supreme. He truly doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. Five hundred years is a forbidden line,” the crystal skull said.

“I don’t think so. Thresholds are always for Geniuses to break. Besides, is it really that hard to become a Supreme under five hundred years old?”

Lin Fan spoke casually, pointing to himself as a living example right there.

As soon as he said this, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, the crystal skull, the golden hand bone, and the dripping eyeball all felt implicitly criticized.

Afterward, Lin Fan did not linger much. He thanked them and returned to the Upper Realm.

When he arrived back in the Three Thousand Provinces, his Divine Thought moved, and he instantly learned a great deal of information, which surprised him.

“Has the darkness still descended?”

During his seclusion, the cage of the Spirit Realm was broken, and in just one day, two great provinces fell, with black mist raging.

By now, over ten years later, the dark territory had expanded by more than a thousand times, and half of the Three Thousand Provinces’ land was eroded.

Besides that, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths successively experienced “Black Calamity”!

It was no longer just a local matter; other ancient continents were all the same, with Dark Creature substance emerging and occupying large areas of cultivation pure lands.

For this, even the Immortal Domain had no choice but to send troops, fearing being affected, guarding various places, and engaging in continuous slaughter.

“Heh… The Immortal Domain and the Dark Creature are both looking for me, with ill intentions!”

Lin Fan snorted coldly, then learned another important piece of news, his face turning cold. After that, he soared into the sky, heading straight for the Nine Heavens.