Martial Peak

No one else dared to come to this particular area in the void that Luan Bai Feng had brought Yang Kai to visit.

A lot of shattered Spirit Provinces were scattered around this area. It was apparent that these shattered Spirit Provinces were parts of the destroyed Ore Stars.

Yang Kai looked around and realised in shock that there were cultivators standing on these shattered Spirit Provinces. Without fail, they were all engulfed in dark fog. They were obviously Black Ink Disciples.

It seemed that they were cultivating.

A strange energy fluctuation was felt coming from a particular direction, which prompted Yang Kai to turn his head and have a look.

Luan Bai Feng noticed it as well. She then said with a smile, “What a coincidence. Something is about to happen. Let’s go take a look.”

Without saying anything, Yang Kai followed her.

A moment later, they arrived at a spot that was 30 kilometres away from a shattered Spirit Province. There was a Black Ink Disciple on the shattered Spirit Province who was performing a set of hand seals. Black Ink Strength weltered around his figure.

Yang Kai found the Black Ink Disciple familiar, so he reckoned that the person was Luan Bai Feng’s former subordinate. He had been to Black Territory twice prior to this, so he should have seen him before.

At this moment, the illusory phantom of the Small Universe behind the person was flickering, and his World Force was undulating. It was apparent that he was on the brink of achieving an ascension.

“Is he going to break through?” Yang Kai arched his brow.

Luan Bai Feng nodded, “En. Fan Xiu Qi has been stuck in the Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm for 2,000 years.”

Fan Xiu Qi was the name of this Black Ink Disciple. Luan Bai Feng was a Sixth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master, so her subordinates were all below the Sixth-Order. She especially regarded Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters highly. Fan Xiu Qi was one of them and he had been her subordinate for 1,000 years.

He was a ruthless man who was originally from a small Sect. Since he was displeased with the Sect Master for distributing materials unfairly, he decided to kill him and fled from the Sect. As he had nowhere else to go, he eventually arrived at Black Territory and became Luan Bai Feng’s subordinate.

He had been stuck in the Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm for the past 2,000 years, so it was obvious that his aptitude was ordinary.

Yang Kai had a speculation about what Luan Bai Feng wanted him to see.

“You know, Fan Xiu Qi only managed to break through to the Third Order initially.” Luan Bai Feng looked in that direction with a fervent expression.

There were countless Third-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters in the 3,000 Worlds, making it the starting point for most Open Heaven Realm Masters.

The limits of their own aptitudes, the difficulty of acquiring materials, and their finances made it impossible for most cultivators to have a better choice when ascending to the Open Heaven Realm. Moreover, even ascending to the Third-Order Open Heaven Realm was a dream that a lot of people could never achieve in their lifetimes.

Qi was just one of those many people. Although he was ordinary,

the Third-Order Open Heaven Realm, the end of their Martial Dao would be the Fifth-Order. In other words, if nothing unexpected happened, the Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm was the best Fan Xiu Qi could achieve in his life. That was

was showing signs of achieving

do with his own aptitude or the materials provided to him from Black Territory. It was entirely because of the Black

and allow Fan Xiu Qi to have

Black Ink Strength that

wonders of the Black Ink Strength were manifested right before

truly flabbergasted. He had never witnessed this before, so even though he understood the allure of Black Ink Strength to cultivators, it

the public, a lot of people wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation. In order to

the Sixth-Order. With that said, Fan Xiu Qi had stayed in the Fifth Order for 2,000 years, so he had accumulated enough heritage. He was already at the peak of the Fifth Order, so even

and Fan Xiu Qi successfully broke

Feng was evidently

Sixth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters due to various reasons. With Fan Xiu Qi ascending to the Sixth Order, their collective power was now

cultivation after the breakthrough. However, upon realising

Yang Kai had a feeling that something

it seemed it wasn’t as miraculous as he had

Fan Xiu Qi had a short and frail-looking figure, but at this moment, his body had swollen up and become quite bulky, even a bit disfigured in fact. It was as

who were familiar with him would no longer be

breakthrough was obviously a hidden danger of the Black Ink Strength. Although Yang Kai had no idea what consequences

then turned to look

in this particular Spirit Province was showing signs of achieving a breakthrough as well. Perhaps Fan Xiu Qi’s ascension had caused this person’s Internal Qi to

Feng’s former subordinate, but he was only in the Fourth-Order Open Heaven Realm. According

the influence of the Black Ink

witnessing Fan Xiu Qi’s experience, Luan Bai Feng became even more

had initially broken through to the

was only a step away from the Seventh Order, and when she finally achieved a breakthrough one day, there wouldn’t

and even the Ninth Order.

Si’s ascension wasn’t as smooth as that of Fan Xiu Qi. The

and Yang Kai observed him, his aura rose from the Fourth Order to the Fifth Order. The moment it hit the Fifth Order though, the Black Ink Strength that had

here was to observe her companions who would break through their limits so that she could get prepared for her future ascension. She didn’t know how

wildly. Sometimes he would

settled more than

was lying on the ground and

in front of him. Upon seeing his condition, they couldn’t help but

Si was in a terrible state. His power was undulating uncontrollably as his aura dropped to the Fourth Order, then rose to

Shu Yuan Si’s appearance had changed drastically. His clothes were all tattered, and his body was covered with sarcomas. Some of them were as big as a head while some of them were as small as a fist. A dark power was seen flowing