Chapter 660 - 179: Burial Immortal Valley, Immortal Demon Blood... The Profound Origin Secret Realm Competition Begins

Chapter 660: Chapter 179: Burial Immortal Valley, Immortal Demon Blood... The Profound Origin Secret Realm Competition Begins

Since then, even without using any Treasure Plants, his Pollution Level had still fluctuated several times.

In the darkness, it felt as if an invisible hand was pushing him, step by step, toward a predetermined path.

Burial Immortal Valley...

Those three words echoed in his mind like a curse.

When he first learned that the Demon Suppression Stele was the "key" to opening the Burial Immortal Valley, Chu Fan hadn’t paid it much mind.

His reasoning was clear—no matter what schemes the Zhang Family of Qing Province had laid out, or what the Moon Worship Sect was secretly plotting, as long as he, the Key Holder, didn’t go to the Burial Immortal Valley, that gate would never open.

Knowing it was fraught with danger, why would he willingly walk right into a trap?

He had the Map of Mountains and Rivers; he just needed to cultivate in seclusion to grow continuously stronger.

Why risk his life in the Burial Immortal Valley?

But now...

Chu Fan closed his eyes, and information extracted from the Zhang Family Ancestor’s memory fragments surfaced in his mind.

What concerned him most wasn’t the Moon Worship Sect’s conspiracy, nor the Zhang Family’s ambition, but the legend of the "Immortal Demon Blood."

The Burial Immortal Valley contained "Immortal Demon Blood."

A single drop of Immortal Demon Blood could forge an Immortal Demon Body!

And an Immortal Demon Body could ignore the pollution between heaven and earth—this was the one piece of information from the Zhang Family Ancestor’s memory that he was most certain of.

That old monster had been so obsessed with the Burial Immortal Valley not only because he wanted to control the Power of Heaven and Earth, but more so to use the Immortal Demon Blood to purify himself and completely escape the corruption of the pollution.

’If this is true...’

Chu Fan opened his eyes, a complicated look within them.

If the Immortal Demon Blood could truly suppress or even purify the pollution, then he, who carried the Demon Suppression Stele and whose Pollution Level was constantly rising, would have no choice but to make a trip to the Burial Immortal Valley.

The Profound Origin Secret Realm only opened once every ten years. If he didn’t go this time, he would have to wait another decade for the next.

He had only been cultivating for a little over half a year, yet his Pollution Level had already reached 14.

Chu Fan didn’t think he could last ten years.

He sighed softly, took a yellowed sheepskin map from his robes, and spread it out under the candlelight.

This was the topographical map of the Profound Origin Secret Realm gifted to him by Demon Suppression Envoy Leng Qingqiu.

It marked the known dangerous areas, resource points, and the possible locations of Purifying Nightmare Spirit Crystals and Clear and Muddy Spirit Source Ore Veins within the Secret Realm.

In a few days, the Profound Origin Secret Realm tournament would begin.

After the tournament, the Secret Realm would truly open.

According to the agreement reached between the Demon Suppression Bureau and the various powers, all participants could gather resources within the Secret Realm.

And Purifying Nightmare Spirit Crystals and the Clear and Muddy Spirit Source were precisely what Chu Fan needed most right now.

Purifying Nightmare Spirit Crystals could temporarily suppress the corruption of pollution, while the Clear and Muddy Spirit Source could wash away the impurities in his Primordial Qi.

Chu Fan’s fingertips traced over several marked mining spots on the map, committing the entire layout to memory.

’The Profound Origin Secret Realm is just the antechamber to the Burial Immortal Valley...’

To enter the Burial Immortal Valley, one must first enter the Profound Origin Secret Realm.

Originally, the major Noble Sects of Qing Province were unaware of this.

But after he took the "key," the Zhang Family, left with no other choice, had spread the news about the Burial Immortal Valley.

The opening of the Profound Origin Secret Realm this time would be vastly different from before...

In the past, all the powers had their eyes on the Purifying Nightmare Spirit Crystals and the Clear and Muddy Spirit Source.

But this time, they were all staring at the Burial Immortal Valley!

Chu Fan snorted coldly, his thoughts returning to the Zhang Family Ancestor’s memory fragments.

According to the Zhang Family Ancestor’s memories, that old monster had undergone Demonic Transformation many years ago.

But he had used a massive amount of Clear and Muddy Spirit Source to forge a Spirit Coffin, burying himself in a tomb built of Purifying Nightmare Spirit Crystals to suppress the pollution and maintain his sanity.

What terrified Chu Fan the most was that the old monster had actually initiated the Demonic Transformation himself!

Not only had he done it willingly, but he was also consciously wielding the Pollution Power!

Over the years, several Zhang Family Cultivators had undergone Demonic Transformation, and their power—including the Pollution Power they carried—was ultimately devoured by the Zhang Family Ancestor.

That old monster was actually using his descendants as nourishment, feeding on their flesh, blood, and pollution to sustain himself!

"Condensing Evil and Burning Heart Technique..."

Chu Fan recalled the scene of Zhang Ling’Er’s death.

After Zhang Ling’Er underwent Demonic Transformation, she was guided by the Zhang Family Ancestor’s Soul Division to cultivate this Evil Technique, drawing in the Evil Qi from the Flame Fire Forbidden Land to trigger a full-blown eruption of the pollution within her.

Even if Chu Fan hadn’t killed her, Zhang Ling’Er would have eventually become food for that old monster.

According to the old monster’s memories... if one could control the Pollution Power, they would be invincible among those of the same realm!

No wonder that old monster was so crazed!

In the Zhang Family Ancestor’s memory fragments, Chu Fan had seen images of the old monster fighting while manipulating pollution—black mist coiled like a living creature, and wherever it passed, the Spiritual Mechanism collapsed and the world grew dim.

The old monster was at the peak of the Sixth Realm, the Immortal Realm, yet other peak Immortal Realm experts couldn’t even last three moves against him!

It was a terrifying power, almost impossible to imagine.

However, the risks of Demonic Transformation were difficult to control; the slightest misstep would result in complete annihilation!

’What kind of person would be mad enough to stimulate and control the Pollution Power?’

According to the memories of the Zhang Family Ancestor’s Soul Division, the Moon Worship Sect’s method of controlling pollution originated from the legendary Moon God...

And that so-called Moon God was very likely residing high above on the Blood Moon.

’This path is too evil, too dangerous!’

Outside the window, the Blood Moon hung high in the sky.

Its scarlet light filtered through the window paper, casting eerie patches of light on the floor.

Chu Fan’s breathing quickened. He hurriedly closed his eyes and focused his mind, pulling his thoughts back to the present.

He secretly assessed his own combat strength.

’Third level of the Vajra Undying Body. My physical strength is enough to shatter a Lower Grade Ancient Treasure, and attacks from a peak Bright Heart Realm expert can barely scratch me.’

As he was now, he was practically unrivaled below the Fifth Realm.

’But what if I had to face an old monster like the Zhang Family Ancestor?’

’Or what if there are even more terrifying beings in the Burial Immortal Valley?’

Chu Fan opened his eyes, his gaze falling upon the Demon Suppression Bureau uniform in the corner of the room.

’After Leng Qingqiu read the memories of the Zhang Family Ancestor’s Soul Division, the Demon Suppression Bureau must have already made arrangements.’