# Chapter 501: Stirring Up Chaos
"Crack!"
Crimson red lightning, like ten-thousand-zhang blood rays spreading down, split Li Heishui's flesh open, his long hair standing on end toward the sky.
"Boom!"
Azure lightning, like a true dragon crossing the sky, suddenly crashed down, blasting the black dog several hundred zhang away, his body scorched black.
"Damn it, black boy, stop following me! You're drawing all the lightning toward my side!" the big black dog shouted angrily.
"Dead dog, didn't you say you wanted me as a shield? If I don't follow behind you, where should I go? Should I charge into the sea of lightning?" Li Heishui replied furiously.
An endless sea of lightning chased after them. One could imagine how terrifying Ye Fan's tribulation was—this entire mountain range was submerged.
At first, it was only purple lightning, but now crimson blood lightning and azure divine lightning had descended, various colors flashing continuously.
"Aside from the Five Elements Lightning Tribulation, there's also Seven-Colored Divine Lightning. That kid won't be reduced to ashes, will he?" the big black dog muttered as he sprinted.
"I don't know if Little Leaf will become ashes, but I know I'm about to become charcoal," Li Heishui said, black smoke rising from his body as he ran, gritting his teeth and shouting.
"Black boy, don't follow me! Let's split up!" the big black dog glared.
"Damn it, aside from the front, everywhere else is lightning. How can we split up? Why don't you run backward and I'll run forward, how about that?" Li Heishui said angrily.
"Doggy, hurry and run, the lightning is coming again." Little Nannan was very nervous, sitting on the big black dog's shoulder. Seven-colored light swirled at her brow, and the previous lightning hadn't harmed the little one.
"Here it comes again!" Li Heishui shouted, charging forward desperately.
Behind them, endless blood-colored lightning, like a flood overwhelming the sky, pressed down and surged forward, crushing mountains, ancient trees, and everything else. This was truly a sea of lightning.
"Owooo..." the big black dog screamed in agony as he was struck again. The glossy black fur that had just grown over the past two months was scorched once more.
Behind, Li Heishui howled even more miserably. Every inch of his flesh was pitch black—a veritable charcoal briquette, with only his teeth still gleaming white.
"Damn it, why am I so unlucky? I've been hit by seventeen bolts of lightning. It hurts so much..." the big black dog wailed, his long legs swiftly carrying him forward.
Li Heishui shouted from behind, "Dead dog, I've been hit by fourteen more bolts than you! What are you complaining about?"
"Owooo..." Another wave of lightning descended. The big black dog was struck and howled, his whole body covered in electric arcs.
"I'm going to die! If it weren't for the secret treasure my grandfather gave me, I'd be ash by now. Little Ye's damn tribulation is going to kill people!" Li Heishui screamed.
"Woof! Black boy, stop following me! You go left, I'll go right. Damn it, this lightning is all attracted by you!" the big black dog yelled.
"Dead dog, what does it have to do with me? Your dog karma is terrible—this lightning is all attracted by you!" Li Heishui fumed.
No matter how they ran, the lightning chased and struck them, as if they were also undergoing tribulation. It was a miserable sight.
"Damn it, I know what's going on now! We must have picked up some unclean things when we entered Sacred Cliff, and heaven is purifying us!" the big black dog said, as if realizing something.
"If this purification continues, we'll both be finished first!" Li Heishui's head ached, then he shouted, "Dead dog, you're defying heaven, running so fast! Carry me on your back, and I'll give you a ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine!"
If not for the spreading sea of lightning cutting off their escape, the big black dog would have already left Li Heishui far behind. His long legs indeed brought the first diagram of the Stride Art to its fullest expression.
"Unless you take out a Divine Immortality Pill, there's no way I'm going back to carry you!" the big black dog bared his teeth.
"Dead dog, you have no conscience! I've fed you so much roasted meat, and the flowery underpants you're wearing—I gave you those!" Li Heishui shouted.
"Damn it, it's just a pair of flowery underpants. I'll give you a stack back!" the big black dog sped away, his flowery underpants particularly bright.
"Doggy, save Brother Li." Little Nannan gently patted the big black dog's ear and whispered.
"It's fine. That black boy has thick skin and tough flesh. Getting struck by more lightning will be good for his future cultivation." The big black dog had ten thousand reasons not to turn back.
"Dead dog, you're really not a good thing. Don't blame me then!" Li Heishui was furious, then flicked his wrist, throwing an iron sword forward, turning it into a beam of azure light shooting ahead.
"Boom!"
Ten-thousand-zhang crimson lightning was instantly triggered, chasing the iron sword as it struck down.
"Woof!" The big black dog jumped and dodged, his fur standing on end, electric arcs flying. Furious, he shouted, "Black boy, you're too damn wicked!"
"Dead dog, you were the one who wasn't loyal first!" Li Heishui was also struck by lightning, fleeing with his head in his hands.
"Woof!" the big black dog screamed in agony. "Damn it, I'm scorched, I'm cooked!"
Little Nannan was speechless, watching them flee and bicker, not knowing how to mediate. The little one wasn't so scared anymore—the seven-colored light at her brow blocked the electric arcs, keeping her unharmed.
If the big black dog and Li Heishui suffered so miserably from the lightning, one could imagine Ye Fan at the center of the lightning sea. He endured who knew how many layers of tribulation.
All the surrounding mountains turned to ash. Not a single one remained. Everything was obliterated, and a bottomless abyss appeared on the ground.
Five Elements lightning, Seven-Colored Divine Lightning—one after another, they completely destroyed this place. Even Ye Fan's powerful physical body was split open.
"Even more terrifying than the tribulation in the Divine City of the Northern Domain!" Ye Fan was shocked. This wasn't breaking a curse, just breaking through a single realm, yet he suffered such a lightning tribulation.
"Could it be related to Sacred Cliff? Did I pick up some aura? Well, I'll use this lightning to purify myself." He vaguely considered this possibility.
"Boom!"
The Nine-Five Tribulation struck down again and again. Ye Fan's body was like metal being forged in a furnace. Golden blood splattered everywhere as he gritted his teeth and persisted.
In two months of seclusion, he had gained a great deal. He had cultivated the Stride Art to a very high level, appearing and disappearing mysteriously, walking through dangerous caves as if on flat ground.
Most importantly, he had broken through to the peak of the third realm of the Four Extremes Secret Realm, on the verge of entering the final realm of this secret realm. His combat power had increased by a large margin!
A full hour later, Ye Fan finally finished his tribulation. The primeval mountain range was devastated, covered in ash, with many distant mountains broken.
"Woof!"
In the distance came the sound of a dog barking, along with Li Heishui's curses.
"Little Ye, you've finally finished your tribulation. We've all suffered because of you. I was hit by a full fifty-seven bolts of lightning." When Li Heishui opened his mouth, sparks flew from his throat.
"Cooked, thoroughly cooked! Kid, you have to compensate me with a divine medicine!" The big black dog's whole body smelled of roasted meat. A broken sword hung from his bald tail, and electric arcs crackled in his eyes. He had been bickering with Li Heishui for a long time.
"Look at you two, so pathetic!" Ye Fan scolded.
They didn't leave but continued their seclusion, wanting to go further. Ye Fan especially felt a sense of urgency—the Ancient Assassin Divine Dynasty made him uneasy.
In the following months, the sounds of wind and thunder occasionally came from this mountain range, along with occasional dog barks.
They cultivated here in seclusion. Only Little Nannan was carefree, chasing butterflies and picking wildflowers in the mountains.
For a full half year, Ye Fan had cultivated most of the various secret arts inherited from the Heavenly Court. Although he couldn't reach the ultimate realm, he had reached the limit of what a Four Extremes cultivator could achieve.
"After the Four Extremes, one needs enlightenment. Indeed, life-and-death battles yield the greatest harvest!" Ye Fan sighed.
He had broken through a realm in two months of seclusion, but in the following four months, he couldn't step into the final layer of the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
The reason he had successfully broken through in those two months was closely related to his previous enlightenments!
In the Southern Domain, when he fought Hua Yunfei and faced "One Flower Blooms, Sovereign Over Realm," he had gained great enlightenment. In the Central Province, when he fought Golden Wing Little Peng King, breaking the first four forms of the Heavenly Demon Slaughter Saint Art, he had been on the verge of death and gained enlightenment to resolve the deadly situation.
Breaking through in two months was the result of accumulated experience—a thick accumulation yielding thin harvest, without any stagnation.
"Continuous enlightenment is needed!" Ye Fan's cultivation speed was already fast enough for the big black dog and Li Heishui to find monstrous, but he was not satisfied at all.
Half a month later, Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes. He sensed an unusual aura. Leaving an afterimage in the ancient cave, he appeared in the mountain valley where flowers bloomed.
"Pfft!"
He reached into the void with one hand and pulled out a black shadow. This was a young man with a cold expression, but now his face showed surprise.
"People from the Mortal World have found this place!" Li Heishui was alarmed.
"Woof! This is bad. They must have used celestial divination to deduce our location!" the big black dog ran out, looking serious.
Ye Fan said nothing. He placed his hand on the young man's crown and was about to extract his divine sense memories.
"Pfft!"
However, as soon as his hand approached the other's head, the young man's head exploded. Terrifying energy wrapped in flesh and blood rushed toward Ye Fan.
The flesh and blood punched black holes in the void, showing how much force was contained—enough to drag an enemy into complete annihilation.
"Bang!"
But Ye Fan's golden hand shook, turning all the flesh, blood, and energy to ash, completely obliterating them.
"So terrifying—Sacred Body at the peak of the third realm of the Four Extremes!" Li Heishui was shocked.
"Not good!" Ye Fan's heart jumped. He keenly sensed something and activated the Stride Art, turning into a wisp of smoke, disappearing in an instant.
Almost immediately, he arrived at the valley behind the mountain, just in time to see a woman walking toward Little Nannan, a cold smile on her face.
"Big sister, who are you? Don't come closer... I'm scared..." Little Nannan spoke timidly, backing away.
"Big sister will send you to the ancient halls of the underworld..." The black-clothed woman was icy cold, carrying an aura of death.
"Boom!"
Ye Fan flew through the air, his speed reaching the extreme. When the black-clothed woman noticed him, her eyes turned cold. A blood-dripping divine sword appeared in her hand, slashing toward Little Nannan's head.
"Clang!"
But to her surprise, Ye Fan's speed exceeded her imagination. He arrived first, blocking in front of Little Nannan, his golden hand striking the sword edge.
"Pfft!"
Ye Fan's palm was unharmed, but the blood-dripping divine sword instantly turned to powder, falling to the ground.
The refined gold, tempered a thousand times and imprinted with the power of laws, still couldn't withstand a single blow from Ye Fan's physical body, instantly becoming dust.
The black-clothed woman's expression changed. She turned to flee, but Ye Fan's strength had greatly increased. A large hand pressed down, freezing her in the air, and he grabbed her back.
"Monstrous! Even a Four Extremes Great Perfection assassin from the Divine Dynasty can be suppressed with a raise of the hand." Even the big black dog let out such an exclamation.
Ye Fan wanted to try extracting memories from her divine sense sea, but this woman also shattered uncontrollably. Deep within her brow, a peerless expert had placed forbidden power.
"How did the people from Mortal World and Hell find this place?" Li Heishui was alarmed.
"They are skilled in celestial divination. If they invite some old immortals to deduce, they can find an enemy's location. We've been in seclusion for over half a year without appearing. They must have invited a peerless expert to perform divination. These two came to confirm." The big black dog revealed this very bad news.
"Let's leave this place!"
Ye Fan had the big black dog carve dao patterns, and they quickly crossed the void. Then they continuously activated domain gates, changing directions several times, appearing a million li away.
"This won't work. If it comes to it, Little Ye, just leave the Eastern Wasteland. Would they chase you to the Central Province or the Western Desert?" Li Heishui said.
"Forcing me away like this—impossible!" Ye Fan now had some confidence.
Having mastered the Stride Art, he could protect himself. Now he could go anywhere in heaven or earth. He wasn't eager to flee but wanted to find trouble for the Ancient Assassin Divine Dynasty.
"If you don't leave, you might really face a deadly calamity!" Li Heishui warned. "Two ancient assassin divine dynasties have simultaneously issued kill orders on you. Now they've even invited peerless experts to deduce your location. This is a great disaster, hard to avoid."
"Indeed, very bad. It must be living fossils from the ancient halls deducing your location. If you don't leave, their seed candidates will all come out, treating you as prey to temper themselves." Black Emperor also warned.
Li Heishui said, "For two divine dynasties to issue kill orders, many people must have found them, simultaneously requesting your death!"
"Those who can find the ancient divine dynasties must be the most ancient inheritances. A kill order requires more than ten commissions." Ye Fan smiled here. "How many ancient inheritances are there in the Eastern Wasteland?"
"You know it well. Holy lands must be involved, along with some supreme great sects." Li Heishui nodded.
"In that case, don't blame me for being unkind!" Ye Fan smiled even more brightly. "Black Emperor, you should know how to contact the ancient assassin divine dynasties, right?"
"Kid, what do you want to do? Are you going to die? No, looking at your wicked smile, you must have no good intentions. Don't drag me into this!" the big black dog bared his teeth.
"It has nothing to do with you, not even a copper coin's worth. I plan to send a batch of source to the two divine dynasties!" Ye Fan laughed.
"You... what exactly do you want to do?" The big black dog and Li Heishui were both suspicious.
"Now, I'm giving you a chance to harm people. List all the holy sons you don't like, and I'll commission the two divine dynasties to kill them all!" Ye Fan sneered.
"Are you crazy?!" Li Heishui and the big black dog were both shocked.
"Those who can move the ancient assassin divine dynasties must be the ancient inheritances. I'll drag them all into the water!"
"You want the ancient assassin divine dynasties to go to war with the holy lands? You want to throw the world into chaos?" The big black dog's eyelids twitched.
Li Heishui also sucked in cold air. "This is a ruthless move!"
If the ancient divine dynasties dared to accept the assassination commissions, without a doubt, the holy sons would face great disaster, triggering boundless chaos.
If they didn't accept, Ye Fan would find a way to publicize it, shattering the undefeated myth of the two ancient assassin divine dynasties.
"How about this: at the start, let them each kill one holy son. I think they'll definitely accept, then take it slowly. If not, I'll use the Heavenly Court's supreme scepter to 'help' them!" A cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Fan's mouth.
"This is too ruthless. Little Ye, you'll trigger a great chaos in the Eastern Wasteland..." Li Heishui said, but then burst into laughter.
"This really is a wicked idea..." The big black dog also chuckled.