After Mo Fan escaped into the Qinglian Tower, the two pursuing Ghost Ancestors felt utterly helpless.
They had long known of the tower’s existence and had once attacked it with full force, yet no matter how they struck, they could not breach the Qinglian Tower.
In the past, they had simply dispatched a horde of lesser ghosts to besiege it.
But now things were different.
Mo Fan’s strength filled them with trepidation, for he possessed the terrifying ability to slay Ghost Ancestors. Naturally, they could not allow him to run amok. They decided to guard the spot personally, preventing him from causing further chaos.
The Nether Dead Land was constructed from an ancient grand array. With no sun or moon to illuminate it, there was naturally no concept of time.
None knew how much time had passed when movement finally stirred within the tower. A familiar voice rang out from inside.
“Huang Quan, Ji Yin, there is truly no need for us to be enemies with these demon cultivators.”
At these words, the bodies of the two Ghost Ancestors guarding outside the tower shook. They frowned slightly and said, “White Bone, you are not dead yet?”
Baili Qing’er’s Ghost Ancestor title was indeed White Bone Ghost Ancestor.
“Naturally, I am not dead. My master wishes to speak with you.” Baili Qing’er said.
“Master?”
The faces of the two Ghost Ancestors changed abruptly. Then, the Ji Yin Ghost Ancestor understood and said solemnly, “I was wondering why you were not dead. So you have been subdued by someone!”
“That demon is not Bai Xiaosu, but since he could subdue you, he must be the inheritor of that great demon Bai Xiaosu, right?”
“Correct. My Tiger Enslavement divine ability indeed comes from the senior White Tiger Sacred King!”
Mo Fan spoke up at this point.
“Since you are Bai Xiaosu’s inheritor, what is there to discuss?” the Ji Yin Ghost Ancestor snorted coldly.
“In the past, Bai Xiaosu destroyed our sects and used his divine ability to capture the souls of all of us. He forced us to slaughter many of our own kind. In the end, he trapped us in this sunless Nether Dead Land. To survive, we had no choice but to devour one another. Some of our senior brothers, sisters, and even ancestral souls were swallowed bite by bite by us. That is how we became what we are now!
In this sunless place, we have endured enough torment. We hate that tiger demon to the core!
Since you are that tiger demon’s inheritor, there is nothing to talk about. Until we extract and devour your soul, the hatred in our hearts cannot be quelled!”
The Huang Quan Ghost Ancestor roared in anger, his voice shaking the netherworld!
“You two, calm down. This king believes that as long as there are sufficient benefits, nothing is impossible!”
Seeing the two Ghost Ancestors so agitated, Mo Fan felt quite speechless. He continued, “To put it another way, since you have spent countless years in this sunless place, you must be utterly weary of it, right?
Do you not wish to go out and experience the beautiful real world?
As far as I know, more than a thousand years have passed since your era. The seas have turned to mulberry fields. Do you not wish to see what the former lands of the Nine Provinces have become?
Are you content to remain forever in this sunless place?”
Mo Fan’s words calmed the originally furious Ghost Ancestors.
“What do you mean?” the Ji Yin Ghost Ancestor asked.
“This king has already made it very clear. Do you not wish to go out and see?”
Mo Fan said with a smile.
He believed the condition he offered would be hard for the two Ghost Ancestors to refuse.
A group of beings imprisoned in darkness for over a thousand years, how could they not yearn for the light outside?
“You, a mere mid-King realm demon cultivator, dare to speak of leaving?”
“Kid, do you know what this place is?”
“This is a Nether Dead Land created by the ancient Nether Grand Array. Without the Nether Array Token, once one enters, there is no possibility of leaving!
Let alone you, even we at the Ancestral realm cannot escape this array!”
The two Ghost Ancestors sneered repeatedly, utterly disbelieving that Mo Fan could lead them out.
“What you cannot achieve does not mean this king cannot!”
Mo Fan snorted coldly, then said, “This king, with mid-King realm cultivation, can fight the two of you Ghost Ancestors on equal terms. This shows this king is far more powerful than what you have seen. What qualification do you have to doubt this king?”
At these words, the two Ghost Ancestors fell silent, for they realised Mo Fan was indeed correct.
In fact, it was true. In single combat, neither of them was confident of defeating Mo Fan. Even when joining forces earlier, they had struggled to suppress him.
“Kid, would you be so kind as to let us out?”
The Ji Yin Ghost Ancestor snorted coldly, his words laced with doubt.
“This senior is quite right. This king naturally would not be so kind. After all, there are too many of you ghost cultivators. Releasing you rashly would only bring calamity to the world. Therefore, this king must add a condition: you must willingly become this king’s slave ghosts!”
Mo Fan grinned, finally revealing his true intention.
He had long coveted these Ghost Ancestors.
Though he seemed to fight them as if they were not particularly strong, that was only because his divine abilities perfectly countered them.
No matter how weak, a Ghost Ancestor still bore the word “Ancestor”, representing the Ancestral realm!
If Mo Fan captured and converted all the Ghost Ancestors here into slave ghosts, his strength would multiply many times over. At the very least, he would no longer fear ordinary Ancestral realm great demons!
“Kid, you are dreaming, aren’t you?”
“You really have fine calculations, actually妄想 to enslave us as slave ghosts!”
The two Ghost Ancestors flew into a rage.
Seeing them enraged, Mo Fan remained unhurried and continued sneering coldly, “You two seniors know my strength. Now I have even converted the White Bone Ghost Ancestor into a slave ghost, and with this Qinglian Tower added, if we truly fight, what chance of victory do you think you have?
Even if you can teleport, making it hard for me to strike, do not forget the power of my divine ability. When the time comes, I can convert all the ghostly entities here into slave ghosts. You would not escape even with wings!
After all, this so-called Nether Dead Land is not the true Nether Underworld. No matter how vast, it still has limits.”
“Kid, you think beautifully, but we are Ghost Ancestors. We too can endlessly devour those lesser ghosts. When our cultivation rises, killing you would be like crushing a stinking insect!” Ji Yin said venomously.
“Senior thinks even more beautifully than this king. Endless devouring?”
Mo Fan sneered upon hearing this, then continued, “If you seniors could truly devour endlessly to increase cultivation, this place would have been devoured clean long ago. You would not need to waste so many words with this king now.
If this king guesses correctly, although this Nether Dead Land prevents you from falling into reincarnation, it also restricts your cultivation growth.
In other words, your current cultivation is already at its peak!”
Mo Fan’s words caused the faces of the two Ghost Ancestors to change slightly. Naturally, he was not speaking baselessly. From the beginning, he had observed with his Blue-Eyed Essence. Even these two Ghost Ancestors, like Baili Qing’er, were merely at the early Ghost Ancestor stage.
Of course, the current Baili Qing’er was certainly inferior to these two, as cultivation is greatly weakened after conversion into a slave ghost.
It was precisely this discovery that made Mo Fan understand one thing: the ghostly entities here had a cultivation cap!
That cap was precisely the early Ancestral realm!
“You two seniors, rest assured. This king does not intend to enslave you forever.”
“Only a hundred years!”
“After a hundred years, this king will release you!”
“If you still do not agree, then we shall continue this stalemate!”
“In any case, the ones who suffer in the end will still be you!”
“The outcome will remain unchanged!”
