Chapter 2137 - 2133: Defeated Commander
After a violent explosion, a pit thousands of kilometers deep was blasted out inside the Pan Gu Secret Realm, and in an instant magma surged up.
A dead zone formed around the battlefield, but in the face of the flood brought by the Heavenly Tribulation, this kind of deep pit no longer had much significance. After all, there were no surviving humans here to begin with. Even if Ye Fan hadn’t fought Pan Gu, it wouldn’t have changed the final outcome of this place.
After the explosion, Ye Fan finally walked out from within a mass of black mist. His expression looked very calm as he glanced around, still not having found any trace of Pan Gu.
Xi He and Lan Jing walked over. Lan Jing looked very concerned and said, "Ye Fan, are you alright?"
Ye Fan tidied up the surroundings, looking somewhat puzzled as he said, "Where’s Pan Gu? I should have killed him, so why has he vanished? There isn’t any trace of him anywhere around here. And why is his cultivation so high? Who exactly is Pan Gu?"
Xi He said, "It seems Master still hasn’t walked out from the previous amnesia. Pan Gu is an Ancient God. Among all the ancient cultivators, there is no one who can compare to Pan Gu. Master might as well think about it—if Pan Gu didn’t have such cultivation, would he dare to challenge Master? It looks like Master has won this battle."
"I don’t know if it’s a victory. I don’t even know if he’s dead or alive. It looks like he ran away." Ye Fan sounded very helpless as he gazed at the distant sky. He wanted to know Pan Gu’s whereabouts, but clearly it wouldn’t be easy to find Pan Gu now.
Lan Jing asked worriedly, "Ye Fan, that powerful explosion just now didn’t hurt you, did it? Are you... really alright now?"
Ye Fan sized up Lan Jing, then finally looked at Xi He and said, "I’m fine. It seems you’re both very concerned about me, yet I don’t even know what kind of relationship you have with me!"
"This servant already said, between myself and Master it is a master-servant relationship. On this matter, this servant has not the slightest intention of deceiving Master. If Master doesn’t believe it, then there really is nothing more to say!" Xi He said. "Master actually defeated Pan Gu? Or did Pan Gu, in the midst of the battle, flee first to avoid mutual destruction?"
Ye Fan said, "Do you think that Pan Gu has the qualification to defeat me?"
Xi He shook her head and said, "Master, perhaps you don’t know the previous situation. Your former cultivation was actually below Pan Gu’s. It’s precisely because your cultivation has improved that you could defeat Pan Gu. So from Pan Gu’s standpoint, Master was the challenger."
"My former cultivation was actually inferior to his?" Ye Fan frowned. "Why do I feel that his cultivation is hardly worth mentioning?"
Xi He said, "Perhaps Master’s cultivation has risen to an extremely terrifying realm, or perhaps Pan Gu deliberately held back in this battle. We still don’t know the exact situation. Since Master has already recovered his cultivation, why not first sort out your own cultivation properly? Only then can you better face the Heavenly Tribulation. Right now it’s really meaningless for Master to pursue Pan Gu. Only after resolving the trouble of the Heavenly Tribulation and then going to kill Pan Gu will Master be unstoppable."
"With such a dangerous opponent at my side, yet you want me to save the world from the Heavenly Tribulation first? Isn’t that a bit unrealistic?" Ye Fan sneered. "Maybe you and that Pan Gu know each other, maybe you even intend to help Pan Gu, don’t you?"
Xi He looked very helpless and said, "From the moment I signed the Blood Oath with Master, this servant no longer had the qualification to even think about betraying Master. This servant has always been working for Master. Why does Master doubt this servant’s loyalty? It’s just that the Heavenly Tribulation is precisely what Master has always needed to confront and handle. Now the Heavenly Tribulation has already affected the survival of all humans. Doesn’t Master want to help those humans?"
Ye Fan said, "Heavenly Tribulation? It’s nothing but a kind of natural disaster. I don’t really feel it deserves my attention."
Lan Jing shook her head and said, "Ye Fan, you’re wrong. The Heavenly Tribulation is even more dangerous than what you’re seeing. It has already caused tremendous destruction. If you cannot completely resolve it, the Heavenly Tribigation may bring catastrophic consequences. Even humans and cultivators, even you and I, will be destroyed... Ye Fan, you should still focus on the Heavenly Tribulation first. Going after Pan Gu is far too risky. The next Heavenly Tribulation is bound to arrive very soon!"
Ye Fan frowned and said, "You’re both actually urging me to face the Heavenly Tribulation first? We’ll talk about this later. I want to go back to Earth. Take me back—I want to know what exactly my past was!"
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The battle between Pan Gu and Ye Fan caused enormous destruction; the entire Pan Gu Secret Realm was shaken.
Pan Gu then disappeared, but in fact he didn’t turn to dust after losing. Rather, upon realizing that Ye Fan’s cultivation had reached a level he could no longer confront, he chose to flee.
After Pan Gu escaped to a hidden place and was just about to start cultivating, Fu Xi and Nuwa appeared before him at the same time, and Pan Gu instantly gathered his mind, ready to battle Fu Xi and Nuwa.
"Pan Gu, you actually lost to Ye Fan?" Fu Xi sounded utterly incredulous. He looked at Pan Gu, feeling that something was off.
Pan Gu looked at Fu Xi without answering, while Nuwa gave a cold laugh and said, "Ever since he became the Cosmic Sovereign, he must have anticipated that one day someone would surpass him. What’s so surprising about that? Now he’s fallen to the point of being inferior to a human—how lamentable. Pan Gu, from now on you no longer have the qualification to rule the entire ancient cultivation world."
"You want to challenge my authority?" Pan Gu stood up and stared coldly at Nuwa. "You’re taking yourself too seriously. You think you have the qualification to challenge me?"
Nuwa was about to speak, but was cut off by Fu Xi. Fu Xi said, "Pan Gu, I don’t know exactly how your battle with Ye Fan ended, but from the looks of it, you didn’t gain any advantage over him. Do you still think you can control everything? Haha, I’m afraid you’re already a defeated general now. If Ye Fan wants to kill you later, that’ll be an easy task!"
"Don’t you dare threaten me!" Pan Gu sounded furious. "You’re not qualified to speak to me like that. Don’t forget who rules the entire ancient cultivation world. Even if I didn’t gain any advantage over Ye Fan, killing you is still a piece of cake!"
Fu Xi shook his head and said, "What’s the point of you killing us? Ye Fan’s rise to rule the entire cultivation world is already inevitable. You yourself will soon have to bow your head to him... I’m afraid that even if you want to bow to him, he won’t accept it. He might even kill you, me, and Nuwa. Right now is when we need to cooperate... Ye Fan will never accept any form of cooperation from us! You’d better think this through carefully!"