Passing Off the Fake as Genuine

To Chen Fan, a month was but a fleeting instant. Yet over those several dozen days, he had endured every conceivable pain, tempering his body with Samadhi True Fire while forcibly gathering the rune curses within his meridians. Those rune curses had long since fused into his body; using the Immortal Sword Sheath to transform into Chaos Qi and clash head-on against the runes was no different from carving flesh and shaving bone.

In the end, sustained by the Burning Wood Chapter, Chen Fan finally did as Ink Dragon had said and gathered all the rune curses scattered throughout his body into one place. The cursed aura grew increasingly dense, while his injuries completely recovered over that month.

However, his realm remained unchanged, still suppressed by the rune curse at the initial stage of Spirit Refinement.

Chen Fan slowly opened his eyes and stepped out of the cave. His Divine Sense entered his Storage Ring, where he found that Ink Dragon was still within the Jade Slip and had not awakened. Chen Fan could not help but frown slightly. They had clearly agreed that it would awaken after one month and head to the Ink Dragon Ancestral Land, but now it seemed Ink Dragon could not be roused.

Chen Fan shook his head. For the moment, he did not interrupt Ink Dragon's comprehension of the Dao. His figure flashed, and he shot into the air, swiftly flying toward a nearby island with a Teleportation Array.

This time, he once again assumed the appearance of Ye Gu, the Sea Dragon Clan's young master. He stepped directly into the Teleportation Array, placed in the token, activated the formation, and teleported to the Ink Sea.

The South Sea Region had not been peaceful during this time either. Both the Sea Dragon Clan and