In recent years, the black giant beasts within the Nightmare Domain have rioted, frequently attacking the city.
This was mainly because Lin Xuanye had obtained the Legacy of that Evil Cultivator and was secretly directing them through an Evil Path Cultivation Technique.
Lin Xuanye had arrived in the Nightmare Domain several years ago, and what Huan Cai had been tracking recently was actually a false image created by Lin Xuanye's Spell.
After explaining the truth to the three Bosses of Nightless City, Zhou Fan prepared to go to the core of the Formation deep underground to retrieve Lin Xuanye's Legacy hidden there and attempt to repair the Formation.
First Boss Bei Lingye sent Second Boss to rest and Third Boss to handle the aftermath of resisting the beast tide, while she followed Zhou Fan into the core of the underground Formation.
Zhou Fan walked to the spot where Lin Xuanye had sat several hours ago; there was a miniature Formation in a hidden compartment beneath it, concealing another one of Lin Xuanye's Storage Pouches.
Taking out the Storage Pouch, Zhou Fan knew from Lin Xuanye's memories that he had a habit of preparing two Storage Pouches.
One Storage Pouch was carried during combat, containing talismans, Magic Treasures, and Medicinal Pills that could be used in battle, while the other Storage Pouch contained his other items.
Probing into the Storage Pouch with his Divine Sense, Zhou Fan found the Legacy of the Hateful Demon Venerable.
It contained all the annotations about this Formation core, as well as an Evil Path Cultivation Technique that allowed for rapid cultivation advancement by extracting and absorbing emotions of pain and hatred.
These were not actually important; what Zhou Fan valued most was a bone fragment with a subdued divine glow.
Holding the bone fragment in his palm, Zhou Fan used his Primordial Spirit to read the patterns on it.
A month later, Zhou Fan mastered the precious art recorded on this bone fragment—Empty Form.
Taking emptiness as form, and form as emptiness.
This precious art was the displacement and illusionary technique that Lin Xuanye had used when fighting Zhou Fan.
Upon casting this precious art, a Cultivator could, as they wished, generate an identical illusion of themselves in place, and this illusion would also autonomously perform the actions the Cultivator had set for it.
At the same time, the Cultivator's true body would enter an Empty Form state; only an opponent an entire major Realm higher than the Cultivator could track the Cultivator's whereabouts in the Empty Form state.
This precious art was quite practical, truly worthy of being the Bloodline Legacy art of the ancient exotic beast, the Kongkong Bird race.
The bone fragment carrying the precious art came from a Kongkong Bird, and the patterns condensed upon it were the Kongkong Bird's complete enlightenment of its Bloodline Divine Ability, Empty Form.
In the Cultivation World, Spells, special Spells, some Divine Abilities, and even Immortal Arts were created by Cultivators, while precious arts originated from exotic beasts.
These precious arts were originally the Bloodline Divine Abilities of exotic beasts, but after acquiring their complete enlightenment, they could be learned by Cultivators and were then called precious arts.
Similarly, some Human Race Cultivators also possessed innate special Divine Abilities, the Formation of which depended on the Cultivator's Bloodline, Physique, Spiritual Root, and so on.
For example, Zhou Fan's Overlord Form and Great Sun Form were actually special Divine Abilities derived from his Physique.
After comprehending the precious art—Empty Form—Zhou Fan began to gradually dismantle the core of this Formation, which had been operating for eighty thousand years, according to the information about the Formation in the Legacy.
This Formation was complex and intricate; the Hateful Demon Venerable who originally set it up was at least a sixth-rank Formation Master.
As long as one could fully control this Formation core, they could freely control the activation of Nightless City's city-protecting Formation, and also manipulate the entire Nightmare Domain's emotional convergence points and outer barrier.
But Zhou Fan did not want to control this Formation.
In the Cultivation World, even a ninth-rank Cultivator could not resist the power of time, let alone this Formation which was not even seventh-rank.
Eighty thousand years had passed, and the internal balance of this Formation was already very fragile, so even if Zhou Fan's Formation attainments were not high, he could still dismantle it according to the information provided in the Legacy.
Half a year later, the Formation core collapsed, the Nightmare Domain disappeared, the black giant beasts within it vanished into thin air, and Nightless City saw the light of day again.
The three Bosses of Nightless City stood on the city wall, quietly watching the sunlight fall upon the faces of every citizen of Nightless City.
At first, everyone was unaccustomed to it, but Cultivators' adaptability was far stronger than that of ordinary people; in less than a year, most residents of Nightless City had grown used to a life with sunlight.
During this period, Zhou Fan used his Divine Sense, which was close to the sixth rank, to forcefully remove the curse from the people of Nightless City.
Eighty thousand years had passed, and the power of the curse had also gradually weakened under the erosion of time.
Now, fourth-rank Cultivators could temporarily leave Nightless City; the power of this curse had long since weakened to only be able to restrict fifth-rank Cultivators.
After Zhou Fan eliminated the curse on Nightless City, he naturally became the hero of Nightless City.
Moreover, after dismantling the high-rank Formation recently, Zhou Fan's Formation attainments had greatly improved; his Formation rank had now advanced from second-rank to third-rank.
The three Bosses of Nightless City were very grateful to Zhou Fan; they wanted to repay him but didn't know how to start.
Zhou Fan, understanding their feelings, first invited Bei Shi, the Second Boss of Nightless City, who had the highest favorability towards him. Bei Shi was initially hesitant, fearing she might interfere with her benefactor's relationship with his Dao Companion.
But Yun Wuxin generously agreed to the matter in person, and Bei Shi got her wish, spending a night of passion with Zhou Fan.
Speaking of which, although the three Bosses of Nightless City all had white hair and black eyes, their appearances each had their unique charm, and their temperaments were distinctly different.
First Boss Bei Lingye, whose name sounded sharp, had a gentle temperament like water. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes like deep pools, and her every gesture exuded softness and grace, making people feel as if they were basking in a spring breeze.
When she handled city affairs, she was always unhurried, arranging everything meticulously with her delicate thoughts and inclusive attitude.
As the saying goes, 'tolerance is a virtue,' and Zhou Fan liked women with such tolerance, like the First Boss.
Second Boss Bei Shi possessed the spirit of a heroine, no less than a man, and was as valiant and spirited as the divine catch Ning Shuying.
Her white hair was often tied up, adding to her heroic aura.
During the beast tide, she was also the one charging at the front, her combat power arguably the greatest in Nightless City. She single-handedly blocked three fourth-rank giant beasts, and if not for a sneak attack by a hidden sixth giant beast, Bei Shi would have faced three fourth-rank beasts unscathed.
Third Boss Bei Lingyin had a lively and cheerful personality, always with a brilliant smile on her face.
On weekdays, she moved through the streets and alleys of Nightless City, mingling with the common people, infecting everyone with her enthusiasm and optimism.
After becoming good friends with Bei Shi, it wasn't long before Bei Lingyin actively approached Zhou Fan, her face flushed with shyness, also wanting to become good friends with him.
Zhou Fan had always been bad at refusing, so he had no choice but to agree to Bei Lingyin's request.
Then, the thoughtful First Boss Bei Lingye quickly realized that her two younger sisters had fallen.
She found Zhou Fan and talked with him for an entire day, initially intending to ask what status Zhou Fan planned to give Bei Lingyin and the others. However, under Zhou Fan's skilled offensive, Bei Lingye, who also had a good impression of Zhou Fan, experienced extreme pleasure that very night.
Another half a year passed, and all three Bosses of Nightless City became close friends with Zhou Fan.