Chapter 1130: A Lesser Sky Patrolling Arrow
All of the Empire's research achievements were backed up here.
Li Fan strolled through the vast treasury, walking all the way to the end where the Myriad Phenomena Furnace was located before turning around.
He produced an object, presenting it to the two women.
It was merely a palm-sized disc, yet the aura it subtly emanated sent a shudder through Qing and Hong, stirring an overwhelming urge to kneel.
“What is this?”
Fighting their primal instincts, they stared at the disc in Li Fan’s hand, their faces etched with horror. “The Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel?”
Their lives and deaths rested on his whim; this sensation immediately reminded them of the legendary supreme treasure of the beast race.
However, after staring intently at the disc for a long time, they realized something was amiss.
As demonic beasts, their bloodline memories contained the memories of their ancestors regarding the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel.
The true Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel had a more ancient and primal aura.
Whereas this one...
It did indeed exert a certain degree of control over them.
But if they fought with all their might, they might just be able to break free. This was a far cry from the legends, which spoke of absolute control over life and death.
“A replica?”
The thought arose in both Qing’s and Hong’s minds simultaneously. They looked at Li Fan, their expressions a mixture of shock and suspicion.
“You’ve guessed correctly. This is a replica crafted by the Federation of All Worlds' elders, based on the research data you previously provided on the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel.”
“Besides its ability to restrain all beasts, it has another function, which is the main reason for my visit.”
Li Fan suddenly sighed. “The Spirit Wood Realm was destroyed. Although our personnel losses were minimal, we fled in such haste that we couldn't retrieve many precious materials and research data.”
“Therefore, after careful consideration of this painful lesson, the elders decided to activate the cross-realm backup plan, to copy and preserve everything of value from every small world...”
Before Li Fan could finish speaking, the color had already drained from Qing's and Hong's faces.
Li Fan continued in a calm tone, “This is for your own good. After all, your Empire’s self-defense capabilities are far too weak. The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance only needs to send one or two Dao Integration cultivators to completely annihilate you.”
“Leaving a seed of your civilization with the Federation ensures that even if the worst happens, you can rebuild quickly.”
Li Fan toyed with the disc in his hand, his gaze sweeping over the countless frozen specimens of strange beasts in the Empire’s treasury. “Your greatest wealth is, in fact, the various strange beasts you've cultivated over the years. I know you keep more than one backup of each. I will only take one.”
Without waiting for Qing and Hong’s reaction, he aimed the disc, and a brilliant light shot out, sweeping across the frozen beasts.
Anything touched by the light vanished instantly.
On the disc in Li Fan’s hand, faint phantoms of those strange beasts seemed to appear.
It looked as though the frozen beasts were being absorbed into the disc for preservation. In reality, they were instantly disintegrated by the beam of light. At the same time, all information about them—their structure, bloodline, tissues, and more—was recorded within the disc.
“All demonic beasts in the world come from Di Yi.”
“And these strange beasts of the Empire were all cultivated and evolved from the demonic beasts of the past. As the saying goes, a thousand changes cannot alter the origin. As long as I have this information, I can create all these strange beasts from nothing.”
As more information on the strange beasts was collected, the number of phantoms on the disc grew.
Not only did its aura become more majestic and powerful, but the appearance of the disc itself also began to change.
It grew more and more similar to the true Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel from Qing’s and Hong’s memories.
As he collected the backups of the strange beasts, Li Fan couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of creation.
Aside from some beasts that were specifically and deliberately bred, the birth of the vast majority of the Empire’s strange beasts was due to a series of coincidences.
Different bloodlines intertwined and mutated, and new species then mutated to produce different offspring.
It was as if there were no end to it.
“Infinite possibilities.” The words spoken by the beast Di Yi in the Fallen Immortal Realm’s illusion suddenly flashed through Li Fan’s mind.
Just as Li Fan was about to absorb the information of another frozen beast as usual, he suddenly stopped.
He sensed a familiar aura from this particular beast.
“The Sky Patrolling Arrow...”
Seeing Li Fan pause and where his gaze fell, Qing and Hong understood immediately.
They quickly explained, “This strange beast is the core of the arrow the esteemed envoy instructed us to study. We named it [Space Breaker]. We saw similar demonic beasts within the Imperial Beast Sect back then, but they were nowhere near as ferocious or swift as this one. Moreover, they had stronger self-awareness and were difficult to control.”
“The offspring we’ve bred so far are still inferior to the parent specimen the esteemed envoy gave us. That’s why we haven’t reported on it yet.”
Li Fan searched for a moment and, sure enough, found a group of similar creatures next to the Space Breaker beast.
“The core is insufficient, but I can compensate with formations. Even if it can’t match the destructive power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance’s true Sky Patrolling Arrow, half its power would be very practical.” With this thought, Li Fan absorbed the information of all the Space Breaker beasts into the disc.
...
Returning to the present.
That disc, which carried the essence of the Empire’s research, was, of course, the [Myriad Beast Condensation Crystal].
With the artifact refining skills of the Tianji Realm, coupled with the detailed information about the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel obtained from Xu Ke, creating a replica was not difficult.
“To materialize strange beasts from the Myriad Beast Condensation Crystal requires a massive amount of spiritual energy. My current late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation is insufficient to support it. However, I just need to wait for Sun Erlang to return from the Xuanhuang Realm with the Grand Derivation Boat.”
“With the Dao One Worms and the Space Breakers, the Great Xuan will finally have the capital to conquer other small worlds.”
Traveling to the Gloomy Realm required the You Clan to perform a special ritual.
Though Li Fan had easily suppressed the You Clan in his past life, that was because he possessed the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven, and his true combat power surpassed that of an ordinary Dao Integration cultivator.
But in this life, trapped within the True Immortal’s Net, Li Fan could not easily advance his cultivation realm.
Relying solely on the Great Xuan, the You Clan would not be so easy to deal with.
Therefore, it was necessary to enhance the combat strength of the Great Xuan’s army and citizens as much as possible, as well as to improve Li Fan’s own mastery of the [Heavenly Emperor Qi Canon].
Standing upon the [Sacred Emperor’s Throne], Li Fan began to contemplate suitable targets for conquest.
A month later, Sun Erlang successfully returned with the Grand Derivation Boat.
And so began the first step of the Great Xuan’s sublimation into a world of spiritual energy.
As the first Heaven and Earth Furnace was successfully forged, spiritual energy began to spread throughout Xuanjing City.
The Great Xuan Forbidden Army were the first to feel its presence.
Overnight, the hundred or so soldiers of the Forbidden Army who practiced the [Xuanhuang Heart Refining Mantra] all successfully guided qi into their bodies, officially embarking on the path of cultivation.
And the most outstanding among them, Sun Erlang, powered by the might of the [Sitting Immortal Technique], instantly advanced to the peak of Qi Refining.
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