Chapter 1357: The Ultimate Secret of the Xuanhuang Realm
Unable to find a way to escape the dreamscape in the short term, Sun Erlang and the others conferred and decided to first focus on enhancing their own strength within this illusory world.
Among the three of them, Yue Zhenwei had his Primordial Chaos Purple Gold Gourd, and Sun Erlang possessed the Spirit Devouring Technique. Only Wang Xuanba had yet to gain anything in the dream world, making him the weak link.
So, the three of them pooled their Carefree Coins and purchased a protective divine ability for Wang Xuanba.
“Indestructible Samsara Body (Initial Stage)”
“The ultimate technique of the ancient immortal sect of the Xuanhuang Realm, the Samsara Sect. With basic mastery, one becomes impervious to the five elements, Yin, and Yang. With great mastery, one is said to be undying, indestructible, and unassailable by myriad tribulations.”
This brief description was enough for Wang Xuanba to choose this divine ability without hesitation.
Sun Erlang wore a peculiar expression and muttered under his breath, “If the Samsara Sect’s technique is really as formidable as the description claims, how did they get wiped out so easily back then?”
Yue Zhenwei smiled. “It’s only 5,000 Carefree Coins, how powerful could it really be? But I imagine it should be more than sufficient for self-defense at our current stage.”
After completing the exchange, Wang Xuanba, feeling the changes in his body, remarked, “Actually, there was another protective divine ability that wasn’t bad, called ‘The Way of Carefree Freedom.’ Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to originate from the Xuanhuang Realm, so I don’t know its background. Besides, the philosophy behind it doesn't quite suit my taste...”
The three exchanged glances, gaining a new appreciation for the power of the Carefree Heavenly Sovereign.
With their remaining Carefree Coins insufficient to purchase entry into another dream world, the trio could only wait for the next free opening.
It had to be said, the name “Land of Carefree Joy” was no exaggeration.
Even when not in a custom-tailored dreamscape, the ordinary Land of Joy was a vast world where a cultivator could indulge in pleasure to their heart’s content.
“It doesn’t just include the normal territories of the Five Elders Council. You can even travel to the lands of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. The only difference is that in the Land of Carefree Joy, there’s no Dharma Spreader Heavenly Sovereign or Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Cultivation resources are inexhaustible, there’s no conflict or struggle, and cultivators can freely enjoy the magnificent scenery of this vast world. You can even establish a Grotto-Heaven anywhere in the Xuanhuang Realm for just a handful of Carefree Coins.”
“Furthermore, with the Heavenly Sovereign’s great power reflecting reality, countless Grotto-Heavens can be superimposed in the same area. There’s no need to fight over territory, and cultivators won’t run into others when coming and going...”
A miniature landscape of the Xuanhuang Realm appeared before Sun Erlang and his companions.
For a mere single-digit sum of Carefree Coins, they could instantly teleport to any point on the map.
And there was more...
“You can even leave the Xuanhuang Realm and go live in other cultivation worlds among the stars?”
“Each world has its own spectacular scenery, no less magnificent than the Xuanhuang Realm.”
A look of yearning immediately surfaced on Sun Erlang’s face.
“Unfortunately, it seems only those who have reached Experience Level 6 in the Land of Joy are qualified.”
Their attempt to try it ended in failure, leaving Sun Erlang and the others with a sense of regret.
...
A silver eye reflected the experiences of Sun Erlang and his group in the Land of Joy, one by one.
It was like Li Fan's own eye, allowing him to know the situation inside the dreamscape even without personally setting foot in it.
“To survive under the Immortal Descends, All Things Return to Void Array, and even have the spare energy to protect others. This Land of Carefree Joy is truly remarkable.”
“Its dreamscape even extends beyond the Xuanhuang Realm, creeping into the Darkest Star Sea?” This point genuinely exceeded Li Fan’s expectations.
In the small world of Great Qi, he gazed toward the territory of the Five Elders Council, his eyes glinting. “What Wuyou described in the dreamscape is likely not a fabrication. Some of the depictions of cultivation worlds match what I know.”
“The Star Sea has long been a void of nothingness and deathly silence.”
“And yet, ‘Wuyou’ can reproduce the scenes of these past cultivation worlds...”
“There are a few possibilities. One, Wuyou has been to these cultivation worlds before. Two, it’s a recreation based on the descriptions in ancient records.”
“Or perhaps...” A thought stirred in Li Fan’s mind.
“The Carefree Heavenly Sovereign used the countless world fragments in the Realm Fragment Great Wall as a blueprint. If this guess is correct, it means that the power of Wuyou, or the Land of Carefree Joy, has already reached the foot of the High Wall.”
“A deep, unknown dreamscape...”
At this thought, Li Fan’s expression turned solemn.
“The blockade of the High Wall, Xuantian King’s message, the flaw in the High Wall.”
“The Transformation Dao Stone Mother, the incorruptible information of the Tai Yan Sect, their entire sect’s escape.”
“The Land of Carefree Joy.”
Countless pieces of known information converged in Li Fan’s mind. In a short while, a bold idea suddenly emerged.
“Could it be that the Carefree Heavenly Sovereign, relying on the power of the Land of Carefree Joy, has already managed to touch upon the flaw in the High Wall?”
Previously, Li Fan would never have made such a guess.
After all, the concept of a Longevity cultivator who had been suppressed by the Dharma Spreader for thousands of years suddenly gaining the ability to potentially cross the High Wall seemed utterly absurd.
But when combined with the performance of the Land of Carefree Joy under the world-ending immortal array in the last life...
The speculation became much more plausible.
“Perhaps it is precisely because in reality, shackled by the New Law, they could only ever remain subordinate to the Dharma Spreader.”
“That this group from the Five Elders Council chose to carve out a different path.”
“If they truly possess this capability, then the long-standing silence of these five Longevity realm cultivators can be explained.”
“They are simply trying to buy as much time as possible.”
Li Fan knew that the above was merely a guess with little basis.
But for him, whether he had substantial evidence was irrelevant. The mere existence of a sliver of suspicion made it necessary to verify.
“In any case, the Land of Carefree Joy welcomes all comers. One just has to pass the so-called dream trial.”
“And I, for one, have no shortage of cultivators of all kinds.”
In an instant, Li Fan’s gaze passed through the Lecture Stage, scanning for suitable candidates within the many small worlds.
Silently, they received a faint guidance from their Saint Teacher. They vanished from their original locations, sent on a journey to the Land of Carefree Joy.
They became Li Fan’s eyes and ears for probing the dreamscape’s situation.
“The Land of Joy is vast, but can be traversed in a single thought!”
Li Fan wasn’t worried that the Carefree Heavenly Sovereign would turn hostile over his blatant probing of the Land of Joy’s secrets.
In this life, he had always remained hidden behind the scenes.
The methods he used to control these pawns originated from the power of the Immortal Realm's Nine Stars Red Pearl and ancient immortal arrays.
Li Fan did not believe that Wuyou could see through his methods and find him.
Besides, what if Wuyou did discover his meddling?
The current Li Fan was protected by all manner of divine abilities. Unless a True Immortal personally descended, nothing else posed a threat to him.
There was no need to be overly cautious anymore.
Li Fan created another Fabricated Personality, dedicated to constantly supervising the information gathered about the Land of Carefree Joy.
The dreamscape held too many hidden secrets, not something these pawns could uncover overnight.
Next, Li Fan focused his attention on the Final Dissociation Disc.
In this life, the Dissociation Disc’s long-standing mission of deduction—the downgrading of immortal arrays—
had finally achieved a breakthrough.
Originally, the disc's deduction progress had been painfully slow. Being able to deduce an immortal array was one thing, but simplifying it without significantly losing its power was another matter entirely.
However, things took a turn after Li Fan repeatedly ascended to a higher-dimensional perspective, looking down upon the Star Sea.
“The projection of the Great Dao flows from top to bottom, like an inverted cone.”
“The principles of the Immortal Realm are indeed profound and abstruse, beyond the comprehension of mortals below.”
“But mortals are the foundation of the Great Dao.”
“The two share common ground.”
This was the insight that welled up in Li Fan’s heart as he studied the True False Transformation.
Based on this theory, the Dissociation Disc used the commonalities between the immortal and mortal realms as a breakthrough point, finally completing the initial deduction for downgrading immortal arrays.
The first immortal array to be simplified and practically verified was, naturally, the [Immortal Descends, All Things Return to Void].
After all, in this life, the legacy of the Xuanhuang Great Heavenly Venerate’s immortal spiritual power had to be supplied for the ascension of the Xuanhuang Realm.
If this world-ending immortal array couldn't be activated, Li Fan’s deterrent capability would be severely weakened.
And once the plan to elevate the Xuanhuang Realm succeeded, if he didn’t have a way to flip the table, Li Fan would find himself in an extremely passive position.
The shadow of the Wooden Sword flickered. Li Fan arrived in the Darkest Star Sea and began his experiment.
With a gentle point forward, a multitude of fine golden threads instantly appeared. Like countless paintbrushes, they sketched out the abstruse structures of the array units in the void.
The Return to Void array used for this test only covered an area of about three meters in diameter.
Therefore, the consumption of Source Power Essence was not particularly high.
As the details of the array’s construction grew more complete, the world-ending immortal array slowly took shape.
Downgrading an immortal array in no way meant a reduction in its power or quality.
It simply meant that, for a limited sacrifice, energy forms existing in the mortal realm could be used to drive it.
Golden light diffused, and the moment the array was complete, all light was instantly extinguished.
Sensing the pitch-black area before him, and the terrifying destructive power hidden within, Li Fan silently deployed a layer of sword-shadow protection around himself.
Ensuring no accidents would occur, Li Fan then took out a black star stone and tossed it toward the Return to Void array ahead.
This black star stone was one of the few treasures he had taken from the first level of the Mysterious Immortal Boat’s secret vault when he left.
It was formed from the conglomeration of indestructible impurities left after a cultivation world was annihilated.
Essentially, a physical version of a World Ghost.
Having survived the power of a True Immortal, the hardness of this black stone was imaginable.
But the moment the black stone entered the Return to Void array, it was as if it were simultaneously struck by countless sharp carving knives.
A series of clearly visible grooves instantly appeared on the black stone's surface.
The grooves appeared faster and faster.
With a soft pop, the black stone shattered into four pieces, sliced apart by the immortal array.
However, the world-ending storm showed no sign of weakening.
It continued to blow with ferocious intensity.
These tiny stone fragments were cut smaller and smaller, on the verge of becoming invisible to the naked eye.
“Compared to the world-ending immortal array from the last life, its power has indeed weakened.”
“But considering it’s powered by Source Power Essence, it’s absolutely acceptable.”
Having completed the test, Li Fan immediately halted the array. He then collected the black stone, which had been ground into fine sand-like particles.
“An excellent forging material, it cannot be wasted. The ability to resist the power of a True Immortal for even a moment could be a lifesaver at a critical time.”
Next, Li Fan performed downgrade verifications on the other immortal arrays he had mastered, such as the Desolate Fall, Void Room Generates Flowers array.
Without exception, all were successfully completed.
The immortal arrays that had previously existed only in the theory of the Dissociation Disc could finally be manifested in the real world, even before Li Fan himself had mastered the power of a True Immortal.
A wave of joy washed over him.
After savoring the mysteries of the immortal arrays for a moment, Li Fan immediately returned to the Xuanhuang Realm.
In various parts of the yet-to-be-ascended world, he began to quietly set up the formations.
With Li Fan’s current mastery of arrays, coupled with the assistance of the Final Dissociation Disc, setting them up was not too difficult, even without the Xuanhuang Great Heavenly Venerate’s help.
The main limitation was the quantity of raw materials and Source Power Essence.
Even though the population of the You Clan had grown substantially in this life, faced with Li Fan’s multifaceted needs, the supply of Source Power Essence was still somewhat insufficient.
He had to keep a portion in reserve for unforeseen circumstances.
When his savings were depleted, Li Fan had to wait for the You Clan to produce more Source Power Essence before he could slowly continue laying the arrays.
During this period, Li Fan didn’t forget to check in on Mo Rubin, who was still at the foot of the High Wall, comprehending that single flaw.
“Brother Mo, thirty days have passed. Have you made any progress?”
After a long while, Mo Rubin’s faint reply came through.
“Not yet... but I feel I’m close to a true understanding.”
“Brother Mo, you promised that if you didn’t have a result in thirty days, you would turn back immediately and never look at the secrets of the High Wall again,” Li Fan reminded him with a sigh.
Mo Rubin fell silent for a moment.
Then, as if possessed, he vowed, “Give me another thirty days. I’m just one step away. If I leave now, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. Just give me another thirty days!”
“After thirty days, I... I will definitely make a decision!”
Mo Rubin gave no further response.
Li Fan smiled faintly.
The secrets of the High Wall were to Mo Rubin what the Laba Congee was to the masters on Hero Island.
Its allure surpassed even life itself.
It was not something that could be easily abandoned.
Even if Li Fan were to ask again in thirty days, he would undoubtedly receive the same answer.
“If it weren’t for that bizarre black qi vortex that appeared in the center of the Star Sea, Mo Rubin probably wouldn’t have even set this thirty-day period.”
Thinking of that inexplicable black qi, a shadow of gloom passed over Li Fan’s eyes.
He had already guessed that the appearance of this black qi was likely related to his reckless use of the ascension array.
However, Li Fan had already re-scouted the several locations where he had used the ascension array before.
Not every place had generated black qi.
Li Fan speculated that it might be closely related to things falling from a "higher place".
“Like ripples on the water’s surface, the splash is only noticeable if the object falling into the water is large enough.”
“My own clever fall from a high place is insignificant.”
“But if it were an entire world...”
“The force of the fall would be enough to generate black qi.”
“But the center of the Star Sea is an exception. Perhaps it has to do with the special nature of that part of the water’s surface.”
Li Fan pondered in silence.
He had observed the spreading speed of this black qi in the Star Sea.
He was certain that in this life, before he completed his plan for the Xuanhuang Realm's ascension, this black qi would not pose any threat to it.
Therefore, even if he ignored it for the time being, there would be no major issues.
“The only thing to worry about is that if the black qi becomes more prevalent, it might disturb the Enlightened True Immortal in the Immortal Ruins.”
It turned out that the True Immortal was not completely oblivious to the external environment.
If something were to affect or even threaten them, they would absolutely emerge from their state of enlightenment.
The fact that they were disturbed by the Medicine King Cauldron and the Return to Void array in previous cycles was the best proof.
“A sign of the impending Dao Annihilation Calamity?”
Li Fan whispered Mo Rubin’s speculation about the black qi.
His consciousness, however, locked onto a ball of black qi sealed by golden light within his own body.
It was what he had obtained from decomposing the True Immortal’s flesh and blood with the white ring, Falling into the Mortal Dust.
The power level of this black qi was clearly not on the same level as the one generated by falling after ascension.
But it still sent shivers down Li Fan’s spine.
“What was the cause of the Dao Annihilation Calamity that destroyed the Immortal Realm back then?”
This, of course, was not a problem Li Fan should be worrying about at present.
But as his strength continued to grow, it was an unavoidable reality.
Li Fan’s ascension and fall were by no means the root cause of the black qi’s birth. They were merely a trigger, prematurely igniting the world-ending calamity hidden beneath the calm surface.
Li Fan was certain that even without his actions in this life, the Star Sea below would eventually follow in the footsteps of the former Immortal Realm.
“The pressure is relentless, leaving no room to breathe.”
“How difficult it is to achieve true longevity and freedom.”
Li Fan had no way to confront the various issues related to the black qi for now. He simply let out a cold snort and firmly etched its existence into his mind.
It took him nearly a month to finally complete the arrangement of the Return to Void array for this life.
The veins of the array lay hidden beneath the land of the Xuanhuang Realm.
With the Source Power Essence consolidated, as long as the array was not activated, the beings within the realm would never be able to detect it.
The moment the array was completed, only a very small number of beings in the Xuanhuang Realm suddenly felt a sense of impending doom.
But soon, this intuition vanished, as if it were a complete illusion.
Even the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm only had a faint perception of Li Fan’s actions and was not entirely certain.
This could be seen from the fact that the Heavenly Dao's favorability toward him had barely decreased.
Li Fan’s eyes were devoid of any emotion as he watched the myriad beings of the Xuanhuang Realm transition from fear back to tranquility.
“Sometimes, people should trust their intuition.”
After uttering this quiet sentence, Li Fan was about to return to Great Qi when his gaze suddenly fell upon a single being within the Xuanhuang Realm.
This person was no stranger to Li Fan.
It was Zhang Haobo.
At the beginning of this cycle, Li Fan had had some interactions with him, He Zhenghao, and others.
But as Li Fan’s strength grew ever more formidable, these people had long since faded from his line of sight.
This time, it was merely a casual glance back before his departure after completing the array.
But this single, casual glance reawakened Li Fan’s interest in Zhang Haobo.
In this life, when Li Fan set up the Immortal Descends, All Things Return to Void array, he had habitually started from the familiar Cong Yun Sea.
A month ago, when he had just begun laying the array, Zhang Haobo, still a mortal, was on Liuli Island in the Cong Yun Sea.
But now, a month later, Zhang Haobo had packed up his family and left the Cong Yun Sea.
“Has the Red Flame Burning Sea arrived early?” Li Fan was slightly taken aback.
He did a quick calculation but found no signs of the calamitous sea arriving ahead of schedule.
“Why did he run?” Li Fan’s interest was piqued.
His divine sense locked onto Zhang Haobo.
He found that ever since fleeing the Cong Yun Sea, Zhang Haobo had been restless and uneasy. His words suggested he wanted to keep fleeing with everyone.
However, under the strong opposition of his exhausted family, Zhang Haobo eventually compromised and gave up the idea.
But he still looked deeply worried, constantly looking up at the sky, though it was unclear what he was concerned about.
His family naturally couldn’t understand his behavior.
Zhang Haobo wore a gloomy expression all day, deeply troubled.
Perhaps in the entire Xuanhuang Realm, the only one who could understand the source of his anxiety was Li Fan.
“He can actually sense the world-ending killing intent I’ve laid down?”
Li Fan’s mind drifted, as if returning to a time long ago, when the fisherman Zhang Haobo told him of the changes in the Cong Yun Sea and then fled with his entire family.
Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, Zhang Haobo was frozen like an ice sculpture and appeared before Li Fan.
If Zhang Haobo’s ability to perceive the changes in the Cong Yun Sea was due to his fisherman’s intuition, then the fact that he could faintly sense the world-ending crisis after the Return to Void array was completed was absolutely extraordinary.
“Could it be that this old acquaintance of mine is hiding some secret?”
Li Fan’s divine sense instantly swept over Zhang Haobo’s body. RANO - or bes
Still a mortal, without any cultivation. There was no possibility of him hiding anything from Li Fan.
In Zhang Haobo’s brain, almost fused with the brain tissue itself, lay a shimmering shard of a mirror.
It was only about a third the size of a fingernail.
The aura emanating from it was not unfamiliar to Li Fan.
“This is...”
“A fragment of the Immeasurable Mirror?”
After a careful examination, Li Fan instantly understood the cause of the matter.
The Immeasurable Mirror’s spirit, Sun Luyao, had once said that there were still some fragments of the mirror scattered throughout the Xuanhuang Realm.
In the last life, he had accompanied Sun Luyao in searching for most of them.
But there were still some that had not been found. Perhaps they had been devoured by the world itself, entering the cycle of Heavenly Treasures.
And what caused Zhang Haobo’s unusually sharp premonitions was precisely one of these Immeasurable Mirror fragments.
The Immeasurable Mirror had the ability to deduce the future; correspondingly, Zhang Haobo was able to sense impending disasters because of it.
“A single fragment can perceive the array I’ve laid?” Li Fan frowned.
He then took out the mirror fragment, held it in his palm, and observed it closely.
“So that’s how it is. This fragment is the core part of the Immeasurable Mirror responsible for external perception and data collection. It’s even more sensitive than the main body of the mirror that Sun Luyao found.”
“As an immortal artifact, its ability to perceive an immortal array is to be expected.”
Li Fan looked at the still-frozen Zhang Haobo standing to the side.
“Unfortunately, this immortal artifact fragment is too small.”
“When Zhang Haobo was a mortal, the fragment could still influence him.”
“But once Zhang Haobo embarked on the path of cultivation, especially after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage and obtaining his own Foundation Establishment Wonder, the fragment’s influence on him was actually weakened.”
“There was likely a bit of indignant resentment, that Zhang Haobo couldn't recognize a great treasure and chose to fuse with other wonders instead of the immortal fragment.”
Li Fan smiled. Within his palm, the Xuanhuang World-Ending Transformation: Years Flow, Seas Turn to Mulberry Fields, erupted with force.
The mirror fragment seemed to sense something, flickering with increasing urgency.
But having fallen into Li Fan’s hand, how could it possibly escape?
Time flowed, like the alternating light and dark of sunrise and sunset. The mirror fragment dissolved into streams of light.
It was scattered by the wind, vanishing between heaven and earth.
Just like its main body, it met the same fate. Used as nourishment by Li Fan to feed the Xuanhuang Realm.
Sensing that the Xuanhuang Realm’s favorability, which had dropped slightly due to the array placement, had returned to its original state, Li Fan nodded in satisfaction.
With a wave of his hand, he sent Zhang Haobo back to his original position.
Without the Immeasurable Mirror fragment tormenting his mind, the incessant anxiety that had plagued him would be no more.
From now on, he would live a carefree life on the lands of the Xuanhuang Realm with his family.
Whether that was fortunate, or unfortunate, who could say.
The matter with Zhang Haobo served as a reminder for Li Fan.
Although the immortal array was complete and the beings of the Xuanhuang Realm could no longer perceive it, immortal artifacts like the Heavenly Profound Mirror, while perhaps unable to sense the array itself, might still be able to sense the crisis it caused.
“I need to take some extra precautions.”
“But there’s no need to worry too much. After all, what can they do even if they sense it?”
A look of disdain flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.
“If any of them dare to jump out, then it’s a perfect opportunity...”
“To burn them all as fuel for the Xuanhuang Realm!”
Now that he had mastered the method of downgrading immortal arrays and could set them up at will, Li Fan
was certainly qualified to say so.
“Also...”
Li Fan’s gaze once again swept across the myriad beings of the Xuanhuang Realm he had glanced over before.
He focused on those beings who, even now that the immortal array was hidden, still had a faint sense of the Return to Void array.
After some inspection, he did indeed find a few more immortal artifact fragments still being digested by the world.
They were all at the final stage of the world’s digestive process, and their remaining size was very small.
To Li Fan, they were useless.
So, he simply fed them all to the Xuanhuang Realm.
He then conducted another inspection.
Ultimately, he found nothing more.
Li Fan slowly retracted his gaze.
“It seems the secrets hidden within the Xuanhuang Realm that are still useful to me are few and far between.”
“As for the rest...”
“I will have to wait until I ascend using the Heaven and Earth Immortal Soul before I can explore them,” Li Fan couldn’t help but sigh.
While preparing for the Xuanhuang Realm’s ascension, Li Fan did not forget his tasks from the Mysterious Immortal Boat.
He first used the ritual to designate a small world with a population of thirty million to complete the task.
Li Fan then paused his activities for the time being.
Because he sensed that Wuming, from the Thirteen Peaks World, was about to emerge.
With a thought, the scene of that small world instantly appeared before him.
Having completed his fusion with the small world’s Heavenly Dao, Wuming joyfully descended the mountain.
After waving goodbye to the few relatives he had in the world, Wuming took a step and leaped out of the Thirteen Peaks World.
What appeared before him was a school of over a hundred Realm-Splitting Whales, swimming through the dark void.
The Realm-Splitting Whales traveled in groups, playfully carving open the void as they went.
This magnificent and spectacular scene deeply captivated the heart of Wuming, who had never seen anything beyond mountains and rivers.
Many days passed before he finally came back to his senses.
Then, with some reluctance, he began to walk step by step toward the Xuanhuang Realm.
Strictly speaking, the current Wuming had not yet embarked on the path of cultivation. He was just a frail mortal.
But possessing the Heavenly Dao of a small world, he was also more than just a helpless mortal.
With the guidance Li Fan had secretly placed beforehand, the Immortal-Forbidden Array was naturally unable to trap Wuming.
Wuming followed the path, just as Li Fan had in the past, breaking through layer after layer of formations.
He finally descended into the Xuanhuang Realm!
The vast sky, the white mist stretching across heaven and earth.
The scorching sun, the gentle breeze.
Feeling this beautiful scenery that was beyond his comprehension, Wuming was lost in it.
He remained motionless for a long time.
Just as he had once lain quietly on the mountaintop, comprehending the world’s Heavenly Dao.
An abstruse aura surged from Wuming’s body.
In an instant, he had successfully drawn qi into his body, stepping into the Qi Refining stage.
His aura continued to rise, but it suddenly came to an abrupt halt, as if a river had met a massive dam.
It stopped dead.
Wuming, who had been comprehending with his eyes closed, couldn’t help but open them, his face full of doubt.
When he looked up at the sky again, he could already see the various shackles left behind in this world by the Dharma Spreader Heavenly Sovereign.
In the past, he could have been like Mr. Bai, instantly transforming into a Spirit Transformation cultivator in a single step.
But now, the times had changed.
However, Wuming was not discouraged.
He was just like the Heavenly Dao incarnation of Su Bai that Li Fan had once summoned, following the current cultivation rules of the Xuanhuang Realm.
He began to wander the lands of the Xuanhuang Realm, searching for the materials needed for cultivation.
Wuming stretched out his hand, feeling the wind blowing through the Xuanhuang Realm.
Searching for the Heavenly Treasure needed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
He remained motionless for a long time.
Then, he suddenly opened his eyes and strode forward.
...
“Instead of immediately beginning the ritual to enter the Fallen Immortal Realm, he chose to cultivate.” Li Fan observed Wuming’s every move from the shadows, saying with great interest.
He wasn’t worried that Wuming’s unusual actions would affect his plans.
Because he could sense that the suggestion he had left behind was still effective.
“It’s just that because it was merely a suggestion, compared to the puppet-like Sun Tianci, his subjective initiative is much stronger.”
“Cultivate, then. So be it.”
“With the path to immortality ahead blocked, and the Dharma Spreader Heavenly Sovereign above, no matter how much of a genius he is, he cannot surpass the Dharma Spreader.”
“Even if the Dharma Spreader himself were here, he would have to sit down and talk things over with me.”
Although he said this, Li Fan still split off a Fabricated Personality to constantly monitor Wuming’s actions.
There could be no mistakes in this life’s plans.
His attention shifted from Wuming back to the pet-like silver eye before him.
Having been fed so many world's Heavenly Personas over this period, this Fabricated Heaven Personality created by Li Fan seemed to be on the verge of its final transformation.
Its aura surged unstably.
The eyeball darted around constantly, but its focus always remained on Li Fan.
Li Fan pondered for a moment, then carefully selected the Heavenly Persona of a medium-sized small world.
He fed it to the silver eye.
A sliver of light immediately burst forth from it.
(End of Chapter)
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