Chapter 810: The Myriad Worlds as a Pasture
Chapter 810: The Myriad Worlds as a Pasture
Su Yuqing digested the information that flooded her mind, then looked at the benevolent immortal master before her and couldn't help but ask, "Immortal Master, when will you be leaving? I'm all alone..."
Li Fan raised a hand, cutting her off. "There is no need to worry. Believe in yourself. With your talent, you are more than capable of shouldering the great responsibility of saving the Li Realm."
"Me?" Su Yuqing was a little lost. But hearing the immortal master's encouraging words, she couldn't help but feel a surge of confidence.
"Of course, I won't just walk away and wash my hands of the matter completely," Li Fan said, handing her a jade talisman.
"The ways of the world are unpredictable, especially when it involves a conflict between worlds. If you truly encounter a problem you cannot handle, you can use this talisman to contact my disciples. If any of them are near the Li Realm, they will come to your aid."
Su Yuqing's eyes widened at his words. "Immortal Master, you have many disciples?"
Li Fan stroked the white beard he had conjured and simply smiled without a word.
Su Yuqing hesitated for a moment.
"Am I also considered your disciple?"
Li Fan neither confirmed nor denied it.
He merely left her with his profound and enigmatic back, his voice lingering, "That will depend on your performance here in the Li Realm."
"I walk the myriad worlds of mortal dust, a single thought to save the living my only trust."
"My true name is unknown to all I see, for I am the Compassionate Immortal of the Red Dust."
On the small immortal mountain, Su Yuqing stood in a daze, the verses lingering long in the air.
"The Compassionate Immortal of the Red Dust..."
"It fits the immortal master's actions perfectly," Su Yuqing thought to herself.
At that moment, the immortal master who was the very picture of compassion in Su Yuqing's mind was already about to fly out of the Li Realm.
"The beast carcasses stored in the Immortal Spirit Tower are enough to sustain the people of the Li Realm in their cultivation for a time."
"However, if I truly want to turn the myriad worlds scattered across the Xuanhuang expanse into my personal pasture, I must find a permanent solution for the source of spiritual energy."
Li Fan mused inwardly, "I'm afraid the Beast Seed Realm alone won't be enough, even if I slaughtered every last creature within it."
"Perhaps I still need to make a trip to the Empire. My Golden Core cultivation is still too low. I urgently need an assistant."
In an instant, the image of that colossal red-and-black puppet, towering between heaven and earth, flashed through Li Fan's mind.
"Junior Brother Tianyang, I once said that if I survived, I would treat you well. Now, it is time to fulfill my promise!"
As everyone knew, Grand Preceptor Li was a man of his word. Having made his decision, he headed straight for Tianyang's cave abode the moment he left the Li Realm.
As for the Li Realm, with the vast cultivation experience Li Fan had imparted to Su Yuqing, there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.
Tianyang would only awaken from his slumber in the 14th year of the anchor point.
For now, the exterior of his cave abode remained utterly silent.
No one would ever imagine that deep beneath the sea, an ancient puppet lay dormant, using the power of earth fire to relentlessly strengthen itself day and night.
"The Ground Fire Return to Origin Array."
A glint appeared in Li Fan's eyes. In his sea of consciousness, the Final Dissociation Disc emitted a faint glow, and in an instant, it had already located the flaw in the array.
"It's unbelievably fast."
Even though he had anticipated the capabilities of the complete Dissociation Disc, Li Fan was still shocked when he used it to break an array for the first time.
A skilled array master, after all, would often adapt their formations to the local conditions, making subtle adjustments based on the environment.
Therefore, even if one thoroughly understood a formation's structure, breaking it in practice still required caution and considerable effort.
The Dissociation Disc, however, had already factored in the potential effects of various environments on any given array.
Countless variations were already stored in its database. All it needed was to compare and retrieve the data to find a solution in a mere moment.
And even if the array was unusual, with the terrifying processing power of the Final Dissociation Disc, breaking it was still a matter of an instant.
In fact, an unknown formation would only serve to further strengthen the Disc.
Witnessing the entire process of the Final Dissociation Disc breaking the array, Li Fan even felt a pang of sorrow for all array masters.
It felt as if his own hard-won knowledge of formations, accumulated over several lifetimes, was nothing but a joke in its presence.
"With the advent of this artifact, no array master in the world has any reason to be proud. Thankfully, it's in my hands."
With a flicker in his eyes, Li Fan passed through the Ground Fire Return to Origin Array and arrived beside Tianyang.
The Tianyang puppet was not yet as colossal as it would be in a few years. It was only the size of a child, seemingly in Tianyang's original form.
The raging earth fire, guided by the Return to Origin Array, transformed into fine threads of scorching red energy that were absorbed by the puppet's body.
"Junior Brother!"
On his way here, Li Fan had already activated the Furnace of Ten Thousand Forms, transforming his appearance into that of Tianyang's senior brother. Just as in his previous life, he easily won Tianyang's trust.
This time, however, Tianyang's early emergence seemed to have left him somewhat underdeveloped.
His spirit was languid.
His strength had barely reached the late Soul Transformation stage. But Li Fan didn't mind.
Rather than wasting time slowly absorbing the power of the earth fire at the bottom of the sea, it was better to follow him and prepare for an early advancement to Dao Integration.
His so-called "treating him well" was not mere talk.
Not to mention Crimson Flame and Green Wind in the Cong Yun Sea, or the Black Swamp that Long Jiuyuan had integrated with in the previous life.
Just from the memories synchronized from Su Bai, Li Fan knew of no fewer than five other hidden Spirits of Heaven and Earth scattered across the Xuanhuang Realm.
If he had enough power, creating five or six Dao Integration cultivators in the blink of an eye would be no difficult task.
"It's just that the birth of a Dao Integration cultivator is bound to attract the attention of the Xuanhuang Realm's powerhouses."
"Especially at this point in time, the Dharma Spreader has likely not yet left the Xuanhuang Realm. I need to be cautious."
With this in mind, Li Fan sat on Tianyang's shoulder and headed towards the entrance of another small world he remembered.
To form a true Federation of All Worlds, a secure and secret base was absolutely essential.
The place couldn't be too small, it had to have ample spiritual energy, and the native resistance couldn't be too strong.
Thanks to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's campaign to sweep through the myriad worlds in his past life, Li Fan happened to know of a small world that met all these criteria.
The entrance to this small world was located in Shilin Province, within the same stone forest where the Heavenly Mystery Sect Ruins had once been discovered.
Li Fan had been there in his previous life but had failed to notice the existence of the spatial passage, a testament to how well-hidden it was.
In fact, in his past life, this small world had only revealed itself and surrendered after the Tai Yan Sect's capitulation.
Otherwise, even with the aid of the Tianxuan Mirror, the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance might not have found it so easily.
The underground stone caves twisted and turned a thousand times.
Even with the memories of his past life, it still took Li Fan the better part of half a day to find the exact location.
In a grotto filled with thousands of stalactites, Li Fan searched for a long time before finally discerning the entrance.
"It seems the unique terrain here also contributes to concealing the spatial passage."
"It suits my purposes perfectly."
Li Fan nodded slightly and pointed. A faint spatial fluctuation appeared within one of the stone pillars.
The Tianyang puppet carried Li Fan and flew inside.
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