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Chapter 391: The Genesis of Tianxuan

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A crisis vanished without a trace.

After the calm, thunderous applause erupted on the colossal Dust Crossing Ship.

The formation masters and many collaborative constructors, witnessing the formidable power of the creation they had labored over for years, couldn’t conceal their excitement.

Li Fan also joined in applauding, his face filled with contentment.

However, a thought surfaced in his mind, one he couldn’t suppress.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had meticulously constructed the awe-inspiring Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array.

( TL Note: Everyone I am using Soul-Locking and Spirit Locking interchangeably. They are the same thing.)

But after it was completed, would the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance really let Li Fan and the other formation builders live?

It wasn’t that Li Fan was overly suspicious.

Wars bring peace, but generals never see it” is nothing extraordinary throughout history.

When mortal emperors built tombs, they would exterminate all the craftsmen involved to prevent leaks.

Li Fan had little confidence in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

If they were only monitoring the grand formation, perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope for survival for the formation masters like them.

But now, with the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array showing such power…

It was hard to imagine how much the formation might be hiding in the shadows.

The stronger the actual power of the Soul-Locking Array, the more bleak the prospects for the formation masters.

“Perhaps the delay in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance fulfilling my longevity wishes is related to this.”

“Since we are all destined to die eventually, why bother with such extra efforts.”

Li Fan thought, feeling increasingly cold inside.

Just as he pondered on future strategies, the exclamations of the crowd redirected his attention to the void below.

After the great explosion, apart from the azure giant web of the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array, the location of the Five Elements Subworld was now empty.

However, at this moment, visible surges of energy were spewing out from various nodes of the Soul-Locking Array.

“Is that… the Five Elements energy?”

After careful sensing, Li Fan’s expression changed slightly.

Using the void as a canvas and the various attribute energies previously absorbed as pigments,

The Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array, like a sophisticated machine, bit by bit, reconstructed the destroyed Great Five Elements Subworld.

This process, comparable to the genesis of the world, unfolded unabashedly before the eyes of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

The azure waters surged, towering trees grew rapidly, and raging flames soared…

The scenes within the former Great Five Elements Subworld were rapidly reproduced at a speed far exceeding Li Fan’s comprehension.

This magnificent sight firmly captivated the minds of all cultivators on the Dust Crossing Boat.

Not daring to make the slightest noise, they feared disturbing the grand creation of the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array.

Time passed slowly.

After an unknown duration, a completely new Five Elements Subworld appeared in the world.

It had been re-modulated by the Tianxuan Mirror, and although its scale seemed much smaller than before, it had restored the original balance of the Five Elements.

After completing this masterpiece, the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array, like actors after the curtain call, slowly disappeared from everyone’s view.

Leaving behind a group of Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators, filled with nothing but silence and daze.

“Such methods…”

Li Fan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and agitation in his heart, quickly analyzing with rationality.

“Different from true creation. It’s not creating something out of nothing, but rather the recombination of matter.”

“Moreover, this newly born Great Subworld also seems to lack the presence of living beings, just a domain of reorganized spiritual energy.”

“Nevertheless, the power displayed by the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array is extremely terrifying.”

“It seems to have analyzed the unity of the Five Elements and then proceeded with reverse engineering.”

“An empty Great Subworld without the presence of living beings, an inexplicable imbalance of attributes, the order given to complete the formation construction before the unity of the Five Elements by the prepared Eternal Chaos Gold…”

“Perhaps the intentional cause of the explosion in this Grand Cave was for the Tianxuan Mirror to complete the analysis of the Five Elements Transformation.”

As if confirming Li Fan’s speculation, after the completion of the new Great Five Elements Subworld, many black-clad cultivators flew out from the Dust Crossing Ship.

They each flew towards different Grand subworlds, arranging the Five Elements living beings that were originally transferred.

Before long, this newly born Grand Subworld slowly regained its vitality.

At this moment, a notice from Qi Buyi came through the Records of Hundred Matters.

The Soul-Locking Array of the Five Elements Subworld was completed smoothly, and the Dust Crossing Ship would return to Tianchen Province for a three-day celebration.

Not only were many rare spiritual foods and teas prepared for everyone to taste for free, but during the break time, constructing formations within the Five Elements Subworld would still count towards the overall score at a unified and fixed speed.

With this news, the cultivators, awakening from the shock brought by the Soul-Locking Array, became excited.

“Since the Soul-Locking Array has not yet been fully constructed, there should be no imminent danger for the time being.”

Looking at the excited crowd of cultivators discussing, Li Fan thought for a moment, feeling that it shouldn’t be time to face execution just yet.

While pondering, Li Fan suddenly sensed some movement from an item inside his storage ring.

Without showing any signs, he quietly entered the Dust Crossing Ship and found an unmanned cabin, retrieving the item.

It was the key to controlling the Bone Pioneer Realm, the Left Hand of White Bone.

A faint ripple emanated from it.

Li Fan sensed it slightly, his expression becoming somewhat absent-minded.

“Fellow Daoist, I haven’t been able to contact you through ‘Jade Slips’ for a while, so I can only inform you through this method.”

“The thirty-year lease period has expired. Does the Bone Pioneer Realm need to renew the lease?”

“If necessary, please contact me before the expiration date.”

“Otherwise, the previous key will become ineffective, and you won’t be able to enter the White Bone Pioneer Realm anymore.”

“The items and scenes left behind in the Bone Pioneer Realm will be temporarily preserved for you for three months.”

“After three months, I will proceed with clearance.”

A somewhat familiar voice sounded in Li Fan’s mind.

It was the true master of the Bone Pioneer Realm, the cultivator who claimed to be the Purple Mists Immortal Venerable.

At 9th year, Li Fan rented the White Bone Vanguard Realm for thirty years from him in order to deceive the people leaving the realm.

Now, nearing the end of the 38th year, the lease period was up.

The Purple Mists Immortal Venerable sent an inquiry message.

“The construction of the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array began 29th year. I didn’t expect ten years to pass so quickly.”

After some thought, Li Fan didn’t immediately reply to the Purple Mists Immortal Venerable.

As the Dust Crossing Ship returned to Tianchen Province and cultivators indulged in feasting and celebration at the Thousand Stars Academy, Li Fan came alone to the Dao Discussion Tower within the city.

Renting a secluded courtyard, Li Fan casually set up protective formations and entered the White Bone Pioneer Realm.

Leaving behind four miniature Medicine King Cauldrons, he then activated the Five Elements Annihilation Sword, damaging all his arrangements.

Using his permissions, he left behind an image in the Vanguard Realm.

Returning to the real world, Li Fan destroyed the Left Hand of White Bone, completely severing the last connection with the Bone Pioneer Realm.

“Clone handled the purchase of the Bone Pioneer Realm in this world.”

“From now on, no matter what happens, they shouldn’t trace it back to me.”

TL Note: For now, I am going along with this thinking: Realm < Subworld < Great Subworld.

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    **Chapter 391: The Heavenly Profound Creation**

    The crisis had passed without a trace.

    When calm returned, thunderous applause erupted aboard the vast Dust-Crossing Vessel.

    The formation masters and the many cultivators who had worked alongside them could barely contain their excitement. Years of labor had culminated in this masterpiece—a creation whose power far exceeded their imagination.

    Li Fan joined in the applause, his expression full of satisfaction. Yet a thought emerged in his mind—one he could no longer suppress once it took shape.

    The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had schemed for years to build the awe-inspiring *Heavenly Profound Spirit-Locking Formation*.

    But after the work was done—would the Alliance really allow those who built it to live?

    It wasn’t that Li Fan was overly suspicious.

    After all, *“Peace is won by generals, but generals must not see peace”*—an old saying as ancient as it was bitter.

    Even mortal emperors, upon finishing their tombs, would execute the artisans who built them, lest secrets be revealed.

    How much more ruthless, then, would an immortal alliance be?

    If the formation had merely been a monitoring array, the formation masters might still have had a slim chance at survival.

    But now, after seeing the Spirit-Locking Formation’s astonishing display of power…

    Who could say what hidden purposes lay beneath its surface?

    The greater its true might, the slimmer their chances of living to speak of it.

    “Perhaps the reason my promised life-extension from the Alliance never arrived,” Li Fan thought darkly, “is precisely because of this. Why bother granting longevity to the dead?”

    The more he pondered, the colder his heart grew.

    Just then, startled cries from the surrounding cultivators snapped his attention back to the void below.

    After the great explosion, nothing remained of the Five Elements Grand Heaven—save for the vast blue net of the *Heavenly Profound Spirit-Locking Formation*.

    But now, from each of the formation’s countless nodal veins, surges of visible energy erupted outward.

    “That’s… elemental energy?”

    Sensing carefully, Li Fan’s expression changed.

    Upon the blank canvas of the void, using the energies it had absorbed as pigment, the *Heavenly Profound Spirit-Locking Formation* was reconstructing—piece by piece—the very Five Elements Heaven that had been destroyed.

    A process tantamount to creation itself unfolded openly before the eyes of every cultivator present.

    Azure seas surged anew; colossal trees rose skyward; raging flames blazed once more…

    Scenes once lost within the original Five Elements Heaven reappeared, recreated at a speed that defied all reason.

    The spectacle held every eye aboard the Dust-Crossing Vessel. None dared to breathe too loudly, fearful of disturbing the formation’s divine work.

    Time passed slowly.

    No one knew how long it took—but before their eyes, a *new* Five Elements Grand Heaven was born.

    Though smaller than before, it had been rebalanced and refined through the Heavenly Profound Mirror’s adjustments, restoring harmony among the five elements.

    And when the formation completed its masterpiece, it faded from sight like an actor taking its final bow, leaving behind only stunned silence.

    “This kind of power…”

    Li Fan drew a long breath, suppressing the awe and dread that churned within him, and forced himself to think clearly.

    “It’s not true creation,” he reasoned. “It isn’t something from nothing—it’s a reorganization of existing matter. And the new heaven seems devoid of life, merely a realm of spiritual energy.”

    “Still, the power displayed by the Spirit-Locking Formation is terrifying. It must have analyzed the five-element unification and performed a reverse reconstruction.”

    He pieced the clues together rapidly:
    A hollow heaven with no living beings, strange elemental imbalance, the *Eternal Calamity Gold* prepared in advance, and the strict order to finish construction before unification occurred…

    “Perhaps the explosion of the original Five Elements Heaven wasn’t an accident,” he realized grimly. “It might have been deliberately induced—to allow the Heavenly Profound Mirror to analyze the transformation of the five elements.”

    As if to confirm his suspicions, after the new heaven stabilized, numerous black-robed cultivators flew out from the vessel.

    They dispersed toward the different elemental realms, returning the displaced beings to their proper homes.

    Soon, the newborn world began to regain its vitality.

    At that moment, a message arrived in the *Record of Heavenly Supervision*—a public announcement from Qi Buyi.

    > “The Five Elements Spirit-Locking Formation has been successfully completed.
    > The Dust-Crossing Vessel will return to Tianchen Prefecture for three days of celebration.
    > Rare spiritual delicacies and teas will be provided free of charge.
    > During this rest period, participation will still count as formation duty and grant standard contribution points.”

    At once, the cultivators’ tension melted away, replaced by joy and anticipation.

    “The formation isn’t fully complete yet,” Li Fan thought, watching the cheerful crowd. “Our lives shouldn’t be in danger—at least, not *yet*.”

    As he pondered, a faint ripple of energy pulsed from within his storage ring.

    Without drawing attention, he slipped away to a quiet cabin within the vessel.

    There, he took out the source of the disturbance—a pale white skeletal left hand.

    It was the key to the *Bone Pioneer Realm*.

    Delicate fluctuations radiated from it, and as Li Fan attuned his senses, a familiar voice echoed in his mind:

    > “Greetings, Fellow Daoist. I’ve been unable to reach you through *Seeking Immortality*, so I must contact you this way.”
    >
    > “Your thirty-year lease of the *Bone Pioneer Realm* has expired. Would you like to renew it?”
    >
    > “If so, please contact me before the term ends. Otherwise, your key will lose its function, and the realm will no longer be accessible.”
    >
    > “Items and structures you left within will be preserved for three months. After that, I will clear the realm.”

    The voice was unmistakable—it belonged to the realm’s true owner, the cultivator known as *Zimiao Immortal Lord*.

    Thirty years ago, during the Year of Anchor 9, Li Fan had leased the Bone Pioneer Realm from Zimiao as part of a ruse to deceive the *Departed Realm Sect*.

    Now, at the close of Year 38, the lease had reached its end.

    “The Spirit-Locking Formation began construction in Year 29… has it really been ten years already?”

    After a moment’s thought, Li Fan chose not to reply to Zimiao immediately.

    When the Dust-Crossing Vessel returned to Tianchen Prefecture and the celebratory feasting began at *Thousand Star Courtyard*, Li Fan quietly excused himself.

    He went alone to a secluded chamber within the *Debate Hall*, renting a private courtyard.

    There, after erecting a concealment barrier, he entered the Bone Pioneer Realm one last time.

    He left behind four small *King of Medicine Cauldrons*, then unleashed the *Fivefold Annihilation Sword*, destroying every trace of his previous arrangements.

    Finally, he used his access privileges to leave a single image message within the realm before returning to the real world.

    With cold resolve, he destroyed the skeletal hand—severing his last link to the Pioneer Realm.

    “All dealings for that realm were made under my avatar, Lin Fan,” he murmured. “No matter what happens next… it shouldn’t trace back to me.”

    *(End of Chapter)*
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    The translation is either fixed, or my brain is rotted to the point that i don't see the problem, future readers please show me what's wrong.
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    This fricking translator, smh
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    It's time for the road of revenge for the leader hokage
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    Well wonder what the reactions of the leeks are gunna be
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