Chapter 898 |
“Truly pathetic…”
Through the mind of the young Dharma-Transmitter, he learned of the various events that had occurred in the Xuanhuang Realm during his slumber. These revelations caused the Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect to feel as though he were reading a third-rate, absurd story.
“Even with disaster looming, they still bicker endlessly…”
“Perhaps human nature has always been this way. Xuantian King’s judgment back then was not wrong.”
The Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect shook his head slightly.
Of course, he had no intention of rectifying chaos or setting things right.
All he wanted now was to locate Xuantian King and escape from this place before the Xuanhuang Realm completely fell into the Immortal Ruins.
If Xuantian King could no longer be found…
Then he would have to rely on himself.
Yet, in the eyes of the Dharma King, these plans were hardly feasible.
What exactly is the Darkest Starry Sea?
Why did Xuantian King declare with absolute certainty that only those who reached the True Immortal realm could escape this Deadly zone?
Many escape strategies devised by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance could indeed allow some cultivators to leave the Xuanhuang Realm temporarily and evade the pull of the Immortal Ruins.
But the Immortal Ruins influence an unimaginably vast void.
Within this void, numerous once-vibrant cultivation worlds, like clusters of stars, had long since been swallowed by the Immortal Ruins over the years.
The once-brilliant starry skies had thus become dark and lifeless.
Escaping the Xuanhuang Realm, many could achieve that.
But escaping this dark cage…
Was not just a matter of the void being too vast. Even those at the Longevity Immortal stage, without reference points or guiding markers, would only become lost and eventually trapped if they dared to fly recklessly into it.
More importantly, beyond the Darkest Starry Sea, a High Wall had been artificially constructed.
At the edge of the Darkest Starry Sea, it caused any cultivator attempting to break through to sigh in despair.
Xuantian King speculated that this High Wall might have been built by cultivators outside the Darkest Starry Sea to prevent the calamity of the Immortal Ruins from spreading further outward.
To cross the High Wall, one must unleash a power in an instant that surpasses mortal forms.
Otherwise, the so-called escape would merely mean moving from one part of the cage to another.
“If the Floating Starry Sky Formation is still intact, given the current scale of the Xuanhuang Realm, fully activating the formation’s power might produce a peak burst sufficient to surpass the High Wall.”
The young disciple pondered this as he glanced at the ruins of the Purple Heaven Sect.
With a wave of his hand, he dismantled the Nine Heavens Ten Earth Formation covering the area.
Then, his figure blurred and vanished.
The Purple Heaven Sect ruins fell once again into the long-standing tranquility.
Seven full days passed.
The air twisted, and a figure suddenly appeared.
The Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect, who seemed to have departed, had actually returned.
Or rather, he had never left.
His earlier “departure” had only been a diversion.
“I was still hoping to meet my brother from the sect, but alas…”
Since fate did not allow it, the Dharma King did not insist.
With a flicker, his figure vanished completely.
This time, it was no mere illusion—he had truly left.
After more than ten days had passed, a furtive figure appeared outside the ruins of the Purple Heaven Sect.
His features were indistinguishable, and his aura was completely concealed.
It was Li Fan.
He observed from a distance for a while, confirming there was no danger, and sensed nothing unusual in his surroundings.
Only then did he cautiously move forward.
During this time, after using the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s Dharma-Transmitter as a diversion, he had patiently waited in the vicinity.
Once he sensed that all traces of the previous aura had completely disappeared, he waited a long time before finally returning.
He had originally assumed that when two powerful figures clashed, at least one would be injured.
But what surprised him was that the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance had no reaction at all to the incident.
Even those from the Congyun Sea Mutual Aid Association who had already been exposed were not pursued by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
It was as if nothing had ever happened.
Li Fan wanted to understand exactly what had occurred here.
A glimmer of silver light appeared in his eyes, activating a hidden formation in the air.
This formation had been derived by Li Fan using the Final Dissociation Disc—a formation one tier beyond the current generation, nearly impossible for other cultivators to detect.
It had only one function: to record everything within its coverage area.
As Li Fan continued to cast his spell, the scenes from over ten days ago began to reappear in the air.
Vividly.
When he saw the extremely strange divine abilities of the Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect, a flash of shock crossed Li Fan’s mind.
Especially when the Dharma King effortlessly devoured the young Dharma-Transmitter, who seemed to be at the peak of Dao Integration—Li Fan’s heart shook violently.
He took a deep breath to suppress his shock.
“So this is the true power of the Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect?”
“Truly unpredictable and devious, impossible to guard against.”
Li Fan put himself in the position of the young Dharma-Transmitter. For a moment, he could not think of an effective way to respond.
Although he possessed the enormous strength of the Five Elements Cave-Heaven and was protected by the Seven-Colored Radiance, facing the extremely bizarre offensive techniques of the Xuantian Sect, he could not leverage any significant advantage.
He could not help but recall the several divine arts of the Xuantian Sect he had seen in Senior Sister Zhao’s illusion:
Heaven and Earth Converging Manual, Eternal Sole-Dominance Technique, Soul-Severing Divine Art, and Heaven’s Sorrow and Earth’s Grief Scripture.
Senior Sister Zhao could achieve the rank of One-Heart Heavenly Sovereign with just the Eternal Sole-Dominance Technique.
This alone demonstrated the extraordinary depth and power of the Xuantian Sect.
“Good thing I was cautious and didn’t provoke this person recklessly just because of my own strength. Otherwise, I might have ended up being the one captured,” Li Fan thought quietly.
Next, Li Fan saw that after devouring the young Dharma-Transmitter, the Dharma King appeared dazed, occasionally looking up at the sky, occasionally muttering to himself.
When he mistakenly treated Li Fan as a member of the Xuantian Sect, Li Fan’s expression slightly changed.
Afterward, the Dharma King seemed to sink into memories.
Li Fan could only vaguely discern words like “Xuantian King” and “escape” that were occasionally spoken, but could not know what exactly was on his mind.
Li Fan continued to play back the recorded scenes.
When he saw the Dharma King attempt a trick to ambush him, Li Fan could not help but sneer.
If he had not ensured absolute safety, how could he have revealed himself?
Patiently, he fast-forwarded through the remaining recorded scenes and then erased the formation.
He hurriedly returned to the Spiritwood Realm, arriving at the circular hall where the Faceless Xuantian God statue stood.
Li Fan fixed his gaze on the statue.
“I had originally thought I could use this as bait to attract the remnants of the Xuantian Sect, then trap them and extract secrets of the ancient Xuantian Sect from their minds.”
“But now it seems I was overconfident.”
“If I really lured someone at the Dharma King level, I would probably end up being the one caught instead.”
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