Chapter 1126-1130: The True Immortal in Front (7.5k+ words)

Jiushan Province.

"Today is a good day." Zhao Xian wrote his own name on the golden contract in front of him. When a golden light flew into his body and the contract was established, he laughed happily.

The five elders in the shop, along with their group, put away the contract, showing smiles and expressing their agreement.

For the next half day, Zhao Xian further negotiated the trade agreement with the Five Elders. After sending them to the city for rest, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Instead of returning to his own cave, he turned back to the shop and entered the underground secret room.

Looking at the faceless stone statue hidden in the darkness, Zhao Xian's expression was complex, with countless thoughts in his mind.

Since the Universal Alliance was annihilated by the Universal Immortal Alliance and listed on the permanent kill list, as a secret agent of the alliance in Jiushan Province, Zhao Xian has been living in fear.

Every day, he was uneasy, often having hallucinations of the Universal Immortal Alliance coming to arrest him.

Without the supplies provided by the alliance, the source of goods in the shop was greatly affected. Daily customer flow almost couldn't be sustained. In the end, he had to beg and use up the accumulated wealth over the years to barely rebuild the supply chain.

"Fortunately, everything is over now," Zhao Xian said in his heart.

The storm of the alliance has subsided.

In the days when the Universal Immortal Alliance was searching intensively, they failed to discover Zhao Xian's true identity. There should be no danger in the future.

After years of careful management, the business in the shop returned to normal. Recently, he even reached a business agreement with a commercial caravan from the Five Elders. The annual value of fixed trading goods alone reached millions of contribution points.

"Although I no longer receive rewards from True Immortals, relying on the profits from the shop is enough to support my cultivation to the Nascent Soul realm."

"With the destruction of the alliance, I don't have to submit profits, and all of it goes into my pocket. Life is even more prosperous than before..." Zhao Xian thought with some pride.

"It's really a matter of blessing in disguise, the world is unpredictable."

Finally, after looking at the faceless stone statue one last time, Zhao Xian decided to permanently seal off this underground secret room.

In the future, no one would ever know the secret that he was once a member of the Universal Alliance.

"The compassion of True Immortals, I believe they won't blame me," Zhao Xian respectfully made his final salute and then sealed the secret room.

After completing all of this, Zhao Xian felt relieved, as if he were reborn.

But on the way back to his cave, he looked up at the azure sky of the Grand Xuan Realm, and for some reason, a wave of uneasiness surged in his heart.

Zhao Xian has always had confidence in his intuition. He stopped abruptly.

Carefully recalling every detail of his recent life and pondering for a long time, Zhao Xian couldn't find anything wrong.

"Weird..."

The chaotic feeling in his heart intensified, and Zhao Xian suddenly sensed something. He looked around at the people nearby.

At a glance, he broke into a cold sweat.

It wasn't just him.

In the Free Trade City of Jiushan Province, every cultivator strolling on the streets seemed to vaguely sense that something was wrong. Their minds were in chaos, and they looked nervous.

Some even had cold sweats on their foreheads, and their steps were floating.

"This..." Zhao Xian suddenly recalled the scene of ants moving collectively before a torrential rain.

"Could it be that a catastrophe is about to happen?"

Zhao Xian suddenly thought of the origin of the Jiushan Trade Zone. Originally, this place was a chaotic zone where dragons and snakes mingled, with nine mountains standing side by side. Due to the war between the Universal Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders, under the gaze of the Divine Law of the Heavenly Venerable, the mountains and rivers turned into plains.

This was how the prosperous Jiushan Province came into being.

"Could it be that the events of that day are going to happen again?" Zhao Xian had this thought, and immediately shivered.

Although reason told him that neither the Universal Immortal Alliance nor the Five Elders would go to war again in Jiushan Province for the sake of their own interests.

But the current situation made him determined—there must be a disaster about to happen!

"Escape!"

Just a moment later, Zhao Xian made a decision.

Yes, he loved money.

He also wanted to become a great Nascent Soul cultivator to dominate a region.

But all of this was premised on being able to save his own life.

With the abilities he had cultivated over the years in Jiushan Province, even if he turned into a pauper, he could rise again in another place.

Moreover, the most valuable items in the shop were always kept close by Zhao Xian.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xian immediately changed direction, disregarding the city's restrictions, and swiftly flew towards the border of Jiushan Province.

This abnormal behavior naturally attracted the attention of the cultivators within Jiushan City. As if triggering a chain reaction, for no apparent reason, they also started fleeing together.

It was like the instinctual struggle of wild beasts sensing a life-or-death crisis.

And indeed, the premonitions of these cultivators proved to be correct.

They hadn't fled far when a terrible wave descended from behind them.

The sky instantly darkened.

Countless cultivators didn't even have time to scream before being engulfed by an unknown terrifying existence.

Feeling the disappearance of tens of thousands of breaths behind him in an instant, extreme fear took over Zhao Xian's mind.

At this moment, his thoughts raced at an unprecedented speed.

"There must be a terrible disaster befalling Jiushan Province."

"My strength is obviously insufficient to survive this disaster."

"Now, it's still a long way to the border of Jiushan Province. There's not enough time to escape to a safe place."

"The reason Jiushan Province doesn't have a teleportation array is because the spatial structure here is extremely unstable. Activating teleportation without authorization will not only fail to reach the destination but may randomly teleport to other places, and even get lost in the void..."

"But there is still hope to survive."

Zhao Xian's thoughts turned in a flash, and his body instinctively reacted.

He directly activated the random teleportation array in his storage ring.

The surrounding scenery twisted and blurred.

After a brief dizziness, Zhao Xian escaped Jiushan Province and arrived at an unfamiliar place.

However, the scene before him did not bring the joy of escaping death.

Instead, it felt like falling into an icy cave, his mind going blank.

It was as if he were floating high in the air, overlooking the Grand Xuan Realm.

On the ground, there were thousands of black dots.

Like a pitch-black abyss, devouring everything around it.

The entire world seemed to be torn apart by these black dots, forming twisted fragments of paper.

The cultivators on the ground, no matter how they struggled, couldn't endure in the black domain for a moment.

They turned into distorted rays of light, disappearing into the black dots.

...

"So disasters are not only happening in Jiushan Province?"

"What is this?"

"Is it the end of the world, the destruction of the world?" Zhao Xian was dumbfounded.

But soon, his attention was drawn to another strange scene that echoed with this apocalyptic vision.

Above the Grand Xuan Realm, torn into thousands of twisted sheets of paper in an instant, there suddenly appeared a painting that seemed to be created by countless pigments being randomly splashed.

In this ink-splattered painting, countless scenes changed rapidly every moment.

And in front of this bizarre painting, a figure stood with hands behind their back.

As if sensing the distant gaze of Sun Xian, that figure turned around.

Before Zhao Xian could see the other person's face clearly, his body and soul exploded into countless pieces because he couldn't withstand this immense pressure.

Death without a complete corpse.

"Hmm?"

A moment later, Li Fan already knew why this unlucky person had come here.

Shaking his head slightly, he no longer paid attention to him but focused on the countless changes in the world pouring out of the Grand Xuan Realm in front of him.

Those countless black dots were undoubtedly the bait puppets flying towards the Immortal Burial, triggering the power of the Immortal.

The power of the Immortal, transmitted through the connection of those puppets, spread into the Grand Xuan Realm.

Causing boundless calamities.

And as expected by Li Fan, the moment the power of the Immortal appeared, it spontaneously triggered the faceless Immortal puppets arranged by Li Fan beside the bait puppets.

These faceless Immortal puppets had no substance. They were purely condensed from the essence of the faceless Immortal by Li Fan.

When the power of the Immortal Burial, driven by the destruction plan, swept towards them.

An indescribable force surged from the essence of the source power.

Like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon, or flowers blooming from fruit.

The source power essence melted like ice and snow, directly disappearing. Only an incomprehensible force remained, colliding with the Immortal Power of the Immortal Burial.

It was like two giant waves crashing into each other, creating myriad splashes.

In an instant, the Grand Xuan Realm tore into thousands of fragments.

But it seemed that the struggle between the two forces prevented the already heavily damaged Grand Xuan Realm from collapsing immediately.

"It seems my concerns were unnecessary."

"The faceless Immortal doesn't seem to have noticed my presence."

Li Fan thought so in his mind.

"Extract the essence of heaven and earth to obtain its divinity."

Uttering words, he absorbed the bizarre ink-splattered painting in front of him into the shadow of the Five Elements Great Heaven behind him.

In front of Li Fan's eyes, scenes of the past, present, and future trajectories of the Grand Xuan Realm played out like a revolving lantern.

Apart from this, Li Fan also sensed a strong desire for survival.

The vortex of the images rotated rapidly, as if something was about to be conceived from it.

Upon careful consideration, Li Fan even perceived the intention of the Grand Xuan Realm to cooperate.

"The world is dying, no different from humans."

"Clearly, it discovered that I was deceiving the Heavenly Dao, but for a possible chance of survival, it not only didn't blame me but was even willing to cooperate with me..."

"This is something I didn't think of before."

Li Fan snorted coldly, not agreeing to the Grand Xuan Realm's request.

Nor did he directly refuse.

Instead, he accelerated the speed of extracting the essence of heaven and earth.

As countless changes merged into his body, the Five Elements Great Heaven also began to undergo earth-shaking changes.

In sharp contrast to the Grand Xuan Realm, which had already reached the end of the world, the Five Elements Great Heaven became unprecedentedly prosperous.

Among the circulation of the Five Elements, it tended to merge.

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth became one, and the barriers within each of the original heavens gradually disappeared.

A new, infinitely vibrant world was taking shape.

...

At this moment, Li Fan, who was about to successfully ascend to the Nascent Soul realm, inexplicably felt a hint of danger.

A beam of light appeared from outside the void in an instant.

"No!"

After seeing the current appearance of the Grand Xuan Realm, he roared in anger.

Then, in an instant, he crossed the vast space distance and locked onto Li Fan.

With eyes meeting, both of them looked somewhat bewildered.

Li Fan was astonished because he thought the one coming back would be the transmission method.

But he didn't expect the figure appearing in this life...

It was the Heavenly Doctor.

The Heavenly Doctor was surprised because Li Fan, the last disciple of the Heavenly Law Realm, appeared here for some unknown reason.

Moreover, he was ruthlessly extracting the essence of the heavens and earth from the Grand Xuan Realm.

"You came back quite quickly," Li Fan sighed inwardly.

"Indeed."

Without any hesitation, Li Fan immediately thought.

Influenced by the Immortal Power of the Immortal Burial, the constraint of the True Immortal Net on him had already loosened.

The Heavenly Doctor had also discovered him.

So without being greedy, he directly activated the True Return.

The surrounding scene suddenly became void.

At this moment, Li Fan clearly saw the shock on the face of the Heavenly Doctor, and the sudden burst of light from his murky eyes.

"What did he discover?" Li Fan's heart suddenly tightened.

But the surrounding scenery had almost become still.

Even the mighty Heavenly Doctor's movements seemed incredibly slow in Li Fan's eyes.

Thick mist enveloped everything.

All things in the world were about to turn real into fake, substantial into illusory.

Just at this moment...

In the myriad black dots of the Grand Xuan Realm, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth.

The Immortal Power capable of easily tearing apart the Grand Xuan Realm was actually suppressed at this moment.

Amidst all the frozen scenes, only this radiant brilliance was affected the least.

Even in Li Fan's eyes, it still seemed like slow-motion.

But it still rushed towards Li Fan at an extremely fast speed.

"Faceless Immortal!"

Li Fan's heart felt as if it were being tightly clenched by a hand.

The threat from the Heavenly Doctor was instantly thrown out of his mind.

"He finally found me..."

"Heaven and Earth, refine all spirits!"

A blood-red giant net unfolded around Li Fan.

Layer upon layer, densely packed.

They seemed like numerous ferocious human faces.

The red net rose from Li Fan and expanded frantically in all directions.

The living beings within the net, billions and trillions, simultaneously emitted wails before their deaths.

The radiant light ignored the red net and steadfastly approached Li Fan.

Li Fan had never felt that the activation of True Time could be so slow.

As he saw the radiant white light about to rush to him.

His body involuntarily stiffened, becoming cold.

Even his thoughts seemed to freeze.

Fortunately...

The red net still had some effect in hindering it.

At the moment before the radiant light locked onto Li Fan.

Li Fan successfully activated True Time.

All scenes became illusory.

Only that radiant white light remained dazzling.

...

Anchor for 1 year.

Dissociate from the mountain peak.

Having narrowly escaped death, Li Fan's body was soaked in sweat, breathing heavily.

"Is this the power of a True Immortal?"

"Even the thoughts of billions of living beings are so powerless before it."

As Li Fan thought this, he suddenly felt something unusual about his body.

He wasn't using his eyes to see at this moment because...

Li Fan reached out to touch his face, and his body trembled slightly.

His face had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1127: Immortal Power Transforms into Nothingness

[Simulation Ends]

[You can choose to retain one of the following options:

1. An item you possessed during this simulation.

2. Your cultivation realm during this simulation.

3. Simulation memories of a person closely related to you during this simulation. These memories can be inherited by that person.

4. Give up the above choices and accelerate the charging progress.]

...

The notification from True Transformation appeared in front of Li Fan, but he was not in the mood to make a choice now.

Instead, he felt the changes happening to himself.

Just like when he was exposed to the Immortal Power of the Grand Xuan, even after True Transformation, he still felt an incredible hunger.

This time, under the radiant Immortal Power of the Faceless Immortal, Li Fan, who had just barely transformed, couldn't completely rid himself of the erosion of Immortal Power with just one True Transformation.

"The side effect brought by the Immortal from the Grand Xuan is the insatiable hunger to devour everything around. And the Faceless Immortal..."

Li Fan carefully felt his face.

It was as if a layer of skin had covered it, concealing all facial features.

Only the sense of touch remained.

Although assisted by divine sense perception, it didn't affect normal activities.

But it still made Li Fan feel a slight chill in his heart.

"Not only did my face disappear, but..."

Li Fan used his divine sense to "see" his body.

There was occasionally a faint sense of transparency, like a ghost.

"My 'existence' is also disappearing."

Just back from anchoring for a year, True Transformation was still in progress. If he died now, it would be a real death without a chance to start over.

Facing such a dilemma, Li Fan remained calm rather than panicking.

He thought very calmly.

The experience of diluting the effects of Immortal Power brought by the Grand Xuan through multiple True Transformations made Li Fan understand that the influence imposed by the Faceless Immortal on him this time could also be resolved through multiple True Transformations.

This did not mean that the ability of "True Transformation" was gradually becoming inadequate against True Immortals. It was just that Li Fan himself was too weak.

But now, several key issues were in front of Li Fan.

"One, True Transformation needs to charge. And before that, if I don't do something, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for that long."

"Two, under the radiant Immortal Power of the Faceless Immortal, I have turned into this appearance. Compared to when I was a messenger of True Immortals in the previous life, now He has a deeper influence on me. That is to say..."

...

Li Fan walked out of the wooden house on the mountaintop and came to the endless sea of clouds.

Looking at the rising red sun in the sky, Li Fan did not feel the slightest warmth.

Instead, an uncontrollable chill surfaced in his heart.

Li Fan sat quietly at the edge of the cliff, thinking carefully.

At the same time, it seemed like he was waiting for something.

Until the sun was at its zenith, nearly half a day had passed, and the Great Xuan Dissociation Mountain remained calm, without any unexpected incidents.

Only then did Li Fan breathe a sigh of relief, feeling the sensation of escaping a calamity.

"The Faceless Immortal did not come."

Standing up, dusting off the dirt on his body.

Feeling the increasingly ethereal body, Li Fan looked at the still flashing True Transformation prompt in the "front" light curtain.

Still not making any choice, he chose to ignore it for now.

Back at the mountaintop wooden house, lying on the bed, Li Fan pondered.

"What is the essence of True Transformation?"

"When truth becomes falsehood, falsehood becomes truth."

"For this bug that appeared suddenly in the True Immortal's net without any signs, the Faceless Immortal chose to ignore it. Either it means that He cannot perceive the specific situation in the miniature world of the Grand Xuan, or..."

"Before this, the world did not exist. The moment I returned, time began to flow, and everything truly gained meaning. From my perspective, it's because of the cause and effect from the previous life, appearing suddenly in the True Immortal's net. But for the Faceless Immortal, I already existed on the True Immortal's net. So, there is no anomaly for Him. That's also the reason why He did not descend."

Countless thoughts churned in Li Fan's mind.

"If it were a time reversal, then the Faceless Immortal at this time node should be able to keenly perceive the changes happening to himself. For a True Immortal, unexpected things happening beyond their control, He will definitely not overlook this anomaly and will trace it, coming to find me."

"But all of this did not happen."

Li Fan repeated the seven words that accompanied True Transformation in his mind.

"When truth becomes falsehood, falsehood becomes truth."

"Transforming the unreal into reality, reorganizing everything. With such a divine object by my side, falling into the current miserable state is indeed somewhat unreasonable." Li Fan shook his head, self-deprecatingly.

In the end, he underestimated the power of True Immortals.

Unexpectedly, even after activating True Transformation, the radiant Immortal Power could still trace back to him.

Moreover, it seemed that the more powerful the existence, the more sensitive it was to the power of True Transformation.

The sudden burst of the Faceless Immortal, suppressing the Immortal Power from the Grand Xuan, clearly indicated that He knew something about True Transformation.

"The performance of True Transformation is closely related to my strength. Before advancing to the Longevity Realm, it's better not to provoke them."

Li Fan thought so.

After summarizing his temporary speculations about True Immortals and True Transformation, Li Fan finally began to think about how to solve the current dilemma.

"I am currently at the third anchor point, and True Transformation is a Foundation Establishment miraculous item with Foundation Establishment cultivation. If I choose to inherit the cultivation of the previous life, then I will instantly complete the transformation from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul."

"But now I am in the True Immortal's net. The reason I haven't attracted the attention of the Faceless Immortal is that my strength itself can be ignored. But if a Foundation Establishment ant turns into a Nascent Soul ant in an instant, it might attract His attention."

"So the method to solve the crisis in this world is clear. Hide in the Netherworld, choose the moment of inheriting the cultivation from the previous life, activate True Transformation again, avoid the Faceless Immortal's invasion, and use True Transformation to wash away the imprint He left on me. Repeat this process."

"But before that..."

Li Fan reached out to pick up a teacup placed in the wooden house.

Initially, there was no problem, but as his body became somewhat transparent, the teacup slipped from his hand and fell directly to the ground.

"Is this the power of the Faceless Immortal? Deprivation of existence..."

The first thing Li Fan needed to solve was to find a way to stabilize his own existence before True Transformation completed its charging.

Otherwise, all efforts would be in vain.

And from the current condition of his body, Li Fan didn't have much time left.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1128: Emperor's Qi as an Anchor

Fortunately, Li Fan was no longer the ordinary mortal who first entered the cultivation world.

After many cycles, he had mastered many secrets of the cultivation world.

Scenes from the past flashed rapidly in his mind, and soon he found a viable solution.

"To minimize the possibility of detection by the Faceless Immortal, my own strength and realm should not undergo significant changes. But I also need to increase my strength as much as possible, that is, the 'existence' in the mortal world..."

"The Emperor's Qi Manual."

A manual not belonging to the Grand Xuan Realm suddenly appeared in Li Fan's sea of consciousness.

This was a peerless technique that Senior Stone Tablet had fished out while fishing in the pool.

Senior Stone Tablet wasn't interested in it at the time and casually threw it to Li Fan.

But now, it had become the most suitable lifesaving straw for Li Fan.

The Emperor's Qi Manual could achieve the status of an emperor in the world, condensing the aura of sentient beings and the fortune of a dynasty. Without cultivation, one could become a powerhouse comparable to the Longevity Realm.

Although becoming a Longevity Realm powerhouse required the efforts of several hundred years and many generations, Li Fan did not expect to reach the highest level of the Emperor's Qi Manual.

He only needed to condense the aura of sentient beings to help him get through the current crisis.

"No time to lose. Foundation Establishment later-stage cultivation is enough to sweep across the world."

Li Fan stood at the top of the Dissociation Mountain, gazing towards Xuanjing City.

His figure floated away, disappearing in an instant.

...

Three days later, a piece of news spread throughout the world.

The Great Xuan Emperor was incompetent and tyrannical, provoking heavenly anger and public resentment.

Fortunately, the Holy Emperor of Destiny descended, overthrowing the tyrant, eliminating the treacherous ministers, reopening a prosperous era, and recreating the universe.

It sounded divine, but officials and commoners throughout the Great Xuan Empire quickly understood that it was a change of dynasty.

Although it was indeed a shocking event, after several days of turmoil, everyone quickly calmed down.

After all, since ancient times, imperial power did not reach the countryside. Regardless of how things changed at the top, those who truly controlled the world were still the same group of people.

That's how the people of the Great Xuan initially thought.

But not long after, the extraordinary aspects of this Holy Emperor of Destiny gradually revealed themselves.

Overnight, tall platforms appeared all over the Great Xuan Empire.

No one knew how these towering buildings, hundreds of feet high, came into existence. But this existence called the "Holy Emperor's Seat" completely changed the official hierarchy of the Great Xuan Empire.

Because these Holy Emperor's Seats could project the image of the Holy Emperor onto the sky.

Every commoner, even those living in remote mountains, could listen to the teachings of the Holy Emperor through these Holy Emperor's Seats scattered throughout the empire.

What made officials from all over even more frightened was that these Holy Emperor's Seats surprisingly had the function of connecting to the capital.

In a region of Qingzhou where a drought had occurred, with no harvest for three months, famine was widespread.

However, shortly after the construction of the Holy Emperor's Seats, a group of imperial guards emerged from them, bringing a large amount of food to aid the disaster-stricken area.

While saving countless commoners, this event also spread instantly throughout the world through the Holy Emperor's Seats.

Furthermore, Holy Emperor envoys successively walked out of the Holy Emperor's Seats, summoning officials from all over the country. This confirmed the authenticity of the disaster relief.

The Holy Emperor of Destiny was a transcendent being reincarnated, who had performed various miraculous deeds on the altar. In a short time, it became widely known.

"All the commoners can pray to the Great Holy Emperor through the Holy Emperor's Seat. As for local officials who are corrupt and incompetent, once confirmed, they will be severely punished." This was the guidance of the Holy Emperor envoys to the people of the Great Xuan.

"Don't think that death will be a simple end. The methods of the Holy Emperor of Destiny are beyond your imagination. The hundreds of fat pigs bound in the market of Xuanjing City were officials who exploited the people. They are still daily writing confessions with pig hooves on the ground. I came this time to take you to appreciate this." This was the warning of the Holy Emperor envoys to officials from all over the Great Xuan.

After the Great Xuan bureaucrats collectively visited the market in Xuanjing City, they all turned extremely pale.

Upon returning to their respective territories, they quickly became strict and upright in a short time.

Xuanjing City.

Li Fan floated above Xuanjing City, watching as the dynasty's fortune slowly changed from black to blue, nodding slightly.

"With the help of the Holy Emperor's Seat to achieve strong centralization, the Great Xuan Dynasty has completed its transformation in a short time. Next is to gradually gather the hearts of the people and elevate the fortune."

Li Fan observed his own body.

Billions of lives in the Great Xuan Empire were now connected to him.

It was like a weighty "anchor" that fixed his existence.

His body was no longer as elusive and transparent as a ghost, but occasionally, that state of nothingness would still reappear.

Clearly, it had not completely stabilized yet.

"No big problem. As long as Great Xuan remains stable and grows stronger, in another three years, I should be able to completely overcome the side effects of 'nothingness.'"

"But this is just solving the side effects. To truly escape the True Immortal Web, I still need to go to the Nether Realm and use 'Huan Zhen.'"

Li Fan looked ahead and threw a gentle punch.

Without using the spiritual power of his Foundation Establishment stage, he relied only on the Emperor's Qi Manual to condense the fortune of the dynasty.

The whistling sound of breaking air echoed, and the distant white clouds were split open.

Vaguely, a cyan dragon illusion appeared in the sky, roaring.

"White, blue, red, purple, gold."

"The five realms of the Emperor's Qi Manual. In just a month, I've cultivated the second realm."

"Now, I'm equivalent to an ordinary Golden Core later-stage cultivator. The rapid progress in cultivation is due to the fact that the foundation of Great Xuan was not bad, and it can be said to be in a feudal prosperous era. Moreover..."

Li Fan looked down at the towering Holy Emperor's Seat.

"The methods of immortals are simply a downward attack for mortal dynasties. They severely punished a group of corrupt officials, resolved disasters in various places, and then declared to the world through the Holy Emperor's Seat. The hearts of the people almost instantly gathered."

"If it were an ordinary feudal mortal emperor, achieving what I have would require at least more than ten years of effort. And they would have to face the backlash of officials and local forces."

"But I don't need to worry about that."

Thinking so, Li Fan slowly descended from the clouds into the palace.

"Greetings, Holy Emperor!"

"Greetings, Teacher!"

The guards in the courtyard immediately knelt down.

"Rise." Li Fan raised his hand, lifting them all up.

The faces of these young people turned extremely red due to excitement.

They were personally selected by Li Fan from all over Great Xuan. Besides being responsible for guarding the imperial palace, their main task was to eliminate bureaucrats and intimidate local powers, maintaining the flourishing fortune of the Great Xuan Dynasty.

Among those who called Li Fan "Teacher" were two young talents named Sun Erlang and Wang Xuanba, selected by Li Fan from the foot of the Dissociation Mountain.

They had more important missions.

"Erlang, how is your cultivation of the 'Sitting Immortal Decision' that I passed on to you?"

After dismissing everyone, Li Fan looked at Sun Erlang and asked in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1129: The Significance of Anchors

A mysterious black robe adorned with nine golden dragons intertwined, its crown covering the face and features.

"As expected of the Holy Emperor by fate, mortals can hardly hope to see the dragon's countenance."

Sun Erlang felt Li Fan's gaze, his body slightly trembling, instinctively lowering his head.

Simultaneously, he spoke with a hoarse voice, "Returning to the teacher, the disciple is incompetent. I just broke through to the first layer of Qi Refinement yesterday."

"Just relying on the slight spiritual energy gathered in the palace, it's not easy to achieve Qi circulation in such a short time," Li Fan said, nodding without blame but rather consoling.

Hearing this, Sun Erlang showed a trace of guilt on his face. "If it weren't for the [Mystic Yellow Immortal Heart Mantra] taught by the teacher, I'm afraid I would still be affected by the miasma inside my body and find it difficult to ascend the immortal path."

After Sun Erlang finished speaking, he bowed his head in gratitude, kowtowing several times.

Li Fan did not stop him.

After Sun Erlang stood up again, Li Fan asked casually, "How is the overall progress of the Forbidden Army in learning the Immortal Heart Mantra?"

"As of yesterday, a total of one hundred and sixty soldiers have successfully entered and shed their mortal bodies. The rest who failed the test have all been dealt with." Sun Erlang's eyes flashed with a hint of reluctance, but he quickly covered it up.

"In the future, you will be the main force in my conquest of the myriad realms. You need to practice diligently day and night and not slack off."

"As for the issue of spiritual energy, you don't need to worry. Three days later, you will personally take this immortal boat and head to the Eastern Realm Abyss."

Li Fan pointed casually, and a ten-zhang-sized wooden boat appeared in front of Sun Erlang.

The boat was engraved with silver lines all over, emitting a mysterious aura.

"It's truly a treasure of the immortal world. Teacher actually entrusted such a treasure to me." Sun Erlang's heart shivered, hurriedly nodding in agreement.

The immortal boat flew into his arms.

A feeling of being able to command it at will suddenly appeared in Sun Erlang's mind.

"Go down." Just as he was experiencing the wonderful aspects of the immortal boat, Li Fan's voice timely sounded.

Sun Erlang bowed and took his leave.

The entire imperial palace garden now only had Li Fan alone.

Under the crown and in the shadow, the face without features looked strange and sinister.

"Hehe, if it weren't for the attempt to teach others in this world that won't last long, I'm afraid it would take me a long time to discover that the [Mystic Yellow Immortal Heart Mantra] is not restricted by the law of non-coexistence."

"Is it that the Immortal Heart Mantra does not belong to the category of cultivation techniques, or is it a special favor left by the Mystic Yellow Dao to the Great Yellow Primordial Ancestor?"

"Regardless, it will be much easier to carry out the plan to choose suitable successors for the Great Yellow Primordial Ancestor in the future than I imagined."

Li Fan's thoughts slowly turned, and with a flash, he arrived on the [Holy Emperor's Seat] standing tall in Xuanjing City.

Faint traces of spiritual energy nourished Li Fan's body.

This maintained his current cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment later stage, preventing it from regressing due to a lack of spiritual energy.

After more than a hundred reincarnations, reaching the peak strength of the Nascent Soul realm, comparable to a Dao Fusion cultivator, Li Fan, even though he had returned to the Foundation Establishment realm, saw the world differently than before.

For example: a mortal small world like Great Xuan was not completely devoid of spiritual energy, as it was still connected to the Mystic Yellow Realm.

However, due to the special construction of the small world itself, coupled with the blockade of the Immortal Extinction Formation, the spiritual energy was extremely thin, almost negligible.

Ordinary cultivators could hardly utilize it, and only those long-lived animals that had accumulated little by little could gather a limited amount of spiritual energy.

For example, the giant snake on the Dissociation Mountain.

"Drawing all the spiritual energy from an entire world can only barely sustain the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator..."

"But borrowing some from the Mystic Yellow Realm is not a big deal."

Li Fan had added some formations to the Tai Yan Boat he gave to Sun Erlang. The purpose was to automatically fly to the Mystic Yellow Realm, absorb spiritual energy, store it, and then return.

Although, with Li Fan's current proficiency in the Dao of Formations, under the concealment of formations, it was difficult for people to notice the act of stealing spiritual energy from the Mystic Yellow Realm.

But it was not a long-term solution.

To create something from nothing, to generate spiritual energy, still required the Dao One Insect.

The Dao One Insect was a unique and exotic creature that Li Fan couldn't create.

However...

Skipping over the reminder to retain the selection from the previous life given by [Still True], Li Fan looked at his panel.

Name: Li Fan

Cultivation Level: Foundation Establishment Later Stage

Physiological Age: 20/399

Mental Age: 1399/9999

Void Refinement Progress: 3%

Anchor Charging Progress: 0%

Current Number of Anchors: 3

Current Available Anchors: 1

Bound Items: Mystic Sky Mirror Source (Fragment), Tai Yan Boat, Myriad Beast Crystal, Myriad Essence Blood, Dao Stone, Terminal Dissociation Disc

...

"Physiological age has returned to the expected 399 years at the Foundation Establishment realm, but no need to worry. I should have transcended long before the great limit arrives."

"The upper limit of mental age, even if I once broke through to Nascent Soul, has not correspondingly increased. It seems to have reached a bottleneck..."

Li Fan just glanced at these and skipped over.

He focused on the number of anchors and the bound items.

The original available anchor count was 2, but after absorbing the newly born Five Elements Cave Heaven, it became 3.

As for now, there's only one left.

That's because Li Fan used a blank anchor to complete the replacement of the bound items.

"Thousand Mechanisms Jade Sphere Gold Chapter" became the Mystic Sky Mirror Source.

"Stopping Stele (Damaged)" turned into Myriad Beast Crystal.

Although acquiring anchor points was not easy, during the process of absorbing the newly born Five Elements Cave Heaven and generating anchor points, Li Fan gained a new understanding of the essence of anchor points.

Heavenly treasures, Golden Core methods, and Nascent Soul Cave Heavens.

The reason why Still True needed to absorb these things as anchor points was likely because it was supplementing its understanding of "external objects."

Just like the Heavenly Mirror measuring the heavens and completing its own sublimation, Still True simply devoured, absorbing experience.

"So, it's the opposite of what I thought before."

"The closer something is to the essence of the world, the more charging progress it provides. Foundation Establishment treasures and law-based Golden Cores are too thin and cannot satisfy Still True's needs."

"So, the number of anchor points generated by absorption is limited."

"Instead, Nascent Soul Cave Heavens, transformations of life, and even the souls of heaven and earth provide a large amount of charging progress."

"With the vastness of the Mystic Yellow Realm as nourishment, the number of anchor points is temporarily not a concern."

So, without hesitation, Li Fan directly used the anchor point replacement function.

The Mystic Sky Mirror Source was obtained by chance in the previous life.

As for the Myriad Beast Crystal...

In the previous life, before finally executing the world-destroying plan, Li Fan went to various small worlds for a final inventory.

The Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel was obtained from the Empire and Xu Ke.

Li Fan's thoughts slowly drifted back to that time.

"Attack by the Immortal Alliance, the destruction of the United Headquarters?" Little Qing turned extremely pale when she heard Li Fan's words.

"If I hadn't cut off the connection between the Spirit Wood Realm and you in time, I'm afraid the Empire would have turned into ruins by now." Li Fan sighed slightly.

The Empress and Xiaohong looked at each other, feeling extremely fortunate.

"But you don't need to worry too much. Although the Spirit Wood Realm was destroyed, the vast majority of the members of the United Headquarters escaped safely and are currently in hiding. When the storm passes, the Alliance will be able to rise again in an instant." Li Fan calmly reassured with a lie.

Upon hearing this blatant lie, the members of the Empire felt relieved.

While listening to the reports of the Empire members about the current situation, Li Fan came to the Empire's treasure trove.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1130: Inferior Version of Celestial Patrol Arrow

All the research achievements of the Empire have backups here.

Li Fan strolled in this massive treasure trove, walking all the way to the position of the Myriad Beast Melting Furnace before turning around.

Taking out an item, he showed it to the two.

However, the palm-sized disc emitted an imposing pressure, making Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong shudder involuntarily, almost feeling the urge to kneel.

"What is this?"

Suppressing their instinctive reactions, they looked at the disc in Li Fan's hand, showing a horrified expression. "Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel?"

Life and death were at the mercy of the other's thoughts, and this feeling immediately reminded them of the treasure of the rumored demonic beast race.

However, after staring at the disc for a long time, they found something amiss.

As demonic beasts, their bloodline memories included ancestral memories of the Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel.

But obviously, what Li Fan held in his hand was different.

The real Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel had a more ancient and solemn aura.

While the current one did have a certain controlling effect on them, resisting it might not be impossible. There was still a considerable gap compared to the rumors of being unable to control life and death.

"Imitation?"

Both Qing and Hong had the same thought, looking at Li Fan with astonishment and suspicion.

"You guessed it right. It is an imitation created by the Elder of the Alliance based on the research data you provided about the Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel."

"In addition to restraining myriad beasts, it has another function, which is the main purpose of my visit this time."

Li Fan sighed, "After the destruction of the Spirit Wood Realm, although the personnel loss was not great, we fled in a hurry, and many valuable materials and research data were left behind."

"So, after careful consideration, the Elder decided to activate the multi-realm backup plan, copying and preserving everything valuable in various small worlds."

Before Li Fan finished speaking, Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's faces had already changed.

Seeing this, Li Fan continued indifferently, "This is also for your own good. After all, the self-defense capability of your empire is too weak. Just one or two Union Elders can completely destroy you with ease."

"Leaving a civilization seed in the Union, even if something unexpected happens, you can quickly rebuild."

Li Fan played with the disc in his hand, looking at the countless frozen specimens of exotic beasts in the Empire's treasure trove. "Your greatest wealth is actually the various different exotic beasts you have cultivated over the years. I know you will have more than one backup, I just took one of them."

After saying that, regardless of Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's reactions, a light radiated from the disc, sweeping across these frozen exotic beasts.

All the beasts illuminated by it instantly disappeared on the spot.

And on the disc in Li Fan's hand, the shadows of these exotic beasts seemed to faintly appear.

It seemed as if these frozen exotic beasts were stored inside the disc. In fact, they had been directly disintegrated by the light beam. At the same time, the information about the structure, bloodline, and tissues of these exotic beasts was recorded into the disc.

"All the worldly demonic beasts come from [Emperor One]."

"And the exotic beasts of the Empire, all derived from the cultivation and evolution of the ancient demonic beasts. As the saying goes, everything changes yet remains the same. As long as you master this information, you can 'create' all these exotic beasts out of thin air."

With the increase in the collection of information on exotic beasts, the number of shadows on the disc increased.

Not only did their emitted aura become more majestic and powerful, but even the appearance of the disc itself changed.

It became more and more similar to the real Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel in the memories of Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong.

As Li Fan collected backups of exotic beasts, he couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of creation.

Except for some exotic beasts that were intentionally cultivated, the birth of most exotic beasts in the Empire was basically due to various coincidences.

Different bloodlines intertwined and mutated, giving birth to new species with different subtypes.

It seemed endless.

"Infinite possibilities." Li Fan suddenly remembered the words of the Emperor One beast in the Fallen Immortal Illusion.

Just as Li Fan was about to routinely absorb the information of a frozen exotic beast, he suddenly stopped.

Because from this exotic beast, he felt a familiar aura.

"Patrol Arrow..."

Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong understood immediately when they saw Li Fan pause and where his gaze fell.

They quickly explained, "This exotic beast is the core of the arrow that the previous envoy asked us to study. We named it [Sky Splitter]. In the past, within the Beast Control Sect, we had seen similar demonic beasts, but they were far less fierce and swift than they are now. Also, they have a stronger self-awareness, making them difficult to control."

"The offspring we have cultivated so far are still inferior to the mother body given to us by the envoy. That's why we haven't reported it."

After a thorough search, Li Fan did find a similar group next to the Sky Splitter exotic beast.

"Insufficient core, I can compensate with formations. Even if it can't reach the true power of the Celestial Patrol Arrow, having half of it is still very practical." Thinking like this, Li Fan absorbed all the information about these Sky Splitter exotic beasts into the disc.

...

Thoughts returned to the present.

The disc carrying the essence of the Empire's research was naturally the [Myriad Beast Crystal].

With the refining skills of the Celestial Machinery Realm, coupled with detailed information about the Myriad Beast Rotating Wheel obtained from Xuke, creating a replica was not a difficult task.

"To condense the physical form of exotic beasts from the Myriad Beast Crystal requires a large amount of spiritual power. My current cultivation in the late Foundation Establishment stage cannot support it. However, as long as Sun Erlang drives the Taiyan Boat and returns from the Xuanhuang Realm, it will be fine."

"With Dao Yi Worm and Sky Splitter, even Da Xuan will have the capital to conquer other small worlds."

To go to the Hidden Realm, it requires a special ceremony by the Hidden Clan.

Don't be fooled by Li Fan easily suppressing the Hidden Clan in the previous life. That was because he possessed the Five Elements Great Celestial Realm, and his true strength was above ordinary Dao Unity cultivators.

In this life, Li Fan, already entangled in the net of True Immortals, could not easily raise his own realm.

Just relying on the Da Xuan Realm alone, the Hidden Clan is not that easy to deal with.

So, it is necessary to improve the military strength of Da Xuan civilians as much as possible and raise the level of Li Fan's own [Heavenly Emperor Qi Canon].

Li Fan stood on the [Saint Emperor Throne], contemplating suitable targets for conquest.

One month later, Sun Erlang successfully piloted the Taiyan Boat back.

The first step of Da Xuan's sublimation towards the Spiritual Energy World began.

With the successful forging of the first Heavenly Furnace of Heaven and Earth, spiritual energy began to spread within the Xuanjing City.

The Da Xuan Forbidden Army was the first to sense the presence of spiritual energy.

After one night, all the hundreds of Forbidden Army soldiers who possessed the [Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Spell] successfully absorbed the spiritual energy and embarked on the path of cultivation.

Among them, the most outstanding, Sun Erlang, with the power of the [Sitting Immortal Art], advanced to the Perfected Qi Refinement stage in just one go.

(End of this chapter)