Chapter 1032: New Method of Enlightenment and World Annihilation

While the effects on his body were within expectation, the changes occurring in the Five Element Grand Caverns due to the Yin power greatly surprised Li Fan. The five caverns, originally distinct and separate, now subtly showed a tendency to merge.

A dragon-like roar resonated within the caverns, and amidst continuous tremors, the circulation speed of the five elements nearly doubled. While the overall strength didn't significantly improve, its already remarkable endurance and resilience achieved another breakthrough.

Li Fan's divine sense focused on the Everlasting Moon Yin Jade in his embrace, his expression changing subtly. "Heaven and Earth unite, Yin and Yang harmonize. The Heavenly Profound Mirror didn't deceive me; this was indeed what I lacked before."

"However..." Li Fan's fluctuating thoughts soon settled. "It's merely an embellishment, not a fundamental solution. No matter how much the Five Element Grand Caverns improve, there's a limit. To directly confront Immortal Cultivators, I still need a major breakthrough in my cultivation realm."

Having gained these benefits, Li Fan wasted no more time with the Heavenly Profound Mirror clone and directly inquired about the next course of action.

The Heavenly Profound Mirror clone pondered, "The Immortal Alliance's internal Spirit Sealing Plan has been largely drafted. However, based on past experience, it will still take a considerable amount of time from drafting to formal implementation. Unless, an unexpected incident can accelerate things." With that, the Heavenly Profound Mirror clone secretly transmitted a piece of information.

After hearing it, Li Fan couldn't help but give the Heavenly Profound Mirror clone a thumbs-up. "I'll have my sect brothers take care of it; it will definitely be a huge surprise for the Myriad Immortal Alliance."

Li Fan, eager to proceed, transformed into a rainbow and departed.

Everything that had been still in the city began to move again. Soon after, suggestive moans echoed from within the room.

After meeting Mo Rubin in the Hidden Caverns and relaying the Heavenly Profound Mirror clone's strategy, Li Fan finally returned to the Spirit Wood Realm.

In the underground secret chamber, the split soul solemnly suppressed the Book of Transcending Calamity. Naturally, the split soul's own power was insufficient to do so alone. However, with the newly established Transmission Restriction and the combined power of the Spirit Wood Realm's grand formation, it could be steadily suppressed.

"The Transcending Calamity Sect..." Li Fan gazed at the book, which constantly flashed silhouettes of Xuanhuang, and once again released a wisp of his divine sense, letting it drift into the Book of Transcending Calamity.

This time, with the restrictions now complete, Li Fan no longer entered the strange small courtyard via the mountain stone steps. Instead, yellowed pages, like countless light screens, enveloped Li Fan. On these light screens, faint, blurry images could vaguely be discerned. Only general scenes were visible; the details remained unclear.

"It seems one needs to be a true successor of the Transcending Calamity Sect." Li Fan shook his head slightly and withdrew from the Book of Transcending Calamity.

In truth, with the World Measuring Ruler now existing in this life, the monitoring capabilities of the Book of Transcending Calamity's paper figures had become negligible for Li Fan. However, the Book of Transcending Calamity offered one distinct advantage that the Heavenly Profound Mirror could not match. That advantage was that the Transcending Calamity Sect's paper figures were truly rooted in the Xuanhuang Realm, deeply embedded within the world's very fabric.

Previously, when Li Fan confronted Preacher Jiang, he had attempted to use the 'No-Word Art'. He had initially believed it would unleash a bloody storm across the Xuanhuang Realm, but Preacher Jiang easily suppressed it. He later discovered that this was due to the power of Reversion to the Void and Origin, which could continuously rewind and dilute the effects of the 'No-Word Art' until they were completely eradicated.

From that previous setback, Li Fan learned the correct method for using the 'No-Word Art'. Only by first extensively eroding the Xuanhuang Realm as much as possible, and then unleashing it all at once, could it become a terminal and incurable affliction.

However, secretly spreading the 'No-Word Art' across the Xuanhuang Realm posed a significant risk. A powerful being could emerge from any corner and halt Li Fan's radical actions. But with the Book of Transcending Calamity, the countless paper figures scattered across the Xuanhuang Realm became the perfect vehicle for spreading the infection!

"Simply by corrupting the Book of Transcending Calamity, the gray mold can spread through countless paper figures, instantly infecting most of the Xuanhuang Realm. At that point, even a True Immortal would be powerless to intervene!" A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

If the Xuanhuang Realm were likened to a giant, then the Transcending Calamity Sect's paper figures would be like an artificially implanted neural network, pervasive throughout its entire body. And the 'No-Word Art' would be akin to a lethal toxin, capable of rapidly spreading throughout the entire body via this network.

Although Li Fan might not actually resort to such measures, he had, at least, acquired another means of world destruction, distinct from instigating the Immortals of the Immortal Ruins.

"Furthermore, this method of world destruction, unlike the instant annihilation caused by a True Immortal's gaze, involves a slow process towards demise. To save themselves, perhaps the Myriad Immortal Alliance and the Five Elder Council's hidden cards, along with those behind-the-scenes figures who care about Xuanhuang, would all be forced to reveal themselves."

As thoughts surged, Li Fan's cold, emotionless gaze fell upon the Book of Transcending Calamity. "Transcending Calamity Sect..."

"Well done!"

Having grasped the ultimate utility of the Book of Transcending Calamity, Li Fan did not leave the underground secret chamber. Instead, he continued to study this sole inheritance of the Transcending Calamity Sect. Li Fan was particularly interested in the Transcending Calamity Sect's methods for rooting itself throughout the Xuanhuang Realm.

While Li Fan was engrossed in his secluded study, a considerable stir quietly arose within the Myriad Immortal Alliance, causing widespread alarm among its high-ranking members.

The incident began with a Core Formation cultivator who inexplicably died within the Heavenly Profound Mirror. This individual had been cultivating in an "Enlightenment" state within the Heavenly Profound Mirror space until his contribution points were depleted and he was expelled by the mirror. Only then was his corpse revealed to everyone. Since he had been dead for some time, the celestial phenomenon indicating a cultivator's demise did not appear, thus obscuring the cause of death. After some investigation, the case was hastily concluded as "qi deviation" and left unresolved.

However, this was merely the first incident. Over the next two months, numerous reports surfaced from various parts of the Immortal Alliance, detailing cultivators encountering various accidents while cultivating within the Heavenly Profound Mirror. Some experienced severe hallucinations, forcing them to halt their cultivation and leaving them seriously injured. Others even died suddenly.

While the Myriad Immortal Alliance could perhaps tolerate the deaths of a few cultivators, the subsequent anomalies of the Heavenly Profound Mirror completely rattled the entire Immortal Alliance. This was because the Heavenly Profound Mirror's transaction function also appeared to be malfunctioning. Not only did contribution point settlements during transactions exhibit a certain probability of error, but cultivators' existing contribution points could also be directly reset to zero due to incorrect calculations.

As chaos spread, all functions of the Heavenly Profound Mirror seemed to be slowly affected. After a thorough investigation, the Immortal Alliance finally concluded that these anomalies were the result of the Heavenly Profound Mirror being targeted by nefarious individuals. However, the Heavenly Profound Mirror was, after all, an immortal-grade artifact with powerful self-repair capabilities. As time passed, all these various disruptions would eventually resolve themselves.