Chapter 1101: Silently Setting the Prison Net

In the Xuanhuang Realm, within the Myriad Immortals Alliance, urgent bells suddenly rang out from all the suspended sky cities at the same moment. The cultivators of the Immortal Alliance froze, their movements halted. After a brief moment of confusion, they gradually recalled the significance of the bells. This was the Myriad Immortals Alliance's highest-level alert, activated only when the Alliance faced a life-or-death crisis.

After a brief silence, a chaotic clamor instantly erupted. People were terrified and at a loss. Li Fan, who was in the Lingmu Realm, naturally heard the bells immediately as well. At first, he thought his doomsday preparations had been discovered. However, Li Fan quickly realized that the sudden ringing of the bells must be related to events within the Life-Death Grand Array.

His judgment was confirmed when the array recording, left by the True Immortal's remains, was transmitted to him. The recording ultimately showed the Dharma Transmitters and their group disappearing into a white mist. Subsequently, the recording array itself was destroyed by the surging, endless white mist.

Li Fan repeatedly reviewed the footage, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes. "The Myriad Immortals Alliance reacted so strongly... could it be that those three Dharma Transmitters died?" Doubt and uncertainty instantly filled Li Fan's mind. He knew that every Dharma Transmitter was protected by the Dharma Transmission Heavenly Venerate. As long as this protective power remained, they were virtually immortal and indestructible in the Xuanhuang Realm. Although this restricted them from advancing to the Longevity Realm, they were practically akin to immortals. Yet, before Rebirth Heavenly Venerate, this newly ascended Longevity Heavenly Venerate, they proved to be so utterly vulnerable.

"To be able to instantly kill Dharma Transmitters?" "If those three Dharma Transmitters truly died just like that, then Rebirth's power..." Li Fan's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly. A trace of doubt then flashed through his mind. "If He is truly that powerful, what reason did He have to kill the three Dharma Transmitters? It was clearly just an accidental intrusion, with no destructive or disrespectful behavior."

Li Fan once again slowly re-watched the array recording. He finally noticed something amiss. "It seems Rebirth had no intention of appearing until the very moment they were about to leave," he mused. "But Dharma Transmitter Wei seemed to have discovered something, which then prompted Rebirth's appearance. So, it was to silence them?"

Li Fan's expression couldn't help but become strange. Killing to silence, such an act seemed rather beneath a Rebirth Heavenly Venerate. Yet, He had done it. There was only one explanation: if Dharma Transmitter Wei's discovery were to leak out, it would have an unpredictable impact on Him. To prevent unforeseen variables, Rebirth chose to eliminate them.

"Before Dharma Transmitter Wei died, he must have been contemplating how to reverse the Life-Death Grand Array." Following this line of thought, Li Fan, with his current mastery of array formations, quickly grasped the crucial point. "Just as I previously suspected, the ultimate goal of reversing life and death isn't to reverse the life and death of cultivators," he realized. "The resurrection of cultivators is merely a coincidental change in the laws of heaven and earth brought about during this process. This Heavenly Venerate's true target for reversing life and death is the world itself."

A flash of insight instantly erupted in Li Fan's eyes. "To conceal this true purpose," he thought, "the Myriad Immortals Alliance group had to be annihilated. This indicates that His target for resurrection isn't the Xuanhuang Realm itself, but one of the many cultivation worlds absorbed by the Xuanhuang Realm over the years. Interesting. Is this a longing for one's homeland?"

After reviewing the threads again, Li Fan nodded slightly. "No wonder this individual has operated discreetly for all these years, never appearing in public. This act could be described as borrowing a corpse to return a soul; if successful, his homeland truly might be revived. However, the fate of the Xuanhuang Realm itself would be uncertain. If this were to leak out, it would undoubtedly face fierce resistance from the native cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm. So, just like me, he's involved in something clandestine."

A faint smile curved Li Fan's lips. "However, all his plans are destined to fail." The smile vanished as quickly as it appeared.

Li Fan's attention returned to the True Immortal's remains. It had now returned to the Xuanhuang Realm. As the direct cause of the three Dharma Transmitters' demise, it was immediately pursued by the Myriad Immortals Alliance upon its appearance. This time, the Myriad Immortals Alliance was truly serious. After all, during the previous incident involving Mo Rubing's body possession, no Dharma Transmitters had perished. Now, with three having fallen simultaneously, the shock to the Dharma Transmitter Council was immense.

Over a dozen Dharma Transmitters appeared simultaneously, locking onto the True Immortal's remains at the center. Among the crowd, Li Fan even spotted the curator of the Divine Treasury Museum, Emperor Sanmo of the Beast Race. Compared to his appearance in the Immortal Fall Realm, he seemed even more aged. However, he appeared largely unconcerned by the Myriad Immortals Alliance's pursuit. His face was expressionless, his eyes slightly closed. Clearly, his presence was merely a formality.

In addition, Li Fan finally observed the Mirror Keepers lineage. They were all dressed in dark green Daoist robes, with mirror-like marks etched onto their foreheads. The convergence of the three powers that truly controlled the Myriad Immortals Alliance highlighted the immense impact of the three Dharma Transmitters' demise.

Under the influence of these various forces, Li Fan noticed his control over the True Immortal's remains weakening. He was about to detonate the remains, open a passage between the Xuanhuang Realm and the Netherworld, and unleash a tide of Nether Sea when something unexpected occurred.

The core of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, which had been poised for action, suddenly seemed to receive some news. At first, there was confusion and disbelief. But then, without hesitation, they acted in unison. Their forms blurred as they inexplicably ignored the culprit and prepared to depart!

Li Fan even saw Emperor Sanmo, who had previously kept his eyes closed, suddenly open them, as if something had arrived and seized his attention. From the distant Lingmu Realm, Li Fan immediately felt a sense of foreboding. Years of experience allowed him to make an immediate decision: he severed his connection with the True Immortal's remains and simultaneously detonated it.

The instant the True Immortal's remains began to shatter inch by inch, a figure composed of white mist quietly materialized beside them. Its appearance was sudden and swift. But ultimately, it was a step too late.

Endless gloom surged from the cracks of the True Immortal's remains. It collided with the white mist emanating from the white mist figure. The tide of gloom Li Fan had anticipated did not materialize. The white mist acted like waterproof sandbags, or perhaps an unyielding dam by the sea, firmly holding back the catastrophic tide of gloom.

In the Lingmu Realm, a hint of coldness flashed across Li Fan's face. "What does this mean?" he wondered. "Have the two sides cooperated? To find me, they're willing to disregard the demise of Dharma Transmitters?"