Chapter 1102: Heavenly Sovereign's Extermination Strategy

After a brief moment of confusion, a profound sense of danger immediately arose.

"Only one entity in this world could make the Myriad Immortals Alliance react so swiftly and uniformly..."

"The Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions!"

Li Fan's thoughts raced.

"The demise of a Transmitter alarming the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions is understandable."

"But why would They choose to cooperate with Samsara?"

Li Fan's brows furrowed deeply.

Given the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions' power, They would surely discern Samsara's true nature at a glance upon encountering it.

Samsara attempts to revive devoured worlds by possessing corpses, while previous intelligence indicated that the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions cares immensely about the Xuanhuang World.

Their positions are almost entirely opposed.

Yet, judging from the current situation, they astonishingly seem to have reached some kind of agreement in such a short time.

"Is it because They were played for a fool and became angry? Or is there some other deeper reason?"

Li Fan had not anticipated the joint entry of two Immortality Heavenly Venerates.

He very decisively disconnected from the puppets currently carrying out missions in the Xuanhuang World.

The last command given was for the puppets to self-destruct.

At the same time, he used an array to seal the entrance from the Spiritwood World to the Xuanhuang World. As for the underground world, he also temporarily closed the passage connecting to the Netherworld.

He planned to lie low for a while.

While Li Fan could forcibly trigger his world-ending arrangements prematurely now, first, under the gaze of the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions, those bait puppets flying towards the Immortal Ruins and drawing the attention of the Immortals there might not be able to exit the Xuanhuang World smoothly.

Although the bait puppets were covered by Netherworld power and array formations, the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Li Fan had no confidence he could accomplish this right under Their nose.

Encountering an unexpected turn of events, Li Fan, though surprised, remained calm.

"I still have plenty of time. I refuse to believe these two can keep watching indefinitely."

"There's no such thing as perpetual vigilance."

"Moreover, in Their eyes, I am, at most, merely a petty schemer aiming to instigate internal conflict and profit from it."

"It should be impossible for them to guess my true world-ending plan."

"As long as I seize the opportunity..."

Thinking thus, Li Fan slowly calmed down.

He suddenly recalled the last scene he had just witnessed through the True Immortal's remains.

"The Samsara Heavenly Venerate, with a body of white mist, could actually withstand the massive tide formed by Netherworld power..."

"They definitely possess the power to threaten the existence of the Xuanhuang World. Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions chose to cooperate with it."

Li Fan suddenly thought of another point.

"The white mist barrier, which appeared in the Xuanhuang World ever since the Great Tribulation descended, seemingly spanned across heaven and earth, dividing regions. But in reality, it was an adhesive merging the Xuanhuang World with the devoured worlds."

"And the white mist seemed vaguely connected to that Samsara Heavenly Venerate. Given this, it's highly probable that the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions and Samsara already knew each other, which is why they could reach an agreement so quickly."

As for Samsara's true identity, Li Fan also had several suspects.

Heavenly Physician was one of them.

Originating from other cultivation worlds, Heavenly Physician viewed worlds as human bodies, reversing their life and death.

No matter how he looked at it, he perfectly fit this description.

And the Samsara Heavenly Venerate's path to enlightenment in this life was slightly faster than in previous lives, very likely because Li Fan inherited the Heaven-Mending Record and resolved the hidden worries of the Cloudwater Celestial Palace members for him.

Recalling Heavenly Physician's previous actions concerning Tianjue, Tianyu, and others, it could almost be confirmed that the Samsara Heavenly Venerate was definitely connected to Heavenly Physician.

Even if not Heavenly Physician themself, their relationship was absolutely profound.

Heavenly Physician was extremely elusive.

Like the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions, Heavenly Physician traveled alone through the void, searching for remaining fragments of cultivation worlds in the Dark Star Sea to strengthen Xuanhuang.

Since their last parting, they had never contacted Li Fan again.

Li Fan, naturally, would not proactively contact Heavenly Physician either.

And he also used the power of the Faceless True Immortal to shield himself from their perception.

"With my strength at this level, no matter what I want to do, it's almost unavoidable to encounter individuals at the level of the Heavenly Venerate of Transmissions and Heavenly Physician."

"This is due to the Xuanhuang World having only a remnant left."

"Although I still know very little about them, the good thing is..."

"they know even less about me."

Li Fan's gaze was profound: "There is indeed a gap in power, but I dare to scheme even against True Immortals; how could I possibly fear them?"

"It's merely a matter of temporary patience."

Although the Spiritwood World was completely sealed off, Li Fan still had a complete grasp of what was happening in the Xuanhuang World.

One way was through the origin of the Heavenly Profound Mirror, spying on various casual conversations among cultivators.

The second, naturally, was to gather information through Transmitter Zhou.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, has something major happened in the Myriad Immortals Alliance? That highest-level warning bell, and I couldn't reach you earlier..."

There seemed to be a sense of powerlessness in Transmitter Zhou's tone: "A fellow Transmitter has fallen."

Li Fan feigned great shock and then hastily pressed for details.

Transmitter Zhou then briefly recounted the cause of the incident.

"'I knew all along that these True Immortal remains were a trap. But I didn't expect that the power behind it could actually harm a Transmitter?' Li Fan's face was full of disbelief.

"'Has the true culprit behind it been caught? Are there any clues?' Li Fan also casually asked.

Transmitter Zhou shook his head, without giving a detailed answer.

Li Fan did not ask further but said gravely, "I will also report this matter to the Alliance. If anything is discovered, I will definitely inform Fellow Daoist immediately."

"'Then I shall thank you in advance.' Transmitter Zhou seemed to hold no hope for Li Fan's side, saying so perfunctorily.

After disconnecting the communication, Li Fan began to ponder whom he could frame.

But after much thought, in the vast Xuanhuang World, there were surprisingly few who possessed the power to accomplish what Li Fan had done.

"'The remaining few who fit the criteria, such as the Council of Five Elders and the Taiyan Sect, would not be easy to frame. If I were to act too cleverly, I might expose myself instead.'"

Li Fan sighed inwardly, summing up the lesson: "I still haven't created enough alternate identities."

"'If I had another identity I was playing at this moment, I could frame myself and clear suspicion.'"

"'I can pay attention to this in the future.'"

Even though Li Fan prided himself on his intelligence, facing the current situation, he couldn't think of a more suitable method besides patiently waiting for the storm to pass.

The main reason was that in this life, he had inadvertently fallen into the True Immortal's net and could not immediately revert to his true form.

But hiding deep in the Netherworld and hastily reverting to his true form was not what Li Fan desired.

"'As the saying goes, circumstances are stronger than people. No matter how much one maneuvers, there are times when there's no room for maneuver.'"