Chapter 1120

Substandard Sky-Patrolling Arrow

Substandard Sky-Patrolling Arrow

All of the Empire's research findings were backed up here.

Li Fan strolled through the immense treasury, walking all the way to the end, to the location of the Myriad Beasts Crucible, before turning around.

He took out an object and showed it to the two of them.

It was just a palm-sized disc, yet the pressure it inadvertently emitted caused Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's bodies to tremble, and they felt an uncontrollable urge to kneel.

"What is this?"

They fought against their physical instincts, gazing at the disc in Li Fan's hand with looks of horror: "The Myriad Beasts Wheel?"

The feeling that their lives and deaths were at the other's whim immediately reminded them of this legendary treasure of the demon beast race.

However, after staring intently at the disc for a long time, they noticed something was off.

As demon beasts, their bloodline memories contained ancestral knowledge of the Myriad Beasts Wheel.

But it was clearly not the same as the object Li Fan held.

The true Myriad Beasts Wheel had a more ancient and profound aura.

As for this one before them...

It did indeed exert a certain degree of control over them.

However, if they resisted with all their might, they might not be unable to break free. There was still a significant difference compared to the legend where life and death were not their own.

"A replica?"

Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong simultaneously thought of this, looking at Li Fan with a mix of surprise and uncertainty.

"You guessed correctly. It is indeed a replica crafted by the Confederation Elders, based on the research data about the Myriad Beasts Wheel that you previously provided."

"Aside from its ability to restrain myriad beasts, it has another function, which is also my primary reason for coming here this time."

Li Fan suddenly sighed: "Although the Spiritwood Realm was destroyed with minimal personnel loss, our escape was hasty, and we didn't have time to retrieve many valuable resources and research materials."

"Therefore, after much reflection, the Elders decided to activate the Multiverse Backup Plan, copying and preserving all valuable items from various minor worlds..."

Before Li Fan could finish speaking, Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's expressions had already changed.

Yet, Li Fan calmly continued: "This is also for your own good. After all, your Empire's self-defense capability is truly too weak; the Myriad Immortals Alliance could utterly destroy you with just one or two Integration Stage cultivators."

"By leaving a seed of civilization with the Confederation, even if something unforeseen happens, it can be quickly rebuilt."

Li Fan fiddled with the disc in his hand and looked at the countless frozen exotic beast specimens in the Empire's treasury: "Your greatest wealth is actually the various exotic beasts you've cultivated over the years. I know you'll have more than one backup, and I'll only take one of each."

After speaking, without waiting for Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's reactions, a beam of light shone from the disc, sweeping over the frozen exotic beasts.

Anything touched by the light vanished instantly.

On the disc in Li Fan's hand, faint phantoms of those exotic beasts seemed to appear.

It appeared as if these frozen exotic beasts were being absorbed and preserved. In reality, they were directly decomposed by the disc's beam. Simultaneously, all information regarding their structure, bloodline, tissues, and so on, was recorded within the disc.

"All demon beasts in the world originate from Di Yi."

"And all these exotic beasts of the Empire were cultivated and evolved from ancient demon beasts. As the saying goes, 'all changes remain within the original principle'; by mastering this information, one can 'conjure' all exotic beasts from nothing."

As more exotic beast information was recorded, the phantoms on the disc became more numerous.

Not only did the aura it emitted become more imposing and powerful, but the disc's appearance itself also changed.

It grew increasingly similar to the true Myriad Beasts Wheel in Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's memories.

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

Aside from some exotic beasts that were deliberately cultivated for specific purposes, the vast majority of the Empire's exotic beasts came into being through various coincidences.

Different bloodlines intertwined and mutated, and new species then mutated into different sub-species.

It seemed endless.

"Infinite possibilities." That phrase, spoken by the Di Yi Beast in the Fallen Immortal Illusion, suddenly reappeared in Li Fan's mind.

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

He sensed a familiar aura emanating from this exotic beast.

"Sky-Patrolling Arrow..."

Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong saw Li Fan halt his movements and where his gaze landed, and they instantly understood.

They quickly explained: "This exotic beast is precisely the core of the arrow that the superior envoy previously tasked us to research. We've named it Liekong. Back in the Beast Taming Sect, we once saw similar demon beasts, but they were far less ferocious or swift than this current one. Moreover, their self-awareness was stronger, making them difficult to control."

"The current sub-species we've cultivated still fall short of the original specimen the envoy gave us. That's why we haven't reported it yet."

Li Fan searched and, sure enough, found a similar species next to the Liekong exotic beast.

"The core is lacking, but I can compensate with formations. Even if it doesn't achieve the damage output of the Myriad Immortals Alliance's true Sky-Patrolling Arrow, half its power would still be very practical." With this thought, Li Fan absorbed all the information of these Liekong exotic beasts into the disc.

His thoughts returned to the present.

The disc, which held the essence of the Empire's research, was naturally the Myriad Beasts Condensing Crystal.

Given the Heaven's Secret Realm's artifact forging capabilities, combined with the detailed information on the Myriad Beasts Wheel obtained from Xu Ke, creating a replica was not difficult.

"Condensing exotic beast entities from the Myriad Beasts Condensing Crystal requires a vast amount of spiritual energy. My current cultivation at the late Foundation Establishment stage cannot sustain it. However, I just need to wait for Sun Erlang to return from the Xuanhuang Realm, piloting the Taiyan Ark."

"With the Dao-One Worm and Liekong, Great Xuan now possesses the capital to conquer other minor worlds."

Traveling to the Nether Realm required the Netherfolk to activate a special ritual.

Though Li Fan easily suppressed the Netherfolk in his previous life, that was because he possessed the Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven, and his true combat power surpassed that of ordinary Integration Stage cultivators.

However, in this life, Li Fan, already within the True Immortal Network, could not easily raise his cultivation realm.

Relying solely on Great Xuan, the Netherfolk would not be easy to deal with.

Therefore, it was still necessary to boost the combat strength of Great Xuan's military and civilians as much as possible, and to improve Li Fan's own Heavenly Emperor Qi Canon.

Li Fan stood upon the Saint Emperor's Throne, beginning to ponder suitable targets for conquest.

A month later, Sun Erlang successfully returned, piloting the Taiyan Ark.

This also marked the first step in Great Xuan's sublimation towards a spiritual energy world.

As the first Heaven and Earth Furnace was successfully forged, spiritual energy began to permeate the area within Xuanjing City.

The Great Xuan Imperial Guards were the first to sense the presence of spiritual energy.

Overnight, the hundred or so Imperial Guards, who possessed the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation, all successfully drew Qi into their bodies, thus embarking on the path of cultivation.

Among them, the most outstanding, Sun Erlang, advanced directly to perfected Qi Refinement with the power of the Seated Immortal Art.