Chapter 1121

The Great Profound Empire Conquers Ten Thousand Worlds

If it weren't for the need for rare heavenly and earthly treasures for further advancement, Sun Erlang would likely have ascended directly to the Mid Foundation Establishment stage.

Sun Erlang's temperament was calm; he showed no overt signs of joy but proactively reported the matter to Li Fan.

"The Great Profound Imperial Army, and even the military and civilians of the worlds to be conquered in the future, will all aid your cultivation of the 'Sitting Immortal Art'," Li Fan stated indifferently, suspended on the Saint Emperor's Throne, looking down at Sun Erlang kneeling below him. "Within five years, I need you to help me forge a capable and battle-ready army."

"As for the necessities for your realm advancements, you need not worry at all."

Sun Erlang's heart stirred, his blood boiled with excitement, and he bowed before withdrawing.

He then went to train the Imperial Army under his command.

Meanwhile, Li Fan took out a small Celestial Profound Mirror and probed it with his spiritual sense.

This small Celestial Profound Mirror was an unexpected gain from the Grand Derivation Boat's journey to the Xuanhuang Realm.

While the Grand Derivation Boat was extracting spiritual energy from the Xuanhuang Realm, a Core Formation cultivator happened to pass by. Whether by coincidence or due to this cultivator's extraordinary talent, he was faintly able to detect the Grand Derivation Boat's anomaly despite the concealing formation. Believing he had discovered a hidden treasure, the man excitedly explored around it. However, he triggered the Grand Derivation Boat's defensive array and was unfortunately captured and suppressed within the boat.

He was currently imprisoned in the Great Profound's dungeon by Li Fan, to be "aired out" for a while.

"It's a pity it's only the most common Celestial Profound Mirror, lacking direct item transmission capabilities."

Even though he had not yet joined the Myriad Immortals Alliance in this life, and even though this small Celestial Profound Mirror did not belong to him, Li Fan was still able to access the Celestial Profound Mirror without hindrance.

This was due to the existence of the Celestial Profound Mirror's origin.

In his previous life, as the World Destruction Plan unfolded, Li Fan used a blank anchor point to replace the "Thousand Mechanism Jade Ring Golden Scroll" with the Celestial Profound Mirror's origin. On his "True Return" panel, it was displayed as "Profound Heaven Mirror Origin (Partial)."

The Celestial Profound Mirror seemed unaware of this mysteriously appearing origin in the world.

In this life, as the true master of this origin, Li Fan felt a difference when he re-entered the Celestial Profound Mirror compared to his previous life.

In his previous life, the Celestial Profound Mirror's origin had been gifted by its human avatar. While it did grant various Celestial Profound Mirror-specific permissions, its fundamental source of authority still lay with the Celestial Profound Mirror itself. If the Celestial Profound Mirror wished, it could always reclaim the gifted origin and revoke those permissions.

But in this life...

Li Fan reveled in the countless pieces of information within the Celestial Profound Mirror, feeling true freedom. He possessed completely independent authority and could even accomplish things the Celestial Profound Mirror itself could not.

For instance, deleting certain transaction data.

Perhaps influenced by the Profound Heaven King's past refinement, the Celestial Profound Mirror was incapable of forging or deceiving. To maintain the stable operation of the Immortal Alliance, all data within the Celestial Profound Mirror was undeletable and traceable. In his previous life, Mo Ruzhi's act of deducing the Profound Heaven King's whereabouts through the Celestial Profound Mirror was eventually uncovered by the Myriad Immortals Alliance. This was not an act of betrayal by the Celestial Profound Mirror, but rather a characteristic inherent to its nature.

However, now, empowered by this newly appeared origin force, Li Fan could achieve just that.

He erased the information of the small Celestial Profound Mirror's original owner, then registered a completely new, blank identity for himself.

After earning tens of thousands of contribution points by selling crucial information in a short period, he used these points as capital for high-frequency trading. In just half a month, the contribution points in Li Fan's account swelled to hundreds of thousands.

He then extensively purchased the necessary materials.

He set the agreed transaction location in the waters near the Great Profound's exit. Li Fan remotely controlled the Grand Derivation Boat to retrieve the items. Although it seemed troublesome, Li Fan performed the operations with ease.

All materials required for the advancement of the Great Profound Imperial Army were procured.

Without the constraints of rare heavenly and earthly treasures, the Great Profound Imperial Army experienced its first surge in power. Foundation Establishment cultivators emerged one after another, and Sun Erlang, as their leader, quickly ascended to the Perfection of Foundation Establishment. In fact, he was even slightly stronger than Li Fan was at that moment.

However, with the Great Profound's national destiny blessing him, if he were to truly face Li Fan, he would not be Li Fan's match even for a single move.

Sun Erlang's realm advancement was too rapid, so Li Fan ordered him to temporarily suppress his strength. He also imparted to him the Supreme Sect's Calamity Body technique, allowing him to store all surplus cultivation feedback.

By the third year of anchoring, the Great Profound Imperial Army comprised fifty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators and eight hundred and forty-two Qi Condensation cultivators.

On this day, Li Fan preached from above Xuanjing City. His image was broadcast across the land via the Saint Emperor's Throne. As Li Fan spoke, each word seemingly imbued with the profound Dao, various auspicious phenomena appeared across the Great Profound's sky. Heavenly flowers rained down, accompanied by countless golden dragons soaring. The Heaven and Earth Forges, previously sealed by Li Fan's formations, began emitting the spiritual energy they had generated over the past three years. Even mortals could sense the wondrous changes occurring between heaven and earth at that moment, let alone the cultivators in Xuanjing.

Among the fifty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, three directly experienced insights and ascended to the Core Formation stage. Sun Erlang was, of course, among them.

However, these were merely pure realm advancements. In terms of actual combat prowess, they were still far inferior to ordinary Myriad Immortals Alliance cultivators.

But for Li Fan, this was already sufficient. He didn't expect them to kill enemies personally; they only needed to serve as spiritual energy replenishment machines for the array's operation.

He imparted the array formation to Sun Erlang, ordering the Great Profound Imperial Army to practice day and night, ensuring flawless coordination. The Great Profound's strength grew exponentially with each passing day.

In the fifth year of anchoring, the Great Profound, having accumulated strength for a long time, finally commenced its first conquest. The target was the Spiritwood Realm, a place very familiar to Li Fan.

As there were no Dao Integration cultivators available, the entrance to the Spiritwood Realm could not be directly connected to the Great Profound. Therefore, the route for this conquest involved borrowing a path through Xuanhuang before attacking the Spiritwood Realm.

To avoid detection by the Myriad Immortals Alliance, the expeditionary force consisted of merely fifty cultivators led by Sun Erlang. They arrived silently in the Spiritwood Realm aboard the Grand Derivation Boat.

Upon seeing the colossal tree that touched the heavens and stood rooted to the earth, all members of the Great Profound Imperial Army were momentarily awestruck.

However, years of rigorous training quickly helped them regain their focus. The array formation was instantly deployed, and a phantom streak whistled as it flew towards the Spiritwood — it was the Sky-Patrolling Arrow!

The Sky-Patrolling Arrow's rapid strike naturally enraged the Treant race. They attempted to intercept it, but even a Treant elder at the Nascent Soul stage was as fragile as paper before the Sky-Patrolling Arrow. Screams echoed continuously as the treants sacrificed their lives, yet they could not prevent the Sky-Patrolling Arrow from finally striking the Spiritwood.

A terrifying gaping hole was pierced through the center of the Spiritwood. Within it, the constantly beating Spiritwood Heart was faintly visible.

Dressed in black-gold battle armor, Sun Erlang soared forward. Before him, ninety Sky-Patrolling Arrows revolved. "Surrender, or die," he declared.

(End of Chapter)