Chapter 1128: Heat Death Ice Sealing Transformation

Transforming into Sun Ang and infiltrating the headquarters of the Dharma Protector Hall, the primary goal was not actually the Yanfajue. It was, in fact, purely for concealment.

According to the information gathered so far, the Myriad Immortals Alliance manages cultivators guarding the Yanfajue very strictly. Not only must their background be impeccable, but they are also almost always chosen from families with generations of lineage within the Dharma Protector Hall. Before joining, they must undergo a rigorous vetting process.

Furthermore, a crucial point is that once one chooses to guard the Yanfajue, it means they are not allowed to leave the Dharma Protector Hall headquarters for three hundred years. While guarding, they themselves become prisoners. Therefore, among the various inherited families of the Dharma Protector Hall, virtually no one would willingly undertake this arduous task, even if the task offers generous rewards. After all, upon reaching the Dao Integration stage, immortality is no longer a prospect; what they pursue is nothing more than power and enjoyment. Serving three hundred years as a prisoner is not something everyone can endure.

However, these unique conditions ironically created the perfect hiding place for Li Fan. The Dharma Protector Hall headquarters itself is located within the Myriad Immortals Alliance headquarters. The space where the Yanfajue is located also features numerous arrays and restrictions, and there might even be contingencies related to the Transmission of Dharma. Even the current Li Fan isn't 100% confident he could forcefully enter and exit. By changing identity and hiding within it, when the outside world is in turmoil, no one would ever suspect that the true culprit behind it all had already been hiding in such a vital location of the Immortal Alliance hundreds of years prior.

"Actually, the Yanfajue is no longer very useful to me," Li Fan mused. "If I want to advance further now, it would require a highly compatible immortal technique. Otherwise, I still need to rely on my own comprehension of the Dao and the principles of the world." Li Fan gently shook his head at the thought of "these ordinary cultivation methods derived by the Yanfajue..."

After all, it's merely a marvel of the Xuanhuang Sky. From Li Fan's current vantage point, the Yanfajue offers extremely limited assistance if he wishes to contend with the Heavenly Physician, the Transmission of Dharma, or even True Immortals. Li Fan, having reincarnated through many lives, has observed ancient and modern secrets. After obtaining the origin of the Mirror of Heaven's Mystery, many secrets of the Myriad Immortals Alliance became completely transparent to him. And having received guidance from the Heavenly Physician's legacy, Li Fan's current insight and standard are, in fact, among the very top tier of beings in the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

For instance, the original version of the "Mysterious and Profound True Spirit Transformation," derived by the Yanfajue, was only applicable up to the Nascent Soul realm. However, after Li Fan broke through to the Soul Transformation stage in this life, during the eight years he waited in the small world, he easily deduced it to the Soul Transformation stage on his own, without much effort. To some extent, in terms of deducing the cultivation method most suitable for himself, Li Fan subtly surpassed the Yanfajue. After all, Li Fan possesses the power of "Returning to Truth," a fact that absolutely cannot be known to the Yanfajue.

"Unless..." Li Fan's eyes flickered. "Just like the Universe's End Dissolution Disc, I help it achieve sublimation and transformation."

While pondering, he flew away from the underground karst cave of Mount Luojia. Li Fan had no interest in devouring the Heaven and Earth Soul, Zilon, an entity even weaker than the original Chiyan. As for how to fake Dao Integration without devouring it... among the Xuanhuang World-Destroying Transformations Li Fan had absorbed, several contained power not inferior to that of a Heaven and Earth Soul. Their external manifestations of power were also extremely similar to those of a Heaven and Earth Soul, making them difficult to distinguish. Ultimately, a Heaven and Earth Soul is a manifestation of the Xuanhuang Realm's laws. At the moment of impending destruction, there was naturally no time to manifest a corresponding Heaven and Earth Soul; instead, it directly materialized as world power.

On his way back to the Sun family residence, Li Fan's clothes and appearance quietly changed. His eyebrows and hair turned snow-white, and his clothes seemed to be covered in frost. The space Li Fan passed through during his flight seemed to have many tiny ice crystals appear due to the low temperature.

"The cosmic heat death, the freezing of all things—this is one of the evolutions that emerged from the Xuanhuang Realm to cope with a life-and-death crisis," he mused. "It plunges everything in heaven and earth into a state of absolute darkness and stillness, seeking to evade catastrophe. In theory, it is indeed feasible. Unfortunately, the external force was too powerful and instantly annihilated the entire system. This 'hot desolation and ice seal' transformation is almost indistinguishable from a Heaven and Earth Soul with ice-elemental power. The occasional energy fluctuations I deliberately faked simulated the appearance of someone who had just advanced and whose realm was unstable."

As Li Fan was contemplating, Tianyu Empty City came into view. Without any hesitation, he flew directly into the Sun family residence within the city. Although generations of family members held important positions in the Dharma Protector Hall, and there were now even three Dao Integration cultivators within the family, the Sun family maintained a very low profile. In Tianyu Empty City, they had only purchased two inconspicuous adjacent cave dwellings. Only upon entering could one discover the hidden wonders within these two connected dwellings.

"Sun Ang? You finally decided to come back?" As Li Fan flew in, a slightly annoyed voice followed. It was Wu Ninglu, the dao companion of Sun Ang, whose body Li Fan now occupied. Wu Ninglu's cultivation was similar to that of the previous Sun Ang, both being late Soul Transformation stage. However, their relationship was not particularly good; they had become dao companions due to pressure from both families and had also not had any children over the years.

"Huh? You're..." Wu Ninglu, full of aggression, looked as if she was about to demand an explanation. However, when she clearly saw Li Fan's appearance at that moment, she was greatly astonished. Li Fan merely glanced at Wu Ninglu, not bothering to answer her. "I'm tired," he said coldly, then flew towards Sun Ang's residence.

Inside the Sun family's cave dwelling was a circular valley. Important buildings like the family council hall and treasury were located in the center of the valley, while the residences of various family members were distributed within the circular mountain range.

Wu Ninglu had long been seething with anger over Sun Ang's previous unannounced departure and subsequent inexplicable disappearance. Seeing him return home still with that indifferent, uncaring demeanor, Wu Ninglu's rage reached its peak. But for some reason, just as she was about to explode, her entire rage instantly extinguished upon seeing his cold gaze. She opened her mouth, but didn't even have the courage to call out to him.

This inexplicable emotion slowly dissipated only after Sun Ang's back completely vanished from her sight. "I was actually scared by him?!" Wu Ninglu was both shocked and angry, unable to accept it. However, recalling Sun Ang's behavior just now, a bold conjecture couldn't help but surface in her mind. "Did Sun Ang break through?" Indeed, when facing Sun Ang just now, Wu Ninglu had felt a sense of unease and dread, a feeling she only experienced when confronting family elders. Thinking of this, all the anger and dissatisfaction in Wu Ninglu's heart vanished. With incredible surprise, she quickly flew back to her own residence.

"My dear Sun?" As if returning to the time they first met, Wu Ninglu greeted him cautiously.