Chapter 1165: Star Sea Suspected Twin Immortals

Chapter 1175Doubts of Two Immortals in the Star Sea

Actually, the word "perhaps" could be removed. If the Xuanhuang World truly experiences a widespread tremor next, then it is almost certain to be caused by an action taken by Li Fan in this lifetime.

"The root of the Xuanhuang World's tremor must be the pulling force from the Immortal Ruins."

"That's the key. How could I, of all people, influence the Immortal Ruins?" Scenes from this lifetime flashed rapidly before Li Fan's eyes.

After eliminating all impossible options, Li Fan was left with a few suspects:The mysterious figure in the Roaring Abyss who re-implanted a world fragment.The invisible entity collecting cultivators' corpses in the Life-Death Maze.And…The migration and transportation of the Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven.

With Li Fan's current strength, neither his true body nor his clone can alter the Immortal Ruins in the slightest. However, his actions could influence and change the destinies of powerful beings capable of shaking the Immortal Ruins, thereby causing deviations.

"It's just over a month away; I'll just wait patiently," Li Fan thought. The Saint Embryo Li Fan remained silent.

While the Immortal Alliance entered a state of emergency preparedness, the Great Qi Holy Dynasty did the same. A recent imperial decree announced that the Holy Emperor would test a divine ability in the void outside Great Qi. This might cause some tremors, which was normal and no cause for panic.

The citizens of Great Qi now worshipped the Holy Emperor almost fanatically. Naturally, whatever he said was taken as truth. Upon hearing this, the common people not only felt no tension or fear but were instead full of anticipation for the power of the Holy Emperor's divine ability.

In the secret chamber beneath the Holy Emperor's throne, Venerable Yin and Li Ping stood facing each other.

"Those youngsters you sent me last time are indeed very talented. Some are even smarter than I imagined. Two of them have successfully established their foundation using my method. I suppose the others won't be far behind," Venerable Yin summarized his recent achievements, then abruptly changed the topic. "If they accept from the beginning that establishing their foundation through my method is the only and most correct way, it indeed greatly helps their smooth cultivation. Lately, I've been feeling uneasy. I hear you're testing some divine ability? Try to keep your distance; don't destroy this small world."

"I quite like it here," Venerable Yin said lightly.

Li Ping nodded in agreement, but his mind was racing: "Venerable Yin is a World Spirit, parasitic within the Xuanhuang World. Even he senses something faintly; it seems the Xuanhuang World is truly about to face some calamity."

Time slowly passed amid widespread anticipation.

Unbeknownst to anyone, hundreds of stone puppets quietly flew into the skies above the Xuanhuang World. At the world's boundary, a single step would plunge them deep into the void. They remained within the Xuanhuang World's confines, safe from the Immortal Ruins' pull, yet could observe the entire macroscopic view of the Xuanhuang World from above. These puppets, naturally, were created by Li Ping. They had no other special purpose than to observe and record this tremor event in the Xuanhuang World. The puppets floated silently in the air, awaiting the impending event.

The day predicted for the transmission of the method drew nearer. On this day, suddenly, Li Fan's true body in the Derivation Jade space, Saint Embryo Li Fan outside the Roaring Abyss, Li Fan's avatar in the Boundless Mirror, and Holy Emperor Li Ping in the Great Qi Holy Dynasty—all had a sudden premonition. They all looked up at the sky simultaneously.

In the lifetime of Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock, Ji Hongdao once instantly killed cultivators across an entire province, forcing the Everlasting Realm One-Hearted Heavenly Venerate to retreat to the Five Elders Association using a mutually destructive method. At that time, due to the sudden loss of many cultivators' anchors, the Xuanhuang World abruptly lightened. It constantly trembled, roared, and rumbled. All living beings within it sensed it, feeling as if a great disaster was imminent, and they would perish in the next moment. Li Fan had personally experienced this feeling back then. And now, this feeling was more than a hundred times stronger.

Without warning, the Xuanhuang World began to shake violently. It was as if a giant was violently tearing the entire world apart with both hands. Cracks appeared from every corner of the earth and then rapidly spread outwards. In an instant, the once-flat regions became scarred. Countless mountain ranges split apart; some even completely collapsed and plunged into abysses that suddenly appeared underground.

If what happened on the surface wasn't enough to instill fear in cultivators living in the floating cities, then the subsequent changes to the white mist barrier caused all cultivators in the Xuanhuang World to tremble uncontrollably. The white mist barrier, which stretched across heaven and earth and seemed immutable, actually bent and broke. The white mist spread out from its original fixed areas, diffusing outwards. Wherever it passed, it devoured the lifespans of all living beings. The boundaries of the provinces thus changed.

And through the eyes of the hundred puppets high in the sky, Li Fan saw even more clearly. The Lifespan-Devouring White Mist surged forth as if being pulled by something outside the Xuanhuang World. However, it seemed that due to the restraint of some power, the white mist could not leave the Xuanhuang World. It was precisely this tug-of-war between two forces that led to the white mist barrier's rupture.

With the drastic changes in heaven and earth, the spiritual energy also became rampant. Li Fan clearly saw that in the Xuanhuang World below, storms, raging fires, thunderbolts, floods—all sorts of calamities descended abruptly. Fueled by the chaotic spiritual energy, their power was hundreds, even thousands, of times greater than usual.

And the Xuanhuang World's tremor continued ceaselessly. This calamity seemed to be far more prolonged than anticipated. The Immortal Alliance cultivators finally took action. They flew out from various floating cities, calming the spiritual energy riots while also attempting to repair the various anomalies caused by the Xuanhuang World's violent shaking.

Amidst the shaking heavens and trembling earth, they struggled to make progress. But indeed, there was no fatal danger. However, the world's tremors would inevitably cause uncontrollable dread in the beings within it. Most cultivators could only go blank-minded and pray internally for the disaster to pass quickly. Other than that, they could do nothing.

Li Fan had witnessed truly world-ending spectacles before. A mere tremor like this was truly insignificant compared to an Immortal from the Immortal Ruins destroying Xuanhuang with a single glance. Therefore, he was able to ignore the drastic changes in heaven and earth and observe very calmly.

"Strange..."

"This source of suction causing the heaven and earth to shake..." Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of discord in his heart.

With a thought, the hundred stone puppets at the world's edge drifted away from the boundary and into the endless void. Without the Xuanhuang World's protection, the puppets were affected by a powerful pulling force, moving uncontrollably in a certain direction. But as they moved faster and faster away from the Xuanhuang World, Li Fan also confirmed the anomaly he had perceived. The pulling force that caused this massive tremor in the Xuanhuang World was surprisingly not from the Immortal Ruins. Instead, it came from the depths of the Darkest Star Sea!