Chapter 1294: Still Changing

Li Fan should not have been able to embark on the path of cultivation.

Originally, when he traveled from Da Xuan to Liuli Island, the mere challenge of removing the Immortal-Mortal Miasma from his body almost completely blocked his cultivation path. Fortunately, thanks to the dual blessings of the Xuanhuang Pure Heart Incantation and the Spirit Cleansing Pool, he was finally able to formally begin cultivation. As he shed the miasma from his body, the Xuanhuang Pure Heart Incantation officially transformed into the Xuanhuang Heart Refining Incantation.

The Xuanhuang Incantation, in turn, became his unique Dao foundation, accompanying his cultivation throughout his life. The higher Li Fan's cultivation, the more his Xuanhuang Incantation Dao foundation expanded. Like pillars, they became a crucial part of supporting Li Fan's cultivation. However, in the previous life, when Li Fan widely propagated the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation, the consequence was that these foundational pillars became weakened due to extensive separation.

His true self's Dao foundation wasn't solely the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation; it also included the experiences and insights gained from Huan Zhen and a hundred cycles of reincarnation. Therefore, the impact on him was negligible. However, the negative effects of this extraction were naturally amplified in his clones and spiritual avatars. The weaker the separated entity, the more pronounced this effect.

It wasn't just him who was affected by the widespread propagation of the Immortal Heart Incantation. Even the Immortal Heart Incantation itself significantly weakened in efficacy due to this dissemination. A glimpse of this could be seen in the performance of the Qingxuan Army and the Daqi Imperial Army, who practiced the Immortal Heart Incantation in the previous life's great war. They barely managed to stay composed in times of crisis, but they were far from the true Immortal Heart Incantation's ability to remain unwavering through a thousand tribulations. Li Fan understood this disparity even more deeply when he, along with Huan Zhen, returned to this life and exclusively possessed the Immortal Heart Incantation.

"A method cannot be cultivated by multiple people..."

"It seems this isn't merely the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao suppressing the sudden evolution of cultivators. Instead, it's a tradition deeply ingrained within the Xuanhuang Realm, originating from the Immortal Realm."

"Hmm, perhaps this isn't just about the inability to cultivate the same method. It might also be closely related to the position of the Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate."

Undoubtedly, the Immortal Heart Incantation, which Mr. Bai passed on to the world to counteract and reverse the chaotic power of Xuanhuang, must have originated from the Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate. The Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate, appointed by the Immortal Realm, controls immortal artifacts and oversees Xuanhuang. In the Xuanhuang Realm, they possess supreme authority.

However, being a Grand Heavenly Venerate in the Immortal Realm isn't easy. Not only is there a fellow supervisor secretly hindering them, but inheriting the position of Grand Heavenly Venerate also means inheriting the Immortal Realm's restrictions and punishments on the Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate. After Huan Zhen returned to this life, Li Fan, while reviewing events, finally recalled Sun Tianci, who had been consumed by the Heart-Burning Fire.

"Even though the Immortal Path is now severed, the Immortal Realm's countermeasures remain effective."

"The inability to widely propagate the Immortal Heart Incantation is likely one of the Immortal Realm's many restrictions on the Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate."

Li Fan then recalled what happened after Sun Tianci successfully took office in the previous life.

"The Great Sun Golden Bell, the Grand Void Azure Nether Lamp, the Purple Qi Dream Weaver Shuttle, and the Primal Chaos Five Elements Wheel." These four were the only remaining immortal artifacts among the Xuanhuang Realm Grand Heavenly Venerate's heritage. Additionally, there was a condensed mass of immortal spiritual energy, originating from the immortal artifacts detonated by Mr. Bai.

"After completing the Trial of the Fallen Immortals, there's still a probation period before one can truly become the Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate."

"Before the Immortal Path was severed, this probation period was essentially the time spent waiting for the Immortal Realm to review and confer the position."

"After the Immortal Path was severed, the Immortal Realm's conferment became an empty promise. However, according to the procedures originally established by the Immortal Realm, if there was no response from the Immortal Realm within three years, the review was automatically considered passed. Generally speaking, as long as one didn't encounter something like the destruction of the Xuanhuang Realm, as Sun Tianci did, one could obtain full Grand Heavenly Venerate authority simply by waiting for the time to pass."

"And before that..."

"...the immortal artifacts of the Grand Heavenly Venerate's heritage could not be used at all. This was one reason why Sun Tianci in the previous life was easily swayed by Li Fan's spiritual avatar. Indeed, facing the oppressive Dharma Transmission Heavenly Venerate, the newly appointed Xuanhuang Grand Heavenly Venerate simply did not possess the ability to contend."

"According to Sun Tianci, these immortal artifacts bestowed by the Upper Realm all lacked artifact spirits. The Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerate of the Lower Realm, without immortal spiritual energy, could only activate them by relying on the restrictions left by the Immortal Realm and consuming the artifacts' own power."

"In a sense, they were absolute consumables. When Mr. Bai collected them one by one back then, these immortal artifacts had already been used countless times. It was difficult to say how much power they still retained."

"Nevertheless, they are immortal artifacts. Leaving them unused deep within the Fallen Immortal Realm would be like letting treasures gather dust. In this life, I still need to retrieve them. Not to mention that mass of pure immortal spiritual energy."

Only after personally using immortal spiritual energy to set up the World-Ending Immortal Array did Li Fan truly understand the power and transcendence of Immortals. In his Sea of Consciousness, the Doomsday Dissolution Disk emitted an unusual seven-colored light. Within the radiance, the true Immortal Array was constantly being deduced. The Immortal Array's birth, operation, and destruction.

During the process of the previous life's Myriad Things Returning to Void Array destroying the world, the Doomsday Dissolution Disk collected abundant array data. As if it had truly completed the transformation distinguishing immortals from mortals, it could now autonomously deduce Immortal Arrays according to Li Fan's needs, much like it did with mortal arrays. Even though the deduction speed was extremely slow, the load on the Dissolution Disk was very high. However, with the orderly arrangements of the Dissolution Disk's simulated personality, it would not affect Li Fan's normal cultivation.

Currently, the main direction for the Doomsday Dissolution Disk's Immortal Array deduction is the downgrading of Immortal Arrays. This is done at the cost of slightly reducing the array's power, in hopes of being able to drive it with a slightly lower grade of energy. As there's a distinction between immortals and mortals, Li Fan has no way to massively create immortal spiritual energy. Even if he could acquire some from the Grand Heavenly Venerate's heritage, it wouldn't be enough to support Li Fan's plan for this life. However, source energy essence, which is infinitely close to immortal spiritual energy, is virtually inexhaustible for Li Fan.

If he could drive the Immortal Array with source energy essence, it would undoubtedly save a lot of trouble. Even if the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor returned to the Xuanhuang Realm, he could easily handle them. He would no longer need to painstakingly create a Saint Emperor clone to confront them. In the World-Ending Immortal Array of the previous life, Li Fan had already clearly seen the true strengths of the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor. With a clear reference of their established power, he could proceed with confidence when creating the Immortal Array.

"As long as I don't push them to a dead end, and with the Immortal Array as my leverage, inviting them to sit down and have a proper talk shouldn't be an issue."

A translucent figure, which appeared after the Dharma Transmission's body was annihilated, flashed before Li Fan's eyes. At the time, the world-destroying storm was incredibly chaotic, and he couldn't get a clear look. However, he vaguely sensed a familiar aura from that translucent figure. "If an opportunity arises in this life, perhaps I can investigate it."

When true immortals descend, everything in the Xuanhuang Realm is like ants. With a single leap from a Cat Treasure, even a true immortal's phantom would not be an easy meal. The disparity between the Xuanhuang Realm and what lies beyond the high wall is evident. But this doesn't mean that everything within the Xuanhuang Realm has lost its value.

The gap between Li Fan as a mortal Grand Preceptor and a Xuanhuang Immortal was similar to the current gap between the Xuanhuang Realm and what lies beyond the high wall. However, after 126 cycles of reincarnation, the former mortal Grand Preceptor could already treat Xuanhuang Immortals as pawns. What if those beyond the high wall can hunt true immortals? Give Li Fan another 126 lives, and he might well be able to treat true immortals as pawns!

However, for Li Fan, what lies beyond the high wall is currently a complete unknown. With his current strength, he is not yet capable of venturing beyond the high wall. Therefore, everything still needs to proceed step by step, according to plan.

Pondering thus, Li Fan completed another carving of a Cat Treasure. His spiritual sense swept over them; within three years, he had completed carving 9,999 wooden sculptures. They filled the wooden house, further crowding the already not-so-spacious area.

Suddenly, a wisp of flame surged from Li Fan's finger, which he then cast towards the pile of Cat Treasure wooden sculptures. The flame flickered, instantly transforming into a raging inferno. Yet, it only incinerated the Cat Treasure wooden sculptures and did not spread within the wooden house. The wooden sculptures vanished in the flames, leaving no black smoke, not even ashes. In an instant, all 9,999 wooden sculptures were consumed by the fire, completely disappearing from the world, as if they had never existed.

Li Fan quietly watched the great fire slowly extinguish. The countless images of Cat Treasures reflected in his eyes also gradually vanished as the fire died down. After standing quietly for a long time, Li Fan shifted his gaze. He looked at the Huan Zhen panel. Light flickered and pulsed, reflecting incredibly familiar characters.

"This simulation has ended.You may choose one of the following options to retain:1. An item you possessed in this simulation.2. Your cultivation realm in this simulation.3. The simulated memory of an individual closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by that individual.4. Forfeit the above choices to accelerate charging progress."

After this block of text, which he had seen countless times, a new prompt appeared. Li Fan's gaze narrowed slightly.

"New variable interference detected. This simulation allows for an additional item to be retained."

Compared to the previous paragraphs, this line of text was slightly different. Instead, it was identical to the last scene Huan Zhen witnessed in the previous life. It flickered erratically, its blinking frequency much faster than Huan Zhen's usual prompts. Being able to choose two items to retain was also unprecedented.

"New variable interference..."

Having already waited three years, he was in no hurry. Li Fan, as before, did not immediately make a choice. Instead, he pondered very carefully, thoroughly considering this prompt from Huan Zhen. From the moment he discovered that it could devour Heaven-Earth Oddities and Heaven-Earth Grotto-Heavens to increase Huan Zhen's anchoring and charging progress, Li Fan knew that Huan Zhen seemed to grow by 'feeding' on useful objects. Heaven-Earth wonders, Grotto-Heaven worlds, even eternal remnants, and Li Fan's own experiences—were all among the objects Huan Zhen found interesting. Of course, once Huan Zhen had devoured something, it would no longer be interested in it.

Therefore, Li Fan was certain that even if he encountered forces from beyond the high wall again in this life, Huan Zhen's reward would not reappear unless there were other substantial gains. Li Fan didn't pay much attention to this extra choice. If he wanted it, he could simply undergo one more reincarnation to obtain it. What Li Fan truly cared about was Huan Zhen's attitude. Previously, without exception, Huan Zhen would only provide a reward if it genuinely received a benefit. This time, however, merely sensing a so-called "new interference variable" caused Huan Zhen to generously offer an extra reward...

To Li Fan, this sudden generosity was an absolute temptation. It was guiding and enticing Li Fan to explore beyond the high wall. This undoubtedly indicated that there were objects beyond the high wall that Huan Zhen found extremely interesting, even extremely useful. As his fundamental trump card that had grown with him, if Huan Zhen could undergo any changes, Li Fan would undoubtedly be the greatest beneficiary. Therefore, Li Fan couldn't help but be moved. But as he had decided before, venturing beyond the high wall presented dangers at every step and required careful, long-term planning.

"For me to venture beyond the high wall alone would be quite difficult."

"But the Xuanhuang Realm has already proven its potential through multiple reincarnation experiences."

"If I had the help of all living beings in the Xuanhuang Realm, I would undoubtedly be much more at ease."

The first step to leaving the Darkest Star Sea is to be able to cross the high wall. Just this prerequisite alone might require Li Fan to make multiple attempts to achieve. After all, the high wall had trapped the beings of the Darkest Star Sea for ten thousand years, and Mr. Bai's plan to detonate immortal spiritual energy to cross it was merely a hypothesis. Within the star sea, rumors of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Demon Race, and even the Ten Immortal Dao Sects having crossed realms and departed had no concrete evidence to prove their success.

If, during the ten millennia when the Immortal Path was severed and the high wall stood tall, any power within the Darkest Star Sea truly did cross the high wall...

...then it could only be...

...the Merchant Immortal Ship.

Before Li Fan's eyes flashed the astonished expression of the Saint Embryo when it learned of this from Ai Tianjue in the previous life. "'They plan to pilot the Xuan-Merchant Immortal Ship into the high wall, attempting to break out of this star sea,' Ai Tianjue said with an inexplicable tone."

After his initial shock, the Saint Embryo couldn't help but ask, "So, did the Merchant Immortal Ship succeed?"

Ai Tianjue remained silent for a long time before finally saying with a complex expression, "If they didn't succeed, why would the Xuan Immortal Ship have considered the words 'Merchant Immortal Ship' taboo for a thousand years?"

"'Suc... succeeded?' The Saint Embryo was utterly astonished, its heart inexplicably shaken."

"'The Xuan and Merchant Immortal Ships were originally one entity. We can still sense whether they were completely destroyed in the collision or successfully escaped.'"

"'The Merchant Immortal Ship still exists, and it's beyond the high wall,' Ai Tianjue sighed."

"'It is precisely because of the Merchant Immortal Ship's success that we, the Xuan Immortal Ship, clearly recognize that the power of immortals might be the only way to escape this Darkest Star Sea. However, even when the star sea flourished, finding immortal artifacts was incredibly difficult, let alone after its destruction.'"

"'Fortunately, after the great catastrophe, the entire shattered star sea was filled with remnants of true immortal seal script power. It was then that we, the Xuan Immortal Ship, began our research into this power.'"

Everything within the Xuan Immortal Ship flashed through Li Fan's mind.

"The Merchant Immortal Ship still exists. It is beyond the high wall."

Li Fan repeatedly savored this sentence. He didn't believe that Ai Tianjue would deceive him in that life-or-death situation in the previous life. Therefore, the Merchant Immortal Ship's escape should be true.

"The Xuan and Merchant Immortal Ships still have a mutual connection."

"If I find a way to cross the high wall, I can use this connection to travel to the Merchant Immortal Ship."

"With the Merchant Immortal Ship as a bridgehead, establishing a foothold beyond the high wall should be much easier."

Due to their original split, the Xuan Immortal Ship did not contain any information that could help cross the high wall. What was valuable within the Xuan Immortal Ship should be the secret treasure known as the Hundred Tales Immortal Record, as well as their research into true immortal seal scripts.

"Xuanhuang, Immortal Ship."

"Using the power of these two realms, I will forge a bridge over the high wall."

"Then, I will drive the beings of Xuanhuang to explore the path ahead for me."

Li Fan vaguely settled on his plan. With this goal as a temporary endpoint, Li Fan still had much to do. First, enhance his own strength.

Even if he were protected by an Immortal Array in the future, his Divine Transformation realm, attained from the impending transformation of Xuanhuang, would still be somewhat stretched. Li Fan urgently needed to raise his power to confront the Dharma Transmission, Heavenly Doctor, True Immortals, and even the forces beyond the high wall. The great war between the Saint Emperor and the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor in the previous life had already made him clearly see the path ahead. Like the Saint Emperor, relying on the fortune of the Holy Dynasty and the favor of the Heavenly Dao was ultimately not as effective as the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor, whose immense power originated from themselves. Although all reached the upper limit that this star sea could bear, it was clear that the actual combat power of Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor surpassed the Saint Emperor's by more than a mere margin.

"I am currently still under the constraints of the Dharma Transmission's new method. Cultivating within the star sea might not even be suitable for me."

"The most practical method..."

Li Fan's eyes flickered: "Immortal power pervades, Xuanhuang ascends. Heaven and Earth's Immortal Soul, merge with my soul."

In the previous life, the Saint Emperor, by embodying Heaven and Earth, taught a new method to all beings that seemed to truly point directly to the Grand Dao. Foundation Establishment by Myself, Primal Chaos Golden Core, Physical Nascent Soul, Mental Divine Transformation, Star Sea Dao Confluence... and finally, the Chanting Dao Longevity—it truly made one's heart surge with excitement to contemplate. In the first three years of this life, every time Li Fan recalled it, he felt its mysteries were infinite. But the problem remained.

While the new method was good, it was only theoretically feasible. There wasn't even a single cultivator in the world who had truly cultivated according to the new method to the Primal Chaos Golden Core stage... Li Fan, possessing the Huan Zhen wondrous artifact, found even the first step of "Foundation Establishment by Myself" as difficult as ascending to heaven. Let alone the subsequent higher realms. In comparison, the Dharma Transmission's method was more suitable for Li Fan. Previously, cultivators of the new method lamented, "The Immortal Path lies ahead but cannot be trod, with the Dharma Transmission Heavenly Venerate above," because at that time, the upper limit for cultivators of the new method in the Xuanhuang Realm had already been fixed. Even the Longevity realm, when viewed across the entire Darkest Star Sea, couldn't cause much of a stir.

But times were different now. Through the continuous diligent efforts of the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor, two Star Sea Grand Elders, over several millennia, the current Xuanhuang Realm could be said to have gathered the essence of all remaining shattered realms within the star sea. Not only had its scale expanded dozens of times, but in the previous life, under the impetus of immortal spiritual energy, Li Fan had also seen a colossal dormant vitality hidden deep within various states. As the future homeland in the Heavenly Doctor's plan. The Xuanhuang Realm's potential had, in fact, never been truly unleashed. While the current Xuanhuang Realm's Dao Confluence certainly had limited power, this might not be the case for the sublimated Xuanhuang Realm in the future.

"'Indigo comes from blue but surpasses blue; ice is made from water but is colder than water,'" Li Fan softly recited.

"Who says the Grand Preceptor's authority must be inferior to an Emperor's?"

After the Xuanhuang Realm received the irrigation of true immortal power, as it ascended, the laws of heaven and earth, and indeed everything nurtured within the world, would undergo a transformation. In the previous life, Li Fan had witnessed this process with unparalleled clarity.

"This was merely with most of the immortal power used on the Myriad Things Returning to Void Array. If all the immortal power were to feed back and catalyze the Xuanhuang Realm, the resulting 'Soul of Heaven and Earth' would undoubtedly be unprecedentedly powerful..."

"By converging with this, I might even be able to control immortal power," Li Fan inwardly deduced.

Before Li Fan, all cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm, except for the Dharma Transmission Heavenly Venerate, were effectively drawing sustenance from the Xuanhuang Realm. Their cultivation and foundations were all built upon the Xuanhuang Realm. No matter how they tempered the principles of heaven and earth, they could not exceed the upper limit of power that the Xuanhuang Realm itself could provide. What Li Fan intended to do was first to dramatically increase Xuanhuang's upper limit, and only then proceed with the act of Dao Confluence.

"Furthermore, an uncontrolled ascension of the Xuanhuang Realm might even lead to the destabilization of the Dharma Transmission's foundation..." Li Fan's eyes flickered as he deduced something.

It was still the previous metaphor of the prison cell. The Xuanhuang Realm's Immortals had dismantled the prison cell's crossbeams, replacing and filling them themselves, integrating into the cell. What Li Fan intended to do, however, was to expand this prison cell. After its size had expanded severalfold, he would then proceed with the replacement. The Dharma Transmission indeed had almost complete control over the old prison cell. But if the cell's area suddenly expanded severalfold, he would face the risk of the Xuanhuang Realm spiraling out of control.

"This plan has another advantage."

"Based on my understanding of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, as long as I don't reveal my intention to merge with the 'Soul of Heaven and Earth' for Dao Confluence, it won't be hostile towards me. It might even secretly help me."

"After all, I would be helping it achieve sublimation."

"And with the assistance of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, I can secretly evade the Dharma Transmission and Heavenly Doctor who are outside the starry sky, without them ever knowing."

"By the time they realize something is wrong and try to return, the Immortal Array I set up in advance will be enough to stop them."

Li Fan considered the plan for a moment and nodded slightly.

In addition to improving his own realm, he could also enhance his combat power through external forces. For example: true immortal seal scripts. In the previous life, on the Xuan Immortal Ship, Li Fan had comprehended five entirely new true immortal seal scripts. Although they weren't complete true immortal seal scripts, but rather imitations and restorations by the Immortal Ship's cultivators, they were sufficient for dealing with the Star Sea Grand Elders.

In fact, Li Fan's greatest gain regarding true immortal seal scripts in the previous life didn't come from the Xuan Immortal Ship. It came from the Yanfa Jade. The true immortal seal script within the Yanfa Jade's memory was different from the purely destructive power that permeated the star sea.

With a thought, Li Fan teleported outside Dissolution Mountain, above the sea of clouds. Although he only had Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, with his physical and spiritual energy condensed, he used his hand as a brush, writing in a single stroke. A profoundly mysterious character disintegrated the moment it appeared. This was because his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation was insufficient to support its full display of power. But in the instant this true immortal seal script appeared in the world, a startling clap of thunder suddenly echoed across the Da Xuan minor world. There were no dark clouds, yet rain fell, covering the entire minor world. What was originally the dead of winter gradually became warm as spring under the nourishment of the rain. Li Fan even sensed wisps of spiritual energy emerging in the world, seemingly from nowhere.

Unlike the spiritual energy artificially created by Dao Yi worms, though this spiritual energy was faint, it was a natural evolution of the minor world itself. Li Fan hovered high in the sky, watching the changes in vitality of the Da Xuan minor world in the rain. What surprised him even more was that the Da Xuan minor world's Heaven and Earth consciousness seemed to be in the process of gestation. Because there was no spiritual power, Da Xuan had no Heavenly Dao consciousness before this. Or perhaps, Da Xuan's Heavenly Dao consciousness was extremely weak, so weak that even Li Fan couldn't sense it.

Yet, under this true immortal seal script casually written by Li Fan, the Da Xuan minor world underwent changes in just a few days that might have taken thousands or even tens of thousands of years to accumulate.

"Where exactly does this power of evolution come from?"

Li Fan's gaze swept across the Da Xuan world, but he couldn't find its origin.

"There's no forced growth, no overdrawing of the minor world's potential."

"It's as if it manifested from nothingness..."

"Perhaps, this could be called 'creation.'"

Li Fan paused slightly. The true immortal seal script once again appeared in his mind.

"Creation..."

He repeatedly uttered these two words in his heart. The true immortal seal script, in a trance, seemed to come alive, moving and changing spontaneously. It became slightly different from how it appeared in his memory. However, it was still far from its true form.

"Creation!"

A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes. An unstoppable urge welled up within him to continue exploring the mysteries of creation. But soon, Li Fan recalled something, and his eyes regained clarity. He directly suppressed the greed.

"Using it is acceptable."

"However, to foolishly try to comprehend it..."

"...might lead to unknown dangers."

A flash of insight crossed Li Fan's mind. This true immortal seal script, possibly named "Creation," was clearly more precious than characters like "Chaos" or "Hunger." In the Yanfa Jade's memory, even True Immortals vied for it. Even with the Immortal Path severed, Li Fan couldn't guarantee whether somewhere in the star sea a True Immortal was currently comprehending this Dao. Anyone who could ultimately seize the Dao of Creation for themselves during the true immortal war back then would have unimaginable strength. A mere high wall might not be enough to stop them.

After witnessing the great terrors beyond the star sea's high wall, Li Fan became increasingly cautious. Even for a hypothetical enemy that might not even exist, Li Fan harbored no illusions of luck.

"If, during the Xuanhuang Realm's transformation, it is further assisted by the power of creation..."

Li Fan gazed down at the Da Xuan minor world, currently undergoing dramatic changes, and it seemed as if the Xuanhuang of the near future appeared before his eyes.

If true immortal seal scripts represented the ultimate external force Li Fan could utilize, then Li Fan's own limit of divine abilities still lay with Huan Zhen.

"When true becomes false, false also becomes true."

Beyond being able to create a simulated personality—an existence comparable to an omnipotent artifact spirit—Li Fan was more deeply moved by the transformations between truth and falsehood. At this moment, he had not yet inherited his cultivation. However, in Li Fan's Sea of Consciousness, his Divine Transformation cultivation, which he had once possessed and cultivated using the heaven-and-earth transformations during the Xuanhuang Realm's destruction as material, began to surface. He silently recalled and comprehended. It was as if that cultivation had not disappeared with Huan Zhen's activation.

He stood quietly in mid-air, for an unknown duration. Suddenly, Li Fan opened his eyes. An extremely powerful aura abruptly descended upon him. The Da Xuan minor world seemed to sense something, and heaven and earth trembled in response. But the anomaly lasted only for an instant. Soon, the anomaly vanished. Clouds drifted lightly, and everything appeared as if nothing had happened.

Li Fan, however, revealed a slight smile.