Chapter 1480: 证道无名时

It was not only Li Fan’s personal experiences in samsara over the years, but also what he gleaned from Xie Subai, Huan Zhen, and even the Infinite Sea.

Countless horrific and terrifying apocalyptic scenes instantly unfolded before Situ Xing.

Even though he was once an Unnamed True Immortal, his expression still subtly changed after witnessing scenes a billion times more terrifying than hell.

Situ Xing did not avert his gaze, taking in all the images. After a brief silence, he spoke with some difficulty.

He still did not change his view because of this: "All beings perish in the Dao Annihilation. This is the destiny of all beings when the general trend remains unchanged. As the saying goes, born with the Dao, perishing with the Dao. No one in the world is born to be responsible for the lives and deaths of others. Moreover, in the eyes of us True Immortals, these...

"...most of them can't even be considered living beings."

Situ Xing's voice was initially a little weak, but the more he spoke, the firmer it became.

Li Fan scoffed, "After all these high-sounding justifications, it's merely a declaration that the weak have no right to exist. Today, you are the fish at my mercy. You are sealed as a Heaven Pillar; what do you have to say?"

Situ Xing opened his mouth but did not utter contradictory remarks. "The strong prey on the weak; I have nothing to say. Being sealed into the Heaven Pillar is also due to my own inferiority in skill, a calamity of my own making."

"I merely advise, Senior, that with just two or three Heaven Pillars, you can only ensure temporary safety in one place. To truly seek a method to save the world, you still need to go to that Great World of the Other Shore. With your strength, I imagine it won't be a problem..."

Situ Xing wanted to say more, but suddenly felt the surrounding Great Dao once again binding him tightly.

This time, Li Fan did not give him another chance to argue.

The Great Dao merged into his body; his vision and thoughts were all frozen and sealed.

Besides the Bones of Primordial Beginning and the Hunger Immortal, another Heaven Pillar now stood in this space.

But after all, its foundation was merely the shadow of an Unnamed Immortal. Compared to the previous two, this third Heaven Pillar was noticeably "weaker."

Moreover, because it was not truly formed by the Great Dao, this "Heaven Pillar" could not help bear too much pressure from the Dao Annihilation.

Yet Li Fan still intended to seal Situ Xing.

It wasn't that he feared this Ancient Dharma King, the Unnamed One of the lower realm. His main purpose was to, just as he did with the Hunger Immortal, slowly extract their past memories from their minds while suppressing them.

In Li Fan's view, Situ Xing's value was even far greater than that of the Hunger Immortal. The Hunger Immortal's first half of his life in the Immortal Realm was merely that of an idle immortal servant.

Situ Xing, however, was the Governing Immortal Prime of the Misty Desolation Star Domain. From the few words he previously revealed, it was clear he must know countless secrets of the Immortal Realm.

"'Immortal Prime'—judging by the name, he should be a ruler of an immortal domain. The Unnamed realm indeed grants one the qualification to govern a region. Although Situ Xing himself said that his upper realm body's memories were incomplete due to the Dao Annihilation calamity's impact..."

"...but what the truth actually is, only I can tell after seeing it."

If the Hunger Immortal's mind was merely a loose bundle of light, then Situ Xing's consciousness was like a brilliant pearl. Countless thoughts and memories were compressed into the most minuscule point, incredibly solid. For an outsider to pry into it, one would first need to pry open a crack in this hard, unified mass.

Li Fan was truly a master of manipulating minds. After observing carefully for a moment, he discovered the flaw in Situ Xing's mind.

He couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. "No matter what he says, the fall of his true body into the Dao Annihilation still left him with immense psychological trauma. He only needed to start from this aspect..."

Li Fan formed hand seals.

His clone, Li Buren, cooperated simultaneously.

In the Darkest Star Sea, the Guardian Mound's phantom, Primordial Beginning, and the Hunger Immortal, who all served as pillars against the Dao Annihilation, began to withdraw their power.

It was as if all the pressure was to be borne solely by the newly appointed Situ Xing.

A towering building about to collapse cannot be supported by a single pillar, much less the world-destroying Dao Annihilation.

Sounds like a vast, surging tide rolling in faintly drifted from beyond the heavens. Within the Darkest Star Sea, which had just received nourishment from the relatively complete Great Dao of the outer star domains, wisps of black Dao Annihilation energy suddenly emerged.

They were chilling and terrifying, like ghosts.

The resurrected Great Dao suddenly fell into disarray again.

The beings within the star sea all inexplicably felt a great disaster approaching. Although most of them were sleeping soundly in the Worry-Free Paradise of the Xuanhuang World, they still instinctively furrowed their brows, their expressions uneasy.

The world's inhabitants were already in such distress; how much more so Situ Xing, who was "above" and supporting them?

Precisely because he had truly experienced the terror of the Dao Annihilation calamity, when facing it again, this Unnamed one from the lower realm, who had previously been so articulate, had his mental defenses shattered in moments.

Under the approaching great disaster, he no longer had the composure he had shown in his words moments ago.

He shrieked in terror, instinctively wailing.

He was no different from the beings in the apocalypse that Li Fan had presented in the illusion.

"Unnamed True Immortal," Li Fan scoffed, "nothing more than this."

Li Fan looked at Situ Xing, who appeared like a clown, and couldn't help but mock.

The Heaven Pillar formed by Situ Xing alone could not last for too long. Li Fan did not yet wish for the Dao Annihilation to truly descend.

Seizing the opportunity of his broken mental defenses, Li Fan sent out a wisp of his divine sense, following the crack in the mental defense and entering it.

Although it couldn't compare to Huan Zhen's thoughts, the overwhelming rush of past memories still instantly plunged Li Fan into a turbulent sea.

But having gained experience surviving even greater storms, Li Fan adapted for a while and was barely able to move freely.

"It seems Situ Xing wasn't lying."

"This sea of consciousness is indeed incomplete."

Li Fan looked around and found that Situ Xing's thoughts were not presented coherently like a normal person's. Instead, at intervals, there was a dark void spanning across.

From these voids, Li Fan felt the aura of Dao Annihilation.

And at this moment, these voids in his thoughts were resonating with the real Dao Annihilation outside, slowly expanding outwards.

Presumably, one day, they would completely devour Situ Xing's mind and spirit.

"Even if the clone escaped the Dao Annihilation calamity," he thought, "his mind was still being gnawed away by it. It's not just a material blow, but also a spiritual one."

Li Fan carefully avoided these Dao Annihilation voids and first looked at the memory closest to him and also the most prominent.

That was the most glorious moment of Situ Xing's entire life.

Even though his true body had perished, it was still firmly remembered by his clone.

It was precisely when Situ Xing achieved Unnamed Dao!

Unlike the solitary scene Li Fan witnessed when the Hunger Immortal achieved Dao, in Situ Xing's memory, countless True Immortal figures stood all around, observing and congratulating.

And in the distant heavens, a tall figure was surrounded by all the immortals.

"Congratulations to Situ!"

Amidst the congratulations of the crowd, Situ Xing bowed respectfully towards the tall figure in the distance.

"Bestow the Misty Desolation Star Domain."

"Bestow a Primal Spirit Treasure."

"Bestow one hundred thousand immortal servants."

Voice after voice echoed.

Under everyone's gaze, Situ Xing's thoughts surged, and his heart was stirred.