Chapter 1725: Star Falling into the Mortal World

Angry Squid

As Li Fan recalled most of his past memories, some long-standing doubts were finally resolved.

Ever since learning about the existence of "his past self," Li Fan had always struggled to understand how his true first life managed to cultivate successfully in the treacherous environment of the Xuanhuang Realm.

Li Fan had personally experienced this journey and naturally knew how perilous the path was.

For a mere mortal, let alone cultivating, even survival was almost impossible.

Li Fan had reached his current position solely by relying on Huanzhen, the experiences of his past self's countless reincarnations, and the Dao of Truth and Illusion.

How could his very first self have gone so far?

If merely attributing it to "extraordinary talent," the explanation was simply too strained.

Great Profound, Xuanhuang, Abyssal Star Sea, High Wall.

Countless killing intents and traps lay everywhere.

Without the ability of foresight, even ordinary cultivators, no matter how talented, would likely find it difficult to break through.

If he had died in his first life, how could he have later met the Last Saint of Mountains and Seas and comprehended the transformation of truth and illusion?

"But if I was an outsider brought in remotely by the fallen True God to break the situation, then everything makes sense."

"A severed finger of a True God can rewrite and distort the will of Mountains and Seas and dim the Isolated Star's radiance. Protecting a mortal to successfully grow into a Saint is naturally as easy as turning one's hand."

Looking at the Huanzhen panel, and the two words "Divine Blessing" appearing before 'Following the Heart' and 'Illusion is Real', Li Fan was suddenly enlightened.

It turned out that nothing was exaggerated.

Divine Blessing was truly a divine blessing.

"With the True God's blessing, coupled with my past self's supreme talent, not only did it break the script written by Mountains and Seas, but it also provided a way to indefinitely postpone the day Mountains and Seas would become a god."

"But as I once said, one can block a star for a moment, but not for an eternity."

"Mountains and Seas recedes, Isolated Star ascends to godhood. If this script remains unchanged, the final outcome will not change."

"Damn it!"

Li Fan's anger was naturally not because he had lost his past parents or children.

In the past, when he was Grand Tutor in the Xuanhuang Realm, with a multitude of wives and children, he might have still enjoyed and cared about so-called blood ties.

But now, Li Fan had mastered the transformation of truth and illusion. He had personally destroyed countless lives and, with a single thought, restored them. In his view, his past parents, wife, and children were no different from other so-called sentient beings. As long as he wished, he could create relatives from his memories at any time.

When truth is made false, falsehood is also true.

There was no distinction between what was real and what was fake.

The reason Li Fan was enraged was still because of himself.

And it could only be because of himself.

In any case, that "Li Fan" of the past was also Li Fan.

For no apparent reason, he was inexplicably dragged over by the fallen True God to work.

He was originally an outsider to the play, yet unknowingly became too deeply involved.

He struggled fiercely through countless reincarnations, only to finally realize that everything he had done was a joke.

The Li Fan of the past had lost all hope.

But the current Li Fan only felt an uncontrollable surge of malevolence rising within him.

So what if it's a True God?

You dragged me here, but did you ask for my opinion?

"What you couldn't do, I'll do. What revenge you couldn't exact, I'll exact."

"Mountains and Seas, Star, God..."

"None of you will escape!"

A fierce gleam flashed in Li Fan's eyes, and boundless killing intent spread forth.

This killing intent was so intense that even the transformation of truth and illusion temporarily couldn't suppress it.

The True God's Finger, the dim star radiance, and the divided Mountains and Seas all seemed to subtly sense it at this moment.

Li Fan felt as if countless pairs of eyes were looking at him simultaneously.

He instantly calmed down.

The transformation of truth and illusion once again heavily obscured him.

Ferocity and self-serving nature were instincts, but cautious forbearance was also an instinct.

Although in a fit of impulse he had sworn to kill them, Li Fan himself knew that with his current strength he could sufficiently protect himself. But to slay a god...

...he was far from qualified.

In the past, he believed that as long as he comprehended the transformation of truth and illusion to a certain extent, everything would naturally be resolved. But everything he now knew told him that this might not be the case.

"My past self could break the True God's script and had cultivated the transformation of truth and illusion to its peak. But when facing the new god appearing at the end of the script, he was still helpless."

"The transformation of truth and illusion only twists its existence to a time before it appeared. It cannot completely sever the possibility of a new god's arrival."

"Slaying a god..."

Li Fan couldn't help but think of that question again.

That True God, why did he fall?

He could foresee his own future, and even saw Mountains and Seas' method of breaking the situation, like a cicada shedding its shell, and brought in an outsider to resolve it.

Yet he couldn't avoid his own downfall?

"If an old god can be slain, then a new god can be slain. If I can find the cause of the True God's death..."

Li Fan once again looked at the True God's Finger standing in the Void Realm.

Suppressing the star radiance seemed to be an instinctive reaction after being stimulated.

At this moment, the starlight dimmed and gradually faded. The True God's Finger then resumed its original mission.

Mountains and Seas, without bounds!

The True God's Finger, like a meteor, pierced into the separated Mountains and Seas.

Mountains and Seas, having just completed its separation, seemed about to repeat its past fate.

Just then, two figures flew out, one from the mountain above and one from the infinite sea, and intercepted the True God's Finger.

Li Fan was naturally extremely familiar with these two figures and recognized their identities at a glance.

"Lianshan, Guihai?" Li Fan, observing from afar, his pupils slightly contracted.

The appearances of the two Saints had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to before.

Saint Lianshan's appearance was no longer distinct; he vaguely maintained a human form, but his face bore billions of etchings, each mark a record of civilizations that once existed within Mountains and Seas. As for Saint Guihai, he seemed rooted in the infinite possibilities within the boundless sea. Billions of tentacles served as support, sending Guihai outside Mountains and Seas.

Although the Three Saints were powerful, Li Fan would absolutely not believe it if it was said they could block the True God's Finger.

But things developed in a way Li Fan had not expected.

A stream of light emerged separately from Lianshan and Guihai.

And then there was one last wisp of radiance that came from Mountains and Seas itself.

The three lights converged, and a Ruyi Scepter instantly took shape!

"Ruxinyi?"

The moment he saw this Ruyi Scepter, its name naturally emerged in Li Fan's mind.

At the same time, he understood that it was precisely this object that had been constantly searching for him in the Void Realm!

"As expected, it originated from the Three Saints."

"Using the Eye of God to oppose the True God's Finger?" Li Fan instantly thought this.

The appearance of Ruxinyi caused a commotion identical to before.

The Void Realm fell into immense turmoil, with ripples spreading uncontrollably. It even temporarily abandoned its mission of devouring Mountains and Seas and frantically converged towards Ruxinyi.

But this time, Lianshan and Guihai did not promptly retrieve the Ruyi Scepter.

They simply let it lie quietly at the center of the storm's vortex.

Li Fan even faintly discerned that the two Saints seemed to be desperately manipulating Ruxinyi to have it devoured by the Void Realm.

"Mountains and Seas, to break the True God's Finger, chose to transform into the Isolated Star."

"But at the same time, to deceive the True God's Finger, they had to perform the act completely. On the day the grand play began, Mountains and Seas would no longer be Mountains and Seas, but the Isolated Star. Its identity would be completely transformed."

"The world's reliance on Mountains and Seas was merely an actor to complete the script. And the Void Realm's Dao Annihilation was merely a prop to advance the plot."

"Precisely because this play was realistic enough, Mountains and Seas did not know its identity as an actor. Therefore, under the erosion of Dao Annihilation, it would still instinctively awaken its will to survive."

"Only when the script was broken and the performance state ceased would Mountains and Seas know its true identity. This was also why, after Mountains and Seas defeated Dao Annihilation in the past, Mountains and Seas betrayed me."

"And now..."

Li Fan subtly looked up. The star radiance descended, but was blocked by the True God's Finger.

Mountains and Seas was about to merge again, continuing according to the predetermined script.

Although Li Fan had intervened, creating many variables.

But ultimately, it did not affect the final outcome.

"It's still within the script. That is to say, Mountains and Seas does not know its true identity."

Li Fan's eyes instantly narrowed, and he focused on the center where Dao Annihilation converged, where Ruxinyi was located.

In this lifetime, Mountains and Seas underwent an unprecedented process of merging, separating, and merging again.

The True God's Finger shifted twice, creating a scene Li Fan had never encountered before.

Dao Annihilation, like waves, constantly washed over and eroded Ruxinyi.

The Ruyi Scepter's influence gradually dimmed. Subsequently, within the dark and desolate Void Realm, a consciousness seemed to be rapidly awakening.

The entire Void Realm came to life!

"It seems I only guessed half right before."

"The Void Realm indeed undergoes a transformation upon acquiring Ruxinyi. Therefore, the hidden power behind the Void Realm's craving for it surpassed even its mission to devour Mountains and Seas."

"But the change was not a further step, not a direct ascension to godhood. Instead, it was..."

"The Void Realm, as a tool to advance the plot, awakened, or rather, recovered its original consciousness!"

From the beginning of Mountains and Seas, the Void Realm, which had always been utterly dark, suddenly ceased to be so deathly silent.

The erosive and destructive power originating from Dao Annihilation also slowly receded.

If the Void Realm's Dao Annihilation was an infinite army before, then at this moment, billions of soldiers all converged into one being.

A twisted figure quietly emerged.

Looking at Mountains and Seas, a trace of hatred seemed to flash in its eyes. But ultimately, it still acted to intercept the True God's Finger that was flying towards it!

To be precise, it was a delay.

The True God's Finger was irresistible, but at this moment, it seemed to be trapped in an endless quagmire of Dao Annihilation.

Its light constantly flashed and faded, yet it could never fly out of the Void Realm's range.

"It is..." Li Fan felt a sense of familiarity from this figure.

Both stemmed from an extreme anger and hatred towards the Isolated Star.

"The Void Realm's Dao Annihilation was created by Mountains and Seas as a tool to advance the plot."

"But where did this tool come from...?"

"After the division of consciousness, there should have been nothing else in the world except Mountains and Seas."

After the Void Realm figure temporarily blocked the True God's Finger, it no longer paid attention to Mountains and Seas.

Then it proudly flew towards the outer heavens.

Until outside the realm, the dim Isolated Star!

Infinite ripples suddenly erupted from the Void Realm figure.

Each one was like a sharp blade, fiercely tearing open the gap between reality and the play.

Layer after layer of dark curtain, under this fierce impact, seemed to be constantly unveiled.

The originally dim starlight surprisingly brightened a bit.

"It is..."

"Dragging the Star into the script?"

Li Fan was extremely surprised and delighted at the inexplicable addition of a potential comrade with a similar stance.

But he still chose to observe the situation first.

After all, the Void Realm figure's identity was still unknown, and its appearance was extremely bizarre.

As the starlight under the sky curtain grew increasingly bright.

The True God's Finger, trapped in the palm of the Void Realm figure, once again sensed the existence of the star radiance.

Its target shifted from Mountains and Seas and turned again, directly pointing to the hidden Isolated Star.

Only then did Li Fan finally understand: "If one remains hidden outside the script, they might still deceive the True God's Finger. But if one enters the script, it's difficult to escape the True God's Finger's discernment!"

The Void Realm figure emitted and absorbed ripples, drawing in starlight.

Unlike ordinary creatures that mutate upon contact with star radiance, it became even more profound.

But it did not absorb the starlight for its own use. Instead, it guided it into the existing Mountains and Seas!

The repeated starlight was not as overbearing as when the Isolated Star truly appeared. Instead, it was more like the scattered light from when Mountains and Seas once defeated Dao Annihilation.

Witnessing such a familiar scene, Li Fan was instantly moved: "This is it, the script is broken, and the Isolated Star has entered the game!"

In but a single thought, the world changed.

A strange change occurred between Mountains and Seas as the star radiance continuously spread.

The Void Realm figure suffered the same treatment as Li Fan once did.

Star radiance eroded, and Mountains and Seas wavered repeatedly.

Li Fan faintly felt an extremely enraged emotion from the roars of the mountains and seas and the blooming of the star radiance.

"So you know how to get angry too?"

Compared to the Li Fan of the past, the Void Realm figure seemed to have anticipated all the surrounding changes.

Especially Mountains and Seas' betrayal.

Mercilessly, it transformed into an endless surging tide and completely surrounded Mountains and Seas.

Devouring it as if to vent.

As a tool designed to devour Mountains and Seas, the Void Realm's power was inherently superior to Mountains and Seas.

And now, having obtained Ruxinyi and becoming more "complete," the fully unleashed Void Realm was no longer something Mountains and Seas could resist.

Like wilting flowers, it all transformed into nourishment for the Void Realm figure.

Li Fan watched the figure standing amidst the desolate Mountains and Seas, and the familiar feeling in his heart grew stronger.

It was no longer due to a shared hatred for the Isolated Star, but rather...

...a sense of déjà vu.

"Sun... Piao... Miao."

A strange light flashed in Li Fan's eyes as he slowly uttered the name in his mind.

In fact, he wasn't entirely certain, but as the Void Realm figure's process of devouring Mountains and Seas intensified, the figure became increasingly distinct.

Li Fan's premonition also grew stronger. "It's actually him? How is that possible?"

Li Fan suddenly thought of the previous question.

Mountains and Seas foresaw its own future, and deduced the method of breaking free, like a golden cicada shedding its shell. It needed to create a tool to advance the plot.

But at that time, Mountains and Seas had just split its consciousness.

In the world, apart from the devoured god and Mountains and Seas, there was nothing else.

Where did the tool come from?

Surely it couldn't have extracted its own source power to create a world-destroying tool, could it?

"That's not right. At the very beginning of Mountains and Seas' consciousness split, there were still others present."

"It was precisely Sun Piaomiao, who wrote the Fables of Mountains and Seas!"

The Fables of Mountains and Seas meticulously described various aspects of Mountains and Seas.

At the beginning of the notes, Mountains and Seas had not yet merged.

At the end of the notes, Mountains and Seas were no longer seen. Instead, the Isolated Star hung high, like a single eye of a god, standing above Mountains and Seas.

"If he could reach the time before Mountains and Seas merged, then he could reach the time of Mountains and Seas' consciousness split. A time traveler would never suddenly stop moving forward."

"And the last section in the notes..."

Li Fan suddenly thought of a question.

It was precisely because he had once seen Sun Piaomiao's notes, and had seen the mention of "Star" within them, that he subconsciously referred to the transformed power of Mountains and Seas as "Star."

In reality, it was merely an extremely pure, overbearing power that tolerated nothing else.

The god transformed from Mountains and Seas was the Star.

And the True God who once returned...

...was also the Star.

Li Fan was abruptly stunned.

"So, the last section of Sun Piaomiao's notes did not describe events happening in the current Mountains and Seas. Instead, it referred to Mountains and Seas, in its countless deductions, seeing its own ultimate fate."

"Being able to glimpse into Mountains and Seas' inner self..."

Li Fan seemed to see Mountains and Seas, troubled by not having a tool for world destruction, suddenly discovering Sun Piaomiao, who had arrived step by step at the very beginning of Mountains and Seas' consciousness split and was peering into its inner self.