Chapter 248: Flying Roc's Perilous Wing Fracture

In our realm, there’s an old saying: "A light tap of a departing warrior’s horse’s hoof can spark wildfires a thousand miles away." Could it be that some unintentional action of mine caused such a drastic change in the future? Ye Feipeng’s brows furrowed as he meticulously recalled every detail since his rebirth, trying to find the root of the anomaly. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t come up with even a remotely plausible explanation.

After half a day, he finally gave up in frustration. “Regardless, the future I remembered has become inaccurate. I can only use it as a reference, not rely on it completely. So, what I should be most concerned about is whether the Scorchsea of Red Flames will still occur? And whether the joint effort of the True God cultivators to eliminate Red Flames will happen as scheduled?”

The stout man did his best to make a rough deduction. After a long while, he came to a conclusion. “The Scorchsea of Red Flames should still occur. However, the previous world’s joint effort by several True God cultivators in the Cloud Sea was likely due to Zhang Haobo informing Myriad Immortal Island beforehand.”

“Riding the wind to Myriad Immortals, confronting a True God Immortal Lord…” Ye Feipeng shivered, a look of difficulty on his face. “I can’t do that! Let me think, at that time, only two of those who participated in the encirclement were native cultivators of Myriad Immortal Island; the rest were temporary combatants invited for the occasion. If there were only two of them, suddenly confronting Red Flames unprepared…” The stout man’s face turned pale. “It would be impossible to be evenly matched. Doesn’t that mean all my calculations would be for nothing?”

His face fluctuated between expressions. After a long while, a hint of ferocity appeared in Ye Feipeng’s eyes. “No, I must find a way to publicize the impending Scorchsea of Red Flames. Even if it means making it known to everyone…” Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, and Ye Feipeng quickly shook his head. “No, no. It’s too dangerous. If someone deduced that I was behind this mischief, wouldn’t the outcome be worse than death?”

After agonizing for most of the day, Ye Feipeng, still feeling helpless, couldn’t help but feel a little dejected. Feeling vexed, he left the desolate island and wandered aimlessly while pondering a solution. In a daze, he found himself in an unknown sea region. A magnificent and wondrous scene before him startled him out of his contemplation.

He saw that the sun in the sky had vanished. In its place was a giant eye suspended in the center of the heavens. The giant eye stared at the ocean below. Wherever its gaze fell, the seawater, islands, and living beings were cloaked in a layer of silver light. Then, under the influence of the silver glow, they seemed to be pressed alive into a painting, transforming into illusory, flat images that flew with the silver glow into the giant eye in the sky.

“This is…” Breaking out in a cold sweat, Ye Feipeng suddenly sobered up. “Extracting the essence of heaven and earth! A Nascent Soul cultivator is advancing to True God!” Although this was Ye Feipeng’s first time witnessing it, the scene before him was almost identical to the description in books: “Mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, and all things in the world return to the grotto-heaven!”

Ye Feipeng held his breath and quietly retreated. Cultivators in the process of advancement are extremely sensitive. If he were to be mistaken for harboring malicious intent and casually struck down by the other party, that would truly be an unjust death.

Silently praying that the other party wouldn’t discover him, Ye Feipeng used the fastest speed of his life, hoping to escape this dangerous sea region. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The giant eye in the sky shifted its gaze slightly. Its gaze immediately locked onto Ye Feipeng. Ye Feipeng, who was riding the wind and treading the waves, was instantly frozen in place, unable to move. A layer of silver light enveloped his body. The next moment, it looked as though he was about to be completely compressed and absorbed by the grotto-heaven.

Just then, a brilliant blue light emerged from his body, pushing away the silver glow. “Oh?” A figure instantly appeared before Ye Feipeng. His hair was snow-white, and his dark eyes seemed to hold boundless wisdom.

“Zhang Zhiliang?!” The moment he saw this person, Ye Feipeng’s mind was greatly shaken. He knew this person; it was precisely the grand formation master who, several years later, would jointly besiege Red Flames with several True God Immortal Lords. “Shouldn’t he be at the Nascent Soul cultivation stage? How is he about to break through to True God?”

Zhang Zhiliang slowly extended his hand and drew in a wisp of blue light. The silver glow flashed, and the blue light was then disintegrated inch by inch. “A wondrous item of the earth?” A strange glint flashed in Zhang Zhiliang’s eyes as he looked at the small Foundation Establishment cultivator with interest. “You seem to know me?”

Without waiting for the terrified Ye Feipeng to answer, Zhang Zhiliang, with no emotion in his eyes, lightly tapped his finger on Ye Feipeng’s glabella. Immediately, fragments of scenes appeared in Ye Feipeng’s pupils: A great sun hung in the sky, illuminating the Heaven and Earth Soul that had just appeared; five True God Immortal Lords, along with him, Zhang Zhiliang, jointly battling Red Flames; Twenty-eight Cloud Swords, a Golden Core slaying a Dao-integration cultivator. The giant eye in the sky instantly opened wide in fury. There was no change in his facial expression, but his slightly trembling body indicated Zhang Zhiliang’s extreme agitation at that moment.

“What is this?” He stared intently at the constantly twitching Ye Feipeng, and with another finger tap, he tried to dig out more information from his mind. At the critical moment between life and death, endless blue light surged from Ye Feipeng’s chest, instantly enveloping him. Zhang Zhiliang’s expression changed, and he was about to mobilize the power of his grotto-heaven to suppress the blue light. Suddenly, the Cloud Sea below seemed to violently surge and tremble. Waves roared, and a flaw inadvertently appeared in the control of the grotto-heaven’s Dharma Domain. The blue light, carrying Ye Feipeng, vanished in an instant, fleeing to an unknown destination. Only Zhang Zhiliang remained, standing blankly in place. It was a long time before he finally snapped out of his trance.

“Reborn? Heaven and Earth Soul?” The Dharma Eye Grotto-heaven vanished from the sky, and the sun reappeared high above. Everything returned to normal between heaven and earth. But Zhang Zhiliang seemed to be constantly enveloped by a shadow that he couldn’t dispel. “Dao-integration…” “Dao-integration…” He kept repeating the words, a strange brilliance shining in his eyes.

Inside the Celestial Profound Mirror. Li Fan, who had been awakened from his cultivation and witnessed all of this, stroked his chin. That Ye Feipeng would coincidentally stumble upon Zhang Zhiliang during his breakthrough while wandering was something Li Fan hadn’t expected. Ye Feipeng’s excessive guilt was detected by Zhang Zhiliang, and the other party even used a soul-searching technique to extract the secrets from his mind. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the Azure Sea Pearl erupted, saving his life.

Ye Feipeng seemed to have suffered severe mental trauma and fallen into a deep sleep. What surprised Li Fan was that despite this anomaly, Ye Feipeng’s fate not only remained unaffected but instead underwent an even more mysterious transformation that even the current Li Fan couldn’t comprehend.

“Interesting.” Li Fan murmured. “It seems the Azure Sea Pearl is determined to protect Ye Feipeng. Could it be that there are other hidden aspects about him that I haven’t discerned? And now that Zhang Zhiliang knows about Red Flames’ impending arrival and has advanced to the True God stage, what will he do? Where will the Scorchsea of Red Flames in this era ultimately lead… It’s truly intriguing.” Li Fan let out a low chuckle.