Chapter 254: Flying Roc Twin Dao Foundations

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Fang Yang departed, his face clouded with frustration.

Li Fan, meanwhile, ignored the strange looks from others and returned to the Heavenly Mystic Mirror.

“Cleansing cultivation methods…”

Indeed, such cultivation methods existed within the Myriad Immortals Alliance. Generally speaking, cultivators practiced them only when they needed to maintain a pure body and mind to meet the requirements of other cultivation methods. They offered no substantial improvement to one's cultivation level, realm, or combat power. Therefore, they were rarely sought after, and their prices were not high.

Li Fan began to search for a method suitable for himself.

Suddenly, his gaze lingered on a cultivation method called the 'Purple Heavens True Thunder Cleansing.'

“The Purple Heavens True Thunder cleanses all things, warding off all evil…”

With 'Purple Heavens' and 'Thunder' in the name, it was hard for Li Fan not to associate it with the Purple Heavens Thunder Control True Art from the Purple Heavens Sect in the Immortal Graveyard Realm.

This cultivation method cost just over 40,000 contribution points, and Li Fan, not being stingy, bought it. After reading it, he compared it with the 'Purple Heavens Soul Viewing Art' that he had already mastered. Indeed, there were similarities. However, it was clearly not as profound as the 'Purple Heavens Thunder Control True Art.' At best, it could only be considered a weakened version.

“That makes sense,” he mused. “After all, Senior Brother Zhang’s method involved the Purple Heavens Divine Thunder, which sounds a notch above the Purple Heavens True Thunder.”

“To resolve this hidden concern, perhaps a multi-pronged approach would be best.”

“Ideally, I could purchase heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the Heavenly Mystic Mirror, combine them with the Purple Heavens Sect’s methods, and cultivate for a while on Mount Great Profound Dissolution.”

“Heavenly materials and earthly treasures are easy enough to acquire; I have no shortage of contribution points. But this Immortal Graveyard Realm…”

“Senior Brother Zhang’s undefeated legend still remains unbroken.”

Thinking of this, Li Fan felt a touch of helplessness.

“Things must proceed step by step.”

“If push comes to shove, I’ll wait until I break through to the Golden Core stage and forcibly take him down.”

“Then I’ll see if I can obtain the 'Purple Heavens Thunder Control True Art'.”

“If this hidden danger isn’t removed, my heart will never be at ease.”

“Before that, I must cautiously remain hidden within the Heavenly Mystic.”

Li Fan sighed inwardly, cultivating while preparing for his future retreat.

During the Crimson Flame Burning Sea, his main body would definitely have to escape the Cloud Sea. Dao Source State was not an option, and Nine Mountain State was too chaotic. With the Cloud Sea bordering three states, Shi Lin State became the most suitable destination. Li Fan began to silently gather information about Shi Lin State within the Heavenly Mystic Mirror.

In Anchored Year 21, not long after Li Fan went into seclusion, Lan Cang and Haoxuan, two Soul Transformation True Monarchs, as expected, unleashed a great battle on the edge of the Cloud Sea. The sky tore open, and a ray of starlight descended, subsequently teleporting them away.

“Zhang Zhiliang indeed took action,” Li Fan’s clone, upon learning this news, paused his cultivation of the 'Creation Furnace Art'. He went alone to Yuan Dao State, preparing to observe the scene of Lan Yu’s demise.

To prevent another ‘What are you expecting?’ incident from recurring, this time, the clone did not let his mind wander throughout the entire process. After arriving at Zhuo Ling City in Yuan Dao State, he found a residence. He locked the main door and did not step out. While cultivating, he waited for the heaven and earth anomaly to descend.

Half a month later, Li Fan, who was tempering his physical body by mobilizing the hidden power within, suddenly felt a tremor in his heart. A wave of inexplicable sadness, accompanied by the continuous exclamations from within the city, welled up in his heart. Li Fan touched his cheek and found that tears were flowing uncontrollably from his eyes.

He slowly walked out of the house and looked up at the sky. On the vast sky, he saw a small Daoist child in a blue robe, smiling as he gazed down upon the earth. The Daoist child gradually grew into an adult, and slowly aged. Finally, the image of Immortal Venerable Lan Yu, who had ruled and oppressed Dao Source State for over three millennia, appeared before everyone. Then, like an autumn leaf, he withered away.

Heavy rain began to fall from the sky. On the ground, the wailing of wild beasts could be heard. Many mortals also uncontrollably began to weep.

“This is…”

Li Fan stood in the rain, letting the rainwater drench his body. He immersed himself in the emotions of all living beings between heaven and earth. Or perhaps, it was the emotions passively generated by living beings, infected by the will of heaven and earth.

“Are heaven and earth grieving?”

“Grieving over what? Is it merely the demise of Lan Yu, a Dao Integration cultivator?”

Li Fan secretly shook his head.

“No, that’s not it.”

“After Zhang Haobo integrated with the Dao, he was killed by Mo Sha. At that time, heaven and earth were quite joyful.”

“Fortunately, there was Heavenly Retribution…”

Li Fan stared at the anomaly that lingered in the sky, and suddenly, a realization dawned on him.

“What is sad is that yet another one of the few remaining Old Law cultivators has departed from the world.”

“Perhaps, what’s even sadder is this:”

“This Dao Integration Immortal Venerable, who lived for an unknown number of years and laid his cultivation foundation with the Old Law, should originally have been a staunch supporter of the Old Law. But before his death, for the hope of eternal life, he decided to reverse the principles of heaven and earth…”

“Has yet another cultivator, who accompanied the world for thousands of years, sided with the opposition…?”

“The Heaven-Teaching Venerable is truly overbearing.”

Li Fan stood motionless beneath the heaven and earth anomaly. He quietly and carefully immersed himself in the sensation. It was a long time later when the anomaly finally dispersed. The sky returned to calm, and a wave of heat surged within Li Fan’s body, instantly evaporating the rainwater on him. He took one last look at the sky before quietly returning to the Cloud Sea.

Li Fan’s main body and clone remained in secluded cultivation, unconcerned with worldly affairs. However, worldly affairs would not stagnate; they would naturally continue to unfold.

Little Fatty Ye Feipeng, after being severely injured by Zhang Zhiliang, was enveloped by the Azure Sea Pearl and fell into a deep slumber within the seabed. Whenever Azure Wind descended, just as a wind calamity was about to form, Ye Feipeng would suddenly open his eyes. His eyes were hollow and lifeless, yet this did not hinder his free movement. Enveloped in blue light, he arrived at the site of the raging wind calamity. His large mouth opened wide, just as it had when he first devoured the azure glow. He swallowed whole the energy brewing within the wind calamity. The wind calamity dissipated without a trace, and Ye Feipeng, as if full, returned to the seabed to continue his slumber.

The Celestial Fiend Sword Hilt had, as early as Anchored Year 20, escaped from the Azure Wind Cage with a desperate strike. Its whereabouts remained unknown. The Azure Wind had also vanished. The azure glows scattered everywhere were the Cloud Sea’s final wind calamities. Originally, these wind calamities would have persisted until around Year 24 before fully dissipating. However, with Ye Feipeng’s unconscious and continuous devouring in this lifetime, by Anchored Year 22, the wind calamities that had been plaguing the Cloud Sea had completely vanished.

Ye Feipeng, having swallowed all the Azure Wind energy, now possessed an aura far exceeding that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. Yet, it seemed as if there were no limits or bottlenecks to his growth. Although he had not advanced to the Golden Core realm, his strength continued to climb.

From the perspective of heaven and earth, Li Fan could see even more clearly: A phantom monster, resembling both a whale and a roc, occasionally appeared behind him, emitting ancient and melodious cries.

“Is this why you had to protect Ye Feipeng so fiercely?”

“For this, you even abandoned the other half of the escape opportunity?”

“Are you really that confident in him?”

This was a privilege that Zhang Haobo didn’t even receive in the previous life.

Li Fan stared intently at Ye Feipeng. At his dantian, in addition to the Dao Foundation established by the Azure Wind True Intent, there was also a blue pearl he was extremely familiar with, quietly submerged within the Azure Wind. The blue light in Ye Feipeng’s chest had already merged with the wondrous item, the Azure Sea Pearl.

“Two wondrous items forming a Dao Foundation? What is going on now?”