Chapter 592: Ten Thousand Years of Chronic Illness Treatment

He seemed to be caught in a nightmare, unable to escape. Tian Jue trembled uncontrollably.

"Yes, I killed them all!"

"Qin Tang, Xiao Chong, Fu Yun..."

"I killed them all!"

Even the Master found it hard to accept this answer immediately. "Why..." he asked, staring blankly.

Just then, Tian Jue's expression suddenly shifted. "No..."

"That's not right!"

"That wasn't me at all!"

Tian Jue suddenly looked up, glaring fiercely at Tian Yi. "You're behind all this!"

"All those memories in my mind are fake!"

"Ever since I met you that day, things have turned bizarre."

"Everything has spiraled out of control..."

The Sky-Slayer Sword pointed directly at Tian Yi. "Was it really you?"

Facing Tian Jue's accusations, Tian Yi's expression remained unchanged. "I thought this time, you might have made some progress."

"But it seems you're still the same."

He shook his head with a hint of regret.

"What do you mean by that?" Tian Yu, sensing a hidden meaning in Tian Yi's words, suddenly asked.

Tian Yi didn't answer. Instead, he spoke to himself, "I've explained this to you many times. Sometimes, even what you see with your own eyes isn't necessarily real."

As he spoke, he produced a set of nine silver needles from seemingly nowhere, suspending them in the air one by one.

"You all went mad, trying to kill me."

"There's no other way; I can only solve the problem using my own methods."

Tian Yu's face suddenly darkened as he watched Tian Yi produce the nine silver needles. He stopped listening to Tian Yi's explanations and immediately launched an attack.

"The law cannot be defied!"

"Bind!"

As if something had ensnared Tian Yi's body, his movements with the silver needles paused slightly.

"Weak! Harm! Immobilize! Cripple! Damage!..."

Several different words flowed continuously from Tian Yu's lips. With each word, Tian Yi's movements became progressively slower.

Meanwhile, the old Fisherman, his eyes bloodshot and fixed intently on Tian Yi, also gripped the Sky-Slayer Sword. His body transformed into black malevolent energy, merging with the Sky-Slayer Sword. Like a sharp arrow, it shot straight towards Tian Yi.

Tian Yi, restrained by Tian Yu, was utterly unable to move, as if completely powerless to resist. A moment later, he allowed the black sword energy to pass directly through his chest. The black malevolent energy surged furiously, engulfing and consuming Tian Yi like a rising tide.

In an instant, Tian Yi, who had appeared so calm, vanished from the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

"Tian Yi is dead?"

Zhou Qingang, who had been observing the trio's battle from a corner, was suddenly stunned. The battle between Tian Yi, Tian Yu, and Tian Jue had produced no residual shockwaves. Thus, the clone observing from the shadows was temporarily safe. However, the scene unfolding before him far exceeded his expectations. He had initially believed the formidable Tian Yi would withstand at least a single blow from the combined assault of Tian Yu and Tian Jue, yet Tian Yi had perished instantly...

"With his power, it's impossible for him to be so utterly weak, isn't it?"

"Wait a moment..."

A moment later, Li Fan seemed to grasp something. He abruptly looked up, gazing at the sky. The entire Cloud Water Heavenly Palace began to shake violently. Slowly, two dark clouds appeared in the firmament. When he finally discerned what they were, Li Fan's breath hitched.

They were a pair of colossal hands, breaking through the sky, descending from the outside into the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace. The Master and the Fisherman both looked up in stunned amazement at the two hands above. They tried to resist but found their bodies were already firmly restrained. Expressions of terror involuntarily appeared on their faces.

"It's alright; this operation will be over quickly as well."

A rumbling sound echoed from the firmament above, and it was Tian Yi's voice! Li Fan's heart pounded violently, his mind almost ceasing to function. That's right, the one confronting the Fisherman and the Master from beginning to end had merely been one of his statues. And at this very moment, those two hands revealed Tian Yi's true form!

Tian Jue, vaguely possessing power beyond the Dao Convergence realm, and the Master. Before these colossal hands, they were like mere insects on an operating table, utterly devoid of any power to resist. They could only allow the hands to seize them and position them in mid-air. Then Tian Yi's two colossal hands summoned the nine silver needles previously taken out by the statue-clone, and began "treating" the two figures.

Watching this scene from a distance, Li Fan felt an uncontrollable, intense chill in his heart.

"Tian Yi, what on earth is he...?"

At that moment, Li Fan's mind was consumed by a single thought: Danger! Immense danger! Tian Yi's true power far surpassed his estimations. Even if not at the Longevity realm, he was not far from it.

"Immediately abandon this clone! Don't let Tian Yi trace it back to his main body!"

Driven by an intense survival instinct, Li Fan almost instinctively prepared to do so. But quickly, he snapped awake.

No! That's wrong!

Tian Yi had clearly detected that someone was plotting behind the scenes. But his first suspicion would likely fall on those of comparable strength. He wouldn't search for a target among the "ants" observing the battle nearby. This was a cognitive bias. But what if, at this crucial moment, an insignificant "bug" inexplicably died...?

That would be to make it even more obvious! Completely and utterly self-incriminating! Under Tian Yi's terrifying power, it wouldn't destroy clues. In fact, it would most likely draw his attention and bring trouble upon himself!

What to do?

In an instant, numerous thoughts flooded Li Fan's mind. But he quickly made a decision. To remain still!

He decided to gamble on whether Tian Yi still retained "human" thought processes, or if he had already transcended, becoming completely unfathomable by normal logic. If he guessed correctly, then even though he had suffered a crushing defeat in this round, at least it wouldn't be without some gains. If he gambled incorrectly...

It would still take some time for Tian Yi to trace the clone's connection back to his main body. And at this moment, his main body was not in the Congyun Sea but deep within the heartland of the Myriad Immortal Alliance. He was confident that even if Tian Yi truly discovered a clue and sought him out, it wouldn't happen instantly. That would be enough time for him, Li Fan, to "return"! This was based on his previous experience interacting with Tian Yi.

Therefore... Li Fan took the gamble!

Despite the immense fear in his heart, Li Fan suppressed the urge to instantly destroy his clone. He widened his eyes, pushing all other thoughts from his mind, and stared intently at Tian Yi's "operation." Even with Li Fan's current discernment, he still couldn't make sense of it. He only saw silver light scattering, and the furious curses of Tian Yu and Tian Jue grew progressively fainter. Eventually, their voices became almost inaudible, as if they had fallen into a deep sleep.

When the operation concluded, the Fisherman returned to his original confused, amnesiac state. He scanned his surroundings, his face filled with bewilderment. Ignoring the hands in the sky, he walked directly out of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace. As for the Master, he remounted his ox cart and disappeared amidst the clear sound of reading.

Having completed all of this, the two colossal hands retracted the silver needles. They then gently pressed down. The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, which had been filled with continuous wailing, instantly fell silent.