Chapter 748: 断绝长生路

"It's like the Dharma Transmission Celestial Venerable, who defied the principles of cultivation, ensuring that from then on, no cultivators in the world could surpass him. The Rebirth Celestial Venerable, on the other hand, defied the principles of life and death, and once a cultivator has been resurrected by them, they can never attain the Longevity Realm thereafter."

Xu Bai seemed to understand something.

"However, for the vast majority of cultivators in the world, the Longevity Realm is an existence they can only dream of. Even if they knew about this, they probably wouldn't care much."

Suddenly, Xu Bai seemed to recall something and frowned slightly. He began to divine the situation that would arise in the Xuanhuang Realm some years later.

"Originally, in the Xuanhuang Realm, cultivators were nurtured by nature, naturally born and perishing. As time passed, although the probability was extremely small, every once in a while, a new Longevity Celestial Venerable would always emerge, even if the interval was thousands or tens of thousands of years."

"But now, with the existence of the Rebirth Manor, resurrected cultivators are gradually occupying the slots meant for naturally born cultivators, causing the number of cultivators nurtured by nature to dwindle."

"And the already very low probability of attaining the Dao of Longevity will ultimately become even rarer."

"Ultimately, until no new Longevity Realm cultivators are born in the world."

Xu Bai stroked his chin: "The Xuanhuang's Extinction Plan. It's about walking your own path and then leaving no path for others in the world."

"Such domineering methods of action do bear some resemblance to the style of the Dharma Transmission Celestial Venerable."

"However, for the existing Longevity Celestial Venerables, this is actually a good thing. This might also be why the members of the Five Elders Council have not come forward to stop the Rebirth Celestial Venerable."

After all, not every small world has terrifying figures like the white-browed elder stationed within them. The minor setbacks encountered by the Immortal Alliance cultivators during their campaigns were quickly forgotten. Small worlds that occasionally put up fierce resistance were also swiftly suppressed with the help of their allies.

Fifty, one hundred, one hundred thirty-six... The number of discovered small worlds rapidly increased.

Xu Bai collected all the images of these small worlds during their conquest and their current status within the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror.

Seeing that it was almost time, he arranged with Liu San to return together to the Imperial Small World.

Having shielded the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror's perception, the two entered one after another, meeting in the dark void.

Having already informed each other of the precautions beforehand, Liu San also altered his appearance, and the two continuously sped through the void.

"It's actually a lineage of the Beast Taming Sect, truly quite rare." After arriving outside the empire, his spiritual sense swept across the area below, and seeing countless bizarre exotic beasts, Liu San couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"It's merely a branch of the Beast Taming Sect. The true lineage of the Beast Taming Sect seems to be currently hiding in the Spiritual Void Realm. Thousands of years have passed; I wonder what they've become now," Xu Bai casually transmitted.

"The Spiritual Void Realm? I seem to have heard that name somewhere before," Liu San paused slightly. After a long while, he shook his head slightly: "Strange, I can't recall it. Could it be that I've become this old?"

"No matter. The Myriad Immortals Alliance is sweeping through all realms now, so they will be exposed sooner or later. Elder Liu, did you have any acquaintances in the Beast Taming Sect back then?" Xu Bai asked.

"I only heard their name; I had no dealings with them," Liu San replied absentmindedly, seemingly bothered by his lost memory and still pondering the origin of that faint impression.

Just then, Li Fan, who was in Longevity Valley, suddenly felt a wave of unease.

"Huh?"

It had been a long time since something like this had happened, so Li Fan dared not be careless. He stopped feeding formation data to the Disintegration Disk, his expression turning grave as the Dao Transformation Stone crystal in his mind operated at its peak, pondering the source of this sense of crisis.

Soon after, he arrived at a possible answer.

As a Dao Assimilation expert, Liu San clearly wouldn't forget events that had happened to him. Even if he couldn't recall something accidentally, a thorough spiritual sense search should definitely allow him to remember. Yet, this very thing had happened.

"It's because his memories related to the Spiritual Void Realm have been altered."

"Only a Longevity Realm expert could silently modify the spiritual sense of a Dao Assimilation expert. Liu San had never encountered such an expert in the first half of his life."

"Therefore, the problem lies with the True Enticement Fruit I used on him back then."

Pondering the memory alterations he had performed on Liu San, Li Fan suddenly understood: "The Spiritual Void Realm must have been mentioned by Liu San when he was conversing with Liu Yihang, the true Young Sect Master of the Medicine King Sect."

To be safe, Li Fan had not killed Liu Yihang at that time. Instead, he had hidden him in an inconspicuous room within the True Medicine King Cauldron, a room only Li Fan himself could open.

Liu Yihang was still sleeping soundly within the Great Dream Spring Autumn formation.

As the three elders of the Medicine King Sect were currently absent, Li Fan acted without reservation.

He released him from the True Medicine King Cauldron and then drew him into his personal cave-heaven.

Without the effect of the formation, Liu Yihang slowly awoke.

But instantly, he realized that his situation was amiss.

He was unable to move or even cry out. His expression changed drastically, and though he tried to struggle, it was futile.

Within his own cave-heaven, Li Fan could suppress him without even needing his main body to appear.

Using soul-searching techniques, Li Fan effortlessly found information about the Spiritual Void Realm in Liu Yihang's mind. There was nothing particularly significant; it was just that Liu Yihang had occasionally seen the name of this realm while reading ancient texts back then.

This was because the Spiritual Void Realm contained a plant called Spiritual Void Grass, which was an essential ingredient for refining the Spirit Nurturing Pill.

Therefore, Liu Yihang had once consulted Liu San about it.

The individuals involved might have long forgotten about it, but it had unintentionally led to a disaster thousands of years later. Originally, he could have continued sleeping in the Great Dream Spring Autumn formation for several more decades.

Having understood the full story, Li Fan paid no mind to his actions. While still keeping him suppressed within the cave-heaven, his main body returned to Medicine King Valley.

Meanwhile, his clone, Xu Bai, interrupted Liu San's thoughts: "I've just remembered something. It seems I once saw a secret record that described the method for refining the Spirit Nurturing Pill. One of the main ingredients, Spiritual Void Grass, seemed to grow within the Spiritual Void Realm. I even consulted you about it back then, Elder Liu."

As soon as he said this, Liu San's expression was initially a bit confused. Then he slapped his head: "Look at my memory! There was such a thing. I almost completely forgot!"

With the doubts in his mind resolved, Liu San immediately shifted his attention back to the Imperial Small World below.

Together with Xu Bai, he flew to the front of the tall palace.

The powerful spiritual sense of a Dao Assimilation expert had already startled Xiao Qing.

She, the Imperial Daughter, and another woman in red flew forward to greet them.

"This is Elder Liu of our Alliance!" Xu Bai introduced with a solemn expression.

The three bowed to Liu San.

"Greetings, Senior!"