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Chapter 782: Xuanhuang General Undergoes Change

Li Fan, sensing Dongfang Yao's retreating figure through his formless killing intent, thought to himself, "Dongfang, that person... not bad."

Slowly withdrawing his gaze, Li Fan quietly arrived at a rather unremarkable stone forest. Located in Zhuhuai Prefecture, this area was resource-poor and had been explored, revealing no entrances to minor worlds or grotto-heavens. Consequently, very few cultivators visited it, making it perfect for Li Fan.

Like Dongfang Yao, he too needed to set up contingencies across various parts of the Xuanhuang Realm for the coming period. After descending three thousand zhang underground and creating a space, Li Fan took out a pile of broken puppet parts. They were very similar to the guardian puppets in the Tianyang Grotto back then, appearing like shattered ceramic, black and red in color. Upon closer inspection, the red threads on each puppet part appeared to be fragments of a character's strokes. This was Li Fan's devised method for disassembling the "Chaos Word Technique"!

He set up an array formation, placing the puppet core in the center. Then, he sequentially placed the puppet parts, in a disordered fashion, within the formation. "When a specific condition is met," he mused, "the array will activate the puppet core, instantly completing its reassembly. The 'Chaos Word Technique' will be complete. Then, the puppet will self-detonate, serving as energy for casting a divine ability." As Li Fan thought this, the puppet parts were haphazardly placed. Threads of silver light in the array passed through the puppet parts, which served as nodes, integrating the grand formation. Li Fan gently tapped, and the array fell silent, not a trace of its aura leaking out.

"This spot is now set up," Li Fan thought. "Although it's a bit rudimentary, the simpler it is, the harder it will be for others to discover." He nodded with some satisfaction, then quietly departed without even bothering to set up a concealing array. In any case, he had crafted no fewer than a thousand of these Chaos Word puppets. Even if a few were occasionally discovered, there would be no significant loss, nor would it affect the overall plan.

After emerging from underground, Li Fan looked around, ensuring no one was tracking him. He then buried Chaos Word puppets at two other locations within Zhuhuai Prefecture. Once the arrangements were complete, he headed towards the adjacent Shouyi Prefecture. He intended to bury three or four of them in every prefecture of the Myriad Immortals Alliance. "When the Chaos Words are all activated at once," he mused, "even a Grand Unity Heavenly Venerate will be drawn in and have their vision obscured."

Li Fan moved quickly. After he systematically completed the arrangements in the thirty-fifth prefecture, he suddenly paused his actions. "Is it finally time to ascend to the Nascent Soul stage?" Li Fan looked up into the distance. At this moment, the Holy Embryo Xu Bai's journey through the Xuanhuang Realm had finally come to an end. The last natural change of impending birth he absorbed into his grotto-heaven was the Heavenly Spirit Bloom of Impending Birth.

"I once thought the Heavenly Spirit Blooms, tainted by malevolent energy and their beauty lost forever, would never reappear. But it seems they will finally re-emerge in the world," Li Fan mused to himself. "It seems the Xuanhuang Realm's self-recovery ability is truly extraordinary." As the Holy Embryo Xu Bai absorbed this natural change, a spring breeze seemed to sweep through his grotto-heaven. Myriad flowers bloomed one after another, creating a breathtaking spectacle. Even Li Fan, tens of thousands of miles away, seemed to catch the fragrance emanating from the Holy Embryo Xu Bai's grotto-heaven.

It was as if the last piece of a puzzle had been completed. The entire grotto-heaven finally ascended to the status of a minor world. A strange energy began to circulate within the grotto-heaven, flowing from the sky to all living things, down to the deep earth, and then cycling repeatedly.

From deep within the earth, a faint rumbling sound emanated. Along with the sounds of rain, wind, insects, and birds within the grotto-heaven, they collectively formed a grand and vibrant symphony. Li Fan seemed to witness the grotto-heaven's continuous expansion and sublimation process in the future. The Holy Embryo Xu Bai stood in the void of Tianling Prefecture. Although no other cultivators detected his presence, some cultivators did sense the subtle changes he brought about in Tianling Prefecture.

For instance, Sun Qi, who was reporting his progress on the Reverse Derivation of Qiankun Record to Sun Liancheng, suddenly stopped. He looked up at the sky outside. "What's wrong?" Sun Liancheng also looked in the direction of Sun Qi's gaze but found nothing unusual. Sun Qi frowned, then after a long moment, slowly shook his head. "Perhaps it was just my imagination," he said slowly, emphasizing each word. "For a moment just now, I felt as if the world was recovering. But it was only for an instant. Now that feeling is gone." From his still hesitant gaze, it was clear that it was far more than a mere illusion.

"The world recovering..." Sun Liancheng narrowed his eyes, lost in thought. Sensing the scene from Sun Qi's side through his formless killing intent, Li Fan's heart grew heavy. Only he knew that Sun Qi's intuition was correct. The change of recovery in Tianling Prefecture had been extracted by the Holy Embryo Xu Bai and infused into his own grotto-heaven. Without this transformative power, Tianling Prefecture would need a considerable amount of time to accumulate strength again if it wished to return to its former prosperous state.

The power of recovery in Tianling Prefecture was slightly different from that of Congyun Sea. Congyun Sea represented a creative change from life to death, from destruction to rebirth. Tianling Prefecture, on the other hand, represented a normal vital cycle change, from desolation to prosperity. With this additional change, the grotto-heaven within the Holy Embryo Xu Bai had completely transformed into a minor world. Being of the same body, Li Fan could now see the scenery of this newborn minor world without obstruction.

His spiritual sense swept rapidly, looking down at the sprawling, vibrant land below. A faint sense of familiarity suddenly arose in his heart. "This topographical distribution..." he mused, "I seem to have seen it somewhere before." To confirm his thoughts, he quickly located several iconic mountain ranges and water systems. "Indeed. It's identical," he realized, his heart inexplicably trembling. "This is... a scene from the Ancient Xuanhuang Realm?!"

Through Ximen Yu's writings, Li Fan understood the topographical differences between the ancient and present Xuanhuang Realm. By removing the white mist barriers and reassembling the scattered prefectures, what was formed was the original appearance of the Ancient Xuanhuang Realm! This was precisely what the Holy Embryo Xu Bai had been doing all this time!

"Ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators rely on one prefecture or one type of change," Li Fan thought. "But the Holy Embryo Xu Bai, to fully ascend to Nascent Soul, is using..." Li Fan's heart trembled. "The change of the Xuanhuang Realm's impending birth! He's using the grotto-heaven within his body to pre-enact the changes that will occur in the Xuanhuang Realm! The result of the Xuanhuang Realm's self-evolution without interference from cultivators or Grand Unity Heavenly Venerates! This..."

The more Li Fan thought about it, the more inexplicably shocked he felt. "Unless he is an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, with the support of the world itself, this would be utterly impossible!" he realized. "Even if I were to endlessly try with True Reversion, it wouldn't work!"

Li Fan understood. Although he had ascended to Nascent Soul, the Holy Embryo Xu Bai's aura showed no change whatsoever. He stood silently in the void, like an ordinary mortal.

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