Chapter 784: Mr. Bai Descends

The faint aura emanating from that Spirit of Heaven and Earth was familiar to Li Fan.

It was indeed the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Mosha!

In an instant, the eyes of the Saint Embryo Xu Bai became even darker and more profound.

His gaze seemed to penetrate millions of miles of spatial barriers, reaching straight to Li Fan!

Li Fan, who had just flown back to Changsheng Valley, felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, his body swaying precariously.

This unusual situation immediately attracted Liu San’s attention.

Among the three members of the Medicine King Sect, Fang Zaiji was engrossed in Qi refinement, and Jiang Yushan was solely focused on cultivation. Only Liu San, deeply concerned about the sect's progress, kept his divine sense spread across the entire valley, constantly monitoring the disciples' activities.

He therefore immediately noticed Li Fan's abnormality.

“Young Master, are you injured?” Liu San instantly appeared before Li Fan, his expression somewhat nervous and seemingly genuine.

“It's nothing, just a minor setback in my cultivation. I’ll be fine after a short rest,” Li Fan said, waving his hand after recovering slightly.

Seeing Li Fan's aura gradually stabilize, Liu San nodded slowly.

But there was still some doubt in his eyes.

Li Fan offered no explanation. After dismissing Liu San, he went alone to the sect's cultivator secret chamber.

First, he checked on the situation of the vestiges.

Dongfang Yao had indeed acted efficiently and quickly.

All one hundred and eight vestiges had been properly arranged.

“These are merely a reluctant last resort. If possible, I hope they will never need to be activated.”

Li Fan merely cast a casual glance and then turned his attention away.

Instead, he continued to monitor the situation of Saint Embryo Xu Bai in Tianling State through his increasingly faint ‘co-body perception’.

It was as if a thick white mist obscured everything; he could only vaguely discern fleeting images through occasional glimpses.

Nor could he perceive specific information about the distortion of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

However, it was clear that Saint Embryo Xu Bai was accumulating more and more authority from the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

And as his physical form increasingly resembled the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

The pressure emanating from him could no longer be concealed.

From every corner of the Xuanhuang Realm, gazes began to converge.

However...

Even the Immortal Heavenly Venerate, in this near-perfect state of unity with nature, would require some time to discern the origin of Saint Embryo Xu Bai, who had never before appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm.

Just then, above Tianling State, rolling dark clouds spontaneously appeared.

The sun was obscured, and the entire Tianling State instantly became as dark as night.

Not only was visibility plunged into darkness.

Even all forms of remote sensing were cut off by this sudden, profound darkness.

Within Tianling State, countless cultivators were gripped by fear due to this inexplicable state, believing a great catastrophe had descended.

Only a few powerful cultivators at the Dao Integration realm abruptly stood up, looking skyward with shocked expressions.

“Fellow Daoist Jiao, is everything prepared?”

In Changsheng Valley, Li Fan used a communication talisman to contact Jiao Xiuyuan.

“I’ve stated this upfront: I can only intervene once, at the most critical moment. Success or failure, any future developments will have nothing to do with me.”

“Oh, and by the way, I specifically made sure that the puppet clone I’m deploying this time resembles you. This completely distances me from it, so don’t even think about using me to intimidate others.” Jiao Xiuyuan’s reply was swift, clearly indicating his apprehension about this “transaction.” However, Li Fan had offered a price he simply couldn't refuse, making him willing to take the gamble.

Upon receiving Jiao Xiuyuan’s confirmation, Li Fan said nothing further. He simply ended the communication.

His gaze fell upon the eighty-one ‘Chaos’ puppets standing rigidly in formation within the secret chamber.

Each puppet was not only inscribed with incomplete ‘Chaos’ characters.

These eighty-one puppets also collectively formed a rough approximation of the ‘Chaos’ character.

However, their core components remained gathered in the very center.

They had not yet undergone final assembly.

“If I’m not mistaken, once Saint Embryo Xu Bai achieves Dao Integration and Mr. Bai fully awakens, his first action will be to seek me out and seize the ‘Return to Truth’.”

“There’s no avoiding it, no escaping. I will await him here; only by facing death can I truly find a path to survival!”

Sitting cross-legged amidst the ‘Chaos’ puppets, Li Fan refocused his attention, attempting to sense the situation with Saint Embryo Xu Bai.

The sky-obscuring clouds seemed capable of disrupting even such direct, co-body sensing.

It was already intermittent.

For the most part, it was imperceptible.

Only during brief intervals could he vaguely discern the events unfolding in Tianling State.

The distortion of Heavenly Principles had ceased; it seemed all the power of the Xuanhuang Realm’s Spirits of Heaven and Earth had been gathered.

Saint Embryo Xu Bai’s appearance was now entirely distinct from that of his clone, Xu Bai.

He was likely still familiarizing himself with this new body, standing motionless in the air.

The powerful auras he had exuded during the distortion of Heavenly Principles slowly dissipated from his body.

He had reverted to a state of simplicity, appearing no different from a mortal.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he slowly raised his head and gazed skyward.

His gaze pierced through the pitch-black clouds, passed through the firmament, and reached beyond the Xuanhuang Realm.

Li Fan's pupils suddenly constricted.

Through his co-body perception, he shockingly witnessed a colossal palm descending directly from above!

In the final moment of the vision, he seemed to witness the colossal palm colliding with the cloud layer above Tianling State.

The giant palm was unstoppable.

The black cloud barrier, formed by the will of heaven and earth, was like fragile pottery before it, shattering instantly upon impact.

Saint Embryo Xu Bai merely watched the colossal palm overhead, completely still.

There was no fear on his face.

As the perceived vision vanished, Li Fan counted silently.

Three breaths later.

He felt the ground shaking violently.

It was as if a massive earthquake had struck, and it took a long time for the tremors to gradually subside.

Li Fan knew that the scene he had just witnessed was not an illusion.

This earthquake was caused by the aftermath of the collision between the giant palm and the black cloud barrier.

Changsheng Valley, located in Luoyan State, was separated from Tianling State by nearly half of the Myriad Immortals Alliance territory.

Despite this distance, it had still experienced such a violent impact.

This indicated that the collision might have affected the entire Xuanhuang Realm!

“Heavenly Venerate of Transmitted Law?”

This name instantly flashed through Li Fan's mind.

The dark clouds over Tianling were the result of the Xuanhuang Realm’s Heavenly Dao acting to buy enough time for Mr. Bai’s arrival.

And without a doubt, the only entity capable of destroying it so effortlessly was the one who loomed over all New Law cultivators...

The Heavenly Venerate of Transmitted Law!

Although the Heavenly Venerate of Transmitted Law had acted, effortlessly shattering the Heavenly Dao's protective cover.

Yet the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao’s objective had already been achieved.

Because...

Saint Embryo Xu Bai—or rather, Mr. Bai—had vanished!

Not a trace of a cultivator’s aura remained on him.

He had completely merged into the Xuanhuang World.

Like a drop of water falling into the ocean.

Even if the Heavenly Venerate of Transmitted Law’s divine sense could instantaneously sweep across the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

But finding Mr. Bai would still take some time.

Just before completely losing his connection to Saint Embryo Xu Bai, Li Fan saw Mr. Bai rapidly approaching Changsheng Valley!