Chapter 804: Nine Mountain State Falls

Teenagers, full of youthful vigor, are at an age most susceptible to incitement.

Shang Tianci had also fallen victim to Li Fan's Bloodline Crossing Art and trusted him implicitly.

Li Fan was an extraordinary individual. Even as a mortal, he could, with mere words, convince many to willingly sacrifice their lives for him.

Thus, with little effort, Li Fan successfully brainwashed Shang Tianci.

"The Myriad Immortals Alliance is utterly corrupt. We cultivators should make overthrowing it our duty."

"Only then will a beautiful era of free cultivation techniques truly arrive!"

Shang Tianci felt his blood boil, imbued with a supreme sense of mission he had never experienced before.

As for what should be done after overthrowing the Myriad Immortals Alliance, and whether cultivators could truly achieve freedom in cultivation techniques, these questions were no longer within his scope of consideration.

"The Myriad Immortals Alliance is powerful, and our strength is still weak. We need to proceed gradually."

"First, we must unite all forces that can be united, such as the Xuanhuang Wandering Cave Heavens and other worlds..."

Shang Tianci's eyes lit up. "A union of myriad worlds, brilliant!"

Li Fan continued to instill various concepts into him.

This process was suddenly interrupted by an inexplicably oppressive atmosphere.

Both looked up simultaneously, gazing into the distance.

Heavenly Prison Mountain, the highest peak among the Nine Mountains.

From its vantage point, their gaze could span over half the province, allowing them to see dense throngs of cultivators suddenly appearing along the border.

"That's..." Shang Tianci said, his expression filled with horror.

The cultivators' attire was distinctly different from that of the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

Clearly, they belonged to the Five Elders Association, Xuanhuang's other major force.

"This is bad, foreign enemies are invading. I must immediately..."

Shang Tianci was about to teleport using the Heavenly Scenery Gourd, but after searching around, he couldn't find it.

He then remembered that the gourd was still in Li Fan's hand.

"Senior!"

He was about to speak, but Li Fan stopped him with a hand.

"The Myriad Immortals Alliance is corrupt. The Five Elders Association is no good either."

"The five Heavenly Venerates reverse the laws of heaven and earth and deceive the residents within their domain."

"The more fiercely they fight, the more beneficial it is for us."

"It's what they call 'driving a wolf to swallow a tiger,' or 'sitting on a mountain to watch the tigers fight!'" Li Fan's words were exceedingly grim.

Shang Tianci's expression was initially still hesitant.

However, after careful consideration, he ultimately fell silent.

The moment the Five Elders Association cultivators appeared in Nine Mountains Province.

Chaos also suddenly erupted in various parts of Nine Mountains.

Many cultivators wearing Myriad Immortals Alliance attire suddenly rebelled and attacked the Nine Mountains garrison cities.

Furthermore, as time passed, the number of rebellious cultivators seemed to grow.

"You see, the Myriad Immortals Alliance is unpopular. As long as someone raises a banner and calls out, countless people will immediately respond!" Li Fan seized the opportunity to say.

Seeing this, Shang Tianci slowly nodded.

In reality, the Five Elders Association was not entirely useless.

At the very least, this surprise attack clearly demonstrated their organizational capabilities.

In just half a day, the vast Nine Mountains Province had largely fallen.

The Five Elders Association's army advanced rapidly, simultaneously deploying personnel to take over the Nine Mountains garrison cities while continuing to march towards the final Heavenly Longevity Mountain.

The battlefield was chaotic.

Li Fan and Shang Tianci had remained hidden on Heavenly Prison Mountain's peak, undetected by others for the time being.

As the most important city in the Nine Mountains, Heavenly Longevity City not only had a Dao Integration cultivator stationed there, but also housed the Myriad Laws Merchant Association.

If the Myriad Laws Merchant Association had exerted effort to help defend, it might have been possible to hold out until the Myriad Immortals Alliance reinforcements arrived.

However, it was clear the Myriad Laws Merchant Association was opportunistic.

From beginning to end, none of their personnel came out to fight.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Longevity Dao Integration cultivator, facing a siege by three Dao Integration cultivators dispatched by the Five Elders Association, was already struggling.

"It seems the Myriad Immortals Alliance's defeat is sealed. It's time for us to leave," Li Fan said, suddenly rising after watching the spectacle for a long time.

"However, before we leave, we must leave something behind to prove we were here."

"Tianyang!"

Li Fan tossed a jade slip to him.

Tianyang received the command, took the jade slip, and clenched it tightly in his palm.

He then hurled it forcefully towards Heavenly Longevity Mountain.

What flew with it was not just the jade slip.

It also included Tianyang's entire hand!

Behind the hand, a reddish-black tail flame erupted.

Its speed suddenly accelerated even more.

Like a meteor, it swiftly streaked across the sky above Nine Mountains Province, heading straight for its target.

"Let's go!"

Li Fan patted Shang Tianci's shoulder, said nothing, and simply returned the Heavenly Scenery Gourd.

Shang Tianci had a sudden realization and instantly understood Li Fan's meaning.

With a thought, a peculiar fluctuation instantly enveloped the two of them.

A moment later, their figures vanished from the top of Heavenly Prison Mountain!

Above Heavenly Longevity City.

Three Dao Integration cultivators from the Five Elders Association, who were besieging Heavenly Longevity's guardian, Azure Jade Immortal Venerate, suddenly showed a slight change in expression.

They looked towards a ball of raging fire rapidly flying towards them.

"What is that?"

They had initially thought it was a hidden trump card from the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

But with a sweep of their divine sense, they discovered that hidden within the fiery glow was actually a jade slip!

The three did not communicate, yet their actions were surprisingly synchronized.

A Dao Integration cultivator, dressed in a hemp shirt like a middle-aged farmer, intercepted the jade slip.

After a quick examination, all three narrowed their eyes simultaneously.

"Myriad Worlds United Association?"

"Helped us resolve the crisis of leaked information... methods to significantly reduce the effect of the Soul-Devouring White Mist and to march within it?"

Although the jade slip contained little content, the amount of information it conveyed was immense.

Their divine senses instantly swept across the entire Nine Mountains Province, but they found no trace of the person who had thrown the jade slip.

"They certainly have some tricks up their sleeve."

All three showed expressions of great interest.

Taihua Province.

Li Fan and Shang Tianci appeared without warning on Mount Taixu, one of the Ten Veins of Taihua.

"Your Heavenly Scenery Gourd is truly miraculous."

"It seems to achieve instantaneous teleportation by leveraging the power of ley lines?"

Li Fan savored the process of their recent spatial travel and marveled.

"No, rather than the power of ley lines, it's more like directly using the Xuanhuang World Force to change locations."

Li Fan suddenly recalled the scene of Mr. Bai "slowly" walking that he had witnessed earlier.

A subtle realization dawned on him.

Although Mr. Bai had fallen, the various "abilities" that existed in the Xuanhuang World did not disappear with him.

Instead, they were dispersed and inherited by various so-called geniuses.

"However, even Mr. Bai, who could integrate the marvels of Xuanhuang, was no match for the Dharma Transmitting Heavenly Venerate."

"Let alone these so-called geniuses."

"At most, they are just excellent resources in the Dharma Transmitting Heavenly Venerate's eyes!"

Li Fan pondered the Dharma Transmitting Heavenly Venerate's thoughts.

Shang Tianci, however, was oblivious to this.

Still, he proudly introduced his twin gourds to Li Fan: "My innate marvels are two gourds."

"One is purple, and one is green."

"You've seen the green one, Senior; it can record scenic locations and then freely teleport to them."

"As for the purple gourd..."