Chapter 891: Fallen Immortal Plots Against the Sovereign King

In Lijie.

Su Yuqing, who had just finished praying and was cultivating near the Immortal Spirit Pagoda, suddenly found her face turning crimson. Her body felt as if it were violently stretched open by some immense force, and she let out a painful, muffled groan. Just as she felt lost and bewildered, this pure spiritual energy, which had inexplicably entered her body, suddenly dissolved like a melting glacier! It surged and roared through her body, and within just a few cycles, it transformed into a power she could fully control. It then obediently settled within her dantian!

Simultaneously, her cultivation realm ascended at a terrifying, visible speed. In mere moments, she surged from the early Golden Core stage straight to the perfected Golden Core stage. She only stopped, unwillingly, due to the limitation of the Heavenly Grotto materials required for breakthroughs under the new cultivation method. Throughout this entire process, the Heavenly Adversity bottleneck, which typically restricts a cultivator's progress, never appeared!

Su Yuqing numbly sensed her cultivation realm, her face etched with disbelief. As she carefully perceived the source of this spiritual energy that had aided her breakthrough, Su Yuqing's expression suddenly changed, as if something dawned on her. She quickly knelt, meditating and giving thanks for the blessings of the True Immortal of Mortal Compassion.

In the Spiritwood Realm, before the Faceless Divine Statue.

An invisible cultivation feedback materialized within Li Fan's body. It stemmed directly from the Sitting Immortal Art, a result of Su Yuqing's consecutive breakthroughs! Even after subtracting the cultivation Li Fan had initially bestowed upon Su Yuqing, his own cultivation had slightly advanced from this exchange!

"What does this signify?" Li Fan's heart was filled with inexplicable shock.

However, he quickly composed himself. The generation of cultivation feedback, in fact, did not defy common sense; it still fell within the operational mechanism of the Sitting Immortal Art. For instance, if Li Fan were to personally expend his own cultivation to help others elevate their realms, upon success, he could indeed receive a certain amount of cultivation in return. However, the cultivation loss incurred during this process was far too significant. It was truly a losing proposition, yielding more harm than benefit.

"But now, through this Faceless Profound Heaven Divine Statue, the loss incurred during cultivation transfer has been drastically reduced." Li Fan instantly realized this was a latent function of the mysterious Faceless Stone Divine Statue. "Making this very act surprisingly profitable!"

"Communicating with believers, bestowing divine favors..." Li Fan narrowed his eyes, his gaze once again settling on the Faceless Divine Statue. "This truly makes it seem more and more like divine trickery."

"The question then arises: if a powerful entity is truly connected to this idol, why would it not contact these believers directly, but instead transfer all these abilities and perceptions to me?"

"Have my secrets been exposed?"

After prolonged contemplation, Li Fan concluded that his secrets likely remained unexposed. After all, given the temperaments of such powerful beings, if they knew what truly existed within him, it was almost impossible they would engage in any cat-and-mouse games. More likely, they would simply descend and seize.

"Otherwise, it might be in slumber for some unknown reason." Li Fan's gaze flickered. After gazing at the idol for a long time, he slowly departed. He issued no command forbidding commoners from approaching the Faceless Idol; instead, he allowed everything to proceed as usual, as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred.

As he moved further away from the idol, the prayers in Li Fan's mind gradually faded. This only solidified Li Fan's earlier conjectures.

"The Profound Heaven Cult..." Li Fan was desperate to learn more about this ancient and mysterious cult. Not only now, thousands of years later, but even during the ancient era of the Ten Immortal Sects, the Profound Heaven Cult was an absolute taboo. Only the true core members of each sect were privy to such information. Even after multiple reincarnations, Li Fan had only been fortunate enough to glimpse a mere corner of the Profound Heaven Cult through Senior Sister Zhao's dreams.

"Perhaps, there's another method." A thought suddenly occurred to Li Fan: the first instance in the Immortalfall Realm, 'Ningyuan Gathering Longevity Fruit'. His avatar, Li Chen, was precisely the future vessel intended for possession by the Profound Heaven Cult's Dharma King.

"If I play the waiting game, will I be able to encounter this Dharma King within the Immortalfall Realm?" Li Fan's heart stirred with excitement. Since only a wisp of his divine consciousness travels to the Immortalfall Realm, even if assimilated by this Dharma King, his main body would remain unharmed.

"Perhaps, this is precisely a golden opportunity that would be difficult to realize in reality."

"When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. As he attempts to seize Li Chen's body and merge with Li Fan, Li Chen will also be attempting to pry into his memories."

As for whether the Dharma King in the Immortalfall Realm could cross the boundary between the Immortalfall Realm and reality, thereby affecting or harming Li Fan in the real world... Unless their power surpassed that of the Fallen Immortal, it would be utterly impossible to achieve this!

Li Fan's eyes gleamed as he considered the possibilities, concluding it was feasible. He swiftly made up his mind. His figure flickered, and he arrived at the secluded cultivation chamber within the Spiritwood Realm. He expertly laid out the ritual.

"Before, I was apprehensive of Mr. Bai, which led me to decide against re-entering the Immortalfall Realm until I could thoroughly resolve the latent danger of its true activation."

"Now, however, the crisis posed by the Profound Heaven Cult seems more pressing."

"As for the risks..." Li Fan's eyes were devoid of fear, filled with unwavering resolve: "One who hesitates achieves nothing great! How could I, Li Fan, be such a timid person!"

"May blessings arise, Profound Yellow Heavenly Venerate!" Li Fan silently chanted, and in the next moment, his surroundings immediately distorted.

As expected, he found himself back in the 'Ningyuan Gathering Longevity Fruit' instance.

"Junior Brother? Junior Brother?" Zhang Qianmo's familiar voice reached his ears. The peculiar sensation receded like a tide, and Li Fan turned to face Zhang Qianmo.

"Junior Brother, is something wrong?" Zhang Qianmo's gaze held both curiosity and concern.

"It's my first time descending the mountain; I'm a bit excited." Li Fan quickly slipped into character this time, responding to Senior Brother Zhang's inquiry. As they chatted, they arrived at Ningyuan City.

Following the predetermined path, Senior Brother Zhang couldn't wait to seek out his old acquaintance, Chixia. He entrusted Li Fan with the task of collecting the Longevity Fruit. Li Fan merely smiled, offering no objection.

After they parted ways, Li Fan made no unusual moves. Instead, he proceeded directly to the Rebirth Longevity Tree in the city center to collect the three Longevity Fruits. Under the guidance of Song Hesong, the steward of Ningyuan City, Li Fan soon retrieved the Longevity Fruits from their seal.

According to the "plot," shortly thereafter, Chu Liang and other cultivators from the Myriad Immortal Alliance, who were lying in ambush, would target Senior Brother Zhang's acquaintance, Chixia, intending to provoke Senior Brother Zhang into an enraged state before ambushing and killing him. However, they were ultimately counter-killed.

Li Fan turned to look at Song Hesong, a strange smile forming on his lips. Steward Song's heart pounded, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged within him.

"Pfft!" Without warning, Li Fan violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning ashen.

"Senior Brother, save me!"