Chapter 892: Clever Plan to Peek into the True Realm

Li Fan's aura rapidly weakened, but his voice was incredibly loud, instantly echoing throughout Ningyuan City. Song Hesong stared at the scene, dumbfounded, his mind momentarily blank and unable to react.

Li Fan swiftly flew towards Zhang Qianmo, not forgetting to toss the jade box containing three longevity fruits in the opposite direction. Song Hesong hesitated for a moment, ultimately choosing to retrieve the jade box first. This bought Li Fan some precious time.

"Junior Brother?!" Zhang Qianmo sensed what was happening with Li Fan. With a roar, he moved like a bolt of purple lightning, instantly appearing beside Li Fan.

"Attack!" Though he didn't know why Song Hesong chose to make the first move, it had come to this; the die was cast. Chu Liang and the four other Myriad Immortals Alliance cultivators, who had been ambushing in the city, immediately revealed themselves. After retrieving the longevity fruit, Song Hesong also slowly flew towards them.

The five individuals, faces grim, encircled Zhang Qianmo and Li Fan, who appeared to be unconscious. The other four stared intently at Zhang Qianmo, but Song Hesong's gaze lingered on Li Fan, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.

"Senior Brother Zhang! Long time no see!" Chu Liang sneered.

"Senior Brother? Do I know you?" Zhang Qianmo's cold gaze swept over him, his tone betraying a hint of murderous intent.

Chu Liang's sneer faltered, and he flew into a rage.

What followed was largely the same as Li Fan's previous experiences. However, this time, to protect his heavily injured "junior brother" while being besieged, Zhang Qianmo revealed his Violet Core in advance. Facing the attack of the five, Senior Brother Zhang easily crushed them, annihilating them with overwhelming force. He then disregarded these insignificant figures and swiftly returned to the Purple Cloud Sect with the still unconscious Li Fan.

Amidst the clamor, Li Fan soon felt someone treating his injuries. To make his act more convincing, the self-inflicted injury he had just sustained was quite severe. Fortunately, it wasn't a fatal wound. After careful treatment, his injuries finally stabilized, and he was no longer in mortal danger. However, under Li Fan's deliberate control, he remained in a deep, unconscious state.

Initially, many people came to visit him. But as time passed and Li Fan showed no signs of waking, the visits became less frequent. Gradually, only Zhang Qianmo would occasionally visit him. Li Fan's room grew quiet and deserted.

Six months passed in this manner.

That night, a shadowy figure, like a ghost, silently approached Li Fan's bedside. In the dim light of night, the figure's face was indiscernible. It merely stared at the sleeping Li Fan, a sinister smile forming on its lips.

Then, a faint dividing line appeared between the figure and Li Fan. The scene distorted, and the room was bisected by the dividing line, splitting into two. It transformed into a perfectly mirrored world. The figure with the indiscernible face also appeared heavily injured, lying still on the bed. As the dividing line pulsed with light, the two mirror worlds gradually drew closer and began to merge.

When the two figures fully merged, the dividing line vanished without a trace. The small, dark room returned to its usual tranquility. However, within the sea of consciousness of the body on the bed, tumultuous changes were unfolding.

"What's going on? This Li Chen's spirit is actually an empty shell?" After absorbing the spirit of Li Chen of the Purple Cloud Sect, who lay on the bed, the Heavenly Profound Sect Dharma King found absolutely nothing within his spirit. It was like an apple hollowed out by worms, with only a thin outer layer remaining! The Heavenly Profound Sect Dharma King inwardly sensed trouble, assuming it was a trap set by the Ten Immortal Dao Sects to capture him.

But then, his expression suddenly changed. This was because after merging with "Li Chen"'s spirit, foreign objects seemed to have appeared within his mind. They were very well hidden. He had even overlooked their presence due to the shock he'd just experienced. Now that he had regained his composure, this tiny speck naturally couldn't escape his spiritual sight.

"You seek death!" Discovering that the other party was actually prying into his memories, the Heavenly Profound Sect Dharma King flew into an even greater rage. His divine sense roared, instantly crushing that speck into fragments.

"Ugh..." Li Fan, returning to reality from the Immortal Ruins Realm, let out a muffled groan. It seemed his spirit had suffered considerable damage due to this encounter in the Immortal Ruins Realm. The Wuji Yingxu Technique automatically activated, repairing his injuries.

Li Fan remained immersed in the memories he had just glimpsed from the Heavenly Profound Sect Dharma King. Although it was but a fleeting glimpse, it allowed him to glimpse a vast amount of crucial and shocking information.

"The Heavenly Profound King, the Floating Star Array. And... the Faceless True Immortal." A peculiar light flared in Li Fan's eyes. This Heavenly Profound Sect Dharma King, who possessed Li Chen, was named Mo Rubin. In the ancient cultivation world, before the Heavenly Profound Sect was founded, he was a member of the Nine Refinements Monastery, a cultivation sect. He was later persuaded by the Heavenly Profound King to join the Heavenly Profound Sect.

"The Darkest Star Sea, the High Wall. I never imagined I would transmigrate into such a desperate situation." Yet, Li Fan felt no despair. After learning about the broader world context, his horizons instantly expanded.

"It seems my previous idea of escaping the Xuanhuang Realm is unfeasible. To find a glimmer of hope, I must remain rooted in the Xuanhuang Realm. Only a True Immortal's power can cross the High Wall, it seems."

Li Fan's eyes flickered. Suddenly, Li Fan thought of the Treasure Fishing Pond. He seemed to grasp a potential solution, his thoughts racing.

"Senior Stone Tablet once said that while we fish in the pond, the Fishing Pond itself is fishing across the heavens, gathering treasures from the outside world to replenish itself. If the information I gleaned from Mo Rubin's sea of consciousness is true, then most of the cultivation realms in this star field where the Xuanhuang Realm is located have already been devoured by the Immortal Ruins. Then... it's highly possible that the newest treasures collected by the Fishing Pond originate from beyond the High Wall. This also means that the so-called High Wall is not completely sealed. There can still be contact between what's inside and outside the High Wall. Just like... that Faceless True Immortal statue."

After learning part of the truth, Li Fan's concern about the statue lessened somewhat. Clearly, even True Immortals would not easily venture into a place like the Darkest Star Sea. On the bright side, this meant that, apart from the True Immortal within the Immortal Ruins, Li Fan at least temporarily didn't have to worry about other True Immortals descending and simply annihilating him.

"The Darkest Star Sea. A forbidden zone for all living beings. But for me, it's a relatively safe place to grow stronger. The prerequisite is that I can successfully emerge from this death trap."

Knowing a wealth of information about his opponent, Li Fan's apprehension towards Mo Rubin diminished considerably. He even began to calculate how he could gain some advantage from him.