Chapter 897: Fate Is Not Determined by Immortals

Hearing Ji Yuzhen say this, Xuanyuan Hong's face darkened: "Nonsense!"

"How could I not understand the cultivation method you practice? Although it can split into tens of thousands of souls, the one that can heal my injuries must be the most refined original soul among them. If you lose it, your cultivation will be greatly damaged!"

"How could I do such a thing!"

However, looking at Ji Yuzhen's still smiling face, Xuanyuan Hong couldn't bring himself to scold her further.

Instead, he comforted her, "Zhen'er, don't worry, it's just a minor injury. I'll heal completely after a period of secluded cultivation."

Ji Yuzhen nodded silently, her gaze fixed on Xuanyuan Hong, not moving for a long time.

Inside a grand hall.

Heavenly King Xuanyuan Hong sat at the head, with the twelve Dharma Kings standing in the hall.

"Although I sustained minor injuries in my last battle with Grand Master Tiandu, I gained a lot from him."

"I will be entering seclusion for a period. During this time, I'll have to trouble you all with the various matters of the Sect!" Xuanyuan Hong said solemnly.

"Heavenly King, rest assured, nothing will go wrong!" the Dharma King named Elder Cui replied, stroking his beard.

Xuanyuan Hong nodded: "If this succeeds, I might be able to reshape my True Immortal body in the Lower Realm. At that time, our plan to escape the Star Sea of Utter Darkness will be greatly accelerated!"

At these words, the expressions of the other twelve cultivators varied.

Some were joyful and congratulatory, others were indifferent or unconcerned.

And some had serious expressions, their inner thoughts unreadable.

In a dimly lit secret chamber.

"Zhen'er, I've sensed that someone has been stirring recently. That person who secretly contacted you before..."

"Go find him." A hint of killing intent was hidden in Xuanyuan Hong's calm tone.

Ji Yuzhen paused slightly, then realized: "Brother Xuanyuan, you mean to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Xuanyuan Hong's expression turned grim as he said, "Precisely! This time, we'll deal with Grand Master Tiandu as well!"

Ji Yuzhen's eyes lit up, surprised: "Brother Xuanyuan, have you already made a breakthrough?"

Xuanyuan Hong smiled and nodded.

Ji Yuzhen took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in her heart.

"Good, I've been feigning compliance with that person all along. I'll contact him immediately when I get back."

"Mm. Be careful with everything."

A blood-red light shot into the sky.

The desperate screams of countless cultivators on the verge of death echoed.

"Zhen'er, run..."

After this message was transmitted, Xuanyuan Hong's aura completely vanished.

Ji Yuzhen sped towards the last location where she sensed Xuanyuan Hong's aura.

However, something unusual there seemed to have attracted the attention of many other cultivators.

Not just her, but all the other Dharma Kings and the numerous cultivators misled by Grand Master Tiandu, were all rushing towards that spot simultaneously.

Fighting as they hastened.

"Little sister, there are too many enemies! Let's find Brother Xuanyuan first, then we can make a plan!" Zhou Yangli, a young cultivator among the Twelve Dharma Kings, said with a solemn expression via spiritual transmission.

The unease in Ji Yuzhen's heart grew stronger.

Indeed, the number of hostile cultivators was somewhat beyond her expectations. But if Xuanyuan Hong were here, none of this would be an issue.

But...

Ignoring the transformation of her soul into a green light that swept away the dense enemies ahead, Ji Yuzhen accelerated again.

The scene abruptly ended here.

Li Fan meticulously reorganized everything, ensuring no parts were missed.

"I didn't expect that the Ten Immortal Sects' surprise attack back then was intentionally orchestrated by Heavenly King Xuanyuan. He wanted to lure out the unstable elements within the Xuanhuang Realm and resolve everything in one fell swoop."

"But for some unknown reason, at this crucial moment, something happened to Heavenly King Xuanyuan himself."

"Interesting..."

Li Fan narrowed his eyes: "If the information obtained from Ji Yuzhen's memories is true, then Heavenly King Xuanyuan had advanced further beyond his half-immortal body. Already invincible in the Xuanhuang Realm, and with a subsequent breakthrough, who could possibly be his opponent?"

"The Ten Immortal Sects? Grand Master Tiandu? Or perhaps..."

Suddenly, the faceless stone statue flashed before Li Fan's eyes.

For some reason, a faint sense of dread welled up in his heart.

"This faceless statue was created by Xuanyuan Hong to show gratitude for the Faceless True Immortal's life-saving grace in the ascension passage back then."

"From the current perspective, Heavenly King Xuanyuan Hong is indeed a person of noble character."

"But as for this Faceless True Immortal..."

"That's hard to say."

Li Fan analyzed to himself: "Casually saving Xuanyuan Hong's life back then doesn't necessarily mean anything."

"Perhaps in the eyes of a True Immortal, Xuanyuan Hong, even with a half-immortal body, was no different from an ordinary mortal, holding no exploitable value."

"But once Xuanyuan Hong condensed a True Immortal body, everything changed."

Li Fan darkly speculated about what might have happened back then.

The more he thought about it, the more logical it seemed.

Just as he himself was amiable and approachable when dealing with common folk in Da Xuan.

But when facing the court officials, he was watchful and like a different person.

Reasoning from his own experience, it seemed likely that the Faceless True Immortal might also show different facades when dealing with different groups of people.

This theory also perfectly explained why the power behind the faceless statue didn't seem to care much about the pleas from the Xuanhuang Realm, merely transferring them to Li Fan.

"It seems that even using the functions of the faceless statue is temporarily safe. As long as I don't reveal immortal power..."

Although he had deduced this speculation, Li Fan did not lower his guard against the faceless statue.

After all, even Heavenly King Xuanyuan might have fallen prey to this statue.

How could Li Fan not be wary?

"Ji Yuzhen's memories are incomplete. The most crucial memories, including those of her practicing the cultivation method, are not here."

"Or rather, they are hidden."

Li Fan looked around at the scattered flowers everywhere.

"Heavenly King Xuanyuan once said that after cultivating the *Infinite Heavenly Pivot Separation Technique*, there's a distinction between countless split souls and the original soul."

"It now appears that the wandering souls in this ring-shaped mountain are Ji Yuzhen's split souls. What I've obtained are also memories diffused from these split souls."

"As for the original soul, which holds truly important information..."

Li Fan searched the ring-shaped mountain again, then frowned slightly: "It's actually not here?"

"Either that, or it's hidden too deeply. Not something I can discover at my current level."

A long while later, a reluctant Li Fan finally gave up.

However, this also gave Li Fan some insight.

"With the information gained from here, combined with everything gleaned from Mo Rubing's mind, it's enough to impersonate a member of the ancient Xuan Heavenly Sect."

"If confronted, any unclear details can be explained by claiming soul damage and memory loss."

"The only flaw is the inability to reproduce the Xuan Heavenly Sect's cultivation methods."

Li Fan then recalled the Xuan Heavenly Sect's cultivation methods that Senior Sister Zhao had obtained in her illusion.

Just one chapter today, to outline the plot and the upcoming story direction.

(End of chapter)

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