Chapter 94: Zhang Haobo Reborn

"Treatise on Wonders."2000 contribution points.He bought it without batting an eyelid. Lin Fan began to browse through it carefully.

Wonders of Heaven and Earth are crucial for cultivators to establish their Dao Foundation. They are categorized into three main types: Heavenly Wonders, Earthly Wonders, and Human Wonders.

Heavenly Wonders align with the Heavenly Dao, but they are elusive and traceless. Not only are they rarely seen, but they are also seldom even heard of. The book provided only one example: the very foundation upon which the Myriad Immortals Alliance was established. Its importance even surpassed that of the Heavenly Profound Mirror—the Dao Transformation Jade. It was unknown whose Foundation Establishment wonder it specifically was, but its unique effect was the ability to continuously and spontaneously derive new cultivation techniques day and night.

Upon reading this, Lin Fan paused, his thoughts coming to a halt. "I heard Kou Hong say before that the cultivation techniques cultivators practice now are newly compiled. I thought it was some exceptionally talented genius who could create so many different categories of techniques," he mused. "So, it turns out they weren't manually derived, but relied on this Wonder of Heaven and Earth."

Lin Fan mused for a moment, then continued reading.

Earthly Wonders are also extremely rare, but they do leave traces. They often appear alongside extraordinary natural phenomena. The book gave several examples:

In Cangwu Prefecture, where there were four rivers and twenty-eight mountains, one night, in a certain month and year, they vanished without a trace, leaving only a bottomless abyss. From this event, the Earthly Wonder, the Cangwu Mountains and Rivers Scroll, emerged.

The continent's waterways naturally flowed from west to east, emptying into the sea. But on a certain day of a certain month and year, all waters flowed in reverse, converging entirely on Mount Penglai. This continued for three months before stopping. From this, the Earthly Wonder, the Mother of All Waters, appeared.

Lin Fan read with great interest. "So, that means the Azure Sea Pearl also belongs to the category of Earthly Wonders," he couldn't help but think. There were still over ten years until the Azure Sea Pearl would appear, seemingly near Flowing Cloud Island. He couldn't forget this matter.

Next came Human Wonders. The vast majority of Foundation Establishment wonders in the world fall under the category of Human Wonders. Human Wonders are often formed from cultivators who perished thousands of years ago, transforming over a period of many years. Based on their quality, they are further divided into three grades: High, Medium, and Low. The higher the quality, the greater the power of the cultivator who establishes their Dao Foundation with it.

Li Fan couldn't help but recall the Coiling Dragon Branch and the Rusty Sword Dao Profound. He wondered what quality these two were. However, judging by the power they displayed, they were at least of Medium Grade or higher.

While his clone, Lin Fan, was engrossed in the various secrets of the cultivation world, Li Fan, the main body, used the cover of night and a teleportation array to arrive at Glazed Island. He couldn't find He Zhenghao. The one guarding the island's grand formation was an unfamiliar cultivator. He Zhenghao must have gone to explore a cave dwelling and hadn't returned yet.

Li Fan didn't think much of it. After nodding to the other person, he exited the formation, concealed his figure, and quietly made his way to the home of Zhang Haobo, captain of the Cangyuan ship. Looking at the sleeping Zhang Haobo, Li Fan smiled faintly.

There were still 19 years until the Scarlet Flame Scorches the Sea event. Now that the clone was refined, some arrangements could be made in advance. The Cloud Water Illusion Dream Art was activated.

Zhang Haobo suddenly awoke from a nightmare, his entire body drenched in cold sweat. He gasped for breath, the terror in his heart still lingering. After a long while, he finally regained his senses, staring blankly at his surroundings. "This is... Glazed Island?"

"Could it be that it was all just a terrible nightmare? But how could a dream be so real?"

In the dream, once, while out fishing at sea, he had pulled up a corpse. Along with the remains was a book. Even though it had been soaked in seawater for a long time, the writing on it was still clearly legible: "The Sea-Stabilizing Divine Sword." It was a secret cultivation method from the ancient Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, allowing one to cultivate all the way to the Foundation Establishment stage. It enabled the cultivator to condense twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Divine Swords in their Dantian to battle enemies, making it extremely powerful.

It was precisely by relying on this technique that his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds in just over ten years within the dream. He had progressed from a mortal to the late Qi Refinement stage. Originally, he had hopes of Foundation Establishment, but he never expected...

Just thinking of the terrifying scene in the dream made Zhang Haobo tremble uncontrollably. In the sky above the Cloud Sea, a translucent crimson figure had suddenly appeared. In her hand, a seemingly faint flame flickered. But it was this very flame that, over the next decade, gradually boiled away the entire Cloud Sea. His relatives, his hometown, everything around him, were utterly destroyed by it. The cultivators of Myriad Immortals Island fought desperately against her, but unfortunately, that figure was too powerful, and her appearance was so sudden. The Cloud Sea had become a forbidden zone, impossible to enter or exit. Without reinforcements, all the cultivators on Myriad Immortals Island ultimately sacrificed their lives, only managing to severely wound her. Rolling flames descended from the sky, burning Myriad Immortals Island to ashes.

The nightmare ended there. Yet, Zhang Haobo remained unsettled for a long time. "Was it really just a dream...? How could he, a mere mortal, dream so clearly of things like Myriad Immortals Island and the Heavenly Profound Mirror, which had never even existed in his imagination before? Even that cultivation technique..."

"Wait." Zhang Haobo's eyes narrowed. The cultivation method for "Sea-Stabilizing Divine Sword" instantly surfaced in his mind! Every word, every sentence, was incredibly clear. He abruptly stood up. "It wasn't a dream?! Then am I... reborn?!"

He had read many supernatural novels that featured plots of being reborn decades after death. He never expected that one day, it would happen to him.

It took Zhang Haobo a long time to calm down. He tried hard to recall scenes from his previous life. Unfortunately, perhaps because the crimson figure was too terrifying and had almost entirely consumed his mind, he only vaguely remembered some major events from his past life.

"However... this was already enough." He looked back at his still-sleeping wife, his eyes becoming resolute.

"There were still over ten years until that tragedy would occur. If he prepared early and set up an ambush, he would surely be able to kill that crimson figure! The first thing to do was to break through to the early Qi Refinement stage. Then, he would join the Myriad Immortals Alliance."

"The matter of being reborn was too fantastical; he couldn't reveal it to anyone else. He also needed to find a way to make the Myriad Immortals Alliance believe that the crimson figure would indeed appear." Zhang Haobo had regained the mindset of his late Qi Refinement stage self from his previous life, constantly calculating in his mind.

Li Fan watched Zhang Haobo's constantly changing expression and secretly nodded, seeing that he had no intention of fleeing immediately. What Zhang Haobo believed to be rebirth was, of course, the effect of Li Fan's Cloud Water Illusion Dream Art. A fictional dream based on Zhang Haobo's actual future experiences was more than enough to deceive a mortal. Unfortunately, Li Fan's current cultivation was still shallow, so even with knowledge of future events, he couldn't know everything in detail. Therefore, the illusion he constructed still had considerable flaws. To increase the dream's credibility, Li Fan even went to great lengths, bringing out the "Sea-Stabilizing Divine Sword" technique, albeit a version truncated to the Foundation Establishment stage.

His aim was for Zhang Haobo to act on his behalf, to push the Myriad Immortals Alliance to fight against the Scarlet Flame. Li Fan wanted to know what the cultivators on Myriad Immortals Island would do if they knew of the arrival of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth in advance. Of course, to prevent Zhang Haobo from being scared off by the Scarlet Flame's power and choosing to flee directly, he also gave him some psychological suggestions within the illusion, instilling in him a sense of responsibility to prevent the tragedy for his family and companions. At the same time, he modified the Scarlet Flame's strength, making her appear less invincible and capable of being defeated.

It seemed the effect was quite good for now. He would need to come back periodically in the future to reinforce it with the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Art.

As he thought this, Li Fan secretly locked onto Zhang Haobo with his Formless Killing Intent, to prevent him from slipping away unnoticed.