Chapter 948: Heavenly Method Wanderer

One after another, the two Celestial Physicians looked and felt exactly like the one Li Fan had encountered in this life. However, the Celestial Physician who had personally caused the boundless tragedy at Cloudwater Celestial Palace maintained a completely indifferent expression throughout the entire process. Deep within his eyes, there was even a hint of enjoyment. The level of perversion made Li Fan feel inferior by comparison.

As for the later Celestial Physician, the shock, rage, and grief in his eyes could not be concealed. His slightly trembling body also clearly showed his feelings at that moment. The Celestial Physician slightly opened his mouth, as if to say something. The restored scene, however, ended there.

Li Fan fell into deep thought.

"Did someone disguise themselves as the Celestial Physician and massacre the entire Cloudwater Celestial Palace?""Did the Celestial Physician arrive too late, powerless to intervene?"

Recalling what the Celestial Physician had previously told Tianyu and Tianjue — "What you see may not be real" — and his actions of healing Tianjue and sealing Cloudwater Celestial Palace, Li Fan couldn't help but draw this conclusion.

"But a simple frame-up isn't impossible to explain. Why has the misunderstanding never been resolved? Why, instead, has it caused the people of Cloudwater Celestial Palace to sink deeper into misunderstanding during thousands of years of torment?" Li Fan was still somewhat perplexed.

"Perhaps the answer to this question can be found from Han Hai." After pondering for a moment, Li Fan made a decision.

After another cycle of nightmares, when the impostor Celestial Physician used darkness to obscure Han Hai's perception, Li Fan was like a beam of light, faintly illuminating the darkness. At the same time, he continuously replayed the scenes he had previously restored, attempting to awaken Han Hai's dormant consciousness.

"Wake up! Wake up!""The murderer is not the Celestial Physician!""There's another culprit! Someone impersonated the Celestial Physician to sow discord!"

The fluctuations of his divine sense constantly echoed in the darkness. Gradually, like stirring up giant waves, the surrounding spatial illusion became shaky and unstable.

"Shut up! Shut up!""Don't even think about tricking me!""The Honored Ones enforce divine law; how could anyone else possibly impersonate them?""Appearance and aura can be faked, but how could the authority over the Celestial Law Realm that They wield possibly be forged?!"

It was as if Li Fan's incessant talk had enraged Han Hai. A cerulean human face emerged in the surrounding spherical space. Han Hai looked as if he were seeing an enemy, staring maliciously at Li Fan, the kind person trying to awaken him.

"You scoundrel! Still trying to deceive me!""Even if it wasn't the Celestial Physician, it was still one of the other Honored Ones!""They all deserve to die!""You deserve to die too!"

His voice boomed, and streaks of black light surged forth from Han Hai's illusory face. Then, thousands of cerulean giant palms struck out simultaneously, directly crushing Li Fan's divine sense, which was surrounded in the middle!

"Hmph." In the real Cloudwater Celestial Palace, Li Fan, whose detached divine sense had lost connection, let out a muffled groan. However, this minor injury was quickly healed by the natural operation of the Limitless Yingxu Method.

"Authority over the Celestial Law Realm... Honored Ones wielding the heavens..." Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling what Han Hai had just said in his rage.

"No wonder Han Hai and the others were driven mad by tormented memories, yet they consistently believed they hadn't mistaken the culprit.""It turns out that besides appearance, what truly represented their identity was their authority over the Heavenly Dao.""Tianjue, presumably, embodies the Dao of Slaughter.""Tianyu, presumably, embodies the Dao of Edification.""The Celestial Physician, obviously, embodies the Dao of Healing."

Li Fan couldn't help but recall the scene when he first met Tianyu. A green ox pulled a cart, while the two guardians, Bu Yu Guai and Li Luan Shen, stood guard at the entrance. Tianyu, like a wise scholar, taught all cultivators who entered the small hut. This could be considered their essence, and it remained unchanged even after Tianyu transformed into a strange entity.

"Celestial Law is strict and awe-inspiring. Respect rules and adhere to norms.""I have now obtained the law, and will spread it to all sentient beings.""Celestial Law cannot be violated."

Li Fan recalled the faint sounds of reading he had heard outside the hut back then.

"It seems the Celestial Law Realm is the name of the minor world where the Celestial Physician and the others reside.""Unlike the Xuanhuang Realm, where everyone desires to replace the heavens, in the Celestial Law Realm, the Heavenly Dao's status seems extremely high.""Tianjue, Tianyu, and the Celestial Physician, rather than being powerful immortal cultivators, are more like representatives of the Heavenly Dao.""Cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm stole the power of heaven and earth for immortality from the fruits of the Ruo Wood tree. As for the Celestial Law Realm, perhaps because the Ruo Wood tree does not exist there, the only way for cultivators to achieve immortality is to become wielders of the Heavenly Dao."

All the past clues suddenly connected, and Li Fan was deep in thought. Piecing them together, the past secrets concerning the Celestial Physician gradually came to light.

Li Fan also recalled Zhang Haobo's enlightenment of the sword hilt while Guanguan Qingfeng was trapped. After Zhang Haobo's death, the information revealed in the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao's fallen sky curtain indicated that he had established his Dao foundation with the Sky Fiend Sword Intent. But the people of Cloudwater Celestial Palace, after encountering Tianjue, all referred to the sword Tianjue used as "Sky Slayer." Li Fan had already faintly suspected that this might be the different evolution of that sword in different worlds. Now it was indeed confirmed.

"Sky Slayer, like Tianjue and Tianyu, might also be a type of celestial authority.""Tianjue possessed two types of authority; perhaps this is why he could preserve his life and avoid becoming a strange entity, merely becoming deranged.""Only the Celestial Physician, who was out for some reason, escaped the disaster.""By the time he returned, everything was already too late; the Celestial Law Realm had already become a land of death..."

Although some mysteries were unraveled, the unknowns did not decrease at all. Instead, hidden in the mist, they appeared even more convoluted and confusing.

Who was the person who disguised themselves as the Celestial Physician and committed the crime? According to Han Hai, that person definitely didn't just change their appearance. Instead, they genuinely wielded the celestial authority of the Celestial Law Realm, which is why the people of Cloudwater Celestial Palace regarded them as an Honored One. They could even freely transform between the Celestial Physician and Tianjue... This person's strength is truly unimaginable. What's more perplexing is what grudge someone with such power held against the Celestial Law Realm. Not only did they want to massacre the entire sect, but they also wanted to plunge the Celestial Law Realm, even after its destruction, into endless internal strife.

Outside Han Hai's residence, Li Fan's brows were furrowed.

"Did the Celestial Physician send me here just to guide me to learn the truth of what happened back then?""The black resentment clinging to Han Hai has accumulated over thousands of years, and with my current medical skill, I might not be able to resolve it.""However, I can see that this seems to be the result after it has been purified more than once. Clearly, in these past years, the Celestial Physician has not abandoned the people of Cloudwater Celestial Palace.""Even though they have become strange entities."

"Hmm..." As the saying goes, judge by deeds, not intentions; acting in this manner caused Li Fan's level of wariness towards the Celestial Physician to slightly decrease.

"Well then, since I'm already here, I might as well help out. It will also serve as a report to the Celestial Physician."