Chapter 961: Transmitter Meeting

"What a colossal power..."

Li Fan felt the authority he now wielded, and even with his experience and temperament, he was momentarily spellbound. Although there was a vast difference between an Immortal Venerable and an ordinary cultivator, when the number of "ants" reached a certain magnitude, it was enough to bridge that gap! For instance, at this moment, Li Fan, who had clashed mentally with Mo Ruobin, the ancient immortal practitioner, was certain that once the spiritual consciousnesses of these over one million cultivators were at his disposal, he could easily crush the Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect.

Li Fan even had a feeling that if he continued to expand this way, after absorbing the vast majority of cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm... he might even be able to directly confront the Dharma Protector and remain undefeated.

Once the inner craving arose, it was difficult to suppress. Especially the millions of imagined gods and demons, who seemed to sense Li Fan's thoughts at that moment, all began to murmur, attempting to tempt him.

Normally, almost no cultivator could resist the temptation of instant ascension. The inevitable outcome would be the loss of one's true self, and an endless descent into perpetual expansion, until all cultivators perished. At that point, whether the instigator of it all would ascend to immortality or fall into oblivion with the world... no one knew what would happen.

But Li Fan was different.

Firstly, he was protected by the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra; secondly, besides these millions of demonic gods, he also wielded many powers of comparable scale. He even had the existence of Huanzhen, which transcended everything. How could Li Fan abandon the fundamental for the trivial and lose his mind over a mere million gods and demons? Not to mention a million, even tens of millions of gods and demons, or even the power of a true immortal, attempting to tempt him into giving up Huanzhen, would be nothing but a fool's dream!

It could be said that Huanzhen was also Li Fan's greatest mental anchor, ensuring he would never be led astray by external influences or forget his true self. Unless, one day, he encountered an existence even more powerful than Huanzhen...

At this moment, Li Fan's expression was as cold as ancient ice. He pushed the power of the Transformation Stone to its limit, striving to control every single god and demon. His thoughts, transforming into millions of avatars, had already placed an immense load on the mid-grade Transformation Stone. However, with the aid of Li Fan's own vast spiritual consciousness, he was just barely able to maintain its basic operation.

"If the number grows further, I'll have to let them act instinctively. Without my micro-management, they would merely be mindless beasts, and their combat power would significantly decrease. But they'd still be enough to cause chaos."

Within half a day, chaos erupted throughout the Myriad Immortals Alliance. The basic infrastructure was almost entirely paralyzed. It should be noted that each spiritual avatar possessed combat power equivalent to the weakest Spirit Transformation cultivators. Even in the central four states of the Immortal Alliance, the number of Spirit Transformation cultivators was not large. Facing the overwhelming tide of thousands of gods and demons, they could only choose to temporarily retreat.

If Spirit Transformation cultivators acted this way, the choices of Dao Integration cultivators would not be any different. After all, their lives were their own, and cultivating all the way to the Dao Integration realm was incredibly difficult. With such a fierce enemy offensive, whoever rushed forward first to be a "pioneer" would inevitably face a siege. What if they fell?

The objective environment of the Myriad Immortals Alliance also fostered nearly identical thoughts among the cultivators. This led to Li Fan's millions of manipulated gods and demons momentarily having the illusion of entering an uninhabited land, sweeping aside all opposition. It seemed as if the flourishing Myriad Immortals Alliance was about to be completely conquered.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, a boundless, stark white space stretched as far as the eye could see.

As a bolt of lightning erupted from the center of the space, projections resembling various worlds then illuminated every corner. The scenes varied: continuous mountain ranges hidden beneath a sea of clouds, boundless bamboo forests vibrant with green, austere and luxurious imperial palaces, and even fantastical scenes of skyscrapers amidst a sea of neon lights. Within each world projection, a blurry human face seemed to appear, manifesting in this pale space.

"Jiang, tell us, what's the situation now?" a somewhat flippant voice resounded. It came from the boundless bamboo forest world. Subsequently, streams of light and shadow continuously appeared in the center of these world projections.

All of them displayed scenes of gods and demons rampaging and the Myriad Immortals Alliance suffering. "That's how it is. The emergence of these spiritual constructs is extremely peculiar; they erupted suddenly, without any prior warning." "Aside from the core governing areas of the Heavenly City, virtually all states have fallen."

A solemn voice slowly spoke, introducing the current situation of the Myriad Immortals Alliance to the Dharma Protectors present. The voice originated from the Imperial Palace world.

"Interesting, so many spiritual constructs... Could they be the lingering regrets of cultivators who have perished in Xuanhuang over the years?" "Trash is trash. They can't even organize a decent counterattack!" "I don't think it's that they can't, but that they don't want to. A bunch of ungrateful wretches..."

The Dharma Protectors spoke one after another, their tones uniformly relaxed, showing no concern whatsoever about the fall of the Immortal Alliance. "Jiang, what's your take on this?"

The Dharma Protectors suddenly fell silent, their gazes unanimously turning towards an inconspicuous world. There were no magnificent buildings, no grand natural scenery. Only a void.

A solitary figure sat in the void. Jiang's gaze remained fixed on the countless images in the center of the space, ignoring the inquiries of the other Dharma Protectors.

The other Dharma Protectors also seemed to hold Dharma Protector Jiang in great respect, all waiting patiently without showing any trace of dissatisfaction. After an unknown period, Dharma Protector Jiang finally spoke: "Behind these spiritual constructs, there is only one person."

"Expose him, and this matter can be resolved." Upon hearing this, all the Dharma Protectors revealed expressions of surprise.

"To possess such power... even an ordinary Immortal realm cultivator couldn't achieve that, could they? Which esteemed individual would stoop to such underhanded activities?" "Wait, now that you mention it, I seem to recall something. In the Xuanhuang Realm back then, there was a cultivation method whose manifestation was extremely similar to this." "Oh?"

Ignoring the reactions of the other Dharma Protectors, Dharma Protector Jiang continued his analysis: "As you all have said, someone with this level of power would never do anything meaningless. Releasing these millions of gods and demons..." "Should merely be a smokescreen, to conceal his true objective." "His true objective?" Dharma Protector Jiang's inference gained the approval of most of the Dharma Protectors. They, too, began to ponder.

Unsure of what they had realized, subtle expressions appeared on the faces of many Dharma Protectors. Their gazes swept across the others present. Dharma Protector Jiang, without averting his eyes, continued: "There's no need for mutual suspicion."

"At this level of power, what one desires is nothing more than those few things." "Whether one chooses to fish in troubled waters or seize by cunning and force, we just need to resolve it at the source."