Chapter 1134, The Succession of the Transformation of the Godly Change
This seemingly young member of the You Clan trembled as he explained to Li Fan, occasionally glancing up to see Li Fan's expression.
But could the appearance of the Holy Emperor be seen clearly by someone as vulgar as him?
Growing increasingly fearful, he explained his recent discoveries: "Holy Emperor, since I pledged my allegiance, I have never had any doubts. Praying to the darkness has become as natural as breathing for me. So, during this time, it's inevitable that I would naturally pray to the darkness while also praying to you."
"The darkness, just like before, responded to me..."
At this point, the dozen or so members of the You Clan in the secret room all knelt down in fear.
Clearly, this phenomenon had occurred to all of them.
Li Fan lightly waved his hand and helped them all up.
Actually, in this life, Li Fan didn't care much about these members of the You Clan serving two masters.
Because in his expectations, these people were merely tools for him to study the "power of faith" in this very short time before he initiated the True Stillness.
Once he initiated the True Stillness, everything in the Xuanhuang Realm would be annihilated.
Not to mention these members of the You Clan.
What he really wanted to know was why "the darkness" would allow this kind of double-crossing behavior.
If they were followers of the Faceless True Immortal who dared to serve two masters, they would have probably been torn apart by the power of the True Immortal long ago.
"Either the power behind the darkness is noble to the point of being abhorrent, tolerating such betrayal from its followers."
"Or it's..."
Li Fan's heart fluctuated at once: "He has other intentions. Wanting to use the betrayal of his followers to influence another entity of his own level."
With this in mind, Li Fan suddenly became vigilant.
He was never afraid to speculate about the intentions of the powerful beings in this world with the utmost malice.
Carefully discerning the faint but extremely powerful red force within his body.
But after repeated confirmation, he really couldn't find any indication of a connection with the power of darkness.
"Could it be that I'm overthinking?"
After a brief moment of contemplation, Li Fan made a decision.
He wouldn't allow any variables to affect the process of True Stillness in this life.
Firstly, he verbally praised these members of the You Clan.
After leaving the underground secret room, Li Fan ordered Wang Xuanba to put them into a deep sleep.
Not in a figurative sense, but a real state of dormancy.
Li Fan didn't want to be contaminated by this impure power of faith again, and he was afraid that directly slaughtering the members of the You Clan might attract the attention of the ruler of the darkness.
So he simply turned them into living dead.
"It seems that I need to find a way to solve the problem of the fertility rate of the You Clan, and the cultivation of new generations of followers should start from scratch."
Wang Xuanba quickly completed the task and reported back to Li Fan.
After years of continually devouring and assimilating the organization of exotic beasts, combined with the enhanced version of the "Creation Furnace Technique" in his cultivation, Wang Xuanba had transformed from a three-zhang giant into a normal-sized human being.
He just looked robust and sturdy.
With a combination of the abilities of numerous exotic beasts, and an extremely terrifying self-healing speed, Wang Xuanba was not an opponent of Sun Erlang, even if Sun Erlang had achieved the perfection of the Golden Core stage.
"Xuanba, have you encountered any confusion or doubts in your recent cultivation?" Li Fan asked.
It was both to help Wang Xuanba solve his doubts and to understand his physical condition with the intention of improving the Creation Furnace Technique.
"Master, my body has indeed become stronger recently, as if I have inexhaustible strength at all times. But..."
Wang Xuanba organized his thoughts and scratched his head: "I gradually have two feelings. One is an inexplicable sense of crisis, as if there is a natural enemy in the world. This feeling is particularly strong when passing by the Xuanhuang Realm."
"The second is that I occasionally hear whispers. I can't understand what they're saying, but it gives me a familiar and comforting feeling."
After listening to Wang Xuanba, Li Fan said lightly, "Although you have become like a furnace in body, your mind has not. The thoughts of those exotic beasts you devoured still linger in your mind. You shouldn't cultivate for now, go and recuperate."
Li Fan naturally knew the reason for Wang Xuanba's abnormal body, but he didn't say it explicitly.
He simply let him recuperate in the Small Xuanhuang World.
As the deadline for True Stillness approached, Li Fan needed to eliminate all unstable factors.
Therefore, under his command, the conquest of the various realms in the Xuanhuang was suspended.
It was euphemistically called "recuperation and preparation for battle."
The people of the Xuan enjoyed praising the Great and Compassionate Holy Emperor, and time flew by rapidly.
At the end of the eighth year, Li Fan looked at the progress bar of the recharge, which had reached 100%, and got up resolutely from the Holy Emperor's throne of the Xuanjing.
Without alarming anyone else, he quietly entered the underground secret room.
He woke up the dormant members of the You Clan and opened the passage to the You Realm.
In the depths of the realm of darkness.
Li Fan opened the True Stillness panel.
[You can choose to keep one of the following options in this simulation:
1. An item you possess in this simulation.
2. Your cultivation realm in this simulation.
3. A simulated memory of a person closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by that person.
4. Renounce the above choices and accelerate the charging progress.]
...
The flashing light symbols had been active for eight years.
"Inheriting cultivation."
Li Fan silently thought in his heart, simultaneously on high alert.
At the same time, in the small worlds that had been conquered - such as the Xuan, Li, and Beast Realms - countless interlacing silver lines suddenly lit up in the sky.
As if a giant net was covering all living things within it.
The beings inside the net didn't have much awareness of the looming deadly crisis, and some even looked up at the sky in surprise.
Only the "strong" ones with some cultivation felt a subtle sense of unease in their hearts.
The ancient and unchanging realm of darkness seemed to suddenly stir up an invisible wave.
A tempestuous wave of energy descended on Li Fan, causing a violent storm around him.
Building a foundation, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...
Earth-shaking changes suddenly occurred within Li Fan's body.
Li Fan saw that his cloud-like True Stillness foundation had instantly transformed into a Golden Core.
Then, in the explosion of devouring all radiance, it evolved into the Five Elements Heaven.
The Heaven was completed in an instant, something that usually took millions of years to achieve.
The majestic Five Elements, a magnificent sight to behold.
And then, the boundaries between the Five Elements became blurred.
Various changes were happening in the Heaven in rapid succession.
"The Xuanhuang Disintegration Transformation."
The fusion of the Five Elements into one, and all the changes in the newly born Heaven were in response to a non-existent crisis of disintegration.
The towering giant tree in the wood-attribute Heaven was losing its leaves, and only bare branches remained.
It was gradually transforming into something as hard as gold and iron.
(End of this chapter)