Countless black particles surged, flowing from the sky like a tide, corroding everything they encountered.
Inside the Cloud Sea, on Wanxian Island, except for the mysterious Heaven-Death Sword, there was no force that could contend with Ink Slaughter.
The ink-black tide loomed overhead, and Li Fan's thoughts turned quickly.
"Why would the arrival of Ink Slaughter in this world disturb the Heaven-Death Sword in the Cloud Water Heaven Palace?"
"When I first entered the cultivation world, only Red Flame Incineration Sea could possibly affect the Cloud Water Heaven Palace."
"In the twelfth generation, I sent the statue of Heavenly Doctor into the Cloud Water Heaven Palace, which attracted the Master. The two fought, and the Cloud Water Heaven Palace fell back into a seal. So, during the Ink Slaughter apocalypse, it did not encounter the Heaven-Death Sword."
"In this world, due to fearing the extraordinary mind-reading abilities of the Heavenly Doctor, I chose not to complete the Cloud Water Diagram mission. The only one who knew the secret of the Cloud Water Diagram, Sikuang Yi, was killed early by me. So, the Cloud Water Heaven Palace still hangs high above the Cloud Sea until the arrival of Ink Slaughter..."
In an instant, Li Fan understood the reason for the battle between Heaven-Death and Ink Slaughter in this world.
His eyes sparkled, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the boundless ink sea, reaching the place where the two were battling in the sky.
"Ink Slaughter, Heaven-Death..."
"If I could witness the battle between these two, it would surely surpass numerous opportunities."
While Li Fan was contemplating, the black particles had already reached him.
Without showing any fear, Li Fan raised his right hand high, offering his arm to the black particles.
Watching his own body disappear into the writhing ink, Li Fan contemplated deeply.
No pain, not even the slightest sensation.
If it weren't for seeing it with his own eyes, he might not have noticed the disappearance of a part of his body.
"Pure nothingness..."
A slight movement in Li Fan's mind.
In an instant, the Creation Furnace Technique roared into operation.
The power hidden within his body surged out, flowing toward the area where the black particles were eroding his arm.
Li Fan attempted to resist the void with the pure force of life.
It seemed to have delayed for a fraction of a moment.
Yet, it also seemed like it was just Li Fan's illusion.
The rolling ink eventually swallowed Li Fan's clone.
...
Tianyu Province, Huan Yu Abbey.
At this moment, Li Fan's main body, just like his distant clone, raised his arm high, closed his eyes in contemplation, seemingly comprehending something.
After a long time, he lowered his hands.
"The power hidden within, is the power of life, the power of creation."
"The power of Ink Slaughter is the power of erasure, the power of void."
"As for the power of Heaven-Death, it seems more like the power of distortion, chaos, and destruction..."
"Perhaps this is not their true original power, but it is my personal understanding."
"With such comprehension, it's enough to achieve the Golden Core!"
Reviewing the insights gained from the recent contemplation, Li Fan felt a sense of joy.
The laws of heaven and earth, when observed by cultivators, could lead to the formation of a Golden Core.
If the various laws in the world were likened to exquisite paintings, then the process of a cultivator "observing the laws of heaven and earth" to form the Golden Core was like holding a transparent white paper and meticulously copying the painting.
Although the results obtained could not be compared with the real painting, it was not difficult to achieve a striking similarity.
The Golden Core cultivation method of cultivators still lagged far behind the real laws of heaven and earth.
However, even if they copied it like a monkey imitating, they could still reproduce some of its power.
"Originally, I planned to form the Golden Core using the powers of Heaven-Death, Ocean Annihilation, Blue Flame, and Ink Slaughter, the Four Methods."
"Now it seems that, based on my understanding, I can take it a step further."
"Heaven-Death's method and Blue Flame's method. Distortion, chaos, and destruction, alongside calmness and reason."
"Ink Slaughter's method, the method of hidden power. Creation and void."
"Ocean Annihilation's method... it's truly the method of water."
"Water is difficult to birth, but if I can form the Golden Core using the Five Elements method, it can be endlessly regenerated."
"More importantly, if this succeeds, it will greatly benefit my next step in achieving the Yuanying."
The one who does not plan for eternity is not enough to plan for the moment.
After Li Fan successfully reached the True Foundation Building, he roughly planned the path for his future cultivation.
In this world, the path of cultivation is not mysterious; the direction has long been set.
After observing the laws of heaven and earth to refine the Golden Core, the next step is to seize the essence of heaven and earth to form the Yuanying.
Having explored countless secrets and interacted with many Yuanying cultivators, Li Fan was well aware that the so-called essence of heaven and earth was the various caves and blessed lands within the mysterious yellow realm.
The mysterious yellow realm is vast and enormous, with ancient places that existed long before being sealed, constantly newly born places, and places that reappeared with the fall of cultivators—countless caves and blessed lands.
And these places became the proof for Golden Core cultivators to achieve the Yuanying.
For Li Fan, his goal had long been set.
It was the...
Five Elements Great Blessed Land!
The stronger the blessed land plundered by a Yuanying cultivator, the stronger their strength would be after forming the Yuanying.
In this Five Elements Great Blessed Land, just one of the wood-element blessed lands had received the evaluation from the Tianxuan Mirror as "extremely large in scale, extremely high in wood-element spiritual energy, and extremely rich in various spiritual plants and herbs."
It is unimaginable how precious the intact Five Elements Great Blessed Land would be.
The Yuanying formed using it as a foundation would be incredibly powerful.
Moreover, the five elements generate and overcome each other, giving rise to all things in the world.
With it as the foundation, coupled with the power of [Still True], there might be other changes at that time.
Although seeking the Five Elements Great Blessed Land was undoubtedly extremely risky, for ordinary cultivators, it could only be a foolish dream.
But with Still True's assistance, countless repeated attempts, and the ability of foresight,
the Five Elements Great Blessed Land would inevitably become Li Fan's possession.
"To complete the Five Elements methods, there's no need to personally travel and observe the laws."
"Within Wanxian Alliance, as long as you have enough contribution points, there are very few things you can't buy."
"Moreover, it's just the cultivation insights of Golden Core cultivators, which may not be so valuable."
Li Fan had already made a fortune in the Spirit Mist Grass incident, and later, Jiao Xiuyuan sold the Small Mysterious Yellow Cauldron and gave him 260,000 contribution points.
So, he didn't have to worry about it at all.
Thinking of this, Li Fan immediately searched for cultivation insights related to the Gold, Wood, Fire, and Earth methods in the Tianxuan Mirror.
The Five Elements methods are the most common laws between heaven and earth.
Therefore, the results were unexpectedly numerous.
The prices also fluctuated depending on the specific power, ranging from fifty thousand to over a hundred thousand.
Li Fan carefully examined them one by one, choosing suitable targets for himself.
It is worth mentioning that what recorded the cultivation insights was not some jade slip but directly a [Golden Core Fragment].
It seemed that it was the remnant of a cultivator's Golden Core after their death, processed in some way.
Li Fan only needed to complete the Five Elements methods, and he didn't have many requirements for the other four methods.
Soon, he selected the suitable Golden Core Fragments.
(End of this chapter)