Chapter 871-875: Profound and Mysterious Deep Space (6k+ words)

The scene of falling was somewhat similar to the time when Lanyu feigned death.

The heavens and earth mourned together.

Helping the heavens and earth wasn't the only way to increase the favorability of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao. Assisting those cultivators considered allies by the heavens and earth would also accomplish this.

From a rational perspective, being a lackey of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao in Xuanhuang Realm would definitely lead to a bad outcome. They would be ruthlessly suppressed by both the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association.

Normal-minded cultivators would not make such a choice.

But with the assistance of Reality, Li Fan could proceed without any worries.

Because Li Fan wasn't really planning to become a pawn of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao. He only needed to gain its trust through deception.

Helping you with tasks naturally requires borrowing some of my power.

After all, dealing with the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association was no easy task.

As long as Li Fan could successfully deceive the remaining power of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, his goal would be achieved.

Wanting him to truly clash with the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association...

That was impossible.

If he truly did, Li Fan would owe nothing to anyone!

"It's just a matter of how to gradually gain the trust of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao; it needs careful consideration."

"This is an absolute taboo topic, with no records to draw from. I can only cautiously try it myself."

"Speaking of which, pushing the Myriad Immortals Alliance to battle the Five Elders Association should count for something, right?"

Li Fan suddenly raised his head, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the Lingmu Realm, reaching directly into the sky of the Xuanhuang Realm.

"No. Working diligently without recognition from superiors won't get you anywhere."

"Having achievements without them knowing is as good as none."

"Perhaps I can communicate through Senior Stone Tablet and reach the heavens."

Li Fan suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Many of his plans were executed in small worlds, such as the Cloud Sea and others, where the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao might not be aware.

In the future, he could visit Senior Stone Tablet more often, report any achievements, and discuss every detail.

This way, he could show his face to Senior Stone Tablet and gain the favor of the heavens and earth.

"No, if I do it personally, it might be too deliberate."

"Yes, I can leave it to Lin Ling."

The image of Lin Ling's naturally vacant expression appeared before him, and Li Fan nodded inwardly.

After a brief contemplation, he planned two routes for the future.

Li Fan called Tianyang over.

During the recent period, he stayed in the Lingmu Realm, assisting Shang Tianci and Oudaozi in constructing the headquarters of the Alliance.

Even though he was constantly busy, Li Fan still felt that Tianyang's strength had improved significantly since the last time they joined forces.

"Little Junior Brother, let's have a friendly match."

Li Fan said with a smile.

Tianyang looked at Li Fan with some doubt, then glanced at his own fists.

Afterward, he shook his head slowly, seemingly afraid of hurting Li Fan.

Li Fan chuckled, and the aura of the Five Elements Great Dao emanated from him.

Tianyang's eyes instantly brightened.

With a grin, as if delighted by Li Fan's substantial improvement in strength, Tianyang became eager to try.

"Rest assured, Little Junior Brother. My current strength is not inferior to yours."

This sentence, however, aroused Tianyang's competitive spirit. He immediately became eager to give it a try.

Li Fan surveyed the Lingmu Realm, looking at the finally taking shape headquarters of the Alliance.

"Lingmu Realm, though not large, cannot withstand the impact of our battle."

With a thought, Li Fan instantly thought of a suitable place.

"Follow me."

After leaving the Lingmu Realm, the two moved one after another, traversing the four regions, and arrived in the current territory of Langhuanzhou.

This state concealed a small world named "Hunyin."

Back in the 115th era, among the many small worlds explored by the Myriad Immortals Alliance, this Hunyin Realm was exceptionally special.

All the mortals who migrated to this realm initially inexplicably perished.

Only numerous ghostly and spectral entities resembling soul bodies were left, drifting between the heavens and the earth.

In this type of spiritual body, it seems to be related to spatial forces.

Surprisingly, it turns out to be a great supplement for the Rift Whales.

The Rift Whale groups, after accidentally discovering the existence of the Hunyin Realm, occasionally come here to prey.

After the disappearance of these spiritual bodies, they will be naturally reproduced by the heavens and earth.

They become the natural and best food for the Rift Whales.

Therefore, among all the small worlds with Rift Whales, the Hunyin Realm is the most prosperous for the development of the Rift Whale population.

The Rift Whales open spatial channels day and night, and the Hunyin Realm is the farthest from the Xuanhuang Realm.

"In the 115th era, the immortal team that went to explore directly lost contact. Originally thought they had suffered a tragedy, but unexpectedly, the distance was too far, and even ordinary communication methods lost their effectiveness."

"The vast void space is just right for me and Tianyang to go all out."

Thinking so, Li Fan found the entrance to the Hunyin Realm.

After setting up an array to conceal the surroundings, Li Fan flew in first.

A sense of darkness and depth instantly surged.

It felt completely different from flying through the spatial channels leading to the Great Departure and Great Mystery.

A strange oppressive atmosphere emerged in Li Fan's heart.

Even Tianyang, who was usually a bit slow, showed a rare serious expression.

"This kind of feeling..."

Li Fan squinted his eyes, carefully feeling.

After a long time, he suddenly realized, "It's like an ordinary person being in the deep sea..."

"Is it because it's too far from the Xuanhuang Realm?"

"There was no mention of this point in the information collected before. No wonder the members of that exploration team haven't been seen since they returned."

"It seems that crossing the endless void is not as easy as I imagined."

After contemplating for a long time, Li Fan temporarily suppressed these thoughts.

Continuing along the spatial channel, after flying for half a day, he felt it was far enough and stopped his figure.

"Little Junior Brother, please make your move." Li Fan said in a deep voice.

Tianyang nodded, and without saying a word, a coercion emerged.

Revealing the red and black alternating Heaven and Earth soul body.

Li Fan instantly felt that the space around him was completely locked.

His limbs felt as if they were tied with heavy shackles, unable to move.

"This is the power of space."

Li Fan knew that Tianyang, his junior, had shown mercy.

Otherwise, the power of space would directly act on his body, tearing him apart in an instant!

"Little Junior Brother, I told you to go all out!"

Without attempting to break free from the spatial constraints, Li Fan's face sank, and he said seriously.

Tianyang was stunned.

Then, Li Fan felt that the space around him became even more profound.

It was like being bitten by an invisible monster.

Li Fan's head, hands, and feet instantly disappeared into the darkness.

Only the bare torso floated helplessly in the air.

For ancient cultivators, this moment would mean instant death.

But for the practitioners of the new method of devouring small worlds, it was just a trivial injury.

Boom!

Li Fan's torso instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

His voice, however, thundered as it echoed in the vast void space around Tianyang.

"Little Junior Brother, it's my turn next!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 872: Infinite Law Initial Appearance

With Li Fan's loud shout, in the profound and deep emptiness, a giant, tens of times larger than the puppet Tianyang in the past, suddenly appeared. It was the manifestation of Li Fan's Yuan Ying Dharma, transformed using the nearly infinite Five Elements Small World source power.

If this giant appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm, it would be enough to support the sky, attracting the attention of all the cultivators in the world.

Behind the giant's head, the faint images of five great Small Worlds emerged, like five interconnected circles. They complemented Li Fan's Dharma, making it incredibly sacred.

Compared to this giant, Tianyang was almost like an ant in size.

"Suppression!"

The giant looked down, extending its right index finger, pressing it fiercely towards the top of Tianyang's head.

The finger covered the top of the head, as if the heavens were collapsing. The fingerprints on it seemed like layers of imprisoning charms, intending to suppress Tianyang in an instant.

For the first time, Tianyang tasted what he looked like in the eyes of ordinary cultivators. Faced with the giant's sky-shaking attack, Tianyang did not panic.

His clothes fluttered without wind, and a strange bending of space occurred around him.

The space bending was like layers of waves, spreading outward from Tianyang as the center.

As it continued to advance, Tianyang's figure became increasingly blurred.

In just a moment, he had completely disappeared from the scene!

Li Fan's index finger came down, but it struck empty!

"Interesting! With the power of the Five Elements and the array that locks space, I still can't stop you from escaping..."

Li Fan's Dharma spoke with a thunderous voice, his gaze scanning the surroundings continuously.

He wanted to find traces of Tianyang.

However, Tianyang, like he had completely evaporated from the human world, didn't reveal the slightest breath or movement.

"Little Junior Brother, don't..."

Li Fan's words were interrupted. Suddenly, without warning, Tianyang appeared in front of the Dharma's head like a ghost!

Appearing out of thin air, he pointed remotely at the center of the Dharma's eyebrows.

It was like a drop of water falling into a calm pond, causing the head of the Dharma to show a strange distortion.

Then it shattered with a bang!

Tianyang was about to withdraw his hand.

However, the shattered head fragments all over the ground were not affected.

His hands quickly closed in front of him, fingers bent, forming a cage.

The energy fragments of the head, like spirits, swiftly approached.

Outside the cage of fingers, in an instant, they formed an array like magic!

Tianyang was slightly stunned.

Because he found that within this array, not only could he not break through the space and escape, even the Space Folding technique he had just performed lost its effectiveness!

Clearly, it was effective before, but after the confrontation, Li Fan found a way to break it with the array!

What kind of genius was this!

Before Tianyang could think deeply, outside the cage of ten fingers, layer after layer of array shadows kept appearing.

Like there was no limit at all, in the blink of an eye, the power formed by these overlaid arrays had expanded to the point where even Tianyang, who was in the Harmonization Realm, was moved.

Of course, the cost was Li Fan's Yuan Ying Dharma shrinking instantly like a burst balloon.

Feeling the imminent danger of possible explosion around him, Tianyang dared not move.

Li Fan's figure appeared not far away, looking triumphant. "How about it, Little Junior Brother? Convinced?"

Tianyang nodded in a somewhat depressed manner.

"Haha." Li Fan didn't make things difficult for Tianyang anymore, a blue light flashed in his eyes. Then, he gently pointed towards Tianyang's position.

In an instant, the massive and intricate array in Tianyang's eyes was easily broken by Li Fan!

"I haven't used my real strength yet. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if I hurt you."

Looking at Tianyang's somewhat dissatisfied expression, Li Fan couldn't help but emphasize.

"I... understand." Tianyang struggled to say these three words.

Looking at Li Fan again, he took the initiative to propose to fight again.

"Hey!" Unexpectedly, Li Fan just waved his hand and refused.

"Let's just spar, stop when we hit a certain point. Are we really going to fight to the death, Brother disciples?"

"I won't fight anymore, won't fight anymore!" Li Fan said with a smile.

Helpless, Tianyang didn't want to force it either.

"By the way, Little Junior Brother, your power is related to space. Not far ahead, there is a small world. It is filled with a kind of spiritual body, perhaps it will be helpful to you." Li Fan introduced Tianyang to the situation in the Hunyin Realm.

Although Tianyang has already achieved the Harmonization Realm, apart from the power of the laws contained in the essence of heaven and earth, his knowledge is not much different from that of a Foundation Building cultivator a thousand years ago.

Facing such strange occurrences, he naturally couldn't understand.

However, he has always listened to Li Fan.

So, the two continued to advance along the spatial channel.

This place was already far from the original Xuanhuang Realm, and Li Fan no longer had any concerns.

Rainbows of divine light tore through the long void, covering thousands of miles in an instant.

Tianyang, proficient in controlling the power of space, could also compress space and follow closely behind.

Even though the two were moving at such a fast speed, the length of this spatial channel still exceeded their expectations.

According to Li Fan's calculations, it took them about a month to vaguely sense the crack realm whale group ahead.

Li Fan stopped his movement.

Looking into the distance, countless crack realm whales resembled a sea of whales, opening the way in groups in the void.

And this was only what was revealed.

In the pitch-black void, who knows how many crack realm whales exist.

The immense aura emitted by the crack realm group made Li Fan slightly change color.

"It has reached the extreme of quantitative change."

"Why are there so many?"

Li Fan couldn't help but turn to look at the Hunyin Realm hidden not far away.

"Let's go."

Turning into a rainbow of light, Li Fan descended into this small world after a moment.

"Hiss..."

As soon as he landed, Li Fan couldn't help but frown.

This place was too cold.

Even the spiritual power in his body was showing signs of freezing.

Circulating the power of the Five Elements, Li Fan tried to resist the severe cold by transforming his spiritual power into the fire attribute.

But at the moment he did so...

A terrifying cold force inexplicably surged from within Li Fan.

Instantly turning into an ice sculpture, and then, as a chilling wind blew over, it turned into countless ice particles scattered all over the ground.

After a while, a slight fluctuation, Li Fan's figure appeared again.

"Weird."

He showed an interesting expression on his face.

Just now, along with the appearance of the fire attribute power in his body, it wasn't scorching.

Instead, it was extremely cold.

This coldness didn't come from the outside but was a characteristic of the fire attribute here.

"Senior Brother, something's not right here."

Tianyang, for once, spoke a complete sentence.

His face was serious.

"Surroundings seem like something is nibbling away at my power."

"But I can't find them."

Tianyang then conveyed his discovery through spiritual communication.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 873: Menace of the Starry Sky Annihilation

"What do you mean by nibbling away at your power?"

Li Fan was surprised to hear Tianyang's words.

The ability Tianyang mentioned naturally stemmed from the spatial power of the essence of heaven and earth, the "Inkstone."

It was transformed by the laws of the Xuanhuang realm and once absorbed by cultivators through new methods, even in the current Xuanhuang realm, there was no way to separate it.

Yet, in this strange and remote small world, it was being nibbled away?

"Don't worry, Senior Brother. For me, those unknown entities are like ants crawling on me. Maybe it will be painful or itchy, but they can't threaten my life."

Tianyang conveyed a brief image to express his meaning.

However, Li Fan did not take it lightly.

This Hunyin Realm was obviously different from the situation detected by the 115th World Immortal Alliance exploration team.

Remaining vigilant, Li Fan and Tianyang began exploring this Hunyin Realm.

This small world was not vast, and its area was not even as large as the Lingmu Realm.

But strangely, Li Fan did not find the spiritual bodies described by the Immortal Alliance exploration team.

The vast land was dark and gloomy, without any terrain changes.

It was all made up of gray soil.

Not to mention animals and plants, there wasn't even a complete stone.

After scanning with his divine sense in the Hunyin Realm, besides Li Fan and Tianyang, there was no other existence.

Li Fan's expression became serious as he picked up some gray soil from the ground and observed it carefully.

It seemed like ordinary soil.

But as he looked at his hand, after just a moment of contact, it showed traces as if it had been burnt, and Li Fan knew this was definitely not ordinary.

"No pain, silent corrosion." Li Fan's gaze flickered.

A vitality surged from within him, attempting to heal the damage in his hand.

But to Li Fan's surprise, the injected vitality seemed to become nourishment for the withered area!

The black spot on his palm quickly expanded, seemingly about to spread to his whole body.

Without hesitation, Li Fan directly cut off his palm.

What happened next made Li Fan's pupils shrink.

After the fleshy palm fell on the gray soil, it faded and turned into ashes, merging with the soil.

"What in the world..."

Li Fan looked at the gray soil covering the entire world, feeling horrified.

The eerie level of this place exceeded Li Fan's imagination.

Just as he was considering leaving, Tianyang suddenly transmitted a message.

"Senior Brother, the intensity of nibbling around here seems to be different in each place."

"Perhaps by the strength of the force, we can identify where the anomaly is."

After a moment of hesitation, Li Fan nodded in agreement.

With Li Fan's approval, Tianyang sensed while swiftly flying over the Hunyin Realm.

Soon, he locked onto a location where the "nibbling power" seemed extremely strong.

Li Fan could faintly sense an inexplicable fluctuation from Tianyang, as if Tianyang was intensely battling an evenly matched opponent.

After a short time, Tianyang had no choice but to leave.

"It's like being gnawed at by a myriad of ants. Senior Brother, can't you feel it?" Tianyang asked through spiritual communication.

Li Fan shook his head, just controlling the Seven-Colored Divine Light, flying towards that location.

Indeed, he didn't feel anything unusual.

But Li Fan had a faint premonition in his heart. If he used fire attribute spiritual power like before, the consequences would probably be more than just his flesh freezing into a sculpture.

Therefore, Li Fan suppressed all the spiritual energy in his body.

He relied solely on his physical body and the power of the Seven-Colored Divine Light.

Arriving above the target location and carefully observing, Li Fan tried to find useful clues.

Sure enough, he sensed something wrong.

The previous section has been investigated, and the entire Hunyin Realm is an absolutely flat place.

But at that location...

It seems to be slightly elevated.

As if something is buried under the gray soil.

This time, Li Fan had some experience. He protected his right hand with the Seven-Colored Divine Light and dug into the soil.

Continuing to dig downwards, suddenly, Li Fan touched a hard object.

His expression became serious as he picked it up from the depths of the gray soil.

The accumulated gray soil on the surface disappeared shortly after leaving the ground.

The true appearance of that object was revealed.

"What is this?"

Li Fan was somewhat stunned.

The object in his hand was unmistakably a human skull.

But unlike ordinary people, this skull seemed to have a third eye at the brow, a cavity the size of an eye socket.

Moreover, there were natural gold and black patterns on the skull.

Li Fan turned the skull over to inspect it and was horrified to find that the inside of the skull seemed to be moldy.

Gray spots, eerie and shocking, seemed to have a consciousness of their own.

Silent for countless years, when they sensed the presence of living beings around, they immediately started wriggling mysteriously.

It looked as if they were exploring the surroundings.

An indescribable sense of crisis suddenly emerged from Li Fan's heart.

He released bursts of Seven-Colored Divine Light, forming a perfect seal.

Isolating Li Fan's aura.

Only then did those gray mold spots calm down.

Looking at the strange skull inside the Seven-Colored light sphere, Li Fan frowned slightly.

"Three eyes on the head, resembling a human but with differences. Obviously not someone from the Xuanhuang Realm."

"The cause of the catastrophe in the Hunyin Realm seems to be these gray mold spots."

"Could it be that it was this outsider who brought the gray mold spots here, turning this place into a gray territory?"

"And the instigator, due to the erosion of the gray mold spots, didn't even leave a complete corpse."

"It's just that the black and gold runes inscribed on the skull allowed it to be preserved."

...

A possible answer appeared in Li Fan's mind.

"This place is the most remote from the Xuanhuang Realm, likely reaching the range that other cultivation realms can reach."

"This three-eyed being is a person from another cultivation realm."

"Did they come here to escape?"

"But inadvertently brought this terrifying gray mold here."

One after another, scenes appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Li Fan found that the Seven-Colored Divine Light was not enough to completely resist the power of these gray mold spots.

Even just sealing them, Li Fan still felt the continuous consumption of Seven-Colored Divine Light.

If it weren't for the continuous replenishment of the power from the Five Elements Dongtian, the seal might have been broken long ago.

After pondering for a moment, Li Fan did not put the skull back in its original place.

Instead, he tried to store it in his storage ring.

To his surprise, it went exceptionally smoothly.

Without any hindrance, it was easily stored.

Through the storage ring, Li Fan found that the gray mold spots were still not in a state of stillness.

Not only were they consuming the power of the Seven-Colored Divine Light, but even the space within the storage ring began to become unstable.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 874: Billions of Souls in the Yellow Springs

Li Fan pondered for a moment and placed another layer of Seven-Colored Divine Light seal outside the storage ring.

With three layers of restrictions, the faint sense of crisis that lingered in his heart slowly receded.

"... It seems that the calamity is not exclusive to the Xuanhuang Realm."

"After the severance of the Immortal Path, the great calamity is widespread."

Casually sealing away this dangerous object, Li Fan suppressed it within his own Dongtian.

Li Fan then turned to ask Tianyang, "How do you feel now?"

Tianyang flew to Li Fan's side and sensed for a moment, nodding, "The feeling of ant-like biting has indeed weakened. But it seems it hasn't completely disappeared."

Li Fan bent down and touched the gray soil underground. The burning sting still came, but his palm turned black after a moment.

Before the black spread, Li Fan skillfully severed his palm.

It fell to the ground and turned into ashes.

Even though the culprit had been suppressed by Li Fan, the strange situation in the Hunyin Realm had not changed.

"What is this..."

"Has the cornerstone of the world's laws been completely changed?"

After contemplating for a moment, Li Fan was horrified.

"If the Immortal and Mortal Plague is specifically targeted at cultivators, then these gray mold spots are designed to infect the world."

"The appearance of the Hunyin Realm now is like a corpse of the world."

"What kind of person would be so crazy to develop such a thing?"

A hint of interest flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

"At the time of the 115th era, from this point in time to when the Immortal Union exploration team arrived, it was only more than twenty years. What happened during this period that led to the birth of ghostly souls in this dead place?"

"Hmm, that's not right."

Li Fan suddenly froze.

The conclusion drawn by the investigation team was that the nourishment of countless souls in the Yin Soul Realm created the enormous and abundant herd of rift-whales in the outer realm.

But now, with no souls appearing, where did the many rift-whales he saw before come from?

To clarify this issue was not difficult.

Li Fan and Tianyang spent another three months in the Yin Soul Realm.

They concealed their auras and waited in secret.

All for the purpose of finding out if the herd of rift-whales had the habit of "foraging" in the Yin Soul Realm.

Their efforts paid off.

One day, just when Li Fan was getting a bit impatient, with a few distant and melodious cries, about a dozen rift-whales arrived in the sky above the Yin Soul Realm.

Compared to ordinary rift-whales, their sizes were generally larger.

Seeming to sense the crisis here, the rift-whales did not behave as recklessly in the outer realm's void. Instead, they cautiously swam in the air according to some kind of pattern.

Heading towards a certain place in the Yin Soul Realm.

Li Fan and Tianyang quietly followed.

At the edge of the Yin Soul Realm, where the two had previously investigated and found nothing unusual, the rift-whales stopped.

Led by a seemingly experienced rift-whale, they directly rammed into a certain spot on the ground.

The leading rift-whale disappeared suddenly, and the others followed suit.

However, the area available for passage seemed not particularly wide. Three out of ten heads collided directly with the soil due to not grasping the specific location well.

There were no intense collision sounds.

Only black spots quickly swallowed them up, turning them into pieces of gray soil scattered on the ground.

Li Fan hesitated as he approached the spot where the rift-whale disappeared.

"Senior brother, let me go first."

Tianyang volunteered.

Li Fan nodded, and Tianyang, without any hesitation, flew into the spot.

Li Fan did not rush in, patiently waiting outside the entrance.

Not long after, Tianyang returned.

Even on his originally dull face, a rare expression of shock appeared.

With the images transmitted from the other party, Li Fan finally knew what was hidden inside.

Chapter 875: The Yellow River of Myriad Souls

It was a vast yellow river, winding and flowing, forming a circular loop.

Countless souls floated on the yellow river, old and young.

They were dressed in various garments, but all had their eyes tightly closed, seemingly immersed in a deep slumber.

After soaking in the yellow river for an unknown duration, the souls themselves underwent bizarre changes.

Their lower bodies were no longer like those of ordinary humans; instead, they had sprouted countless roots that plunged deep into the yellow river.

It seemed that by doing so, they could avoid the fate of being washed away by the river's flow.

As for the rift-whales that had sneaked into this place, it was as if they had entered a feast.

Excitedly, they indulged themselves, feasting heartily.

With each inhalation, they swallowed thousands of soul whales.

After devouring these souls soaked in the yellow river, the transformation of the rift-whales' bodies became extremely significant.

In almost an instant, they expanded by a whole circle, and their bellies seemed to be gestating something.

In the yellow river, an unknown number of souls floated densely.

All seven rift-whales were completely satiated, and the souls they swallowed were only a tiny, insignificant portion.

After they left satisfied, Li Fan, protected by the Seven-Colored Divine Light, entered the yellow river.

Even though he had seen countless frozen corpses floating in the reversal of the life and death array before, facing the myriad souls that seemed neither human nor ghost in the river, Li Fan still felt a bit eerie.

Especially the "roots" of these souls' lower bodies, some layered and entangled.

This caused a large group of closed-eyed faces to be squeezed together, forming a horrifying and terrifying ball of countless faces.

"Senior brother, here..."

Tianyang's voice was somewhat hesitant.

Li Fan swam in the yellow river, passing by countless souls. Protected by the Seven-Colored Divine Light, apart from a slight discomfort, he didn't feel any other discomfort.

This yellow river was much larger than the entire Yin Soul Realm.

After searching through it, Li Fan faintly understood the reason for the anomaly in this place.

"The Heavenly Dao of the Yin Soul Realm mutated due to the erosion of the gray mold spots."

"Ice is like fire, and life is like dead ashes."

"But here, there is a glimpse of vitality. Only because this place was originally the 'death' of the Yin Soul Realm."

Observing, Li Fan noticed that as the yellow river flowed in a circle, some mysterious factors were gradually washed together, forming vague humanoid shapes.

As the water surged, the souls became clearer.

Slowly, they completely took on the appearance of a person.

"If the normal world's Dao was in operation, this newly formed soul might have been reincarnated into the mortal realm."

"But the Yin Soul Realm itself is already dead, and the cycle of life and death no longer exists."

"For many years, these newly born souls have been continuously produced and accumulated here."

Having witnessed the entire situation of the reversal of life and death array, Li Fan, who had some insight into the principles of life and death, perceived the reason behind the formation of this anomaly.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 875: Binding Distant Stars with Golden Chains

"If an outsider doesn't break this cycle, it may take until the power of nurturing souls in the yellow river completely dissipates for this phenomenon to stop entirely."

"However, I sense the aura here is still very strong. Without the protection of the Seven-Colored Divine Light, I probably wouldn't last long in it."

"This level of power..."

"It shouldn't only be sustainable for two or three decades, right?"

A hint of doubt emerged in Li Fan's mind.

"What disrupted the tranquility of the Yin Soul Realm? Released the billions of souls in the Yellow Springs?"

"Unless it's a cultivator like me who accidentally entered this place."

"Or..."

In Li Fan's mind, the image of the skull he had recently suppressed instantly appeared.

"Could that person still be alive?"

A thought suddenly surged.

It wasn't groundless nonsense from Li Fan being frightened by the bizarre scene in this place.

But the Yin Soul Realm was extremely remote. At his current speed, it would take more than a month of continuous flight even with a definite goal in mind.

The possibility of accidentally entering this place was not that great.

On the other hand, the skull, though reduced to just the head, still had the black-gold pattern on the skull, which continued to exist despite the erosion of the gray mold spots.

"Black-gold pattern on the front remains immortal, gray mold spots breed inside the skull."

"Perhaps it indicates that the power of the two is evenly matched, and neither can overcome the other."

Recalling the appearance of that mysterious skull, Li Fan became more convinced that his speculation had some possibility of being true.

"If completely eroded, it should have turned into ashes like many other things in the Yin Soul Realm."

"Since the skull is still here, it means it hasn't truly died."

There were countless secret techniques in the cultivation world, and cultivators in the Xuan Huang Realm could achieve eternal life and indestructible Dao realms.

If this mysterious skull could be resurrected with the help of the black-gold pattern, it wouldn't be something difficult to accept.

"It's indeed very dangerous. But it's also an opportunity."

"An opportunity to understand what happened in other cultivation realms."

Li Fan's eyes flickered, instantly thinking of dozens of ways to use it.

However, he didn't forget the main reason for coming here.

"Young junior brother, these rift-whales can create space in nothingness. They seem to greatly benefit from these spiritual bodies. Do you want to give it a try?"

Tianyang quickly shook his head.

"They are not human souls. Just looks like them."

"These spiritual bodies are the condensation of the power of the Yellow Springs in this place." Seeing the other party's disdain, Li Fan explained.

Tianyang felt a bit better after hearing the explanation.

He absorbed an adult old soul that had been soaking in the Yellow Springs water for an unknown amount of time, making it unrecognizable.

After absorbing it, his eyes lit up after a moment.

"Senior brother, I know why those big whales like to eat them." Tianyang said excitedly.

"This small world originally evolved from the Yellow Springs in this place. It's like the fruit growing on a tree."

"In the Yellow Springs water, there are various law powers, with the most prevalent being the power to create and open spatial dimensions."

"Although it's only at the level of a small world, it is indeed beneficial to me."

Tianyang said a lot in one breath and absorbed another spiritual body crystal through sound transmission.

This time, however, he frowned slightly.

"Unfortunately, it seems to have been affected by the gray mold spots, becoming somewhat chaotic."

"Taking one is enough; more won't be beneficial." Tianyang concluded.

Li Fan nodded slightly.

Scanning with his divine sense, he found a crystal of spiritual body that had been around for some years.

After absorbing it, scenes flashed in Li Fan's mind.

The water of the Yellow Springs flowed in a circular pattern.

At fixed intervals, a residual force would be left.

Over the years, these forces accumulated more and more.

Afterward, it blossomed and formed a circle of nine "worlds."

After an unknown period, life was born in these worlds.

Civilizations began to emerge.

When life in the world dies, it returns to the Yellow Springs. After the river's flow, it undergoes a new life in other worlds.

Calm days continued until one day...

A golden chain cut through the sky and came from the distant void.

The chain spread, instantly entwining and locking the entire Yellow Springs world.

Then...

Under tremendous pulling force, the Yellow Springs world continuously roared.

Mountains and rivers collapsed, resembling an apocalypse.

But the chain showed no signs of loosening.

Moreover, a sacred golden energy continuously emerged from it.

Sharp, it cut off the connection between the Yellow Springs world and space itself, seemingly pulling it towards somewhere.

This was a grand force far beyond the Yellow Springs world.

There was no room for resistance. In the void, it was continuously dragged, not knowing how far it had moved forward before barely stabilizing.

The final result was that, under this extreme pull, the Yellow Springs world shattered into pieces. Only one of the nine worlds remained, accompanying the Yellow Springs, arriving in this unfamiliar starry sky.

...

The scenes in the mind slowly disappeared.

Li Fan's eyes erupted with a strange light.

He had long known that in ancient times, there was a remarkable formation in the Xuan Huang Realm.

It could capture distant realms and worlds beyond the void.

It could even open spatial channels, directly engaging in inter-realm wars.

Most of the countless realms and small worlds in the Xuan Huang Realm today were acquired through this method.

However, since the rise of the Xuan Tian Sect and the dominance of the Ten Great Immortal Sects, this formation seemed to have been damaged.

It became obscure, seemingly disappearing into the river of history.

Now, through the memories of the remaining heavenly dao in the Yin Soul Realm, he had the privilege of witnessing the power of this ancient formation when it was activated.

Li Fan was deeply moved.

"Crossing the void, chaining enemies with golden chains..."

"How powerful is this?"

Li Fan could now be considered a master of formations. With the End Dissolving Disc in hand, there were few people with a higher level of formation skills than him in the entire Xuan Huang Realm.

But even so, he found it difficult to imagine how to construct such a magnificent formation.

"Plucking stars and seizing the moon; this is already the method of a true immortal, right?"

Li Fan couldn't help but think so.

Moreover, from the glimpse of the memorial from the Yellow Springs, Li Fan saw that golden chain, which seemed to have some similarities with the one he saw in the Immortal Ruins, used to lock the remains of a true immortal.

"I wonder if there's any connection between them?"

"That true immortal happened to be trapped near the passage between the Xuan Huang Realm and the mortal realm. It shouldn't be a coincidence."

"As long as the immortal path is not severed, there is still a connection between the cultivation world and the immortal realm."

"Since there can be immortal artifacts supporting, there should also be assistance in constructing formations."

Li Fan's thoughts surged.

Tianyang, seeing his senior brother in deep thought for a long time, thought something unexpected had happened.

He inquired through sound transmission, waking Li Fan up from his thoughts.

"Young junior brother, did you see the scene of the golden chain breaking through the void?"

Li Fan couldn't help but ask.

(End of this chapter)