Chapter 412:
Chapter 410: Ten Thousand Fortunes in Misfortune
“This move by the Ancient Cultivator is truly comparable to catching a star and taking the moon.”
Thinking of the endless number of caverns and small worlds in the Xuan Huang Realm, Li Fan could not help but sigh.
It was due to the accumulation back then that had created the Xuan Huang Realm’s extremely thick family base.
This was what allowed it to persist for thousands of years amidst the plundering of the cultivators.
“After the death of a cultivator in this realm, he will [return the Dao to Heaven]. This is a countermeasure derived spontaneously by the world itself after sensing the threat.”
“This means of recycling also greatly slows down the rate of [Weight] loss.”
“But ……”
Li Fan pondered slightly.
The so-called [Weight] was only Li Fan’s surrogate for the Xuan Huang Realm’s ability to resist the attraction of the [Immortal Ruins] with limited information.
As it stood, after a cultivator fell and returned to the heavens, the [Weight] was far less than before he was born.
“Perhaps it’s because the energy that returns to Heaven and Earth after the Cave Heaven is broken is intangible. And for Heaven and Earth to want to recondense the energy into something tangible with [weight], it would take another long period of time over the years.”
“When the rate at which the Cave Heaven is born is less than the rate at which it disappears, there is not enough to go around. It will then affect the safety of the Xuan Huang Realm.”
“That’s why the number of cultivators must be controlled and kept in balance.”
“This is a possibility.”
“Another possibility is ……”
Li Fan’s brows furrowed.
“After a cultivator falls, not all of them will return to Heaven. Rather, a part of it will disappear ……”
“Some fine thoughts, but it happens in this Xuan Huang Realm, so it’s taken for granted.”
Li Fan recalled again the images recorded by the Pill King Tripod after it broke through the boundary back then.
Leaving the shelter of the world, the Pill King Tripod that presumed to cross the void was like a moth that fluttered on fire, and could not avoid falling towards the Immortal Ruins.
“Immortal Ruins ……”
The strongest fear was the fear of facing the unknown.
Why did the Immortal Realm Passage back then turn into this devouring existence today?
The Immortal Realm of the past, did it still exist now?
If the Immortal Realm does not exist, what caused its destruction?
The more he thought about it, Li Fan couldn’t help but feel instinctive fear welling up in his heart.
After a moment, Li Fan took a deep breath and suppressed the many distracting thoughts.
Right now, these were still too far away for him.
At the very least, he would need to consider these issues only after he had achieved the Eternal Life Heavenly Father.
Hiding it deep in his heart for the time being, Li Fan pondered over his own situation again.
“Although this world that I have traveled to is on the verge of extinction at all times.”
“But when I think about it, for me, this situation is conversely better.”
“After all, even a towering Everlasting Habitat Cultivator is in actuality just like the ordinary living beings of the Xuan Huang Realm, just a grasshopper in the same boat.”
“On this boat that will sink in the Xuan Huang Realm, the Elder Habitat Celestials need to have a few concerns when they do things. Not to be too unscrupulous.”
“If it’s the kind of world that a great power is in complete control of, refining and obliterating all the world’s living beings with a single thought without any burden, that would truly be called the end of all things. I’m afraid that even with the help of [Returning Truth], I can only cry out in vain.”
“It’s a blessing amongst misfortunes!”
Li Fan thought so, and his heart gradually calmed down.
“The Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation is equivalent to the [Nuclear Deterrence] that existed in the world before I crossed over.” “Before the Five Elders’ Association finds a way to crack it, large-scale wars won’t happen, I think. There will only be occasional small-scale friction.”
“But it also confirms the disappearance of the Transmission Heavenly Father. It’s really hard to say exactly where it’s going in the future.”
Li Fan called out the Returning Truth panel.
“Physiological age: 884/899.”
“As the saying goes, you can see farther if you live high up. In the past, I couldn’t live more than an anchored 50 years at most before I was forced to return to my true self.50 years of foresight is enough for mortals. But in this unpredictable Xuan Huang Realm, it’s a bit insufficient.”
“Perhaps a certain life can try to do nothing and quietly watch the Xuan Huang Realm change. With time settling in, one might be able to find more valuable information instead.”
……
After his thoughts were sorted out, in order not to arouse suspicion, Li Fan took out the jade token that the narrator, Cing Yin, had handed over to him, and revisited the Museum Divine Collection.
In fact, this world had reached this point nowadays, Li Fan could completely return the truth directly. However, as the Museum of Divine Collections is a major place of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it is not easy to come here.
Since he had come, it would be good to have a long look at it. Li Fan was interested in the head of the first Immortal Mortal Miasma infected cultivator in the center of that Divine Collection Hall for a long time.
According to the introduction of the narrator C Yin, according to the different nature of the collection, the Museum of Divine Collections was divided into several major areas.
The location where Li Fan was at the moment was also the area that any cultivator who came to the Divine Collection Museum must visit first.
[Good Times].
“What is this?” Li Fan asked with interest as he looked at the huge ball of light floating in front of him.
The light cluster consisted of several areas with different scenes floating in them. The images were constantly flashing at an extremely fast speed, and one could only vaguely make out the floating lights and shadows in them.
Not only were there buildings of different styles, but many human figures could also be seen flickering within.
However, it was clearly possible to distinguish the very different styles of scenery between the various areas.
“This is the [Era].” Cain very competently explained it for Li Fan.
“Scenes from various periods in the history of the Xuan Huang Realm, derived and visualized by a Dao Transformation Stone as the core.”
“This uninhabited area, littered with ruins, is the former Waste Land Era.”
“This area filled with blood and murderous aura is the Great Dark Age.”
“Here, where many silhouettes flash by, is the Great Plague Age. Well, by the looks of it, it should simulate the Great Migration Period where cultivators forced mortals to move.”
As Cing Yin spoke, the area of the era being mentioned zoomed out, allowing Li Fan to barely make out the details of the extremely rapid changes.
“The Dao Transformation Stone ……,” Li Fan stared at the light mass for a while, and couldn’t help but ask, “What is the explanation for the so-called Good Times?”
C Yin smiled, “The Dao Transformation Stone is an ancient Tai Yan Sect’s strange object, with the ability to diffuse heavenly chances and predict the future.”
“The results it deduces are indistinguishable from truth and falsehood, extremely illusory and nearly true.”
“Perhaps for us outside spectators, the many worlds of different time and space simulated in the [Era] are just illusory existences.”
“But to the millions of living beings within it, everything they experience is undoubtedly real.”
“And when we put a strand of divine thought, or split off a sliver of our divine soul into it. We will be able to personally experience these events that have actually happened in history.”
C Yin first introduced the background of the [Era]’s creation before continuing, “We once experimented with one million blank divine souls whose memories had been washed away.”
“Throw them into different periods respectively, deduce them for five hundred years, tally the final results, and rank them.”
“And our era, the era under the control of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, unquestionably ranked first.”
“Whether it’s the survival rate of the cultivators or the overall cultivation realm of the cultivators, they all crushed the other periods.”
“The name of the Good Era is well deserved!”
Cain said proudly.
(End of chapter)