So far, the process of searching for and merging the Immortal Domain Go pieces had gone far too smoothly.

So smoothly that even Li Fan could not help but grow suspicious. Could the real obstacle instead appear at the final moment when the Immortal Domain law fragments merged together?

If Sun Piaomiao had truly left behind some restrictive measures, then as his descendants, the cultivators of the Medicine King Sect should be able to bypass those restrictions to a certain extent.

That was only the first consideration.

Li Fan's gaze swept across the seven Dao Integration cultivators of the Medicine King Sect present.

"Your cultivation may once have been considered among the very strongest. But ten thousand years have passed, and the world has changed. Now, your strength is somewhat lacking. You can barely even assist me."

"So, in a short period of time, I will help all of you increase your strength."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruchen cautiously asked, "Senior, when you speak of increasing our strength, what exactly do you mean?"

"Modern cultivators cultivate by devouring heaven and earth. Because they transform the power of heaven and earth into their own, every movement carries the might of the world itself. That is why the scale of spiritual energy they can wield far surpasses that of ancient cultivators."

As Li Fan spoke, every aspect of the cultivation method that defied the principles of heaven and earth unfolded before them.

The expressions of the Medicine King Sect Dao Integration cultivators immediately became unpleasant.

"No wonder the calamity of the incompatible Heavenly Laws descended. This cultivation method is nothing less than a demonic path," Liu San muttered softly.

Li Fan let out a cold snort.

"What is demonic? What is righteous? In the cultivation world, there is only strength and weakness. If the strong declare the New Law to be righteous, then it becomes righteousness."

Although the Medicine King Sect members disagreed with his words, under Li Fan's overwhelming pressure, none dared to refute him.

Li Fan shook his head slightly.

"So be it. Only after personally experiencing the wonders of the New Law will you perhaps change your views."

With a casual wave of his hand, detailed information regarding the Spirits of Heaven and Earth instantly appeared before everyone.

"Each of you, choose one. I will help you undergo Dao Integration once more using the New Law."

All seven of them shuddered.

"I choose this one, Crimson Silk."

Jiang Yushan was the first to speak.

As the former warden of the Indeterminate Prison, she had slaughtered countless enemies. She had never cared about the distinction between righteousness and evil. As long as it increased her strength, she was willing to try it.

"Excellent. A wise choice. Crimson Silk possesses balanced and stable power. It will suppress the lingering side effects caused by the murderous intent within your body."

Li Fan nodded approvingly.

With someone taking the lead, the remaining Dao Integration cultivators of the Medicine King Sect exchanged glances before finally abandoning their hesitation.

One after another, they selected their own Spirits of Heaven and Earth. Very soon, all seven Spirits of Heaven and Earth had been assigned.

"There is no time to waste. Next, I will take you hunting."

The phantom of the Wooden Sword left its sheath and enveloped everyone present. In the next instant, they had already arrived within the Xuanhuang Realm.

Even through the protection of the sword shadow, Liu Ruchen and the others could still sense the faint influence exerted by the law of incompatible techniques.

"I cannot protect you forever. Only Liu Ruchen needs to continue cultivating the World-Saving Longevity Scripture. The rest of you may switch to different Dao Integration cultivation methods."

As he spoke, Li Fan displayed information on several thousand Dao Integration cultivation arts.

The power of every single one rivaled the World-Saving Longevity Scripture.

The Medicine King Sect cultivators were almost dazzled.

"You can decide after completing Dao Integration and returning."

"For now, stay focused."

Li Fan floated above everyone.

He raised his head toward the heavens and casually formed a spell seal.

Dark clouds churned.

Wind and thunder roared.

A gigantic vortex immediately appeared high in the sky.

Like a crack torn open across the heavens, countless bolts of lightning flashed endlessly within it.

Speaking in a voice only he himself could hear, Li Fan murmured softly.

"Reverse the Principles of Heaven and Earth."

The five-character True Word echoed backward toward the heavens.

Borrowing the Mandate of Heaven, Li Fan invoked its authority.

Not long afterward, seven indistinct figures simultaneously answered the summons and appeared within the vortex.

They were precisely the seven Spirits of Heaven and Earth previously chosen by the Medicine King Sect cultivators.

The instant the seven Spirits of Heaven and Earth manifested, the eyes of the Medicine King Sect cultivators immediately turned bloodshot.

Each Spirit of Heaven and Earth possessed an attraction comparable to the elixir of immortality.

Now, all seven stood together.

Had Li Fan not firmly suppressed them with his power, these Dao Integration cultivators would likely have already lost their minds and charged forward without hesitation, just as others had done before.

Faced with such overwhelming temptation, Li Fan's expression remained completely unchanged.

The moment the Spirits of Heaven and Earth appeared, an Immortal Formation had already silently sealed the surrounding region.

The perception of the Spirits of Heaven and Earth was exceptionally sharp.

The instant they noticed their connection with the world's origin had been severed, they immediately awakened from their confusion.

But before they could react...

A gigantic hand formed from dark clouds had already descended above them.

Li Fan casually pressed down with a single palm.

Yet to the seven Spirits of Heaven and Earth, it felt as though the weight of the entire world had fallen upon them.

In an instant, none of them could move.

Moreover, the invisible restraints weighing upon them continued growing heavier.

Li Fan slowly curled his fingers, transforming his palm into a claw.

Bang. Bang. Bang.

The sound of the law bodies of the Spirits of Heaven and Earth shattering echoed continuously.

Under the terrifying force, their figures were forced into crouched postures.

At the brink of death, the power of the laws within them erupted in one final struggle, surging violently as they attempted to escape Li Fan's control.

Yet like waves endlessly crashing against an immovable dam, their resistance could never shake his absolute suppression.

Every struggle was destined to fail.

Their desperate final outburst not only failed to loosen the invisible shackles but instead accelerated their destruction.

Even while consumed by overwhelming greed, witnessing Li Fan suppress seven Spirits of Heaven and Earth with a single palm shook the Medicine King Sect Dao Integration cultivators to their very souls.

Only when Li Fan's stern voice rang out did they recover from their shock.

"What are you standing around for?"

The restraining force upon Liu Ruchen and the others vanished.

No longer suppressing the greed within their hearts, they immediately rushed toward their designated targets.

Each unleashed their strongest killing techniques against the suppressed Spirits of Heaven and Earth.

Only after truly engaging them did the Medicine King Sect cultivators fully understand the terrifying power of the world's might.

Although the Spirits of Heaven and Earth could not retaliate and could only endure their attacks...

Although Li Fan had already gravely wounded them beforehand...

The Medicine King Sect cultivators still nearly exhausted every last trace of spiritual energy before finally managing to kill them.

"So even among all Spirits of Heaven and Earth, the ones Senior selected for us must already belong to the very strongest."

This realization naturally appeared within their minds.

"And yet such powerful beings possessed absolutely no ability to resist before Senior..."

Once again, the Medicine King Sect cultivators gained an even clearer understanding of Li Fan's terrifying strength.

As each Spirit of Heaven and Earth perished, Li Fan released the Immortal Formation's blockade.

Having inherited the power of the Spirits of Heaven and Earth, the origin power of the Xuanhuang Realm's laws poured downward from the enormous vortex in the sky.

Like clouds collapsing from heaven itself, it descended upon the Medicine King Sect cultivators.

Their auras multiplied continuously.

Seven newly advanced Dao Integration Immortal Sages descended upon the Xuanhuang Realm.

At the very same time, another heavenly phenomenon appeared.

The death of even a single Spirit of Heaven and Earth was enough to shake the world.

Now seven had fallen simultaneously.

The same heavenly phenomena that accompanied the death of cultivators illuminated the entire sky.

The Medicine King Sect cultivators immediately sensed the terrifying malice of heaven and earth surrounding them from every direction.

Although Li Fan had not personally killed the Spirits of Heaven and Earth, he had twisted the principles of heaven and earth and suppressed them.

He was the true culprit behind their deaths.

The hostility directed toward him exceeded that aimed at the Medicine King Sect cultivators by hundreds or even thousands of times.

All previous goodwill had vanished.

It was as though heaven and earth regarded him as an irreconcilable mortal enemy. The malice of heaven and earth condensed into tangible whispers surrounding him.

For the Medicine King Sect cultivators, who had always upheld the ideal of saving the world and protecting all living beings, such hostility felt deeply uncomfortable.

But asking them to return the strength they had just obtained...

That was absolutely impossible.

They would rather wage war against heaven itself.

Faced with such circumstances, Li Fan remained completely calm.

He had long anticipated this.

Standing before the Medicine King Sect cultivators, he looked directly toward the heavens and calmly explained why he had acted in this manner.

The process of the Xuanhuang Realm's ascension would receive assistance from several different powers.

For example, the power of the Star Sea's revival. Or the residual power preserved from other cultivation worlds. Or the immortal spiritual power contained within the inheritance of the Great Celestial Venerable.

So many immense and complicated powers resembled one powerful medicine after another.

With the Xuanhuang Realm currently riddled with countless wounds, its frail body might not be able to endure them all.

Therefore, it required medicinal catalysts to serve as a buffer.

The Medicine King Sect Dao Integration cultivators who had devoured the Spirits of Heaven and Earth would become those catalysts.

Li Fan would first channel the power meant to restore the Xuanhuang Realm into their bodies through various methods.

Not to grant that power to them. Rather, to use them as temporary vessels and buffers. When the Xuanhuang Realm finally underwent ascension, the Dao Integration Immortal Sages would perish.

All those accumulated powers would then return to heaven in a single instant. Medicine applied both externally and internally. Treating both symptoms and root cause simultaneously.

The cure would be complete.

The world's ascension would finally arrive.

...

Li Fan's explanation could essentially be summarized in just a few words.

"I am doing this for your own good."

However, these were not fabricated excuses.

Everything he said was genuinely true.

Even the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm could perceive it.

The current Xuanhuang Realm remained far too distant from its fully ascended state.

The total amount of power it intended to absorb even slightly exceeded what the Xuanhuang Realm itself could endure.

There truly existed the danger of being overwhelmed by excessive nourishment.

The rapidly growing malice of heaven and earth suddenly stopped.

The Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm seemed to be contemplating. After a brief stalemate, the hostility gradually faded away.

To the Medicine King Sect cultivators, this scene appeared as though Li Fan had single-handedly confronted heaven and earth itself before somehow dispersing all of heaven's hostility.

Such methods were truly unprecedented. Their reverence toward Li Fan deepened even further.

After successfully completing New Method Dao Integration, all of their strength increased dramatically.

Liu Ruchen especially not only fully recovered from his injuries, but also gained fresh insights during the Dao Integration process.

Back within the Great Xuan small world, Liu Ruchen respectfully reported his new understanding to Li Fan.

"According to Senior's earlier explanation, advancing further after New Method Dao Integration requires defying the principles of heaven and earth."

"However, during Dao Integration, we already devoured Spirits of Heaven and Earth. What are Spirits of Heaven and Earth? They are manifestations of the world's laws and continuations of the principles of heaven and earth."

"So the easiest way to begin defying those principles is to follow the trail back to the source. Trace the Spirit of Heaven and Earth that you devoured back to the principle of heaven and earth behind it."

Liu Ruchen spoke confidently.

"For example, the Spirit of Heaven and Earth I devoured, Green Silk, actually represents the continuation of the Principle of Vitality."

"Once there is a clear direction, the principles of heaven and earth are no longer vague and intangible. Through continuous cultivation and comprehension, one can gradually find their source. But attempting to reverse those principles..."

He paused.

"One can already imagine how unimaginably difficult it would be."

"It is like grabbing your own hair and lifting yourself into the air. Without borrowing any external force, it is virtually impossible."

Li Fan quietly listened to Liu Ruchen's explanation.

It had to be said that someone capable of succeeding as the sect master truly possessed extraordinary comprehension.

The other newly advanced Dao Integration cultivators of the Medicine King Sect listened attentively, each revealing a thoughtful expression.

At last, when Liu Ruchen had nothing more to say, everyone turned their gaze toward Li Fan.

"To comprehend this much on your very first day after stepping into the New Method Dao Integration path. Very good."

Li Fan's casual praise left Liu Ruchen both surprised and honored.

"However, your thinking is still too simplistic. Throughout the thousands of years of the Xuanhuang Realm, only a handful have managed to attain the Longevity Immortal Realm by going against the natural order."

"And for a very long time now, not a single new Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign has appeared. Why do you think that is?"

"Think it over carefully."

Li Fan ended his guidance abruptly.

The members of the Medicine King Sect immediately changed expressions, their thoughts racing in every direction.

The following days were extremely fulfilling for the seven Dao Integration cultivators of the Medicine King Sect.

They converted to the new Dao Integration cultivation method and steadily consolidated their newly advanced foundations.

From time to time, they sat beneath the preaching platform, listening to the Holy Teacher's projection expound the Dao.

They also sparred with a mysterious senior whose aura was unfathomable and whose words were few.

Even if this senior merely stood still without moving, no matter how the Medicine King Sect Dao Integration cultivators exhausted their full strength, they could not inflict the slightest injury upon him.

Thus, they were free to unleash everything they had learned and verify their cultivation without restraint.

As for the rest of the Medicine King Sect disciples...

Li Fan looked at the silver eye before him.

Beside it had appeared a smaller pink eye.

Countless Dao threads converged into a massive bridge, linking the silver and pink eyes together.

"The power of Forgetting Sorrow exists throughout the Xuanhuang Realm. It is not confined solely to the Five Elders Association's territory."

"So there is no need to travel to the Five Elders Association in order to enter the Carefree Paradise. Previously, we simply had no method of finding the entrance."

"But now, I have already dispatched a total of nine thousand six hundred and thirty-two advance scouts..."

"My simulated heavenly mandate remains perfectly synchronized with all of their perceptions. Through their thoughts, it is enough to lock onto the Carefree Paradise."

The countless threads serving as the bridge belonged to the cultivators Li Fan had sent ahead into the Carefree Paradise.

Within the pink eye slumbered vast numbers of Medicine King Sect disciples below the Dao Integration Realm.

Their actual bodies remained under Li Fan's control. Combined with the sect master's orders, these Medicine King Sect disciples could still obey commands with absolute discipline even while inside the Carefree Paradise.

Moreover, since they all belonged to the Medicine King Sect, they naturally possessed exceptional coordination and deep mutual bonds.

Their exploration within the Carefree Paradise was therefore much more efficient.

Besides the Medicine King Sect disciples, the pink eye also contained a great number of Great Xuan cultivators.

Packed together in endless ranks, they continuously charged into the Carefree Paradise to explore it.

The appearance of the pink eye did not mean that the mysteries of the Carefree Paradise had been unraveled.

Rather, by relying on those cultivators who had already entered the Carefree Paradise, Li Fan had established an entrance to the Carefree Paradise within the Great Xuan small world.

The instant the pink eye came into existence, Li Fan had secretly hoped that the power of the Carefree Heavenly Sovereign would descend personally.

Unfortunately, Carefree seemed completely unconcerned with such a trivial matter.

Unable to lure Carefree into appearing, Li Fan was somewhat disappointed.

"I hope these people can bring me some pleasant surprises."

Li Fan always had an intuition.

The secrets hidden within the Carefree Paradise were perhaps even more important than he had imagined.

...

Only the final Go piece remained before recreating the Immortal Realm.

Li Fan first sealed away all the pieces he had already collected within the Great Xuan small world using an immortal formation.

He then instructed the Medicine King Sect Dao Integration cultivators to establish the Equal Heaven Ritual within the mortal small world, creating the illusion that he still remained deep within Great Qi, occupied with overseeing the ritual.

Meanwhile, his true body continued guarding Great Xuan without moving.

He projected a phantom of the Wooden Sword and quietly sent Tianyang outside the Immortal Ark.

A strand of divine sense attached itself to Tianyang's immortal puppet, directing all of its actions.

The reason Li Fan did not personally carry out the theft was because he had previously accepted the Equal Heaven Ritual performed by the elders of the Immortal Ark.

Although the Immortal Ark had never explained the details, Li Fan could vaguely infer that every elder participating in the Equal Heaven Ritual could constantly sense his approximate location.

This perception was not especially strong. Once he left the Immortal Ark, it no longer functioned.

However, if he approached them at close range, his identity would certainly be exposed immediately.

The people of the Immortal Ark were still useful to Li Fan. It was not yet time to turn against them.

Therefore, Li Fan decided to send Tianyang instead. With a single thought, Tianyang's immortal puppet body expanded several hundred times in an instant.

It lay quietly floating within the dark void.

Then it suddenly accelerated and smashed directly toward the Immortal Ark.

Not a trace of aura leaked from Tianyang's immortal puppet.

It resembled nothing more than a gigantic meteor hurtling straight toward the Immortal Ark.

Such an enormous object charging forward so openly naturally drew the Immortal Ark's attention immediately.

Because Tianyang's speed was not especially fast, they initially assumed it was merely an ordinary drifting boulder.

A casual beam of light was fired toward it, intending to shatter the rock.

However, when the beam struck Tianyang's body, it failed to create even the slightest ripple.

The collision continued unabated.

Only then did the Immortal Ark suddenly realize something was wrong.

Several figures appeared one after another.

Leading them was none other than the Immortal Ark elder, Jian Daosheng.

Working together, they finally managed to slow the charging Tianyang immortal puppet.

The Immortal Ark intercepted it before it could drift any closer.

“What is this?”

Jian Daosheng asked with a strange expression.

Without any instructions from Li Fan, Tianyang kept his eyes closed and remained completely motionless, allowing the Immortal Ark cultivators to inspect him at will.

Meanwhile, a strand of Li Fan's divine sense remained hidden within the Eternal Remnant Will at the core of the Immortal Puppet, concealed by an immortal formation.

“It seems to be... the corpse of some giant?”

“No, this aura is extraordinary. And these bones...”

It did not take long before they discovered the extraordinary nature of the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

Jian Daosheng did not dare neglect the matter and immediately sent out a transmission.

Not long afterward, the other elders of the Immortal Ark arrived one after another upon receiving the news.

As expected of a civilization that had survived since the Ancient Era, the Immortal Ark's knowledge was truly extraordinary.

It did not take them long to roughly determine the Tianyang Immortal Puppet's origins.

“Its bones are forged from the remains of an immortal artifact, and its flesh is formed from the flesh and blood of a True Immortal. Hiss...”

“This is an Immortal Puppet?”

The gathered elders were filled with uncertainty and froze in shock.

“How could it just happen to drift here?”

“There is definitely something suspicious about this. We must proceed with caution.”

All of them sensed the scent of a conspiracy.

“What should we do?” the elders asked as they turned toward Zhong Daogong.

Zhong Daogong pondered for a moment before casting the True Immortal seal script character [Reveal] toward the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

He intended to use the power of the True Immortal seal script to uncover the puppet's true origins.

Yet to his surprise, although the Immortal Puppet remained dormant, an incomparably mysterious force field surrounded it.

Even the immensely powerful True Immortal seal script could not affect the sleeping Immortal Puppet in the slightest.

This discovery caused every Immortal Ark elder to change expression.

“This...”

The greatest foundation of the Immortal Ark was its mastery of the various True Immortal seal script characters.

Now, a being had suddenly appeared that was naturally immune to the power of the True Immortal seal script. How could they not be alarmed?

Zhong Daogong raised his hand, signaling everyone to remain calm. He stared solemnly at the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

He then returned to the Immortal Ark. When he emerged again, he held a jade-green dagger that flowed like water.

Lights continuously flickered around him as Zhong Daogong deployed layer upon layer of protective measures before cautiously approaching the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

He attempted to use the green dagger to cut away a piece of its flesh.

Li Fan had previously visited the first and second layers of the Immortal Ark's secret treasury, yet he had never seen this dagger before.

Nor did he know what kind of power it contained, but it was actually capable of slowly breaking through the force field surrounding the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

However...

Clang!

The dagger struck the flesh of the True Immortal, producing the sound of metal colliding with metal.

It failed to leave even the slightest mark.

Ripples spread across the dagger's green radiance, as though it had suffered an enormous impact. A trace of pain flashed through Zhong Daogong's eyes. Knowing the attempt was futile, he immediately withdrew the dagger and rapidly retreated.

After wiping away the cold sweat on his forehead, he said to the others present, “It is indeed an Immortal Puppet. The pressure emanating from the flesh and blood of a True Immortal, along with the protective force capable of ignoring the power of the True Immortal seal script...”

The expressions of the Immortal Ark elders changed once more.

After a lengthy discussion, they tried every method they could think of.

Yet they were ultimately unable to break through the Tianyang Immortal Puppet's defenses.

They could not even cut away a single piece of True Immortal flesh.

The elders stared unwillingly at the Immortal Puppet before them.

Then, after reaching some unknown decision, the majority of the Immortal Ark elders departed together.

Only three elders remained behind, standing guard over the Immortal Puppet from a distance.

One day.

Two days.

Time passed day after day.

The Tianyang Immortal Puppet continued to lie silently within the dark void, completely motionless.

The elders assigned to guard it were replaced again and again.

At first, the handovers proceeded smoothly.

Later, arguments gradually began to erupt.

Thus, half a year passed.

The Immortal Ark elders once again gathered around the Tianyang Immortal Puppet.

“We cannot just leave this Immortal Puppet here forever.”

“Indeed. Someone has to keep watch over it. It mysteriously arrived from the depths of the starry sky. If we do not stop it, perhaps one day it will simply drift back into the Star Sea.”

“The only option is to continue guarding it. What else can we do? Bring it back to the Immortal Ark? That risk is far too great.”

“Exactly. This Immortal Puppet's appearance is simply too strange...”

The elders continued arguing endlessly.

Yet throughout their discussion, every one of them kept their eyes fixed on the Tianyang Immortal Puppet in the distance.

Finally, Zhong Daogong interrupted them.

“Over the past six months, our research into the force field surrounding this Immortal Puppet has yielded some results.”

“But it is obvious that if we could completely dismantle the Immortal Puppet...”

A trace of greed flashed through the eyes of every Immortal Ark elder.

“Bringing the Immortal Puppet aboard the Immortal Ark certainly carries enormous risk. However, I believe it is worth attempting. Judging from the current situation, only that object is capable of breaking through this Immortal Puppet's defenses.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire gathering fell silent.

A short while later, the elders nodded one after another. After exchanging silent glances, they gradually reached a unanimous agreement.

Working together, the elders formed something like a massive net. They dragged the Tianyang Immortal Puppet along and pulled it into the Immortal Ark.

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