"Our Federation of All Worlds has countless young talents. Finding a suitable successor is absolutely no difficult task," Li Fan said confidently.
"This concerns the safety of all cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm. The Federation will naturally not stand idly by. Since Fellow Daoist cannot leave easily, I will return and arrange for them to co here. You can inspect them personally."
"I believe with Fellow Daoist's discerning eye, you will surely find a candidate to your liking," Li Fan said righteously.
"This..." Xu Ke seed sowhat incredulous.
After a long while, he hurriedly said, a bit at a loss: "In that case, I must thank Fellow Daoist in advance."
"By the way, Xiao Qing, Xiao Hong, and Fellow Daoist's descendant, the Empire's Imperial Daughter, all miss you dearly. Would you be willing to see them?" Rather than deciding on his own, Li Fan took the initiative to ask.
A trace of gloom flashed across Xu Ke's face.
But soon after, he still nodded.
Before leaving this barren small world, during his conversation with Xu Ke, Li Fan gained a more detailed understanding of the events from back then.
Long before deciding to create the Immortal-Mortal Miasma in defiance of the natural order, Mr. Bai had traveled through the major sects of the Xuanhuang Realm, making ample preparations.
For instance, in nearly every sect, he had identified key figures of significant influence.
This ensured that once the Immortal-Mortal Miasma erupted and the plan to migrate mortals to small worlds cave heaven was proposed, it would be swiftly accepted by the major sects.
As for the Great Immortal Isolation Formation sealing off the mortal small world, and even the Rift world Whale beyond the formation...
Their ultimate realization all bore traces of Mr. Bai's prior arrangents.
Unfortunately, Xu Ke did not know much about this either.
Back then, upon suddenly hearing the bad news about Lu Ya, he rushed over and received the final task from Lu Ya on his deathbed: to guard the Xuanhuang Heavenly Favor that had been stripped away.
...
"The world's Heavenly Dao has its own operational chanisms."
"Just as after the Great Li small world faced an extinction crisis, the Heavenly Dao consciousness naturally sought out potential candidates for escape and descended upon Su Yuqing."
"The Xuanhuang Realm also selected Mr. Bai. Unfortunately, Mr. Bai chose the Xuanhuang mortals over the Heavenly Dao."
"He then sealed the possessing Heavenly Dao consciousness in return..."
"From the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao performance afterward, it has almost always been at a disadvantage in battles with cultivators. It no longer possesses counterasures like the [Incompatible Cultivation Technique]. The remaining Heavenly Dao strength must have been affected to so extent."
Li Fan suddenly thought of Ruomu as well.
Similarly deeply hard by humans, Ruomu had transford from the divine tree that nurtured all beings into a terrifying existence that captured cultivators to form their Golden Cores.
This was the power of resentnt.
Betrayed by the one it favored most and sealed for nearly ten thousand years, one could only imagine what the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, sealed in the coffin behind Xu Ke, would beco.
"Another killing move. But it is not suitable for use in this era. It would only introduce many variables."
"Now, with the remaining Xuanhuang Realm Heavenly Dao, I can still twist fate. But if the Heavenly Dao goes mad, even my divine abilities might fail."
Pondering all the way, Li Fan returned to the Spiritwood Realm.
After conveying Xu Ke's news to the Empire's Xiao Qing and the others, they were naturally overjoyed. They then expressed profound gratitude to Li Fan.
Under Li Fan's reminder, knowing what could be said and what could not, the Empire's group could not wait and hurried off to see Xu Ke.
Accompanying them were also aspiring youths selected from various small worlds.
Li Fan only did a rough screening; the specifics were left for Xu Ke to decide.
After finishing these matters, Li Fan instead went to where [Seeking the Hidden] was located.
Over the past year or so, more than a dozen tablets had already been erected.
Most were inconsequential contents from sealed histories.
But the latest discovery from the blood-colored long river piqued Li Fan's interest.
The tiline should be after countless years of slaughter, when the chaos had gradually subsided.
It was the cultivation wasteland period when civilization slowly revived.
In the scene, a man dressed in tattered clothes, yet emanating thick killing intent, was looking warily at the elder who had suddenly appeared before him.
This elder was naturally unknown to the man in the scene.
But Li Fan, outside the scene, was very familiar with him.
It was the Heavenly Doctor!
Without any nonsense, the Heavenly Doctor struck instantly and subdued the man.
It seed as if he was also reading the mories of the man with thick killing from these past years.
"This ti, so much ti has already passed?"
"It seems next ti I still need to try to stay as far away from the Immortal Ruins as possible."
The Heavenly Doctor sighed and muttered to himself.
Then, with a slap, he killed the man and vanished from the spot.
...
The scene abruptly ended.
But the amount of information contained within was truly substantial.
At the very least, it confird one point: thousands of years ago, the Heavenly Doctor already possessed the strength to resist the suction of the Immortal Ruins and traverse the void.
Moreover, he had shuttled back and forth more than once.
During that ti, he inevitably suffered the influence of the Immortal Ruins, and when he reappeared, an extrely long period had passed in the Xuanhuang Realm.
"From this perspective, the sudden disappearance and reappearance of certain people is very likely due to the ti differential effect of the Immortal Ruins."
"So that ans..."
The conjecture he had planned to verify in the next life suddenly resurfaced in his mind.
Li Fan's expression grew even more solemn.
"Immortal Ancestor, Heavenly Doctor: they were once frequently active in the Xuanhuang Realm. The information contained in the blood-colored long river is very valuable."
He once again issued generous rewards to boost the morale of his subordinates.
A few days later, Li Fan unexpectedly received news about Mo Rubin from Dharma-Transmitter Zhou.
"He has appeared?"
"And he has not advanced to Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable?"
Li Fan frowned slightly.
"Could it be a diversion? Given his cautious nature, even if the plan failed, he wouldn't reveal his whereabouts so easily."
Dharma-Transmitter Zhou was very confident: "The place where he appeared is one of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's secret sites."
"It appeared to have no other cultivators present, but in reality, we had long implented covert surveillance on it."
"Furthermore, Mo Rubin did not appear in his true form. We discovered and locked onto him by reverse-tracking the fluctuations from the alteration mark he left on Dharma-Transmitter Chen."
"So I am more inclined to believe that this ti, he miscalculated."
For this Xuantian Sect Dharma King who had repeatedly toyed with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's people in the palm of his hand, Dharma-Transmitter Zhou itched with hatred.
She said solemnly: "This ti, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's elites will all mobilize to capture him. Fellow Daoist, are you interested in cooperating with us again?"
Li Fan imdiately agreed: "I will consult and give you a reply right away."
After waiting a mont, Li Fan took the initiative to send a ssage: "The Federation of All Worlds elder has approved it."
"And this ti, we will also deploy the latest developed technology to assist in the capture!"
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