Although Shang Shaojun was the commander of the Qingxuan Army, he had never personally faced an existence at the Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
As he waited in anxious silence, unease gnawed at him. Every mont felt like an eternity.
After what seed like ages, the endless swirl of sword light around them finally stopped.
Li Fan, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.
As the sword light dispersed, Shang Shaojun instinctively looked around.
What he saw made his entire body turn cold as though he had fallen into an abyss of ice.
Those few shattered worlds that Li Fan had just annihilated with sword light sohow reappeared once more!
They now hung upside down above their heads, bound together by eerie crimson threads that intertwined and thickened continuously.
Countless strands extended endlessly toward the Chizha Abyss.
“Not only did they not disappear, they’ve actually…” Shang Shaojun felt a chill seize his heart. His gaze turned toward Li Fan in horror.
He even began to doubt whether what he had seen earlier, the destruction of those worlds—had been nothing but an illusion.
“He’s been here.”
Li Fan spoke in a low voice.
“Who is he?” Shang Shaojun could not help but ask.
The Holy Embryo Clone of Li Fan shook his head.
“You’ll know soon enough.”
Li Fan made a hand seal and pointed forward into the void.
The thousand beams of sword light that had ford the great sword formation appeared once again before the two of them.
Then they began to revolve at trendous speed.
As the sword light spun faster and faster, faint and indistinct images started to appear upon the luminous curtain ford by the swords.
“To be able to do all this,” Li Fan said quietly, “he must be an existence of incomparably great power. If we had secretly spied upon him just now, even with my supre formation concealing us, even with the destruction of worlds as natural cover…”
“We would still have been discovered.”
Only now did Li Fan explain why he had used a formation to block Shang Shaojun’s perception during their surveillance.
Shang Shaojun’s heart trembled as Li Fan continued, “Even the sword lights I used to record this scene were not focused in one place. Each sword light recorded only a fragnt of information. Only when they are combined together can we see the full picture of what happened.”
“This way, the chance of being discovered is reduced to the lowest possible level.”
As Li Fan murmured, the images upon the sword curtain shifted.
The fragnts of shattered worlds reappeared, followed by the eruption of world-destroying power that swept outward in a devastating torrent.
Just as this violent scene began to fade…
A figure suddenly appeared in the center of the storm.
The sword light recording did not capture the man’s true face.
Or perhaps he had not revealed his true form at all.
Shang Shaojun only knew that at the mont this mysterious being appeared, all the chaotic energy and destructive fluctuations instantly cald.
The figure observed the surroundings for a brief mont, as though puzzled.
Then, his gaze turned toward the direction of the Chizha Abyss.
Even though it was only a recorded image, even though his features were blurred, even though they were separated by layers of ti and space—
When that gaze swept across them, Shang Shaojun felt his body and very soul freeze completely.
He could not move. He could not even think.
Fortunately, the figure only examined the area briefly and did not probe further.
He retracted his gaze.
Shang Shaojun collapsed as if after a great battle, gasping heavily, drenched in cold sweat, yet still staring fixedly at the sword curtain that continued to shift.
The mysterious figure pressed both hands downward into the air before him. Instantly, all the violent storms of that space froze still.
With a wave of his hand, he gathered up the remaining ashes of the destroyed worlds.
Then…
The figure seed solemn, cautiously taking out an equal number of world fragnts from an unknown place.
It was like a giant from an ancient myth, one who could open the heavens and split the earth.
He suspended those shattered worlds upside down at the bottom of the Chizha Abyss.
Then, with a gentle motion of his finger, streaks of strange crimson threads flew out from within those broken world fragnts.
They seed to possess a will of their own, flying directly toward the Xuanhuang Realm.
From within the Chizha Abyss, a deep roar resounded again.
That was the sign of two worlds fusing together.
After finishing all this, and once the inverted worlds had stabilized, the figure finally departed.
...
The vision ended abruptly.
When Li Fan withdrew the thousand sword lights, Shang Shaojun was still imrsed in the unbelievable scenes he had just witnessed.
“The Xuanhuang Realm actually hides such a being?”
“The legendary immortals who pluck stars and grasp the moon would be no greater than this.”
Recalling the mont when that figure took out world fragnts and gently lifted them, Shang Shaojun could not suppress a trembling fear that spread through his body.
Yet Li Fan’s reply instantly pulled him out of his endless awe and dread.
“This person, though powerful, is still no match for a True Immortal.”
His tone was calm, as if he had truly seen an immortal before.
“It seems my guess was correct. The bizarre situation within the Xuanhuang Realm—there must be soone behind it, carrying out an unknown conspiracy.”
Before Shang Shaojun could reply, Li Fan continued.
“The figure we just saw is one of them.”
“What does Young Lord Shang plan to do?”
Shang Shaojun was montarily stunned.
What could he do?
That unknown and terrifying existence’s strength must be at the level of a Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign, or even higher.
As a re Dao Integration cultivator, what could he possibly do?
“I must return imdiately to the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and report this matter.”
Shang Shaojun spoke with righteousness and resolve.
Li Fan only gave him a faint, ambiguous smile. “Are you sure?”
“If you truly insist on doing so…”
“Then I fear today will be the last ti we ever et.” Li Fan’s voice was low and quiet.
Shang Shaojun’s face changed. “What do you an?”
“The Chizha Abyss obviously conceals a great secret. Many years ago, wise mbers of the Immortal Alliance once tried to investigate on their own, but their proposal was rejected by the Alliance itself...”
“You still do not understand, Young Lord? Within the domain of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, how could such massive activities remain hidden from their notice?”
Li Fan spoke indifferently.
Of course Shang Shaojun understood this truth—he simply never dared to admit it to himself.
Now that Li Fan had rcilessly exposed it, his expression shifted repeatedly.
He knew clearly that if all this truly involved, or was even led by, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, then the aning behind it was unimaginably terrifying.
Even after witnessing countless conspiracies and power struggles, Shang Shaojun now felt a deep, suffocating helplessness.
“You need not despair, Young Lord.”
“This matter has clearly surpassed what either of us can handle. To pollute the Xuanhuang Realm by using fragnts of destroyed worlds and tainted Heavenly Dao, such an act makes them the enemies of all beings in this realm.”
“Although so of the high-level mbers of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance may be involved, it is impossible for them to cover the sky with one hand.”
“The Immortal Ancestor wanders the heavens and no longer concerns himself with worldly matters. However, I have heard that the transmitters of his teachings possess a special thod to call him back...”
The Holy Embryo Li Fan spoke in a gentle, guiding tone.
Hearing this, Shang Shaojun’s eyes suddenly lit up. “Indeed. With the situation now so dire, perhaps only by calling back the Immortal Ancestor can it be resolved. But… to contact the Heavenly Sovereign himself, only…”
Shang Shaojun furrowed his brow slightly.
anwhile, Li Fan silently recalled the vision he had just seen.
“Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor…”
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