Although Li Fan wasn’t entirely sure what the opponent ant by the so-called “Xuantian Spirit-Sealing Formation”.
However, it wasn’t hard to infer that the term referred to the Mysterious Net, which had begun to demonstrate its extraordinary potential on the battlefield of Tianling Prefecture.
Without betraying any emotion, Li Fan probed, “Based on our calculations, even with the assistance of the Xuantian Spirit-Sealing Formation, the Five Elders Association shouldn’t be losing ground so rapidly or finding itself in such a dire position, correct?”
The other party sighed and admitted, “We truly underestimated them this ti. Who could have imagined that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance would be able to recreate this ancient formation so quickly?”
“And it seems to be even more formidable than the recorded descriptions.”
The Five Elders Association cultivator spoke with frustration: “Our counterasures haven’t been fully prepared yet. That’s why the situation on the Tianling Prefecture battlefield has beco rather precarious for now.”
“That’s why we urgently need a thod to weaken their formation.”
Li Fan remained silent, rhythmically tapping his fingers on the table as if deep in thought.
“To acquire the formation diagram for the Xuantian Spirit-Sealing Formation, even for us, would co at an enormous cost. So comrades who have infiltrated the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance would likely need to sacrifice their lives.”
“And even then, success is far from guaranteed…”
After a long pause, Li Fan finally spoke, his tone hesitant. “This matter is of great significance. I cannot make a decision on my own. Let’s do this—give three days, and I’ll return here with an answer.”
Although the Five Elders Association cultivator was anxious, he recognized the validity of Li Fan’s reasoning and reluctantly nodded in agreent.
“By the way, let’s et at a different location next ti. These are turbulent tis, and it’s better to err on the side of caution.” With that, he gave Li Fan the coordinates of another island.
Li Fan clasped his hands in farewell and left swiftly, returning to the Congyun Immortal City.
“Tianxuan Spirit Locking, Xuantian Sealing Spirit.”
“Ancient tis, Tianxuan Mirror…”
“Xuantian Sect, huh?”
In his secluded chamber, Li Fan’s gaze flickered as he sank into contemplation.
“That scene on the battlefield, where countless cultivators plumted from the sky to the ground in an instant—it felt oddly familiar…”
“That’s right—Nine Mountains Prefecture!”
Within Nine Mountains Prefecture, the nine mountain ranges had the peculiar property of preventing cultivators from flying over them.
In his previous life, Li Fan had traveled to the Ten Thousand Laws Chamber of Comrce in Nine Mountains Prefecture for procurent. There, he had witnessed the tragic fate of several defiant cultivators who fell to their deaths.
“Could there be so connection here?”
Li Fan sifted through his mories, recalling various docunts he had read in the past.
According to legend, the nine great mountains of Nine Mountains Prefecture were ford from the ridians of a 'beast of imnse size' that had perished in ancient tis.
The nine mountains were nad: Tianchang (Heavenly Length), Tianduan (Heavenly Shortness), Tianxu (Heavenly Void), Tiancu (Heavenly Promptness), Tianjie (Heavenly Knot), Tiandai (Heavenly Substitution), Tianlao (Heavenly Prison), Tiandong (Heavenly Movent), and Tianxi (Heavenly Fineness).
These mountains were said to secretly form a formation, destabilizing the space in Nine Mountains Prefecture and making even teleportation formation ineffective.
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This information was sothing Li Fan had known for so ti.
Back then, he dismissed the idea of a beast’s ridians transforming into mountain ranges as a fanciful ancient tale befitting mythology.
However, after personally visiting Nanming Mountain, the sacred ground of ancient beasts within the Fallen Immortal Realm, and witnessing many fearso creatures from ancient tis, Li Fan began to notice certain discrepancies in the legend.
The issue was simple: if the legend were true, the size of this beast was 'unfathomable'.
Nine Mountains Prefecture spanned an area that had taken Li Fan half a year to traverse. A beast large enough to have its ridians cover an entire prefecture—what kind of terrifying existence could that have been?
Compared to it, beings like the Scarlet Nine-Head, Purple Headless, and Azure Divine Dragon were re ants.
While size doesn’t necessarily correlate with power, Li Fan couldn’t believe that a beast capable of forming the Nine Mountains would be weak.
“Perhaps, this unknown beast holds clues to the origins of the Xuantian Spirit-Sealing Formation.”
Although the na alone suggested a connection to the ancient 'Xuantian Sect', Li Fan couldn’t rule out the possibility of re coincidence. Being ticulous wouldn’t hurt.
Thus, Li Fan began searching the Tianxuan Mirror for information about the “beast that ford Nine Mountains Prefecture.”
Given the passage of ti, records were fragnted and unverifiable. Opinions varied, and no definitive answer could be found.
Li Fan combed through all the records but found nothing credible.
Just when he was reluctantly preparing to give up, a painting titled "Dream Encounter with Ancient Beasts" caught Li Fan's attention.
This painting was not created by anyone in modern tis but was a casual sketch by a disciple of the ancient 'Divine Brush Sect'.
After the Divine Brush Sect was annexed by the Pointillism Sect, its artifacts were scattered far and wide.
This particular painting was accidentally obtained by a wandering cultivator. However, during a catastrophic heavenly disaster, the wandering cultivator perished, and the contents of his storage ring were looted.
Only the seemingly worthless items, too cumberso to carry, were left behind, quietly lying in place.
The abandoned storage ring, deed useless, was discarded by the roadside like old trash.
After being buried in dust for thousands of years, it was rediscovered by a passing cultivator.
According to this cultivator, nad Tang Bowen, he understood the past events through a lingering thousand-year-old resentnt within the storage ring.
Of course, this claim might have been fabricated by Tang Bowen to inflate the value of "Dream Encounter with Ancient Beasts."
Regardless, the painting indeed dates back thousands of years.
It depicts over a hundred beasts in various forms, so of which Li Fan had encountered in the Fallen Immortal Realm.
What truly captivated Li Fan about the painting, beyond these obvious beasts, was the hidden presence of another creature.
At the very edge of the painting, it appeared that these hundred beasts were all standing on the body of a colossal being.
However, due to its imnse size, it could not be fully depicted.
Instead, the hundred beasts on its back served as a fra of reference.
"Vast and formless, its na is Heaven."
This phrase was inscribed in a corner of the painting.
This minimalist creative style naturally attracted much comntary from cultivators.
An insightful observer revealed the truth with a single remark:
"I know this. Isn't it that giant tortoise that transford into the Nine Mountain Province after its death?"
The tone was sowhat mocking but not unfounded.
Indeed, the creature’s na consists of the characters for "King" (王) and "Eight" (八).
It is nad Tiān (兲).
It is called Heaven.
"The Heavenly Beast..."
A sharp light flashed in Li Fan's eyes.
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