After hearing Lin Ling’s account, Li Fan’s wariness toward her lessened by more than half.
Such an unbelievable event...It did not seem like sothing she could have made up.
As he imagined the scene of the Senior Stone Tablet being “fished away,” even with Li Fan’s current state of mind, he could not help but feel a chill crawl up his spine.
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back at you.
When you are fishing, how can you be sure that you are not the one being fished?
“To connect the inside and outside of the High Wall... this so-called supre treasure, the Fishing Pond, is far deeper than it appears.”
Li Fan pondered for a mont and decided he could not rely solely on Lin Ling’s words. He had to see it with his own eyes.
With that thought, Li Fan concealed his presence and quickly made his way toward Yongyun Prefecture.
When he arrived at the small temple, neither Zhong Shentong, Liuli, nor Lin Ling had yet recovered from the terror of witnessing the Senior Stone Tablet vanish before their eyes.
Their faces were pale and filled with panic. They could not sit still.
“Master, you are here.” Seeing Li Fan arrive, Lin Ling rushed forward as if she had finally found her anchor.
Zhong Shentong also gathered himself and offered a respectful bow.
Li Fan only nodded slightly, then strode toward where the Fishing Pond had once been.
The once-calm water now held only utter nothingness.
Like the Congyun annihilated by Ink Death, it was pitch black.
Even space itself no longer existed.
The faint aura of danger emanating from it made Li Fan frown slightly and quietly take a step back.
“The Fishing Pond truly is overbearing, forming a world of its own. After occupying a region of the Xuanhuang Realm, it expelled every other law that once existed here—or rather, directly compressed and obliterated them.”
“And with the Fishing Pond’s disappearance, the territory it had occupied is now revealed. It may take decades of the Xuanhuang Realm’s own recovery before this place returns to normal.”
While pondering, Li Fan carefully probed the area for any lingering traces of energy.
He had not expected to find much, yet to his surprise, he truly did discover sothing.
“This is...”
Li Fan’s eyes flickered, but he maintained an expression of disappointnt, pretending he had found nothing.
Using the excuse that this place was dangerous, he brought Lin Ling and the others back to the Spiritwood Realm.
After settling them there, Li Fan quietly returned alone.
He closed his eyes and recalled the sensation he had experienced when rging with the Canghai Pearl—a perspective of heaven and earth, existing within a formless and boundless killing intent.
Points of light began to appear amid the darkness.
A resplendent scene unfolded before Li Fan’s inner vision.
Outside the void where the Fishing Pond had once been, countless fine threads stretched and intertwined, almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
The number of threads increased steadily, visibly growing with every passing mont.
It was as if an invisible loom was weaving sothing within the void.
This sight was almost identical to what Li Fan had once seen within the Root of Heaven and Earth, when the Five Elents Cave Heaven was first being created.
Heaven and earth were once again creating in their own way.
And the object being ford at this very mont...
“The Genesis Stone Tablet.” Li Fan’s eyes snapped open, gleaming with astonishnt.
That embryonic form—it was unmistakably identical to the one carried on the back of the Senior Stone Tablet, the Genesis Stone Tablet said to record every event that had occurred in the Xuanhuang Realm since the dawn of creation.
As his heart trembled, Li Fan’s thoughts spun rapidly, and he imdiately deduced why the Genesis Stone Tablet had reappeared here.
The Genesis Stone Tablet was the manifestation of the laws of the Xuanhuang Realm itself. In a sense, it was the very essence of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Naturally, the world itself could not be taken away by the unknown existence lurking in the depths of the Fishing Pond.
Thus, although the Senior Stone Tablet had vanished, the Genesis Stone Tablet he carried remained behind due to the world’s inertia.
“It seems that Senior has finally fulfilled his wish and regained his freedom.”
“I just wonder what lies on the other side of the Fishing Pond.”
Imagining what might exist beyond the Great High Wall, Li Fan fell into brief contemplation. Then he shook his head and refocused his attention on the ever-clearer outline of the Genesis Stone Tablet.
This tablet was undoubtedly the supre treasure of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Once refined, countless secrets once hidden within the Xuanhuang Realm would be laid bare before him.
Perhaps he might even ascend in a single step and attain true immortality.
But such immortality would be bound deeply to the Xuanhuang Realm itself.
Moreover, Li Fan had witnessed the tornt that the Senior Stone Tablet had endured; compared to that agony, even death seed like a form of release.
More importantly, Li Fan feared that this object might have a mind-affecting influence, much like Ruomu or Mr. Bai of the Heavenly Dao.
If that happened, he might again fall into a state of “truly willing yet unwilling.”
And in the end, he would bear the weight of the tablet for all eternity.
“Judging from my experience fighting Mr. Bai of the Heavenly Dao, even a clone cannot escape the influence on one’s mind.”
“It seems I must find a suitable successor to inherit the Genesis Stone Tablet.”
“The candidate must possess a will strong enough not to go mad instantly, yet still be soone I can control.”
Figures of various cultivators flickered rapidly through Li Fan’s mind.
He knew that ti was running short.
Heaven and earth were reweaving the Genesis Stone Tablet, like a tree forming its fruit.
The mont the tablet fully took shape would be the instant the fruit fell to the ground.
By then, it would return sowhere within the Xuanhuang Realm and beco nearly impossible to find again.
“It shall be him.”
Li Fan finally settled on his target. Seven-colored divine light flared around him as he transford into a rainbow streak and shot straight toward the Congyun Sea.
Not long after, he found the cultivator he sought—Sima Changkong, who carried the bloodline of his clan and recorded the history of the Xuanhuang Realm.
In this life, Sima Changkong had never t Li Fan, so he was startled by the sudden visit.
However, Li Fan had not co to seek his consent.
Without a word, he subdued Sima Changkong and swiftly returned with him to the small temple in Yongyun Prefecture.
On the way, he briefly explained the situation.
“Now, there is a chance for you to behold the entire history of the Xuanhuang Realm. Do you accept it?” Li Fan asked in a deep voice.
For Sima Changkong, who had devoted his family’s generations to recording the history of the Xuanhuang Realm, there was no reason to refuse.
All events within the Xuanhuang Realm would forever unfold unceasingly in his mind.
To Sima Changkong, this was not tornt.
It was an almost ecstatic, perfect ability—sothing the Sima family had dread of for generations.
At least, before he truly absorbed the tablet, Sima Changkong believed so.
“To record the history of the Xuanhuang Realm, who but I is worthy?”
“Fellow Daoist, please grant this chance!”
Taking a deep breath, Sima Changkong bowed respectfully to Li Fan.
Though he did not know how Li Fan had discovered his identity, if what he said was true, Sima Changkong was willing to give up everything for it.
“Good.”
Li Fan replied firmly.
“Wait for the right mont.”
Seven days later, just as the Genesis Stone Tablet was about to fully form, Li Fan let out a low shout and cast the divine ability “Extracting Thread” upon Sima Changkong.
Sima Changkong’s body began to split inch by inch, unraveling into countless threads that drifted away into the air.
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