Chapter 1970: Chapter 1542: The River of Time Lost Forever (Part 2)
As a result, the painting underwent a rather mysterious transformation. By Li Fan’s ears, it seemed that he heard the sound of Xuan Yuanhong playing with his childhood sweetheart in the past.
It seemed that the two children in the painting had also bee aware of Li Fan’s approach from outside the painting.
They slowly cast their gazes toward Li Fan.
Witnessing such a strange phenomenon, Li Fan couldn’t help but think of the plight of Xuan Yuanhong’s descendants.
After pondering for a moment, Li Fan temporarily put away the painting.
Once cut off from the prying eyes of the figures in the painting, he first began to contemplate the disappearance of Emperor Tai Tian.
“It seems that mastering the Path of Reverse Flow, going upstream in the River of Time. No matter where in the river one falls, the existence at other time nodes will also be universally lost.”
It seemed a bit hard to understand.
However, Li Fan, recalling his own experiences traversing the River of Time, slowly began to prehend.
“Originally, I was just a drop of water in the river, able only to drift with the current.”
“But when I gained the ability to go against the current and traveled upstream, I formed a line in the river.”
“This line is my plete form today. In some sense, I have now bee a life form similar to the River of Time.”
“However, my primary consciousness is currently trapped in this segment of space-time, unable to perceive the experiences of other parts of my body. It’s as if my five senses are sealed.”
“This is also because I have only just begun the Path of Reverse Flow. If I were to master it, I would be able to leap over the river, and all the experiences in the river would be fully known to me…”
As Li Fan stood dazed at the place where Emperor Tai Tian disappeared, many insights surfaced in his Spirit Consciousness.
The Reverse Boat, which had originally been shattered within him, began to slowly repair itself.
Even though the speed of repair was very slow, it was already a qualitative change pared to the previous state of plete lack of self-repair.
“Generally speaking, after mastering the Path of Reverse Flow, ordinary methods cannot kill one.”
“What dies is just a drop of water in the river. As long as the river continues to exist and the drop forms a line, one is immortal and indestructible.”
“Unless the river itself washes away and assimilates one’s self-consciousness. There’s also the Path-obliterating Calamity that can engulf an entire segment of space-time. Or like Emperor Tai Tian, who voluntarily relinquished his own life.”
Only at this moment did Li Fan understand the kind of sacrifice Emperor Tai Tian made to help him attain enlightenment.
Indeed, due to excessive reverse flow, Emperor Tai Tian’s body and Divine Soul had decayed, leaving only a wisp of Afterimage struggling to survive.
But this did not mean he had no chance of plete recovery.
He didn’t even need the Mountain Sea Path of Lord Guardian Hill to e to his aid. He just needed the River of Time, which had been obstructed by the Path-obliterating Calamity, to be restored once more.
When the “water flow” from upstream once again irrigates down, then Emperor Tai Tian could immediately return to his peak state of the previous segment of time.
Although it may seem that this is even harder to achieve than the Mountain Sea Path’s rescue, it is not.
Because it is not necessary for the entire River of Time to be connected to save him, but just to link with the previous segment of time.
Since Lord Guardian Hill could traverse the Realm of Eternal Silence, carrying Emperor Tai Tian’s Afterimage to the previous segment of time could easily revive him.
After all, the Ancient starfire relay rescue plan has been ongoing, just a matter of convenience.
Even if no one is willing to help with this task, Emperor Tai Tian does not need to do anything. He just needs to survive patiently and wait.
Until the day the River of Time is once again fully connected.
If we look further into the future, there are merely two outes for the entire mountain and sea world.
Either pletely merge into the mountains and seas, being swallowed by the Path-obliterating Calamity.
Or the living beings’ starfire in the mountains and seas successfully save themselves.
If it’s the former, all living beings meet the same fate anyway. Death is just death. If it’s the latter, Emperor Tai Tian can naturally be resurrected.
“Emperor Tai Tian must have understood this principle. Yet he chose to give up this opportunity.”
Li Fan squinted his eyes, recalling Emperor Tai Tian’s words of enlightenment before he disappeared.
“Surviving here no longer has any significance. It makes sense today to pass on to you my understanding and the Path of Reverse Flow!”
“If one day, you can go to the Realm of Eternal Silence to assist in my stead, it would not be in vain for the sacrifice I made today!”
Emperor Tai Tian’s resolute expression seemed vivid in his memory.
Li Fan shook his head repeatedly: “Even if it saved my life, it’s still difficult to understand.”
“Abandoning the only, yet very stable, chance of survival just like that…”
“If in the future, when the river is reconnected, perhaps a new Emperor Tai Tian will emerge from other time segments. But the one who has experienced endless retrospection to save the world in this segment of time will never return.”
“This one has the grace of passing down the Path and saving my life. The others, well, that Emperor Tai Tian, is not this Emperor Tai Tian.”
“Perhaps, the only method to restore him among all mountains and seas is [Huanzhen].” Suddenly, a thought flashed in Li Fan’s mind.
Yet, with his understanding of True and False Changes, even fully restoring his peak Cultivation Base is difficult.
Let alone creating an Immortal Emperor who has already pletely Annihilated out of nothing.
Li Fan, feeling helpless, temporarily abandoned this idea.
Cautiously sealing this underground village pletely with an Immortal Array, Li Fan left underground and instinctively looked toward the nearby Fishing Pond.
At this point in time, there had been no Taoist Temple constructed outside the Fishing Pond.
It was just a solitary pool of water, lying peacefully in the mountains. It’s likely that no one would imagine that such an ordinary pool of water could involve the existence of the Nameless Realm.
“Even surpassing the Nameless Realm.”
“After all, Emperor Tai Tian referred to it as the [Mountain Sea Fishery].”
Even as he manipulated his Immortal Body at this moment, Li Fan did not approach. He merely observed from afar.
“With the Mountain Sea Fishery, the Fishing Pond is not a single possibility of connection but has constructed a path through the entire Upper Mountain…”
“Truly a magnificent feat. The Fishing Immortal behind this must at least be a strongman of the Transcendence Realm. However, it’s unknown if he can achieve what Lord Guardian Hill can and traverse the Realm of Eternal Silence.”
However, Li Fan suddenly remembered that besides the time when the Stone Tablet tried to prehend The Way of Fishing and was then abruptly absorbed, it seemed that the King of Mystic Sky also disappeared in this Fishing Pond.
“Those who can have this kind of ‘leisure’ to fish should still be within this segment of space-time. They have not yet reached the level of traversing to use Eternal Silence. Even so, they are not someone I can provoke now.”
A trace of dread flickered in Li Fan’s eyes.
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“Perhaps, the only method to restore him among all mountains and seas is [Huanzhen].” Suddenly, a thought flashed in Li Fan’s mind.
Yet, with his understanding of True and False Changes, even fully restoring his peak Cultivation Base is difficult.
Let alone creating an Immortal Emperor who has already pletely Annihilated out of nothing.
Li Fan, feeling helpless, temporarily abandoned this idea.
Cautiously sealing this underground village pletely with an Immortal Array, Li Fan left underground and instinctively looked toward the nearby Fishing Pond.
At this point in time, there had been no Taoist Temple constructed outside the Fishing Pond.
It was just a solitary pool of water, lying peacefully in the mountains. It’s likely that no one would imagine that such an ordinary pool of water could involve the existence of the Nameless Realm.
“Even surpassing the Nameless Realm.”
“After all, Emperor Tai Tian referred to it as the [Mountain Sea Fishery].”
Even as he manipulated his Immortal Body at this moment, Li Fan did not approach. He merely observed from afar.
“With the Mountain Sea Fishery, the Fishing Pond is not a single possibility of connection but has constructed a path through the entire Upper Mountain…”
“Truly a magnificent feat. The Fishing Immortal behind this must at least be a strongman of the Transcendence Realm. However, it’s unknown if he can achieve what Lord Guardian Hill can and traverse the Realm of Eternal Silence.”
However, Li Fan suddenly remembered that besides the time when the Stone Tablet tried to prehend The Way of Fishing and was then abruptly absorbed, it seemed that the King of Mystic Sky also disappeared in this Fishing Pond.
“Those who can have this kind of ‘leisure’ to fish should still be within this segment of space-time. They have not yet reached the level of traversing to use Eternal Silence. Even so, they are not someone I can provoke now.”
A trace of dread flickered in Li Fan’s eyes.
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