Chapter 716: 682: Great Vortex of Realm Rending

Chapter 716: Chapter 682: Great Vortex of Realm Rending

Li Fan left Qihong Island and took out the “Ancient and Modern Topography”.

With a flip of his divine sense, he read through all its contents in a few breaths’ time.

A flame jumped out from his hand, incinerating the book.

Li Fan turned his gaze southeast.

“The Extreme South has become South-East. The changes from ancient to modern times are indeed unimaginable.”

“What Ximen Yu said earlier seems to be true. Over millions of years, the Xuanhuang World has expanded as a whole; some areas have completely disappeared, while others have sprouted land out of nowhere…”

“What used to be Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain has now turned into a deep sea whirlpool connecting the endless ocean.”

“Although Ximen Yu’s investigation suggests there’s no longer a ‘sacred beast mountain’ there, however…”

A gleam flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.

Surrounding the edge of the great whirlpool were islands arranged like a dead giant serpent.

“This must be the red snake I saw wrapped around Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain in the Fallen Immortal Realm.”

“Even it has perished. The journey the Demon Tribe embarked on departing the Xuanhuang World perhaps did not go as smoothly as planned.”

Li Fan flew towards the direction of Yueyang State Sky City.

Along the way, he transformed back into his original appearance. As a guest official of the Xuan Family, with an authority level of thirty, he could use the long-distance teleportation array for free.

Originally, through the use of regular teleportation arrays, it would have taken him at least half a month of travel time.

But with the long-distance teleportation array, it would only take less than half a day to arrive.

Upon arriving at Sky City in Yueyang State, he was startled to see the Celestial Dharma Bearer statue inside. Once the receptionist verified Li Fan’s identity, there was a gasp of surprise.

The receptionist thereafter respectfully led Li Fan into the spatial long-distance teleportation array.

And he was taken straight through the queue of cultivators waiting in line, activating the array just for him.

Those cultivators who were skipped in the queue did not show much anger. Knowing Li Fan’s identity was not ordinary, curiosity and envy flashed in their eyes.

A slight sensation of dizziness came over him, and in the next moment, Li Fan was in Niuxiu State, where the deep-sea whirlpool was located.

“Hmm?”

After he came out of the teleportation array and adapted to the unusual state of his body, Li Fan sensed something unusual.

He had used the long-distance teleportation array before.

Due to the fact that it crossed many states and had to pass through numerous layers of the White Mist Barrier, besides the dizziness and discomfort of the body.

The significant life loss brought about an obvious anomaly in the body, similar to a piece of oneself being drawn out, resulting in a faint sense of loss.

But this time…

Li Fan checked his age on the panel of his true face.

“It’s not an illusion. My lifespan hasn’t reduced too much.”

“Has the effect of the Element Devouring White Fog weakened, or has the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals’ long-distance teleportation array technology improved?”

Li Fan recalled the scene of passing through the white fog from the Valley of Eternal Life.

“The effect of the Element Devouring White Fog is still present. It seems…”

Thinking about how the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals is secretly mobilizing manpower to delve deep into the white mist as if searching for something.

“It seems that in addition to the True Ark of Samantabhadra, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals has also found a way to counteract the Element Devouring White Fog.”

“What is there in the white mist?”

Li Fan instantly thought of the Roaring Abyss he saw in his previous life and the many [Lost Realms] said to be hidden within the white mist.

“Wait.”

Li Fan paused in his steps.

Because he remembered the [Chaos] secret technique he had grasped from the broken stone in the mystical realm where he encountered the reflective monsters.

“It can’t be because I used the Word Confusion Technique back then that led the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals to venture into the white mist.”

Li Fan’s mind raced.

“It’s not impossible. However, according to common sense, the first direction to investigate should be within the Xuanhuang World. Yet, they directly targeted the depths of the white mist.”

“Is it because they have already investigated and didn’t find it within the Xuanhuang World? Or…”

“The Word Confusion Technique already appeared before, and its origin is within the white mist?”

“If that’s the case, what does it imply?”

Li Fan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

The Transformation Crystal Body emitted a brilliant blue light, as Li Fan continuously deduced various possibilities.

However, his body did not halt its movements and continued to fly towards the great whirlpool.

Not long after, the increasingly thick and violent water attribute spiritual energy in the air reminded Li Fan he wasn’t far from his destination.

“Hiss…”

A wave of pain pulled Li Fan out of his thoughts.

“There’s something odd about the spiritual energy here,” Li Fan slightly knitted his brows.”

With his current physique, he unintentionally absorbed the violent water attribute spiritual energy here and even he felt an unbearable pain.

It felt like blades constantly slicing inside his body.

Li Fan temporarily sealed off his body, cutting off the influx of external spiritual energy. He then captured a wisp of the spiritual energy with his hand to study it closely.

“Not only is the attribute violent and difficult for cultivators to absorb and utilize, it also naturally contains a [Rending] property.”

“No wonder this state has few humans and even fewer traces of people the closer it gets to the great whirlpool.”

As Li Fan continued to race towards his destination, the spiritual energy around him indeed became sharper.

“Phew!”

During his flight, the Gang Wind brushing against his face was so sharp it stung Li Fan’s face.

He had no choice but to set up an additional layer of protection using his spiritual energy.

“It’s a good thing I have the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven. The spiritual energy in my body circulates independently. If it were ordinary cultivators, they will probably run out of spiritual energy in their bodies not long after starting their flight.”

Feeling the rate of spiritual energy depletion in his body, Li Fan was inwardly alarmed.

Just like this, he flew all the way urgently. After the time it took an incense stick to burn, he finally saw the grand view of the deep-sea whirlpool and the serpent-shaped island coiling around it.

He did not approach, only observing from a distance.

It seemed as though he was brought back to the scene thousands of years ago, when the monster tribes were evacuating en masse.

“This whirlpool should be a phenomenon caused by the Sacred Beast Mountain and the sundering of the realm.”

“Thousands of years have passed and it still hasn’t subsided. This indicates the scale of the event back then. This itself is a form of destruction to the Xuanhuang World.”

Thinking of this, a realization suddenly dawned on Li Fan.

“Every group that breaks the realm to leave is like creating a tear in the Xuanhuang World, a balloon about to be consumed by the Immortal Ruins.”

“The people in the Xuanhuang World, once they discover this, naturally won’t allow it.”

“They must come to stop it. That red snake might have perished in such a battle.”

“What about the Heavenly Sword Sect back then? Is it because they are one of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans, no one came up to them? Or did others besides the Heavenly Sword Sect follow the Divine Soldier of the Sundered Realm to leave?”

“Or perhaps, it was only after the Heavenly Sword Sect departed that the other cultivators of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans realized what had happened.”

Li Fan’s thoughts couldn’t settle for a long time, making him look forward to his next trip to the Fallen Immortal Realm even more.

“The bigger the storm, the stronger the Dao technique gleaned!”

“This place is where I should prove my Dao!”

Suddenly, in the howling winds caused by the large whirlpool, a burst of crazed shouting faintly reached Li Fan’s ears.