Chapter 1643: 1377: The Death of Li Fan

Chapter 1643: Chapter 1377: The Death of Li Fan

Li Fan’s thoughts surged, but his hands never stopped moving.

He separated the myriad transformations of the Xuanhuang World-destroying Catastrophe from the essence of Mo Sha.

Each of these changes could give rise to a mighty cultivator at the Xuanhuang Divine Realm.

“Though named ‘World-destroying,’ it is, in essence, a change of life.”

“Perhaps it can be collected first. Even if the Xuanhuang World later sublimates into the Immortal Domain, releasing them all at once could still plunge it into chaos in an instant!”

Li Fan thought to himself, and as golden threads fluttered about, they coalesced into a binding seal, suppressing various world-ending transformations within his body.

“As for Mo Sha…” Li Fan’s expression grew even heavier.

The shadow that had almost been consumed to a mere speck of ink had, after a brief respite, fully recovered in a short span of time.

It continued its endless erosion, consuming everything around it.

“One is all—truly a diluted, previewed version of a Path-obliterating Calamity. Unless completely eradicated, even the smallest remnant would allow it to quickly rise again!”

Li Fan recalled everything he had once learned about Mo Sha.

Mo Sha rarely acted, but each appearance was earth-shattering, obliterating entire domains.

The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and the Five Elders Organization, even upon sensing Mo Sha’s emergence, would choose to retreat, allowing it to wreak havoc unchecked.

“Those five old turtles likely had long realized Mo Sha’s extraordinary nature. It is far beyond any ordinary Essence of Heaven and Earth.”

“Mo Sha fused with the Heaven-Earth Principles of the Xuanhuang World, causing it to develop an intrinsic resistance. Even if everything is annihilated, life would ultimately resurge anew.”

“If this is true, wouldn’t it imply that after Xuanhuang’s sublimation into an Immortal Domain, it might possess the power to resist a Path-obliterating Calamity?” Li Fan’s heart raced.

“It seems the True Immortals of old designed it this way. Of course, whether it succeeds or not still depends on the specifics of this era.”

After contemplating extensively, Li Fan conducted multiple experiments, gradually uncovering various properties of Mo Sha.

He then brought it to the Central Star Sea, near the Sea of Dark Qi.

The surging dark mist steadily devoured the Star Sea around it, unnoticed by the Star Sea Consciousness. Yet Li Fan, deeply shaken by the endlessly engulfing mist, frowned.

Even under layers of golden-thread seals, sensing the nearby presence of dark mist made Mo Sha suddenly more “lively.”

Once coiled stationary, waiting for the moment to strike, it now violently thrashed against the golden threads, desperate to break free.

“As expected!” A gleam flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.

Upon confirming that Mo Sha did indeed have some connection to the Path-obliterating Calamity, and sensing it was absorbing certain energy from the boundless Sea of Dark Qi, Li Fan dared not linger any longer and hurriedly left.

He returned Mo Sha to the Xuanhuang World, placing it in the depths of Misthaven Ocean.

Still waiting for it to ascend into a Heavenly Earth Immortal Soul for Unity-Path, Li Fan naturally could not kill it now.

Freed from its constraints, Mo Sha searched all corners of Heaven and Earth, yet could not find the enemy who had previously sealed it. Frustrated, it unleashed its wrath upon Hongxi and the Misthaven Ocean.

Poor Hongxi, who had just achieved Unity-Path and was returning to Ten Thousand Immortals Island, basking in the reverent worship of cultivators within the Misthaven Ocean.

Suddenly witnessed a streak of ink spreading from the horizon.

Then, everything was shrouded and consumed.

Though Mo Sha had only briefly come into contact with the dark mist, subtle changes had begun to manifest in its being. Not only Li Fan, but even the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth seemed to sense this shift.

Mo Sha’s world-destroying actions had not proceeded entirely. The Misthaven Ocean was eroded to its final thin layer of bedrock, but Mo Sha was forcibly summoned back by the Heaven and Earth Consciousness.

“It acts more swiftly and brutally than before.”

“And yet…”

Li Fan flashed to the last remaining fragment of Misthaven Ocean, inspecting closely.

Though Mo Sha had vanished, a corrosive power lingered.

Preventing the Xuanhuang World’s life force from reviving.

“This conflicts with the Xuanhuang World’s intent. The reason Mo Sha was unleashed for destruction was to facilitate total fusion afterward. But now…”

Li Fan extended his right index finger, pressing it against the Misthaven Ocean’s bedrock.

“Szzzzz…”

Sounds akin to fire scorching flesh and acid dissolving erupted.

The void power that annihilates all surged through the contact, beginning to devour Li Fan’s body and Divine Soul.

It mirrored the previous encounter with Mo Sha perfectly.

“The essence was summoned back, yet residual power remains.”

“This is nearly impossible for an Essence of Heaven and Earth. Yet it is now happening for real…”

“Even before fully interacting with it, signs of losing control are already evident.”

Removing a large chunk of the last bedrock of the Misthaven Ocean for study, Li Fan’s furrowed brow remained fixed.

Realizing the potential true nature of Mo Sha, the strand of unease seeded by [Huanzhen]’s autonomous world simulation not only lingered, but intensified.

Setting aside his current affairs, Li Fan habitually made his way to the location where the Dissociative Mountain once stood.

He took a seat at the central Lecture Platform, pondering deeply.

“I must trust my instincts.”

“This degree of unease has never arisen through so many cycles of Reincarnation.”

“The source of this unease…”

“It must stem from that sudden, inexplicable simulation by Huanzhen.”

“Under normal circumstances, without my active initiation, Huanzhen would never autonomously begin a new round of simulation.”

“The Trident Tree that Sun Piaomiao left behind must involve some resonance with the Tao—perhaps even the Tao itself. Its absorption seemingly triggered such a bizarre reaction from [Huanzhen].”