Chapter 1893: 1502: The Other Shore Immortal in the Coffin

Chapter 1893: Chapter 1502: The Other Shore Immortal in the Coffin

“The power of the ink killing is close to the annihilation of the Dao because it mimics the force of the mountain and sea meld.”

“And this current Dao transformation…”

Li Buren summoned one of the purple Dao-transformed statues into his hand and observed it carefully.

“It is merely the collision of mountains and seas. The fusion process, however, was prematurely halted.”

“The mountains and seas play together…” Li Buren suddenly recalled a description from the Mountain and Sea Fables.

“And thus the Dao is born. So, that’s how it is?”

Li Buren slowly swallowed all the purple qi statues into his abdomen, comprehending the Daoist principles contained within these living beings. After nurturing them with poison pills and using their life and spirit wisdom to complete a transformation, Li Buren was quite certain that these Dao-transformed purple statues no longer belonged to the category of [Dao Dan]. Thus, they could be directly consumed.

Although something extremely important seemed lost during the Dao transformation process, the ability to significantly improve enlightenment efficiency without any risk was undoubtedly worthwhile.

“Besides assisting in enlightenment, this poison pill itself is an incredible lethal divine technique.”

“Its essence lies in using the methods of the Alchemy Emperor’s Classic to directly merge the power represented by the Ink Killing Immortal Soul with the enemy. It strikes directly at the foundational level of the Tao…”

“It’s truly indefensible!”

Besides killing invisibly like poison, the more crucial aspect is its disregard for the gap in power. As long as the opponent can’t escape the Dao Yan or completely avoid the power of the Ink Killing Immortal Soul, they can be influenced by the methods of this poison pill.

The extent of being “poisoned” is merely a matter of severity.

Li Buren began experimenting with the Nameless True Immortals sealed within the Primordial Immortal Realm.

Although he promised to let them go, it didn’t stop him from making use of them before that.

The invisible and formless refining Tao pill fire enveloped the heavenly pillar.

The power of the Ink Killing Immortal Soul silently infiltrated it.

Changes varied depending on the level of strength.

The worst off was Situ Xing.

Not even the true body of a Nameless True Immortal, he had little resistance under the assault of the ink killing. The gray heavenly pillar gradually turned purple from top to bottom, revealing a strange hint of black within.

Before the purple-black color completely consumed the heavenly pillar, Li Fan timely withdrew his divine technique. This saved Situ Xing’s life, but only a wisp of consciousness lingered on.

Li Fan effortlessly separated the transformed heavenly pillar from the normal parts of it, and swallowed it directly into his abdomen.

Compared to his slow comprehension, such direct devouring indeed proved to be much more efficient.

Refining pills in a moment surpassed a hundred years of hard work.

“Truly an unsurpassable mystique!” Li Buren secretly praised in his heart.

But not all Nameless True Immortals were as defenseless as Situ Xing.

Especially the Hungry Immortal.

Even in a sealed state, she could contend with the power of the Ink Killing Immortal Soul. Although destined to fail in the long run, not falling behind for a moment already spoke to her extraordinary nature.

Li Buren plucked a small portion of the Dao-transformed purple part from the Heavenly Pillar of the Starving Immortal and swallowed it.

A moment later, he slightly squinted his eyes: “Indeed. The path of hunger, comes from beyond the [Primordial] possibility.”

“Or rather, it is not entirely the [Primordial] path, but the product of the fusion between a certain grand Dao and an external path.”

Within the complete Tao atlas Li Fan glimpsed while bearing the Dao, there was no trace of the path of hunger, but there were similar ones. This must be one of the prototypes of the path of [Hunger].

Like the Tao Sword Tao Blade, the grand paths beyond possibility hold far superior filling ability for the Net of the Infinite Aspects than local Daos. Perhaps it directly opened up a new possible branch of the Dao, as the Net of the Infinite Aspects visibly sprouted a whole new blank area. Although it has not yet been fully filled, its complete scale can already be estimated.

Confronted with such a great rejuvenating elixir, for a moment, Li Buren could hardly resist the urge to ignore his charge over the Bearing the Dao and continue refining the Hungry Immortal.

But after some thought, he held back.

“I can refine the Hungry Immortal in the next life anyway, she always stays within the Immortal Ruins.”

“This life still needs to rely on the Bearing the Dao.”

“No need to hurry.”

Among the sealed heavenly pillars, what surprised Li Buren the most was the performance of the [Primordial] Bone. Under the assault of the ink killing’s purple-black power, it was utterly defeated. It didn’t even compare to Situ Xing, who after his true body fell, left only a doppelgänger in the world.

Utterly unworthy of the weighty title of [Primordial].

After some research, Li Buren discovered the cause of this strange phenomenon.

“Therefore, what is here is not a complete Primordial Bone, you could even say it is an extremely small part of the [Primordial].”

“The vast majority of it remains elsewhere.”

Li Buren could even sense thin threads of ink-killing power tracing along the connection shared with other parts of the [Primordial].

“South Immortal Sky Pillar.” Li Buren recalled the real name of the Primordial Bone and slightly shook his head.

“I can only wish those beings under the protection of the heavenly pillar good luck.”

…

Li Fan didn’t go to extremes; although a large portion of the Heavenly Pillar had been transformed by the Dao, it still retained the appearance of the Heavenly Pillar. The Nameless True Immortals sealed within it also survived, though severely depleted in Yuan Qi, requiring millions of years of nourishment to recover.

Everything that Li Buren realized was fed back to Li Fan himself.

However, in front of Bearing the Dao, he did not show it. He hid his talent, maintaining his image as a diligent and inquisitive junior apprentice brother.

…

It wasn’t until three years later that Benevolent Transformation brought news again.

“That Peeping Star is extremely cautious. Only after I showed him the completely restored Dao Network and he confirmed that you, senior, didn’t attack, did he finally choose to cooperate with me.”

“We also noticed that recently, at the Starry Sea Frontier, there seems to be someone attempting to approach and investigate. Fortunately, we repaired the Dao Network quickly; otherwise, flaws might have been exposed.” Chaos stood to the side, exclaiming his luck.

“Even so, Peeping Star still won’t reveal the full plan. He just tells us to ‘follow orders and adapt.’ Hmph…” A flash of fierceness crossed Benevolent Transformation’s eyes.

“Be patient. Don’t reveal any flaws.” Li Fan said lightly, and Benevolent Transformation immediately restrained himself.

“You all should act according to their instructions. My senior brother and I are still in the Primordial Immortal Realm, awaiting your grand arrival.” Li Fan looked at Bearing the Dao and smiled.

“Senior brother, shall we take a step?”

The emaciated elder moved his somewhat stiff body: “It’s been years since I went out, and I’m feeling stuffy. It might be nice to stay somewhere else temporarily.”

As he spoke, a blue light emerged around Bearing the Dao. An Inheritor’s Illusion split off and replaced his true self, sitting in the deepest part of the Dao Network.

Li Fan carefully observed the surroundings, discovering that the Dao Strings of the entire Dao Network did not bend at all despite the replacement of the true self and the illusion.

He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Senior brother, your Inheritor’s Illusion technique is almost identical to our master’s! Transcendence must not be far off!”

Standing up, Bearing the Dao stroked his beard and laughed heartily, unable to hide his pride, but still modest in his words: “It’s exaggerated, exaggerated. Compared to our master, I’m far from it. This illusion can only replace Bearing the Dao for a hundred years. Any longer, and it won’t work.”

“With your talent, senior brother, eternally bearing the Dao won’t be too long.” Li Fan said with a chuckle.

Chaos and Benevolent Transformation were already used to Li Fan’s almost blind flattery, staring at their noses and minds, pretending not to hear it.

“Senior brother, please.” Li Fan took Bearing the Dao to reside in the Primordial Immortal Realm.

Waiting for the people from the Guangwu Star Sea to take the bait.

After another ten days of progress, Benevolent Transformation finally met with [Peeping Star] again.

Still attached to that black cat.

“Daoist, you’re being overly cautious. We’ve lost so many comrades, yet we’re not like you,” Benevolent Transformation said unhappily.

Peeping Star also complained, “Benevolent Transformation brother, don’t mention it. I didn’t want to. Last time, after losing the Supreme Treasure, I almost got skinned and boned, sealed into the Heavenly Pillar. Fortunately, at the last moment, I recalled the details when that thief subdued the treasure. That’s how I got a chance to redeem myself.”

“But this is also the last chance. If it doesn’t succeed, Dao brother, you may never see me again.”

Benevolent Transformation seemed very sympathetic, stroked the cat’s head, “It’s been tough on you, Dao brother. If it doesn’t work out, just escape to our Sea of the Northern Stars. At least…”

“Hehe.” Peeping Star awkwardly interrupted Benevolent Transformation.

“Alright, let’s get down to business. This operation is not led by me. I’m only responsible for relaying messages and communication.”

“Oh?” Benevolent Transformation’s hand stopped on the black cat, “How should we coordinate?”

Peeping Star was silent for a while, as if listening to commands from the other side.

After a long pause, a voice slowly came through, “There’s a coffin. Inside is a sleeping Nameless True Immortal. All you need to do is guide the coffin and then figure out all possible ways to place it into the Primordial Immortal Realm.”

Benevolent Transformation still waited for more, but Peeping Star seemed to have finished speaking and fell silent.

“Is that all?” Benevolent Transformation was somewhat dissatisfied.

“With so much trouble, you’ve only prepared this? Can a sleeping nameless really do anything? Haven’t you seen that Hidden Emperor’s power?”

Peeping Star comforted, “Dao brother, rest assured. I’ve staked my life; how could I be perfunctory? With this sleeping nameless’s assistance, even if that Hidden Emperor has great divine power, he won’t be able to overturn the heavens!”

“This time, we aim to repay everything in full, with interest.”

Benevolent Transformation pondered for a moment then finally nodded in agreement.

After severing the connection with Peeping Star, before searching for the sleeping nameless in the coffin at the agreed location, he informed Li Fan of the detailed situation.

“No worries. Just as he said, bring the coffin.”

Upon hearing Li Fan’s reply, Benevolent Transformation finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Heading to the Starry Sea Frontier to search for the target.

In the Primordial Immortal Realm.

Li Fan and Bearing the Dao sat facing each other, with a thread of green smoke burning in the center. The smoke rose intangibly.

“Senior brother, any idea about the sleeping nameless in the coffin?”

“Perhaps, it’s an Other Shore Immortal.”

Silence for a moment, Bearing the Dao slowly spoke, his tone somewhat heavy.