NOVPUBThe fusion of identical objects—Li Fan had experienced such events before.
For instance, with the Huadao Stone and the Cessation Stele, among others.
But clearly, the effects of their fusion paled in comparison to the Dissociation Disc.
"Perhaps it’s because the Dissociation Disc already stands at the pinnacle of the mortal Array Path. Although it didn’t ascend after devouring another version of itself, it still achieved some kind of qualitative transformation."
"There are still many existences like the Dissociation Disc in the world, only a step away from ascending. But since the path to immortality has been severed, they are almost doomed to stagnate forever. After all, not everyone can mobilize all cultivators of the Immortal Alliance to explore countless Small Worlds, thus achieving an upgrade in their primary form like the Tianxuan Mirror in era 115."
"But with the help of Even True, the [Merging Two into One] I achieved allows them to easily cross this Heavenly Moat."
"This might be the simplest method in the world today to mass-produce nearly immortal strength."
Many items flashed through Li Fan’s Spirit Consciousness, along with their potential performance after self-fusion.
Yan Fajue, Wood Sword, even the Tablet of Creation, and so on.
As for items that have undergone fusion once, whether they can continue to be strengthened by fusing with themselves again...
Further verification is needed.
However, Li Fan guessed that it probably wasn’t possible.
"The key lies in the severed path to immortality and the lack of Immortal Spirit Energy."
"Without the foundation, quantity is useless."
As his thoughts gradually converged, Li Fan left the secret room after his seclusion, and first modified the Protective Array of the Spirit Tree Realm.
The time spent on this modification was even longer than when Li Fan first established the Array. It was almost akin to rebuilding it.
Yet the entire process proceeded without a whisper, not alerting any Living Beings of the Spirit Tree Realm.
Only after the Array was completed, the slight change in the aura enveloping the Spirit Tree Realm made beings like Daoist Baihua and others of Unity-Path realm and above slightly aware.
Li Fan stood above the sky, his eyes tightly closed.
Even without relying on divine senses and eyesight, merely through the sensation of the Realm’s Protective Array, a detailed miniature view of the entire Spirit Tree Realm appeared in Li Fan’s Spirit Consciousness.
Even every Living Being of the Spirit Tree Realm could not escape.
Using the power of this newly formed Protective Realm Formation, Li Fan could instantly annihilate the beings within the Array without lifting a finger.
"The difference between immortals and mortals, indeed, is as vast as an abyss."
"I see the Living Beings of the Spirit Tree Realm as ants, and Immortals must see me the same way."
"If I didn’t have Even True."
Li Fan sighed faintly.
Theoretically, the newly established Spirit Tree Protective Realm Array hasn’t reached its limit yet. But due to materials exclusive to the Immortal World and the lack of Immortal Spirit Energy, the current state of the Array hardly has room for further progression.
After initially completing the power tests of the Dissociation Disc, Li Fan returned to the secret room to collate and summarize the analysis of the Final Separation Disc on the Myriad Spirits Return to Number. He also supervised the status of deciphering the restrictions placed by the Celestial Dharma Bearer.
Although the Final Separation Disc has formidable calculating power, verging on the first tier in the mortal realm,
it is, after all, inanimate and needs Li Fan’s guidance.
Without that, it might self-evolve into some weird direction.
Array Path is boundless, and Li Fan is immersed in it, oblivious to the passing of time.
One day, Li Fan suddenly felt something and was jolted awake from his research.
"Anchor 15 years, the return of the Medicine King Cauldron."
Considering the time, it was about right.
Li Fan’s eyes flicked, he stopped his current work, and his figure instantaneously left the Spirit Tree Realm.
He arrived at the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong and patiently waited at the predetermined falling point of the Medicine King Cauldron.
Looking towards the bottom of the Deep Abyss, his expression turned somewhat solemn.
With his current strength, he naturally still had some capacity to delve deeper.
But whenever this thought surfaced, a sense of unease emerged in his heart, which was then suppressed by Li Fan.
Noticing the stray thoughts dissolved by the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra, Li Fan’s eyes grew deep, "This inexplicable attraction, indeed it’s not an illusion."
"If I am not mistaken, the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong, like the Misthaven Ocean, is probably a larger remnant from other realms of immortal cultivation. Well, perhaps not just that. The bottom of the abyss might also be related to the depths of the White Mist."
Li Fan looked around at the floating ruins, slowly thinking.
In ancient times, the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong did not exist. The Misthaven Ocean was created with a palm strike, the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong with a stomp.
Clearly, this was part of the Xuanhuang World assimilating and consuming other cultivation worlds, with the law transmission aiding in the process.
"Relying solely on the power of the Xuanhuang World itself is insufficient; it requires the help of the law transmission. This in itself raises some questions."
Although the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong, like the Misthaven Ocean, still concealed many secrets,
Li Fan had no intention of tracing their origins at the moment.
He was just patiently waiting for the return of the Medicine King Cauldron.
Consistent with the time remembered, a fire meteor lit up the sky dome at midnight.
Then it vanished into the night, heading straight for the Abyss of the Verdant Wutong.
Upon reaching Li Fan’s location, the Medicine King Cauldron paused in midair, concealing its presence.
"Hmm?"
However, watching the landing spot of the Medicine King Cauldron, Li Fan’s expression subtly changed.
After repeatedly comparing it with the memory, Li Fan confirmed that the final landing position of the Medicine King Cauldron in this lifetime had shifted ever so slightly.
A mere three inches off, and if Li Fan’s spiritual consciousness hadn’t been extremely sharp, plus the Huadao Stone recording every minute detail,
he nearly would have overlooked it.
"Was it affected by some unknown external force during its return, or..."
"Has the ’position’ or ’size’ of the Xuanhuang World itself changed?"
A sense of unease inexplicably grew in Li Fan’s heart.
Reviewing all the events that had occurred in this world in his spirit consciousness in an instant, Li Fan sifted through potential causes for this deviation.
After locking on to a few targets, he was still unable to confirm finally.
He simply etched them firmly in his mind, and then Li Fan controlled a miniature Medicine King Cauldron, entering the inner part of the Medicine King True Cauldron.
To gain control of the Medicine King Cauldron, one must enter the control room.
For this, Li Fan had long been prepared.
With a thought, his body differentiated a stream of Evergreen Vital Force, channeling it into the [Gate of Life and Death] outside the control room.
Before the return of the Medicine King Cauldron, Li Fan had already cultivated the Scripture of World Salvation and Immortality. Although he had already assimilated it, he had stored several reserves of Evergreen Vital Force inside the Cave Heaven.
The Scripture of World Salvation and Immortality, only the true transmission of the Medicine King Sect could cultivate it. Having been validated, Li Fan successfully entered the interior of the control room.
It seemed like a void.
Apart from a faint shadow, there was nothing else.
That shadow, most likely, was the long-deceased Sect Master of the Medicine King Sect, Liu Ruchen.
His face was no longer clear at this moment, but he cast a glance at Li Fan, confirming his identity as a true disciple of the Medicine King True Transmission.
Scenes began to float in the void.
It was precisely the experience of the Medicine King Sect flying out of the Xuanhuang World and almost being captured by the Immortal Ruins.
Afterward, Liu Ruchen sacrificed himself and several elders to just barely rescue the Medicine King Cauldron.
