NOVPUBLi Fan spoke as if it was only natural.
However, he also knew that the reason he could upgrade the Mystic Sky Phantom Locking Array with such ease was entirely due to the benefits of the Dissociation Disc.
Not to mention it was the super version that had merged two worlds.
If it were a common Combined Path Array Master, they probably couldn’t have understood this ancient great array.
Thinking this, Li Fan withdrew his gaze from the Pass Ghost Tunnel.
The strange phenomena in the Xuanhuang World were supposedly going to erupt frequently only after five hundred years.
This world of the Xuanhuang probably wouldn’t survive that long.
"Let me try and see what power comes after shifting the Heavenly Dao."
Li Fan concentrated his spirit and locked onto the thin thread associated with the Heaven and Earth Entity Gold Seal.
Then, with a slight exertion of force, he misused the Power of Heaven and Earth to convey a false command.
He had the Gold Seal return to Heaven and Earth.
In the Pass Ghost Tunnel, the Gold Seal seemed somewhat puzzled by this inexplicable command.
If it left at this moment, it was clear that strange phenomena would greatly erupt for a while.
However, as the Heaven and Earth Entity was a manifestation of the Will of Heaven and Earth, it naturally couldn’t disobey its own will.
So, after a moment of hesitation, the Heaven and Earth Entity Gold Seal turned from its golden chain appearance back into a human form.
Then, it gradually faded away, ultimately vanishing between Heaven and Earth.
The instant the Gold Seal disappeared.
Li Fan saw from below, that in the dark and impenetrable area which could not be observed, a large mass of darkness furiously spewed out.
Formless and shapeless, yet it spread around like a living entity.
Heaven and Earth reacted very quickly to these dark materials.
Suddenly, Li Fan felt a surge of discovery-threatening crisis in his heart. Without hesitation, he immediately severed the connection with the vast net of Heaven and Earth.
At the same time, he quickly fled from Misthaven Ocean.
Perhaps because it was busy dealing with the crisis of strangeness, Heaven and Earth did not notice Li Fan, who had falsely proclaimed a heavenly mandate and interfered from within.
From a distance, Li Fan observed that after the Gold Seal dissipated, two new Entities of Heaven and Earth were about to be born in Misthaven Ocean.
The trial run made Li Fan very satisfied with his own [Heavenly Path of Illusion] Divine Technique.
The Entity of Heaven and Earth was even a higher tier than the Heavenly and Earthly Changes.
Since he could use destiny to manipulate the Entity of Heaven and Earth,
calling upon a certain range of Heavenly and Earthly Changes naturally wasn’t a big problem.
"Even I could use this method to first create chaos within the Xuanhuang World and then opportunely ’create’ the needed Entities of Heaven and Earth to resolve the issues," Li Fan thought expansively, his thoughts floating freely.
"However, doing so would surely alert Heaven and Earth. It’s a one-time move; not very useful thereafter."
Having fled from Misthaven Ocean, Li Fan constantly monitored the situation after the leakage through the Tianxuan Mirror.
It seemed peaceful and extraordinarily calm.
Not a hint of strangeness occurred.
But before the cultivators realized it, some slightly strange events had already begun to occur on the Ten Thousand Immortals Island.
Thousand Miles Hall.
"What the hell, why don’t this month’s accounts add up?"
Jiao Xiuyuan furrowed his brows, recalculating this month’s profits.
Only to find out that he had actually incurred losses.
Blood surged, nearly uncontrollable, ready to spurt out any moment.
Jiao Xiuyuan forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart and meticulously reviewed everything again.
The outcome was unmistakable.
"That’s not right. I clearly remember that we should have made a small profit this month; how could there be a loss?"
Jiao Xiuyuan was somewhat perplexed.
He then stopped receiving any guests and tightly closed the main gate.
Next, he meticulously pulled up all the transactions that had occurred on Ten Thousand Immortals Island that month again.
He eventually discovered the problem.
"That’s right, there’s an account that hasn’t been collected yet," he said.
"Who was the debtor?"
Jiao Xiuyuan muttered to himself, his expression growing increasingly serious as he continued to search.
For he found that the person who owed him had disappeared without a trace.
Not only was there no memory of this person in his spirit consciousness, but there was also no information about this person in the Tianxuan Mirror.
It was as if this person had never existed at all.
"This..."
Jiao Xiuyuan’s first reaction was that he had encountered a powerful being.
"Which friend is playing a joke on me, Jiao?"
A hint of anger appeared on his dark face.
But soon Jiao Xiuyuan was a bit puzzled.
"It’s just ten thousand contribution points, is it worth it?"
Cooled down, Jiao Xiuyuan realized something was amiss.
After making some inquiries outside, he further verified his guess.
"Indeed, it wasn’t just one person who disappeared mysteriously."
Jiao Xiuyuan’s eyes darted around, and he immediately took out a jade scroll to record his findings.
The strange phenomena erupting in Misthaven Ocean were not limited to just this one.
There was an island where the residents turned into faceless monsters overnight.
Everyone saw their own reflection as normal in mirrors, but they saw others with faceless visages.
Moreover, they could not understand each other’s speech.
In extreme terror, the people on the island started killing each other, leaving only one survivor.
There was also a fishing boat that went out, and when it returned to the island, no crew members appeared for a long time.
Driven by curiosity, the islanders boarded the ship to inspect and discovered that all the crew members had turned into skeletons.
The inside of the ship also seemed as if it had aged hundreds of years, worn and old.
...
All these events were bizarre and various.
Even Li Fan, the instigator, found them astonishingly curious.
"Each strange event should correspond to a specific rule. If one can uncover the secret of these rules when the strangeness erupts, not only could one survive, but one might also grasp a portion of the power of these new rules."
"If cultivators represent the power of the ancient precepts of heaven and earth, then these new precepts..."
"Might give rise to an entirely new system of power."
After merging with heaven and earth, Li Fan’s comprehension seemed to have increased considerably.
He thought of many things in an instant.
"However, these so-called new precepts are merely temporary existences during the merging process. Once the Xuanhuang World swallows and merges completely, the ancient precepts will be restored."
"These new precepts will naturally be eradicated as heresies."
"Moreover, neither the Celestial Dharma Bearer nor the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals would likely allow such power to exist in the world."
"But I hope the more of these that exist, the better."
Observing covertly, Li Fan discerned potentially profitable aspects of this catastrophe.
He immediately set out again for Misthaven Ocean, trying to find survivors who had lived through the strangeness and grasped its powers.
From the Heavenly-Earthly View, the continuously wriggling dark patches, like borers, were very clear. 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
There was no risk of being affected.
Whenever Li Fan arrived at a location, he observed from the periphery.
It must be said, for ordinary living beings, surviving amidst the strangeness was indeed extremely difficult.
Li Fan passed through more than a dozen locations where strangeness had erupted, and he did not find a single survivor.
However, perseverance pays off, and eventually, on an island named Fanyong, he found his target.
