NOVPUBAt the brink of crisis, Ou Shangtian erupted once again.
A dazzling yellow light enveloped an area tens of thousands of meters in radius.
The cultivators caught in its wake had their state returned to before they surrounded Ou Shangtian.
By the time they realized what had happened, Ou Shangtian and his son had vanished without a trace.
Frustrated and enraged, they continued the chase only to find that only Ou Shangtian was fleeing alone.
After a stubborn resistance, a lucky individual named Xie Xiantao finally captured him.
Facing the covetous gazes of other cultivators, Xie Xiantao made a swift and wise decision.
That was to hand over Ou Shangtian to the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals in exchange for a bounty.
In fact, during the escape, Ou Shangtian had killed no less than a hundred Immortal Alliance Cultivators.
Although it was in self-defense, he had nonetheless violated the Immortal Prohibition Law.
Ou Shangtian had already been a major offender of the Immortal Alliance.
Although the officials had not intervened until now, this did not mean they were not paying attention to the matter.
Indeed, as soon as Xie Xiantao publicly announced his decision,
It took but a moment for a squad of black-clothed cultivators to arrive at the scene, taking him and the barely alive Ou Shangtian away.
The tumultuous chase event had come to a close.
As for another major figure in the event, Ou Shangtian’s father, Ou Daozi,
He was already forgotten by everyone.
Except for Li Fan.
In a dark jungle in Luoyan State,
Ou Daozi, invisible, hid beneath layers of dead leaves, severely injured.
But thinking of his son, who had overexerted his own power to protect him and draw away the enemy,
It cut him like a knife, and he suffered immensely.
"Alliance of Thousands of Immortals..."
Ou Daozi’s eyes were bloodshot, and the faces of those who had participated in the chase flashed continuously through his spirit consciousness.
His heart was full of resentment.
But at this moment, he dared not move, fearing he would be discovered.
He silently healed his wounds.
"Sigh..."
Just then, a sigh suddenly sounded.
Ou Daozi was startled and wanted to run, but it was already too late.
Three familiar figures had appeared by his side without his knowing when.
"It’s you!" Seeing Li Fan, the leading figure responsible for his crimes, Ou Daozi’s eyes were filled with rage.
He wanted to run amok on the spot and perish together with Li Fan.
But he was suppressed by the combined efforts of Lin Ling and Tianyang.
Already weaker, and now severely injured and having lost most of his combat strength,
It didn’t take long for him to be completely subdued.
"Strange, why are you looking at me with such eyes?"
"I originally only wanted to ask for your help with architectural design. It was you and your son who, without even seeing my face, hurriedly fled. Moreover, you schemed against my life. If not for my good fortune, I would probably have been done for on the spot."
"I haven’t even settled accounts with you yet."
"Moreover, those who pursued and captured your son were all people from the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals. What does that have to do with me?"
Li Fan said with an innocent face.
"Nonsense!" Seeing Li Fan spouting nonsense in broad daylight, Ou Daozi was beyond furious.
Veins bulged on his forehead, throbbing endlessly.
It appeared he was ready to fight Li Fan to the death on the spot.
"You have the wrong idea," Li Fan said, shaking his head slightly.
He took out a crystal-clear fruit, revealing a kind smile.
"Come on, open your mouth. Eat this, and you’ll understand."
Ou Daozi’s heart immediately filled with a foreboding premonition, "What is this?"
Li Fan did not answer.
He handed the Reality Seducing Fruit to Lin Ling and forcibly fed it to Ou Daozi.
As the fruit entered his belly, Ou Daozi’s struggles slowly weakened.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at Li Fan gradually changed.
"Don’t you want to save your son?"
"Although born objects are usually not transferable, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals has many methods at its disposal, who knows what kind of suffering your son might endure?" Li Fan whispered.
"The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals!" Ou Daozi’s eyes instantly filled with bloodshot rage.
"The Immortal Alliance is unprincipled yet holds immense power. To overthrow it and rescue your son, we need to plan meticulously."
"Our United Federation of All Realms was born for this very purpose!"
...
Under the influence of the Reality Seducing Fruit, Ou Daozi’s will was quickly rewritten.
He joined the United Federation of All Realms, with the goal of striving to overthrow the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
He even began to regard Li Fan, a person with similar ambitions, as his own.
From Ou Daozi’s mouth, Li Fan learned the secrets of the born objects of Ou Shangtian.
"My son has two types of born objects."
"One which I’ve known since he was a child is the [Book of Thousand Deaths] that can predict one’s own future deaths."
"The [Yin-Yang Skeletal Hand] that can invert the universe, however, only awakened two years ago during the collapse of Guiyuan Mountain."
"At that time, he had just entered the Energy Refining Stage but suddenly encountered the disaster of a mountain collapse, hanging by a thread."
"At the brink of life and death, his hidden potential burst forth, and he activated the power of the [Yin-Yang Skeletal Hand] which had always been hidden."
"The fact that the mountain was restored was astonishing, so much so that the boy even kept it from me."
"It was not until recently that he hurriedly found me and urged me to leave, saying he foresaw an extremely terrifying group of people who were about to come knocking…"
Having already arrived in the Spirit Tree Realm, Ou Daozi narrated to Li Fan the ins and outs of the situation.
Li Fan’s expression remained unchanged, "Countless futures, countless possibilities. What he foresaw may not necessarily be real."
"If I really wanted to deal a fatal blow, just with the two people by my side, you would be powerless to resist."
Ou Daozi’s eyes glazed over with confusion, and then he sighed deeply, "A misunderstanding has made it nearly impossible for me and my son to see each other again…"
"There will always be opportunities. Fellow Daoist, how do you find this Spirit Tree Realm?" Li Fan changed the subject and asked, pointing to the Small World that was being constructed with much enthusiasm.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk…" Ou Daozi observed for a while, shaking his head repeatedly, a look of disdain flashing in his eyes.
"This place is indeed a good one. However, the design and construction plan really fall short…"
"It doesn’t quite match the reputation of the United Federation of All Realms."
Li Fan, upon hearing this, showed no sign of annoyance.
Instead, he bowed with hands clasped, "Then I will have to trouble fellow Daoist to take some effort and transform it."
Ou Daozi narrowed his eyes and nodded in agreement.
Deeply captivated by this craft, Ou Daozi quickly immersed himself in his own plans and designs.
"Fellow Daoist, please do as you wish. Whatever you need, just speak directly to the leader of the Tree People of this realm."
With Li Fan’s approval, Ou Daozi temporarily forgot his previous sorrow.
He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the Spirit Tree Realm.
"Even though it took some trouble, fortunately, the initial goal has been achieved."
"The Kun-Qian Skeletal Hand, the Book of Thousand Deaths…"
Li Fan frowned slightly.
According to Ou Daozi, the power of the Kun-Qian Skeletal Hand had not been fully mastered by Ou Shangtian.
During his flight, he seemed to feel that there were still powerful abilities hidden within, yet to be unearthed.
If given a little more time, perhaps, he could genuinely achieve some degree of reversal of time.
However, this was merely Ou Shangtian’s speculation.
The specifics were still unconfirmed.
The key thing was that the Kun-Qian Skeletal Hand was indeed the hand bone of a certain being.
