NOVPUB"Actually, I have a premonition,"
"Even if we cultivators do nothing, the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma would never wipe out the cultivators completely."
"At most, it would reduce the overall number of cultivators to a certain level. It can be said to contain both a killing intent and mercy."
After a long silence, Yin Shangren ended this communication with such words.
"Cough cough."
After pondering, Li Fan inquired about the plight of mortals under the outbreak of the mutated Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
Perhaps because the mortals in the world still carry the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma within them,
This disaster, tantamount to a terrifying tribulation for cultivators, had a limited impact on mortals.
It even caused less harm than the common flu.
"Thankfully, these mortals are now considered subjects under the rule of the Immortal Alliance. Otherwise, it might have led to events from ancient times, where cultivators, in their moments of dying desperation, slaughtered mortals indiscriminately."
"I wonder how the Immortal Alliance plans to deal with the aftermath this time. Whether or not this mutated Immortal-Ordinary Miasma will be absorbed into mortals and persist within them, leading to another Great Migration?"
Li Fan’s thoughts surged.
Although his body suffered, it did not impair the agility of his mind.
"It seems that for mortals, the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma is actually akin to a protective talisman. However, if one insists on seeking immortality and embarks on the path, that would mean becoming opposing to mortals, and one must abandon this protective charm."
"Immortals and mortals cannot coexist, can they..."
In today’s Xuanhuang World, to purge the miasma from one’s body, the conventional methods are still only those two.
The [Pool of Spiritual Cleansing] invented by the Eastern Supreme Celestial.
And the Xuanhuang Inner Peace Spell.
These two methods are applicable only to purging the innate miasma in mortals.
They are useless against the miasma that cultivators contract later in life.
"Although both are called Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, their manifested forms are different,"
Li Fan couldn’t help but frown slightly.
After a moment, he gave up on thinking about it.
"Never mind, I should leave professional matters to the professionals."
"Now that Immortal-Ordinary Miasma has become widespread again in this world, I believe it should also aid in Yin Shangren’s research. He should be able to uncover the secrets of Immortal-Ordinary Miasma ahead of the scheduled time."
"No rush, I’ll just wait."
With the regions on lockdown and every cultivator fearful for their own safety, everything has ground to a halt.
This is the perfect time for Li Fan to devote himself to cultivation.
To absorb the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, and return to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Even without relying on the feedback from ’The Immortal-Sitting Secret’ for increasing his cultivation base, Li Fan’s own cultivation, with the experience from before, is far faster than when he started from nothing in the past.
In situations of no scarcity of resources, the pace of Li Fan’s cultivation was not extremely rapid, but stable progress was made every day.
He was not far from reaching Golden Core Perfection.
The sight of Li Fan persisting in his cultivation despite his illness touched everyone in the Spirit Tree Realm deeply, including Lin Ling, Tianyang, and Shang Tianci.
Feeling ashamed, they reduced their leisure time and started to cultivate more diligently.
As time flowed, half a year after the outbreak of the mutated Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, a turning point finally arrived.
The Immortal Alliance invented a kind of Special Effect Pill. After consumption, cultivators could significantly alleviate the symptoms of their illness.
Even those cultivators who had not yet been infected, if they took it in advance, were not completely immune to the effects of Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, but the risk of cultivators dying from the disease was greatly reduced.
It was truly a miraculous medicine.
Moreover, this time the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals was unusually generous.
Not only could all cultivators of the Immortal Alliance obtain it for free,
Even those independent cultivators not affiliated with the Alliance were entitled to this treatment.
For a time, the cultivators were grateful, appreciating the Immortal Alliance’s benevolence.
Many cultivators who had previously had prejudices against the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals joined the Alliance on the spot after being saved.
With the Special Effect Pill, once the cultivators gradually recovered,
The Immortal Alliance even dispatched cultivators to re-purify Heaven and Earth, dispelling the pervasive Immortal-Ordinary Miasma across the world.
At this moment, Li Fan, who had already recovered long ago, squinted his eyes at the so-called "Special Effect Pill" in his hand.
He had already swallowed one before.
Apart from his body once again manifesting mild symptoms of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma infection,
he also felt a sense of comfort as if his Divine Soul were bathing in a hot spring, yearning to float up and become an immortal.
"Could this be..."
"The Intention to Ascend an Immortal Pill?"
Li Fan’s expression was somewhat strange.
In his 115th life, he had taken one of these pills—which the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals had forbidden.
Although it was much weakened, the sensation of taking this special effect pill was definitely not much different from that of the Intention to Ascend an Immortal Pill.
After all, he also assumed the role of the Sect Master of the Medicine King Sect.
Although Li Fan was not proficient in pharmacology, he could see the method by which this special effect pill took effect.
That was by accelerating the outbreak process of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma within the cultivator’s body while simultaneously using a strong stimulant effect to suppress the pain of infection.
"No wonder the Immortal Alliance has a rule that each cultivator can only take one."
"If one consumes too many, it’s uncertain how things might develop."
Li Fan carefully sorted through his own thoughts while looking at the pill in his hand again.
He confirmed that there was no strong desire within his heart to swallow it once more.
"Just one is no big deal," he said.
Li Fan nodded slightly.
"It seems that the number of cultivator deaths may be somewhat high," he mused.
"The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals is clearly using an emergency measure, resorting to this out of sheer necessity."
"However, being able to stabilize the situation for now can also be considered a good remedy."
Crushing the special effect pill in his hand, Li Fan closed his eyes, his spiritual consciousness enveloping the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven below.
After half a year of arduous cultivation, he had come incredibly close to achieving Golden Core Perfection.
Just one step away, and he could begin the journey of devouring Cave Heaven.
Furthermore, he had a premonition.
This time, Heavenly Calamity still would not appear!
All he needed to do was to wait patiently.
"The Five Elements Great Cave Heaven is vast; it will take at least two or three years to explore."
"With Tianyang and Lin Ling overseeing the affairs of the United Federation of All Realms, it won’t come to a standstill," he pondered.
While Li Fan mused, his spiritual consciousness swept across every scene in the Five Elements Cave Heaven, projecting them perfectly into his spirit consciousness.
A year after the outbreak of the Mutated Immortal Epidemic,
cultivators had grown accustomed to its existence.
After all, nearly every cultivator had already been infected once.
Those who truly couldn’t endure it had already ’Returned to the heavens.’
The rest had developed sufficient immunity to it.
Although there were occasional cases of cultivators being infected again, these were, after all, a minority.
It wasn’t enough to affect the overall situation!
Moreover, the second batch of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals’ special effect pills had been successfully developed and were being distributed to the cultivators.
The gloom of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma was gradually dispersing.
Misthaven Ocean, Haixuan Island.
"It truly feels like a lifetime ago!"
The island that had been closed for a year was opened once again.
After taking two rounds of the special effect pill, it only took half a day for the effects of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma to recede.
He Zhenghao and the others, breathing in the fresh Spiritual Energy, could not help but express their emotions.
