NOVPUBThe object connected by golden chains was shrouded in a hazy radiance.
The details could not be seen clearly.
But there was no doubt that this luminescent mass was colossal.
Compared to the size of the Celestial Dharma Bearer, it was almost as large as half the territory of the Xuanhuang World!
And yet, the Celestial Dharma Bearer seemed to drag this immense object as if under no pressure at all.
His facial expression remained unfazed, like millennial ice.
With the enormous globe of light trailing behind him, the Celestial Dharma Bearer was like a comet flying in reverse.
He swiftly flew through the endless dark void.
And after a moment, he completely disappeared from view.
...
The display of the Water Mirror Technique ended there, but Han Zhong did not stop his narration.
"What I have just described was but one scene I witnessed during the long years of my entrapment."
"In fact, I have seen the venerable Celestial Dharma Bearer on more than one occasion."
As Han Zhong spoke, he continued to use the Water Mirror Technique.
Before Li Fan, a dozen of shimmering screens suddenly appeared.
Each screen displayed a scene quite similar, yet subtly different.
All showed the Celestial Dharma Bearer with golden chains, pulling the mass of light behind him.
The difference, however, lay in the size of the luminescent masses.
"These images are all too similar."
"So much so that I even doubted whether I was delusional due to despair."
Looking at the scenes he depicted, Han Zhong’s face was filled with puzzlement.
Li Fan, however, was certain that they weren’t any illusion.
One could conjecture about the Celestial Dharma Bearer from the stone statues seen earlier.
But the golden chains following him…
With just Golden Core Stage cultivation and experience like Han Zhong’s, unless he had seen it with his own eyes, he could never have conjured such detail out of thin air!
Because Li Fan had also seen those chains.
They were identical to the golden chains of the Floating Star Crossing Formation found in the memories of Ji Yuzhen, the Law King of the Mystic Sky Sect!
The Floating Star Crossing Formation could use these golden chains to capture Cave Heavens and Small Worlds.
Naturally, Li Fan had a plausible theory.
"Could it be that the enormous object the Celestial Dharma Bearer is dragging is another world?"
"He left Xuanhuang and traversed the Abyss Star Ocean to collect the remaining Immortal Cultivation Worlds?"
In an instant, numerous thoughts raced through Li Fan’s spirit consciousness.
"What would be the purpose of doing this?"
"Where are these Immortal Cultivation Worlds now located?"
"Could it be…"
"The Celestial Dharma Bearer isn’t satisfied with just controlling the Profound Yellow World; he wants to consume even more Immortal Cultivation Worlds to advance further."
"To break through to the Realm of True Immortality?!"
Combining the recent information collected about the Mystic Sky Sect, what seemed like the most logical conclusion was deduced by Li Fan.
Just as Li Fan fell silent, immersed in his thoughts.
Han Zhong, seeing that Li Fan hadn’t spoken, feared that he too considered the visions to be mere illusions born out of prolonged despair.
After hesitating for a moment, Han Zhong added, "Actually, besides the venerable Celestial Dharma Bearer, I have also seen another person."
"This person I had never encountered before. And he only appeared once…"
"That’s also why I believe that what I’ve seen might not just be my illusions."
With that, Han Zhong once again performed the Water Mirror Technique.
And the scene that materialized on it sent a shock through Li Fan’s heart!
Because rushing through the void was one of Li Fan’s psychological shadows.
The Celestial Doctor!
The Celestial Doctor escaping through the darkness, his silhouette emerging surrounded by a halo of white, holy radiance.
Unlike Celestial Dharma Bearer, dragging something behind him with golden chains.
He merely flew and stopped intermittently, seemingly calculating something by pinching his fingers.
After successfully identifying the direction, he then hastily took off again.
"The Celestial Doctor can actually break free from the pull of the Immortal Ruins?"
"How is that possible?"
As soon as he saw the Celestial Doctor, this thought surged in Li Fan’s spirit consciousness.
While shocked, he quickly glanced at Han Zhong.
He even began to suspect that this might be a conspiracy fabricated by Han Zhong, targeted at him.
The true strength of the Celestial Doctor was unclear, but Li Fan had never dared to underestimate him in his heart.
Even now, when he is known to be unbeatable under the Immortal Realm, he wouldn’t dare claim he could gain the upper hand against the Celestial Doctor.
The identity of the Celestial Doctor was extremely mysterious.
He could assign tasks through the Tianxuan Mirror.
But aside from the task involving the Scroll of Mistwaters, Li Fan had never found any clues about him within the Reincarnation or the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
It was as if, although he belonged to the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, his situation was not the same as that of ordinary cultivators.
More like he held a position similar to that of a "Guest Official" like Emperor Tri-Moa, who never shows his face under normal circumstances.
And the abilities of the Celestial Doctor were no trifle matter either.
That "Look, Listen, Question, Feel", the secret technique capable of peering into a cultivator’s heart, was something Li Fan had never seen on anyone else besides the Celestial Doctor.
But even having estimated the Celestial Doctor’s real cultivation base as high as possible, Li Fan had not expected that the Celestial Doctor, like the Celestial Dharma Bearer, could ignore the fetters of the Immortal Ruins.
Leaving the Xuanhuang World, wandering the Abyss Star Ocean!
"He could actually do something that even the Immortal experts cannot do..."
"Exactly..."
Li Fan’s heart was tremendously moved.
However, he quickly calmed down.
"No, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the Celestial Doctor’s strength has surpassed the Immortal Realm."
"Although the Immortal Realm is strong, the price is a deep binding with the Xuanhuang World."
"Unless they transcend like the Celestial Dharma Bearer, they will never be able to leave the Xuanhuang World in their lifetimes."
"Even without the Immortal Ruins, it is so."
"This also doesn’t mean that cultivators of the Immortal Realm cannot resist the pulling force of the Immortal Ruins."
"And this person, the Celestial Doctor, has not sought longevity. Perhaps for this reason, he could leave the Xuanhuang World, entering and exiting freely."
...
After slowly sorting things out, Li Fan’s state of mind gradually eased.
Meanwhile, Han Zhong, who had been observing his reactions closely, couldn’t peer into the changes in Li Fan’s heart.
Li Fan’s unchanging expression didn’t give Han Zhong any clues to speculate upon.
Then, with some regret, he continued, "Aside from the scenes I just described, I haven’t seen anything else."
"I don’t know how long I was inside that formless bubble; the vast majority of the time I was faced with absolute darkness."
"I didn’t go mad because of it, which I’m somewhat proud of."
"Moreover, I discovered that within that bubble, I didn’t even show signs of aging." 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
"Originally, I thought that if I had to suffer such solitary confinement forever, it would have been better to end my own life."
"Yet recently, for some reason, it seemed like the bubble encountered something."
"It shrank amidst ongoing tremors..."
"I thought I was done for," Han Zhong said somewhat gratefully, "but unexpectedly, just before the bubble completely collapsed, with a bang, I found myself back in the Xuanhuang World."
"Of course, when I saw the endless plains, I didn’t know it was Jiushan Province. It was only after encountering a cultivator of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals and some investigation that I figured it out."
Han Zhong narrated his extraordinary experience in full detail.
While Li Fan was still contemplating, he suddenly heard Han Zhong say in a shocked tone, "You are..."
But it wasn’t directed at him.
Li Fan turned around in alarm and saw a figure who had appeared quietly in the room without notice!
It was...
The Celestial Doctor!
