Chapter 104 The Forgotten Disaster

Zhang Haobo gave a bitter smile, about to say something, but suddenly stopped.

A moment later, he spoke again, asking, "May I know Fellow Daoist's name? I, Zhang, truly cannot forget the life-saving grace shown today. I will surely repay it handsomely in the future!"

Li Fan smiled without answering, merely cupping his hands and saying, "If we are fated, you will know naturally."

"We shall meet again!"

Before he finished speaking, his figure transformed into a thin line and swiftly vanished.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from Zhang Haobo's sight.

Zhang Haobo's eyes narrowed slightly: "What incredible speed. That unknown Divine Ability is also incredibly powerful, leaving me with no power to resist. So mysterious, I wonder what his true identity is."

After a while, he sighed again, thinking to himself, "Alas, even if he has many secrets, it makes no difference."

Zhang Haobo looked up at the sky: "Heaven and earth have long set a killing intent. The countless Zhong Sheng in Congyun Sea, regardless of their Cultivation level, whether they are successful or not, are destined to die."

"That crimson figure that incinerated the sea…"

"If a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator is already this formidable, can he truly defeat It?"

Zhang Haobo fell into a state of confusion.

However, after a moment, his gaze gradually became resolute.

"No matter what, I must do my best to stop It."

His aura solidified once more, and he took one last look at the ruins before flying away.

Not long after Zhang Haobo left, Li Fan's hidden figure suddenly appeared.

"It seems he hasn't lost his fighting spirit because of this; I was overly cautious," Li Fan nodded.

After some thought, he cautiously returned to the original location of the Tianyang Grotto-heaven.

He tried to see if there were any treasures that had survived the fierce battle.

However, after searching for a long time, besides the freely flowing lava, nothing else remained.

Muttering a pity, Li Fan did not linger and set off to return to Wanxian Island.

"I wonder where that Tianyang Puppet and that Soul Transformation mighty Cultivator went to fight. And who won in the end."

"I suppose in the previous life, it was just like today: after the Tianyang Puppet appeared, it attracted a Soul Transformation mighty Cultivator. After a great battle, only ruins were left."

"This matter involves too high a level; even in the next life, I probably won't be able to profit from it."

"It's better to hide for now."

"The ancient Body Transformation Dao, I wonder what Sect it belongs to. I can investigate it after I return."

"Fortunately, this trip wasn't entirely without收获."

Recalling the skeletal remains in his storage ring, Li Fan felt some comfort.

"I just don't know if I can truly recreate the Sitting Mountain Skill."

With his mind full of thoughts, Li Fan returned to Wanxian Island.

The news of the earth-shattering battle that occurred at the Tianyang Grotto-heaven's location had clearly spread, and Cultivators could be seen discussing it everywhere.

However, no one knew exactly what had happened or how that towering Puppet had appeared.

There were many different theories.

Li Fan naturally wouldn't proactively disclose anything.

But as he brushed past these constantly conversing Cultivators, he suddenly thought of something and abruptly stopped.

"From today's commotion, it seems that battles between mighty Cultivators have astonishing destructive power. They can destroy an entire sea area in an instant."

"Once a battle occurs, it will inevitably attract attention. Afterwards, it should also be discussed with relish and occasionally brought up in conversations."

"Also, the malice of this heaven and earth towards Cultivators has always existed. Before Crimson Flame Burning Sea, various disasters must have occurred. But…"

"Whether it was in the previous life or this life, Cultivators almost never proactively mentioned similar events in their conversations."

During the few years Li Fan cultivated in his previous life, he had also interacted with many Qi Refining Cultivators. However, they never mentioned any large-scale disaster incidents that had occurred in Congyun Sea before.

This also led to a certain cognitive gap for Li Fan.

As a result, when Zhang Haobo mentioned the possibility of an impending disaster, he didn't take it too seriously.

Because, in Li Fan's perception, if a place frequently experiences disasters, its residents should at least occasionally mention it in their speech; and when outsiders arrive, they should also issue warnings.

Since the Cultivators never said that there were any particular disasters to be wary of.

Then, presumably, even if there were disasters, they wouldn't be particularly significant.

Therefore, in his previous life, he merely inquired about the tianxuan mirror later, and after receiving a negative answer, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Now that he thought about it, was Crimson Flame Burning Sea truly the first time Congyun Sea encountered the killing intent laid by heaven and earth?

Probably not.

Everything has a gradual process.

Heaven and earth are malicious towards Cultivators.

When the number of Cultivators in Congyun Sea gradually increased, and their Cultivation levels also grew higher.

It would lay down killing intent to purge them.

Initially, there should have only been small disasters.

Until finally, when the number of Cultivators reached a limit, the ultimate purge plan would be initiated.

The heaven and earth spirit would appear, annihilating all living beings.

The reason Li Fan inferred this was because the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance in Congyun Sea had, after all, developed to such a large scale.

Would the killing intent of heaven and earth deliberately endure, waiting for Cultivators to grow stronger, remaining silently inactive?

Until it could no longer bear it, only then would it launch a thunderous strike?

Based on Li Fan's understanding of the killing intent of heaven and earth, this was clearly not the case.

The killing intent of heaven and earth, as long as there are Cultivators, will always exist.

In other words, in the past years, disasters must have continuously existed.

So, what exactly caused all Cultivators to remain silent about these various disasters?

"Is it actively avoiding mentioning them, or…"

"Were they… forgotten?"

Li Fan immediately returned to the tianxuan mirror and searched for keywords.

Historically, disaster events that had caused heavy casualties among Cultivators.

The result sent chills down Li Fan's spine.

None.

None.

None.

None.

…

No matter how Li Fan searched, the tianxuan mirror consistently showed no results.

After a while, Li Fan calmed down, took out his communication talisman, and inquired Yuwen Xing.

The result sent a chill through Li Fan's heart.

Yuwen Xing first denied it outright.

Then, under Li Fan's repeated questioning, he vaguely said that something seemed to have happened once.

But it wasn't very important anyway, and he couldn't remember clearly anymore.

Li Fan then went out and asked several other older Cultivators.

They were very surprised why Li Fan would ask such a question, but their final answers were all the same as Yuwen Xing's.

It seemed to have happened.

But they couldn't remember clearly.

…

Li Fan fell silent.

Can't remember clearly?

Would a Foundation Establishment cultivator be so forgetful?

Li Fan remembered when he first arrived at Liuli Island and encountered a wind disaster for the first time.

The Mortals on the island would also tell him about the scene of the even bigger wind disaster a decade or so ago.

Are Cultivators inferior to Mortals?

Remembering disasters, to make people vigilant, so that they can more easily survive future disasters.

This is the proper principle.

But now, this principle,

was reversed.