Chapter 21: Arriving in the Cultivation World

"Is this the Cultivation World…"

The Taiyan Boat broke through the Immortal Severing Grand Formation and appeared within a continuous mountain range.

Below was a bottomless sinkhole, and the aura emanating from within vaguely resembled that of the Void Abyss.

Rolling mountains rose and fell, shrouded in clouds and mist, a magnificent sight.

Atop the most towering mountain, an incomparably massive city stood suspended in mid-air.

Li Fan wanted to laugh out loud, but he could only cough uncontrollably, spitting out blood incessantly.

He was already too old.

He had already reached the edge of life and death, and the pressure brought about by transmigrating through the Immortal Severing Grand Formation had completely destroyed his vitality.

However, being able to take one look at the Cultivation World before dying meant this lifetime was not lived in vain!

"Huan Zhen!"

…

[Current simulation ended]

After the darkness, Li Fan's consciousness gradually recovered.

Recalling how in his previous life he had painstakingly tried various methods to successfully break through the Immortal Severing Grand Formation, only to accidentally discover the way to crack it in the end.

Li Fan could not help but sigh at the impermanence of the world.

What made it even harder for Li Fan to forget was the scene of looking back at the pod of Rift Whales.

"Just how much did the Immortal Cultivators of the past hate Mortals? Not only did they banish them all and seal them off with the Immortal Severing Grand Formation, but they actually deployed so many Rift Whales…"

"No wonder that dark layer is so vast, larger than all the previous layers combined. It must have been carved out from the void by the Rift Whales over these past thousands of years."

"The distance is growing greater and greater; in some years, the Immortal Extinction Land might truly detach from the Cultivation World…"

Various thoughts surged in Li Fan's heart, which he subsequently suppressed one by one.

Replacing them was an uncontrollable sense of joy.

Nine lifetimes of Reincarnation, nearly five hundred long years, and he had finally touched the threshold of cultivation.

It was foreseeable that the road ahead would be even more difficult.

But Li Fan's heart in pursuit of longevity would not waver for a hundred lifetimes, nor would he regret it for a hundred lifetimes!

…

Returning to the present, facing the choices after the end of this simulation, Li Fan was rarely troubled.

According to his previous plan, Li Fan intended to choose to accelerate the charging progress. The sooner he finished charging [Huan Zhen], the sooner he could head to the Cultivation World.

That's right, even though the road to the Cultivation World was already smooth and without any danger, Li Fan still decided to lie low until he had a chance for a do-over before setting off.

After all… the path of immortality is difficult! And this Cultivation World, no matter how one looked at it, didn't seem very friendly to Mortals.

Safety first, no problem with that!

But after seeing the list of selectable items, Li Fan hesitated again.

Because he was shocked to see the zhibu remnant stele among them.

After thinking it over, Li Fan still decided to choose to retain the remnant stele.

He wanted to use this to verify a certain guess in his heart.

Name: Li Fan; Realm: Mortal; Physiological Age: 20/86; Psychological Age: 483/1116; Virtualization charging progress: 0%; anchor year charging progress: 51%; Current number of anchor points: 1; Bound items: "Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter", Taiyan Boat, zhibu remnant stele (Damaged).

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Li Fan's tenth lifetime began here.

During the first twenty years of waiting for the charging to complete, Li Fan acted according to the established historical trajectory with familiar ease.

During this period, he only did a few things that would not affect the historical trend, preparing for his later trip to the Cultivation World.

In the third anchor year, Li Fan arrived outside Qian Hong's tomb.

He pondered for a moment, not choosing to use the Immortal-Mortal Miasma to break the tomb, but instead took out the zhibu remnant stele directly from [Huan Zhen].

After this remnant stele, which Li Fan brought from his previous life, appeared in the world, some kind of wondrous change occurred.

The remnant stele was covered in a layer of soft white light, looking somewhat illusory.

Not long after, it actually began to slowly dissipate, just like an ice cube under the scorching sun.

Li Fan then ordered his men to forcefully attack Qian Hong's tomb.

As Li Fan expected, the power of the zhibu remnant stele inside Qian Hong's tomb had clearly become much stronger!

"Just as I thought! Immortal techniques cannot be cultivated together, and the same goes for these Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects."

"There shouldn't exist two identical spiritual objects in the world, yet I used the power of [Huan Zhen] to create another one out of thin air. The consequence was that the two objects spontaneously underwent Fusion, ultimately merging into one."

"As for which one disappears and which one remains…"

"Of course, the strong survive and the weak perish!"

Li Fan narrowed his eyes and ordered his men to use the Immortal-Mortal Miasma spray to start breaking the tomb.

The strengthened zhibu remnant stele was indeed extraordinary; even using the Immortal-Mortal Miasma took quite a bit of effort to slowly reduce its power.

Wearing steel armor, Li Fan entered Qian Hong's tomb, his gaze falling upon the zhibu remnant stele.

There wasn't much change in its appearance, it just looked slightly less damaged.

"[Huan Zhen] still cannot absorb it; it seems it's merely a quantitative change and hasn't reached the level of a qualitative change yet." Li Fan thought to himself, feeling it was a pity.

After ordering his men to move the remnant stele out of the tomb chamber, the destructive power lingering around it suddenly disappeared.

This was convenient for Li Fan.

He put this strengthened zhibu remnant stele into the Taiyan Boat to serve as his belongings for his future trip to the Cultivation World.

In the twentieth anchor year, [Huan Zhen] was about to finish charging.

Li Fan ruthlessly purged a group of corrupt officials and powerful landlords, pocketing all the gold, silver, and jewels that their Families had accumulated over several generations.

This was because he would still have to deal with Mortals after arriving in the Cultivation World, so gold and silver wealth had to be prepared in advance.

Plus, Immortal Cultivators often mix in some gold and silver when performing Artifact Refining, so there was no need to worry about gold and silver becoming useless once he reached the outside world.

Besides money, food was also essential.

But grain was the foundation of the country, and Li Fan was asking for too much all at once.

The officials all submitted petitions opposing it, and even merchants in the capital heard the news and took the opportunity to raise grain prices, attempting to make a huge profit.

Li Fan did not waste words; during the morning court session, in front of all the civil and military officials, he expanded the Taiyan Boat to its maximum size and placed it in mid-air above the imperial palace.

The massive Taiyan Boat floated above Mystic Capital City like a dark cloud.

Countless commoners saw this and knelt down to kowtow, and the civil and military officials in the court, seeing Li Fan display such Immortal methods, all changed their expressions and hurriedly altered their attitudes.

The various complaints that had arisen because of Li Fan's killings and money-grubbing vanished in an instant, and everyone even proactively and eagerly helped Li Fan prepare the grain.

With the active help of the officials and having killed a batch of unscrupulous merchants, the Taiyan Boat was finally packed to the brim.

With everything prepared, Li Fan had no attachments in the Mortal world.

He piloted the Taiyan Boat and arrived above the Void Abyss once again.

He relaxed his mind and let the Taiyan Boat pilot itself at a constant speed.

The entire process only took a few hours, but in Li Fan's eyes, it felt even longer than the hundreds of years he had experienced before.

After a long wait, Li Fan finally crossed the Immortal Severing Grand Formation and arrived in the Cultivation World!

After adapting to the tearing sensation brought about by crossing the two worlds, Li Fan looked out of the Taiyan Boat with excitement.

However, after seeing the scenery around him clearly, Li Fan was somewhat dumbfounded.