Chapter 232: Hundred Disasters and Endless

“Excellent Cultivation Aptitude, huh…”

“Perhaps it was just Third Brother’s encouragement before he passed away.”

“If his Aptitude was truly astonishing, how could he have stopped at Golden Core Stage during his lifetime?”

“He even needed to rely on the power of earth fire, absorbing and refining it for thousands of years, just to barely achieve Soul Transformation.”

“Taking an unconventional path, a roundabout way to save himself. Although he ultimately became a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, it certainly has nothing to do with exceptional Aptitude.”

Li Fan secretly shook his head and sighed.

After a while, Li Fan began to summarize the information he had gathered during this period.

Early on, during his first entry into Yunshui Heavenly Palace, from the mouths of Qin Tang and Insect Daoist, Li Fan learned that a massive and exceptionally brutal war had occurred in ancient times.

Although he didn’t know if it was due to the influence of Chang Sheng Tian Zun’s ability to forget worries, Li Fan couldn’t find any related records in the tianxuan mirror.

However, later in 【Seeking Immortals】, the terrifying war scenes experienced by the Cultivator named Bu Jue subtly indicated that this war indeed existed.

And based on Immortal Master Tian Yang’s 【eternal legacy】, Li Fan gained a deeper understanding of the brutality of this war.

Even the ordinary small mountain Sects in the Cultivation World at that time were almost completely wiped out.

One can imagine how tragic this great war truly was.

Which two sides were fighting?

And what were they fighting for?

Tian Yang’s Senior Brother, Si Xing, once contemptuously referred to the other warring party as “barbarians.”

But from the results of the war, the opponent’s strength was absolutely not weak.

Although the Ten Great Immortal Sects ultimately achieved victory.

It could only be described as a Pyrrhic victory.

In his continuous Reincarnation, Li Fan had also encountered powerful Dao Integration cultivators.

He clearly knew how terrifying Dao Integration cultivators truly were.

However, in ancient times, Dao Integration powerhouses were not ubiquitous.

But at least in those powerful Sects, their numbers were not small.

Not to mention, the Ten Great Immortal Sects definitely had the existence of Chang Sheng Tian Zun.

Just thinking about it, one can understand what a terrifying force these Sects combined together truly were.

What kind of enemy could push the Daoist Cultivators to such a desperate situation?

Li Fan’s heart was filled with doubts.

The truth was hidden in the mists of history, and even with Li Fan’s many Opportunities, he had only caught a glimpse of it so far.

To truly understand what happened back then, Li Fan needed more information.

Thinking of this, Li Fan quietly suppressed the scattered thoughts about the ancient great war in his mind.

He turned his attention to another matter.

“During the Era of the great war, Sects flourished immensely. The Ten Great Immortal Sects Alliance had absolute dominance over the entire Cultivation World.”

“The Jade Slip left by Tian Yang’s Third Brother, Lian Chang, also did not record the Cultivation Technique of ‘borrowing the wonders of heaven and earth’.”

“Therefore, it can be inferred that the 【Ancient Great War Period】 should have been before the Immortal Venerable’s New Law.”

“Perhaps it was precisely because of this great war that these ancient Sects suffered heavy losses in Origin Qi.”

“Only then could the Immortal Venerable’s New Law have the space and soil to develop fully.”

“The 【Law Reform Period】 arrived, and the New Law ultimately replaced the Old Law.”

“Within a few years, the Cultivation World returned to its former glory.”

“However, Cultivators plundered heaven and earth, ushering in a backlash from heaven and earth. Laws could not be Cultivated together, and the 【Great Tribulation Period】 suddenly descended.”

“In the Early Stage of the Great Tribulation Era, although mutual slaughter inevitably occurred, the overall order could still be maintained.”

“But as time went on, more and more Cultivators reached their lifespan limits. Collapse became inevitable.”

“It was at this critical juncture that the immortal-mortal miasma erupted. This was known as the 【Great Plague Period】.”

“When faced with two evils, one chooses the lesser. Under the threat of the immortal-mortal miasma, the Daoist Cultivators had no choice but to stop their mutual slaughter and seek a solution to the immortal-mortal miasma.”

“Mass slaughter of Mortals was counterproductive, so they could only collectively migrate them to the surrounding Small Worlds.”

“When this world was devoid of Mortals, and the problem of the immortal-mortal miasma was completely resolved.”

“True chaos and slaughter descended. The orthodox order of the Cultivation World, which had lasted for tens of thousands of years, collapsed overnight, with everything mixed together. Cultivators were like ants, struggling to survive.”

“I call this period the 【Great Darkness Period】.”

“Even the darkest days eventually pass. When the number of Cultivators dropped to an extreme low, the slaughter finally ceased.”

“At this time, the Cultivation World had already become a wasteland. Only solitary Daoist Cultivators, who had survived the Great Darkness Period, lived on this desolate land.”

“This can be called the 【Wasteland Period】.”

“After that, came the establishment of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Old Men Association, and a new Cultivation order reappeared in the Xuanhuang World.”

Li Fan organized all the observations he had made since stepping into the Cultivation World.

A clear historical脉络 slowly emerged.

“The vitality of the Daoist Cultivator civilization is truly tenacious,” Li Fan couldn’t help but sigh to himself.

“Even after experiencing so many calamities, even when almost completely wiped out, they can re-root and sprout from the ruins.”

And then he thought that his future opponents might be old monsters who had survived these various calamities.

Li Fan couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle.

However, he was not afraid.

“I can fail countless times.”

“But no matter what your Cultivation is, if you fail once, you lose completely.”

“Why should I be afraid?”

“Those who obstruct my Eternal life, I shall surely kill them.”

Li Fan had already seen that this new order of the Xuanhuang World bore some resemblance to the “Set Fish.”

To survive, merely becoming the new Fish King was not enough.

He also had to escape the collective hunt of those ancient Fish Kings, who were eyeing him covetously, to truly be qualified to control his own destiny.

His emotions slowly calmed down.

The world simulated by Huan Zhen had not yet ended.

Li Fan guessed that Tian Yang’s “plot” had not yet concluded.

Anyway, in this world similar to the Fallen Immortal Realm, the flow of time was inconsistent with the real world.

Li Fan was not in a hurry to leave.

He simply stayed in this Body Transformation Dao Immortal Cave, using Tian Yang’s body to Cultivate 【Body Transformation Other Freedom】.

Cultivating the Old Law was a novel experience for Li Fan.

It wasn’t as direct and crude as the New Law.

It focused more on understanding the Cultivation Technique itself, and on perceiving and contemplating the Dao.

Compared to the mechanically repetitive hard Cultivation during the New Law Cultivation process.

The Cultivation of the Old Law gave Li Fan a feeling of greater autonomy and enjoyment.

Of course, this was also because Li Fan’s body at this time was a body that Immortal Master Tian Yang could Cultivate.

If it were a Mortal without Cultivation Aptitude, it would certainly not be so enjoyable.

Without the need for heaven and earth treasures, after reaching Qi Refining Perfection.

As a matter of course, Li Fan used Tian Yang’s body to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After that, he progressed rapidly, through Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, Late Stage Foundation Establishment…

Until he stopped at Foundation Establishment Perfection.