Chapter 284 One Step Away

Chapter 284: A Step Away

“Boom!”

Inside the ten-foot secret chamber, with a loud bang, Lin Fan exploded, including his Primordial Spirit, all turning into streams of light and being incinerated completely.

This time, he clearly failed; the Myriad Dao Flames lost control, like tens of thousands of immortal blades striking his Physical Body.

At this moment, Lin Fan had an indescribable feeling; dying meant everything became nothing, his consciousness was gone, and he fell into eternal darkness.

“Dong!”

After an unknown amount of time, only a bell sound echoed within the stone chamber, time flowed backward, and his spiritual consciousness and Physical Body reassembled, returning to their original state.

“I died once…” Lin Fan whispered, breathing heavily, still feeling a lingering fear.

Death was truly terrifying, filling one with awe and a desire to cherish life.

Following this, he did not immediately re-enter seclusion; instead, he gained a realization, as if he had experienced a Reincarnation and was now reborn.

Although he failed, it was not without gain; at least on this Dao, he had walked a long way.

Lin Fan pondered for a long time, constantly thinking, and then re-entered seclusion; in comparison, the passage of time outside was not too long.

However, inside the stone chamber, it was as if a thousand years had passed, as long as a Reincarnation.

At the same time, he became even more cautious; although he still had five Opportunities, who knew how far he was from success?

After all, his Dao was too terrifying, and he could not squander his Opportunities.

Therefore, Lin Fan did not want to waste every Opportunity; once injured, he immediately consumed sacred medicine for treatment, not allowing himself to die so easily.

When his injuries were most severe, and his body was on the verge of collapse, he used his life-saving divine art to save his life once again.

“Pfft!”

However, after many attempts, he was still killed by the Myriad Dao Flames, turning into ashes, his form and spirit utterly destroyed.

It was another process of death; the bell rang, time reversed, like a Reincarnation, ushering in new life.

Moreover, only by experiencing it firsthand would he know that he had already died, in the dark Void Realm, and was now resurrected.

This kind of tempering, if it were an ordinary person, would probably have destabilized their Dao Heart long ago, but for Lin Fan, this was the best experience, a whetstone.

Without experiencing death, how could one know the splendor of life?

Lin Fan pondered deeply, exhaled a long breath, understood the gains and losses, and proceeded with the third attempt.

In an instant, flames soared, engulfing the place, like a long river descending, with rolling heat waves and terrifyingly high temperatures.

With a bang, midway, a “ring” that was half green and half black exploded once again, and he died again.

Immediately after, the third time, the fourth time…

Until the fifth attempt, he had already died five times; this path was too difficult, with life and death as the heaven and earth, refining the Myriad Dao, it was extremely terrifying, almost a dead end.

Because his idea was very crazy, like recreating the Universe, re-enacting the cosmos, with all things operating within it.

And he would be the creator, transcending, with only himself eternally immortal, controlling the life and death of all spirits, looking down upon everything.

“This is the last time!”

Lin Fan’s heart sank; he closed his eyes, summarized the previous failures, and performed deductions and changes.

The next moment, Myriad Dao runes reappeared, descending from the Void Realm; each rune was like a Dao flower, and the moment they all bloomed, a raging fire burned fiercely.

Lin Fan, within it, felt his own insignificance, as if facing a vast Universe, so oppressive he could barely breathe.

Moreover, this time he was very thorough; the Myriad Dao all appeared, all guided to surge in a long river of life and death.

In just an instant, his body almost collapsed, with golden blood seeping out.

“No, it shouldn’t be like this; life and death are the starting point, and can also be the end point; the process is change; if I don’t experience it all myself, how can I transcend above…”

At this moment, Lin Fan changed; he himself merged into the long river, as if he had assimilated into the Dao, becoming a seed, and then taking root and sprouting, undergoing new life.

Slowly, he grew into a blade of grass, enduring wind and sun, its leaves turning yellow, heading towards death, and once again becoming a seed.

Until one day, this seed showed vitality, sprouting once again, but this time it was no longer grass, but a towering tree.

It used the Myriad Dao as nourishment, making its trunk grow strong, with lush branches and leaves, but it ultimately could not resist the passage of time; a tree also has a day to die.

Flames surged; although the tree turned into ashes, a single egg appeared in the ashes, using this to undergo Nirvana, once again moving from death to new life.

“Qiang…”

Soon after, the egg bathed in divine fire, breaking out of its shell; a clear bird cry sounded, and a True Phoenix spread its wings, resplendent and colorful.

Again and again, experiencing the journey from birth to death of different races, Lin Fan was sometimes an mayfly, sometimes a blade of grass, sometimes an Auspicious Beast, sometimes a stubborn rock…

Although he changed in myriad ways, they all had one commonality: in this process, the Myriad Dao became nourishment.

At this time, his injuries were instead repaired; his flesh glowed, absorbing the essence of the Dao Fire, strengthening himself.

“Still not right, it doesn’t match my original intention; I should jump out of this, not become a part of this long river!” Lin Fan muttered, his eyes suddenly opening wide.

“Boom!”

However, he failed; he was confined by the Myriad Dao in the long river, and once he forcefully tried to leap out, it immediately exploded.

There was no time to use the Supreme Bone, divine medicine, or other treatments; the Dao runes transformed into rules, constricting and obliterating his Primordial Spirit.

Thus, when he was about to take the crucial step and cultivate the second strand of Immortal Qi, he always fell short, unable to reach Perfection.

But Lin Fan had a feeling that it was not far, yet there was always a barrier, preventing him from breaking through.

“What a pity, six deaths, and still unable to cultivate the second strand of Immortal Qi!” He sighed softly; transcending was incredibly difficult.

However, he did not give up; his eyes were deep, and he clenched his fists; if he couldn’t even pass this hurdle, what was the point of fighting and becoming an Emperor?

Did he really want to be a lying dog?

This era, with a hundred flowers blooming, was the most prosperous era, but also the darkest; he did not want to miss it and wanted to experience it firsthand.

Living another life, such a life was interesting; if he wanted to do it, he did it!

Of course, he did not want to die in vain, nor would he seek death; life was still very precious.

Next, he needed to think deeply, truly penetrate all aspects of this path; what he wanted was success, not demise.

“Rest for a few days; success is success, failure is failure; the outcome will be decided in the final attempt!” Lin Fan said calmly, adjusting himself to a state of mental and physical emptiness.

Afterward, he walked out of the palace, deciding to change his seclusion location.

Upon arriving at the foot of Reincarnation Peak, Lin Fan’s face darkened; that dead dog was actually eyeing the Five Elements Immortal Metal Sword Embryo.

It was loitering there, with a group of female Cultivators serving it, occasionally feeding it spirit fruits, looking quite content.

Besides that, not far away, there was a large pit where a group of beings were digging for something, with bones piled up.

“Woof, haven’t you eaten? Hurry up!” the Little Dog barked, full of vigor and pride.

“Yes, Senior Black King!” At this cry, everyone trembled, their faces filled with bitterness, and their work sped up.

It was obvious from their expressions that these Cultivators were forced, otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to enter at all.

“This dead dog really knows how to have fun…” Lin Fan’s mouth twitched involuntarily at this sight.