Chapter 68: Illusion Spirit Mimicry: Azure Flame

As the temperature around Li Fan rose, the figure of the Crimson Flame in his Sea of Consciousness became clear once again.

However… even though Li Fan pushed the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra to its limit, ignoring the faint smell of burning coming from his body.

At the very last moment before the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit was about to take form, Li Fan inexplicably withdrew from the visualization state.

"Could it be because it's too scorching, exceeding the body's tolerance limit?"

Li Fan pondered, searching the Tianxuan Mirror for medicine that could resist heat.

He spent 10 Contribution Points to buy an Ice Heart Pill.

After taking it, Li Fan began to try again.

This time, as soon as the heat from visualizing the Crimson Flame appeared, a cool breath simultaneously welled up from his Dantian.

This breath circulated throughout his entire body, suppressing the heat.

No longer needing to distract himself by suppressing the body's discomfort, Li Fan focused all his mental energy on condensing the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit.

But… it was useless!

The Illusion Spirit still shattered at the final moment before it was about to take form.

It felt as if some existence in the dark was deliberately obstructing it; the Illusion Spirit simply could not take form.

After trying more than a dozen times, the effects of the Ice Heart Pill began to fade.

Li Fan stopped.

"The heaven and earth spirit is truly extraordinary; even using it as a prototype to condense an Illusion Spirit is impossible…"

"There must be some rule restriction within this that I am not aware of."

Li Fan thought for a moment and searched the Tianxuan Mirror for information related to the heaven and earth spirit.

As he expected, the Tianxuan Mirror prompted that his authority was insufficient and he could not view it.

For a time, Li Fan's idea of condensing the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit fell into a predicament.

However, he did not intend to give up just like that.

The greater the restriction, the greater the harvest would be once he succeeded.

The power of the heaven and earth spirit was still fresh in his mind; even if he could obtain one ten-thousandth of it, it would absolutely be extraordinary.

However, he still needed to carefully consider exactly how to proceed.

Thus, Li Fan maintained the auxiliary cultivation mode and, in the state of Enlightenment, quietly closed his eyes to think.

One day, two days, three days…

Time passed day by day, and his Contribution Points were burning away bit by bit.

Finally, after seven days, Li Fan opened his eyes.

The heaven and earth spirit is the embodiment of a certain Law of heaven and earth.

If the flame of the Crimson Flame represents the Law related to flames, then what special meaning does the 'crimson' of the Crimson Flame have?

Besides the Crimson Flame, are there any other flames?

Li Fan immediately began to try.

He continued to visualize the heaven and earth spirit; the figure's aura was exactly the same as the Crimson Flame in his memory.

However, the color of the figure changed from crimson to green.

This time, the Illusion Spirit successfully took form. But it was extremely weak, seemingly just an empty shell, completely lacking the power to harm enemies.

He dispersed the newly born Illusion Spirit in his Sea of Consciousness.

Li Fan tried again.

This time, it changed from green to black.

Like the Crimson Flame, the Black Flame Illusion Spirit could not take form. But the difference was that when visualizing the Black Flame, there was no scorching sensation like that of the Crimson Flame.

He changed to another color to try again.

…

Li Fan tried every color he could think of.

He discovered that there were four situations in total.

The first type was like the Crimson Flame: it could not take form, and he would feel a scorching sensation during the visualization process.

The second type was like the Green Flame: although it could take form, it was like an empty shell and did not possess any power.

The third type was like the Black Flame: it could not take form, and no strange phenomena occurred during the visualization process.

And the fourth type was the most special one.

In Li Fan's Sea of Consciousness, a phantom almost exactly the same as the Crimson Flame slowly condensed.

It was just that its color was blue.

And as the Azure Flame Illusion Spirit slowly appeared, the temperature around Li Fan's body began to drop significantly.

Layers of frost began to spread outward from the ground where Li Fan was located.

His hair and eyebrows were covered in white frost, and his body gradually became stiff like an ice block.

Even the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, which had been running silently, became sluggish under its influence, as if it might stop at any moment.

Li Fan's heartbeat became slower and slower, and his aura rapidly declined.

But Li Fan's consciousness fell into a wondrous state.

It was as if his Soul had emerged, watching the various changes in his own body like an outsider.

There were no emotional fluctuations.

Li Fan had a premonition that in this state, even if his body were destroyed and he were to die in the next second, he would not feel any fear.

This was a state of absolute calmness and rationality.

It was precisely in this state that Li Fan silently watched his body being completely frozen.

It was as if he had fallen into absolute zero, plunging into complete dead silence.

At the same time, in Li Fan's Sea of Consciousness, the Azure Flame Illusion Spirit completely took form.

The temperature did not rise, but vitality quickly appeared on Li Fan's body.

It was as if that absolute extreme cold could no longer affect Li Fan.

Li Fan moved his Divine Sense, and the Azure Flame in his Sea of Consciousness flickered slightly; the extreme cold on his body quickly disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, Li Fan returned to his original appearance, and he also withdrew from that state of absolute rationality.

That extreme cold seemed like an illusion, leaving no trace behind.

"Is this the power of the Azure Flame?"

In his Sea of Consciousness, the young Azure Flame Illusion Spirit fell into a deep sleep.

But Li Fan knew that he could wake it up at any time to reproduce the state he had just experienced.

"The four situations encountered when visualizing flame phantoms of different colors should correspond to the status of the heaven and earth spirit."

After some thought, Li Fan made his own conjecture.

The heaven and earth spirit is the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao Laws; at the same time, Cultivators here can also refine the heaven and earth spirit to achieve the Dao Integration Realm.

Then, in the previous visualization process, those that could take form but did not possess any power should represent that there is no such type of heaven and earth spirit.

And those that could not take form, like the Crimson Flame, should be those that still belong to the system of heaven and earth Laws; although he could invoke their power, he could not possess them. Those like the Black Flame should have already been refined by a Dao Integration Cultivator and are no longer within the Laws of this heaven and earth.

Then, what does this Azure Flame represent?

"The Law of being about to be born but not yet born?"

"In other words, in the near future, somewhere in this Cultivation World, the true heaven and earth spirit: Azure Flame, will descend?" Li Fan fell into deep thought for a moment.

After a long while, Li Fan let out a long sigh and hid his various speculations about the heaven and earth spirit deep in his mind.

Regardless, although he did not condense the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit, he had mistakenly visualized the Azure Flame Illusion Spirit.

The two had diametrically opposite attributes, but the power of the Azure Flame seemed to be no less than that of the Crimson Flame.

In addition to his joy, Li Fan struck while the iron was hot and began to Cultivate the Netherworld Illusion Art again.

He attempted to nurture and strengthen the Azure Flame Illusion Spirit so that it could use Divine Sense to attack others.

Time passed slowly during his cultivation.

Not long after, Li Fan suddenly withdrew from the auxiliary cultivation mode.

It turned out that due to the consumption from long-term cultivation, his Contribution Points had become only a little over one hundred again.

Thanks to book friends Gu Bu Ren, 33021211245267, and Mi Lizi Shuang for their tips.