Finally entering the Yuanying realm

I do not know if it was a coincidence.

Or perhaps when the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable created the New Law, he truly referenced and imitated the scene of the world's inception.

In short, in order to solve the problem where Cultivators lacked a Spiritual Root and were unable to cultivate, the creation driven by human negative emotions to forcibly draw upon the energy of heaven and earth was also called the "Root of Heaven and Earth".

Although they shared the same name, the two were obviously worlds apart.

If the [Root of Heaven and Earth] representing the beginning of creation was sacred and solemn,

then the "Root of Heaven and Earth" that plundered the heavens and earth and allowed everyone to cultivate appeared somewhat evil.

Perhaps some clues could be seen from the external form "it" displayed.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of writhing tentacles—those were all the roots of the Root of Heaven and Earth.

At this moment, as if they had given birth to self-awareness, they continuously extended, approaching the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven.

Automatically searching for the most suitable place to take root and carry out the invasion.

The newborn Five Elements Grotto-Heaven seemed to forefeel its own crisis.

The Grotto-Heaven trembled, and various colored radiances blossomed, wanting to repel these invading "foreign objects" outward.

But…

It was useless.

The protective effect produced by the light of the Grotto-Heaven was completely negligible to them.

Only a negligible, tiny portion was lost.

The remaining black roots entered as if passing through an uninhabited Realm, driving straight in.

Like fine needles, they silently plunged into the Grotto-Heaven one after another.

The Grotto-Heaven roared.

Unexplained sounds emanated from within, resembling painful weeping.

Yet this could not stop the endless roots from entangling and wrapping around them tighter and tighter.

The light dissipated, and darkness descended.

Meanwhile, Li Fan, the perpetrator who had watched the scene of the Grotto-Heaven being swallowed all along, could not help but feel a trace of chill rising in his heart.

"The Heavenly Venerable's New Law is truly bizarre."

"At a glance, it does not look like the Righteous Path."

He muttered inwardly.

However, after all, Li Fan was not someone overly sentimental.

No matter how evil it looked, the New Law was currently his only path for cultivation.

Throwing the distracting thoughts in his mind to the back of his head, Li Fan gazed at the Grotto-Heaven surrounded by the writhing blackness.

The endless roots were like his own tentacles, truthfully transmitting the current state of the Grotto-Heaven into Li Fan's mind.

Its power was devoured, and the struggling strength grew weaker and weaker.

And from those thousands of tentacles, an extremely strange energy was transmitted.

That was life energy several times more refined than the human body's hidden treasures that Li Fan sensed when practicing the Creation Furnace Art.

Vigor and vitality were extracted from the Grotto-Heaven and continuously injected into Li Fan's body.

Li Fan only absorbed a negligible trace of it, yet a feeling welled up in his heart.

Relying on this incomparably pure vitality, even if he were sliced into a thousand pieces and minced into meat paste,

as long as some remaining tissue existed, he could still use it to recreate a brand-new physical body.

"Regeneration from a drop of blood, immortal and indestructible…"

Originally, this Divine Ability from ancient legends that only powerful Cultivators could master was now approximately realized through this clever shortcut method.

"Dharma Transmission…"

Li Fan could not help but sigh with emotion once again in his heart.

Next, seeing that the time was ripe, he finally made a move and welcomed the final step of forming his Nascent Soul.

His body, which originally had only half remaining, completely dissolved.

Transforming into gurgling black thick juice, it invaded the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven along the thousands of roots.

In Li Fan's perception, he seemed to divide into ten thousand, and ten thousand transformed into hundreds of millions.

He was segmented into countless existences, yet it still seemed like a single entity.

With a unified goal—which was to seize the magpie's nest and completely make the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven his own.

This was a very wonderful experience.

The "Grotto-Heaven", which was originally several levels higher than the human body, now seemed to exist as an equal life form.

The originally illusory "heaven and earth" now seemed to have transformed into an attackable entity.

As Li Fan continuously invaded,

the Grotto-Heaven's struggles grew weaker and weaker, until they were eventually imperceptible.

——

Tianling Province.

Outside the Five Elements the void.

"Hmm? Was there some movement just now?" A Golden Core Cultivator on duty suddenly raised his head, looking at the pitch-black large hole above his head, and suddenly asked.

"Old Sun, I think you're hallucinating again." Beside him, a lazy-looking Cultivator sneered indifferently.

"I advised you long ago to ask the higher-ups for a leave and get a good rest. Having fought for so long and seen so many dead people, it's a miracle you haven't gone crazy. Yet you actually volunteered to take on the guard duty here…"

Old Sun ignored the other's teasing, only staring closely at the black the void, not knowing what he was thinking, his expression solemn.

Hesitating for a moment, he still flew to the edge of the void and carefully investigated.

"Crazy bastard, suspicious all day long, is your brain broken!" The Cultivator on the side cursed in a low voice with disdain.

Stretching lazily, he looked up at Old Sun, with the expression of watching a good show.

As expected, after patrolling for a long time, the other party failed to detect any anomalies.

In the end, he could only return to the ground crestfallen.

"How is it, I told you, it was all your hallucination." Seeing this, the Cultivator sneered repeatedly.

"This ghost place, not even a bird shits here! How could any enemies come? I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking, insisting on leaving a team of people here to guard."

"It's fine for them, they can go back to live in bliss. We can only suffer here! Bah…"

Seeing that Old Sun did not react, the Cultivator could only shift his target, chattering and complaining endlessly.

Old Sun seemed used to it and turned a deaf ear.

Yet he still occasionally raised his head to look at the sky, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Hmm? This Cultivator surnamed Sun has such a sharp spiritual sense; he almost discovered me."

"Quite interesting."

Above the sky, Li Fan, who was concealing his form, looked at Old Sun, a trace of surprise flashing in his heart.

The instant the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven descended into the the void of Tianling Province, he safely and without danger completed the devouring of the Grotto-Heaven.

Finally successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.

However, before he even had time to check his own changes, he was almost detected by Old Sun below who had insight into the abnormality.

Fortunately, Li Fan reacted quickly and concealed his form in time.

Although his cultivation base was now one major Realm higher than theirs, he could subdue them with a mere gesture.

But at this time, the great war was about to subside, and the Myriad Immortals Alliance was still in a very sensitive state.

If any unexpected changes occurred here, it would probably stir up another storm.

It is better to make a fortune quietly.

Li Fan shook his head, memorized Old Sun's appearance in his heart, and was about to leave.

But he suddenly heard voices coming from below again.

"Old Sun, have you heard, recently Zhang Debiao seems to have made a huge fortune."

"Isn't he in charge of cleaning up after the war."

"On the Tianling Province battlefield, all the benefits from those corpses all over the ground were taken by him alone!"