Planning before the burning sea

When Li Fan faced Senior Sister Zhao in an instant during the collapse of the illusion while he was traveling in the Five Old Men Association, he felt a chill that was like facing the vast Heaven and Earth.

Although Heavenly Doctor was strong, he did not give Li Fan this feeling.

Even the giant hands that instantly suppressed Fisherman and the Master only made Li Fan feel that his combat power was strong, but there was no essential change.

This was an instinctive feeling in a Cultivator's heart, profound and ineffable.

But Li Fan vaguely felt that it should be true.

“Regardless of whether Heavenly Doctor is still in the Chang Sheng Realm, he has demonstrated actual combat power that makes Chang Sheng Realm Cultivators wary.”

“In front of such a Cultivator, no matter how many cannon fodders there are, it is meaningless.”

“The Five Celestial Venerables will certainly not act personally, so the war was called off.”

Li Fan was lost in thought.

He wondered how the appearance of Heavenly Doctor would affect the historical trajectory of the Xuanhuang World.

Suddenly, a Formless Killing Intent that had been monitoring for a long time without any results, unexpectedly transmitted a response.

“Hmm?”

Li Fan's heart stirred, and his attention instantly spanned tens of thousands of miles, landing on Yin Shangren of Yinyin Island in Congyun Sea.

After studying the immortal-mortal miasma for a long time, he seemed to have finally discovered something.

At this moment, he stumbled to the ground, bewildered and helpless.

“No, no, no, I must have made a mistake.”

“This is simply impossible!”

Yin Shangren's face was filled with unconcealed terror.

As if he had discovered a fact that he simply could not accept, he desperately tore at his hair, urgently wanting to calm himself down.

“No, no, no!”

However, he was completely unable to control himself.

It seemed that what he had discovered had greatly impacted his worldview, making him almost go mad.

He kept banging his head against the ground, not caring even as blood flowed freely.

After an unknown amount of time, his face was covered in a bloody mess, making his expression completely indistinguishable.

“I must have made a mistake, how could there be such a person in the world?”

“And how could he be such a person!”

“Again!”

As if he had found hope to prove himself, Yin Shangren quickly scrambled to his feet, not bothering to wipe the blood from his face.

He once again released several Mortal experimenters, extracted the immortal-mortal miasma from their bodies, and began to study it.

…

“This Yin Shangren is acting crazy, I wonder what he has discovered.”

Li Fan frowned slightly.

“Another riddle-teller.”

“Why not just Soul Search him and get to the bottom of it!”

A murderous glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

However, this thought was quickly suppressed by him.

Although this Yin Shangren appeared to only have Foundation Establishment cultivation on the surface.

But there were various oddities about him.

He could not completely rule out the suspicion that he was pretending to be weak to catch a tiger. If he forcibly Soul Searched him, he might instead be counter-controlled by him.

“Bear with it!”

The Xuanhuang World was full of hidden dangers, with too many hidden big shots.

Li Fan, who had recently suffered a double blow from Ruo Wood and Heavenly Doctor, twitched his face and couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm the restlessness in his heart.

“Continue monitoring, hoping to glimpse the truth before he self-immolates.”

For the next period, Li Fan first re-refined his Clone.

For this, he even specially returned to the Congyun Seabed to re-excavate the coffin where Zhou Qingang was buried.

Looking at Zhou Qingang, who was still immersed in a dream, sleeping soundly with a smile on his face, Li Fan snorted coldly.

“Perhaps not knowing anything is a kind of happiness.”

This time, he extracted a few more portions of essence blood, and then replenished some Spirit Stones in the stone coffin to maintain his vitality.

Only then did he rebury him.

He skillfully refined the Clone again.

It was just that everything the Clone had carried before had turned to dust.

Upon returning to Congyun City, there would inevitably be some trouble.

But overall, these were minor issues and did not affect the overall situation.

While the Clone rushed back to Congyun City, Li Fan's true body stood above the sea, gazing up at the sky.

The heaven and earth qiankun dice suddenly appeared in his hand, with light and shadow shifting on it.

Not long after, Li Fan understood.

“As predicted before, it seems the date of Crimson Flame Burning Sea will be significantly advanced.”

“…”

“Of the 'Heaven' generation, huh.”

Li Fan pondered for a long time, but ultimately shook his head secretly.

“It's good that it comes sooner, burning away all traces.”

“As for whether to release Mo Sha again…”

Li Fan recalled his previous plans for Tian Yang Immortal Master.

“I'll ask him then.”

“Whether it's a lifetime of Soul Transformation, or a chance to strive for Dao Integration, let him choose for himself.”

“However, given his 'Tian Yang's life, not inferior to anyone' character, I estimate he will most likely choose the latter.”

A moment later, Li Fan's thoughts suddenly paused.

“Before, I always thought that after refining the Crimson Flame and successfully integrating with the Dao, facing Mo Sha would be a certain death situation.”

“But Tian Yang is a bit special. He has already died once.”

“The current him, rather than a living being, is more like a Puppet attached with a trace of Tian Yang's obsession.”

“He might not have no chance of escaping with his life.”

“Mo Sha's several world-destroying events were all confined within the scope of Congyun Sea. If he were to flee far away…”

Li Fan was quite tempted to have a Dao Integration level combatant as a helper.

Originally, in Li Fan's perception, Mo Sha was almost an invincible existence.

However, after seeing Heavenly Doctor's true strength, this view quietly changed.

The Celestial Killing Broken Sword could still fight Mo Sha for a long time during his world-destroying event.

This indicated that Mo Sha was not unbeatable.

“I can give it a try.”

“There's nothing to lose if it fails.”

So Li Fan made up his mind.

Calculating with his fingers, it was already Anchoring Year 15.

Crimson Flame was about to descend very soon, so preparations had to be made early.

“Anchoring Year 15…”

Li Fan's heart suddenly stirred, and after a moment of contemplation, he took out a communication Spirit Talisman from his storage ring and contacted Jiao Xiuyuan.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Xiuyuan rejected the call.

After a moment, Li Fan initiated contact again.

Jiao Xiuyuan rejected it again.

Li Fan was not annoyed, persisting relentlessly.

Thus, after six attempts, Jiao Xiuyuan finally connected the communication.

“Hmph, Fellow Daoist Jiao has recently prospered? Now you're turning your back on old friends?” Li Fan snorted coldly.

“Not at all, not at all, I was really busy with something important just now, I couldn't get away!” Jiao Xiuyuan said aggrievedly.

“Fellow Daoist Jiao, the excuse you're making is a bit clumsy. Who doesn't know that you have tens of thousands of Incarnations? If one Clone is busy, does that mean all tens of thousands of Clones are busy?” Li Fan said, full of disbelief.

“Heh, Fellow Daoist is indeed unfathomable! You even knew I was about to Breakthrough recently?” Jiao Xiuyuan asked with some surprise at this moment.

Li Fan fell silent instantly.

“Hehe, but this promotion is proving to be even more difficult than expected. Without other Opportunities, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a long time.” Jiao Xiuyuan said with regret at this moment.

“Oh? How so?” Li Fan asked casually.