Planning for the aftermath calmly

“An eye reflects ten thousand years, forming a world after falling?!”

“How is this possible?!”

Liu San was shocked by the incredible truth Li Fan described.

“How could there be a True Immortal in the Xuanhuang World? Why have we never heard of it?”

Even as a Dao Integration Realm expert, upon hearing about the Fallen Immortal Realm, Liu San’s reaction was no better than Li Fan’s.

Li Fan smiled and said, “Old Liu, there’s no need to doubt. This matter is absolutely true; I have personally experienced it.”

“What my two eyes saw was just as it was back then. It truly lives up to a True Immortal’s work.” He shook his head, full of emotion.

With Li Fan saying this, Liu San was completely convinced, and his heart was even more shaken.

Suddenly, as if he thought of something, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes: “Young Lord, you just said that the Fallen Immortal Realm is a true projection of the ancient Xuanhuang World. Does that mean that the Medicine King Sect still exists within the Fallen Immortal Realm?”

“The Old Sect Master, and even you and I, and all the other Cultivators of the Medicine King Sect…”

“Is it possible for us to encounter them when we explore?” Liu San’s voice trembled slightly as he slowly asked.

Li Fan pondered for a moment, then nodded, giving an affirmative reply.

In the history of the Xuanhuang World, there indeed have been instances where ancient slumbering Cultivators encountered another version of themselves after entering the Fallen Immortal Realm.

However, there were no strange phenomena like “the two cannot meet” or “mutual sensing.” Ultimately, when ancient Cultivators arrived in the present, everything in the past was already over. What was in the Fallen Immortal Realm was merely a projection of their past self at a certain instant. Aside from feeling melancholic and sighing with emotion, seeing another version of themselves was no different from encountering other beings.

Similarly, the “natives” within the Fallen Immortal Realm would not mistake Cultivators entering from the outside world as their past projections. Even if their appearance and Aura were completely identical to their past selves, it wouldn’t work. They would only assume it was a disguise created by some Divine Ability.

However, Li Fan once saw such a discussion in the tianxuan mirror’s [Seeking Immortals] section. It said that if a certain Cultivator survived from ancient times until now and cultivated to an unimaginably profound Realm, they might be able to achieve “reflecting all ages, Eternal and free.”

The so-called [Eternal and free] means that once a Cultivator transcends the river of time, they can exist in the past, present, and future simultaneously. At every point in time, they are the one who has transcended. Thus, a projection in the Fallen Immortal Realm might be considered the same person as the main body.

Although it was merely a fantasy, it represented the ultimate pursuit of Cultivators on the Dao, thus it was quite popular and widely discussed.

Another Cultivator proposed that if such a person truly existed, they would have long since reversed cause and effect, forming a temporal loop. How could they be drawn into the Fallen Immortal Realm by a mere True Immortal’s gaze? Therefore, the conjecture that the projection in the Fallen Immortal Realm might be the main body in the real world is ultimately a paradox.

…

Li Fan generally explained it to Liu San. Although Liu San nodded in understanding on the surface, he was still eager to personally enter the Fallen Immortal Realm and try it out.

Seeing this, Li Fan didn’t mind, just shook his head and chuckled softly, then carefully informed him of the ritual steps.

“Fortune begets, Profound Yellow Celestial Venerable!” Without any hesitation, Liu San activated the ritual in front of Li Fan and entered the Fallen Immortal Realm.

Li Fan, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky.

Perhaps because he had advanced to the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra, Li Fan’s perception was even keener than before.

The moment Liu San’s wisp of Divine Sense disappeared, Li Fan clearly sensed a faint shadow streak across the sky in the real world.

“It’s not an illusion. Is it the Fallen Immortal Realm…?”

The shadow only appeared for a fleeting moment before disappearing from his perception, but Li Fan’s gaze remained fixed for a long time.

Having spent a long time browsing the [Seeking Immortals] section, Li Fan knew that many Cultivators in the world had tried to find traces of the Fallen Immortal Realm in the real world. But it was said that all had failed without exception.

They only knew of its existence and the method to enter it.

But they simply couldn’t observe it.

However, Li Fan, with only a Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, had now broken this rule.

“My previous experiences in the Fallen Immortal Realm were unusual, constantly repeating a certain scene. I just never knew why. Now it seems it might be related to the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra.”

“True Immortal Legacy, True Immortal remnant thoughts. Perhaps there truly is some connection between the two.”

“It’s been a long time since I entered the Fallen Immortal Realm. I hope that with the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra’s blessing this time, it can bring me some surprises.”

Li Fan mused to himself.

Next, he didn’t rush to act. While waiting for Liu San to awaken, he strolled around Chang Sheng Valley.

The valley was divided into separate areas by Formations, used for planting different spiritual plants and herbs. It truly lived up to its name as a Secret Realm sealed for a thousand years; even with the Formation isolation, Li Fan could still feel the vibrant vitality emanating from the crops in the spiritual fields.

From time to time, Cultivators of the Medicine King Sect shuttled through, selecting and harvesting suitable Materials for refining Medicinal Pills using secret methods.

In the distant open space, several almost-completed building prototypes could vaguely be seen.

Those were the new Sect buildings of the Medicine King Sect being constructed by the Disciples under Fang Zaiji’s command.

“It certainly has some Aura.” Li Fan nodded in praise.

With the Congyun Sea incident concluded, it was time to consider future plans.

There were two main goals.

First, find a way to obtain the parts of the Sitting Mountain Skill beyond the Nascent Soul Realm.

Because the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had not yet laid out the “Illusory Celestial Venerable Scheme” to draw out hidden spies in this era, there was no incident of the Five Old Men Association risking sending Dao Integration Realm experts to probe, leading to a major battle, Hongxi Immortal Lord being ambushed, and his Lifespan nearing its end.

Therefore, obtaining the law request jade token to see the derivation law jade required finding another method.

However, Li Fan was already prepared for this, so it wasn’t a big problem.

Second, accumulate experience and insights for advancing to the Soul Transformation Realm. The entire Nascent Soul Realm is a process of cultivating and perfecting one’s own Cave Heaven Dao Realm. And Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation are the key dividing lines that separate a Cultivator’s actual combat power.

Take Hongxi Immortal Lord, who just fell in the Congyun Catastrophe, as an example.

He achieved his Dao foundation with the [Five Elements Mountain] and formed his Golden Core with the Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

His talent was undeniably strong, and his beginning was undeniably smooth.

However, in the two stages of “extracting the essence of heaven and earth to form a Nascent Soul; drawing the marrow of heaven and earth to obtain its spirit,” the excellent situation rapidly deteriorated.

Things like [Hundred Ridges Cave Heaven] and [Taihua Will Give Birth to a Thousand Mountains] clearly sounded more than a notch weaker.

This also made Hongxi Immortal Lord’s actual combat power rather unremarkable. He was confined to the remote Congyun Sea his entire life, and it would be extremely difficult for him to advance further.

Conversely, if Hongxi Immortal Lord had been able to form a Nascent Soul with the [Five Elements Great Cave Heaven] like Li Fan, what would his future have been like?

I woke up at 8 AM to write, I’m truly diligent!

There will be two more normal chapters tonight!