The battle of the unity of the way begins

But Li Fan knew of a method that could completely freeze it.

After the Heavenly Spirit Flower became extinct, many methods that were originally strictly confidential also gradually spread.

Its name is [Collection Among Flowers], which is a method of completely sealing the Heavenly Spirit Flower within a painting through the act of painting.

The original [Collection Among Flowers] was not specially prepared for the Heavenly Spirit Flower.

Rather, it was created to paint the Bai Hua of the world.

The author of Collection Among Flowers was named Zhao Chong, who loved flowers to the extreme.

He vowed to see every single flower in the world.

Therefore, he intended to use brush and ink to record all the flowers in the world.

Unfortunately, his talent in the Dao of painting was mediocre.

The paintings he drew were as different as heaven and earth compared to the real things.

"It is a desecration of real flowers."

Racking his brains, he carved out a different path and thought of this "painting" method that directly sealed the actual objects.

Although it lost some of the charm of ink and brush, it was vivid and incomparably lifelike.

Only in his past life, the Collection Among Flowers written by Zhao Chong did not preserve the Heavenly Spirit Flower.

This was because he had long heard of the reputation of the Heavenly Spirit Flower, and he felt that the more beautiful something was, the more it should be saved for last.

That was why he kept delaying and never started painting.

It wasn't until after the battle in Tianling Province that the beautiful scenery of Tianling was no more.

Only then did he feel endless remorse, crying and complaining of his regret to anyone he met.

——

At this moment, Li Fan put the wooden box containing the Heavenly Spirit Flower into his bosom and continued to pretend to stroll around the shop.

Seeing the shopkeeper's unfriendly gaze, he then left disgruntledly.

Leaving the shop, Li Fan came to the Dao Discussion Tower in the city and rented a room.

In the Tianxuan Mirror, he respectively purchased three items: [Ice Drop Dew], [Xiang-capturing], and [Thousand-Color Silk].

Although none of them were precious items, they almost exhausted all the Contribution Points on Li Fan.

He took out the seventeen-petaled Heavenly Spirit Flower and placed it on the Thousand-Color Silk.

Then he soaked it with the Ice Drop Dew.

Seeing the chill gradually rising on the petals, he then pressed down the Xiang-capturing.

Following the method of making Collection Among Flowers described by Zhao Chong in his past life, Li Fan operated steadily.

On the Thousand-Color Silk, hundreds and thousands of multicolored lights bloomed.

The light passed through the Heavenly Spirit Flower and shone onto the Xiang-capturing.

Like threading a needle, it combined the frozen Heavenly Spirit Flower with the Thousand-Color Silk and Xiang-capturing.

The light gradually dimmed, and soon, a transparent "paper" as thin as a cicada's wing appeared in Li Fan's hand.

Although it felt like a flat surface to the touch, what was seen by the eyes was exactly the same as a truly blooming flower.

The scenery on the seventeen petals was clearly visible.

One could even see the entire flower trembling slightly.

"That will do."

Li Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

"The last thing to do is to mount a layer of Divine Sense protection on the very outside to prevent malicious destruction by others."

"There's no rush either."

Looking at the "painting" in his hand, Li Fan knew that it would soon become a unique existence in the entire Xuanhuang World.

By then, its value would also be immeasurable.

Wealth was secondary; the most important thing was that one-of-a-kind gimmick.

It was enough to be used to accomplish some things that could not be done with Contribution Points alone.

Li Fan smiled slightly, admired it with satisfaction for a moment, and finally solemnly put it away.

Leaving the Dao Discussion Tower, he wandered around Tianling City for another three days.

On this day, bursts of exclamations suddenly came from within Tianling City.

"Look at the sky!"

Hearing this, Li Fan raised his head and finally saw the scene he had been eagerly anticipating.

The rolling Black Marsh, like dark clouds, covered the sky and blocked the sun.

It looked overwhelmingly powerful, but in reality, the inside had long since dried up and lost all vitality.

At the same time, a passage surfaced in Li Fan's mind.

"The Dao Integration Cultivator Long Jiuyuan has cultivated the Dao for two hundred and eighty-six years. He achieved his Dao foundation with [Red Dragon Molting], and achieved his Golden Core with the four methods of Latent Potential, Soaring Dragon, Breaking Law, and Life-and-Death Battle."

"He swallowed [Hundred Abysses grotto-heaven] to form his Nascent Soul, and extracted [Heavenly Spirit Future Thousand Waters] to transform his spirit."

"He sacrificed the [Soul of Black Marsh] to integrate his body with the Dao."

"In the land of Tianling Province, he was severely injured by the Cultivator Xu Huating."

"His body died and his Dao dissipated, returning the Dao to the heavens!"

…

"It really is him." A sharp light flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

A Dao Integration Cultivator had fallen, and a great battle was already inevitable.

Soon, the Myriad Immortals Alliance would issue a war preparation announcement.

By then, the borders of various provinces would also be sealed.

Before that, he wanted to stay away from this place of right and wrong and return to the relatively peaceful Congyun Sea amidst the war in Tianling Province.

While other Cultivators were dumbfounded, Li Fan had already quietly stepped into the teleportation array.

By the time Li Fan's figure completely disappeared, voices rose and fell one after another in Tianling City.

"Long Jiuyuan? When did he achieve Dao Integration?"

"No! How did he die?!"

"Who on earth is Xu Huating? To actually be able to kill a Dao Integration Cultivator?"

"The Long family's most promising junior has actually fallen just like that; now there's going to be a good show to watch."

…

The people of Tianling Province, who had recovered from their shock, successively let out incredulous exclamations.

A huge storm was sweeping toward the entire Myriad Immortals Alliance with Tianling Province as the center.

Not long after.

Congyun Sea.

He Zhenghao, who had been closely watching the prices of the materials he previously acquired and trembling with cold sweat over slight price fluctuations,

suddenly heard the crisp and mechanical voice of the Tianxuan Mirror.

"Starting from this moment, the Myriad Immortals Alliance enters a Grade-B state of war preparation."

"In all provinces, the protective grand arrays are all activated."

"All Cultivators are not allowed to move across provinces."

"All members within the alliance system must return to the provincial city as soon as possible and await instructions."

"Once external Cultivators are discovered, execute them on the spot, regardless of life or death."

…

It repeated three times in a row before stopping.

He Zhenghao was stunned at first, then his eyes widened, and he was so startled that he stood right up.

The Myriad Immortals Alliance was going to war with the Five Elders Association?

Fear welled up in his heart, and He Zhenghao was about to contact Gao Yuan to discuss countermeasures.

But suddenly thinking of something, his expression changed drastically, and he quickly lowered his head, looking at the prices of the various materials on the Tianxuan Small Mirror.

The reaction of speculative merchants was always shockingly acute.

When the vast majority of Cultivators in the Myriad Immortals Alliance were still in shock over the impending outbreak of war,

Heavenly Healing Pills, standard Tiangang Armor, Divine Martial Thunder, Hundred Battles Array Diagram…

The prices of these materials that Li Fan had previously ordered He Zhenghao to hoard had already begun to rise significantly.

Not just these on the list.

In the Tianxuan Mirror, the prices of everything related to self-preservation and magical combat saw a generalized increase.

Because they were clear that with the current reserve of these materials, it could definitely not withstand the scramble of Cultivators.

A great battle was approaching; who could guarantee that they wouldn't go to the battlefield?

Having a little more protection and preparation meant an extra fraction of a chance of survival.

Compared to life, what did those few Contribution Points amount to?

Even if the price doubled, Cultivators would obediently foot the bill.

…

In a flash of lightning, He Zhenghao also figured it out.

"My Lord's ability is truly unfathomable to ghosts and gods!"

Looking at the wildly skyrocketing materials, He Zhenghao was both overjoyed and terrified.

What he rejoiced over was naturally that the materials worth one hundred million Contribution Points he had hoarded in his hands had already risen by one-third in such a short time.

What he feared was whether hoarding and speculating like this would subject him to punishment from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.