The best era

Having spoken, Bingyin looked at Li Fan's expression and said as if he were used to it, "What? You don't believe me?"

Li Fan did not answer.

Bingyin pointed toward the ball of light in front of them; the shifting scenery blurred away, revealing a portion of the azure crystal within.

Amidst the flashing light and shadows, a blue beam of light shone in front of Li Fan.

"You can try projecting a strand of your Divine Sense into it; you'll know once you try."

Bingyin said with full confidence.

Li Fan pondered for a moment, his eyes flickering, before separating a sliver of his Divine Sense.

The moment it touched the blue light,

the beam retracted.

Dizziness washed over him, and Li Fan closed his eyes.

The next moment,

his Divine Sense suddenly returned.

Li Fan snapped his eyes open, looking somewhat stunned.

Sensing the memories brought back by his Divine Sense, Li Fan couldn't help but be a bit speechless.

He had been born into the [Great Plague Era] as an ordinary Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivator.

Simply because he went to a market to buy Materials for Alchemy, he was accidentally infected with the immortal-mortal miasma.

At first, his body was weak, and he felt dizzy.

He thought something had gone wrong with his Cultivation Technique, so after swallowing a Medicinal Pill, he forced himself into secluded cultivation.

Who would have thought that after one night, when he woke up from seclusion,

his cultivation was completely gone. From a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, he had transformed into a Mortal without a shred of magical power.

Unable to accept this downfall, coupled with his increasingly frail body,

under the double blow, he breathed his last.

Survival time: Seven days.

"The initial immortal-mortal miasma's power was a bit terrifying."

Li Fan frowned slightly as he recalled his brief life just now.

Then he looked at the narrator, Bingyin.

"I want to try again."

Bingyin smiled, not at all surprised.

He pinched a hand seal and summoned the blue beam of light once more.

This time, Li Fan was born into the [Wasteland Era].

The original host was a Soul Transformation Cultivator who had survived the brutal slaughter of the Great Darkness Era.

His hands were covered in blood, and he never trusted anyone.

He was a lone wolf in the wasteland, a solitary ascetic Cultivator.

After Li Fan took over, during a solitary exploration of some ruins, he went through immense hardships and finally obtained a Dao Comprehension Cultivation Technique.

Thus, he began secretly searching for information on heaven and earth spirits, attempting to Breakthrough to the Dao Comprehension Realm.

Unfortunately, despite his extreme caution, word somehow leaked out.

He was besieged by several Cultivators in the wilderness and died with deep resentment.

Survival time: Three months.

Li Fan came to his senses and carefully pondered these two encounters.

Then, he said to Bingyin, "Can I choose to start from scratch with a blank identity?"

Bingyin seemed to understand what Li Fan was thinking and gave a mocking smile.

With a light finger, the blue beam shot toward Li Fan again.

This birth was in the peak Era of cultivation before the Great Catastrophe had arrived.

Sects were as numerous as trees in a forest; Nascent Souls were everywhere, and Soul Transformations were as common as dogs.

Li Fan was born in a small mountain village within the territory of the Crimson Flame Sect. Through the quinquennial "Ascension Assembly," he became an Outer Sect Disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect.

After two years of diligent hard work, he finally successfully entered the Qi Refinement Stage.

Just as he was about to be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple and truly embark on the path of cultivation,

unexpectedly, a great war broke out between the Crimson Flame Sect and the Nine Yang Mansion over a Spiritual Vein.

Although he was extremely unwilling, he had no choice.

Li Fan was sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

He lasted less than two days before unfortunately dying in battle.

Survival time: Fifteen and a half years.

…

"Could it be that you've deliberately increased the probability of unfortunate events?" Li Fan looked at Bingyin suspiciously.

Bingyin shook his head. "Everyone says the Immortal Path is good, but they don't know how many corpses of failures an ordinary Immortal Cultivator in ancient times had to step over."

"I see you still have doubts. Fine, I'll make you thoroughly convinced."

Bingyin's expression became a bit more serious.

He pinched a hand seal, exposing more of the blue crystal surrounded by the ball of light.

The crystal projected a diamond-shaped blue pattern that appeared before Li Fan.

"Please separate a larger portion of your Divine Sense and try again."

Bingyin reminded him.

Li Fan nodded.

As his Divine Sense touched it, in an instant, the world began to spin.

His consciousness was split into a hundred parts, each cast into different regions of the [Era] to experience different lives.

In the Great Plague Era, he barely survived the immortal-mortal miasma.

However, because he slaughtered Mortals on a whim to vent, it caused a relapse of the immortal-mortal miasma in his body.

His cultivation gone, he was stoned to death by the Mortals who came for revenge.

In the Great Darkness Era, he killed all the Cultivators who practiced the same technique, becoming the only surviving Gu King.

He originally planned to hide in a secret Immortal Cave in the deep mountains to wait out the Great Catastrophe.

But he was accidentally caught in a battle between two passing powerhouses and died just like that, in a daze.

In the Era when the New Dharma was first transmitted, as one of the first batch of Cultivators lucky enough to hear the Immortal Venerable, the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission preach,

originally a Loose Cultivator for whom cultivation was exceptionally difficult, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds after switching to the New Dharma.

He thought the Immortal Path would be smooth sailing from then on, but a group of people suddenly showed up at his door.

Calling him a "heretical demon," they killed him without a second word.

There was even an unknown Era

where a Heaven-Defying existence called the [Immortal Spirit Pagoda] existed.

Immortal Spirit Pagodas were spread across every corner of the world, ceaselessly releasing pure Spiritual Qi day and night.

During that period, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the world was even stronger than inside the tianxuan mirror after the Spirit Awakening.

What was even more enviable was that any Cultivation Technique could be searched for and viewed through the Immortal Spirit Pagoda as long as you wanted.

There were no restrictions.

If you encountered something you didn't understand in a technique, you could even ask the pagoda's immortal spirit for clarification,

or you could consult other Cultivators practicing the same technique.

It was truly a dream paradise for Immortal Cultivators.

But…

perhaps because they were born with it and were used to it,

the humans living in that period were not very enthusiastic about cultivation.

Because in that highly developed society, no matter how high your cultivation was, you had to follow the rules set by the supreme being.

And even if you were a Mortal who didn't Cultivate at all, your basic rights would be respected.

Living in an environment with such abundant Spiritual Qi, all kinds of heavenly treasures were eaten like common meals.

Their lifespans were extremely long, with no end in sight.

Any kind of desire would be satisfied.

Over time, an inexplicable emptiness began to occupy and erode their Souls.

After Li Fan was born, he enjoyed himself for five hundred years, did nothing for five hundred years, gradually became lost for five hundred years, and fell into despair for five hundred years.

Finally, after living for over two thousand years, he laughed loudly and ended his own life.

…

Out of the hundred-plus strands of Divine Sense, except for the [Immortal Cultivation Paradise],

the longest he lived was only forty-three years.

The average survival time was even shorter, only half a year.

The highest cultivation reached was the early Golden Core stage, and the lowest was dying a violent death before even stepping onto the path of cultivation.

A hundred different cultivation lives played out in Li Fan's mind.

As he gradually recovered and all the scenes slowly faded,

he vaguely saw a blurry figure standing before him, saying softly, "Remember, it's not that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance needs you."

"It's that you need the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."

"This Era is the best Era."

"Without a doubt."

All the images shattered like broken glass, scattering like starlight to every part of his Sea of Consciousness.

Just then, a blue light lit up in the center.

The starlight seemed to be attracted, changing direction and flying toward the blue crystal.

Li Fan suddenly opened his eyes.

These two chapters are make-up chapters; two more will be posted later.