The Real World

"The Life-Sealing Treasure Box; it seems the Empire is indeed the Legacy of the Beast Taming Sect from back then."

With Tianyang, who possessed Soul Transformation strength, standing guard, Li Fan finally felt at ease to examine the harvest from his trade with the Empire.

The detailed data on numerous exotic beasts, as well as the frozen exotic beast entities within the Life-Sealing Treasure Box, might not be of much use to other Cultivators.

However, for Li Fan, who cultivated the Furnace of Myriad Phenomena Art, they were an absolute treasure trove.

Li Fan could use the Furnace of Myriad Phenomena Art to transform and master every one of the exotic beasts' strange abilities.

"The beauty of living beings, nothing surpasses this!"

"What is recorded in the Heavenly Doctor Immortal Scripture is likely not the full picture of the living beings in this world!"

With a gentle flick of his finger, Li Fan took out all the book-worms from his Storage Ring.

His Divine Sense flipped through the books simultaneously, and in an instant, countless beams of light and shadows were projected into the space above his Immortal Cave.

The hua dao stone in his mind bloomed with a brilliant blue light that had never been seen before. Li Fan narrowed his eyes, striving to absorb all the text and images he saw into his mind.

Information flowed in like a tide, being categorized, stored, and archived within the hua dao stone.

Amidst the rustling sound of pages turning, the light and shadows continuously shifted.

After recording the contents of all the pages, Li Fan felt a throbbing pain in his temples.

After resting for a short while and taking an Enlightenment Pill, Li Fan resumed his "reading."

Over thousands of years of evolution, the Empire had given birth to many unique species.

The vast majority were things Li Fan had never seen in the Heavenly Doctor Immortal Scripture.

They also did not exist in the current Xuanhuang World.

Their various strange abilities made even the knowledgeable Li Fan click his tongue in wonder.

For example, the [Wisdom Worm] that lives in the human brain and helps enhance cognitive abilities, the [Imitation Beast] that can achieve perfect disguise after devouring a different body, and the [Thousand Spirit Bird] that feeds on human emotions…

All these things opened Li Fan's eyes.

"Furnace of Myriad Phenomena, this is what the true myriad phenomena of living beings should be!"

Amidst Li Fan's exclamations, the pages continued to turn.

In a short period, the Empire's thousands of years of accumulation were all absorbed and became knowledge in Li Fan's mind.

Ten days later.

Li Fan let out a long breath, pressed his throbbing forehead, and put the book-worms back into his Storage Ring.

Feeling the concerned gaze from Tianyang, Li Fan waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

After resting for half a day and regaining some of his energy, Li Fan took out the red wooden box.

According to the information he had previously seen in the Tianxuan Mirror, this Life-Sealing Treasure Box was indeed a unique item of the Beast Taming Sect from ancient times.

It is said to be crafted from [Myriad Transformation Spirit Wood] and can seal and store living Yao Beasts.

As time passed, thousands of years went by, and the Myriad Transformation Spirit Tree has long since become nearly extinct.

The Life-Sealing Treasure Box is also an item that is hard to come by.

"It seems my premonition was correct."

"The sense of familiarity I felt from that woman in green clothes must have come from the Azure Luan Bird that Xu Ke once encountered in the Realm of Fallen Immortals."

"I wonder if that red-crowned crane is still around."

"In that case, the founder of the Empire, that forefather who first comprehended the [Beast Taming Method], is Xu Ke?"

"In Li Chenfeng's memories, he had long passed away. However, things might not be as simple as they appear on the surface."

Li Fan pondered to himself.

"Inferring from the currently known information, it seems that only Xu Ke came to that Small World back then, creating the Legacy of the current Empire."

"Where did the others from the Beast Taming Sect go? What about Lu Ya?"

"Why did Emperor Sanmo come to the Myriad Immortals Alliance and become the curator of the Museum of Divine Treasures?"

"What does all this have to do with Mr. Bai's mission back then?"

There were too many doubts that could not be known for the time being.

"The next trip to the Realm of Fallen Immortals should be able to resolve some of these questions."

"It's coming soon." Li Fan calculated the time and thought to himself.

Putting away the Life-Sealing Treasure Box, Li Fan took out a Foundation Establishment level Beast Soul Bead.

It could be said that the Empire's generosity this time far exceeded Li Fan's expectations.

The combat strength of the beast god armor—five hundred Foundation Establishment, four hundred and ninety Golden Core, and nine Nascent Soul—could certainly stir up quite a storm if utilized well.

Although this was only the theoretical level of combat strength, the actual combat strength of Cultivators in the current Xuanhuang World was shockingly low.

Except for a very few Cultivators who specialized in the path of combat, for the rest of the ordinary people, knowing a few attack and life-saving Spells was already considered remarkable.

The beast god armor, an existence that could affect Divine Sense, resist the vast majority of Spell attacks, and was extremely fast, was definitely a great killing weapon for the ordinary Cultivators of today.

"It's just that how to specifically use it in this world to maximize benefits still needs careful consideration."

Li Fan temporarily suppressed these thoughts. Holding a Beast Soul Bead in his hand, he pressed it against his brow.

His vision suddenly turned blood-red. In a trance, Li Fan seemed to see a ferocious one-eyed leopard pouncing towards him.

"Hmph!" Li Fan's intent was like a needle, stabbing towards the opponent.

The leopard let out a mournful cry, and in the blink of an eye, the illusion disappeared.

The Beast Soul Bead instantly dissolved into a red liquid, which, as if it had a life of its own, flowed from his brow towards his limbs and bones.

In Li Fan's perception, a special kind of energy was trying to invade his body.

It was performing a transformation on his Physical Body.

It was different from the pure strengthening of the Creation Furnace Art that called upon the power of the hidden treasures within his body.

The beast god armor was more like grafting the power that originally belonged to exotic beasts onto a human body.

Although his abilities were temporarily strengthened, his Physical Body would henceforth be contaminated by the power of the exotic beast and would no longer be pure.

"Heretical path, not a proper path."

Li Fan shook his head. The power of the hidden treasures within his body circulated, gushing out like a flood, and in an instant, expelled the invading exotic beast power.

The leopard's wailing sound came to his ears again, and the red liquid that the Beast Soul Bead had transformed into was evaporated by Li Fan in an instant.

"It seems it is indeed only suitable for Mortals who cannot cultivate."

"Or perhaps…"

A strange look flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

He thought of Ye Feipeng from his previous life who had awakened the Kunpeng Bloodline.

"If one already possesses Yao Beast Bloodline, one would naturally no longer fear this kind of contamination."

"In this life, He Zhenghao has been following me and making a fortune; he probably won't be thinking about that smuggling business anymore."

"Su Xiaomei and the others are still in the Li Realm; without me, I'm afraid they wouldn't have a chance to come here."

Li Fan smiled slightly.

"The good show of this life cannot be without these little guys."

Li Fan stood up, bid farewell to Tianyang, concealed his figure, and quietly came to the Li Realm.

As before, he first came to the volcano in the center of the Li Realm and observed it for a while.

"Strange…" Li Fan shook his head.

When he first came to the Li Realm, he felt that the volcano was a bit unusual.

However, every time he came afterward, he had carefully investigated it, but he had never been able to figure out the reason.

As his cultivation grew deeper day by day, his premonition became stronger and stronger.

But he still couldn't find the reason.

"Perhaps after Nascent Soul, I will make a discovery."

Li Fan temporarily noted this down and headed straight for the capital of Da Li.