Chapter 1548: The Gaze of Mountains and Seas
"...False words lead to life. Mind, spirit, body, and soul are born into chaos and return to chaos."
"Whatever exists is forever. What is lost is what is lost."
"There is no past or future, no past or present. Ordinary but not ordinary, holy but not living..."
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Through the painting in front of him, the profound sound of the Great Dao that Li Fan heard was even more detailed and clear than what he could get from the memory of the Heavenly Doctor and the Dharma.
The profound sound of the Great Dao spread by King Xuantian has infinite beauty. Able to influence the past from the present and change reality through illusion. Even though Li Fan had learned this Xuanyin magical power in the past, he still couldn't figure out how to do it.
Until Li Fan passed the retrograde boat and traveled retrogradely on the long river of time. Just now I have some enlightenment.
"This Xuanyin is a fusion of a little bit of the retrograde path. It's just that it's not the body traveling through the long river, but the sounds. It's like the sound of shouting from the lower reaches of the long river echoing above the long river."
"Speaking of which, King Xuantian once controlled a retrograde boat. It's not surprising that he has this method. If I thought about it..." Li Fan narrowed his eyes.
My thoughts instantly returned to the time when I just fell into this period of time.
Because he came from the future, his upper limit in this period of time and space is this moment.
"You kid, you finally woke up."
"Hurry up and tell me what happened to Yaowang Sect. If you tell me honestly, you will be spared. Otherwise..."
"Stop nagging him and just search for his soul!"
It was when a group of disciples from Evergreen Valley surrounded Li Fan.
Li Fan, who is now, silently recited Xuanyin's magical power.
This vague and mysterious sound passed through the waves of the long river of time and passed through several years. Yu Changhe went upstream for a short distance and reached the ears of these Evergreen Valley disciples.
Everyone's expressions suddenly became a little confused. They looked at Li Fan carefully for a while, and then suddenly said: "It turns out to be your kid. Why did you come here alone?"
But it was Li Fan who distorted and rewritten their cognition through Xuanyin.
As a result, this disaster that originally required Li Fan to use Huan Yizhen's methods to eliminate it was invisibly resolved.
Li Fan from the "past" seemed to realize something when he saw the inexplicable changes in the people in front of him. His eyes traveled through the long river of time, and he met Li Fan's eyes in the "future" or "present".
Buzz buzz...
Now, in Li Fan's ears, there was a faint roaring sound. It's like a rushing river and bursts of thunder from the sky. It does not originate from the Xuanhuang Realm, but from this period of time and space itself.
Without the slap on Li Fan's head, these Evergreen disciples would not have died.
Although it is just a few insignificant lives of foundation-building monks, it will not cause a major change in the course of time. But it still caused some waves.
Of course, with Li Fan's current level of deep cultivation, this shock can no longer affect him. Let him roar in the long river, and remain unmoved.
After completing the Xuanyin magical power to travel through time, Li Fan was quite surprised and thought about it for a long time.
In the past, he had also successfully influenced and changed the minds of He Zhenghao and others through Xuanyin's magical power. But at that time, he only mastered the magical power itself, but had no idea at all about the principles behind how the magical power could be achieved.
But now, Li Fan seems to have witnessed with his own eyes the entire process of Xuanyin's countercurrent and shuttle.
He even had an instant contact with his past self.
Although this contact only lasted a moment. It was once again obscured by the long river of time.
But Li Fan still felt something different about himself.
Looking over the long river of time, what he could see seemed to be slightly farther away.
Not just the past.
There is still a future.
For the given past, the future is actually in constant change, with countless possibilities. What Li Fan saw was not a single future.
Rather, it is an infinite collection of possibilities.
Just after taking a closer look, he felt a little dizzy. I had to withdraw from this mysterious state.
But it couldn't stop the surprise in his heart.
"It seems that although those who master the way of retrograde have the ability to reverse the time they are in, they also need to face the backlash of the long river. As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. Of course, if you are in the long river, It is extremely stable and can ignore this kind of shock and backlash.”
"As for the reason why I used Xuanyin's magical power before, but I didn't suffer any backlash. Firstly, I was still under Huazhen's protection at that time. I can ignore such disturbances. Secondly..."
"At that time, I had not jumped out of the long river. I was still a part of the long river. Even if the long river changed its course, it would not have much impact on me."
"Once you jump out of the long river, the meaning immediately changes. If you no longer belong to the long river, you have to face the wind and rain alone." Li Fan recalled the situation at that time, and he felt enlightened.
"If before, I was still a drop of water jumping out of a long river, then now, I can barely be regarded as turning from a drop of water into a river." Li Fan was slightly pleased.
"It's just too short."
"However, as I follow the long river of time, it will naturally become longer and longer. However, correspondingly, the self-control required becomes more and more strict..."
Li Fan felt that as time passed, the imprint he left on the river was slowly growing.
"As long as I use this Xuanyin magical power from time to time to practice my ability to connect the beginning and the end. I can maintain this state."
"The longer you live, the stronger you become."
"Thousands of years, ten thousand years, one hundred thousand years."
If we say that Shouqiu's path to immortality is because he is strong, he will live forever. So this retrograde path has a bit of a strong flavor due to immortality.
"Ordinary immortality will definitely not be able to achieve this point where the longer you live, the more powerful you will become. But practicing one's body and swimming in the long river of time are completely different."
Li Fan looked towards the sky, as if he had glimpsed the river of time in which he lived. All kinds of realizations came to my mind like waves.
The surrounding atmosphere fluctuates.
When Li Fan woke up, he felt that his adaptability to Changhe had taken a further step.
This time, it is not through external objects such as space-time anchor points.
It's Li Fan himself who is more adaptable to surviving in the long river of time.
Just like a fish in water, a bird flies in the sky.
After setting foot in the restricted area that was originally out of reach, I took a step further and immersed myself in it.
"Now, even if the anchor point is lost and the retrograde boat is destroyed, I can still struggle alone in the long river for a while without being destroyed by the turbulence of the long river in an instant."
This is undoubtedly a great reassurance for Li Fan.
Li Fan now has a very low level of trust in all "foreign objects". Can't blame him for being suspicious.
After all, even "really" can fail, so what can ensure that it will always be useful?
Only by yourself.
Pure self.
Li Fan's thoughts returned to the mysterious power of Xuanyin.
"Xuanyin is hidden deep within the bloodline of the Xuanyuan clan. It should be the message that Xuanyuan Hong achieved through the bloodline connection between himself and his descendants."
"Not only can it transcend possibilities, but it can also travel through thousands of years of time."
"But, where and when did this mysterious sound come from?"
Li Fan listened carefully again.
The sound, like a distant sound, became clearer and clearer.
Li Fan seemed to be flying into the sky, following the sound all the way out of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Leaving the Darkest Star Sea and crossing the high wall. Beyond the original possibility.
Arriving outside the world, facing the mountains and seas.
The long river of time that was originally observable in the mortal world suddenly disappeared. Disappeared.
Viewed from this perspective, the mountains and seas seem to have the property of being frozen in time.
Whether it was ten thousand years ago or hundreds of millions of years later.
All in the mountains and seas.
This is an indescribably wonderful experience. Although it is a bit unbelievable and even goes against common sense, Li Fan knows everything he knows, has experienced, and even heard about the past, present, and future.
Everything is solidifying in the mountains and seas.
"The catastrophe of Dao Annihilation affects all time periods."
"Every existence at any point in time is doomed. That's it."
As if in a state of absolute sanity, Li Fan thought calmly. He even forgot why he came here.
After he cleared up his doubts, another question naturally emerged.
"Then, what does it represent beyond the mountains and seas?"
"What is the [star] that appears suddenly at the end of time in the mountains and seas as recorded in the fable?"
It seemed that he was aware of something involved in Li Fan's thoughts.
The mountains and seas that were originally calm and solid suddenly came to life.
Li Fan could even clearly sense the creepy gazes coming from everywhere around him.
He was shocked in his heart and decisively stopped his behavior of drifting along the sound to somewhere in the mountains and sea.
In an instant, he returned to reality.
Li Fan looked up at the sky and observed for a long time in shock.
After half a day, the intense sense of crisis in my heart slowly subsided.
"Fortunately, I am used to Huan Yizhen blessing myself. Even if it is a simplified version now, it is of great life-saving use." You know, it is still in a deep sleep and invalid state.
Li Fan definitely escaped death this time.
Even after experiencing the crisis of the three paths merging, he never imagined that Shan Hai's "senses" would be so sharp.
"That shouldn't be the case, right?"
Li Fan suddenly frowned.
This is not the first time he has faced mountains and seas.
But Li Fan is almost certain that Shan Hai was definitely not so sensitive to his existence before, which could not even be called an ant compared with Shan Hai.
"It seems that my previous hunch was correct."
"After experiencing the fusion of the three paths, even if I am really reversed, I have become different from the ordinary existence in the mountains and seas."
"It's okay to hide in the world. If you venture out of the mountains and seas, I'm afraid you will have to face the scrutiny of the mountains and seas at any time. Just like what I just experienced." Thinking of this, Li Fan felt quite heavy in his heart.
But he couldn't think of any good way to deal with the power of mountains and seas.
"Fortunately, I didn't rush to the fairyland rashly, but used the Immortal Puppet Immortal Formation instead. Otherwise, my life would really be in danger." Li Fan looked gloomy.
Since regaining his memory, he has been struggling.
Since we are always worried about the backlash of time, we must also beware of the gaze of mountains and seas.
This made Li Fan, who was used to doing whatever he wanted when [Huan Zhen] was in his hand, feel a strong restraint.
But the situation is stronger than the people.
Whether it is the long river of time or the mountains and seas. They are not existences that he can compete with.
I can only lower my head and be a human being for the time being.
"Take your time." Li Fan sighed, "First, let's make it completely stable in the long river of time."
His thoughts focused on Xuanyin again.
Li Fan recalled what he had just seen in the mountains and sea.
"The source of the sound seems to be from a longer time in the past?"
"But it should still be in our time and space. It is not outside the Eternal Silence Realm."
"Could it be that King Xuantian is also trying to cross the virtual world and go to the past to save the world? He already has such strength?"
"Also, rather than saying that this mysterious sound is what he wants to convey, it is more like a mark left to guide the later ones. Could it be..."
A thought suddenly came to Li Fan's mind: "Has he fallen? Otherwise, according to common sense, he would not be so persistent and stable, crossing the long river of time and sending out mysterious sounds to connect."
Li Fan thought for a long time, and finally shook his head slightly, choosing to block the mysterious sound.
Even if this guess is true, he will never go there out of curiosity. King Xuantian's strength was buried there, and Li Fan must not be much better.
Especially now, without the protection of Huanzhen. He will not take risks.
"Maybe in the future, when I am strong enough and can walk leisurely between the mountains and the sea, I will go to find out." Li Fan thought so in his heart.
Slowly putting the scroll away, Li Fan did not collect it casually.
Instead, he suppressed it in the root space of Xuanhuang Heaven and Earth.
"The second thing has also been settled."
"Next..."
"Hei Tianyi, Xie Subai."
When the object to be faced changed from a behemoth like Shanhai to such a transcendent strongman. It seemed that everything was so easy.
At least, Shanhai made Li Fan unable to resist or even think of dealing with it.
He just wanted to flee in a hurry.
But Hei Tianyi and Xie Subai could at least think of some countermeasures.
These two transcendent strongmen were like time bombs for the entire Dark Star Sea. As long as Su Bai and Tianyi stepped out of the high wall, the bomb would be detonated instantly.
Li Fan, who regarded Xuanhuang as his anchor point and foundation, must have completely eliminated this risk as soon as possible.
Through the previous search of Xuanhuang Tianzun's memory, Li Fan roughly locked the current time node.
The Heavenly Law Realm has not been completely destroyed, and is in a period of recuperation after the war.
"I wonder if the Heavenly Doctor has already activated the Heavenly Soul Reincarnation Technique. And Su Bai has not yet been born."
"But it will be soon."
Li Fan thought for a long time and decided to see the current time node first.
Xuanyuan Tuo, the descendant of King Xuantian.
As a fresh force, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance participated in the Taiyuan Realm War. Compared with the original time and space, the relationship between the new method cultivators and the ten sects of the immortal way has eased a lot.
In particular, the powerful combat power shown by the new method cultivators in the deadly battle directly attracted many ancient method cultivators to switch to cultivation.
At this moment, the ten sects are basically focusing on the development of the Taiyuan Realm and the nearby starry sky.
They have no time to care about the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
So the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is growing more and more wildly.