Countless black particles surged down from the sky like a tide, eroding everything they encountered.
Within the Cong Yun Sea, on the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, apart from the mysterious Heavenly Calamity Sword, there was no other force that could contend with Ink Death.
As the tide of ink enveloped everything, Li Fan’s thoughts turned quickly.
“Why did the appearance of Ink Death in this life alarm the Heavenly Calamity Sword in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace?”
“When I first entered the cultivation world, there was only the Crimson Flame, which presumably did not affect the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.”
“In the twelfth life, I sent the statue of the Heavenly Doctor to the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, but it attracted the Master. The two battled, and the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace was sealed again. So when Ink Death annihilated the world, it didn’t encounter the Heavenly Calamity Sword.”
“In this life, because I feared the astonishing mind-reading technique of the Heavenly Doctor, I did not choose to complete the task of submitting the Cloud Water Map. Furthermore, Sikong Yi, the only one who knew the secret of the Cloud Water Map, was killed by me early on. So the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace still hung high above the Cong Yun Sea until Ink Death arrived…”
In an instant, Li Fan understood the reason for the battle between the Heavenly Calamity Sword and Ink Death in this life.
His eyes flickered with brilliance as if his gaze could penetrate the infinite ink sea and reach the battlefield between the two in the sky.
“Ink Death, Heavenly Calamity…”
“If I could witness the battle between the two, it would undoubtedly be a great opportunity.”
While Li Fan was pondering, the black particles had already arrived in front of him.
Without showing any fear, Li Fan raised his right hand high and placed his arm in front of the black particles.
Watching his body disappear into the wriggling ink, Li Fan studied carefully.
There was no pain, not even the slightest sensation.
If he wasn’t watching it with his own eyes, he might not even have noticed that a part of his body had disappeared.
“The purest nothingness…”
Li Fan’s heart moved slightly.
In an instant, the Creation Forge Art roared into operation.
The hidden potential within his body surged out and rushed towards the black particles eroding his arm.
Li Fan attempted to resist that power of nothingness with this pure force of life.
It seemed to delay it for a moment.
But it also seemed to be just Li Fan’s illusion.
The rolling ink then engulfed Li Fan’s clone.
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Tianyu Province, Huan Yu Courtyard.
At this moment, Li Fan’s main body, just like his distant clone, raised his arm high, closed his eyes, and seemed to be contemplating something.
Only after a long time did he lower his hands.
“The body’s hidden potential is the power of life, the power of creation.”
“Ink Death’s law represents the power of obliteration, the power of nothingness.”
“As for the law of the Heavenly Calamity, it’s more like the power of distortion, chaos, and destruction…”
“Perhaps this is not their true form, but it is my personal insight.”
“Such insight is enough to achieve Golden Core!”
After recalling the insight he just had, Li Fan carefully stored it in the Dao Transformation Stone of his mind, feeling somewhat delighted.
There are laws in heaven and earth. When cultivators observe them, they can achieve Golden Core.
If the various laws between heaven and earth are likened to a series of beautiful paintings, then the process of cultivators “observing the laws of heaven and earth” to achieve Golden Core is like using a transparent white paper to trace the painting.
The result obtained, although it cannot be compared with the real artwork, is still quite similar and much easier to achieve.
The Golden Core laws of cultivators still pale in comparison to the true laws of heaven and earth.
But even mediocre copies can still reproduce some of their power.
“I originally planned to achieve Golden Core with the techniques of Heavenly Calamity, Hanhai, Azure Flame, and Ink Death.”
“Now, it seems, based on my insight, I can go further.”
“The Law of Heavenly Calamity and Law of Azure Flame to embody distorted chaos and rationality.”
“The Law of Hidden Potential and Law of Ink Death to embody creation and nothingness.”
“The Law of Hanhai… is actually the Law of Water.”
“Water alone is difficult to nurture. If it can be conjured by the Law of Five Elements, then water can flourish endlessly.”
“Even more crucially, if this succeeds, it will greatly benefit my next step in achieving Nascent Soul.”
As the saying goes, he who does not plan for the distant future will find it harder to plan for the next moment.
After Li Fan successfully built his foundation using [Truth], he roughly planned his future cultivation path.
In this world, the path of cultivation is not mysterious; the direction has long been set.
After imitating the laws of heaven and earth to refine the Golden Core, it was to seize the essence of heaven and earth to achieve Nascent Soul.
Having seen countless secrets and come into contact with many Nascent Soul cultivators, Li Fan had long known that the so-called essence of heaven and earth was the various subworlds within the Xuanhuang Realm.
The Xuanhuang Realm was vast beyond measure, with countless subworlds that had either existed since ancient times and were sealed later, were born anew, or reappeared with the death of cultivators.
These places, in turn, became the path for Golden Core cultivators to step into Nascent Soul.
For Li Fan, his goal had long been set.
It was precisely that which had once caused a tragic battle between the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association…
The Five Element Subworlds!
The stronger the subworld plundered by Nascent Soul cultivators, the stronger their strength.
Among these Five Element Subworlds, just the wood attribute subworld was praised by the Tianxuan Mirror as “extremely large in scale, extremely high in wood attribute spiritual energy, and extremely rich in various spiritual plants and herbs.”
It was hard to imagine how precious the complete Five Element Subworlds were.
The Nascent Soul formed by it would be incredibly powerful.
Moreover, the Five Elements supported and supplemented each other, giving rise to all things in heaven and earth.
With them as a foundation, coupled with the power of [Truth], there might be other changes.
Seeking the Five Element Subworlds was undoubtedly extremely risky, and for ordinary cultivators, it could only be a fool’s dream.
But with the help of [Truth], allowing for countless repeated attempts and the ability of foresight, the Five Element Subworlds would undoubtedly be within Li Fan’s grasp.
“To complete the Law of Five Elements, there is no need to personally travel and observe the laws.”
“Within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, as long as you have enough contribution points, there are very few things you can’t buy.”
“Moreover, they’re just the insights of Golden Core cultivators, and are not necessarily very valuable.”
Li Fan himself made a fortune in the Spirit Mist Grass incident, and later, Jiao Xiuyuan sold the Minor Medicine King Cauldrons and gave him two hundred and sixty thousand contribution points.
So he didn’t have to worry about it at all.
Thinking of this, Li Fan immediately searched the Tianxuan Mirror for insights related to the four elements of metal, wood, fire, and earth.
The laws of the Five Elements were the most common laws between heaven and earth.
Therefore, the results were unexpectedly numerous.
The prices also fluctuated depending on the specific element.
They ranged from fifty thousand to over a hundred thousand.
Li Fan looked through them one by one, selecting suitable insights for himself.
It was worth mentioning that what recorded the insights of forming Golden Cores was not some jade slip.
Instead, it was a “Golden Core fragment.”
It seemed that these were the remains of the Golden Core of cultivators after death, processed in some way.
Li Fan only wanted to complete the Five Elements, so he didn’t have much demand for the other four elements.
Soon, he selected suitable Golden Core fragments.