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Although Li Fan didn’t know why there would be ancient illusions at the moment when the Five Elements merged into one.
And only he could see it.
But Li Fan believed that the conversation between Master and Disciple were not groundless.
“Could the sudden convergence of the Five Elements in this Great Five Elements Subworld be due to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance exploiting the resources of a certain attribute subworld?”
Li Fan’s thoughts quickly turned, and after a moment of contemplation, he decided not to sit idly by.
Even if a major explosion occurred, it might not be safe on the Dust Crossing Boat.
Li Fan quickly contacted Qi Buyi using the Records of Hundred Matters and told her about the strange scene he had just witnessed.
To his surprise, Qi Buyi, upon receiving the news, showed no signs of panic.
“Huh? I remember you only have Golden Core cultivation, right? You can sense it too?”
“It seems that Friend has a strong soul, far beyond ordinary people.”
After some explanation, Li Fan finally understood what this so-called ‘Time Mirage’ was all about.
Just like the ‘Mortal Transcendence Wall’ in Tianyun Province once recorded the scene of Mr. Bai’s mortal transcendence, ascending in one step.
When certain conditions are met, phenomena that are recorded in the world will occur and then repeatedly appear at specific times.
And when the Five Elements merge into one, heading from being to nothingness, it is very easy to trigger the phenomenon of a ‘Time Mirage’.
Several years ago, when the Five Elements merged into one in the Great Five Elements Subworld, a pair of Master and disciple from the Dust Crossing Sect passed by.
The Master explained to the disciple.
This scene happened to be recorded by the ‘Time Mirage’.
Now, after countless cycles, the convergence of the Five Elements once again occurred.
The scene of the Master enlightening the disciple reappeared, and was sensed by Li Fan, who had a strong soul due to practicing the Xuanhuang Heart Refinement Mantra.
…
Although Qi Buyi’s explanation calmed Li Fan about the origin of the illusion.
It didn’t completely ease his mind.
Li Fan frowned and asked, “Senior Qi, will the explosion mentioned in this mirage really happen?”
“Shouldn’t we take some defensive measures?”
Qi Buyi smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, it’s just a small matter. After we learned about the signs of the Five Elements merging into one, we predicted various possibilities. Including this explosion, it’s all within our plan.”
“Friend, just watch quietly.”
“Besides, the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation is almost completed now. Why bother adding unnecessary actions to make defensive measures?”
There was no response from Qi Buyi’s side, but her words made Li Fan sink into deep thought.
“Is the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation enough to ignore the imbalance caused by the merging of the Five Elements?”
A trace of doubt flashed through Li Fan’s mind.
Just as Zhang Zhiliang had said at the beginning, even as the builders of the Spirit Locking Formation, Li Fan and the others might not truly understand the true power of the ‘Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation’.
Perhaps, in the current Xuanhuang Realm, only a few people know what kind of power the fully activated Spirit Locking Formation will unleash.
“It’s just right to take advantage of this opportunity to see what kind of supernatural powers our creations, which we’ve worked hard on for several years, will have.”
Li Fan still had doubts about whether a seemingly ‘monitoring’ formation could withstand the explosion that would bring everything back to chaos.
But since Qi Buyi said so, it meant that she would not let it go to waste.
The existence of the ‘Eternal Chaos Gold’ used to protect the formation also indicated that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had indeed made preparations.
So Li Fan stood by the side of the Dust Crossing Boat, quietly watching below, waiting for the convergence of the Five Elements.
The Great Five Elements Subworld, like a mixture of paint, became more and more chaotic.
The huge roars and collisions even pierced through layers of spatial barriers and reached the Dust Crossing Boat.
The branches of the upside-down giant tree grew wildly, covering the azure sea.
Fierce flames burned everything to ashes, giving birth to green wood in the midst of the ashes.
…
Bizarre scenes completely contrary to the real world continued to unfold in the nearing end of the Five Element Cave.
With the passage of time, the fusion of the Five Elements attribute subworlds became even tighter.
In the sea area covered with roots, the rocks stood tall, twisted, and melted into scorched earth.
Soon, flames were born from the wasteland, and wood and water intertwined.
Slowly, as the process of the Five Elements merging intensified,
these bizarre scenes no longer existed.
There were simply colorful spiritual energies mingling and intertwining below.
Dyeing the cave below into an incredibly abstract painting.
Li Fan concentrated, staring closely at the dying cave.
The various colors became increasingly dull.
The invisible darkness, like a fierce beast, swallowed the remaining colors.
It became faster and faster.
However, even after the area of the Five Element Subworld completely turned into nothingness,
there were still many indescribable colors that seemed to linger.
So, these overall grayish existences began to proliferate fiercely.
Like a constantly churning huge vortex, absorbing the surrounding blackness.
The area below now looked like a rapidly expanding dyeing tray.
As Li Fan stared at it, he suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented.
However, he forced himself not to look away.
There was a vague sense in his heart that observing this imbalance of the Five Elements’ explosion might be greatly beneficial to him.
At this moment, the abnormality in the void below also attracted the attention of other cultivators.
While they gathered to watch, there was no expression of worry on their faces.
Evidently, they had great confidence in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
The colorful dyeing tray spun faster and faster, finally reaching its limit at a certain moment.
A highly dangerous aura suddenly erupted from below.
Li Fan subconsciously took a step back.
Like the light of creation, it illuminated the dark void.
An extreme whiteness was thus born, carrying the power to destroy everything around.
Just at this moment…
Outside the void, a hint of green light suddenly appeared.
Then, along the nodes of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation built by Li Fan and the others,
it expanded rapidly.
Its speed was several times faster than the white light caused by the explosion.
In an instant, countless intersecting green threads formed a huge network, completely shrouding the explosion area within.
Then, before the cultivators could react,
countless green threads jetted out from the main network autonomously.
Endless, continuous.
In the blink of an eye, the dazzling white light had disappeared.
In its place, appearing before the eyes of the cultivators, was a huge cocoon enveloped in green light.
With a slight movement, the cocoon suddenly shrank slightly.
And the green color on the main network of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation became even brighter.
Like a beating heart, continuously transmitting energy.
Amidst the stunned gaze of the onlookers, the green cocoon became smaller and smaller.
Until it disappeared completely.
And the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation, which easily resolved the imbalance explosion of the Five Elements, was blooming with its own green brilliance in the dark void.
“Is this the power of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation?”
Li Fan was also somewhat dumbfounded.
He was very sure.
Even in the ancient cultivation world where powerful individuals abounded, it would be impossible to resolve such a terrifying explosion so easily.
But now, with the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had effortlessly accomplished this.
Suddenly, a chill rose in Li Fan’s heart.
If defense was already this strong, could the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation also possess offensive capabilities?