“The world is full of things that defy common sense—mountains and rivers shifting, the Devouring Origin White Mist, the Immortal-Mortal Miasma…”
“Ever since the Immortal Ancestor spread his teachings, it has been one grand performance after another.”
“From that day on, I have done everything in my power to uncover the secrets behind it all.”
Master Yin’s voice was deep and enigmatic, his expression dazed.
Li Fan also listened intently, focusing on every word.
But what followed was a long silence.
After a long pause, Master Yin turned his head and looked at Li Fan, a mocking expression appearing on his face. “Are you expecting me to tell you the answer?”
“What are you thinking?”
“I am merely an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator. The hidden truths of this world—just the Immortal-Mortal Miasma alone—have exhausted all my efforts. As for the others…”
Li Fan remained unfazed. He replied calmly, “If that is the case, could you at least share the mysteries of the Immortal-Mortal Miasma?”
“Sure.” Master Yin agreed readily.
“The Immortal-Mortal Miasma, it is…”
Halfway through his sentence, his face suddenly twisted in horror.
With a look of utter contempt, he spat on the ground and glared at Li Fan in fury.
“You? You dare ask?”
“A selfish, cold-blooded cultivator like you! To let you learn of his deeds would be the greatest blasphemy!”
“I would rather see his actions buried in history, never to be known by the world! Otherwise, people like you would not admire him but mock him in secret!”
Master Yin seemed to grow increasingly agitated, his gaze toward Li Fan filled with deep-seated hatred.
Li Fan’s eyes turned cold.
Without hesitation, he activated his Binding Insect Divine Ability, aiming to capture Master Yin and search his soul for answers. At the same time, he remained vigilant, prepared for Master Yin to suddenly reveal his true strength and counterattack.
But unexpectedly, everything went smoothly. There was no resistance—Master Yin was instantly subdued, unable to move.
Yet, moments later, Li Fan’s expression changed slightly.
Because he suddenly realized that the “Master Yin” bound by the divine ability had, in an instant, lost all signs of life—he had turned into a lifeless corpse.
Li Fan immediately turned his gaze to the other corpses in the underground chamber.
At that moment, the previously motionless bodies, once piled haphazardly like rotting flesh, all lifted their heads simultaneously.
Every single one of them was grinning menacingly at him.
“Tricks and illusions!”
Li Fan remained unfazed by this eerie sight. He let out a cold snort, and in an instant, the Five Elements Cave Heaven Law Domain engulfed Yin Yin Island.
The power of the Five Elements surged, forming an impenetrable prison, attempting to suppress all the corpses within.
However, before Li Fan could even act further, something even more bizarre occurred.
All the corpses within his domain suddenly lost all life signs, one after another, and truly perished.
It was as if his strike had landed on nothing but air, leaving Li Fan feeling frustrated.
Sweeping his divine sense across the entire island, he searched for any trace of Master Yin. But at this moment, aside from himself, there was not a single living being on the entire island.
“Suicide? I don’t believe it!”
Li Fan narrowed his eyes and exerted the power of his Cave-Heaven Domain, crushing every corpse into dust.
Yet, even after every single body had disintegrated into nothingness, nothing else happened.
As if Master Yin had truly perished.
But instead of relaxing, Li Fan grew even more alert.
Drip…
The sound in his ears made Li Fan’s pupils contract sharply.
He stretched out his hand.
A single droplet of rain had appeared out of nowhere above him.
It fell onto his palm.
And then—
The rain poured down.
The rain grew heavier and heavier. Gradually, dark shadows began to fall from above, carried by the downpour.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
They were corpses—some broken and mangled, others intact!
What sent a chill down Li Fan’s spine was that these corpses no longer bore the face of Master Yin. Instead, they all looked like him!
As they hit the ground, the corpses began to writhe and struggle, twisting into bizarre postures as they slowly raised their heads.
Just like Master Yin earlier, their eyes were locked onto him—unwavering.
And on their faces was that same eerie, twisted grin.
“What the hell is this…?”
Li Fan’s heart sank.
He no longer held back. With a single thought, the Heaven-Shattering Heart Sword blazed to life in the underground chamber.
Sword light swept across the area, shredding the corpses into dust.
“Keh keh keh…”
As they vanished, sinister laughter escaped their mouths—like a mocking taunt from the void.
In the brief moment of their disappearance, Li Fan’s figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, he had already left Yin Yin Island, attempting to escape these eerie corpses.
But…
Drip.
Drip.
Even after flying hundreds of miles away in an instant, Li Fan still felt the icy rain falling onto his face.
This time, he switched to the Reverse Five Elements Creation-Destruction Sword.
The moment the countless corpses fell from the sky again, Li Fan obliterated them with sword light.
Yet, his expression only grew darker.
Because he realized that dealing with these corpses… was slightly more difficult than before.
The difference was almost imperceptible, but it was there—a growing resistance, an increasing drain on his strength.
And as the rain continued to pour, Li Fan repeated the process again and again, eliminating the corpses each time.
This cycle only confirmed his worst fear.
“This is bad…”
Li Fan’s face turned grim.
He had already tried nearly every technique in his arsenal, yet he still couldn’t shake off these grotesque corpses.
Moreover, the bodies, which looked more and more like himself, seemed to be growing stronger, becoming harder and harder to destroy.
If this continued any further…
“Am I really going to be forced to activate [Truth]?” Li Fan furrowed his brows.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a Divine Ability on his [Truth] Panel—one he had never fully used before.
[Chaos]
“A desperate gamble… but it’s worth a try.”
And so, as the cold rain fell once more, Li Fan stood firm amidst the grinning corpses.
With a solemn expression, he raised his hand as if wielding a brush, and with a single, fluid motion, he wrote the word—
“Chaos” (亂).
Boom!
The instant the Chaos Glyph formed, an uncontrollable surge of power erupted within Li Fan’s body.
It was as if an immense force was bearing down on him.
Inside his Five Elements Cave Heaven, ominous creaking sounds rang out as if the entire domain was on the verge of collapse.
Even the natural circulation of the Five Elements began to spiral into disorder.
Within the Wood-Element Cave Heaven, energies of water, fire, metal, and earth burst forth chaotically.
The same occurred in the other elemental domains.
In an instant, his newly-formed Five Elements Cave Heaven plunged into utter turmoil.
Strange and eerie phenomena began manifesting.
But as its master, Li Fan had no time to care.
Because at that very moment—his vision was overwhelmed by an infinite deluge of hallucinations.
No… rather than hallucinations, it was more like he had suddenly experienced a thousand lifetimes of reincarnation in a single instant.
Each cycle of life and death unfolded with terrifying clarity, flooding his mind with countless realities.
It was as if he had been split into countless versions of himself.
His head felt like it was about to explode.
Just as he was on the verge of breaking—
A scripture that had been silently operating in the background suddenly surged forth—
The [Xuanhuang Heart-Refining Mantra] roared to life.