Under the instinctive power of his possessed body, Li Fan struck Xu Ke with a claw.
Memories flooded into his mind naturally.
Since their return to the Beast-Taming Sect from the Sacred Beast Mountain of Nanming, Li Fan and Xu Ke had learned that both Emperor Sanmo and Senior Brother Lu Ya had gone out on important matters and were nowhere to be found.
As a result, the rewards promised for their mission could not be fulfilled, which Xu Ke had been complaining about ever since.
Of course, in Li Fan’s view, Xu Ke’s concern stemmed more from his pure longing for Senior Brother Lu Ya. After all, both were orphans from the Xuantian Temple in Ningyuan City and had joined the Beast-Taming Sect together. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they were like family, relying on each other for survival.
Ignoring Xu Ke’s grumbling, Li Fan closed his eyes and focused on cultivating the Creation Furnace Technique.
It was indeed a perfect technique, modified by Mr. Bai himself. Ever since he had begun cultivating it, not only had his physical body become increasingly powerful, but his essence, energy, and spirit had also surged daily. Even if he stayed awake for days without rest, he wouldn’t feel the slightest fatigue. More importantly, his Heavenly Fate Black Bird bloodline seemed to have become purer.
Li Fan’s originally jet-black feathers now occasionally reflected a seven-colored radiance under the sunlight, making him appear extraordinarily majestic.
Even Xu Ke couldn’t help but reach out to touch them from time to time—only to be ruthlessly swatted away by Li Fan.
His divine ability, “The Mandate of Heaven is Mine,” was now wielded with increasing ease, nourishing Xu Ke’s fortune while simultaneously reinforcing his own. By now, Li Fan had reached the first major breakthrough recorded in his inherited memories—he could form a Mandate Domain within a certain range around himself. This not only allowed him to foresee and avoid danger but also to use destiny itself as a weapon against his enemies.
This was an extraordinary feat.
Among the Heavenly Fate Black Bird clan, only adult black bird over a hundred years old could typically achieve this.
Yet, Li Fan had hatched less than five years ago—he was still a fledgling.
Breaking the growth limitations of spirit beasts demonstrated just how extraordinary Mr. Bai’s Creation Furnace Technique truly was.
“After returning from the Fallen Immortal Realm, everything besides the rewards for fulfilling obsessions will be forgotten—including all learned techniques. I wonder… with the support of the ‘Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra,’ will this rule be altered?”
Li Fan pondered in silence, immersing himself in the mysteries of the Creation Furnace Technique.
Even if he couldn’t bring the technique back to reality, the countless insights gained from cultivating it were already immensely beneficial.
Thus, even though the storyline of the Fallen Immortal Realm had yet to progress, he remained entirely unbothered, dedicating himself fully to cultivation every day.
Time passed.
On this particular day, deep in meditation, Li Fan suddenly jolted awake.
A wave of unease surged through his heart, and he instinctively looked up at the sky.
Although the sky remained clear and boundless, Li Fan could see an overwhelming aura of death and slaughter spreading across the heavens. It had almost materialized into a tangible force—rolling like dark clouds, shrouding the entire sky.
The oppressive presence was suffocating, terrifying.
“This is…”
“The Dao technique cannot be cultivated in parallel.”
A sudden realization struck Li Fan.
Before long, panicked cries erupted from all over the Beast-Taming Sect.
“What’s going on?!”
“The Beast-Control Technique—why does the sect have exactly 36,482 practitioners?”
“No matter how I circulate my cultivation technique, I can’t gain any more spiritual power?!”
“This is absurd!”
The Calamity of Incompatible Cultivation Technique
For the Beast Taming Sect, which primarily cultivates only the Beast Control Technique, was nearly catastrophic.
Almost everyone could foresee that once countless cultivators were trapped at their current cultivation level, with their lifespan nearing its end, they would resort to extreme measures in a desperate attempt to survive.
As a result, the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect fell into a state of immense panic. In an instant, they distanced themselves from one another, their eyes filled with suspicion toward the senior and junior brothers and sisters they once held dear.
For now, due to the lingering rationality and conscience of the disciples, no one had resorted to violence.
Even with the Sect Master and the elders personally stepping forward to calm the situation, they were unable to halt the spread of fear that continued to fester within the sect.
Gradually, some disciples could no longer endure the pressure and began to secretly flee. Meanwhile, others, pushed to their mental limits, had bloodshot eyes and showed signs of hysteria.
It was like a powder keg, ready to be ignited by a single stray spark.
At this critical moment, Emperor Sanmo and Lu Ya returned.
“Did you bring it back?” Upon seeing Xu Ke, Lu Ya was the first to ask.
His expression was calm, showing no trace of panic.
Xu Ke nodded, reaching into the beast pouch in his robe and retrieving a small, slumbering flesh-like creature.
This was the peculiar exotic beast gifted by Emperor Yi—a creature capable of self-division and reproduction.
Upon seeing it, Lu Ya’s expression lightened with joy. He carefully took the small creature, examining it closely for a moment before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
“Senior Brother Lu, what exactly is this little thing for? Why are you so anxious about it?” Xu Ke asked curiously. He knew that Lu Ya was always composed and rarely revealed his emotions, making his reaction particularly unusual this time.
“Heh, this is our hope for overcoming this calamity,” Lu Ya replied, his eyes flickering with an indiscernible emotion.
“This thing?” Xu Ke’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“You’ll understand in due time,” Lu Ya said before hastily departing, leaving behind a bewildered Xu Ke and a thoughtful Li Fan.
Three days later, the Beast Taming Sect’s Sect Master convened a grand sect meeting to address the calamity that had descended upon the world and to announce a series of plans:
To prevent mutual slaughter caused by the incompatibility of cultivation techniques, the Sect Master took the lead in dispersing the Beast Control Technique, requiring all disciples to follow suit—retaining only their cultivation base.
The entire Beast Taming Sect would evacuate from the main world of Xuanhuang in batches, relocating to designated small pocket realms for refuge.
Since the strength of Beast Taming Sect cultivators primarily lay in the spirit beasts they controlled, dispersing their own cultivation techniques would not significantly weaken their actual combat ability. Though slightly affected, they could still fight effectively.
Moreover, the spirit beasts raised by the disciples were carefully nurtured from birth, forming deep bonds with their masters. Even without the Beast Control Technique, the disciples could still command their beasts.
This plan successfully averted the danger of internal conflict, so there was little opposition. Those who initially refused eventually relented once the Sect Master personally led by example.
As for how they could disperse their techniques without affecting their cultivation base…
Li Fan watched as Xu Ke muttered incantations, and in an instant, his entire cultivation technique dissipated, leaving behind a purely refined cultivation base stored in his dantian.
“The Supreme Primordial True Scripture?”
Having seen this method before, Li Fan immediately recognized the technique used by the Beast Taming Sect.
“But… they only explained how to operate it, without mentioning its origin.”
“What’s going on? As far as I remember, the event where the Immortal Ancestor forcefully seized the ‘Supreme Primordial True Scripture’ hasn’t happened yet.”
“So where did the Beast Taming Sect obtain this technique?”
In that instant, a white-robed figure surfaced in Li Fan’s mind.
“Could it be… him?”
[TL :- Changed Emperor One to Emperor Yi as it is more appropriate]