Chapter 2056: Chapter 1592
“This feeling, so familiar, is truly marvelous…” The raging flames burn everything in this Star Sea.
The fire’s intensity is overwhelming, even piercing through Dao Yan like the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat, approaching the other residual Sea of Vitality in the primordial possibilities.
Without Li Fan deliberately controlling it, the True Spirit Fire senses the location of these “flammable objects” on its own, spreading outward.
Initially, it was just a fire limited to a single mountain peak, but for some reason, even though the entire mountain had already turned to flying ashes, the mountain fire showed no sign of extinguishing. Instead, it burned even more vigorously, as if it had no intention of ever calming down.
The raging fire stretches endlessly, boiling mountains and seas!
The twelve True Immortals gradually became aware of the unusual nature of this mountain fire, and the fear inside them caused uncontrollable trembling. Yet, outside the cramped wooden boat, the surroundings were filled with either Dao Yan or True Spirit Fire. Either of which could instantly claim their lives, so they dared not step off the boat by even half a step.
They could only watch helplessly as this strange True Spirit Fire spread.
Meanwhile, Li Fan remained immersed in the marvelous sensations brought by the [True Spirit Annihilation] technique.
Li Fan had never been one to act without interest. If it were purely the sensory stimulation of light and shadow, he would not be like this, allowing his own spirituality to serve as fuel for the burning and spreading of the True Spirit Fire.
Though theoretically his spirituality was “infinite,” Li Fan was not willing to spend if it was meaningless.
He wasn’t indulging in the destruction brought by the True Spirit Fire but was intoxicated by the process of “spirituality” being ignited as fuel itself.
Li Fan always knew that “spirituality” was an extremely rare resource. Every time he activated Hai Zhen, it required deducting some of his own spirituality. The upper limit a cultivator could reach in cultivation was closely related to the amount of their spirituality.
However, Li Fan didn’t know exactly how spirituality influenced all of this.
The process of True Spirit Annihilation turning into Burning Fire gave Li Fan a concrete and clear answer.
“In the Mountain and Sea, the possibility of the mortal world transforms like annual rings.”
“The possibility of the mortal world can be ignited, and our spirituality can also be ignited. The firelight produced by the burning of these two is essentially indistinguishable.”
“Living beings, just like possibilities, are creations of the Mountain and Sea, extensions of the Mountain and Sea itself, from a certain perspective… In other words…”
“Any living being is the same as the Mountain and Sea!”
“But this is only limited to the essence of spirituality. After all, the magnitude of living beings compared to the Mountain and Sea is far from the same level.” Watching his own spirituality turn into fuel as the True Spirit Fire raged, Li Fan’s thoughts spun rapidly.
“This is also the fundamental reason why living beings, cultivators, can cultivate all the way to the Realm of Transcendence.”
“Precisely through the spiritual connection between cultivators and the nature of the Mountain and Sea in the mortal world, the True Spirit Annihilation technique can use the so-called true spirit as bait, causing the possibilities of the Mountain and Sea to burn together…”
In his previous life, Li Fan, in order to awaken Hai Zhen amid the tribulation of merging three Daoist Images, resolutely chose self-detonation. The infinite light and brightness caused by self-destruction instantly burned away the original and surrounding possibilities.
Originally, Li Fan thought that the power was due to acquiring part of the Eternal Life Path from Lord Guardian Hill.
Now it seems, it was all due to his own infinite spirituality!
“In the past life, I only crudely triggered it through self-destruction, but now, I’ve mastered a more efficient method.”
“Moreover, this is just the beginning. Through repeated voluntary ignition attempts, I can continuously increase the efficiency of ignition.”
Li Fan did not enjoy self-harm, even if this degree of self-harm did not harm himself.
As the True Spirit Fire spread, his own spirituality and the Mountain and Sea in the mortal world, in a state of “burning,” became inexplicably linked.
Therefore, Li Fan could see the image of the Mountain and Sea.
This feeling of directly facing the Mountain and Sea was very similar to what was described in [Rambles from the Guarded Hill].
However, in the past, Lord Guardian Hill used his own eyes to sit on the mountain and gaze at the sea, seeing the true image of the Mountain and Sea.
But Li Fan, through the process of burning the Mountain and Sea, in the repeated black smoke, saw the primordial image of the Mountain and Sea through the Mountain and Sea Ashes.
“If this mountain fire were large enough, I might even see the entirety of the Mountain and Sea at this moment!”
A thought suddenly surged in Li Fan’s mind.
Along with this thought came an almost uncontrollable impulse.
What the world calls the Realm of Transcendence is merely the mastery of the single Dao Path derived from the Mountain and Sea in the mortal world to its extreme.
Seeing the full extent of the Mountain and Sea means exhausting all the principles within the Mountain and Sea.
Even the “Saint” realm mentioned on the Other Shore pales in comparison.
And in Li Fan’s view, reaching this step requires no tedious enlightenment nor the long journey of seeking one’s Dao Path.
All that’s needed is to provide an endless stream of his own spirituality, allowing the fire to spread infinitely.
“Why not? Why not indeed…”
The True Spirit Fire became even more intense, the remaining pillars of primitive possibilities were all burned out. Only the ashes filled the sky, still maintaining their original shape, barely holding on.
Boom!
Soon, the ashes could no longer maintain the existence of possibilities.
The flying ashes scattered, the Mountain and Sea’s annual rings completely disappeared.
As if losing a certain shackle, after leaving the primordial possibilities, the fire of the True Spirit Fire suddenly expanded several times.
Everything it touched around became fuel that could be ignited.
Even Li Fan felt a significant reduction in the pressure required to provide his own spirituality.