Chapter 2044: Chapter 1586
The Xuanhuang Immortal Boat, arrived at the Guangwu Star Sea.
A single stone stirs a thousand waves!
This enormous Immortal Boat that appeared abruptly and without warning struck rapidly, causing the entire starry sky to tremble violently.
In an instant, several dozen beams of radiance flew out from the depths of the Guangwu Star Sea to investigate.
The aura of each figure that appeared was indistinguishable from that of a True Immortal!
"In the past life, Zi Yi swept through the Guangwu Star Sea, leaving behind over three hundred True Immortal Purple Talismans. Additionally, those numerous Nameless stationed at the dam."
"Yet within the Xuanhuang World, there are only ninety-nine True Immortals. However..."
"The advantage is still mine!"
Li Fan waved his hand lightly, and a curtain of light soared into the sky, instantly rising along the border of the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, directly separating this small space from the Guangwu Star Sea.
The Guangwu True Immortals who came to investigate rushed to the edge of this barrier, only to find themselves stopped as if they had encountered a Heavenly Moat, unable to advance even an inch further.
At the same time, within the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, ninety-nine Integration Cultivators flew out in unison, confronting these Guangwu True Immortals head-on.
Without a word wasted, they attacked with killing blows at full force.
The Xuanhuang Integration Cultivators, leveraging the power of the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, connected through the Four Heavenly Gates to achieve the Realm of [Immortal].
Though their actual strength is slightly weaker compared to true Immortals, especially when they leave the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm.
But at Li Fan’s indication, the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat suddenly burst forth with infinite phantoms of radiance, instantly enveloping the battlefield of the Group of Immortals, making them seem as if they were fighting on their own soil. Meanwhile, the Guangwu True Immortals were suppressed by the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth.
The shift in strength from growth to decline, combined with numerical superiority, left little suspense in the battlefield dynamics.
After ascending to the Immortal realm, it’s generally not easy to be killed or captured. Even if one loses a fight, they can usually escape and preserve their own life.
However, the Xuanhuang Harmonization Cultivators, each holding the Immortal Binding Chain bestowed by the Xuanhuang Venerable Sage, render even True Immortals as powerless as mortals once bound, stripping them of divine techniques and magical power.
Thus, in this initial contact battle, the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm’s side easily triumphed with minimal effort.
At Li Fan’s suggestion, all the first batch of captured Guangwu True Immortals were imprisoned within a nine-layered Linglong Xuanhuang Tower manifested from Heaven Beyond Heaven.
Once all prisoners were locked inside, the tower doors slammed shut. Moments later, the Xuanhuang Tower began to emit vast amounts of Xuanhuang Qi.
Half of this Xuanhuang Qi dissipated into the Heaven and Earth.
The other half flew directly towards the Integration Cultivators.
As the Xuanhuang Qi entered their bodies, the spirit consciousnesses of these Integration Cultivators were immediately flooded with the cultivation memories and enlightenment insights of various True Immortals!
Even though incomplete, merely scattered fragments, for cultivators newly entering the Immortal realm, this was undoubtedly a huge boon.
"Thank you, Venerable Sage, for your mercy!" They expressed their heartfelt gratitude with sincere devotion.
Following the Venerable Sage’s instructions, they urgently absorbed the benefits bestowed by the Xuanhuang Tower.
The so-called Immortal Binding Rope’s core is actually the Power of Limitless, a simple treasure refined with various Immortal Arrays. Although the refining method is relatively simple, even somewhat crude, the power level is too high and inherently restrains ordinary True Immortals.
Inside the Linglong Xuanhuang Tower, it’s filled with Mo Sha and Dao Yi Bugs.
Once a True Immortal is imprisoned within, Mo Sha and Dao Yi Bugs will devour them, feeding the True Immortal’s essence to the outside world.
"This is what is called, nurturing through battle."
The nourishment from over thirty True Immortals is now merely trivial for the current Xuanhuang Immortal Realm.
Having suffered such a massive loss in one go, the Guangwu Star Sea side was evidently bewildered, having not made any move for a while.
They didn’t even send anyone over to probe.
However, it’s clear that they would never just let this go.
Li Fan also used this time to anchor the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat, trying to firmly root it within the Guangwu Star Sea.
Saying ’anchor’ is actually the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm transforming the spatial area originally belonging to the Guangwu Star Sea for its use. From the edge of the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, numerous almost imperceptible Dao Yi Bugs flew out madly, devouring everything outside.
These Dao Yi Bugs are like the living Xuanhuang Border.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, an additional grey "armor" appeared on the periphery of the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat.
"The Immortal Boat needs further refining to reach its perfect realm. These are just the materials needed for the refining process."
"Of course, these alone are far from enough."
From Heaven Beyond Heaven, above the Xuanhuang Tower, a giant transparent melting furnace appeared again, visible only to Li Fan.
With a gentle flick, the furnace expanded outwards in an instant, covering the entire Xuanhuang Immortal Boat.
A flash of yellow light, the Pipa leapt to the top of the furnace, safeguarding the Immortal Boat.
The thin strands of Xuanhuang Qi released by the Xuanhuang Tower and the starry sky consumed by the Dao Yi Bugs outside gathered and fused within the furnace.
Transmuting into wisps of vaporous energy, they drifted towards the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat, highlighting numerous flaws revealed within the Dao Yan.
While presiding over the refining, Li Fan’s gaze occasionally drifted towards the depths of the Guangwu Star Sea.
"There’s been no movement for so long..."
"They probably aren’t afraid, but rather planning to achieve total victory in a single strike."
Just as Li Fan anticipated.
After a long half-day of peace, a stream of light sped swiftly from the depths of the Guangwu Star Sea.
In an instant, it reached the Xuanhuang Border, surging outside the light curtain.
The stream of light halted, revealing its true form.
It was an unassuming bead, appearing entirely ordinary.
"Just as I thought, the Taoist Echo Pearl!"
As this thought flashed in Li Fan’s mind, countless light and shadows burst forth, from the ancient past to the eternally silent future, every Taoist Technique and Divine Technique ever used by any living being in any possibility unfolded within the light and shadows.