Within the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal, the chanting grew increasingly hurried.

An ethereal, transcendent aura gradually enveloped the Mystic Coffin.

The gap left by the coffin lid grew smaller and smaller. It seemed that Qian Ruochang inside the Mystic Coffin truly intended to imitate the two Xi and Yi Immortals from before and escape from this world through the coffin.

The newly appointed Immortal Hunters, who had also been bewitched by the Mystic Coffin and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fly inside, suddenly discovered that they were bound by the Dao Net and could not move. They could only watch helplessly as the situation seemed to develop toward an uncontrollable direction.

Just as everyone was becoming inexplicably panicked, Dao Yuan was the first to step forward and steady their emotions.

"Do not panic. Trust Boss Qian!"

However, the truth was that aside from choosing to trust him, they had no other option.

Yet their trust seemed to be of no use.

The speed at which the coffin was sealing remained steady. Under everyone's desperate gaze, it finally closed completely.

At that very moment, the Mystic Coffin erupted with dazzling, mesmerizing seven-colored light!

But...

The scene everyone had expected, in which the Mystic Coffin would escape from this world, did not occur.

Instead, the chanting abruptly stopped.

The seven-colored radiance seemed to have solidified, becoming completely motionless.

This land of vitality within the Annihilation Land instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Then, the Mystic Coffin suddenly shook violently.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The movements grew increasingly intense. Every tremendous impact seemed to resound directly within everyone's hearts, as though a ferocious beast had been trapped inside and was desperately struggling to escape!

Just as everyone was at a loss for what to do, they suddenly discovered that the restraints of the Dao Net had quietly been released.

It was not that anyone had deliberately released them. Rather, at this moment, the vast majority of the power within the Local Dao Net had already been mobilized. It could not even spare the slightest amount of power to continue restraining them.

"This is... Devoid Immortal has entered the coffin, and Boss Qian is fighting him at close quarters inside?" Jin Changyue was the first to react, crying out in shock.

"We did not detect him moving at all? This place is under the coverage of the Local Dao Net!"

"Not good. Boss Qian is facing Devoid Immortal alone. Could he be in danger?"

Everyone immediately exchanged glances.

They were both shocked by the unfathomable strength of this Devoid Immortal and worried about Qian Ruochang's situation.

Yet there was nothing they could do.

Even though they had possessed countless heroic aspirations before setting out, now that they were truly witnessing a battle between True Immortals, they finally understood clearly that without relying on the power of the Dao Net, a battle on this level was simply not something they could interfere in.

Moreover, the Mystic Coffin had already been completely sealed. Without knowing how to open it, even if they wanted to participate in the battle, they had no way to enter.

"Devoid Immortal acts so secretly that Boss Qian could only use himself as bait, using the imminent closure of the Mystic Coffin and its escape from this world to force him to reveal himself. Once the coffin lid is sealed, no matter how capable Devoid Immortal is at escaping, there will be no way out, neither above nor below. So what we need to do..."

After some thought, everyone quickly understood.

"Quick! Transport this coffin back to the Immortal Hunter headquarters!"

Even under the suppression of the entire Local Dao Net, the Mystic Coffin, which had originally been bait and had now become a prison, was shaking more and more violently.

Even from a great distance, everyone felt their hearts pounding with terror.

They feared that Devoid Immortal, trapped inside, might break free at any moment.

"This place is extremely far from the Shuo Star Sea. We definitely will not make it in time using ordinary flight techniques. Stabilize the Local Dao Net and reestablish its connection with the Shuo Star Sea Dao Net!"

Everyone quickly reached an agreement.

After training together for so long, they had developed at least some degree of tacit understanding.

Without anyone needing to give orders, one command after another was issued, gradually stabilizing the Local Dao Net, which had been on the verge of collapse during the battle between the True Immortals.

The next step was to reconnect the Local Dao Net to the main Dao Net.

The Dao String that had previously connected the two had been severed. However, this place was not too far from the boundary of the Dao Net. As long as one person flew there at maximum speed and served as a medium, they could successfully establish a connection.

"I will go!"

This was no time for polite refusals or humility. Jin Changyue spoke in a deep voice.

She once again opened her threefold pupil eye.

Perhaps because she had used it too frequently within such a short period, the strange eye was still covered in blood-red veins, resembling a scarlet spiderweb and appearing rather eerie. Two layers of pupils stared toward the distant target, while the void-like pupil at the center strangely gazed in all directions.

Like a rainbow, her sword light flashed. Before Jin Changyue's voice had even faded, she had already disappeared from everyone's sight.

Only then did her next sentence arrive belatedly.

"The numbers are not right!"

Everyone was stunned at first, then looked at one another.

After several breaths, a bone-chilling sense of dread surged into everyone's hearts.

There were twenty-eight newly appointed Immortal Hunters this time.

Excluding Jin Changyue, who had left, and Feng Zengyuan, who had previously dissected a True Immortal before his death, there should have been twenty-six people remaining.

Yet only twenty-five people remained at the scene!

More importantly, after recalling and counting carefully, they found that they could not even remember the name or any information about the person who had mysteriously disappeared!

It was as though this person had never existed in the world from beginning to end.

Everyone looked toward the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal in unison.

An extremely terrifying thought surfaced in their minds.

"Could that Devoid Immortal have been hiding among us from the beginning?"

Li Fan's expression also became extremely solemn.

Even when he used the miniature Dao Net within his divine sense to recall the events, he could only remember a vague shadow and could not determine the other party's identity.

Li Fan's thoughts raced.

"Did he infiltrate the group from the very beginning, or did he replace someone midway?"

"But regardless, if he already knew this was a trap, why would he still enter the coffin at the final moment?"

Recalling the moment when the Mystic Coffin erupted with dazzling seven-colored light, Li Fan suddenly became thoughtful.

"Qian Ruochang should have anticipated Devoid Immortal's secret infiltration long ago."

"His throwing himself into the coffin was an utterly blatant stratagem. If Devoid Immortal had not revealed himself at the final moment, he might truly have escaped through the coffin just like the two Xi and Yi Immortals!"

"And when the opportunity to completely escape this disaster was right before him, Devoid Immortal ultimately could not resist the temptation. Moreover, Devoid Immortal had secretly observed Qian Ruochang from close range for quite some time. Perhaps he believed that even if this were a trap, with his strength, he would still be able to suppress his opponent. That was why he took the risk..."

As Li Fan pondered, he seemed to have reconstructed the truth of what had happened.

But soon, another question appeared before him.

"If that was truly the case, Qian Ruochang was actually able to endure the bait of escaping from the world and abandoning his original objective the moment Devoid Immortal revealed himself. Instead, he turned around and began hunting Devoid Immortal..."

"Could capturing this True Immortal actually be more important to Qian Ruochang than escaping from this world?"

Li Fan could not help but look at Qian Ruochang in a new light.

As time passed, the battle within the Mystic Coffin not only failed to subside, but instead became increasingly intense.

Qian Ruochang seemed inevitably to have fallen into a disadvantageous position.

Even with everyone's combined efforts, they could no longer stabilize the Local Dao Net.

It was like duckweed floating in the wind, about to be completely blown away and separated from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth to which it was attached.

Just as despair began to fill everyone's hearts, a streak of sword light appeared from the darkness at the edge of the sky.

It was rapidly flying toward them!

It was Jin Changyue's graceful and valiant figure.

Behind her, everyone could vaguely see a Dao String radiating crystalline white light.

The Dao String was only as thin as a strand of silk, yet it still weighed more than heaven and earth. Jin Changyue pulled it along, and the pressure of bearing an entire cultivation world was no longer upon her.

Even so, her flying speed did not slow down in the slightest. This alone demonstrated how extraordinary Jin Changyue's strength was.

Seeing Jin Changyue's figure drawing closer and closer, with the connection to the Dao Net within reach.

Yet for some unknown reason, her flying speed suddenly slowed down. Everyone vaguely saw that the eyelids of Jin Changyue's threefold pupils were repeatedly touching one another.

"Not good. Jin Changyue must have reached her limit. Hurry and go receive her!"

Everyone cried out in alarm.

Dao Yuan and most of the others remained where they were, struggling to stabilize the Dao Net.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuming led three others to go and receive Jin Changyue and that strand of Dao String upon which everyone's lives depended.

Jin Changyue seemed to have truly exhausted all her strength. Her speed through the dark void became increasingly slow. In the end, she actually came to a complete stop.

Her eyelids closed, and she seemed to have fallen directly into a deep sleep!

Seeing this, Jiang Yuming grew anxious and accelerated once again as he approached.

However...

Before he could even reach Jin Changyue, the four Immortal Hunters who had gone to receive her also began slowing down.

In the end, just like Jin Changyue, they quietly fell asleep.

The rhythm with which Dao Yuan and the remaining newly ascended Immortal Hunters issued their commands simultaneously faltered.

Although they did not know what exactly had happened, an ominous premonition surged within all of their hearts.

Before they could even speak, a strange and unfathomable force had already enveloped them.

It was as if all the exhaustion they had accumulated from the moment they were born until now erupted at once.

Many Immortal Hunters instantly fell unconscious.

Even outstanding figures such as Dao Yuan and Nangong Hongzhao could not hold on for long under such an intense wave of drowsiness.

They soon sank into a dazed sleep and entered a paradise of dreams.

The 'Ma Tiande' whom Li Fan had possessed was no exception.

Across the entire starry sky, apart from the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal, which continued to tremble violently, there was no other moving object.

The newly ascended Immortal Hunters slept soundly, while the battle between the two True Immortals within the Mystic Coffin also failed to produce a victor for the time being.

One day, two days...

When thirty days had passed, the people inside the coffin seemed to have finally sensed that something might have changed outside. Or perhaps the battle had finally reached its conclusion.

The disturbance from the struggle gradually subsided.

Yet no one emerged from the coffin.

The Mystic Coffin of World Traversal simply floated quietly in the void.

...

Xuanhuang Realm.

Through the power of dreams, Li Fan observed the floating Mystic Coffin of World Traversal from afar.

His decision to interfere this time had also been made after careful consideration. He had even prepared himself for the possibility that his true body behind the scenes might be discovered, and was ready to use [Truth] to escape and flee for his life at any moment.

Regardless of whether the Devoid Immortal being hunted by the Immortal Hunters was He Gan Immortal or not, Li Fan felt that there was value in either resolving matters with him or making contact with him.

After infiltrating the Shuo Star Sea, Li Fan had already gained a preliminary understanding of the general situation among its various factions.

However, regarding the True Immortal side that stood opposed to the Shuo Star Sea, Li Fan remained completely ignorant.

At present, apart from lacking immortal spiritual power within his body, Li Fan's true body was no different from an [Immortal]. He could barely be considered to belong to the same faction.

If he could save this Devoid Immortal and learn something from him, it would undoubtedly benefit the advancement of Li Fan's plans.

However, Li Fan did not simply reveal himself so brazenly and confront him directly.

Instead, he silently observed the changes within the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal.

Like a hunter waiting for his prey to take the bait, he had plenty of patience.

The deathly silence within the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal lasted a full seven days.

Still unable to sense any changes in the outside world, the person inside the coffin seemed to have grown somewhat restless.

A sacred chanting voice rang out once again.

It seemed that regardless of what was happening outside, they intended to directly escape this world and leave!

But the chanting did not last very long.

Suddenly, another ethereal and illusory murmuring voice rang out simultaneously from the void.

Its tone was completely different from the chanting voice, yet it caused the chanting within the coffin to undergo subtle changes.

The seven-colored radiance also seemed to have encountered some kind of interference. It continued to flash, yet ultimately could not condense into a unified whole.

The person inside the coffin was unwilling to give up.

After remaining stagnant for a moment, the multicolored light suddenly surged violently. Even the chanting grew twice as loud.

Yet as the saying went, when the Dao rises one foot, the devil rises ten feet higher. The illusory sounds originating from the surrounding Dream Paradise increased dozens of times over.

They completely suppressed the chanting.

The seven-colored radiance withdrew into the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal, and no further movement came from within.

After completing its interference, the murmuring voice also vanished without a trace, just as it had appeared.

Once again, only the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal remained in this stretch of void.

Along with the group of newly ascended Immortal Hunters floating silently nearby.

Li Fan had personally woven a beautiful dream for them. Of course, out of caution, he had also been inspired by the existence of the Local Dao Net. This dreamscape existed independently from the Dreamland Paradise of the Xuanhuang Realm and could be discarded as a pawn at any time. Combined with the barrier of the High Wall, it would leave behind no flaws whatsoever.

Li Fan gathered all the dream power outside the High Wall that had developed during this period. Combined with the demonic sound originating from the bloodline memories of the Xuanyuan Clan, it was enough to interrupt the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal's attempt to travel through the void.

Li Fan had previously used the Grand Mage's Sound of Avoiding Calamity to neutralize the influence of the Xuantian King's demonic sound.

Therefore, when he heard the chanting used to activate the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal and noticed that it bore some resemblance to the Sound of Avoiding Calamity, this idea had occurred to him.

Now that he had put it into practice, it was indeed feasible.

"It seems that these two great Dao melodies should be opposed to one another to some extent." Li Fan pondered thoughtfully.

With the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal trapped here, the Immortal Hunters of the Shuo Star Sea did not simply ignore it.

Clearly, the Immortal Hunter headquarters was aware of Qian Ruochang's plan to some extent.

They had already sent people to the frontier of the Dao Net to search for the missing Mystic Coffin of World Traversal and the traces of the Immortal Hunters.

However, in order to deceive Devoid Immortal, Qian Ruochang had clearly not revealed too much.

For the Shuo Star Sea, the Annihilation Land remained an unknown place fraught with danger.

Furthermore, Li Fan had already severed the Dao String long ago, so they would not be able to find their way here for some time.

"Let us see how long you can hold out."

In order to capture Devoid Immortal, this Mystic Coffin of World Traversal must have been tampered with, making it possible to open only from the outside. Unless one's strength was powerful enough to directly shatter the Mystic Coffin of World Traversal, there was no way to escape from the sealed coffin.

This had originally been Qian Ruochang's nearly perfect method of hunting.

Yet he could never have imagined that it would now become the very reliance that allowed Li Fan to dare reveal himself.

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