For Li Buren, a pure creation of destruction, the emotion known as 'fear' almost did not exist.

The reason he could wield the power of Infinity, yet did not dare to use it, was simply because of 'instinct.'

The moment the thought of activating the power of the Infinite immortal spiritual power arose in his mind, it was as if the boundless scene of the Infinite Ocean appeared before Li Buren once more.

Torrential waves, with every drop carrying the weight of trillions of years, would pour down through the passage created by his connection to the Infinite Ocean. They would drown everything in the world, even the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Nothing in the mortal world could survive.

This indescribable pressure made it difficult for Li Buren to press that invisible button, even though it was right before him and within reach.

Apart from the pressure brought about by the majestic Infinite Ocean itself, what concerned Li Buren even more were the terrifying existences hidden beneath the Infinite Ocean, which he had never been able to see.

Merely the fluctuations in their thoughts when they sensed [Truth] were enough to stir enormous waves within the Infinite Ocean.

After returning to reality, Li Fan had continuously tried to communicate with [Truth] and inquire about more information concerning the Infinite Ocean. Yet he had never received any response.

Fortunately, what reassured Li Fan somewhat was that [Truth]'s power did not seem to have been affected in real time. He could still activate it with a single thought. [Truth] was probably simply in a poor state of mind and could not be bothered to respond.

But what he had glimpsed during this brief journey into the Infinite Ocean forced Li Fan to consider many things.

For example, the fact that the Infinite Ocean seemed to have an extremely close connection with the Dao Annihilation Calamity.

And also, [Truth] should have an extremely profound connection with the Infinite Ocean. The terrifying unknown existences hidden beneath the Infinite Ocean should be old acquaintances of [Truth] as well.

"Virtualize everything and return to the original anchor point."

"Could the Infinite Ocean above the countless worlds have also been reverted..."

An extremely heavy fact, one that he could not avoid facing, suddenly appeared before Li Fan.

All along, as Li Fan's cultivation realm increased, his understanding of [Truth]'s ability had also continued to deepen. From seemingly becoming somewhat powerless when facing a True Immortal, to being able to create an independent fragment of a timeline known as [Unceasing Reincarnation] out of thin air, it seemed that he could never see the limits of [Truth]'s ability.

But today, after relying on methods left behind by the former Immortal Realm to leap upward and connect to the Infinite Ocean, Li Fan seemed to have finally glimpsed where the limits of [Truth] lay.

"The terrifying existences hidden beneath the Infinite Ocean seem to be old acquaintances of [Truth]. If they are beings of the same level, then [Truth]'s power of reversion may not necessarily be able to affect them."

"But to verify this, I will have to enter the Infinite Ocean again in the next life. However..."

A gloomy shadow flashed through Li Fan's eyes.

This was the first time since embarking upon cultivation through reincarnation that he had needed to face enemies like himself, beings capable of stepping beyond the cycle of reincarnation.

Especially after nearly being "drowned" in the Infinite Ocean, Li Fan suddenly felt an immense pressure weighing upon his heart.

Moreover, [Truth]'s performance above the Infinite Ocean, and those several powers that stood above everything in the mortal world, inevitably reminded Li Fan of the legends concerning the Creator Gods that he had once heard from Liu Ruchen.

"The powerful Creator Gods defeated their own kind. Then they extracted their power and evolved all living beings of the world..."

Liu Ruchen had said that he had seen this legend in an ancient book.

Li Fan had previously searched Liu Ruchen's soul, and he had indeed seen this ancient book within his memories. However, when the Medicine King Sect fled the Xuanhuang Realm back then, they had departed in such haste. The ancient book itself was not considered important, so they had not taken it with them. No one knew where it had gone afterward.

"The legend of the Creator Gods was neither passed down nor recorded anywhere else in the Xuanhuang Realm."

"There is reason to suspect that the so-called ancient book was probably one of Sun Piaomiao's casual writings..."

"That book was something Liu Ruchen had casually read. Aside from the legend of the Creator Gods, he had only read another parable, a conversation between a mountain and the sea."

Li Fan recalled what Liu Ruchen had seen back then.

In the primordial beginning, there were only mountains and seas in the world.

The mountains and seas surrounded one another, embracing each other. Originally, the relationship between the mountains and seas was extremely harmonious, until one day, life suddenly began to emerge within the sea.

These were existences completely different from the mountains and seas. While adding tremendous vitality to the sea, they naturally attracted the sea's attention as well.

At first, the mountain did not care.

The living beings in the sea had limited lifespans. The mountains and seas, however, would endure forever and never perish.

Compared with the almost endless years of the mountains and seas, the living beings of the sea were destined to be nothing more than fleeting travelers.

But as the years passed, the mountain was surprised to discover that the number of living beings in the sea had not decreased. Instead, they had become increasingly prosperous.

After investigating, the mountain was shocked to discover that the reason was because the sea could not bear to watch the living beings die one after another. Thus, it had divided its own endless lifespan among them.

The mountain was furious.

"Sea, why would you do such a thing? What qualification do these little creatures have to enjoy the same infinite lifespan as us?"

The sea gently asked in return.

"Mountain, why can I not do this? You and I can exist in this world forever. Even if we divide our lifespans among them, it will not weaken us in the slightest. Would it not be better if these mountains and seas became a little livelier?"

The mountain was speechless for a moment.

It observed the living beings that had evolved within the sea, then sighed.

"Sea, it is not that I am stingy. It is just that once these little creatures grasp something that did not originally belong to them, they will instinctively desire more."

The sea asked again.

"What does it mean to say that something originally belongs to them? Could our infinite lifespans have been bestowed upon us at birth?"

The mountain eventually fell silent.

...

"It seems to be nothing more than a simple fable. But if it is combined with the story of the Creator Gods, and further with what I saw in the Infinite Ocean, I am afraid there is another mystery hidden within it. Sun Piaomiao..."

Li Fan pondered for a moment before deciding that he had to find that lost ancient book.

However, when the entire Medicine King Sect fled back then, the Ten Great Sects had branded it as an act of betrayal against the realm.

The sect had soon been ransacked and looted completely. Amid the chaos at the time, no one knew where that ancient book had ended up. It was even possible that someone had simply burned it.

Li Fan first summoned the Stone Tablet.

Although the Stone Tablet was said to be capable of recording everything that happened within the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan knew that this was limited to the original Xuanhuang Realm.

Moreover, powers of transcendence such as the Fishing Pond could not be recorded by the Stone Tablet either.

Thus, he did not place much hope in it.

As expected, he could not find the ancient book from Liu Ruchen's memories.

However, given Li Fan's current degree of control over the Xuanhuang Realm, as long as that book still existed somewhere within the Xuanhuang Realm, it would certainly be found.

There was no need for Li Fan to search personally. With a single order, cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association awakened from their dreams one after another.

They rummaged through their respective collections, searching everywhere.

Li Fan's attention temporarily returned to his clone puppet, Li Buren.

Although he had not activated the power of the Immortal Spirit, after returning from the Infinite Ocean, Li Buren had already acquired the attribute of Infinity.

Combined with a strand of immortal spiritual qi that had been transmitted from the immortal skin and still remained within him, it seemed as if some form of verification had been completed.

What had originally been merely a tiny corner of space suddenly underwent a transformation.

An invisible boundary resembling a High Wall manifested into physical form in an instant, then folded backward.

It was an extremely strange visual change, yet one that was difficult to describe clearly.

Li Buren only felt that this narrow space was rapidly expanding outward in every direction.

Furthermore, as the volume of the space increased, a position that had previously not existed gradually emerged.

There, a flight of stairs extending diagonally upward slowly appeared.

The expansion of space seemed to be endless. The staircase that had appeared before Li Buren also seemed to extend upward without end.

He could not see its end.

Li Buren did not rashly step onto the staircase. Instead, he first examined his surroundings.

The space here was not infinitely expansive like the staircase. After expanding to a certain limit, it gradually developed a peculiar curvature. Although it remained in a state of expansion, the rate at which its volume increased had slowed considerably.

The space gradually became filled, yet apart from the staircase before him, which emitted a faint silver radiance, there was nothing else.

In order to uncover the true secrets of the High Wall, Li Buren finally stepped onto the staircase.

The next moment, Li Buren unexpectedly experienced the sensation of returning to the Infinite Ocean.

The surroundings were filled with lines moving rapidly forward. Some lines existed alone, while others gathered into clusters. Some were simply gray and white, while others displayed dazzling, multicolored scenes.

Li Buren tried making contact with these lines and discovered that they were astonishingly similar to the waters of the Infinite Ocean. They stored and recorded vast amounts of historical information and information about living beings.

However, the sheer quantity of information was nowhere near the same level as that of the true Infinite Ocean. Li Buren could withstand it without the slightest pressure.

Moreover, the information contained within the lines had undergone some form of encryption. Li Buren could only glimpse vague shadows within them.

Surrounded by the torrent of lines, he surged forward at high speed.

It did not take long before Li Buren emerged from the torrent.

He arrived at the entrance of a dim passage faintly permeated with an aura of death.

For some unknown reason, a huge hole had already been blasted through the door sealing the passage. Four broken puppets lay collapsed beside it.

The puppets' components were scattered all over the ground.

Li Buren turned his head toward the direction from which he had come and discovered that this location was already the very end of the passage's entrance.

"There is no boundary ahead."

"If I wish to leave, I will have to once again travel through those lines as I did just now."

Li Buren looked at the fallen puppets not far away.

Although they had been damaged for an unknown number of years, Li Buren could still sense a faint threat from them.

He reached out and drew a fragment from the ground into his hand. Even when he pressed down with all his strength, he could not completely crush it. He could only cause further damage.

"The materials used to forge these puppets are no ordinary objects."

Without choosing to entangle himself with the gate guarding puppets, Li Buren's figure flashed and he entered through the passageway.

"Hm?"

As he flew forward, Li Buren keenly sensed the difference between this place and the outer star sea.

Within the mortal star sea, he could merge with the Dao Net and travel by borrowing the Dao. Even crossing the Darkest Star Sea took only three breaths.

But this place seemed to be a forbidden land where the Great Dao did not manifest.

His connection with the Dao Net seemed to be obstructed by an invisible barrier, making it far more difficult to draw upon.

Within his divine sense, the brilliant projection of the Dao Net instantly dimmed somewhat. Only a few specific Dao paths remained unaffected. It was as though the complete Dao Net had been burned away, leaving behind only a few remnants.

Li Buren's flying speed consequently decreased drastically. Even the strength he could display was greatly reduced.

Yet he was not anxious.

Instead, he began studying this dim passage with great interest. For him, merely seeing this place had already made the journey worthwhile.

"Outside the Guardian Hall of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, there is a long road paved with spirit transformation stones. Within the area covered by that road, spiritual power is forbidden. Cultivators cannot fly and can only honestly walk on foot."

"This passage has a similar effect. The difference is that the object it restricts is not ordinary cultivators, but True Immortals who have comprehended the Dao."

"And it is not limited to this passage. It seems to apply to all the structures here."

The passage Li Buren was walking through had likewise been artificially constructed, yet it had no physical boundaries. There were only conceptual restrictions similar to those of the High Wall.

They forced anyone who entered to move in a specific direction.

"Originally, there should have been some images on the four walls of this passage. However, they seem to have been damaged and are no longer visible."

The passage was not very long. When he reached the exit, Li Buren suddenly looked back, as if he had sensed something.

After that, there were no further twists or turns.

He emerged from the darkness through the only circular opening that emitted light.

A chaotic and unusually disorderly cylindrical hall appeared before Li Buren.

The cylindrical hall was towering, its ceiling nowhere in sight.

It looked somewhat empty, as though it had undergone some kind of looting.

Following the faint aura of death he had sensed earlier, Li Buren found a trace on the ground that appeared to have been deliberately cleaned.

"This is..."

He rubbed his fingertip against the ground and raised it before his eyes.

A distorted, illusory face unexpectedly manifested.

It screamed and roared, "Save me!"

It was merely a remnant trace that Li Buren had reactivated with immortal power. He could not communicate with it. It could only mechanically repeat words such as "Save me" and "Run!"

Li Buren shook his head slightly. After withdrawing his immortal power, the distorted face dissipated on its own.

After carefully examining the place, Li Buren discovered that there were actually thirty seven remnants of consciousness within the cylindrical hall. And these were only the ones that had left traces behind.

As for those that had been completely cleaned away, there was no way to determine how many there had been.

"Judging from the strength of these remnants, they should all have been left behind after the deaths of True Immortals."

"The reason they are far weaker than the will to survive within the Dark Sea is, first, the difference in strength they possessed while alive. Second, this place has undergone a thorough cleansing."

"True Immortals were slaughtered here like ants. What exactly happened here?"

Apart from the thirty seven traces, Li Buren found nothing else within the cylindrical space.

And aside from the passage through which he had entered, there did not seem to be any other connections within the cylindrical hall.

The investigation had temporarily reached an impasse.

After pondering for a moment, Li Buren suddenly looked toward the few Dao paths within his divine sense whose miniature Dao Net projections were still shining.

An idea gradually took shape in his mind.

He saw his body, formed from the fragments of his Immortal Domain, fold back upon itself.

It transformed into a Go piece, concealing itself within the other Dao paths suppressed by this place.

Only those portions that still shone remained, harmonizing with the surviving laws of this place.

The cylindrical hall, which had originally been infinitely tall, suddenly contracted until it was only nine zhang and nine chi in size.

One object after another appeared in succession, filling the previously empty hall.

And upon the cylindrical walls of the hall, Li Buren astonishingly saw countless cube shaped spaces arranged in rows, each displaying a scene.

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