"We have an ancient saying in our realm."
"As the soldiers set out, the horses' hooves lightly tread, and a mountain fire erupts a thousand miles away."
"Could it be that one of my unintentional actions led to a drastic change in the future?"
Ye Feipeng furrowed his brows, carefully recalling every detail since his rebirth, trying to find the root cause of the anomaly.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come up with even a vaguely reasonable explanation.
After half a day, he finally gave up.
"Regardless, the future in my memory has become inaccurate."
"It can only be treated as a reference, not to be fully trusted."
"So, what I should be most concerned about is whether the Scarlet Flame Sea will still happen. Will the group of Nascent Soul experts join forces to kill the Scarlet Flame? Will it unfold as scheduled?"
The fatty exerted all his efforts to make a rough deduction.
After a while, he came to a conclusion.
"The Scarlet Flame Sea should still happen."
"But in my previous life, the group of Nascent Soul experts from Congyunhai might have joined forces because Zhang Haobo informed them in advance."
"Facing the Nascent Soul Celestial Lords directly..."
Ye Feipeng shivered, showing a troubled expression.
"I can't do it!"
"Let me think. At that time, the only two native cultivators of Wanxian Island who participated in besieging the Scarlet Flame were me and another person. The rest were temporary forces."
"If there were only two, facing the Scarlet Flame head-on without preparation..."
The fatty's face turned pale.
"Absolutely impossible to be evenly matched."
"Doesn't that mean all my calculations are in vain?"
After a while of hesitation, Ye Feipeng, who still felt helpless, looked a bit despondent.
Feeling depressed, he left the deserted island, wandering aimlessly while contemplating countermeasures.
In a daze, he found himself in an unfamiliar sea area.
Suddenly, a bizarre and magnificent scene shocked him out of his contemplation.
The sun in the sky had disappeared, replaced by a giant eye suspended in the center of the sky.
The giant eye stared at the ocean below.
Everything within its line of sight—sea, islands, living beings—all were covered in a silver light.
Under the influence of the silver light, they seemed to be pressed into a flat and illusory scene, following the silver light, flying into the giant eye in the sky.
"This is..."
Shocked, Ye Feipeng suddenly woke up from his thoughts.
"Extracting the essence of heaven and earth! A Nascent Soul cultivator is advancing to the Deity Transformation stage!"
Although this was the first time Ye Feipeng had witnessed it in person, the scene in front of him was almost identical to the records in books: "Mountains, rivers, lakes, seas—everything in the world, all falls into a paradise."
Ye Feipeng held his breath, quietly retreating.
Cultivators advancing to a higher stage were extremely sensitive.
If he was mistakenly seen as harboring ill intentions, and then casually killed, that would be truly unjust.
Secretly praying that the other party wouldn't notice him, Ye Feipeng used his fastest speed to try to get away from this dangerous sea area.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
The giant eye in the sky slightly turned.
Its gaze immediately locked onto Ye Feipeng.
Ye Feipeng, who was riding the wind and treading the waves, was instantly frozen in place, unable to move.
A silver light enveloped him.
In the next moment, it seemed like he was about to be completely compressed and absorbed into the paradise.
Just at this critical moment, a burst of azure light emerged from his body, dispelling the silver light.
"Hmm?"
A figure appeared in front of Ye Feipeng in an instant.
With white hair and pitch-black eyes, he seemed to harbor boundless wisdom.
"Zhang Zhiliang?!" At the sight of this person, Ye Feipeng's mind shook intensely.
Because he recognized him; this was the Array Grandmaster who, several years later, would join forces with several Nascent Soul Celestial Lords to besiege the Scarlet Flame.
"He shouldn't be close to the Deity Transformation realm. How could he be about to break through to it?"
Zhang Zhiliang slowly reached out, capturing a strand of blue light.
The silver light flashed, and the blue light was subsequently disintegrated inch by inch.
"Earth's extraordinary object?"
A hint of curiosity flashed in Zhang Zhiliang's eyes as he looked at this small Foundation Establishment cultivator with interest.
"You seem to know me?"
Before Ye Feipeng, who was horrified and about to answer, could respond, Zhang Zhiliang's eyes showed no emotion as he gently pointed towards his forehead.
In Ye Feipeng's pupils, scenes suddenly appeared.
A sun rising into the sky, illuminating the soul of the world just manifested.
Five Nascent Soul Celestial Lords, along with him, Zhang Zhiliang, joining forces to fight against the Scarlet Flame.
Congyun's twenty-eight swords, the Golden Core's fusion with the Dao.
...
The giant eye in the sky instantly widened in anger.
Although there was no change in his facial expression, the slight trembling of his body indicated Zhang Zhiliang's extreme inner turmoil at this moment.
"What is this?"
He stared at the convulsing Ye Feipeng, pointed again, intending to extract more from his mind.
At the critical moment, an endless blue light surged from Ye Feipeng's chest, wrapping him in an instant.
Zhang Zhiliang's face changed, intending to use the power of the heavenly realm to suppress the blue light.
Suddenly, the Congyunhai below seemed to violently shake and roar.
The control of the heavenly realm showed a slight flaw.
Carrying Ye Feipeng, the blue light disappeared in an instant, escaping to an unknown location.
Only Zhang Zhiliang remained standing dumbfounded in place.
After a long time, he seemed to wake up from a dream.
"A reincarnator?"
"The soul of heaven and earth?"
The heavenly realm vanished from the sky, and the sun reappeared in the high sky.
The world returned to normal.
However, there seemed to be an indelible shadow on Zhang Zhiliang's body that couldn't be expelled.
"Harmony of Dao..."
"Harmony of Dao..."
He repeated these words incessantly, and his eyes shone with an inexplicable brilliance.
...
In the Tianxuan Mirror.
Having been awakened from cultivation and witnessed everything, Li Fan, touching his chin, was surprised by the unexpected encounter between Ye Feipeng and Zhang Zhiliang.
The chubby guy was too guilty and was detected by Zhang Zhiliang.
Moreover, he used a method similar to soul-searching to extract the secrets from him.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Canghai Pearl erupted, saving his life.
Ye Feipeng seemed to have suffered a great mental shock, falling into a deep sleep.
What puzzled Li Fan was that, despite this unexpected turn of events, Ye Feipeng's life seemed unaffected.
Instead, there was a more mysterious change.
Even the current Li Fan couldn't fathom it.
"Interesting."
"It seems that the Canghai Pearl is determined to protect Ye Feipeng."
"I wonder if there are other hidden secrets on him that I haven't noticed?"
"And how will Zhang Zhiliang, who learned in advance that the Scarlet Flame will arrive, act with his upgraded strength to the Deity Transformation realm?"
"Where will the Scarlet Flame Sea in this world lead to..."
"Truly something to look forward to."
Li Fan let out a deep laugh.
End of this chapter. (Author notes: Still owe one chapter, currently on a business trip, not very convenient.)