Chapter 1039 Crossing the Calamity of Extinction
With the mysterious figures leading the way, neither of the two split souls encountered any more tearing incidents.
And the speed of their journey on the mountain path increased several times, with the surrounding scenery quickly passing by.
The only thing that puzzled Li Fan was that the original location where he appeared was at the foot of the Du'e Sect Mountain.
They had not climbed much upward, but the path down the mountain was just as long as the one up.
It seemed to have no end.
It was unknown how much time had passed.
The blurry figures that had accompanied them suddenly disappeared before their eyes.
In the silence, they looked around and saw the same scene on both sides: a small courtyard with a white surrounding wall and a half-open red wooden door. The wall was dotted with green and red spots, with the red spots resembling blood. As for the green, it was moss growing in the cracks of the wall.
Li Fan, at his original location, looked at the completely identical image in his mind with a puzzled expression.
"Two Du'e Sects? What's going on?"
Without thinking too much about it, he controlled the two split souls to push open the red wooden door and enter the courtyard.
The red door did not make a creaking sound due to age, but instead opened silently, giving off an unreal feeling.
As they entered the courtyard, Li Fan suddenly felt a hand grabbing his ankle.
The same thing happened at the other location.
But when he looked down, he saw nothing. However, the eerie feeling from the depths of his soul was undeniable.
"I must thoroughly investigate the Tianxuan Mirror this time. He never mentioned how strange the Du'e Sect was."
This thought flashed through his mind, and he ignored the strange sensation coming from below, continuing to explore the courtyard.
The main hall door was tightly locked and couldn't be opened.
There were only stone doors on the left and right, and it was unknown where they led.
The scenes in which the two split souls found themselves were the same.
"Interesting," Li Fan said, his eyes flashing.
He first attempted to attack the main hall, but even when it was destroyed, it quickly returned to its original state.
Li Fan then allowed the two split souls to enter through the left and right stone doors.
The scene flashed.
When Li Fan saw the surrounding scenery clearly, he was somewhat surprised.
Because behind the stone door was the same scene as the previous courtyard!
There were still left and right stone doors, with the main hall door locked!
"This..."
The path back had disappeared, leaving them no choice but to continue exploring.
After thinking for a moment, Li Fan made his decision. After a moment of wriggling, the two split souls split into two individuals each.
Four split souls, each went towards different stone doors.
The scenes continued to change.
As expected, each time they entered a courtyard, they split into two individuals to explore separately.
This process continued a total of seventy-two times.
Outside the Du'e Sect, the Alchemy Stones in Li Fan's knowledge sea emitted an unprecedentedly bright light.
Countless identical scenes were arranged inside the Alchemy Stones.
"Fortunately, these extremely similar scenes reduce the burden. Otherwise..."
Li Fan knew he had reached his limit.
But he also knew that his original soul would be forced to cut off all the sensing images, otherwise there was a risk of his knowledge sea bursting.
The split souls that had ventured into the Du'e Sect were almost completely depleted.
They were almost invisible.
Without the power to attach to them, even a mortal's blow could likely dissipate them.
But they still followed Li Fan's instructions and floated towards their respective entrances.
More images emerged all at once.
This caused Li Fan's mind to momentarily freeze.
Then...
As if countless split souls were all lined up and converged into one point.
After a dizzying turn of events, they merged back together.
It took some time to adapt to the single image.
Li Fan squinted and examined the surrounding environment.
It was still the same courtyard he had seen countless times.
But the stone doors on the walls were no longer there.
Li Fan looked at the central main hall, lost in thought.
He walked up and gently pushed open the door.
In the darkness, a dark spot seemed to appear, absorbing all the surrounding light, then bursting out at a thousand times the speed.
A series of scenes played out rapidly in front of Li Fan.
"The calamity is imminent, a great calamity as well as an opportunity."
"If we can successfully pass through this calamity, we will endure countless calamities..."
"Among the endless possibilities, there truly exists a chance."
"Only by seeking life in death."
"Yes, if Xuanhuang can survive the great calamity, then we can also use the calamity's power to achieve transcendence."
"Then let's begin."
...
In the darkness, it seemed that many identical figures were swiftly conversing.
And as the scenes continued to unfold, Li Fan was astonished to find that all these figures had transformed into the paper people he had seen before.
This shook Li Fan's mind and he wanted to look further.
However, he felt the space around him suddenly tremble.
All the illusory images disappeared.
When Li Fan could see things again...
(End of the chapter)