Chapter 1086 Tian Shu Sect's Secret Library
With the greedy nature of the Xuanhuang realm cultivators, even if they cannot use immortal artifacts, they will never hand them over to others.
Instead, they are sealed deep in the sect's treasure vault and closely guarded, with the hopes that one day there will be someone who can awaken the power of these immortal artifacts.
"Let's see where the closest immortal artifact is located..."
"The Seal of the Ancient God, Tian Shu Sect."
The Seal of the Ancient God is the treasure of the extinct Ancient God Sect. Its holder can communicate with the immortal realm and summon ancient gods.
In Mr. Bai's inheritance memory of the Xuanhuang realm, Li Fan saw the terrifying scene of the ancient gods descending.
In the huge vortex in the sky, a golden eye suddenly appeared.
Under the gaze of the ancient god, the land of the Xuanhuang realm cracked inch by inch, and then turned into nothingness.
It had a bit of the taste of the end of the world.
The Ancient God Sect once summoned twelve different ancient gods, killed countless opposing sects, and shook the ancient Xuanhuang realm.
Unfortunately, the response from the ancient gods became fewer and fewer, and eventually there was no response at all.
Without the deterrent of the ancient gods' descent, the Ancient God Sect was quickly besieged by enemies and ultimately destroyed.
As for the Tian Shu Sect, it was one of the ten major immortal sects in the past.
But the information about it that has survived in later generations is very limited, and Li Fan only roughly knew that this sect was the closest to the Great Mage of Heaven in the immortal sects.
The disciples of the sect mostly consider themselves heirs to the immortal teachings and are very arrogant.
After roughly understanding the relevant information, Li Fan, who was now the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Xuanhuang realm, with a thought, instantly arrived at the core hidden area of the Tian Shu Sect - the Tian Shu Court.
In the blink of an eye, he crossed tens of thousands of miles, and ignored the various formations and restrictions of the Tian Shu Sect, and directly came to the most core and secretive area.
"So this is the power of the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Xuanhuang realm?"
Li Fan looked at his hands and couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
He felt that his spiritual energy was almost inexhaustible, and even when using any divine power, it did not diminish at all.
And when the divine power was concretely manifested in the Xuanhuang realm, it would be naturally amplified to the limit that the world could reach.
Any kind of magical technique from the Xuanhuang realm could be easily broken, posing no threat to him.
"It's a bit better controlled than my control over the Lingmu realm!"
"After all, one is a cooperative effort, and the other is a forced coercion."
In a slight sigh, Li Fan slowly became familiar with the powers of the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Xuanhuang realm.
He then strolled in the Tian Shu Court, heading towards a shrine-like building at the center.
There, a mysterious energy enveloped the entire Tian Shu Sect, which was the only "blind spot" of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable in the sect.
The sect cultivators guarding the shrine could not see Li Fan's presence at all.
Even when he walked in front of them, it was the same.
"This is..."
Li Fan, paused slightly in front of the shrine.
He sensed a familiar type of power.
Not familiar to the body of Mr. Bai, but familiar to Li Fan himself.
"The Great Mage of Heaven."
An instinctive aversion suddenly rose in his heart.
It felt as disgusting as finding cockroaches in the kitchen at home. Li Fan furrowed his brow.
But soon, he calmed himself.
Like water, he penetrated the invisible barrier and entered the interior of the shrine.
Inside the shrine, there were two statues, one large and one small.
The large statue had closed eyes and a solemn expression.
The small statue was a child, standing respectfully behind the larger statue.
"This large statue is the figure of the Great Mage of Heaven, who spoke in person. However, according to the information I collected earlier, it is very likely that the child standing behind the figure is the true Great Mage of Heaven." Li Fan's gaze fell on the statue of the child.
In a trance, he seemed to have traversed countless spaces and arrived in a magnificent floating city in the sky.
Shaken, the illusion disappeared.
Looking again at the statue of the child, he felt a slight stinging in his eyes.
"Hmph." Li Fan snorted, suppressing the urge to smash the statue into pieces, and began to search for the hidden treasure vault.
With little effort, he found a hidden prohibition behind the two statues.
After breaking the prohibition, Li Fan was able to enter the treasure vault of the Tian Shu Sect.
Contrary to the scene full of various treasures that one would expect, the treasure vault of the Tian Shu Sect was somewhat plain. It was almost to the extent that Li Fan almost doubted if he had come to the right place.
On a long purple-red table, there were a seal, a wooden box, and a scroll placed in order.
Aside from these, there was nothing else.
The seal was, of course, Li Fan's target this time - the immortal artifact, the Seal of the Ancient God.
Even though it was still sealed at the moment, Li Fan still faintly felt the terrifying ancient atmosphere coming from it.
As for the wooden box and the scroll placed alongside the immortal artifact, their presence alongside the Seal of the Ancient God was enough to show their extraordinary nature.
If it were Mr. Bai, he would naturally have just taken the Seal of the Ancient God and left quickly.
But Li Fan couldn't accept returning empty-handed from this place.
Even though this was a transient immortal realm illusion, treasures couldn't be taken back to the real world.
But it was still a good opportunity to broaden his horizons.
Li Fan first carefully examined the wooden box. He keenly sensed that there seemed to be a living creature imprisoned inside it. It was vibrating slightly at a very small frequency and amplitude. Each vibration released a faint, but potentially dangerous, outside aura, making even the current Great Heavenly Venerable of the Xuanhuang realm, Li Fan, feel a bit of danger.
Even more mysteriously, the creature inside the wooden box seemed to also sense Li Fan's presence from the outside.
Its vibrations became more urgent.
It seemed to be tempting and urging Li Fan to open the wooden box.
Faint, inexplicable noises rang in his ears, and he began to see various illusions as well.
After pondering for a long time, Li Fan finally used his strong willpower to suppress the impulse in his mind.
It was only at this moment that Li Fan realized that the Profound Yellow Immortal Heart Mantra, which was supposed to work automatically as long as he awakened his self-consciousness in the transient immortal realm, had inexplicably failed!
Without the Immortal Heart Mantra, the defense against temptation now relied solely on Li Fan's own willpower.
It was fortunate that he had experienced many lifetimes and had a broad mind and extraordinary will.
Otherwise, he might not have been able to control himself and would have opened the wooden box immediately.
Li Fan forcibly shifted his gaze to the scroll.
The illusions and sounds from the wooden box diminished instantly.
"This wooden box is quite strange. I wonder if it still exists in the Xuanhuang realm."
In contrast to the weirdness of the wooden box, the scroll emitted an absolutely sacred and authentic immortal aura.
Not only did it not give off any warnings, but it also spontaneously aroused a sense of intimacy.
"Hmm? It seems like I've seen this scroll somewhere before?"
Li Fan looked through Mr. Bai's fragmented memories.
Fortunately, he immediately had a somewhat blurry image that flashed in his mind.
(End of this chapter).