Chapter 1179 Time Difference Inside and Outside
Li Fan didn't know what the consequences would be after falling into these voids.
There was also no way to distinguish the presence of these voids.
He had no choice but to continue using the dead method, letting the remaining stone puppets explore the path while he avoided the routes where the inexplicable disappearing puppets had passed.
As the number of stone puppets continued to decrease, Li Fan's heart sank.
At this rate of consumption, he was afraid that he would definitely not be able to reach the depths of the starry sea in this lifetime.
But the things that Li Fan was worried about did not happen.
When there were only thirty-three puppets left, and after flying in the void for a long time, there was no sudden disappearance of the puppets again.
"It seems that these voids are not widely spread in the Dark Starry Sea. Instead, they are densely concentrated in a certain area."
"Beyond the Primordial Yellow World?" Saint Embryo Li Fan thought to himself.
With thirty-three puppets in the front and Li Fan's transformed sword aura in the back, their speed continued to increase as they headed towards the unknown darkness ahead.
"It's going smoother than I expected."
"I have already traveled a considerable distance from the Primordial Yellow World, but my Primordial Yellow World sword aura incarnation has not felt any weakening of power."
"This is quite interesting."
According to common sense, without the support of world power, various laws outside the world would be weakened to a certain extent.
But this reduction has not appeared now.
Even...
He had already reached the limit in the Primordial Yellow World and couldn't comprehend the sword path any further. But now, after staying in the void for a while, the bottleneck actually loosened.
Even though this Saint Embryo's talent was not outstanding, he felt that various thoughts and insights came uncontrollably to him.
It was as if he had directly transformed into some kind of unparalleled genius.
In Li Fan's mind, the impulse to ignore everything and focus all his energy on comprehension arose, but Li Fan forcefully suppressed it with his Immortal Heart Mantra.
This abnormal phenomenon made Li Fan unable to help but think deeply.
"The entire Dark Starry Sea actually shares a set of rules?"
"The Primordial Yellow World Sword Dao is just a part of the shared sword dao in the entire starry sea."
"In the world beyond the world, in the void, I can see a broader world. The limit has been invisibly expanded..."
"It is indeed a place where danger and opportunity coexist."
"Perhaps the reason why the Celestial Physician and the Law Transmitter always run to the Dark Starry Sea at the slightest provocation is also influenced by this factor."
Thinking of the Celestial Physician and the Law Transmitter, Li Fan couldn't help but feel more solemn.
He had only stayed for a short while and already gained such extraordinary benefits. It was hard to imagine the realm that these two had reached after living in the starry sea for thousands of years.
The Celestial Physician's advice was indeed valuable.
He even treated the "disease" he encountered in the void seriously.
Just as Li Fan was immersed in the joy of his imminent breakthrough in comprehending the sword path, a sense of inexplicable weakness suddenly surged through him.
Upon introspection, a black spot appeared in his divine soul.
The black spot eroded his divine soul as if it had directly occupied it.
Despite having swallowed many treasures that blessed the soul, Li Fan was unable to stop its invasion.
Even the methods prepared to nourish the soul had no effect.
"The limit of the divine soul's strength has decreased, but the divine soul itself is not damaged," Saint Embryo Li Fan said with a serious tone.
Fortunately, the black spot did not spread too quickly, and Li Fan was able to take corresponding measures in time.
Within his divine soul, a sword shadow appeared.
The sword light shone brightly, directly cutting off the part of the divine soul occupied by the black spot!
As the divine soul was divided, Li Fan's saint embryo body also split in an instant.
The part that was not infected by the black spot suddenly accelerated and left its original position.
The infected part, on the other hand, stopped moving forward.
Sitting cross-legged in the void, Li Fan focused on concentrating his consciousness to comprehend the inexplicable darkness within his weakened divine soul.
The pain of splitting his divine soul was indescribable.
Even with the Immortal Heart Mantra, Saint Embryo Li Fan felt his head go black and almost passed out.
The feeling of weakness that was even worse than being invaded by the black spot rushed over him. He disregarded the pain and weakness and quickly absorbed the essence of the nourishing soul treasures he had previously refined.
Without the suppression of the black spot, Li Fan's divine soul gradually became stronger again.
"This is the cutting of the bone for healing."
Li Fan sighed.
It was the new and strange method, which did not destroy the foundation of cultivation and the physical body. It was because he had constructed his cultivation foundation with the Primordial Yellow Sword Dao.
Only then was he able to boldly cut his own divine soul without becoming mentally impaired.
"Unfortunately, without the Five Elements Great Dao and the Infinite Halcyon Void Method, relying on these external objects is not a long-term solution."
"Every time I cut, I become a little weaker than before."
"..."
"I hope I can hold on until I reach the depths of the starry sea."
Li Fan closed his eyes, temporarily setting aside all distractions, and began to repair the damage to his divine soul.
At the same time, the part of his divine soul that had been infected and left behind in the void earlier had already met its final end.
It was a more despairing and terrifying outcome than dying from old age. Just like an ordinary person suffering from Alzheimer's disease, the part of his divine soul that had been comprehending the black spot became slower in its thoughts.
His mind became increasingly dull, to the point where he needed to spend a long time recalling even the things he wanted to do.
Even the consciousness from his other body seemed to be blocked layer by layer and could not be understood at all.
Eventually, it completely fell into a state of mental stagnation.
Just like his divine soul, it had completely turned into silence.
"It's just like this Dark Starry Sea."
Primordial Yellow World, Extending Law Realm.
Li Fan's original body sensed the transmitted image from the Saint Embryo and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
What made him frown was not the invisible voids and the black spot epidemic in the starry sea.
It was the time difference between his original body and the Saint Embryo.
The Saint Embryo, using his body as a sword and leveraging the power of the starry sea, had already traveled a long distance away from the Primordial Yellow World.
As a result, Li Fan discovered that there was a time difference between the Primordial Yellow World and the deep Dark Starry Sea...
It was not synchronized.
"It seems that it is still influenced by the Immortal Ruins."
"Even though it's not as terrifying as the edge of the Immortal Ruins, where thousands of years could pass in an instant. But the flow of time is slower here than in other places in the Dark Starry Sea."
"Now, it's about one to two."
"And as the Saint Embryo continues to move farther away, this ratio is still increasing."
Li Fan couldn't help but think of more.
"The entire Dark Starry Sea within the High Walls is inevitably influenced by the Immortal Ruins to a greater or lesser extent."
"Doesn't this mean that the flow of time inside and outside the High Walls is not the same?"
"Is it possible that the catastrophe that severed the connection between the Primordial Yellow World and the ancient Immortal Path has already passed for tens of thousands of years?"
"And outside the High Walls, in fact..."
"Has time passed even longer?"
At this point, Li Fan closed his eyes, concealing the slight gleam within.
(This chapter is complete)