Chapter 1180 Wandering Starry Seas
(The end of the previous chapter has been modified, so if you read it early, take another look.)
Although the development of various technologies and methods during the confrontation between the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders' Council was not slow, it actually only lasted for less than three thousand years. Since the great calamity of the severance of the immortal path, for most of the tens of thousands of years, the majority of the Xuanhuang Realm has been in a state of mutual killing and fighting.
Civilization regressing instead of advancing.
"If my guess is true, then I can hardly believe how much the difference in civilization inside and outside the high walls can reach."
A closed civilization that claims to be the strongest in the world. And one day, when the passage to the outside world suddenly opens, there is no resistance in the face of the enemy's strength that is several eras ahead, leading to rapid collapse and destruction.
Such occurrences are not uncommon in the history of civilization.
Even now, there are some small worlds that have lost contact with the Xuanhuang Realm, forgetting the existence of immortal practitioners. They have established thriving mortal forces, with historians praising their achievements.
But just one foundational stage cultivator can easily overturn the so-called "prosperous dynasty."
Li Fan's goal has always been to transcend and live forever.
For this, he has cycled countless times, just to carve out a path in the perilous Xuanhuang Realm.
In the end, he wants to leave this dark starry sea and go beyond the high walls.
But at this moment, the speculation about the possible existence of civilization beyond the high walls is making Li Fan secretly apprehensive.
"If there really is an immortal civilization that has developed for so many years, they might have the power to rival true immortals. They might even be able to influence them to a certain extent..."
Li Fan's eyes flickered, and his thoughts fluctuated.
However, he did not feel frightened.
Being able to go back in time repeatedly and bring back memories and experiences to a set anchor point, even if the civilization beyond the high walls is truly advanced by millions of years, he can easily bridge the gap with a few cycles and instantly bring the two sides to the same level.
"It just requires caution. Before understanding the situation, I will not go out in person and will not use my avatars or holy fetus. Caution comes first in everything!"
"I'm not afraid of what kind of monsters exist beyond the high walls, I'm afraid that nothing exists beyond the high walls."
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In the pitch-black void, the sword light formed by the holy fetus Li Fan closely followed behind twenty-nine puppets.
Half a year had passed since he left the Xuanhuang Realm and ventured into the starry seas.
From the perspective of the holy fetus Li Fan, it had been exactly ten years since he left the Xuanhuang Realm.
The difference in the flow of time became even more pronounced as he delved deeper into the starry seas.
The time difference had recently reached its peak, at a terrifying ratio of fifty to one.
But as the holy fetus Li Fan continued on, the time difference between where he was and the Xuanhuang Realm slowly began to converge again.
It decreased from fifty to one to ten to one.
It was not much different from when he first left the Xuanhuang Realm.
Li Fan knew that this was due to the gradual approach to another massive force that distorted the flow of time.
"The vast starry seas, even with the aid of this unknown power, it took so long to reach the destination at a speed of hundreds of times the limit of flight in the Xuanhuang Realm. "Li Fan sighed softly.
During these ten years, he had divided his soul more than three hundred times.
From the peak period, where he could almost compete with the Dao practitioners of Xuanhuang, to now, where he only had the strength of a normal mortal.
The pain he had endured, even with Li Fan's tenacity, he did not want to experience it a second time.
Fortunately, in the final years, perhaps because his strength had weakened to an extremely weak state, the frequency of infection by the black dots also decreased significantly.
And after more than three hundred divisions and insights, the holy fetus Li Fan gained some understanding of this inexplicable plague.
"Although I still don't understand its principles, I can be sure that these black dots are related to the vanished immortal world in the dark starry sea."
If it were just one of the souls tainted by the black dots, perhaps Li Fan wouldn't have sensed anything.
But at this moment, all those desolate and dead souls that he had left behind in the dark starry sea added up, allowing Li Fan to find their common point.
After seemingly completely quieting down, they did not stay in one place.
Instead, they quietly flowed to different locations in the dark starry sea.
The way they moved was quite mysterious, not a normal movement in space.
It was more like water droplets naturally moving swiftly through the dark starry sea, from a high point to a low point.
After reaching their destination, each one then disappeared from Li Fan's senses.
"Those locations... seem to overlap with the 'Cavities' I passed through."
The holy fetus Li Fan looked back, silent.
"It seems that all the inexplicable phenomena in the dark starry sea may be related to each other."
"So, what about the power of the starry seas that can rival the Immortal Domains? What's the deal with that? Why did I not sense it at all when I was in the Xuanhuang Realm, and it suddenly erupted recently?"
Filled with doubt, the holy fetus Li Fan became increasingly curious about the unknown path ahead.
"Hmm?"
He was deep in thought when he suddenly became alert and looked ahead.
The feeling of being watched, just like before, resurfaced, but this time it was much stronger than what he had experienced over the past ten years.
It made the holy fetus Li Fan shudder and his heart race wildly.
It was as if there was an extremely terrifying presence in the dark void ahead!
With a single thought, Li Fan first controlled a stone puppet to collide with the source of the danger.
Then, a sword light was sent out from a distance.
The stone puppet seemed to collide with something and made a muffled sound.
It then disappeared from Li Fan's senses.
Affected by the reduction of his soul, the sword light he unleashed was nowhere near as dazzling as when he first left the Xuanhuang Realm.
But it still illuminated the surrounding pitch-black space.
A pair of huge eyes suddenly appeared from the darkness.
They stared fixedly at Li Fan.
And a dry and withered hand had silently approached the holy fetus Li Fan, about to capture him in its palm!
"Crap!"
After navigating the black void for more than ten years without encountering any other living beings, Li Fan suddenly came across such a terrifying existence. He felt his heart racing and his scalp tingling.
Instinctively, countless sword shadows flew out.
But either his own strength had become too weak, or that creature was too strong.
The sword shadows, which could split mountains and seas in the Xuanhuang Realm, couldn't even cause a dent.
As he was about to fall completely into the creature's clutches, Li Fan was about to make a desperate attempt.
But soon, he realized that something was amiss.
The massive, emaciated figure ahead...
It had no signs of life.
Its actions and expression remained the same.
Today's chapter ends here.