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Li Fan had been stuck at the Mid Qi Condensation Stage for several years, making no progress.
After cultivating both cultivation techniques to the Mid Qi Condensation Stage, he still couldn't find his own opportunity for advancement.
But now, as Li Fan looked at the Vast Sea Pearl, he suddenly sensed a chance for a breakthrough.
It was the same as before—using his consciousness to connect and comprehend the Vast Sea Pearl.
Li Fan was well aware of the immense danger; it was almost equivalent to courting death.
The Cultivation Miscellany had many records of cultivators sensing their opportunities for advancement.
While there were risks, they also came with opportunities.
Why hadn't he sensed it before, but now it suddenly appeared?
Li Fan immediately understood.
The Mystic Yellow Heart Refinement Spell.
Perhaps running the Mystic Yellow Heart Refinement Spell could help Li Fan resist the assimilation by the will of the Vast Sea.
With this decision made, Li Fan held the Vast Sea Pearl in both hands, slightly lowering it to his dantian.
Sitting cross-legged, he simultaneously ran the Thousand Mechanisms Jade Ring Golden Chapter and the Mystic Yellow Heart Refinement Spell.
At first, Li Fan found it a bit difficult to handle two tasks at once.
But since the Mystic Yellow Heart Refinement Spell did not involve the circulation of spirit energy, it only refined the mind, there was no conflict between the two cultivation techniques.
After hundreds of attempts, Li Fan finally slowly mastered the method of running both techniques simultaneously.
His mind became hazy, as if he had once again become the vast sea, observing the changes in the world.
Sunrise and sunset, the stars shifting, clouds drifting, rain dispersing.
All of this sped up thousands of times, flashing rapidly before Li Fan's eyes.
In a single thought, it felt like a hundred years had passed.
The ancient, vast, and weathered aura gradually permeated Li Fan's consciousness.
He began to view the world from the perspective of the sea.
He gradually forgot that he was a human.
At this moment, a cool sensation suddenly surged.
Like a clear spring in the mountains, it slowly washed away the marks of time.
Li Fan gradually regained his consciousness.
"It really works."
Confirming his hypothesis, Li Fan felt neither joy nor sorrow.
Although the Mystic Yellow Heart Refinement Spell could reduce the assimilation by the will of the Vast Sea to some extent, compared to the will of the Vast Sea, he was still too insignificant.
He was still inevitably affected.
The consumption of his lifespan was still many times that of normal cultivation, and human emotions such as joy, anger, and sorrow were infinitely diluted.
There were, of course, benefits.
He was now able to tap into a small amount of the Vast Sea Pearl's power.
His divine sense was strengthened a thousandfold. With a slight movement, he easily covered the entire Taian Island.
Without stopping, Li Fan's consciousness expanded outward like ripples.
One by one, lifeless islands appeared in Li Fan's mind.
Through his divine sense, he saw a volcano on one island, which had been dormant, reignite due to the influence of the fire disaster.
He saw a giant fish bone lying among human corpses not far from Jade Island. At the center of the fish bone, a large crystal pearl shone in the sunlight.
He saw that in various hidden corners of the Congyun Sea, there were still a few cultivators he thought had already perished.
He saw many secrets of the Congyun Sea that were usually hidden and only revealed in such an apocalyptic era.
...
However, these were no longer relevant to him.
His heart was free of greed.
His divine sense quickly returned. He manipulated the Vast Sea Pearl to attract the residual water vapor from the Congyun Sea, gathering it above Taian Island.
Thus, the survivors on Taian Island saw the formation of dark clouds in the sky.
"Rumble!"
As the heavy rain fell, people wept with joy.
They embraced and rolled in the rain.
The heavy rain lasted for half an hour.
Above Taian Island, a faint trace of clouds remained, not completely dissipating.
This was Li Fan's manipulation. Every fixed half month, the Vast Sea Pearl would automatically draw water vapor to bring rain to Taian Island.
Thus ensuring the survival of the mortals on the island.
After doing all this, Li Fan quietly watched the sky.
The reason he had no greed for the many secrets and treasures in the Congyun Sea was not because he had suddenly become extraordinary and holy, but because he had found something more worth pursuing.
An opportunity to contact the Will of Heaven and Earth.
The most ideal state of the Thousand Mechanisms Jade Ring Golden Chapter was to sense and refine the Vital Energy of Heaven and Earth.
The Vital Energy of Heaven and Earth, as the external manifestation of the Will of Heaven and Earth, was vast and immense.
Ordinary cultivators, when in contact with it, could easily have their lifespan rapidly depleted, as Li Fan had experienced before.
Even losing their self-will and becoming puppets of the Will of Heaven was not uncommon.
But now, Li Fan had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to contact the Will of Heaven and Earth while retaining his own consciousness.
Because he was no longer just an ordinary qi cultivation cultivator.
A part of his consciousness was already connected to the Vast Sea Pearl.
If a cultivator trying to fathom the heavens was courting death, Then using the sea to fathom the heavens might not be a dead end.
Li Fan's heart became subtly excited.
This was truly the path to enlightenment, where death was acceptable after understanding.
He transformed into the sea, quietly observing the world, feeling the various energies flowing in the world, and sensing the will of heaven and earth.
One year, two years...
The passage of time was no longer important to Li Fan.
The more he gazed at the sky, the more he comprehended.
He overturned many of his previous notions.
He thought the killing intent in the Congyun Sea had gradually faded.
But now he realized that the killing intent of heaven and earth had never diminished; it still existed.
What Li Fan had sensed before, those violent killing intents, were not part of the Will of Heaven itself.
The killing intent of heaven and earth would never be perceived by mortal cultivators.
It would not be so violent, so angry, or so full of emotions.
It was a pure will, a pure rule.
It was the heavens being indifferent, treating all things as straw dogs.
It was destroying you, and what does it have to do with you?
Under the Will of Heaven, all are ants.
Mortals, cultivators, the sea...
In its eyes, there was no difference.
Cultivators who plundered the heavens and earth would naturally invoke the killing intent of heaven.
But the Will of Heaven would not act directly, as cultivators themselves were also part of the Will of Heaven.
Corresponding laws would evolve to align with the killing intent of heaven.
For example, cultivators cannot cultivate both immortal arts at the same time, And for example...
What Li Fan saw at this moment.
Above the Congyun Sea, a transparent, crimson figure coldly gazed down.
In His hand, a small flame flickered continuously.
Burning the Congyun Sea.
Sensing Li Fan's gaze, the crimson figure turned His head.
Their eyes met.
The seawater in the Vast Sea Pearl instantly boiled.
Fortunately, He only glanced and then withdrew His gaze.
Li Fan's consciousness was thus preserved.
Because He had glanced at Li Fan, Li Fan also understood His identity.
The Soul of Heaven and Earth: Flame!
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