jù lí zuì zhōng wù chū nà shì shén tōng yǐ jīng yī bù zhī yáo ， lǐ fán què yòu zú zú zài zhè mén kǎn wài tíng zhì le bàn gè yuè 。
距离最终悟出那式神通已经一步之遥，李凡却又足足在这门槛外停滞了半个月。
Just a hair's breadth away from finally comprehending that divine technique, Li Fan found himself stuck outside the threshold for another half month.
jiù shì wèi le què bǎo xīn zhì bú huì shòu dào xuán huáng jiè tiān dào de yǐng xiǎng 。
就是为了确保心志不会受到玄黄界天道的影响。
To ensure his will wouldn't be influenced by the laws of Xuanhuang World.
“ jūn zǐ shēng fēi yì yě ， shàn jiǎ yú wù yě 。”
“君子生非异也，善假于物也。”
"Superior men are not born different; they merely make good use of external resources."
wù dào ér chéng de lǐ fán xú xú yín dào ， shēn xíng shǎn dòng ， shùn jiān yǐ jīng chū xiàn le líng mù jiè zhī wài 。
悟道而成的李凡徐徐吟道，身形闪动，瞬间已经出现了灵木界之外。
Li Fan recited softly as he moved through the air, appearing beyond the Spirit Wood World.
shén tōng chū chéng ， lǐ fán yào zhǎo gè hé shì de dì fāng shì yī shì wēi lì 。
神通初成，李凡要找个合适的地方试一试威力。
Having just mastered a new divine technique, Li Fan needed to find an appropriate place to test its power.
“ zhè yī shì 【 jiǎ é tiān dào 】， gēn wǒ de 【 wú xiāng shā jī 】 yǒu zhe yì qǔ tóng gōng zhī miào 。 dōu shì jiǎ jiè tiān mìng ér yòng zhī 。 suī rán néng jiè tiān dì bǐng quán ， què yě yǒu bèi fā xiàn 、 fǎn zāo tiān zhū de fēng xiǎn 。”
“这一式【假讹天道】，跟我的【无相杀机】有着异曲同工之妙。都是假借天命而用之。虽然能借天地柄权，却也有被发现、反遭天诛的风险。”
"This [Misleading Heavenly Dao] is akin to my [Formless Killing Mechanism]. Both borrow heavenly mandate for their use. While they can leverage the power of heaven and earth, there's also the risk of being discovered and punished by the heavens."
“ chū cì shì yàn ， dé zhǎo gè xuán huáng jiè tiān dào xiāng duì bǐ jiào bó ruò de dì fāng 。”
“初次试验，得找个玄黄界天道相对比较薄弱的地方。”
"The first trial should be conducted in a place where the laws of Xuanhuang World are relatively weaker."
lǐ fán zhè me xiǎng zhe ， shēn xíng zài kōng zhōng huà zuò yī dào xū xiàn 、 zhí bēn cóng yún hǎi ér qù 。
李凡这么想着，身形在空中化作一道虚线、直奔丛云海而去。
With this thought, Li Fan's figure turned into an ethereal line as he headed towards Cunyun Sea.
cóng yún hǎi shì tiān fǎ jiè cán piàn yǔ xuán huáng jiè shàng wèi wán chéng chè dǐ jiāo róng de dì dài 。
丛云海是天法界残片与玄黄界尚未完成彻底交融的地带。
Cunyun Sea was a region where remnants of the Heaven Law World had yet to fully merge with Xuanhuang World.
yóu rú zhā rù xuè ròu shēn chù de mù cì ， xuán huáng jiè zhǐ yǒu tōng guò ruò gān nián hòu de chì yán fén hǎi 、 duì qí jìn xíng yī cì dà qīng xǐ ， cái néng chè dǐ jiāng qí róng hé 。
犹如扎入血肉深处的木刺，玄黄界只有通过若干年后的赤炎焚海、对其进行一次大清洗，才能彻底将其融合。
Like a splinter embedded in flesh, Xuanhuang World could only be completely integrated through a major cleansing by the fiery sea after several years.
zài cóng yún hǎi ， xuán huáng jiè tiān dào bǐ qǐ yuán shēng zhōu yù ， yào ruò shàng bù shǎo 。
在从云海，玄黄界天道比起原生州域，要弱上不少。
In this cloud sea, the laws of Xuanhuang World were weaker compared to their original state.
bù duō shí ， lǐ fán jiù lái dào le yī chù wú rén hǎi yù 。
不多时，李凡就来到了一处无人海域。
Not long after, Li Fan arrived at an unoccupied sea area.
lì yú yún céng zhī shàng ， bǐng qì níng shén hòu ， shī zhǎn qǐ le zhè xīn wù chū de 【 jiǎ é tiān dào 】。
立于云层之上，屏气凝神后，施展起了这新悟出的【假讹天道】。
Standing on the clouds, he focused his mind and began to practice the newly understood [Misleading Heavenly Dao].
lǐ fán yǎn zhōng de shì jiè ， shùn jiān wèi zhī yī biàn 。
李凡眼中的世界，瞬间为之一变。
The world in Li Fan's eyes instantly changed.
jiù xiàng huí dào le 【 tiān dì zhī gēn 】 zhōng ， wú shù héng shù jiāo zhī de xì xiàn gòu chéng le tiān dì wàn wù 。
就像回到了【天地之根】中，无数横竖交织的细线构成了天地万物。
It was as if he had returned to the [Root of Heaven and Earth], where countless intersecting threads formed all things.
jù wǎng zhōng de yī qiè ， dōu yào zūn xún xì xiàn guī zé yùn zhuàn 。
巨网中的一切，都要遵循细线规则运转。
Everything within this vast net had to follow the rules defined by these fine lines.
nà shì míng wèi tiān dì fǎ zé de cún zài 。
那是名为天地法则的存在。
These were the existences known as the laws of heaven and earth.
ér lǐ fán de shēn qū ， shí tǐ fǎng fú píng kōng xiāo shī 。 jīng shén yì zhì zé shì huǎn huǎn róng rù zhè zhāng jù wǎng zhī zhōng 。
而李凡的身躯，实体仿佛凭空消失。精神意志则是缓缓融入这张巨网之中。
Li Fan’s physical form seemed to vanish, while his mental will slowly merged into this grand net.
chà nà jiān ， lái zì wú shù zòng héng xì xiàn de yā lì 、 jī hū yào bǎ lǐ fán de shén hún gěi sī chě kāi lái 。 zhè shùn jiān 、 lǐ fán jīng hóng yī piē zhōng ， kuī jiàn liǎo wú shù tiān dì yùn zhuàn de jī chǔ fǎ zé 。
刹那间，来自无数纵横细线的压力、几乎要把李凡的神魂给撕扯开来。这瞬间、李凡惊鸿一瞥中，窥见了无数天地运转的基础法则。
In an instant, the pressure from countless intersecting threads nearly tore apart Li Fan's soul. In that moment, he glimpsed numerous fundamental laws governing the workings of heaven and earth. He also saw myriad events unfolding within Xuanhuang World.
yě sì hū kàn jiàn le xuán huáng jiè nèi zhèng zài fā shēng zhe de wú shù shì jiàn 。
也似乎看见了玄黄界内正在发生着的无数事件。
But the merging with these laws only lasted a brief moment before Li Fan voluntarily stopped it.
dàn yǔ tiān dì dà dào de xiāng róng ， yě jiù zhǐ chí xù le zhè me yī shùn 。 jiù bèi lǐ fán zhǔ dòng tíng zhǐ le 。
但与天地大道的相融，也就只持续了这么一瞬。就被李凡主动停止了。
If he continued, his soul would be torn into countless fragments by this immense force and absorbed into the myriad laws of heaven and earth.
yīn wèi zài zhè me xià qù ， tā de shén hún jiù huì yīn wèi chéng shòu bú zhù zhè gǔ jù dà de lì liàng ér bèi sī chéng wú shù suì piàn 、 ér hòu róng rù zhè wú shù tiān dì fǎ zé zhōng 。
因为在这么下去，他的神魂就会因为承受不住这股巨大的力量而被撕成无数碎片、而后融入这无数天地法则中。
Perhaps a Heavenly Dao Li might emerge in the future, but that wouldn't be him.
huò xǔ jīn hòu huì dàn shēng yí gè tiān dào lǐ ， dàn nà què bú shì lǐ fán le 。
或许今后会诞生一个天道李，但那却不是李凡了。
Exiting the state of merging with heaven and earth, Li Fan took advantage of the lingering profound sense within him to once again activate [Misleading Technique].
cóng yǔ tiān dì jiāo róng de zhuàng tài zhōng tuì chū zhī hòu ， lǐ fán chèn zhe xīn jiān nà gǔ xuán zhī yòu xuán de gǎn wù shàng wèi xiāo tuì de shùn jiān 、 yòu zài dù yùn zhuàn qǐ le 【 jiǎ é zhī fǎ 】。
从与天地交融的状态中退出之后，李凡趁着心间那股玄之又玄的感悟尚未消退的瞬间、又再度运转起了【假讹之法】。
This time, he did not reach the point where his soul merged with the heavens and earth.
zhè yī cì ， méi yǒu dá dào shén hún yǔ tiān dì xiāng róng de dì bù 。
这一次，没有达到神魂与天地相融的地步。
Instead, he tried to connect the intersecting laws of heaven and earth to himself.
zhǐ shì cháng shì zhe ， jiāng tiān dì jiān nà zòng héng jiāo cuò de fǎ zé xì xiàn ， jiē rù dào zì jǐ shēn shàng 。
只是尝试着，将天地间那纵横交错的法则细线，接入到自己身上。
With each thread touched, Li Fan felt as if a mountain was pressing down upon him.
měi jiē chù yī gēn xì xiàn ， lǐ fán dōu gǎn jué sì hū yǒu yī zuò dà shān dāng tóu yā xià 。
每接触一根细线，李凡都感觉似乎有一座大山当头压下。
Using the techniques of Infinite Extremes and Soul-Furnace Art to alleviate bodily strain, Li Fan continuously integrated these law threads into his body.
wú jí yíng xū jiā shàng rán hún fǎ yùn zhuàn dào jí zhì ， huǎn jiě shēn tǐ de fù dān 。
无极盈虚加上燃魂法运转到极致，缓解身体的负担。
It was like drawing lines from the vast net of heaven and earth, forming a self-winding thread.
lǐ fán bù duàn jiāng fǎ zé xì xiàn jiē rù zì jǐ tǐ nèi 。
李凡不断将法则细线接入自己体内。
When he felt that his body could no longer bear it, he stopped.
jiù xiàng shì zài tiān dì jù wǎng zhōng ， chōu qǔ xiàn tiáo 、 xíng chéng le yí gè zì wǒ chán rào de xiàn tóu 。
就像是在天地巨网中，抽取线条、形成了一个自我缠绕的线头。
"This is the weight of the laws of heaven and earth..."
dāng lǐ fán gǎn dào zì jǐ yǐ jīng dá dào shēn tǐ suǒ néng chéng shòu de jí xiàn zhī hòu ， fāng cái tíng zhǐ jì xù jiē rù 。
当李凡感到自己已经达到身体所能承受的极限之后，方才停止继续接入。
Now, Li Fan felt as if he were trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, unable to move.
“ zhè jiù shì tiān dì zhī lǐ de zhòng liàng me ……”
“这就是天地之理的重量么……”
Only by directly experiencing the might of heaven and earth could one truly comprehend its terrifying power.
rú jīn de lǐ fán ， zhǐ gǎn jué zì jǐ hǎo sì bèi yā zài le wǔ xíng shān xià ， dòng tán bù dé 。
如今的李凡，只感觉自己好似被压在了五行山下，动弹不得。
"The Longevity Realm is about overturning these mountains and reversing the laws of heaven and earth..."
dāng qiè shēn shí dì yǔ tiān dì huī hóng zhī lì jiē chù shí ， fāng cái néng zhēn shí de gǎn dào tiān dì wěi lì shì hé děng de kě bù 。
当切身实地与天地恢弘之力接触时，方才能真实的感到天地伟力是何等的可怖。
"I'm still far from it."
“ cháng shēng jìng ， biàn shì yào jiāng zhè xiē dà shān tuī fān 、 nì zhuǎn tiān dì zhī lǐ ……”
“长生境，便是要将这些大山推翻、逆转天地之理……”
Li Fan's eyes flickered as he temporarily suppressed this thought. He began to reflect on his current state.
“ wǒ hái chà de yǒu diǎn yuǎn 。”
“我还差的有点远。”
Though unable to move, Li Fan’s vision was unprecedentedly vast.
lǐ fán mù guāng shǎn dòng ， zàn qiě jiāng zhè niàn tou yā xià 。
李凡目光闪动，暂且将这念头压下。
More so than when he had used the Pearl of the Vast Sea to observe the transformation of Cunyun Sea into a field of mulberry trees.
gǎn wù qǐ zì shēn de zhuàng tài lái 。
感悟起自身的状态来。
From an elevated perspective, the five states surrounding Cunyun Sea were all within his sight.
suī rán dòng tán bù dé ， dàn shì lǐ fán cǐ kè de shì yě què cóng wèi yǒu guò de guǎng kuò 。
虽然动弹不得，但是李凡此刻的视野却从未有过的广阔。
The myriad beings were like ants, visible in their entirety.
bǐ dāng chū jiè zhù cāng hǎi zhū 、 guān cóng yún hǎi cāng hǎi biàn sāng tián shí ， hái yào kàn de gèng duō 、 kàn de gèng yuǎn 。
比当初借助沧海珠、观丛云海沧海变桑田时，还要看的更多、看的更远。
Various unintelligible murmurs echoed around him.
gāo gāo zài shàng de fǔ shì shì jiǎo ， cóng yún hǎi zhōu wéi yī gòng wǔ gè zhōu yù ， jǐn zài lǐ fán de yǎn xià 。
高高在上的俯视视角，丛云海周围一共五个州域，尽在李凡的眼下。
Not from some indescribable creature, but from the fundamental mechanisms of heaven and earth'soperation.
zhòng shēng rú lóu yǐ ， yī lǎn wú yú 。
众生如蝼蚁，一览无余。
There is no sound to the Dao.
ěr biān gèng shì yǒu zhū duō bù míng yì yì de ní nán shēng xiǎng qǐ 。
耳边更是有诸多不明意义的呢喃声响起。
Heaven and Earth functioned like a highly complex machine that emitted its own thunderous sounds as it evolved.
bìng fēi lái zì yú shén me bù kě míng zhuàng de guài wù ， ér shì yuán zì tiān dì zì wǒ yùn zhuàn de jī lǐ 。
并非来自于什么不可名状的怪物，而是源自天地自我运转的机理。
Ordinary people could not perceive this; only someone like Li Fan, part of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, could hear some of these cacophonies.
suǒ wèi dà dào wú yīn 。
所谓大道无音。
Since he was in Cunyun Sea, Li Fan carefully discerned that most of these murmurs were about the evolution of heaven and earth within it.
tiān dì jiù xiàng shì yī tái bù tíng yùn xíng 、 shí fēn jīng mì de jī qì 。 tiān dì yǎn biàn de guò chéng zhōng ， yě huì bù duàn fā chū zì jǐ de hōng míng zhī shēng 。
天地就像是一台不停运行、十分精密的机器。天地演变的过程中，也会不断发出自己的轰鸣之声。
The most prominent was the impending Red Flame Fiery Sea.
bù guò xún cháng rén gēn běn wú fǎ chá jué ， wéi yǒu xiàng lǐ fán zhè bān ， chéng wéi tiān dì dà dào de yī bù fèn ， cái cóng néng fēn zá de tiān dì hóng yīn zhōng tīng dào shǎo xǔ 。
不过寻常人根本无法察觉，唯有像李凡这般，成为天地大道的一部分，才从能纷杂的天地鸿音中听到少许。
Li Fan also heard the arrangements for the Sealed Sword of Green Wind by heaven and earth.
yóu yú shēn chù cóng yún hǎi ， suǒ yǐ zǐ xì fēn biàn zhī xià ， lǐ fán fā xiàn zhè xiē ní nán shēng zhōng 、 jué dà duō shù dōu shì guān yú cóng yún hǎi tiān dì yǎn biàn zhī shì 。
由于身处丛云海，所以仔细分辨之下，李凡发现这些呢喃声中、绝大多数都是关于丛云海天地演变之事。
What surprised him was that the sounds related to the Sealed Sword of Green Wind ranked third among all these cacophonies.
qí zhōng zuì wèi míng xiǎn de ， jiù shì zhèng zài yùn niàng zhōng de chì yán fén hǎi 。
其中最为明显的，就是正在酝酿中的赤炎焚海。
Second...
lǐ fán hái tīng dào de tiān dì guān yú qīng fēng kùn jiàn de ān pái 。
李凡还听到的天地关于青风困剑的安排。
Li Fan followed the source of the gaze.
dàn ràng lǐ fán yǒu xiē yì wài de shì ， qīng fēng kùn jiàn de tiān dì hóng yīn ， jìng rán zài zhè yī piàn cáo zá shēng zhōng zhǐ pái dì sān 。
但让李凡有些意外的是，青风困剑的天地鸿音，竟然在这一片嘈杂声中只排第三。
That was in the deepest depths directly below the vast expanse of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, where even the heavenly perspective was obscured by darkness.
ér dì èr ……
而第二……
The [Golden Seal] of heaven and earth spiraled like a chain, always suppressing the darkness beneath.
lǐ fán shùn zhe zhǐ xiàng de lái yuán tóu xiàng mù guāng 。
李凡顺着指向的来源投向目光。
"Passage to the Profound?"
nà shì wàn xiān dǎo zhèng xià fāng jí shēn chù ， nǎ pà shì tiān dì shì jiǎo dōu réng bèi zhē bì de yōu àn zhī suǒ 。
那是万仙岛正下方极深处，哪怕是天地视角都仍被遮蔽的幽暗之所。
A term instantly surfaced in Li Fan's mind.
míng wèi 【 jīn jiān 】 de tiān dì zhī pò ， wǎn rú yī tiáo suǒ liàn pán xuán 、 jiāng xià fāng de hēi àn gěi shǐ zhōng zhèn yā 。
名为【金缄】的天地之魄，宛如一条锁链盘旋、将下方的黑暗给始终镇压。
In the 115th era, the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Island was taken by the Five Elders' Association. The passage to the Profound became exposed as well.
“ tōng yōu suì kǒu ？”
“通幽隧口？”
He had served as acting city lord and received the task of rebuilding the immortal city while simultaneously setting up the Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array under First Jīnglún's command, sealing off the passage to the Profound.
lǐ fán nǎo hǎi zhōng shùn jiān fú xiàn chū yí gè cí 。
李凡脑海中瞬间浮现出一个词。
"Originally, with the expansion of the passage to the Profound, the suppression by Ten Thousand Immortals Island had already gradually lost its effect."
115 shì de shí hòu ， zhěng zuò wàn xiān dǎo bèi wǔ lǎo huì lüè zǒu 。 wàn xiān dǎo zhī xià de tōng yōu suì kǒu suí zhī bào lù 。
115世的时候，整座万仙岛被五老会掠走。万仙岛之下的通幽隧口随之暴露。
"This might also explain why Cunyun Sea often exhibits strange phenomena."
tā dān rèn dài lǐ chéng zhǔ ， jiē dào chóng jiàn xiān chéng rèn wù de tóng shí ， yě shòu dì yī jīng lún zhī mìng 、 bù xià xuán tiān suǒ yōu zhèn ， jiāng tōng yōu suì kǒu gěi chóng xīn dǔ zhù 。
他担任代理城主，接到重建仙城任务的同时，也受第一经纶之命、布下玄天锁幽阵，将通幽隧口给重新堵住。
"Heaven and Earth have been quietly handling this without any of us noticing."
“ yuán lái suí zhe tōng yōu suì kǒu de bù duàn kuò dà ， wàn xiān dǎo de yā zhì zǎo yǐ jīng màn màn shī qù le xiào guǒ 。”
“原来随着通幽隧口的不断扩大，万仙岛的压制早已经慢慢失去了效果。”
Li Fan suddenly understood.
“ huò xǔ zhè yě shì cóng yún hǎi jīng cháng huì chū xiàn guǐ yì de yuán yīn 。”
“或许这也是丛云海经常会出现诡异的原因。”
The Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array had a style similar to that of the ancient Xuan Tian Sect.
“ tiān dì zài suǒ yǒu xiū shì dōu méi yǒu chá jué de qíng kuàng xià ， yǐ jīng mò mò kāi shǐ chǔ lǐ le 。”
“天地在所有修士都没有察觉的情况下，已经默默开始处理了。”
According to records Li Fan found in the Heavenly Mysteries Mirror, they were indeed inherited from the ancient Xuan Tian Sect.
lǐ fán dùn shí huǎng rán 。
李凡顿时恍然。
However, with his current understanding of array techniques, he immediately saw that while this array was ingenious, it clearly hadn't reached the level of a divine-grade array.
xuán tiān suǒ yōu zhèn ， zhèn fǎ fēng gé gēn xuán tiān jiào jí qí xiāng sì 。
玄天锁幽阵，阵法风格跟玄天教极其相似。
In fact, it was far inferior to the Reversing Life and Death Array.
jù lǐ fán zài tiān xuán jìng zhōng sōu xún dào de xiāng guān zī liào ， yě quán dōu tǒng yī liǎo kǒu jìng 、 dí què lái zì shàng gǔ xuán tiān jiào yí chuán 。
据李凡在天玄镜中搜寻到的相关资料，也全都统一了口径、的确来自上古玄天教遗传。
"Strange phenomena arise as Xuanhuang World merges with other cultivation worlds."
bù guò yǐ lǐ fán rú jīn de zhèn dào jiàn jiě ， tā yī yǎn jiù kàn chū zhè zhèn fǎ suī rán bié chū xīn cái 、 dàn hěn xiǎn rán hái méi yǒu dá dào xiān jí fǎ zhèn de céng cì 。
不过以李凡如今的阵道见解，他一眼就看出这阵法虽然别出心裁、但很显然还没有达到仙级法阵的层次。
"The Xuan Tian Sect had already had this array back then, indicating that at that time, capturing parts of other worlds using the Floating Passage Starlight Array had already begun to exhibit strange issues."
shèn zhì bǐ qǐ nì zhuǎn sǐ shēng dà zhèn hái yuǎn yuǎn bù rú 。
甚至比起逆转死生大阵还远远不如。
"But the level of the array also suggests that these strange phenomena weren't severe. Such a rough array was sufficient for handling it."
“ guǐ yì shì xuán huáng jiè yǔ qí tā xiū xiān jiè zài róng hé guò chéng zhōng dàn shēng de 。”
“诡异是玄黄界与其他修仙界在融合过程中诞生的。”
"However, as more and more worlds are integrated, this Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array..."
“ xuán tiān jiào shí hòu ， jiù yǒu le zhè ge zhèn fǎ 。 shuō míng zài nà shí ， lì yòng fú dù xīng kōng dà zhèn bǔ huò qí tā shì jiè de xuán huáng jiè ， jiù yǐ jīng kāi shǐ chū xiàn guǐ yì wèn tí le 。”
“玄天教时候，就有了这个阵法。说明在那时，利用浮渡星空大阵捕获其他世界的玄黄界，就已经开始出现诡异问题了。”
"...will seem inadequate."
“ bù guò zhèn fǎ de néng jí yě shuō míng liǎo dàng shí guǐ yì yě bìng bù yán zhòng 。 zhè děng cū lüè de zhèn fǎ yě zú gòu yìng duì le 。”
“不过阵法的能级也说明了当时诡异也并不严重。这等粗略的阵法也足够应对了。”
Using the spare computational power from his mind's disconnection disc, Li Fan almost instantly derived a new lock array that could seal ten times stronger.
“ dàn suí zhe róng hé de shì jiè yǔ rì jù zēng ， zhè xuán tiān suǒ yōu zhèn fǎ ……”
“但随着融合的世界与日俱增，这玄天锁幽阵法……”
Shaking his head slightly, Li Fan said, "After all these years, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance still isn't making progress, treating ancient relics as treasures."
“ jiù xiǎn de yǒu xiē zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu le 。”
“就显得有些捉襟见肘了。”
(End of Chapter)
Just a hair's breadth away from finally comprehending that divine technique, Li Fan found himself stuck outside the threshold for another half month.
To ensure his will wouldn't be influenced by the laws of Xuanhuang World.
"Superior men are not born different; they merely make good use of external resources."
Li Fan recited softly as he moved through the air, appearing beyond the Spirit Wood World.
Having just mastered a new divine technique, Li Fan needed to find an appropriate place to test its power.
"This [Misleading Heavenly Dao] is akin to my [Formless Killing Mechanism]. Both borrow heavenly mandate for their use. While they can leverage the power of heaven and earth, there's also the risk of being discovered and punished by the heavens."
"The first trial should be conducted in a place where the laws of Xuanhuang World are relatively weaker."
With this thought, Li Fan's figure turned into an ethereal line as he headed towards Cunyun Sea.
Cunyun Sea was a region where remnants of the Heaven Law World had yet to fully merge with Xuanhuang World.
Like a splinter embedded in flesh, Xuanhuang World could only be completely integrated through a major cleansing by the fiery sea after several years.
In this cloud sea, the laws of Xuanhuang World were weaker compared to their original state.
Not long after, Li Fan arrived at an unoccupied sea area.
Standing on the clouds, he focused his mind and began to practice the newly understood [Misleading Heavenly Dao].
The world in Li Fan's eyes instantly changed.
It was as if he had returned to the [Root of Heaven and Earth], where countless intersecting threads formed all things.
Everything within this vast net had to follow the rules defined by these fine lines.
These were the existences known as the laws of heaven and earth.
Li Fan’s physical form seemed to vanish, while his mental will slowly merged into this grand net.
In an instant, the pressure from countless intersecting threads nearly tore apart Li Fan's soul. In that moment, he glimpsed numerous fundamental laws governing the workings of heaven and earth. He also saw myriad events unfolding within Xuanhuang World.
But the merging with these laws only lasted a brief moment before Li Fan voluntarily stopped it.
If he continued, his soul would be torn into countless fragments by this immense force and absorbed into the myriad laws of heaven and earth.
Perhaps a Heavenly Dao Li might emerge in the future, but that wouldn't be him.
Exiting the state of merging with heaven and earth, Li Fan took advantage of the lingering profound sense within him to once again activate [Misleading Technique].
This time, he did not reach the point where his soul merged with the heavens and earth.
Instead, he tried to connect the intersecting laws of heaven and earth to himself.
With each thread touched, Li Fan felt as if a mountain was pressing down upon him.
Using the techniques of Infinite Extremes and Soul-Furnace Art to alleviate bodily strain, Li Fan continuously integrated these law threads into his body.
It was like drawing lines from the vast net of heaven and earth, forming a self-winding thread.
When he felt that his body could no longer bear it, he stopped.
"This is the weight of the laws of heaven and earth..."
Now, Li Fan felt as if he were trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, unable to move.
Only by directly experiencing the might of heaven and earth could one truly comprehend its terrifying power.
"The Longevity Realm is about overturning these mountains and reversing the laws of heaven and earth..."
"I'm still far from it."
Li Fan's eyes flickered as he temporarily suppressed this thought. He began to reflect on his current state.
Though unable to move, Li Fan’s vision was unprecedentedly vast.
More so than when he had used the Pearl of the Vast Sea to observe the transformation of Cunyun Sea into a field of mulberry trees.
From an elevated perspective, the five states surrounding Cunyun Sea were all within his sight.
The myriad beings were like ants, visible in their entirety.
Various unintelligible murmurs echoed around him.
Not from some indescribable creature, but from the fundamental mechanisms of heaven and earth'soperation.
There is no sound to the Dao.
Heaven and Earth functioned like a highly complex machine that emitted its own thunderous sounds as it evolved.
Ordinary people could not perceive this; only someone like Li Fan, part of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, could hear some of these cacophonies.
Since he was in Cunyun Sea, Li Fan carefully discerned that most of these murmurs were about the evolution of heaven and earth within it.
The most prominent was the impending Red Flame Fiery Sea.
Li Fan also heard the arrangements for the Sealed Sword of Green Wind by heaven and earth.
What surprised him was that the sounds related to the Sealed Sword of Green Wind ranked third among all these cacophonies.
Second...
Li Fan followed the source of the gaze.
That was in the deepest depths directly below the vast expanse of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, where even the heavenly perspective was obscured by darkness.
The [Golden Seal] of heaven and earth spiraled like a chain, always suppressing the darkness beneath.
"Passage to the Profound?"
A term instantly surfaced in Li Fan's mind.
In the 115th era, the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Island was taken by the Five Elders' Association. The passage to the Profound became exposed as well.
He had served as acting city lord and received the task of rebuilding the immortal city while simultaneously setting up the Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array under First Jīnglún's command, sealing off the passage to the Profound.
"Originally, with the expansion of the passage to the Profound, the suppression by Ten Thousand Immortals Island had already gradually lost its effect."
"This might also explain why Cunyun Sea often exhibits strange phenomena."
"Heaven and Earth have been quietly handling this without any of us noticing."
Li Fan suddenly understood.
The Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array had a style similar to that of the ancient Xuan Tian Sect.
According to records Li Fan found in the Heavenly Mysteries Mirror, they were indeed inherited from the ancient Xuan Tian Sect.
However, with his current understanding of array techniques, he immediately saw that while this array was ingenious, it clearly hadn't reached the level of a divine-grade array.
In fact, it was far inferior to the Reversing Life and Death Array.
"Strange phenomena arise as Xuanhuang World merges with other cultivation worlds."
"The Xuan Tian Sect had already had this array back then, indicating that at that time, capturing parts of other worlds using the Floating Passage Starlight Array had already begun to exhibit strange issues."
"But the level of the array also suggests that these strange phenomena weren't severe. Such a rough array was sufficient for handling it."
"However, as more and more worlds are integrated, this Xuan Tian Lock Profound Array..."
"...will seem inadequate."
Using the spare computational power from his mind's disconnection disc, Li Fan almost instantly derived a new lock array that could seal ten times stronger.
Shaking his head slightly, Li Fan said, "After all these years, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance still isn't making progress, treating ancient relics as treasures."
(End of Chapter)