shāng shǎo jūn suī shì qīng xuán jūn tǒng lǐng ， què yě méi yǒu gēn cháng shēng jìng de cún zài zhèng miàn jiāo shǒu guò 。
商少君虽是青玄军统领，却也没有跟长生境的存在正面交手过。
Though Shang Shaojun was the commander of the Qingxuan Army, he had never actually faced a Longevity Realm existence directly.
zài tǎn tè děng dài de guò chéng zhōng ， zhǐ jué zuò lì nán ān 、 dù rì rú nián 。
在忐忑等待的过程中，只觉坐立难安、度日如年。
In the tense wait, he felt restless and time dragged on agonizingly.
bù zhī guò le duō jiǔ ， zhōu wéi bù duàn xuán zhuǎn de jiàn guāng ， zhōng yú tíng le xià lái 。
不知过了多久，周围不断旋转的剑光，终于停了下来。
After an indeterminate amount of time, the swirling sword lights finally stopped spinning.
yì zhí bì mù děng dài de lǐ fán ， yě zhōng yú zhēng kāi le yǎn jīng 。
一直闭目等待的李凡，也终于睁开了眼睛。
Li Fan, who had been waiting with his eyes closed, finally opened them.
jiàn guāng sàn qù ， shāng shǎo jūn xià yì shí de cháo zhe zhōu wéi wàng qù 。
剑光散去，商少君下意识的朝着周围望去。
The sword lights dissipated as Shang Shaojun subconsciously looked around.
ér suǒ jiàn de chǎng jǐng ， ràng tā dùn shí rú zhuì shēn hán 、 hún shēn bīng lěng 。
而所见的场景，让他顿时如坠深寒、浑身冰冷。
What he saw left him feeling like he was in a deep freeze, his body chilled to the bone.
gāng gāng ， bèi lǐ fán yòng jiàn guāng cì jī pò miè de nà shù gè cán pò shì jiè ， bù zhī wèi hé jū rán yòu chóng xīn chū xiàn le ！
刚刚，被李凡用剑光刺激破灭的那数个残破世界，不知为何居然又重新出现了！
Just now, the shattered worlds that Li Fan had used sword light to destroy somehow reappeared!
dào xuán yú tóu dǐng ， guǐ jué de hóng sè sī xiàn hù xiāng chán rào ， gèng jiā cū zhuàng 。
倒悬于头顶，诡谲的红色丝线互相缠绕，更加粗壮。
Hanging above his head, the eerie red threads intertwined more thickly and extended further into the abyss.
mì mì má má ， xiàng zhe chì zhà shēn yuān bù duàn yán shēn 。
密密麻麻，向着叱咤深渊不断延伸。
"Not only did they not disappear, but..." Shang Shaojun felt a shudder of fear as he looked at Li Fan.
“ bù jǐn méi yǒu xiāo shī ， shèn zhì hái ……” shāng shǎo jūn xīn zhōng sǒng rán ， kàn xiàng lǐ fán 。
“不仅没有消失，甚至还……”商少君心中悚然，看向李凡。
He even began to doubt whether what he had seen of those worlds breaking apart was just an illusion.
tā shèn zhì dōu yǒu xiē huái yí ， xiān qián zì jǐ suǒ jiàn de shì jiè pò miè de chǎng jǐng ， shì bú shì yī cháng cuò jué 。
他甚至都有些怀疑，先前自己所见的世界破灭的场景，是不是一场错觉。
"He has come before."
“ tā lái guò le 。”
“他来过了。”
Li Fan said solemnly.
lǐ fán chén shēng dào 。
李凡沉声道。
"Who is he?"
“ tā shì shuí ？” shāng shǎo jūn rěn bú zhù fā wèn 。
“他是谁？”商少君忍不住发问。
Shang Shaojun couldn't help but ask.
shèng tāi lǐ fán yáo yáo tóu 。
圣胎李凡摇摇头。
The True Soul Li Fan shook his head.
“ bù guò ， yī kàn biàn zhī 。”
“不过，一看便知。”
"But, it's obvious,"
lǐ fán qiā zhǐ ， cháo zhe qián fāng xū kōng yì diǎn 。
李凡掐指，朝着前方虚空一点。
Li Fan pinched his fingers and pointed them at the void in front of him.
zǔ chéng jiàn zhèn de nà shàng qiān jiàn guāng ， chóng xīn chū xiàn zài liǎng rén miàn qián 。
组成剑阵的那上千剑光，重新出现在两人面前。
The thousand sword lights that formed the sword array reappeared before the two.
ér hòu fēi sù huán rào xuán zhuǎn qǐ lái 。
而后飞速环绕旋转起来。
Then they began to spin rapidly around them.
suí zhe jiàn guāng de sù dù yuè lái yuè kuài ， yī xiē xiē mó hú de jǐng xiàng ， yě suí zhī chū xiàn zài jiàn guāng huà zuò de guāng mù zhī shàng ！
随着剑光的速度越来越快，一些些模糊的景象，也随之出现在剑光化作的光幕之上！
As the speed of the sword lights increased, some blurry images appeared on the light screen!
“ néng zuò dào zhè yī qiè de ， dìng rán shì wèi shí lì jí qiáng de cún zài 。 rú guǒ wǒ men gāng gāng àn zhōng kuī shì ， nǎ pà yǒu wǒ wú shàng zhèn fǎ zhē yǎn ， nǎ pà zhōu wéi yǒu zhe shì jiè pò miè de chōng jī zuò wéi tiān rán yǎn yìng ……”
“能做到这一切的，定然是位实力极强的存在。如果我们刚刚暗中窥视，哪怕有我无上阵法遮掩，哪怕周围有着世界破灭的冲击作为天然掩映……”
"The one who can do all this must be a powerful existence. Even if we secretly observed just now and had my supreme array covering us, even with the destruction of worlds as natural cover..."
“ kǒng pà yī jiù huì bèi tā chá jué 。”
“恐怕依旧会被祂察觉。”
"Perhaps it would still have been detected."
lǐ fán zhè shí hòu ， cái shuō chū le gāng gāng yòng zhèn fǎ jiāng shāng shǎo jūn kuī tàn mù guāng píng bì de yuán yīn 。
李凡这时候，才说出了刚刚用阵法将商少君窥探目光屏蔽的原因。
Li Fan explained why he had used an array to shield Shang Shaojun's probing gaze.
shāng shǎo jūn xīn zhōng yī lǐn ， què yòu tīng lǐ fán jiē zhe jiǎng dào ：“ shèn zhì wǒ yòng zhè xiē jiàn guāng jì lù ， yě bú shì jí zhōng zài yī chù 。 měi gè jiàn guāng ， dōu zhǐ jì lù qí zhōng de yí gè cán piàn xìn xī 。 wán quán zǔ hé qǐ lái ， cái shì jì lù de shì qíng yuán mào 。”
商少君心中一凛，却又听李凡接着讲道：“甚至我用这些剑光记录，也不是集中在一处。每个剑光，都只记录其中的一个残片信息。完全组合起来，才是记录的事情原貌。”
Shang Shaojun felt a chill run down his spine. Li Fan continued:
“ rú cǐ ， cái néng jiāng wǒ men bèi fā xiàn de kě néng xìng jiǎn dào zuì dī 。”
“如此，才能将我们被发现的可能性减到最低。”
"Even when I recorded these sword lights, they weren't concentrated in one place. Each light only recorded part of the shattered world information. Only by combining them all can we get the full picture."
suí zhe lǐ fán de dī yǔ ， jiàn mù shàng de huà miàn yě biàn huàn le qǐ lái 。
随着李凡的低语，剑幕上的画面也变幻了起来。
"This way, our chances of being discovered are minimized."
shì jiè cán piàn pò miè ， miè shì de bō dòng cháo wài pēn bó 、 sì nüè 。
世界残片破灭，灭世的波动朝外喷薄、肆虐。
As Li Fan spoke softly, the images on the screen changed.
zhèng dāng zhè kuáng bào de yí mù ， màn màn píng xī de shí hòu 。
正当这狂暴的一幕，慢慢平息的时候。
The shattered worlds disintegrated as apocalyptic waves burst forth.
yī dào shēn yǐng què shì hū de chū xiàn zài fēng bào de zhèng zhōng yāng 。
一道身影却是忽的出现在风暴的正中央。
Just when this violent scene was calming down, a figure suddenly appeared at the center of the storm.
jiàn guāng jì lù de chǎng jǐng ， bìng méi yǒu jiāng nà rén de miàn mào gěi jì lù xià lái 。
剑光记录的场景，并没有将那人的面貌给记录下来。
The recorded scenes did not capture his appearance. Or perhaps he never revealed himself?
yì huò zhě ， tā běn jiù méi yǒu xiǎn chū zì shēn yuán běn mú yàng ？
亦或者，他本就没有显出自身原本模样？
Shang Shaojun knew that the moment this true culprit appeared, the frenzied energy fluctuations instantly calmed down.
shāng shǎo jūn zhǐ zhī dào ， zhè wèi mù hòu zhēn xiōng chū xiàn de chà nà ， yuán běn kuáng zào wú bǐ de néng liàng bō dòng 、 shùn jiān píng jìng xià lái 。
商少君只知道，这位幕后真凶出现的刹那，原本狂躁无比的能量波动、瞬间平静下来。
That figure observed for a moment, seemingly puzzled, then glanced towards the abyss.
nà dào shēn yǐng guān chá le piàn kè ， sì hū yǒu xiē yí huò 。
那道身影观察了片刻，似乎有些疑惑。
Even if it was just a recording, even if the other party had no clear appearance, and they were in different times and spaces,
ér hòu cháo zhe chì zhà shēn yuān de fāng xiàng sǎo le yī yǎn 。
而后朝着叱咤深渊的方向扫了一眼。
Shang Shaojun felt his body freeze as though his soul was being frozen by that glance.
jí biàn zhǐ shì dān chún jì lù de yǐng xiàng ， jí biàn duì fāng gēn běn méi yǒu qīng xī de xiàng mào ， jí biàn xiāng gé zài bù tóng de shí kōng 。
即便只是单纯记录的影像，即便对方根本没有清晰的相貌，即便相隔在不同的时空。
His entire body stiffened, unable to think.
bèi zhè yī yǎn sǎo zhōng ， shāng shǎo jūn yě dōu gǎn dào zì jǐ de shēn tǐ 、 nǎi zhì shén hún ， dōu kuài bèi dòng jié le bān 。
被这一眼扫中，商少君也都感到自己的身体、乃至神魂，都快被冻结了般。
Fortunately, the figure only briefly checked before retracting its gaze.
hún shēn jiāng yìng ， wú fǎ sī kǎo 。
浑身僵硬，无法思考。
Shang Shaojun seemed to have gone through a battle, gasping heavily but still staring intently at the spinning sword screen.
hǎo zài nà dào shēn yǐng zhǐ shì lüè wēi jiǎn chá le xià ， bìng méi yǒu shēn jiū 。
好在那道身影只是略微检查了下，并没有深究。
That figure pressed its hands in front of it, and all the storms in this area stopped instantly.
jiù shōu huí mù guāng 。
就收回目光。
With a wave, the remaining world remnants were gathered up.
shāng shǎo jūn fǎng fú jīng lì le yī cháng dà zhàn ， hún shēn xū tuō ， měng liè de chuǎn zhe cū qì 。
商少君仿佛经历了一场大战，浑身虚脱，猛烈的喘着粗气。
Then...
zhǐ shì yī jiù sǐ sǐ dīng zhe bù duàn biàn huàn de xuán zhuǎn jiàn mù 。
只是依旧死死盯着不断变幻的旋转剑幕。
The figure seemed serious as it carefully retrieved an equal number of shattered worlds from somewhere!
nà dào shēn yǐng shuāng shǒu zài shēn qián xū yā ， cǐ chù kōng jiān de fēng bào shà shí quán bù zhǐ zhù 。
那道身影双手在身前虚压，此处空间的风暴霎时全部止住。
Like a giant from ancient mythology, He inverted these broken worlds at the bottom of the abyss.
huī shǒu jiān ， cán liú de shì jiè yú jìn bèi qí shōu zǒu 。
挥手间，残留的世界余烬被其收走。
As His fingers traced lightly, strange red threads shot out from these worlds and flew towards Xuanhuang Realm.
ér hòu ……
而后……
Rumbling sounds echoed in the abyss - signs that two worlds were fusing together.
nà dào shēn yǐng sì hū yǒu xiē zhèng zhòng ， xiǎo xīn yì yì de bù zhī cóng hé chù ， qǔ chū le tóng děng shù liàng de shì jiè cán piàn ！
那道身影似乎有些郑重，小心翼翼的不知从何处，取出了同等数量的世界残片！
After completing all this, when the inverted worlds stabilized, the figure finally left.
wǎn rú yuǎn gǔ shén huà zhōng ， kāi tiān pì dì de jù rén 。
宛如远古神话中，开天辟地的巨人。
...
tā jiāng zhè xiē cán pò de shì jiè ， dào xuán zài chì zhà shēn yuān dǐ bù 。
祂将这些残破的世界，倒悬在叱咤深渊底部。
The scene abruptly ended.
ér hòu suí zhuó shǒu zhǐ qīng miáo ， yī dào dào guǐ yì de hóng sè xì xiàn cóng zhè xiē shì jiè cán piàn zhōng fēi chū 。
而后随着手指轻描，一道道诡异的红色细线从这些世界残片中飞出。
When Li Fan gathered up the thousand sword lights, Shang Shaojun was still lost in what he had just seen.
rú tóng yǒu zhe zì wǒ yì shí bān ， cháo zhe xuán huáng jiè fēi qù 。
如同有着自我意识般，朝着玄黄界飞去。
"Xuanhuang Realm, there are such powerful figures hidden here?"
chì zhà shēn yuān zhī zhōng ， yòu yǒu páo xiāo shēng xiǎng qǐ 。
叱咤深渊之中，又有咆哮声想起。
"Is a celestial immortal like those who pluck stars and seize moons no more than this?"
nà shì liǎng gè shì jiè róng hé de jì xiàng 。
那是两个世界融合的迹象。
Recalling that figure taking out world remnants and gently holding them, Shang Shaojun involuntarily trembled.
zuò wán le zhè yī qiè ， děng dào dào xuán shì jiè wěn dìng xià lái zhī hòu ， nà dào shēn yǐng cái zuì zhōng lí qù 。
做完了这一切，等到倒悬世界稳定下来之后，那道身影才最终离去。
But Li Fan's response pulled him out of his endless fear.
……
……
"This person is indeed strong, but not as powerful as a true celestial immortal."
huà miàn jié rán ér zhǐ 。
画面截然而止。
His tone was calm, as if he had truly seen an immortal before.
dāng lǐ fán jiāng qiān méi jiàn guāng shōu qǐ zhī hòu ， shāng shǎo jūn hái yī jiù chén jìn zài gāng gāng suǒ jiàn de nà yí mù mù bù kě sī yì de chǎng jǐng zhōng 。
当李凡将千枚剑光收起之后，商少君还依旧沉浸在刚刚所见的那一幕幕不可思议的场景中。
"Now it seems I guessed right. The bizarre state of Xuanhuang Realm must be the result of some unknown plot by someone."
“ xuán huáng jiè ， jìng rán hái yǐn cáng zhe rú cǐ rén wù ？”
“玄黄界，竟然还隐藏着如此人物？”
Before Shang Shaojun could respond, Li Fan continued:
“ chuán shuō zhōng zhāi xīng ná yuè de xiān rén ， yě bù guò rú cǐ le ba ？”
“传说中摘星拿月的仙人，也不过如此了吧？”
"The figure we saw is one of them."
huí xiǎng qǐ nà dào shēn yǐng qǔ chū shì jiè cán piàn ， bìng qīng qīng tuō jǔ de chǎng miàn ， shāng shǎo jūn jiù wú fǎ yì zhì de qīng qīng zhàn lì 。
回想起那道身影取出世界残片，并轻轻托举的场面，商少君就无法抑制的轻轻战栗。
"What are you going to do, Young Master?"
ér lǐ fán de huí dá ， què shì ràng tā dǒu rán cóng wú jìn de jīng jù zhōng tuō lí chū lái 。
而李凡的回答，却是让他陡然从无尽的惊惧中脱离出来。
Shang Shaojun suddenly froze.
“ cǐ rén suī qiáng ， què yě bǐ bù guò zhēn xiān 。”
“此人虽强，却也比不过真仙。”
What should he do?
yǔ qì dàn rán ， fǎng fú zhēn de jiàn guò xiān rén yì bān 。
语气淡然，仿佛真的见过仙人一般。
The unknown and terrifying existence's power was likely beyond the Longevity Realm or even above it.
“ xiàn zài kàn lái ， wǒ cāi de méi cuò 。 xuán huáng jiè rú cǐ guǐ yì xiàn zhuàng ， zhè bèi hòu dìng rán yǒu rén zài jìn xíng zhe bù wéi rén zhī de yīn móu 。”
“现在看来，我猜的没错。玄黄界如此诡异现状，这背后定然有人在进行着不为人知的阴谋。”
As a tiny realm fusing cultivator, what could he do?
bù děng shāng shǎo jūn dá huà ， lǐ fán jiù jì xù shuō dào 。
不等商少君答话，李凡就继续说道。
"I must immediately return to the Celestial Immortal Alliance headquarters and report this."
“ wǒ men suǒ jiàn zhè dào shēn yǐng ， jiù shì qí zhōng zhī yī 。”
“我们所见这道身影，就是其中之一。”
Shang Shaojun said resolutely.
“ shǎo jūn zhǔn bèi zěn me bàn ？”
“少君准备怎么办？”
Li Fan looked at him with a nonchalant smile: "Are you sure?"
shāng shǎo jūn mò rán dāi zhù 。
商少君蓦然呆住。
"If you really insist on doing that..."
zěn me bàn ？
怎么办？
"Then today might be our last meeting," Li Fan said softly.
nà wèi zhī kǒng bù cún zài de shí lì ， dìng rán zài cháng shēng jìng 、 shèn zhì zhī shàng 。
那未知恐怖存在的实力，定然在长生境、甚至之上。
Shang Shaojun's expression changed.
tā yī xiǎo xiǎo de hé dào xiū shì ， yòu néng zěn me bàn ？
他一小小的合道修士，又能怎么办？
"Meaning what?"
“ wǒ yào lì mǎ fǎn huí xiān méng zǒng bù ， jiāng cǐ shì shàng bào 。”
“我要立马返回仙盟总部，将此事上报。”
"The abyss is clearly hiding secrets. Years ago, the Celestial Immortal Alliance had some enlightened individuals organize an investigation, but it was rejected..."
shāng shǎo jūn yì zhèng yán cí de shuō dào 。
商少君义正言辞的说道。
"Do you still not understand? Such a large-scale action on our alliance's land can't be hidden from them."
lǐ fán zhǐ shì sì xiào fēi xiào de kàn le yǎn ：“ nǐ què dìng ？”
李凡只是似笑非笑的看了眼：“你确定？”
Li Fan said coolly.
“ rú guǒ nǐ zhēn de zhí yì rú cǐ zuò ……”
“如果你真的执意如此做……”
Shang Shaojun knew this truth well enough, but he refused to admit it.
“ nà me kǒng pà jīn rì jiù shì nǐ wǒ zuì hòu yí miàn le 。” lǐ fán yǔ qì yōu yōu 。
“那么恐怕今日就是你我最后一面了。”李凡语气幽幽。
Now that Li Fan had ruthlessly exposed the truth, Shang Shaojun's expression changed repeatedly.
shāng shǎo jūn miàn sè yī biàn ：“ nǐ shì shén me yì si ？”
商少君面色一变：“你是什么意思？”
He clearly understood that if all of this involved or was even led by the Celestial Immortal Alliance,
“ chì zhà shēn yuān ， míng xiǎn yǐn cáng yǒu mì mì 。 duō nián yǐ qián ， xiān méng yǒu shí zhī shì zì fā zǔ zhī tàn chá ， què bèi xiān méng bó huí ……”
“叱咤深渊，明显隐藏有秘密。多年以前，仙盟有识之士自发组织探查，却被仙盟驳回……”
The implications behind it...
“ shǎo jūn hái bù míng bái me ？ zài wàn xiān méng de yī mǔ sān fēn dì shàng ， zhè me dà de dòng zuò xiǎng yào mán guò tā men ， yòu zěn me kě néng ？”
“少君还不明白么？在万仙盟的一亩三分地上，这么大的动作想要瞒过他们，又怎么可能？”
Even after seeing too many plots and struggles, Shang Shaojung felt a deep sense of helplessness now.
lǐ fán dàn dàn dì shuō dào 。
李凡淡淡地说道。
"Young Master need not despair."
qí shí shāng shǎo jūn nǎ néng bù míng bái zhè ge dào lǐ ？
其实商少君哪能不明白这个道理？
"This matter obviously exceeds our ability to handle. Using the destruction of worlds to taint Xuanhuang is an act against all in that realm."
bù guò tā nèi xīn yì zhí bù gǎn chéng rèn zhè ge jié guǒ bà le 。
不过他内心一直不敢承认这个结果罢了。
"Although there might be high-ranking officials involved in the Celestial Immortal Alliance, I doubt they can cover everything up."
rú jīn lǐ fán háo bù liú qíng de chuō chuān ， shǐ de shāng shǎo jūn liǎn sè jiē lián biàn huà 。
如今李凡毫不留情的戳穿，使得商少君脸色接连变化。
"The Transcendent Preacher roamed the heavens and did not concern himself with worldly affairs. But I heard that there are special methods to summon him back..."
tā hěn qīng chǔ ， rú guǒ zhè yī qiè ， yǒu wàn xiān méng de cān yù 、 shèn zhì shì zhǔ dǎo 。
他很清楚，如果这一切，有万仙盟的参与、甚至是主导。
The True Soul Li Fan spoke persuasively.
nà zhè bèi hòu dài biǎo de yì yì ……
那这背后代表的意义……
Hearing this, Shang Shaojun's eyes lit up: "That's right. In such a dire situation, only calling the Transcendent Preacher back can solve it. But who can contact him?"
jí biàn jiàn guò le tài duō yīn móu 、 dòu zhēng ， shāng shǎo jūn cǐ kè dōu gǎn dào le shēn shēn de wú lì 。
即便见过了太多阴谋、斗争，商少君此刻都感到了深深的无力。
Shang Shaojun frowned slightly.
“ shǎo jūn què yě bù bì jué wàng 。”
“少君却也不必绝望。”
Li Fan recalled the scene from just now.
“ cǐ shì xiǎn rán yǐ jīng chāo chū le nǐ wǒ néng gòu chǔ lǐ de fàn wéi ， jiè yóu pò miè shì jiè tiān dào wū rǎn xuán huáng ， zhè zhǒng xíng jìng ， wú yì shì xuán huáng jiè gōng dí 。”
“此事显然已经超出了你我能够处理的范围，借由破灭世界天道污染玄黄，这种行径，无异是玄黄界公敌。”
"The Transcendent Preacher..."
“ wàn xiān méng suī rán huò xǔ yǒu gāo céng cān yù qí zhōng ， dàn xiǎng bì nà qún rén yě wú fǎ zuò dào yī shǒu zhē tiān 。”
“万仙盟虽然或许有高层参与其中，但想必那群人也无法做到一手遮天。”
(End of chapter)
Though Shang Shaojun was the commander of the Qingxuan Army, he had never actually faced a Longevity Realm existence directly.
In the tense wait, he felt restless and time dragged on agonizingly.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the swirling sword lights finally stopped spinning.
Li Fan, who had been waiting with his eyes closed, finally opened them.
The sword lights dissipated as Shang Shaojun subconsciously looked around.
What he saw left him feeling like he was in a deep freeze, his body chilled to the bone.
Just now, the shattered worlds that Li Fan had used sword light to destroy somehow reappeared!
Hanging above his head, the eerie red threads intertwined more thickly and extended further into the abyss.
"Not only did they not disappear, but..." Shang Shaojun felt a shudder of fear as he looked at Li Fan.
He even began to doubt whether what he had seen of those worlds breaking apart was just an illusion.
"He has come before."
Li Fan said solemnly.
"Who is he?"
Shang Shaojun couldn't help but ask.
The True Soul Li Fan shook his head.
"But, it's obvious,"
Li Fan pinched his fingers and pointed them at the void in front of him.
The thousand sword lights that formed the sword array reappeared before the two.
Then they began to spin rapidly around them.
As the speed of the sword lights increased, some blurry images appeared on the light screen!
"The one who can do all this must be a powerful existence. Even if we secretly observed just now and had my supreme array covering us, even with the destruction of worlds as natural cover..."
"Perhaps it would still have been detected."
Li Fan explained why he had used an array to shield Shang Shaojun's probing gaze.
Shang Shaojun felt a chill run down his spine. Li Fan continued:
"Even when I recorded these sword lights, they weren't concentrated in one place. Each light only recorded part of the shattered world information. Only by combining them all can we get the full picture."
"This way, our chances of being discovered are minimized."
As Li Fan spoke softly, the images on the screen changed.
The shattered worlds disintegrated as apocalyptic waves burst forth.
Just when this violent scene was calming down, a figure suddenly appeared at the center of the storm.
The recorded scenes did not capture his appearance. Or perhaps he never revealed himself?
Shang Shaojun knew that the moment this true culprit appeared, the frenzied energy fluctuations instantly calmed down.
That figure observed for a moment, seemingly puzzled, then glanced towards the abyss.
Even if it was just a recording, even if the other party had no clear appearance, and they were in different times and spaces,
Shang Shaojun felt his body freeze as though his soul was being frozen by that glance.
His entire body stiffened, unable to think.
Fortunately, the figure only briefly checked before retracting its gaze.
Shang Shaojun seemed to have gone through a battle, gasping heavily but still staring intently at the spinning sword screen.
That figure pressed its hands in front of it, and all the storms in this area stopped instantly.
With a wave, the remaining world remnants were gathered up.
Then...
The figure seemed serious as it carefully retrieved an equal number of shattered worlds from somewhere!
Like a giant from ancient mythology, He inverted these broken worlds at the bottom of the abyss.
As His fingers traced lightly, strange red threads shot out from these worlds and flew towards Xuanhuang Realm.
Rumbling sounds echoed in the abyss - signs that two worlds were fusing together.
After completing all this, when the inverted worlds stabilized, the figure finally left.
...
The scene abruptly ended.
When Li Fan gathered up the thousand sword lights, Shang Shaojun was still lost in what he had just seen.
"Xuanhuang Realm, there are such powerful figures hidden here?"
"Is a celestial immortal like those who pluck stars and seize moons no more than this?"
Recalling that figure taking out world remnants and gently holding them, Shang Shaojun involuntarily trembled.
But Li Fan's response pulled him out of his endless fear.
"This person is indeed strong, but not as powerful as a true celestial immortal."
His tone was calm, as if he had truly seen an immortal before.
"Now it seems I guessed right. The bizarre state of Xuanhuang Realm must be the result of some unknown plot by someone."
Before Shang Shaojun could respond, Li Fan continued:
"The figure we saw is one of them."
"What are you going to do, Young Master?"
Shang Shaojun suddenly froze.
What should he do?
The unknown and terrifying existence's power was likely beyond the Longevity Realm or even above it.
As a tiny realm fusing cultivator, what could he do?
"I must immediately return to the Celestial Immortal Alliance headquarters and report this."
Shang Shaojun said resolutely.
Li Fan looked at him with a nonchalant smile: "Are you sure?"
"If you really insist on doing that..."
"Then today might be our last meeting," Li Fan said softly.
Shang Shaojun's expression changed.
"Meaning what?"
"The abyss is clearly hiding secrets. Years ago, the Celestial Immortal Alliance had some enlightened individuals organize an investigation, but it was rejected..."
"Do you still not understand? Such a large-scale action on our alliance's land can't be hidden from them."
Li Fan said coolly.
Shang Shaojun knew this truth well enough, but he refused to admit it.
Now that Li Fan had ruthlessly exposed the truth, Shang Shaojun's expression changed repeatedly.
He clearly understood that if all of this involved or was even led by the Celestial Immortal Alliance,
The implications behind it...
Even after seeing too many plots and struggles, Shang Shaojung felt a deep sense of helplessness now.
"Young Master need not despair."
"This matter obviously exceeds our ability to handle. Using the destruction of worlds to taint Xuanhuang is an act against all in that realm."
"Although there might be high-ranking officials involved in the Celestial Immortal Alliance, I doubt they can cover everything up."
"The Transcendent Preacher roamed the heavens and did not concern himself with worldly affairs. But I heard that there are special methods to summon him back..."
The True Soul Li Fan spoke persuasively.
Hearing this, Shang Shaojun's eyes lit up: "That's right. In such a dire situation, only calling the Transcendent Preacher back can solve it. But who can contact him?"
Shang Shaojun frowned slightly.
Li Fan recalled the scene from just now.
"The Transcendent Preacher..."
(End of chapter)