méi yǒu rèn hé fèi huà ， suǒ chá jué dào lǐ fán de shùn jiān ， jiù shì shén tōng jǐn chū 。
没有任何废话，索察觉到李凡的瞬间，就是神通尽出。
Without any delay, the void-like sensation from his body vanished. "I will become a saintly spirit within the net!" Sol chanted.
fǎng fú cóng tài chū xiān jiè zhōng lí kāi ， jìn rù dào suǒ biān zhī le bù zhī dào duō shǎo nián de jù dà zhī wǎng nèi 。
仿佛从太初仙界中离开，进入到索编织了不知道多少年的巨大之网内。
The oppressive feeling disappeared. After a moment, Sol felt as if he had woken up from a dream and found himself in an immense hall. Vast and boundless, with no end to its expanse or beginning. Various paths stood tall, stretching high into the sky. It seemed built of bricks and tiles, but was indescribable.
wú shù xì xiàn 、 yīn yǐng ， héng zòng jiāo zhī 。 qí shàng cán gǔ lěi lěi ， yuàn hún yì wàn 。 jiē shēng sī lì jié de kū háo zhe ， qí qí cháo zhe lǐ fán yǒng lái 。 wú shù shuāng shǒu shēn chū ， yào jiāng lǐ fán lā rù tā men dāng zhōng 。
无数细线、阴影，横纵交织。其上残骨累累，怨魂亿万。皆声嘶力竭的哭嚎着，齐齐朝着李凡涌来。无数双手伸出，要将李凡拉入它们当中。
Sol's mind was almost lost in this scene, but driven by instinct, he flew towards his intended destination: Sol.
néng zài suǒ de tūn shì xià réng yǒu cán yú liú cún ， yuàn hún de shí lì zì shì bù ruò 。 fàng zài hòu shì shān hǎi ， huò yǒu héng dù dào yān de chāo tuō shí lì 。 kě zài zhè tài chū xiān jiè ， yě zhǐ shì zhū shèng pán zhōng zhī cān 。
能在索的吞噬下仍有残余留存，怨魂的实力自是不弱。放在后世山海，或有横渡道湮的超脱实力。可在这太初仙界，也只是诸圣盘中之餐。
His heart was calm; all previous calculations had vanished. Seeing the flickering characters ahead, Sol understood that this was where he had spent a lifetime cultivating his path. With a mental command, he drifted into it.
yì wàn chāo tuō yuàn hún qí qí chōng jī ， jí biàn shì tài chū xiān jiè yī zhòng shèng zhě ， yě yào dāi zhì piàn kè 。
亿万超脱怨魂齐齐冲击，即便是太初仙界一众圣者，也要呆滞片刻。
The moment Sol returned to his position, a beam of light streaked from top to bottom and then disappeared completely.
wǎng zhōng lǐ fán ， gèng shì zhí jiē jiāng lì dāng chǎng 。 miàn duì wú shù yuàn hún gōng jī ， bù duǒ bù shǎn ， sì hū fàng qì le dǐ kàng 。
网中李凡，更是直接僵立当场。面对无数怨魂攻击，不躲不闪，似乎放弃了抵抗。
...
suǒ bù xǐ fǎn jīng 。
索不喜反惊。
Sol opened his eyes again, as if what just happened was only a nightmare. "Hmm?" He paused, quickly checking his condition. "There is no loss; my path has not been damaged at all." "Could it have really been an illusion?"
míng míng liè wù yǐ jīng wú lì zhēng zhá ， tā què fǎn dào shēng chū bèi rén suǒ dìng de wēi xiǎn gǎn jué 。
明明猎物已经无力挣扎，祂却反倒生出被人锁定的危险感觉。
Sol's brows furrowed as he suddenly sensed someone standing behind him.
suǒ wǎng wú shù chù shǒu ， jì xù jiū chán zhù lǐ fán 。
索网无数触手，继续纠缠住李凡。
Before he could turn to look, he found himself unable to move!
dàn suǒ wǎng zhī zhǔ ， què zǎo yǐ jīng wú shēng wú xī jiān táo kāi 。
但索网之主，却早已经无声无息间逃开。
Sol finally understood that what just happened was real and not a hallucination. He had no choice but to accept the reality of his situation.
lǐ fán bìng méi yǒu zháo jí qù zhuī ， dà dào guī zhēn diàn táng zhōng liú le míng xìng ， shān hǎi xū jiè 、 suǒ gēn běn wú lù kě táo 。
李凡并没有着急去追，大道归真殿堂中留了名姓，山海虚界、索根本无路可逃。
"Though it seems I have regained my full strength, my life is now in this person's hands. Every move can be controlled by them."
“ cǐ wǎng shèn hǎo ， kě gōng wǒ suǒ yòng 。”
“此网甚好，可供我所用。”
Sol couldn't fathom the specific method of control, but instinctively knew that if he tried to break free, he would instantly lose everything.
lǐ fán yǎn zhōng hán guāng yī shǎn ， měi yī chù gēn suǒ wǎng yuàn hún jiē chù de dì fāng ， dōu yǒu yī zhāng miàn páng yǒng xiàn 。
李凡眼中寒光一闪，每一处跟索网怨魂接触的地方，都有一张面庞涌现。
In other words, Sol's existence was now maintained under Li Fan's control. If the connection between them disappeared, Sol would vanish into nothingness.
níng xiào zhe ， fǎn guò lái háo bù liú qíng de jiāng duì fāng tūn shì 。
狞笑着，反过来毫不留情的将对方吞噬。
"Such a technique..."
chà nà zhī jiān ， fǎn kè wéi zhǔ 。
刹那之间，反客为主。
Thoughts raced through Sol's mind as he heard Li Fan's voice: "Do your best to disrupt the Primordial Heavens."
suǒ hào fèi bì shēng xīn xuè biān zhī jù wǎng ， zhuǎn shùn jiān jiù sì hū yào gǎi huàn le zhǔ rén 。
索耗费毕生心血编织巨网，转瞬间就似乎要改换了主人。
Before the sentence finished, Sol felt himself return to the Primordial Heavens.
yī dào liú guāng shǎn guò ， mí lí guāng huī suǒ zhì ， yuán běn suǒ zhī zhǎo yá 、 jìn shù huà zuò lǐ fán mén xià zǒu gǒu 。
一道流光闪过，迷离光辉所至，原本索之爪牙、尽数化作李凡门下走狗。
The world was still vast and boundless, but Sol was no longer the same Sol. He quickly regained his spirit and began acting according to Li Fan's requirements.
piàn kè zhī jiān ， suǒ wǎng jiù bèi lǐ fán zhǎng kòng dà bàn 。
片刻之间，索网就被李凡掌控大半。
"Disruption," a simple word, but with "do your best" added before it, its meaning changed significantly.
ér zài zhè shí ， suǒ jìng qù ér fù fǎn ！
而在这时，索竟去而复返！
Sol didn't hesitate; he first targeted his long-planned goal: the Tower.
“ rǔ jìng yě zhī 【 suǒ 】 zhī dà dào ？”
“汝竟也知【索】之大道？”
The path of the Tower was about "everything in order, hierarchical and distinct." The Tower sat at the top while all other paths were to be suppressed beneath it.
“ nán guài néng qīng ér yì jǔ jiē nà wǒ biān zhī suǒ wǎng 。”
“难怪能轻而易举接纳我编织索网。”
Sol and the Tower had never gotten along. Many years ago, when Sol was on the brink of becoming a saint, the Tower had attempted to ambush him, intending to suppress him.
suǒ yōu yōu zhī shēng ， zì sì miàn bā fāng ér lái ， nán yǐ biàn bié qí jù tǐ fāng wèi 。
索幽幽之声，自四面八方而来，难以辨别其具体方位。
Despite having some luck, Sol managed to avoid this disaster. However, a fragment of his essence had been sealed within the Tower as a result.
tīng dào le yuán xiān zhǔ rén de shēng yīn ， suǒ wǎng zhōng wú shù yuàn hún xiān shì gǎn shòu dào le yī zhèn běn néng kǒng jù ， ér hòu jìng yǒu zhèng tuō lǐ fán kòng zhì de jì xiàng 。
听到了原先主人的声音，索网中无数怨魂先是感受到了一阵本能恐惧，而后竟有挣脱李凡控制的迹象。
From then on, Sol's presence had naturally diminished and he felt restrained. But it also allowed him to sense the Tower's existence. Over many years, Sol had plotted against the Tower but failed every time.
“ wú zhī tān lán xiǎo bèi ！ wú zhī zào wù ， yòu qǐ shì zhè me róng yì jiù bèi duó zǒu de ？”
“无知贪婪小辈！吾之造物，又岂是这么容易就被夺走的？”
Now that he was under someone else's control, there was no point in trying to resist; he might as well take a chance!
lǐ fán fān shǒu jiāng suǒ wǎng yì dòng zhèn yā ， mī zhuó yǎn cháo wài wàng qù ， què yǐ jīng bú jiàn suǒ zhī zōng jì 。
李凡翻手将索网异动镇压，眯着眼朝外望去，却已经不见索之踪迹。
Sol deliberately created an appearance of severe injury, hoping to lure the Tower into action. The Tower would be able to detect his critical condition due to its seal on Sol’s essence.
bù guò ， tā què mǐn ruì chá jué dào jí jiāng yǒu wēi jī jiàng lín 。
不过，他却敏锐察觉到即将有危机降临。
However, after years of survival in the Primordial Heavens, all the saints were extremely cautious. This minor injury was not enough to make the Tower act rashly.
“ zhè shì ……”
“这是……”
Sol made a hard decision and cut away one-third of his essence. He even created a grand scene, causing a broken net to appear in the vast sky of the Primordial Heavens.
lǐ fán shēn chù suǒ wǎng ， měng dì zhèn dòng le yī xià 。
李凡身处锁网，猛地震动了一下。
"Should there be any chance for retaliation, I will make you pay a thousandfold!" Sol's voice echoed with extreme malice, clearly not an act.
yī gǔ shú xī de gǎn jué ， zì suǒ wǎng yuàn hún 、 yǐ jí lǐ fán xīn tóu fú xiàn 。
一股熟悉的感觉，自锁网怨魂、以及李凡心头浮现。
The saints also clearly sensed Sol’s severe injuries and were eager to take action. Just as Sol had predicted, the Tower was the first to strike.
fǎng fú ， tā men cǐ kè ， zhèng chù zài lìng wài yī zhāng gèng dà de suǒ wǎng zhī zhōng ！
仿佛，他们此刻，正处在另外一张更大的索网之中！
Using its seal on a fragment of his essence, the Tower successfully locked onto Sol's location. Fine lines, like pillars of heaven, pressed down from above, suppressing everything within them.
“ yuán lái rú cǐ 。 fú yú biǎo miàn de zhè zhāng wǎng ， bù guò shì gè xiàn jǐng bà le 。”
“原来如此。浮于表面的这张网，不过是个陷阱罢了。”
The method used against Li Fan was identical; the visible net was merely a trap. The real attack was another carefully crafted net that Sol had prepared for countless years.
xiāng jiào yú yòu ěr zhī wǎng ， zhēn zhèng suǒ wǎng de sī xiàn ， wú xíng wú xiāng 。
相较于诱饵之网，真正索网的丝线，无形无相。
What puzzled Sol was that this true net could only be used once and had been consumed during their previous conflict. However, after joining Li Fan's side, it somehow recovered to its original state.
dàn qǐng kè jiān ， biàn yǐ jīng jiāng wǎng zhōng liè wù jǐn jǐn suǒ fù zhù 。
但顷刻间，便已经将网中猎物紧紧锁缚住。
The vast net emerged from the void, wrapping around the Tower that spanned the heavens and earth. The originally suppressed entity became a menacing hunter.
hēi àn zhī wài ， yī zhī wǎn ruò shēng téng hóng rì de yǎn jīng huǎn huǎn fú xiàn 。
黑暗之外，一只宛若升腾红日的眼睛缓缓浮现。
But the Tower showed no signs of panic. "Your little tricks are known throughout this vast world! Do you really think you can use them against me? How laughable!"
lěng mò zhì jí ， dīng zhe lǐ fán 。
冷漠至极，盯着李凡。
"You should remain hidden in darkness; once you emerge, it will be your death!"
jiù xiàng kàn zhe shì zài bì děi de liè wù bān 。
就像看着势在必得的猎物般。
The Tower's mocking voice echoed through the Primordial Heavens.
cóng zhōu zāo wú shù fāng xiàng ， dōu yǒu lā chě zhī lì chuán lái 。 yuè fù yuè jǐn ， jí nán zhèng tuō 。
从周遭无数方向，都有拉扯之力传来。越缚越紧，极难挣脱。
Despite the net entangling the Tower, its body radiated light and suddenly became indistinguishable from the surrounding net. It seemed as if it was part of the net itself. Sol could devour external objects but not himself.
bèi lǐ fán zhàn jù de yòu ěr zhī wǎng ， bèi qīng yì chě dé fěn suì 。
被李凡占据的诱饵之网，被轻易扯得粉碎。
Infinite suction force emanated from within the Tower, pulling the carefully crafted net uncontrollably towards it. "The Tower only took a fragment of my essence; over these years, he has studied it to such an extent that it can almost deceive me!"
ér wǎng zhōng lǐ fán ， sì hū yě shì zài jié nán táo 。
而网中李凡，似乎也是在劫难逃。
"I have been calculating him all along, and he has been calculating me as well."
ruò lǐ fán shì xún cháng shèng zhě ， rú cǐ jìng yù xià ， dí què kǒng pà yǒu yǔn luò zhī wēi 。
若李凡是寻常圣者，如此境遇下，的确恐怕有陨落之危。
Before his consciousness faded away, Sol had a sudden realization.
dàn ……
但……
But unexpectedly, Sol felt no fear about the impending death. "Rather than being controlled by others, I would prefer to disappear and gain true freedom."
xiāng jiào yú gū xīng jiàng shì ， tūn mò yī qiè de kě bù chǎng miàn ， suǒ de zhè bān shēng shì ， gēn běn háo wú wēi shè kě yán 。
相较于孤星降世，吞没一切的可怖场面，索的这般声势，根本毫无威慑可言。
"About you..."
“ wú lùn nǐ jiū jìng biān le duō shǎo zhāng wǎng ， dōu yú shì wú bǔ 。”
“无论你究竟编了多少张网，都于事无补。”
A vicious thought flashed through Sol's mind. The vast net instantly disintegrated into pure energy. Darkness swallowed Sol.
“ gāi sǐ de ， zǒng guī yào sǐ 。”
“该死的，总归要死。”
...
bèi wú xíng zhī wǎng láo láo chán zhù ， lǐ fán miàn sè shǐ zhōng píng jìng rú chū 。
被无形之网牢牢缠住，李凡面色始终平静如初。
"Um?" After an unknown amount of time, Sol woke up from the darkness again. "What happened? Am I still alive?"
xiàng qián yī bù tà chū ， jìng wú shì le suǒ yǒu sī xiàn de shù fù ， píng kōng cóng wǎng zhōng zǒu le chū lái 。
向前一步踏出，竟无视了所有丝线的束缚，凭空从网中走了出来。
Sol was stunned, quickly checking his condition. He had returned to full strength.
“ xiǎng táo ？”
“想逃？”
"Was what just experienced a mere illusion?"
lǐ fán yǎn shén yī níng ， jiǎo xià qīng cǎi 。
李凡眼神一凝，脚下轻踩。
But soon, Sol dismissed this idea because chaos began to appear in the Primordial Heavens. The Tower successfully consumed Sol, but before he died, Sol managed to strike back, causing significant injury to the Tower as well.
rú tóng bō wén dàng yàng ， lìng wài yī zhāng yī mú yī yàng de fù zhì ， zì lǐ fán jiǎo jiān yǒng xiàn 。
如同波纹荡漾，另外一张一模一样的复制，自李凡脚尖涌现。
Two saints: one dead and one severely injured—this was an unprecedented situation in the Primordial Heavens.
guī mó xùn sù kuò dà ， ér hòu jiāng yuán běn suǒ wǎng lǒng zhào 。
规模迅速扩大，而后将原本索网笼罩。
It seemed like a divine-civilian boundary had opened, prompting all the saints to act. "I'm dead but why am I alive again?"
lǐ fán shēn shǒu ， líng xū xiàng wài yī zhuā 。
李凡伸手，凌虚向外一抓。
Just as Sol was puzzled, Li Fan's voice echoed behind him once more. "Well done."
yī dào shēn yǐng ， láng bèi bèi tā zhuāi chū 。
一道身影，狼狈被他拽出。
"But it is still not enough."
Without any delay, the void-like sensation from his body vanished. "I will become a saintly spirit within the net!" Sol chanted.
The oppressive feeling disappeared. After a moment, Sol felt as if he had woken up from a dream and found himself in an immense hall. Vast and boundless, with no end to its expanse or beginning. Various paths stood tall, stretching high into the sky. It seemed built of bricks and tiles, but was indescribable.
Sol's mind was almost lost in this scene, but driven by instinct, he flew towards his intended destination: Sol.
His heart was calm; all previous calculations had vanished. Seeing the flickering characters ahead, Sol understood that this was where he had spent a lifetime cultivating his path. With a mental command, he drifted into it.
The moment Sol returned to his position, a beam of light streaked from top to bottom and then disappeared completely.
...
Sol opened his eyes again, as if what just happened was only a nightmare. "Hmm?" He paused, quickly checking his condition. "There is no loss; my path has not been damaged at all." "Could it have really been an illusion?"
Sol's brows furrowed as he suddenly sensed someone standing behind him.
Before he could turn to look, he found himself unable to move!
Sol finally understood that what just happened was real and not a hallucination. He had no choice but to accept the reality of his situation.
"Though it seems I have regained my full strength, my life is now in this person's hands. Every move can be controlled by them."
Sol couldn't fathom the specific method of control, but instinctively knew that if he tried to break free, he would instantly lose everything.
In other words, Sol's existence was now maintained under Li Fan's control. If the connection between them disappeared, Sol would vanish into nothingness.
"Such a technique..."
Thoughts raced through Sol's mind as he heard Li Fan's voice: "Do your best to disrupt the Primordial Heavens."
Before the sentence finished, Sol felt himself return to the Primordial Heavens.
The world was still vast and boundless, but Sol was no longer the same Sol. He quickly regained his spirit and began acting according to Li Fan's requirements.
"Disruption," a simple word, but with "do your best" added before it, its meaning changed significantly.
Sol didn't hesitate; he first targeted his long-planned goal: the Tower.
The path of the Tower was about "everything in order, hierarchical and distinct." The Tower sat at the top while all other paths were to be suppressed beneath it.
Sol and the Tower had never gotten along. Many years ago, when Sol was on the brink of becoming a saint, the Tower had attempted to ambush him, intending to suppress him.
Despite having some luck, Sol managed to avoid this disaster. However, a fragment of his essence had been sealed within the Tower as a result.
From then on, Sol's presence had naturally diminished and he felt restrained. But it also allowed him to sense the Tower's existence. Over many years, Sol had plotted against the Tower but failed every time.
Now that he was under someone else's control, there was no point in trying to resist; he might as well take a chance!
Sol deliberately created an appearance of severe injury, hoping to lure the Tower into action. The Tower would be able to detect his critical condition due to its seal on Sol’s essence.
However, after years of survival in the Primordial Heavens, all the saints were extremely cautious. This minor injury was not enough to make the Tower act rashly.
Sol made a hard decision and cut away one-third of his essence. He even created a grand scene, causing a broken net to appear in the vast sky of the Primordial Heavens.
"Should there be any chance for retaliation, I will make you pay a thousandfold!" Sol's voice echoed with extreme malice, clearly not an act.
The saints also clearly sensed Sol’s severe injuries and were eager to take action. Just as Sol had predicted, the Tower was the first to strike.
Using its seal on a fragment of his essence, the Tower successfully locked onto Sol's location. Fine lines, like pillars of heaven, pressed down from above, suppressing everything within them.
The method used against Li Fan was identical; the visible net was merely a trap. The real attack was another carefully crafted net that Sol had prepared for countless years.
What puzzled Sol was that this true net could only be used once and had been consumed during their previous conflict. However, after joining Li Fan's side, it somehow recovered to its original state.
The vast net emerged from the void, wrapping around the Tower that spanned the heavens and earth. The originally suppressed entity became a menacing hunter.
But the Tower showed no signs of panic. "Your little tricks are known throughout this vast world! Do you really think you can use them against me? How laughable!"
"You should remain hidden in darkness; once you emerge, it will be your death!"
The Tower's mocking voice echoed through the Primordial Heavens.
Despite the net entangling the Tower, its body radiated light and suddenly became indistinguishable from the surrounding net. It seemed as if it was part of the net itself. Sol could devour external objects but not himself.
Infinite suction force emanated from within the Tower, pulling the carefully crafted net uncontrollably towards it. "The Tower only took a fragment of my essence; over these years, he has studied it to such an extent that it can almost deceive me!"
"I have been calculating him all along, and he has been calculating me as well."
Before his consciousness faded away, Sol had a sudden realization.
But unexpectedly, Sol felt no fear about the impending death. "Rather than being controlled by others, I would prefer to disappear and gain true freedom."
"About you..."
A vicious thought flashed through Sol's mind. The vast net instantly disintegrated into pure energy. Darkness swallowed Sol.
...
"Um?" After an unknown amount of time, Sol woke up from the darkness again. "What happened? Am I still alive?"
Sol was stunned, quickly checking his condition. He had returned to full strength.
"Was what just experienced a mere illusion?"
But soon, Sol dismissed this idea because chaos began to appear in the Primordial Heavens. The Tower successfully consumed Sol, but before he died, Sol managed to strike back, causing significant injury to the Tower as well.
Two saints: one dead and one severely injured—this was an unprecedented situation in the Primordial Heavens.
It seemed like a divine-civilian boundary had opened, prompting all the saints to act. "I'm dead but why am I alive again?"
Just as Sol was puzzled, Li Fan's voice echoed behind him once more. "Well done."
"But it is still not enough."