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第四百四十章 灵光破迷雾

Is the Small World and the Xuanhuang Realm not located in the same space-time?

As the young woman in blue robes sized up Li Fan, his own thoughts raced.

True or false?

A test, or a lie used as leverage for negotiation?

In an instant, Li Fan quickly analyzed the situation.

If the other party had already discovered that he was completely a fraud, they would likely not waste words to explain anything. Instead, they would either run away directly or set a trap to capture and interrogate him.

This meant that the blue-robed woman still wasn't sure of his identity.

After all, Xuanhuang Realm did indeed have a history where small worlds united to attack the cultivation realm.

If the Small World and Xuanhuang Realm were not in the same space-time, why didn’t the cultivators from Xuanhuang Realm choose to escape through the Immortal Desolation Passages to various small worlds and sever their ties with Xuanhuang?

Even if some Foundation Establishment, Transcendence, or Union cultivators might lack the ability to cut off the passage due to insufficient cultivation essence in the Small World, for Eternal Heaven Sovereigns, these limitations could be largely ignored.

So why didn’t they run away?

The answer was likely one of three: fear, unwillingness, or inability.

Fear?

In his previous life, the Onehearted Heaven Sovereign faced the threat of a Soul Sealing Formation and chose to retreat. This showed that even Eternal Realm powerhouses could not survive in the Immortal Desolation.

Thus, this possibility was ruled out.

Unwillingness? A noble sacrifice, staying with Xuanhuang until the end?

Given the current path to enlightenment for cultivators in this world, it would not be a choice of these few Eternal Heaven Sovereigns.

That left only one answer: the Eternal Heaven Sovereigns could not leave Xuanhuang Realm.

The thought struck Li Fan as absurd and laughable.

Eternal Realm powerhouses were terrifyingly formidable. How could they...

Suddenly, Li Fan paused in thought.

What if this was true?

For a long time, Li Fan had wondered why defying the laws of heaven and earth could lead to immortality.

Life on Earth was finite. Even legendary immortals only lived longer than ordinary beings.

If there were anything truly deserving of "immortal" within Xuanhuang Realm, it might be the heavens themselves.

Why did defying these laws allow for complete transformation?

To achieve co-eternity with heaven and earth through a cultivator's body?

"Law of Heaven, defiance of Law of Heaven..."

A scene flashed in his mind. In his previous life, Ji Hongdao had said to Senior Sister Zhao: "After the Sovereign establishes a law, they should no longer engage in mundane disputes."

"Law."

These two words were like lightning, clearing the fog.

They made Li Fan notice something he had long overlooked.

Life on Earth was blissful and carefree.

Life on Earth required adherence to the teachings of the Heaven Sovereigns for cultivation.

These rules defying common sense now truly existed in this world.

Therefore...

After reversing the original laws of heaven and earth, the path to enlightenment for the Heaven Sovereigns became a new law of heaven and earth, becoming part of the world.

This is why they gained longevity comparable to that of the heavens.

And it was also because of this reason that the Eternal Heaven Sovereigns could not leave Xuanhuang Realm.

Before the Eternal Realm, cultivators were like robbers entering a house. They took whatever they wanted—furniture and treasures.

But some greedy individuals coveted the house itself.

They succeeded but triggered its ultimate countermeasure mechanism.

The door slammed shut, and in becoming the owners of the house, they were forever trapped inside.

"Is this heaven's retaliation?"

Li Fan suddenly understood.

Previously, he knew that facing cultivators who defied the heavens, the heavens themselves had some means to resist.

Apart from sudden new laws like Immortal Techniques cannot be practiced simultaneously and the descent of Heavenly Essence to fulfill its duties, the heavens chose extreme measures against powerful cultivators threatening their existence.

That was "can't beat them, join them."

Indeed, this strategy proved effective.

After becoming an Eternal Heaven Sovereign, they changed from being cultivators to part of the heavens.

If cultivators defied the heavens without restraint, it might lead to the exhaustion and decline of the heavens.

To ensure their own safety, the already integrated Eternal Heaven Sovereigns had to act to prevent this.

Therefore, controlling the number of cultivators was necessary.

This was one reason why there couldn't be too many cultivators.

Li Fan recalled that in his previous life, the Ten Sects of Immortal Dao offered a reward for the Xuan Tian Treasure Mirror, promising any individual could gain an immortal position with just this mirror.

"Perhaps, ancient immortals also stole some of the original laws of immortality from heaven and earth."

Li Fan mused.

After such reasoning, Li Fan felt slightly disappointed.

The Eternal Heaven Sovereigns in Xuanhuang Realm seemed to fall short of his ideal "immortality."

They merely borrowed the heavens' power for their own longevity.

"Fake immortality..."

"But strictly speaking, it's not something particularly hard to accept."

"After all, this world’s 'Eternal Realm' is just a last-ditch attempt by cultivators to extend their lives after the path to enlightenment in Xuanhuang was cut off."

"And perhaps there's more that can be achieved."

Li Fan thought of the transmission Heaven Sovereigns who had vanished in his previous life.

"This pioneer might have already broken free from the world’s constraints."

"No wonder, in my previous life, transmission Heaven Sovereigns didn’t appear for thousands of years. And despite frequent wars, the Five Elders Council's Heaven Sovereigns never intervened."

"Because to them, since Eternal Realm cultivators couldn't leave Xuanhuang, transmissions must still be somewhere."

"They were merely held back by a written agreement."

"Only later did they realize something was amiss and rushed to test it themselves..."

The effects of the Enlightenment Pill had not fully dissipated.

With a sudden insight, Li Fan deduced through the blue-robed woman's unintentional revelation, a possible truth about Xuanhuang Realm that fit logical facts.

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