jiàn jiāo xiū yuǎn dā yìng de nà me shuǎng kuài ， lǐ fán diǎn le diǎn tóu ：“ nà me ， cǐ shì jiù láo fán jiāo dào yǒu le 。 děng nǐ de hǎo xiāo xī ！”
见焦修远答应的那么爽快，李凡点了点头：“那么，此事就劳烦焦道友了。等你的好消息！”
Seeing Jiao Xiuyuan's agreement so swift, Li Fan nodded. "Then this matter will be your trouble. I'll wait for your good news!"
shuō bà ， tā biàn rēng le gè tōng xùn líng fú gěi jiāo xiū yuǎn ， yě bù tí liú gè shōu jù zhī lèi de huà ， jìng zhí lí kāi le 。
说罢，他便扔了个通讯灵符给焦修远，也不提留个收据之类的话，径直离开了。
With that said, he tossed a communication spirit token to Jiao Xiuyuan and left without mentioning anything about keeping a receipt.
“ zhè rén dǎo shì duì wǒ tǐng fàng xīn 。” jiāo xiū yuǎn dī shēng dū nāng zhe ， pāo le pāo shǒu zhōng de pò wàng shí yǎn 。
“这人倒是对我挺放心。”焦修远低声嘟囔着，抛了抛手中的破妄石眼。
"Seems like he trusts me quite a bit," Jiao Xiuyuan muttered under his breath as he flicked the broken delusion stone in his hand.
xià yī kè ， shí yǎn jiù píng kōng xiāo shī ， bù zhī qù le hé fāng 。
下一刻，石眼就凭空消失，不知去了何方。
In the next moment, the stone vanished into thin air, unknown where it went.
ér wàn xiān dǎo shàng zhè zhè jù kuǐ lěi ， zé shì yòu biàn huí le zhī qián nà fù lǎn sǎn mú yàng 。
而万仙岛上这这具傀儡，则是又变回了之前那副懒散模样。
Meanwhile, on the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, this puppet returned to its lazy state.
jiāo xiū yuǎn zěn me yě bú huì xiǎng dào ， bìng bú shì lǐ fán duì tā shí fēn xìn rèn 。
焦修远怎么也不会想到，并不是李凡对他十分信任。
Jiao Xiuyuan never imagined that Li Fan's trust was not genuine. Instead, the broken delusion stone was merely a pretext for Li Fan to establish a connection with him. Even if he failed to sell it or even kept it for himself, it mattered little to Li Fan. What truly mattered was the "big business" behind this.
ér shì zhè kē pò wàng shí yǎn chún cuì shì lǐ fán yòng lái gēn tā chě shàng guān xì de yóu tou ér yǐ 。 nǎ pà tā mài bù chū 、 shèn zhì sī tūn ， duì yú lǐ fán lái shuō dōu wú suǒ wèi 。 lǐ fán zhēn zhèng zài yì de ， shì hòu miàn de “ dà shēng yì ”。
而是这颗破妄石眼纯粹是李凡用来跟他扯上关系的由头而已。哪怕他卖不出、甚至私吞，对于李凡来说都无所谓。李凡真正在意的，是后面的“大生意”。
Back in the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, Li Fan recalled another item discovered in the ruins of the Celestial Oracle Sect.
huí dào tiān xuán jìng zhōng ， lǐ fán yòu xiǎng qǐ le tiān jī zōng yí jì zhōng fā xiàn de lìng wài nà ge wù jiàn 。
回到天玄镜中，李凡又想起了天机宗遗迹中发现的另外那个物件。
He had cut off and brought back an entire layer of the tower.
bèi tā zhěng gè qiè xià 、 dài huí de ， yī zhěng céng tǎ 。
被他整个切下、带回的，一整层塔。
His initial hunch was correct.
tā dāng chū de yù gǎn shì zhèng què de 。
他当初的预感是正确的。
After鉴定 by the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, the stone tower turned out to be a magical artifact called the [Heavenly Dao Dice].
jīng guò tiān xuán jìng de jiàn dìng ， zhěng céng shí tǎ ， shí zé shì míng wèi 【 qián kūn tiān jī tóu 】 de fǎ qì 。
经过天玄镜的鉴定，整层石塔，实则是名为【乾坤天机骰】的法器。
For ordinary people, rolling dice would yield numbers 5 or 6.
fán rén zhì tóu zi ， dé wǔ liù zhī shù 。
凡人掷骰子，得五六之数。
But for cultivators, it would reveal divine omens.
ér xiū shì zhì tóu zi ， zé dé tiān jī zhī shù 。
而修士掷骰子，则得天机之数。
Ancient Celestial Oracle Sect cultivators relied on this Heavenly Dao Dice, using sufficient information as the foundation and qi mechanism感应 to power their derivation of countless possible futures.
shàng gǔ tiān jī zōng xiū shì ， jiù shì kào zhe zhè qián kūn tiān jī tóu ， yǐ zú gòu de xìn xī wèi jī chǔ ， yòng qì jī gǎn yìng wèi dòng lì ， tuī yǎn wèi lái de wú shù zhǒng kě néng 。
上古天机宗修士，就是靠着这乾坤天机骰，以足够的信息为基础，用气机感应为动力，推衍未来的无数种可能。
The reason why Li Fan only saw an empty space was that the Heavenly Dao Dice had been frozen at the scene where the derivation was completed years ago.
ér zhī suǒ yǐ lǐ fán suǒ jiàn zhǐ shì kōng dàng dàng yī piàn 。
而之所以李凡所见只是空荡荡一片。
"An emptiness."
nà shì yīn wèi qián kūn tiān jī tóu bèi dìng gé zài liǎo dàng nián tuī yǎn wán bì de chǎng jǐng zhōng 。
那是因为乾坤天机骰被定格在了当年推衍完毕的场景中。
"I wonder what those ancient Celestial Oracle Sect cultivators were deriving. They ended up with such a result."
“ yī piàn xū wú 。”
“一片虚无。”
Li Fan stretched out his hand, and in his palm appeared a crystal-clear twenty-sided die.
“ bù zhī dào dāng chū de tiān jī zōng xiū shì ， shì zài tuī yǎn shén me 。 jìng rán dé dào de shì rú cǐ jié guǒ 。”
“不知道当初的天机宗修士，是在推衍什么。竟然得到的是如此结果。”
Each face seemed to flicker with different scenes upon closer inspection.
lǐ fán shēn shǒu ， zhǎng xīn dùn shí fú xiàn chū yī méi jīng yíng tī tòu de zhèng èr shí miàn tǐ de tóu zi 。
李凡伸手，掌心顿时浮现出一枚晶莹剔透的正二十面体的骰子。
Although Li Fan had tried several times before to use the Heavenly Dao Dice to derive the future and see if it matched what he had experienced,
měi yí miàn shàng ， xì kàn zhī xià ， sì hū dōu yǒu bù tóng de huà miàn shǎn shuò 。
每一面上，细看之下，似乎都有不同的画面闪烁。
perhaps due to improper usage, all he got were fragmented and meaningless images that lacked practical value.
suī rán zhī qián lǐ fán céng shì guò jǐ cì ， shǐ yòng zhè qián kūn tiān jī tóu tuī yǎn wèi lái ， kàn shì fǒu gēn zì jǐ céng jīng lì guò de yí zhì 。
虽然之前李凡曾试过几次，使用这乾坤天机骰推衍未来，看是否跟自己曾经历过的一致。
Nevertheless, Li Fan did not sell it. He felt a premonition that keeping it might prove useful in the future.
dàn huò xǔ shì yīn wèi shǐ yòng bù dé qí fǎ de yuán gù ， dé dào dōu zhǐ shì xiē pò suì de 、 yì yì bù míng de huà miàn ， méi shén me shí jì yòng chǔ 。
但或许是因为使用不得其法的缘故，得到都只是些破碎的、意义不明的画面，没什么实际用处。
After playing with it for a while, Li Fan stored the oracle dice away and focused his mind on his other self, Zhou Qingang.
ráo shì rú cǐ ， lǐ fán yě méi yǒu jiāng tā mài diào 。 xīn lǐ zǒng yǒu zhǒng yù gǎn ， liú zhe tā ， huò xǔ rì hòu huì yǒu dà yòng 。
饶是如此，李凡也没有将它卖掉。心里总有种预感，留着它，或许日后会有大用。
For these past few days, he had been staying at Tai'an Island, only occasionally using communication spirit tokens to contact necessary individuals.
bǎ wán le fān ， jiāng tiān jī tóu shōu qǐ ， lǐ fán de xīn shén zhuǎn yí dào fēn shēn “ zhōu qīng áng ” nà biān 。
把玩了番，将天机骰收起，李凡的心神转移到分身“周青昂”那边。
Not just idle thinking, but researching methods to overcome the side effects of the [Devouring Heaven and Earth Great Technique].
tā zhè xiē rì zi yì zhí dāi zài tài ān dǎo zhōng ， zhǐ shì ǒu ěr yòng tōng xùn líng fú hé bì yào zhī rén lián xì 。
他这些日子一直呆在泰安岛中，只是偶尔用通讯灵符和必要之人联系。
This secret art might have been inspired by ancient anomalies like the Return-to-Root Shell. While it did possess the ability to devour heaven and earth, the mind was easily lost, leading to either self-destruction or being discovered and killed.
bú shì dān chún de fā dāi ， ér shì zài yán jiū kè fú 【 tūn tiān shí dì dà fǎ 】 fù zuò yòng de fāng fǎ 。
不是单纯的发呆，而是在研究克服【吞天食地大法】副作用的方法。
But Li Fan had a way to maintain absolute mental clarity—Blue Flame power from his imagined spirit.
zhè mén mì shù ， huò shì xiào fǎng shàng gǔ yì shòu guī yuán há suǒ chuàng 。 suī zhēn yǒu tūn shì tiān dì de néng lì ， dàn xīn líng què jí yì shī shǒu ， zuì zhōng jié guǒ jiù shì yào me bǎ zì jǐ chēng sǐ ， yào me bèi rén fā xiàn 、 bèi huó huó dǎ sǐ 。
这门秘术，或是效仿上古异兽归元蛤所创。虽真有吞噬天地的能力，但心灵却极易失守，最终结果就是要么把自己撑死，要么被人发现、被活活打死。
He only needed to pause in critical moments rather than maintaining calmness throughout the process.
dàn lǐ fán què zhǎng wò zhe kě yǐ bǎo chí zì shēn jué duì lǐ zhì zhuàng tài de lì liàng 。
但李凡却掌握着可以保持自身绝对理智状态的力量。
With the aid of Enlightenment Pill and启灵 state, Li Fan finally succeeded in doing so after much effort.
nà jiù shì lái zì guān xiǎng huàn líng de lán yán zhī lì 。
那就是来自观想幻灵的蓝炎之力。
However, to increase his cultivation through Devouring Heaven and Earth, he still needed to solve the problem of solidified earth veins that could not be absorbed.
bù qiú shí kè néng zài tūn tiān shí dì guò chéng zhōng bǎo chí lěng jìng ， zhǐ xū zài guān jiàn shí kè shōu shǒu jí kě 。
不求时刻能在吞天食地过程中保持冷静，只需在关键时刻收手即可。
Li Fan had a plan for this as well.
zài wù dào dān hé qǐ líng zhuàng tài de shuāng chóng jiā chí xià ， lǐ fán fèi le yī fān gōng fu ， zhōng yú néng chéng gōng zuò dào zhè diǎn le 。
在悟道丹和启灵状态的双重加持下，李凡废了一番功夫，终于能成功做到这点了。
He concealed his form and teleported to the western part of the Cunyun Sea's Spirit Wood Island before continuing westward.
rán ér ， xiǎng yào tōng guò tūn tiān shí dì dà fǎ zēng jiā xiū wèi ， hái xū jiě jué dì mài gù huà 、 wú fǎ bèi xī shōu de wèn tí 。
然而，想要通过吞天食地大法增加修为，还需解决地脉固化、无法被吸收的问题。
After about five hundred miles, Li Fan quietly潜入 the sea.
duì cǐ ， lǐ fán yě zǎo yǒu yù àn 。
对此，李凡也早有预案。
Diving deep into the ocean, he searched for a few moments and indeed found the ruins of the sunken island.
yǐn nì shēn xíng ， chuán sòng dào cóng yún hǎi xī bù líng mù dǎo hòu ， jì xù wǎng xī fēi qù 。
隐匿身形，传送到丛云海西部灵木岛后，继续往西飞去。
In the previous life, this island would soon resurface due to mysterious earth vein fluctuations in just a short while.
chà bu duō wǔ bǎi lǐ hòu ， lǐ fán qiǎo rán qián rù hǎi zhōng 。
差不多五百里后，李凡悄然潜入海中。
The reactivated protective array would attract the attention of the Cunyun Sea's Array Hall's array mages.
shēn rù hǎi dǐ ， sōu xún le piàn kè ， guǒ rán zhǎo dào le chén mò dǎo yǔ de yí jì 。
深入海底，搜寻了片刻，果然找到了沉没岛屿的遗迹。
But before any of that happened, it appeared no different from other ruins scattered across the seabed.
shàng yī shì ， bù jiǔ zhī hòu ， zhè zuò dǎo yǔ jiù huì yīn wèi mò míng de dì mài biàn dòng ， ér chóng xīn fú chū hǎi miàn 。
上一世，不久之后，这座岛屿就会因为莫名的地脉变动，而重新浮出海面。
Li Fan arrived at the ruins and waited patiently.
zài dù jī fā de hù dǎo dà zhèn yě huì xī yǐn cóng yún hǎi cè zhèn táng zhū wèi zhèn fǎ shī de zhù yì lì 。
再度激发的护岛大阵也会吸引丛云海策阵堂诸位阵法师的注意力。
Seven days later, the sea floor began to tremble slightly.
bù guò zài zhè yī qiè méi yǒu fā shēng zhī qián ， zhè lǐ kàn shàng qù hé biàn bù hǎi dǐ de qí tā yí jì méi yǒu shén me liǎng yàng 。
不过在这一切没有发生之前，这里看上去和遍布海底的其他遗迹没有什么两样。
"Here they come!"
lǐ fán lái dào fèi xū zhī zhōng ， nài xīn děng dài 。
李凡来到废墟之中，耐心等待。
Li Fan thought as he stepped down forcefully. The earth veins began to revitalize through the underground channels, slowly reactivating the previously exhausted nodes.
qī rì zhī hòu ， hǎi dǐ hū de wēi wēi huàng dòng qǐ lái 。
七日之后，海底忽的微微晃动起来。
Without external interference, these revitalized nodes would push the sunken island back above the surface.
“ lái le ！”
“来了！”
But with Li Fan here, such a scenario was unlikely to occur.
lǐ fán xīn zhōng àn dào ， liǎng jiǎo měng tà ， shēn tǐ shà shí xià xiàn 。
李凡心中暗道，两脚猛踏，身体霎时下陷。
A massive vortex seemed to form beneath his feet as the earth vein power surged in, filling him with pure spiritual energy.
tóng shí yùn zhuàn qǐ 【 tūn tiān shí dì dà fǎ 】， gǎn yìng qǐ lái 。
同时运转起【吞天食地大法】，感应起来。
At the same time, his other self's cultivation technique began to operate swiftly on its own.
wèi zhī de jí yuǎn chù ， yī gǔ bēn téng bù xī de lì liàng tōng guò dì mài yáo yáo chuán lái 。
未知的极远处，一股奔腾不息的力量通过地脉遥遥传来。
Not the original spy Zhou Qingang's technique, but the infantile technique he had obtained from the Celestial Oracle Sect—The Heavenly Intent璇玑功.
jiāng cǐ chù yuán běn yǐ jīng kū jié de dì mài jié diǎn ， màn màn chóng xīn jī huó 。
将此处原本已经枯竭的地脉节点，慢慢重新激活。
This ancient art was notoriously slow to practice. But under the unbridled acceleration provided by Devouring Heaven and Earth, it progressed at an alarming rate.
rú guǒ méi yǒu qí tā wài lì gān shè ， zhè chóng xīn huàn fā shēng jī de dì mài jié diǎn ， jiù huì jiāng chén mò dǎo yǔ dǐng huí hǎi miàn 。
如果没有其他外力干涉，这重新焕发生机的地脉节点，就会将沉没岛屿顶回海面。
The endless earth vein power allowed his other self to feast without restraint.
dàn rú jīn lǐ fán zài cǐ ， zhè yàng de shì qíng què shì bú huì fā shēng le 。
但如今李凡在此，这样的事情却是不会发生了。
What should have been a seismic event that would have alarmed the surrounding seas remained unnoticed.
tā de shuāng jiǎo zhī xià ， hǎo sì chǎn shēng le yí gè jù dà de xuán wō 。
他的双脚之下，好似产生了一个巨大的漩涡。
In mere moments, his other self's cultivation had reached the bottleneck of early Golden Core stage.
fēng yōng ér zhì de dì mài zhī lì ， shàng wèi chéng xíng ， jiù quán dōu bèi lǐ fán xī rù tǐ nèi ， zhuǎn huà wèi jīng chún de líng qì 。
蜂拥而至的地脉之力，尚未成型，就全都被李凡吸入体内，转化为精纯的灵气。
Even with the existence of Heavenly Calamity, the Heavenly Intent璇玑功 could not advance further despite its rapid operation.
tóng shí ， fēn shēn suǒ xiū xíng de gōng fǎ yě kuài sù zì fā yùn zhuàn qǐ lái 。
同时，分身所修行的功法也快速自发运转起来。
Li Fan frowned but did not stop devouring. Even if all this earth vein power was wasted, he showed no concern.
bú shì yuán běn jiàn dié zhōu qīng áng xiū liàn de gōng fǎ 。
不是原本间谍周青昂修炼的功法。
The spiritual energy from Devouring Heaven and Earth kept accumulating in his other self's body until it seemed like it would burst.
ér shì lǐ fán dé zì tiān jī zōng de lìng yī mén yuán yīng gōng fǎ 《 tiān yì xuán jī gōng 》。
而是李凡得自天机宗的另一门元婴功法《天意璇玑功》。
With a slap to his chest, Li Fan summoned an inward suction force, swallowing the excess spiritual energy within him.
zhè mén gǔ fǎ ， yuán běn xiū xíng qǐ lái jí wéi huǎn màn 。 dàn cǐ kè zài tūn tiān shí dì dà fǎ tí gōng de méi yǒu xiàn zhì de jiā sù xiào guǒ zhī xià ， yǐ yī zhǒng hài rén tīng wén de sù dù jìn xíng zhe tí shēng 。
这门古法，原本修行起来极为缓慢。但此刻在吞天食地大法提供的没有限制的加速效果之下，以一种骇人听闻的速度进行着提升。
In ancient times without Heavenly Calamity, the acquisition of spiritual energy would always lag behind cultivation progress.
dì mài zhī lì yuán yuán bù jué ， lǐ fán fēn shēn yě shì sì wú jì dàn de chī le bǎo 。
地脉之力源源不绝，李凡分身也是肆无忌惮的吃了饱。
But the existence of cultivation bottlenecks placed Li Fan in a peculiar situation where he could not advance despite devouring vast amounts of earth vein power.
ér yuán běn yī cháng běn gāi jīng dòng sì fāng hǎi yù de shān chuān zhī biàn ， què shì zài wú rén zhī xiǎo de qíng kuàng xià ， bèi xiāo mǐ wú xíng 。
而原本一场本该惊动四方海域的山川之变，却是在无人知晓的情况下，被消弭无形。
The converted power was used to accelerate his technique's practice but still made no progress.
zhǐ qǐng kè zhī jiān ， fēn shēn de xiū wèi yǐ jīng dào dá le jīn dān qián qī de píng jǐng 。
只顷刻之间，分身的修为已经到达了金丹前期的瓶颈。
The technique had reached an terrifying speed, like a surging tide relentlessly battering against an impenetrable dam.
yóu yú tiān zhī è de cún zài ，《 tiān yì xuán jī gōng 》 nǎ pà yùn zhuàn de zài kuài ， xiū wèi yě wú fǎ zài jìn yí bù 。
由于天之厄的存在，《天意璇玑功》哪怕运转的再快，修为也无法再进一步。
Li Fan carefully recorded everything happening within him.
lǐ fán wēi wēi zhòu méi ， méi yǒu tíng xià tūn shì de dòng zuò 。
李凡微微皱眉，没有停下吞噬的动作。
Compared to the immense earth veins, the tiny Golden Core cultivator's strength was negligible.
nǎ pà cǐ shí tūn shì de dì mài zhī lì ， quán dōu bèi bái bái làng fèi le ， yě shì sī háo yě bù xīn téng 。
哪怕此时吞噬的地脉之力，全都被白白浪费了，也是丝毫也不心疼。
But this power that should have allowed at least an advancement to the Infantile stage was continuously eroded during the冲击 of Heavenly Calamity.
tūn tiān shí dì dà fǎ zhuǎn huà ér lái de líng lì bù duàn zài fēn shēn tǐ nèi jī zǎn ， chè dǐ tián mǎn le shēn qū de měi yī chù dì fāng 。
吞天食地大法转化而来的灵力不断在分身体内积攒，彻底填满了身躯的每一处地方。
However, it turned out that all Li Fan had done was not in vain.
yǎn kàn zhè jù fēn shēn jiù yào bèi chè dǐ chēng bào ， lǐ fán yī pāi zì shēn xiōng kǒu ， shǒu zhōng xī lì bèng fā 。
眼看这具分身就要被彻底撑爆，李凡一拍自身胸口，手中吸力迸发。
After countless attempts, the bottleneck finally showed a slight loosening.
Seeing Jiao Xiuyuan's agreement so swift, Li Fan nodded. "Then this matter will be your trouble. I'll wait for your good news!"
With that said, he tossed a communication spirit token to Jiao Xiuyuan and left without mentioning anything about keeping a receipt.
"Seems like he trusts me quite a bit," Jiao Xiuyuan muttered under his breath as he flicked the broken delusion stone in his hand.
In the next moment, the stone vanished into thin air, unknown where it went.
Meanwhile, on the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, this puppet returned to its lazy state.
Jiao Xiuyuan never imagined that Li Fan's trust was not genuine. Instead, the broken delusion stone was merely a pretext for Li Fan to establish a connection with him. Even if he failed to sell it or even kept it for himself, it mattered little to Li Fan. What truly mattered was the "big business" behind this.
Back in the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, Li Fan recalled another item discovered in the ruins of the Celestial Oracle Sect.
He had cut off and brought back an entire layer of the tower.
His initial hunch was correct.
After鉴定 by the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, the stone tower turned out to be a magical artifact called the [Heavenly Dao Dice].
For ordinary people, rolling dice would yield numbers 5 or 6.
But for cultivators, it would reveal divine omens.
Ancient Celestial Oracle Sect cultivators relied on this Heavenly Dao Dice, using sufficient information as the foundation and qi mechanism感应 to power their derivation of countless possible futures.
The reason why Li Fan only saw an empty space was that the Heavenly Dao Dice had been frozen at the scene where the derivation was completed years ago.
"An emptiness."
"I wonder what those ancient Celestial Oracle Sect cultivators were deriving. They ended up with such a result."
Li Fan stretched out his hand, and in his palm appeared a crystal-clear twenty-sided die.
Each face seemed to flicker with different scenes upon closer inspection.
Although Li Fan had tried several times before to use the Heavenly Dao Dice to derive the future and see if it matched what he had experienced,
perhaps due to improper usage, all he got were fragmented and meaningless images that lacked practical value.
Nevertheless, Li Fan did not sell it. He felt a premonition that keeping it might prove useful in the future.
After playing with it for a while, Li Fan stored the oracle dice away and focused his mind on his other self, Zhou Qingang.
For these past few days, he had been staying at Tai'an Island, only occasionally using communication spirit tokens to contact necessary individuals.
Not just idle thinking, but researching methods to overcome the side effects of the [Devouring Heaven and Earth Great Technique].
This secret art might have been inspired by ancient anomalies like the Return-to-Root Shell. While it did possess the ability to devour heaven and earth, the mind was easily lost, leading to either self-destruction or being discovered and killed.
But Li Fan had a way to maintain absolute mental clarity—Blue Flame power from his imagined spirit.
He only needed to pause in critical moments rather than maintaining calmness throughout the process.
With the aid of Enlightenment Pill and启灵 state, Li Fan finally succeeded in doing so after much effort.
However, to increase his cultivation through Devouring Heaven and Earth, he still needed to solve the problem of solidified earth veins that could not be absorbed.
Li Fan had a plan for this as well.
He concealed his form and teleported to the western part of the Cunyun Sea's Spirit Wood Island before continuing westward.
After about five hundred miles, Li Fan quietly潜入 the sea.
Diving deep into the ocean, he searched for a few moments and indeed found the ruins of the sunken island.
In the previous life, this island would soon resurface due to mysterious earth vein fluctuations in just a short while.
The reactivated protective array would attract the attention of the Cunyun Sea's Array Hall's array mages.
But before any of that happened, it appeared no different from other ruins scattered across the seabed.
Li Fan arrived at the ruins and waited patiently.
Seven days later, the sea floor began to tremble slightly.
"Here they come!"
Li Fan thought as he stepped down forcefully. The earth veins began to revitalize through the underground channels, slowly reactivating the previously exhausted nodes.
Without external interference, these revitalized nodes would push the sunken island back above the surface.
But with Li Fan here, such a scenario was unlikely to occur.
A massive vortex seemed to form beneath his feet as the earth vein power surged in, filling him with pure spiritual energy.
At the same time, his other self's cultivation technique began to operate swiftly on its own.
Not the original spy Zhou Qingang's technique, but the infantile technique he had obtained from the Celestial Oracle Sect—The Heavenly Intent璇玑功.
This ancient art was notoriously slow to practice. But under the unbridled acceleration provided by Devouring Heaven and Earth, it progressed at an alarming rate.
The endless earth vein power allowed his other self to feast without restraint.
What should have been a seismic event that would have alarmed the surrounding seas remained unnoticed.
In mere moments, his other self's cultivation had reached the bottleneck of early Golden Core stage.
Even with the existence of Heavenly Calamity, the Heavenly Intent璇玑功 could not advance further despite its rapid operation.
Li Fan frowned but did not stop devouring. Even if all this earth vein power was wasted, he showed no concern.
The spiritual energy from Devouring Heaven and Earth kept accumulating in his other self's body until it seemed like it would burst.
With a slap to his chest, Li Fan summoned an inward suction force, swallowing the excess spiritual energy within him.
In ancient times without Heavenly Calamity, the acquisition of spiritual energy would always lag behind cultivation progress.
But the existence of cultivation bottlenecks placed Li Fan in a peculiar situation where he could not advance despite devouring vast amounts of earth vein power.
The converted power was used to accelerate his technique's practice but still made no progress.
The technique had reached an terrifying speed, like a surging tide relentlessly battering against an impenetrable dam.
Li Fan carefully recorded everything happening within him.
Compared to the immense earth veins, the tiny Golden Core cultivator's strength was negligible.
But this power that should have allowed at least an advancement to the Infantile stage was continuously eroded during the冲击 of Heavenly Calamity.
However, it turned out that all Li Fan had done was not in vain.
After countless attempts, the bottleneck finally showed a slight loosening.