shàng yī shì ， lǐ fán yú shòu yuán jiāng jǐn shí jī yuán qiǎo hé zhī xià chōng pò xiān jué dà zhèn de fēng suǒ ， dì yī cì lái dào le xiū xiān jiè 。
上一世，李凡于寿元将尽时机缘巧合之下冲破仙绝大阵的封锁，第一次来到了修仙界。
In his previous life, Li Fan broke through the封锁 of the Immortal Desolation Great Array just as his lifespan was about to end, and for the first time entered the world of cultivators.
dāng shí tā suǒ kàn dào de chǎng jǐng shì lián mián de shān mài yǐ jí yī zuò líng kōng ér lì de wēi é chéng shì 。
当时他所看到的场景是连绵的山脉以及一座凌空而立的巍峨城市。
At that time, what he saw was a range of continuous mountains and a magnificent city towering in mid-air.
ér zhè yī shì ， lǐ fán lái dào xiū xiān jiè hòu ， què lái dào le yī piàn wāng yáng dà hǎi zhī shàng 。
而这一世，李凡来到修仙界后，却来到了一片汪洋大海之上。
This time around, upon arriving in the world of cultivators, Li Fan found himself on an endless expanse of sea.
zài cǐ zhī qián ， lǐ fán yì zhí méi yǒu duō xiǎng ， zhǐ yǐ wéi shì chuán sòng shí chū le shén me biàn gù 。
在此之前，李凡一直没有多想，只以为是传送时出了什么变故。
Before this, Li Fan had not given it much thought, assuming it must have been some anomaly during the transmission.
zhí dào jīn tiān ， lǐ fán jiàn dào kū jié de cóng yún hǎi ， jiàn dào qí wù cāng hǎi de dàn shēng ， cái zhōng yú míng bái guò lái 。
直到今天，李凡见到枯竭的丛云海，见到奇物沧海的诞生，才终于明白过来。
Only today did he realize when he saw the withered Cunyun Sea and the birth of the strange object, the vast sea, that something was different.
méi yǒu biàn gù ， zì jǐ tōng guò xiān jué dà zhèn hòu lái dào de ， què shí shì tóng yī chù dì fāng 。
没有变故，自己通过仙绝大阵后来到的，确实是同一处地方。
There was no anomaly; the place he arrived at through the Immortal Desolation Great Array was indeed the same location. Only the time of his arrival in the world of cultivators had changed by 45 years—once when he was 85 (which was 65 years after his life anchor), and now, at age 40 with a cultivation progress of 100% in the Void Filling and Energy Refinement Realm.
zhǐ bù guò shì ， qián hòu liǎng cì lái dào xiū xiān jiè de shí jiān bù tóng ér yǐ 。
只不过是，前后两次来到修仙界的时间不同而已。
The interval between these two times was 45 years. One encounter with the vast sea, another with mountains. Li Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
shàng yī shì lǐ fán lái dào xiū xiān jiè ， dāng shí yǐ jīng shì 85 suì ， yě jiù shì máo dìng 65 nián 。
上一世李凡来到修仙界，当时已经是85岁，也就是锚定65年。
He laughed at himself for still being unable to shake off his ordinary mindset. If he had connected all the unusual occurrences that Zhang Haobo had warned him about with this second visit, perhaps he could have foreseen the great change in the heavens and earth.
ér zhè yī shì ， lǐ fán shì zài 40 suì ， huà xū chōng néng jìn dù 100% hòu jìn rù de xiū xiān jiè 。
而这一世，李凡是在40岁，化虚充能进度100%后进入的修仙界。
But now, he saw a glimmer of hope for the disaster’s end. With 50 years left on his life anchor, Cao Hong and Dao Xuanzi entered Great Xuan. At that time, they claimed to be from the凌天 City in the Cunyun Mountains. The drought must have ended before then; the withered sea would transform into a thriving mountain range.
nà shì máo dìng 20 nián 。
那是锚定20年。
Now, at 34 years left on his life anchor, it was not far off. Waiting without hope is the most agonizing, but knowing the final outcome made this seemingly endless fire disaster less terrifying.
jiàn gé 45 nián ， yī yù cāng hǎi ， yī yù qún shān 。
间隔45年，一遇沧海，一遇群山。
Li Fan calmed down and returned to Taiyuan Island. He observed the anxious people who had long lost hope and could only pray day and night. Li Fan transmitted his voice across the island, telling them that this disaster would eventually pass.
yě bù guài lǐ fán méi yǒu wǎng zhè fāng miàn qù xiǎng 。
也不怪李凡没有往这方面去想。
With the Immortal Master’s instructions, the residents of the island were overjoyed and rekindled their will to survive.
méi yǒu qīn shēn jīng lì guò ， kǒng pà jiù suàn yǒu rén tí qián gào sù tā huì fā shēng zhè zhǒng tiān dì jù biàn ， tā yě kěn dìng zhǐ huì bàn xìn bàn yí ba 。
没有亲身经历过，恐怕就算有人提前告诉他会发生这种天地巨变，他也肯定只会半信半疑吧。
Li Fan then closed himself off in meditation, taking out the Pearl of the Vast Sea once more.
suǒ yǐ lǐ fán xiào le 。
所以李凡笑了。
"Is there a thread of life here?" Li Fan observed this blue wonder of nature. His divine sense poured into it but vanished like a stone thrown into deep water.
yī shì xiào zì jǐ bì jìng hái bǎi tuō bù liǎo fán rén xīn tài 。
一是笑自己毕竟还摆脱不了凡人心态。
"Clearly, I need to put in some effort to use it," Li Fan thought as he saw this.
ruò shì néng jiāng zhī qián zhāng hào bō tí xǐng de zhǒng zhǒng yì cháng yǔ liǎng cì suǒ jiàn de bù tóng lián xì qǐ lái ， yě xǔ jiù néng tí qián chá jué dào zhè chǎng tiān dì jù biàn 。
若是能将之前张浩波提醒的种种异常与两次所见的不同联系起来，也许就能提前察觉到这场天地巨变。
A heaven-defying treasure was crucial for achieving the Dao Foundation; how to find and utilize it were invaluable experiences.
èr shì yīn wèi tā zhōng yú kàn dào le zhè chǎng zāi nàn xiāo tuì de xī wàng 。
二是因为他终于看到了这场灾难消退的希望。
In the Ten Thousand Immortals Realm, the exchange price was extremely high—nearly 2000 points of contribution. Li Fan could only explore on his own now.
máo dìng 50 nián ， kòu hóng yǔ dào xuán zi chuǎng rù dà xuán 。 nà shí hòu ， tā men jiù xuān chēng zì jǐ shì lái zì cóng yún shān mài líng tiān chéng 。
锚定50年，寇洪与道玄子闯入大玄。那时候，他们就宣称自己是来自丛云山脉凌天城。
Over the next few days, Li Fan tried numerous methods: infusing spirit energy, nurturing with divine sense, even using external force to strike it. He even attempted blood refinement but found no response from the Pearl of the Vast Sea.
xiǎng bì zài nà zhī qián ， zhè chǎng hàn zāi jiù yǐ jīng guò qù 。
想必在那之前，这场旱灾就已经过去。
Finally, a flash of insight came to Li Fan as he recalled the method for sensing and refining the qi essence from various heaven-defying treasures in the Thousand Mechanisms and Jade Circle.
gān hé de hǎi yáng jiāng huà wéi shēng jī bó bó de qún shān 。
干涸的海洋将化为生机勃勃的群山。
He activated his "Discerning Fate" divine technique and gazed at the Pearl of the Vast Sea. A deep blue light surrounded it, ancient, profound, full of vitality...
rú jīn shì máo dìng 34 nián ， yǐ jīng lí zhī bù yuǎn le 。
如今是锚定34年，已经离之不远了。
Though small, the complexity and power of its qi far surpassed all life on Taiyuan Island. Currently in a state of nurturing and dormancy, it was only through careful observation that one could discern its essence.
méi yǒu xī wàng de děng dài shì zuì jiān áo de ， ér zhī dào le zuì zhōng jié guǒ zhī hòu ， zhè yī cháng kàn shì méi yǒu jìn tóu de yán zāi yě biàn dé bù zài nà me kě pà 。
没有希望的等待是最煎熬的，而知道了最终结果之后，这一场看似没有尽头的炎灾也变得不再那么可怕。
Li Fan carefully sensed the Pearl of the Vast Sea's qi. The moment he touched it, his body seemed to vanish. He felt as if he had ascended to the ninth heaven, looking down at the ocean below.
lǐ fán píng fù le xīn qíng ， chóng xīn huí dào le tài ān dǎo 。
李凡平复了心情，重新回到了泰安岛。
The Cunyun Sea had existed since ancient times, nurturing countless lives. But one day, a will from the heavens descended, and the sea began its journey towards death.
kàn zhe huáng huáng bù kě zhōng rì 、 yǐ jīng yǒu xiē má mù ， zhǐ néng rì yè bù tíng qí dǎo kòu bài de fán rén ， lǐ fán chuán yīn quán dǎo ， gào sù tā men zhè chǎng zāi nàn zhōng jiāng guò qù 。
看着惶惶不可终日、已经有些麻木，只能日夜不停祈祷叩拜的凡人，李凡传音全岛，告诉他们这场灾难终将过去。
Nature kills nature; this is the way of the Dao.
dé dào le xiān shī de zhǐ shì ， dǎo shàng de jū mín men xīn xǐ ruò kuáng 、 fēn fēn chóng xīn rán qǐ le shēng cún de xī wàng 。
得到了仙师的指示，岛上的居民们欣喜若狂、纷纷重新燃起了生存的希望。
Heaven wanted to burn the sea, but the sea could not resist.
lǐ fán zé shì bì guān ， chóng xīn ná chū le cāng hǎi zhū 。
李凡则是闭关，重新拿出了沧海珠。
But He refused!
“ yī xiàn shēng jī jiù zài yú cǐ me ？”
“一线生机就在于此么？”
Thus, though the old sea passed away, another emerged!
lǐ fán guān chá zhe zhè ge wèi lán de tiān dì qí wù 。
李凡观察着这个蔚蓝的天地奇物。
...
shén shí yǒng rù qí zhōng ， què rú ní niú rù hǎi ， zhuǎn shùn xiāo shī bú jiàn 。
神识涌入其中，却如泥牛入海，转瞬消失不见。
Boom!
“ kàn lái xiǎng yào shǐ yòng tā ， hái yào fèi yī fān gōng fu 。” lǐ fán jiàn zhuàng ， sī suǒ dào 。
“看来想要使用它，还要费一番功夫。”李凡见状，思索道。
Li Fan was jolted out of that strange state. Before he could fully process what he had seen, he suddenly felt weak and almost lost his balance.
tiān dì qí wù nǎi shì chéng jiù dào jī de guān jiàn ， rú hé xún zhǎo 、 shǐ yòng ， dōu shì zhēn guì wú bǐ de jīng yàn 。
天地奇物乃是成就道基的关键，如何寻找、使用，都是珍贵无比的经验。
Checking himself, Li Fan was shocked to find a few strands of white hair and fine wrinkles on his face. This happened in the blink of an eye due to aligning with the Pearl of the Vast Sea's qi!
zài tiān xuán jìng zhōng suǒ xū de duì huàn jià gé yě jí qí áng guì ， xū yào jiāng jìn 2000 duō diǎn gòng xiàn dù 。
在天玄境中所需的兑换价格也极其昂贵，需要将近2000多点贡献度。
Opening the "Really True" panel, Li Fan gasped.
lǐ fán cǐ kè zhǐ néng zì jǐ mō suǒ 。
李凡此刻只能自己摸索。
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Qi Condensation Middle Stage
Physical Age: 89/199
jiē xià lái ， lǐ fán zuò le zhū duō cháng shì 。
接下来，李凡做了诸多尝试。
Psychological Age: 517/2280↑
yòng líng qì guàn rù 、 yǐ shén shí wēn yǎng ， nǎi zhì yòng wài lì hōng jī ， zuì hòu lián dī xuè liàn huà de fāng fǎ dōu cháng shì guò le 。
用灵气灌入、以神识温养，乃至用外力轰击，最后连滴血炼化的方法都尝试过了。
In that instant, his physical age had jumped from 54 to 89.
dàn cāng hǎi zhū què shǐ zhōng wú dòng yú zhōng ， wú fǎ yǐn dòng qí yùn hán de páng bó shuǐ qì 。
但沧海珠却始终无动于衷，无法引动其蕴含的磅礴水汽。
In a moment, it felt like he had lived through 35 years.
zuì zhōng ， hái shì lǐ fán líng guāng yī shǎn ， xiǎng dào le 《 qiān jī yù huán jīn zhāng 》 zhōng ， yǒu cóng gè zhǒng tiān dì líng wù zhōng gǎn yìng 、 liàn huà qì jī de fāng fǎ 。
最终，还是李凡灵光一闪，想到了《千机玉寰金章》中，有从各种天地灵物中感应、炼化气机的方法。
No wonder even the ancient Heavenly Fate Sect had few practitioners of this technique. Just coming into contact with one sea's consciousness would rapidly consume their lifespan.
dāng xià yùn zhuàn “ biàn jī ” shén tōng ， cháo zhe cāng hǎi zhū wàng qù 。
当下运转“辨机”神通，朝着沧海珠望去。
If not for the rapid consumption of his life span and the body’s spontaneous warning, Li Fan might have been subsumed by the sea's consciousness. He wasn’t sure if he could activate "Really True" then.
yī piàn shēn lán sè de guāng huá ， huán rào zhe cāng hǎi zhū 。
一片深蓝色的光华，环绕着沧海珠。
Li Fan was suddenly wary.
gǔ lǎo 、 yōu suì 、 shēng jī ……
古老、幽邃、生机……
No, this couldn't be a method to control heaven-defying treasures.
cāng hǎi zhū suī xiǎo ， dàn qí qì jī zhī fù zá yǔ qiáng dà ， gài guò tài ān dǎo shàng de suǒ yǒu shēng líng 。
沧海珠虽小，但其气机之复杂与强大，盖过泰安岛上的所有生灵。
He knew he had made a mistake in his approach. Human time perception was incomparable to that of the heavens, mountains, and seas. Even for great cultivators who lived thousands of years, it was far beyond their comprehension.
zhǐ shì mù qián shàng zài wēn yǎng zhé fú zhī zhōng ， suǒ yǐ bú shì zǐ xì guān chá ， bù néng qīng yì fēn biàn 。
只是目前尚在温养蛰伏之中，所以不是仔细观察，不能轻易分辨。
Contacting them with human consciousness would only result in subsumption.
lǐ fán xiǎo xīn yì yì de gǎn yìng zhe cāng hǎi zhū de qì jī 。
李凡小心翼翼的感应着沧海珠的气机。
How could one control heaven-defying treasures then?
fǔ yī jiē chù ， lǐ fán biàn gǎn dào zì jǐ de shēn qū xiāo shī le 。
甫一接触，李凡便感到自己的身躯消失了。
Holding the Pearl of the Vast Sea, Li Fan’s expression fluctuated.
fǎng fú yī xià zi lái dào le jiǔ tiān zhī shàng ， yǐ yī zhǒng fǔ shì de jìng tóu ， kàn zhe xià fāng de hǎi yáng 。
仿佛一下子来到了九天之上，以一种俯视的镜头，看着下方的海洋。
...
cóng yún hǎi gèn gǔ cún zài ， yùn yǎng liǎo wú shù shēng líng 。
丛云海亘古存在，蕴养了无数生灵。
Days passed, and Li Fan still hadn’t figured out how to use the Pearl of the Vast Sea. The weather grew increasingly hot, as if purifying the Cunyun Sea for its final transformation.
dàn mǒu tiān ， tiān dì jiān mǒu dào yì zhì tū rán jiàng lín 。
但某天，天地间某道意志突然降临。
The people on the island were losing their strength even in prayer.
yú shì ， hǎi yáng kāi shǐ zǒu xiàng sǐ wáng 。
于是，海洋开始走向死亡。
Li Fan knew that if this continued, these ordinary folk might die before the fire disaster ended.
tiān shēng tiān shā ， dào zhī lǐ yě 。
天生天杀，道之理也。
Dying just before dawn was a despairing fate.
tiān yù fén hǎi ， hǎi wú lì fǎn kàng 。
天欲焚海，海无力反抗。
Li Fan became agitated and his mind filled with杂念. To calm himself, he activated the long-neglected "Xuan Huang Refining Heart Spell."
dàn ， tā què bù fú ！
但，祂却不服！
Since becoming a Qi Condensation cultivator, most of his efforts had been on refining techniques like the Derivative Water Technique and the Thousand Mechanisms and Jade Circle.
yú shì suī yǒu cāng hǎi shì ， dàn lìng yǒu cāng hǎi shēng ！
于是虽有沧海逝，但另有沧海生！
The "Xuan Huang Refining Heart Spell" hadn’t been deliberately practiced for a long time. It didn't significantly boost his cultivation but would still run spontaneously without active effort.
……
……
Li Fan put it aside. Now, as he activated it, all negative emotions like unease, fear, and urgency slowly dissipated, becoming nourishment for his Dao heart.
hōng ！
轰！
His mind calmed, Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of realization. His breakthrough lay in the Pearl of the Vast Sea.
In his previous life, Li Fan broke through the封锁 of the Immortal Desolation Great Array just as his lifespan was about to end, and for the first time entered the world of cultivators.
At that time, what he saw was a range of continuous mountains and a magnificent city towering in mid-air.
This time around, upon arriving in the world of cultivators, Li Fan found himself on an endless expanse of sea.
Before this, Li Fan had not given it much thought, assuming it must have been some anomaly during the transmission.
Only today did he realize when he saw the withered Cunyun Sea and the birth of the strange object, the vast sea, that something was different.
There was no anomaly; the place he arrived at through the Immortal Desolation Great Array was indeed the same location. Only the time of his arrival in the world of cultivators had changed by 45 years—once when he was 85 (which was 65 years after his life anchor), and now, at age 40 with a cultivation progress of 100% in the Void Filling and Energy Refinement Realm.
The interval between these two times was 45 years. One encounter with the vast sea, another with mountains. Li Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
He laughed at himself for still being unable to shake off his ordinary mindset. If he had connected all the unusual occurrences that Zhang Haobo had warned him about with this second visit, perhaps he could have foreseen the great change in the heavens and earth.
But now, he saw a glimmer of hope for the disaster’s end. With 50 years left on his life anchor, Cao Hong and Dao Xuanzi entered Great Xuan. At that time, they claimed to be from the凌天 City in the Cunyun Mountains. The drought must have ended before then; the withered sea would transform into a thriving mountain range.
Now, at 34 years left on his life anchor, it was not far off. Waiting without hope is the most agonizing, but knowing the final outcome made this seemingly endless fire disaster less terrifying.
Li Fan calmed down and returned to Taiyuan Island. He observed the anxious people who had long lost hope and could only pray day and night. Li Fan transmitted his voice across the island, telling them that this disaster would eventually pass.
With the Immortal Master’s instructions, the residents of the island were overjoyed and rekindled their will to survive.
Li Fan then closed himself off in meditation, taking out the Pearl of the Vast Sea once more.
"Is there a thread of life here?" Li Fan observed this blue wonder of nature. His divine sense poured into it but vanished like a stone thrown into deep water.
"Clearly, I need to put in some effort to use it," Li Fan thought as he saw this.
A heaven-defying treasure was crucial for achieving the Dao Foundation; how to find and utilize it were invaluable experiences.
In the Ten Thousand Immortals Realm, the exchange price was extremely high—nearly 2000 points of contribution. Li Fan could only explore on his own now.
Over the next few days, Li Fan tried numerous methods: infusing spirit energy, nurturing with divine sense, even using external force to strike it. He even attempted blood refinement but found no response from the Pearl of the Vast Sea.
Finally, a flash of insight came to Li Fan as he recalled the method for sensing and refining the qi essence from various heaven-defying treasures in the Thousand Mechanisms and Jade Circle.
He activated his "Discerning Fate" divine technique and gazed at the Pearl of the Vast Sea. A deep blue light surrounded it, ancient, profound, full of vitality...
Though small, the complexity and power of its qi far surpassed all life on Taiyuan Island. Currently in a state of nurturing and dormancy, it was only through careful observation that one could discern its essence.
Li Fan carefully sensed the Pearl of the Vast Sea's qi. The moment he touched it, his body seemed to vanish. He felt as if he had ascended to the ninth heaven, looking down at the ocean below.
The Cunyun Sea had existed since ancient times, nurturing countless lives. But one day, a will from the heavens descended, and the sea began its journey towards death.
Nature kills nature; this is the way of the Dao.
Heaven wanted to burn the sea, but the sea could not resist.
But He refused!
Thus, though the old sea passed away, another emerged!
...
Boom!
Li Fan was jolted out of that strange state. Before he could fully process what he had seen, he suddenly felt weak and almost lost his balance.
Checking himself, Li Fan was shocked to find a few strands of white hair and fine wrinkles on his face. This happened in the blink of an eye due to aligning with the Pearl of the Vast Sea's qi!
Opening the "Really True" panel, Li Fan gasped.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Qi Condensation Middle Stage
Physical Age: 89/199
Psychological Age: 517/2280↑
In that instant, his physical age had jumped from 54 to 89.
In a moment, it felt like he had lived through 35 years.
No wonder even the ancient Heavenly Fate Sect had few practitioners of this technique. Just coming into contact with one sea's consciousness would rapidly consume their lifespan.
If not for the rapid consumption of his life span and the body’s spontaneous warning, Li Fan might have been subsumed by the sea's consciousness. He wasn’t sure if he could activate "Really True" then.
Li Fan was suddenly wary.
No, this couldn't be a method to control heaven-defying treasures.
He knew he had made a mistake in his approach. Human time perception was incomparable to that of the heavens, mountains, and seas. Even for great cultivators who lived thousands of years, it was far beyond their comprehension.
Contacting them with human consciousness would only result in subsumption.
How could one control heaven-defying treasures then?
Holding the Pearl of the Vast Sea, Li Fan’s expression fluctuated.
...
Days passed, and Li Fan still hadn’t figured out how to use the Pearl of the Vast Sea. The weather grew increasingly hot, as if purifying the Cunyun Sea for its final transformation.
The people on the island were losing their strength even in prayer.
Li Fan knew that if this continued, these ordinary folk might die before the fire disaster ended.
Dying just before dawn was a despairing fate.
Li Fan became agitated and his mind filled with杂念. To calm himself, he activated the long-neglected "Xuan Huang Refining Heart Spell."
Since becoming a Qi Condensation cultivator, most of his efforts had been on refining techniques like the Derivative Water Technique and the Thousand Mechanisms and Jade Circle.
The "Xuan Huang Refining Heart Spell" hadn’t been deliberately practiced for a long time. It didn't significantly boost his cultivation but would still run spontaneously without active effort.
Li Fan put it aside. Now, as he activated it, all negative emotions like unease, fear, and urgency slowly dissipated, becoming nourishment for his Dao heart.
His mind calmed, Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of realization. His breakthrough lay in the Pearl of the Vast Sea.