lǐ fán mī qǐ yǎn ， xiǎng yào zài yī piàn hēi àn zhōng kàn qīng chǔ qián fāng dǎng lù de dōng xī 。
李凡眯起眼，想要在一片黑暗中看清楚前方挡路的东西。
Li Fan narrowed his eyes, trying to discern what was blocking the path ahead in the darkness.
dàn ràng tā chà yì de shì ， wú lùn shì yòng shén shí gǎn yìng 、 yì huò zhě shēn tǐ qù chù mō ， dōu méi yǒu xiǎn shì chū qián miàn yǒu zhàng ài wù de cún zài 。
但让他诧异的是，无论是用神识感应、亦或者身体去触摸，都没有显示出前面有障碍物的存在。
However, to his surprise, whether he used his divine sense or touched it with his body, there was no indication of any obstacle present.
lǐ fán wēi wēi zhòu méi 。
李凡微微皱眉。
Li Fan furrowed his brow slightly.
zhè cì méi yǒu qù gēn kōng jiān zhōng chū xiàn de lián yī bō dòng xiāng hé ， ér shì gù yì cuò kāi lián yī chǎn shēng de shí jī 、 zhí jiē cháo zhe qián fāng fēi dùn 。
这次没有去跟空间中出现的涟漪波动相和，而是故意错开涟漪产生的时机、直接朝着前方飞遁。
Instead of harmonizing with the ripples as before, he deliberately avoided them and flew directly towards the front.
qí guài de shì ， gāng gāng zài lián yī zhōng gǎn shòu dào de nà dǔ “ qiáng ”， cǐ kè què xiàng gēn běn bù cún zài yī yàng 。
奇怪的是，刚刚在涟漪中感受到的那堵“墙”，此刻却像根本不存在一样。
Strangely enough, that wall he had sensed in the ripples seemed to not exist at all now.
lǐ fán kě yǐ qīng xī de gǎn shòu dào ， zì jǐ zài zhè piàn xū wú kōng jiān zhōng de wèi zhì ， fā shēng le gǎi biàn 。
李凡可以清晰的感受到，自己在这片虚无空间中的位置，发生了改变。
Li Fan could clearly feel a change in his position within this void space.
yòu huò zhě shuō ， shì wèi zhì shǔ xìng de yī bù fèn ， fā shēng le biàn dòng 。
又或者说，是位置属性的一部分，发生了变动。
Or rather, part of his positional attributes had changed while another part remained stagnant.
lìng wài de yī bù fèn ， zé yī rán qūn xún bù qián 。
另外的一部分，则依然逡巡不前。
It was as if movement and following the ripples were two different levels of interaction, mutually exclusive.
jiù hǎo xiàng dān píng zì shēn de yùn dòng ， hé shùn zhe lián yī yì qǐ bō dòng ， shì liǎng zhǒng bù tóng céng jí 、 hù bù gàn rǎo de biǎo xiàn 。
就好像单凭自身的运动，和顺着涟漪一起波动，是两种不同层级、互不干扰的表现。
This peculiar phenomenon slightly exceeded Li Fan's current understanding.
zhè zhǒng guǐ jué de xiàn xiàng ， yǒu diǎn chāo chū le mù qián lǐ fán de rèn zhī 。
这种诡谲的现象，有点超出了目前李凡的认知。
He did not dwell on its cause but instead cleared his mind again. When the ripples returned to the void, he forcefully collided with them despite knowing there was an obstacle ahead.
tā xiàn zài wú yì qù sī kǎo zhè xiàn xiàng bèi hòu de chéng yīn ， zhǐ shì zài dù fàng kōng xīn líng ， dài dào xū kōng zhōng lián yī bō dòng yòu chuán lái de shí hòu 。
他现在无意去思考这现象背后的成因，只是再度放空心灵，待到虚空中涟漪波动又传来的时候。
"Bang!"
yǔ qí hé yī ， míng míng zhī dào qián fāng yǒu zhàng ài wù de cún zài ， yī rán hěn hěn cháo qián fāng zhuàng qù 。
与其合一，明明知道前方有障碍物的存在，依然狠狠朝前方撞去。
In the next moment, Li Fan's vision turned golden as he was forced out of the ripples.
“ hōng ！”
“轰！”
Checking himself, he found that although his body had not been injured, his soul seemed slightly shaken.
xià yī kè ， lǐ fán yǎn mào jīn xīng ， bèi pò cóng lián yī zhōng tuō lí kāi lái 。
下一刻，李凡眼冒金星，被迫从涟漪中脱离开来。
Li Fan pondered for a moment before temporarily giving up on this reckless attempt.
jiǎn chá le fān ， fā xiàn zì jǐ suī rán shēn qū méi yǒu shòu shāng ， dàn shì shén hún sì hū shòu dào le diǎn zhèn dàng 。
检查了番，发现自己虽然身躯没有受伤，但是神魂似乎受到了点震荡。
He did not leave but stood quietly in the void space, focusing and perceiving each time the ripples approached, trying to find out why he was separated while the ripples could pass through freely.
lǐ fán chén yín shǎo xǔ ， zàn qiě fàng qì le zhè zhǒng lǔ mǎng de cháng shì 。
李凡沉吟少许，暂且放弃了这种鲁莽的尝试。
With his mind concentrated, the occasional ripples in this absolute darkness became more noticeable.
méi yǒu lí qù ， lǐ fán zhǐ shì jìng jìng zhù lì yú xū kōng zhōng ， měi dāng yǒu lián yī xí lái de shí hòu ， dōu níng shén gǎn wù 。
没有离去，李凡只是静静伫立于虚空中，每当有涟漪袭来的时候，都凝神感悟。
Li Fan recorded the exact times when the ripples appeared.
shì tú zhǎo dào zì jǐ bèi gé jué kāi 、 ér lián yī bō dòng què néng chàng tōng wú zǔ de yuán yīn 。
试图找到自己被隔绝开、而涟漪波动却能畅通无阻的原因。
After patiently collecting over ten thousand samples of data and replaying them within the Daoist Stone in his识海 (spirit sea), he sought to find any hidden patterns.
dāng xīn shén jí zhōng ， zài zhè yī piàn jué duì de hēi àn yǔ jì jìng lǐ ， bù shí chū xiàn de lián yī bō dòng ， jiù shí fēn xiǎn yǎn le 。
当心神集中，在这一片绝对的黑暗与寂静里，不时出现的涟漪波动，就十分显眼了。
Hard work pays off.
lǐ fán měi cì lián yī chū xiàn de shí jiān diǎn dōu jì lù xià lái 。
李凡每次涟漪出现的时间点都记录下来。
Li Fan discovered that every approximately one thousand ripples, a special existence with significantly higher intensity would appear. It spread through the void faster than usual by nearly half.
nài xīn shōu jí le shàng wàn cì de yàng běn shù jù hòu ， zài shí hǎi zhōng de huà dào shí zhōng jìn xíng fù xiàn ， xiǎng yào zhǎo dào zhè qí zhōng kě néng yǐn cáng de guī lǜ 。
耐心收集了上万次的样本数据后，在识海中的化道石中进行复现，想要找到这其中可能隐藏的规律。
A sudden realization struck Li Fan as he calculated the numbers. When this unusual ripple returned,
gōng fu bù fù yǒu xīn rén 。
功夫不负有心人。
he immersed his mind into it.
lǐ fán fā xiàn ， měi guò dà yuē yī qiān cì de tiào dòng ， jiù huì chū xiàn yī dào hé qí tā lián yī bù tóng 、 qiáng dù míng xiǎn gāo shàng yī jié de tè shū cún zài 。
李凡发现，每过大约一千次的跳动，就会出现一道和其他涟漪不同、强度明显高上一截的特殊存在。
This time, it indeed worked; instead of hitting a wall like before, it felt more like rubbing against surrounding obstacles.
zài xū kōng zhōng màn yán de sù dù yě bié xún cháng de yào kuài shàng jī hū yí bèi 。
在虚空中蔓延的速度也别寻常的要快上几乎一倍。
The pain from within his soul body surged, and Li Fan gritted his teeth to endure it.
lǐ fán xīn zhōng yī dòng ， jì suàn zhāo shù zì ， děng dào zhè yì cháng bō dòng zài dù chuán lái de shí hòu 。
李凡心中一动，计算着数字，等到这异常波动再度传来的时候。
However, as the ripples continued to deepen and interact with their surroundings, the discomfort became increasingly intolerable. The pain gradually transformed into a brutal tearing sensation that almost made him lose consciousness.
xīn shén chén diàn róng rù qí zhōng 。
心神沉淀融入其中。
Only his innate self-protection instinct broke through his mind's unity state.
zhè cì guǒ rán yǒu le xiào guǒ ， bù zài shì xiàng zhī qián zhí jiē zhuàng zài le qiáng shàng yì bān 。
这次果然有了效果，不再是像之前直接撞在了墙上一般。
"Phew..."
ér shì hǎo sì zài hé zhōu wéi de zǔ ài wù bù tíng de mó cā 。
而是好似在和周围的阻碍物不停的摩擦。
Li Fan gasped heavily, his body drenched in sweat from the intense pain. Even without merging with the ripples, the tearing sensation still seemed to exist.
dāo gē yì bān de tòng jué zì hún tǐ shēn chù yǒng xiàn ， lǐ fán qiáng rěn zhe jù tòng ， yǎo yá jiān chí 。
刀割一般的痛觉自魂体深处涌现，李凡强忍着剧痛，咬牙坚持。
After two cycles of "thousand ripple movements," this feeling slowly dissipated.
dàn suí zhe lián yī de bù duàn shēn rù ， hé zhōu wéi de “ bù xiāng róng ” yě jiù yuè fā míng xiǎn 。
但随着涟漪的不断深入，和周围的“不相容”也就越发明显。
Recovering, Li Fan appeared hesitant on his face.
dāo gē màn màn zhuǎn biàn wèi cū bào de sī chě ， zhè zhǒng fēi rén suǒ néng rěn shòu de tòng chǔ ， jī hū ràng lǐ fán shùn jiān shī qù le yì shí 。
刀割慢慢转变为粗暴的撕扯，这种非人所能忍受的痛楚，几乎让李凡瞬间失去了意识。
However, when the next thousand ripple movement arrived, he still plunged into it.
zhǐ shì chù fā le běn wǒ de bǎo hù běn néng ， cóng xīn shén hé yī de zhuàng tài zhōng tuō lí chū lái 。
只是触发了本我的保护本能，从心神合一的状态中脱离出来。
This time, he seemed to persist longer than before. Or perhaps it was just a delusion.
“ hū ……”
“呼……”
Taking a brief rest, Li Fan's mind quickly remerged with the ripples as the pain had not fully subsided.
lǐ fán dà kǒu dà kǒu de chuǎn zhe cū qì ， hún shēn shàng xià zǎo yǐ yīn wèi téng tòng ér bèi hàn shuǐ jìn rǎn 。
李凡大口大口的喘着粗气，浑身上下早已因为疼痛而被汗水浸染。
"Ah!"
jí biàn méi yǒu hé lián yī xiāng hé ， hún tǐ sī chě de tòng chǔ yě fǎng fú yī rán cún zài 。
即便没有和涟漪相合，魂体撕扯的痛楚也仿佛依然存在。
Li Fan's face contorted in agony as his body twitched due to the divine soul pain. A vicious look flashed across his eyes. The thoughts of giving up that had momentarily surfaced were instantly erased by the reverse practice method of the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell.
zú zú guò qù le liǎng cì “ qiān dòng lián yī ” de shí jiān ， líng hún zhōng zhè zhǒng gǎn jué cái huǎn huǎn xiāo sàn 。
足足过去了两次“千动涟漪”的时间，灵魂中这种感觉才缓缓消散。
"Is this mere suffering enough to stop me?"
huǎn guò lái de lǐ fán cǐ shí liǎn shàng fú xiàn chū yī sī yóu yù 。
缓过来的李凡此时脸上浮现出一丝犹豫。
"Again!"
bù guò ， dāng qiān dòng lián yī xià cì dào lái de shí hòu ， tā hái shì réng rán tóu shēn qí zhōng 。
不过，当千动涟漪下次到来的时候，他还是仍然投身其中。
During each subsequent attempt to ride the "thousand ripple movements," Li Fan endured unbearable torment.
zhè cì bǐ shàng yī cì jiān chí de ， sì hū jiǔ le nà me yī xiē 。
这次比上一次坚持的，似乎久了那么一些。
The pain in his soul body escalated, from tearing to being pierced by a myriad of needles and then every part feeling like it was being repeatedly crushed.
yòu huò zhě zhǐ shì tā de cuò jué 。
又或者只是他的错觉。
By the end, Li Fan's mind almost went blank.
xiē xī shǎo xǔ ， méi yǒu děng tòng téng wán quán xiāo sàn ， lǐ fán de xīn shén jiù zài cì róng rù lián yī zhī zhōng 。
歇息少许，没有等痛疼完全消散，李凡的心神就再次融入涟漪之中。
Only the persistent pursuit that burned within him kept him going, preventing him from giving up halfway.
“ a ！”
“啊！”
Throughout this process, the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell played a crucial role.
lǐ fán de liǎn shàng lù chū jǐ fēn zhēng níng ， shēn tǐ yīn wèi shén hún tòng chǔ de yǐng xiǎng ， ér kāi shǐ le bù duàn chōu chù 。
李凡的脸上露出几分狰狞，身体因为神魂痛楚的影响，而开始了不断抽搐。
Human nature dictates that in the face of pain, one tends to avoid it. Especially under the torture-like conditions of his soul body, every second, Li Fan's mind naturally floated with thoughts like "Forget it," "Why bother?" and "There’s no need for this."
yǎn zhōng shǎn guò yī sī xiōng hěn ， nǎo hǎi zhōng fú xiàn de nà xiē “ fàng qì ” de niàn tou ， zhuǎn shùn jiān jiù bèi 【 xuán huáng liàn xīn zhòu 】 de nì liàn dào xīn zhī fǎ suǒ xiāo chú 。
眼中闪过一丝凶狠，脑海中浮现的那些“放弃”的念头，转瞬间就被【玄黄炼心咒】的逆练道心之法所消除。
These were once enough to sway Li Fan but now nourished his soul body through the reverse practice method.
“ bù guò qū qū tòng kǔ ， yě xiǎng zǔ wǒ ？”
“不过区区痛苦，也想阻我？”
Without this, even with his firm resolve, he might not have been able to endure such torment.
“ zài lái ！”
“再来！”
However, in the end, Li Fan succeeded.
jiē xià lái ， zài yī cì yòu yī cì shì tú dā zài zhe “ qiān dòng lián yī ”， qián wǎng xū kōng shēn chù de guò chéng 。
接下来，在一次又一次试图搭载着“千动涟漪”，前往虚空深处的过程。
After an indeterminate amount of time, when he regained consciousness from a hazy state,
lǐ fán zāo shòu le yán yǔ nán yǐ rěn shòu de zhé mó 。
李凡遭受了言语难以忍受的折磨。
he found himself in a strange yet familiar space.
hún tǐ de tòng gǎn yě zài bù duàn shàng shēng ， cóng sī chě dào wàn zhēn qí cì ， zài dào měi yī chù dōu xiàng bèi lái huí niǎn yā 。
魂体的痛感也在不断上升，从撕扯到万针齐刺，再到每一处都像被来回碾压。
The lines crisscrossed across the sky and ground, with particles of various colors flying rapidly along them.
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Occasionally, horizontal and vertical particles collided, bursting into vibrant multicolored light that vanished almost instantly.
dào le zuì hòu ， lǐ fán de nǎo hǎi zhōng jī hū chéng le yí piàn kòng bái 。
到了最后，李凡的脑海中几乎成了一片空白。
"Where am I?"
zhǐ yǒu xīn zhōng zhuī qiú de nà gǔ zhí niàn ， shǐ zhōng zhī chēng zhe tā 。 cái méi yǒu ràng tā bàn tú ér fèi 。
只有心中追求的那股执念，始终支撑着他。才没有让他半途而废。
Li Fan first checked his body.
ér zài zhè ge guò chéng zhōng ， xuán huáng liàn xīn zhòu yě qǐ le zhì guān zhòng yào de zuò yòng 。
而在这个过程中，玄黄炼心咒也起了至关重要的作用。
It was as if drawn roughly by lines, absurd yet eerie.
rén de tiān xìng shǐ rán ， miàn duì tòng chǔ ， zǒng huì xuǎn zé táo bì 。
人的天性使然，面对痛楚，总会选择逃避。
But the sensation from his body was no different from a normal one.
yóu qí shì zài zhè hún tǐ fǎng fú zāo shòu kù xíng de qíng jìng xià ， měi fēn měi miǎo ， lǐ fán de nǎo zi lǐ dū huì zì rán ér rán de fú xiàn chū “ suàn le ba ”“ hé bì ne ”“ gēn běn méi yǒu zhè ge bì yào ” děng děng zhè xiē xiǎng fǎ 。
尤其是在这魂体仿佛遭受酷刑的情境下，每分每秒，李凡的脑子里都会自然而然的浮现出“算了吧”“何必呢”“根本没有这个必要”等等这些想法。
Without moving, he dodged the colorful particles that whizzed past and carefully observed this strange space.
yuán běn zhè xiē zú yǐ dòng yáo lǐ fán xuǎn zé de cún zài ， què tōng tōng zài nì liàn dào xīn dà mò pán zuò yòng xià ， huà zuò zī yǎng hún tǐ de yuán liào 。
原本这些足以动摇李凡选择的存在，却通通在逆练道心大磨盘作用下，化作滋养魂体的原料。
"It seems similar to the space within the Heaven Xuan Mirror."
ruò fēi rú cǐ ， jiù suàn lǐ fán xīn zhì zài zěn me jiān rèn ， kǒng pà yě wú fǎ zài zhè zhǒng zhé mó zhōng jiān chí xià lái 。
若非如此，就算李凡心志再怎么坚韧，恐怕也无法在这种折磨中坚持下来。
"However, in the Heaven Xuan Mirror, only black and white colors exist. Unlike here, which is full of vibrant hues."
dàn bù guǎn rú hé ， lǐ fán zuì zhōng hái shì chéng gōng le 。
但不管如何，李凡最终还是成功了。
"Wait, I remember..."
bù zhī guò qù le duō jiǔ ， dāng tā cóng yì shí mó hú zhōng huī fù shén zhì zhī hòu 。
不知过去了多久，当他从意识模湖中恢复神智之后。
Li Fan's eyes widened as he flipped through the images stored in the Daoist Stone, reviewing them carefully.
fā xiàn zì jǐ shēn chù zài le yī piàn xuán qí què yòu yǐn yǐn yǒu jǐ fēn shú xī de kōng jiān zhōng 。
发现自己身处在了一片玄奇却又隐隐有几分熟悉的空间中。
He noticed that at the edge of the black-and-white world in the final frame, there was also a presence of multicolored light.
tiān dì jiān ， héng shù xiàn tiáo zòng héng jiāo cuò ， bù shí yǒu gè zhǒng yán sè de lì zi yán zhe xiàn tiáo fēi sù yùn dòng 。
天地间，横竖线条纵横交错，不时有各种颜色的粒子沿着线条飞速运动。
Black and white seemed to represent two entirely different opposing energies.
ǒu ěr yǒu héng shù lì zi xiāng zhuàng ， zài kōng zhōng bào fā chū xuàn làn de qī cǎi guāng huá hòu ， zhuǎn shùn yòu xiāo shī bú jiàn 。
偶尔有横竖粒子相撞，在空中爆发出绚烂的七彩光华后，转瞬又消失不见。
In the black-and-white world, the multicolored light had been cut off and transformed into part of itself.
“ zhè lǐ shì ？”
“这里是？”
"Xuanhuang Rebirth Mirror..."
lǐ fán shǒu xiān chá kàn le yǎn zì jǐ de shēn qū 。
李凡首先查看了眼自己的身躯。
Li Fan narrowed his eyes as he fell into deep thought.
jìng rán yě shì fǎng fú yóu cū lüè de xiàn tiáo huì huà ér chéng ， kě xiào ér guǐ yì 。
竟然也是仿佛由粗略的线条绘画而成，可笑而诡异。
Soon after, he had a vague guess.
dàn shēn tǐ chuán lái de gǎn jué ， què hé zhèng cháng qū tǐ de shí hòu xiāng bǐ ， wán quán méi yǒu rèn hé qū bié 。
但身体传来的感觉，却和正常躯体的时候相比，完全没有任何区别。
The black-and-white world undoubtedly represented the Heaven Xuan Mirror.
méi yǒu qīng jǔ wàng dòng ， yī biān duǒ bì zhe bù shí hū xiào ér guò de cǎi sè lì zi ， lǐ fán yī biān zǐ xì guān chá zhe zhè piàn shén qí de kōng jiān 。
没有轻举妄动，一边躲避着不时呼啸而过的彩色粒子，李凡一边仔细观察着这片神奇的空间。
And the multicolored light might be a miniature representation of the real world.
“ sì hū gēn dāng chū wǒ jiàn dào de tiān xuán jìng kōng jiān ， yǒu diǎn lèi sì 。”
“似乎跟当初我见到的天玄镜空间，有点类似。”
Those crisscrossing lines seemed to represent the myriad laws of the real world, much like what Li Fan saw through the Human Dao Star Dust.
“ bù guò tiān xuán jìng zhōng ， zhǐ yǒu hēi bái èr sè 。 bù shì zhè lǐ ， qī cǎi bān lán 。”
“不过天玄镜中，只有黑白二色。不似这里，七彩斑斓。”
"The Heaven Xuan Mirror is parsing reality in its own way..."
“ děng děng ， wǒ jì de ……”
“等等，我记得……”
"And here..."
lǐ fán xīn zhōng yī dòng ， jiāng huà dào shí zhōng cún chǔ de yǐng xiàng fān chū ， xì xì zhòng kàn 。
李凡心中一动，将化道石中存储的影像翻出，细细重看。
Li Fan's eyes lit up with understanding.
fā xiàn zài huà miàn de zuì hòu ， hēi bái shì jiè de biān yuán ， tóng yàng yǒu zhe qī cǎi guāng huī de cún zài 。
发现在画面的最后，黑白世界的边缘，同样有着七彩光辉的存在。
"It’s a miniature representation of the world at its inception."
"Hmm?"
Li Fan narrowed his eyes, trying to discern what was blocking the path ahead in the darkness.
However, to his surprise, whether he used his divine sense or touched it with his body, there was no indication of any obstacle present.
Li Fan furrowed his brow slightly.
Instead of harmonizing with the ripples as before, he deliberately avoided them and flew directly towards the front.
Strangely enough, that wall he had sensed in the ripples seemed to not exist at all now.
Li Fan could clearly feel a change in his position within this void space.
Or rather, part of his positional attributes had changed while another part remained stagnant.
It was as if movement and following the ripples were two different levels of interaction, mutually exclusive.
This peculiar phenomenon slightly exceeded Li Fan's current understanding.
He did not dwell on its cause but instead cleared his mind again. When the ripples returned to the void, he forcefully collided with them despite knowing there was an obstacle ahead.
"Bang!"
In the next moment, Li Fan's vision turned golden as he was forced out of the ripples.
Checking himself, he found that although his body had not been injured, his soul seemed slightly shaken.
Li Fan pondered for a moment before temporarily giving up on this reckless attempt.
He did not leave but stood quietly in the void space, focusing and perceiving each time the ripples approached, trying to find out why he was separated while the ripples could pass through freely.
With his mind concentrated, the occasional ripples in this absolute darkness became more noticeable.
Li Fan recorded the exact times when the ripples appeared.
After patiently collecting over ten thousand samples of data and replaying them within the Daoist Stone in his识海 (spirit sea), he sought to find any hidden patterns.
Hard work pays off.
Li Fan discovered that every approximately one thousand ripples, a special existence with significantly higher intensity would appear. It spread through the void faster than usual by nearly half.
A sudden realization struck Li Fan as he calculated the numbers. When this unusual ripple returned,
he immersed his mind into it.
This time, it indeed worked; instead of hitting a wall like before, it felt more like rubbing against surrounding obstacles.
The pain from within his soul body surged, and Li Fan gritted his teeth to endure it.
However, as the ripples continued to deepen and interact with their surroundings, the discomfort became increasingly intolerable. The pain gradually transformed into a brutal tearing sensation that almost made him lose consciousness.
Only his innate self-protection instinct broke through his mind's unity state.
"Phew..."
Li Fan gasped heavily, his body drenched in sweat from the intense pain. Even without merging with the ripples, the tearing sensation still seemed to exist.
After two cycles of "thousand ripple movements," this feeling slowly dissipated.
Recovering, Li Fan appeared hesitant on his face.
However, when the next thousand ripple movement arrived, he still plunged into it.
This time, he seemed to persist longer than before. Or perhaps it was just a delusion.
Taking a brief rest, Li Fan's mind quickly remerged with the ripples as the pain had not fully subsided.
"Ah!"
Li Fan's face contorted in agony as his body twitched due to the divine soul pain. A vicious look flashed across his eyes. The thoughts of giving up that had momentarily surfaced were instantly erased by the reverse practice method of the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell.
"Is this mere suffering enough to stop me?"
"Again!"
During each subsequent attempt to ride the "thousand ripple movements," Li Fan endured unbearable torment.
The pain in his soul body escalated, from tearing to being pierced by a myriad of needles and then every part feeling like it was being repeatedly crushed.
By the end, Li Fan's mind almost went blank.
Only the persistent pursuit that burned within him kept him going, preventing him from giving up halfway.
Throughout this process, the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell played a crucial role.
Human nature dictates that in the face of pain, one tends to avoid it. Especially under the torture-like conditions of his soul body, every second, Li Fan's mind naturally floated with thoughts like "Forget it," "Why bother?" and "There’s no need for this."
These were once enough to sway Li Fan but now nourished his soul body through the reverse practice method.
Without this, even with his firm resolve, he might not have been able to endure such torment.
However, in the end, Li Fan succeeded.
After an indeterminate amount of time, when he regained consciousness from a hazy state,
he found himself in a strange yet familiar space.
The lines crisscrossed across the sky and ground, with particles of various colors flying rapidly along them.
Occasionally, horizontal and vertical particles collided, bursting into vibrant multicolored light that vanished almost instantly.
"Where am I?"
Li Fan first checked his body.
It was as if drawn roughly by lines, absurd yet eerie.
But the sensation from his body was no different from a normal one.
Without moving, he dodged the colorful particles that whizzed past and carefully observed this strange space.
"It seems similar to the space within the Heaven Xuan Mirror."
"However, in the Heaven Xuan Mirror, only black and white colors exist. Unlike here, which is full of vibrant hues."
"Wait, I remember..."
Li Fan's eyes widened as he flipped through the images stored in the Daoist Stone, reviewing them carefully.
He noticed that at the edge of the black-and-white world in the final frame, there was also a presence of multicolored light.
Black and white seemed to represent two entirely different opposing energies.
In the black-and-white world, the multicolored light had been cut off and transformed into part of itself.
"Xuanhuang Rebirth Mirror..."
Li Fan narrowed his eyes as he fell into deep thought.
Soon after, he had a vague guess.
The black-and-white world undoubtedly represented the Heaven Xuan Mirror.
And the multicolored light might be a miniature representation of the real world.
Those crisscrossing lines seemed to represent the myriad laws of the real world, much like what Li Fan saw through the Human Dao Star Dust.
"The Heaven Xuan Mirror is parsing reality in its own way..."
"And here..."
Li Fan's eyes lit up with understanding.
"It’s a miniature representation of the world at its inception."