lǐ fán lí kāi qí hóng yǔ ， qǔ chū 《 gǔ jīn dì xíng kǎo 》。 shén niàn fān dòng shū yè ， bù guò shù xī zhī jiān ， biàn yǐ jiāng qí quán bù nèi róng yuè jǐn 。
李凡离开奇宏屿，取出《古今地形考》。神念翻动书页，不过数息之间，便已将其全部内容阅尽。
Li Fan left Qihong Island and took out *Ancient and Modern Geography*. His divine consciousness flipped through the pages, and in a few breaths, he had read it all.
shǒu zhōng tiào chū yī tuán huǒ yàn ， jiāng dì xíng kǎo xiāo huǐ 。 lǐ fán mù guāng kàn xiàng dōng nán fāng xiàng 。
手中跳出一团火焰，将地形考销毁。李凡目光看向东南方向。
A ball of flame leapt from his hand, destroying the geography. Li Fan looked toward the southeast direction.
“ jí nán ， biàn chéng nán piān dōng me 。 gǔ jīn zhī biàn ， guǒ rán bù kě sī yì 。”
“极南，变成南偏东么。古今之变，果然不可思议。”
"Southernmost, now it's slightly east of south. The changes over time are truly incredible."
“ xī mén yǔ xiān qián suǒ shuō ， guǒ rán bù jiǎ 。 qiān wàn nián lái ， xuán huáng jiè zhēn de zhěng tǐ péng zhàng le yī quān ， yǒu xiē dì fāng chè dǐ xiāo shī 、 yǒu de zé shì píng kōng duō chū yī kuài dì yù ……”
“西门羽先前所说，果然不假。千万年来，玄黄界真的整体膨胀了一圈，有些地方彻底消失、有的则是凭空多出一块地域……”
"The words Westmen Fei said were indeed true. Over millions of years, the Xuanhuang World has truly expanded by a full circle. Some places have vanished entirely, while others have appeared out of nowhere..."
“ xī rì de nán míng shèng shòu shān ， rú jīn yě biàn chéng le lián jiē wú jìn hǎi yáng de shēn hǎi xuán wō 。”
“昔日的南冥圣兽山，如今也变成了连接无尽海洋的深海漩涡。”
"The former Southmire Holy Beast Mountain is now just a deep-sea vortex connecting to endless oceans."
“ suī shuō gēn jù xī mén yǔ de tàn cè ， nà lǐ rú jīn yǐ jīng bù cún zài le shén me shèng shòu shān 。 bù guò ……” lǐ fán yǎn zhōng shǎn guò yī dào jīng guāng 。
“虽说根据西门羽的探测，那里如今已经不存在了什么圣兽山。不过……”李凡眼中闪过一道精光。
"Although according to Westmen Fei's probe, there's no longer any trace of the Holy Beast Mountain there, but..." A glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.
zài dà xuán wō wài wéi ， huán rào zhe yī quān dǎo yǔ ， hǎo sì yī tiáo sǐ qù de jù mǎng 。
在大漩涡外围，环绕着一圈岛屿，好似一条死去的巨蟒。
Surrounding the outer rim of the great vortex were islands, resembling a dead giant snake.
“ zhè yīng gāi jiù shì dāng chū wǒ zài yǔn xiān jìng jiàn dào de ， nà tiáo chán rào nán míng shèng shòu shān de hóng shé 。”
“这应该就是当初我在陨仙境见到的，那条缠绕南冥圣兽山的红蛇。”
"This should be that red snake I saw缠绕 around the Southmire Holy Beast Mountain back then."
“ tā dōu sǐ le ， dāng nián yāo zú lí kāi de xuán huáng jiè de lǚ chéng ， kǒng pà wèi bì yǒu nà me shùn lì 。” lǐ fán cháo zhe yuè yáng zhōu tiān chéng de fāng xiàng fēi qù 。
“它都死了，当年妖族离开的玄黄界的旅程，恐怕未必有那么顺利。”李凡朝着岳阳州天城的方向飞去。
"It's dead now. The journey of the demon race leaving Xuanhuang World might not have been as smooth." Li Fan flew toward Fuyang Prefecture’s Heavenly City.
lù shàng ， tā yòu biàn huàn wèi zì shēn yuán běn yàng mào 。 shēn wèi xuán jiā kè qīng ， quán xiàn děng jí dá dào sān shí jí ， kě yǐ miǎn fèi shǐ yòng chāo jù chuán sòng fǎ zhèn 。
路上，他又变幻为自身原本样貌。身为玄家客卿，权限等级达到三十级，可以免费使用超距传送法阵。
On his way, he transformed into his original appearance. As a guest scholar of the Xuan family, with a permission level of thirty, he could use long-distance teleportation arrays for free.
yuán běn tōng guò pǔ tōng chuán sòng zhèn zhǎn zhuǎn ， zhì shǎo xū yào dà bàn gè yuè de gǎn lù shí jiān 。 shǐ yòng chāo jù chuán sòng fǎ zhèn hòu ， bù guò xiǎo bàn tiān jiù kě dào dá 。
原本通过普通传送阵辗转，至少需要大半个月的赶路时间。使用超距传送法阵后，不过小半天就可到达。
Originally, it would take at least half a month to travel through ordinary teleportation arrays. With the long-distance array, he arrived in just a few hours.
lái dào yuè yáng tiān chéng ， chuán fǎ tiān zūn xiàng nèi bù 。 jiē dài de rén yuán hé shí le lǐ fán de shēn fèn hòu ， wēi wēi yī jīng 。
来到岳阳天城，传法天尊像内部。接待的人员核实了李凡的身份后，微微一惊。
Upon arriving at Fuyang Heavenly City, Li Fan was led into the space of the Transmission Sage Statue after his identity was verified. The staff greeted him with great respect and bypassed several waiting cultivators to activate the array for him first.
suí hòu shí fēn gōng jìng de jiāng lǐ fán dài lǐng dào chāo jù chuán sòng fǎ zhèn kōng jiān nèi 。 bìng qiě yuè guò le qián miàn zhèng zài pái duì děng dài de jǐ míng xiū shì ， zhí jiē xiān wèi tā kāi qǐ le fǎ zhèn 。
随后十分恭敬的将李凡带领到超距传送法阵空间内。并且越过了前面正在排队等待的几名修士，直接先为他开启了法阵。
The few who were cut off showed no anger; they knew that Li Fan’s identity was not simple, just looking at him with a hint of curiosity and envy.
nà xiē bèi chā duì de xiū shì ， méi yǒu duō shǎo fèn nù 。 zhī dào lǐ fán de shēn fèn bù jiǎn dān ， zhǐ shì mù guāng zhōng lù chū yī sī hào qí yǔ xiàn mù 。
那些被插队的修士，没有多少愤怒。知道李凡的身份不简单，只是目光中露出一丝好奇与羡慕。
A slight dizziness hit him, and in the next moment, Li Fan found himself in Ningshu State, where the great sea vortex was located.
wēi wēi de xuàn yūn gǎn chuán lái ， xià yī kè lǐ fán lái dào le shēn hǎi dà xuán wō suǒ zài níng xū zhōu 。
微微的眩晕感传来，下一刻李凡来到了深海大漩涡所在狞墟州。
"Hmm?" After exiting the teleportation array and adapting to his body's abnormality, Li Fan noticed something unusual.
“ ń ？” tuō lí le chuán sòng fǎ zhèn ， shì yìng le shēn tǐ de yì cháng hòu ， lǐ fán chá jué dào le yī sī bù tóng xún cháng de dì fāng 。
“嗯？”脱离了传送法阵，适应了身体的异常后，李凡察觉到了一丝不同寻常的地方。
He had used long-distance arrays before. Due to crossing many states and traversing numerous layers of white mist barriers, he experienced dizziness and discomfort, along with a noticeable loss of life essence. It felt like part of him was being drained, leaving a faint sense of loss in his heart.
zhī qián tā yě céng jīng shǐ yòng guò chāo jù chuán sòng fǎ zhèn 。 yóu yú héng kuà xǔ duō zhōu ， yào chuān yuè zhū duō céng bái wù bì zhàng de yuán gù ， suǒ yǐ chú le shēn tǐ de xuàn yūn 、 bù shì gǎn zhī wài 。
之前他也曾经使用过超距传送法阵。由于横跨许多州，要穿越诸多层白雾壁障的缘故，所以除了身体的眩晕、不适感之外。
But this time... Li Fan checked his *Truly Real Technique* panel for his age.
liú shī shòu yuán dài lái de shēn tǐ yì cháng ， yě jí wéi míng xiǎn 。 jiù xiàng bèi chōu qǔ le zì shēn de yī bù fèn ， xīn zhōng huì yǒng xiàn dàn dàn de shī luò gǎn shòu 。
流失寿元带来的身体异常，也极为明显。就像被抽取了自身的一部分，心中会涌现澹澹的失落感受。
"Not an illusion; my lifespan hasn't decreased much."
dàn shì zhè cì …… lǐ fán chá kàn hái zhēn miàn bǎn zì shēn nián líng 。
但是这次……李凡查看还真面板自身年龄。
"Is the effect of the Siphoning White Mist weaker, or has the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance improved their long-distance array technology?" Li Fan recalled the scene from the Everlasting Valley when he had crossed through the white mist.
“ bú shì cuò jué ， bìng méi yǒu jiǎn shǎo tài duō shòu yuán 。”
“不是错觉，并没有减少太多寿元。”
"The siphoning white mist still exists. How... considering that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is secretly drawing manpower to search for something deep within the white mist..."
“ shì shì yuán bái wù de xiào guǒ ruò le ， hái shì wàn xiān méng chāo jù chuán sòng fǎ zhèn de jì shù jìn bù le ？” lǐ fán huí yì zhe zhī qián cóng cháng shēng gǔ zhōng 、 chuān yuè bái wù shí de chǎng jǐng 。
“是噬元白雾的效果弱了，还是万仙盟超距传送法阵的技术进步了？”李凡回忆着之前从长生谷中、穿越白雾时的场景。
"It seems they have found a way to deal with the siphoning white mist, apart from the True Virtue Stone."
“ shì yuán bái wù de xiào guǒ yóu cún 。 zěn me shuō ……” zài lián xiǎng dào wàn xiān méng zhèng zài àn zhōng chōu diào rén shǒu ， shēn rù bái wù zhōng sì hū xún zhǎo zháo shén me 。
“噬元白雾的效果犹存。怎么说……”再联想到万仙盟正在暗中抽调人手，深入白雾中似乎寻找着什么。
"What lies in the white mist?" Li Fan instantly thought of the fierce abyss and the numerous *Misty Domains* hidden within it.
“ kàn lái chú le pǔ xián zhēn zhōu zhī wài ， wàn xiān méng sì hū hái zhǎo dào le yìng duì shì yuán bái wù de fāng fǎ 。”
“看来除了普贤真舟之外，万仙盟似乎还找到了应对噬元白雾的方法。”
"Wait." Li Fan paused. He remembered encountering a reverse creature and then understanding the *Disorder*诀in the stone.
“ bái wù zhī zhōng ， yǒu shén me ne 。” lǐ fán shùn jiān xiǎng qǐ le shàng yī shì jiàn dào de chì zhā shēn yuān ， yǐ jí nà jù shuō yǐn cáng zài bái wù zhī zhōng de zhū duō 【 mí yù 】。
“白雾之中，有什么呢。”李凡瞬间想起了上一世见到的叱吒深渊，以及那据说隐藏在白雾之中的诸多【迷域】。
"Was it because I used the Disorder诀 that led to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance delving into the white mist?" His thoughts raced.
“ děng děng 。” lǐ fán bù fá wēi dùn 。 yīn wèi tā xiǎng qǐ le tā céng jīng yù dào guò fǎn zhé guài wù 、 yòu zài duàn shí shàng lǐng wù chū 【 luàn 】 zì jué de nà chù mí yù 。
“等等。”李凡步伐微顿。因为他想起了他曾经遇到过反折怪物、又在断石上领悟出【乱】字诀的那处迷域。
"There is a possibility, but according to common sense, they should first investigate within Xuanhuang World. Why have they directly targeted the depths of the white mist?"
“ bú huì shì yīn wèi nà shí hòu wǒ shī zhǎn chū de luàn zì jué ， cái dǎo zhì wàn xiān méng shēn rù bái wù zhī zhōng de ba 。” lǐ fán sī wéi jí zhuǎn 。
“不会是因为那时候我施展出的乱字诀，才导致万仙盟深入白雾之中的吧。”李凡思维急转。
"Haven't they already searched and found nothing in Xuanhuang World? Or..."
“ bú shì méi yǒu zhè ge kě néng 。 bù guò ， àn zhào cháng lǐ lái jiǎng ， shǒu xiān diào chá de fāng xiàng ， kěn dìng yīng gāi shì xuán huáng jiè zhī nèi 。 jìng rán zhí jiē jiù jiāng mù biāo suǒ dìng zài le bái wù shēn chù 。”
“不是没有这个可能。不过，按照常理来讲，首先调查的方向，肯定应该是玄黄界之内。竟然直接就将目标锁定在了白雾深处。”
"Before the Disorder诀 appeared, it originated from within the white mist?"
“ shì yǐ jīng pái chá guò ， méi yǒu zài xuán huáng jiè nèi zhǎo dào 。 hái shì ……”
“是已经排查过，没有在玄黄界内找到。还是……”
"If that's true, what does it signify?" Li Fan fell into deep thought as the blue light from the Dao Crystal shone. He continued to derive various possibilities.
“ zhī qián luàn zì jué ， céng jīng chū xiàn guò 。 ér lái yuán ， zhèng shì bái wù zhī nèi ？”
“之前乱字诀，曾经出现过。而来源，正是白雾之内？”
His body didn't stop moving, flying toward the vortex. Soon, the increasingly intense and violent water attribute essence gas reminded him he was close.
“ rú guǒ shì zhēn shì zhè yàng ， nà dài biǎo zhe shén me ？” lǐ fán bù jīn xiàn rù le shēn sī 。 huà dào shí jīng tǐ fā chū zhàn zhàn lán guāng ， lǐ fán bù duàn tuī yǎn zhe zhǒng zhǒng kě néng 。
“如果是真是这样，那代表着什么？”李凡不禁陷入了深思。化道石晶体发出湛湛蓝光，李凡不断推衍着种种可能。
"Ah..." A series of stinging sensations pulled Li Fan out of his thoughts.
ér shēn tǐ què méi yǒu tíng zhǐ dòng zuò ， cháo zhe dà xuán wō chù fēi dùn 。 mò guò duō jiǔ ， kōng qì zhōng yuè lái yuè nóng yù yǐ jí kuáng bào de shuǐ shǔ xìng líng qì ， tí xǐng zhe lǐ fán yǐ jīng lí mù dì dì bù yuǎn le 。
而身体却没有停止动作，朝着大漩涡处飞遁。没过多久，空气中越来越浓郁以及狂暴的水属性灵气，提醒着李凡已经离目的地不远了。
"The essence here is strange." Li Fan frowned. With his current physique, absorbing this violent water attribute essence inadvertently caused unbearable pain.
“ sī ……” zhèn zhèn cì tòng ， jiāng lǐ fán cóng sī suǒ zhe lā chū lái 。
“嘶……”阵阵刺痛，将李凡从思索着拉出来。
It felt like a series of knives cutting through his body. Li Fan temporarily sealed off his body to prevent external essence from entering.
“ zhè lǐ de líng qì ， yǒu diǎn gǔ guài 。” lǐ fán wēi wēi zhòu méi 。 yǐ tā rú jīn de tǐ zhì ， zài wú yì jiān xī shōu le cǐ dì de kuáng bào shuǐ shǔ xìng líng qì hòu ， jìng rán yě gǎn dào le nán yǐ rěn shòu de zhèn tòng 。
“这里的灵气，有点古怪。”李凡微微皱眉。以他如今的体质，在无意间吸收了此地的狂暴水属性灵气后，竟然也感到了难以忍受的阵痛。
He then took a strand and held it in his hand, studying it carefully.
jiù xiàng shì yī bǐng bǐng lì rèn ， bù duàn zài tǐ nèi qiē gē zhe bān 。 lǐ fán jiāng shēn tǐ zàn shí fēng bì ， gé jué wài jiè líng qì de qīng rù 。
就像是一柄柄利刃，不断在体内切割着般。李凡将身体暂时封闭，隔绝外界灵气的倾入。
"Not only is the attribute savage and difficult for cultivators to utilize; it naturally contains the *Tearing* attribute..."
yòu zhuō qǔ yī lǚ ， xī zài shǒu xīn ， zǐ xì yán jiū 。
又捉取一缕，吸在手心，仔细研究。
"Which explains why this state has few inhabitants, with people becoming rarer as they approach the vortex."
“ bù jǐn shǔ xìng bào nüè 、 nán yǐ bèi xiū shì xī shōu lì yòng 。 gèng tiān rán yùn hán 【 sī liè 】 de shǔ xìng ……”
“不仅属性暴虐、难以被修士吸收利用。更天然蕴含【撕裂】的属性……”
Li Fan continued flying toward his destination. The essence around him grew sharper.
“ nán guài cǐ zhōu rén yān xī shǎo ， yuè wǎng dà xuán wō jiù yuè shì rén jì hǎn zhì 。” lǐ fán jì xù cháo zhe mù biāo dì diǎn fēi chí ， shēn biān de líng qì guǒ rán yuè fā ruì lì qǐ lái 。
“难怪此州人烟稀少，越往大漩涡就越是人迹罕至。”李凡继续朝着目标地点飞驰，身边的灵气果然越发锐利起来。
"Puff!" The gale-like winds during flight cut at Li Fan's face, causing pain. He had to set up a layer of protection with essence around his body.
“ hū ！” fēi xíng guò chéng zhōng ， guā zài liǎn shàng de gāng fēng ， dōu gē de lǐ fán liǎn téng 。 tā bù dé bù zài zhōu shēn ， yòu yǐ líng qì bù xià le yī céng fáng hù 。
“呼！”飞行过程中，刮在脸上的罡风，都割的李凡脸疼。他不得不在周身，又以灵气布下了一层防护。
"Thankfully, I have the Five Elements Great Void Heaven, where my body has its own circulation system. Ordinary cultivators would likely run out of essence soon." Feeling the rapid loss of essence in his body, Li Fan was secretly alarmed.
“ hái hǎo wǒ yǒu wǔ xíng dà dòng tiān ， tǐ nèi zì chéng xún huán 。 ruò suǒ xún cháng xiū shì ， pà bú shì fēi dùn bù jiǔ ， tǐ nèi líng qì jiù yào xiāo hào gān jìng le 。” gǎn shòu dào tǐ nèi líng qì de liú shì sù dù ， lǐ fán àn zì xīn jīng 。
“还好我有五行大洞天，体内自成循环。若所寻常修士，怕不是飞遁不久，体内灵气就要消耗干净了。”感受到体内灵气的流逝速度，李凡暗自心惊。
Thus, he continued flying at a fast pace for another incense stick’s time before finally seeing the massive deep-sea vortex and the snake-shaped island surrounding it.
jiù zhè yàng ， yī lù jí fēi 。 guò le yī zhù xiāng de shí jiān ， tā zhōng yú kàn dào le nà shēng shì hào dà de shēn hǎi xuán wō ， yǐ jí pán jù zài xuán wō zhī páng de shé xíng dǎo yǔ 。
就这样，一路急飞。过了一炷香的时间，他终于看到了那声势浩大的深海漩涡，以及盘踞在漩涡之旁的蛇形岛屿。
He didn't approach; instead, he observed from afar. It felt like returning to thousands of years ago when demon beast tribes collectively evacuated.
méi yǒu jiē jìn ， zhǐ shì yuǎn yuǎn guān wàng 。 huǎng hū jiān fǎng fú huí dào le shù qiān nián qián ， yāo shòu zú qún jí tǐ chè lí de chǎng jǐng 。
没有接近，只是远远观望。恍忽间仿佛回到了数千年前，妖兽族群集体撤离的场景。
"This vortex should be an anomaly caused by the Holy Beast Mountain splitting."
“ zhè chù xuán wō ， yīng gāi jiù shì shèng shòu shān 、 liè jiè zhī hòu zào chéng de yì xiàng 。”
“这处漩涡，应该就是圣兽山、裂界之后造成的异象。”
"Even after millennia, it hasn’t subsided. This clearly shows how massive the event was. It’s also a form of destruction on Xuanhuang World." Li Fan suddenly had a realization.
“ yǐ jīng shù qiān nián guò qù ， què hái méi yǒu píng xī 。 zú yǐ kě jiàn dāng chū shì hé děng guī mó 。 zhè yòu hé cháng bú shì duì xuán huáng jiè de mǒu zhǒng pò huài 。” xiǎng dào zhè lǐ ， lǐ fán xīn zhōng hū de yǒu suǒ wù 。
“已经数千年过去，却还没有平息。足以可见当初是何等规模。这又何尝不是对玄黄界的某种破坏。”想到这里，李凡心中忽的有所悟。
"Every group that leaves through a boundary rupture is like cutting a hole in an Xuanhuang atmospheric balloon about to be devoured by the Immortal Void."
“ měi yí gè pò jiè lí kāi de qún tǐ ， dōu xiàng shì zài jí jiāng bèi xiān xū tūn shì de xuán huáng dà qì qiú shàng ， gē kāi yí gè kǒu zi 。”
“每一个破界离开的群体，都像是在即将被仙墟吞噬的玄黄大气球上，割开一个口子。”
"People within Xuanhuang World would naturally not allow this. They must come to stop it. That red snake might have died in battle."
“ xuán huáng jiè zhōng de rén ， yí dàn fā xiàn ， zì rán shì bù yǔn xǔ de 。”
“玄黄界中的人，一旦发现，自然是不允许的。”
"What about the Heavenly Sword Sect? Were they spared because of their status as one of the Ten Immortal Paths, or were others leaving with the boundary-breaking divine weapons?"
“ bì huì qián lái zǔ zhǐ 。 nà chì shé ， shuō bù dìng jiù shì yīn cǐ zhàn sǐ 。”
“必会前来阻止。那赤蛇，说不定就是因此战死。”
"Or did other cultivators from the Ten Immortal Paths only realize after the Heavenly Sword Sect left?" Li Fan's thoughts lingered, making him even more eager for his next trip to the Boundary-Breaking Realm.
“ nà me dāng chū de tiān jiàn zōng ne ， shì yīn wèi tóng wèi xiān dào shí zōng de yuán gù ， suǒ yǐ méi yǒu rén zhǎo shàng mén lái 。 hái shì shuō ， gēn suí liè jiè shén bīng yì qǐ lí kāi de ， bù jǐn jǐn shì zhǐ yǒu tiān jiàn zōng de rén 。”
“那么当初的天剑宗呢，是因为同为仙道十宗的缘故，所以没有人找上门来。还是说，跟随裂界神兵一起离开的，不仅仅是只有天剑宗的人。”
"The greater the storm, the stronger the Dao technique one can grasp!"
“ yì huò zhě ， tiān jiàn zōng lí kāi hòu ， xiān dào shí zōng qí yú xiū shì cái hòu zhī hòu jué ne 。” lǐ fán de sī xù jiǔ jiǔ bù néng píng xī ， duì yú xià cì de yǔn xiān jìng zhī lǚ ， bù yóu yuè fā qī dài le 。
“亦或者，天剑宗离开后，仙道十宗其余修士才后知后觉呢。”李凡的思绪久久不能平息，对于下次的陨仙境之旅，不由越发期待了。
"This place should be my enlightenment site!" Suddenly, amidst the howling winds of the vortex, a crazed shout seemed to echo in Li Fan’s ears.
Li Fan left Qihong Island and took out *Ancient and Modern Geography*. His divine consciousness flipped through the pages, and in a few breaths, he had read it all.
A ball of flame leapt from his hand, destroying the geography. Li Fan looked toward the southeast direction.
"Southernmost, now it's slightly east of south. The changes over time are truly incredible."
"The words Westmen Fei said were indeed true. Over millions of years, the Xuanhuang World has truly expanded by a full circle. Some places have vanished entirely, while others have appeared out of nowhere..."
"The former Southmire Holy Beast Mountain is now just a deep-sea vortex connecting to endless oceans."
"Although according to Westmen Fei's probe, there's no longer any trace of the Holy Beast Mountain there, but..." A glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.
Surrounding the outer rim of the great vortex were islands, resembling a dead giant snake.
"This should be that red snake I saw缠绕 around the Southmire Holy Beast Mountain back then."
"It's dead now. The journey of the demon race leaving Xuanhuang World might not have been as smooth." Li Fan flew toward Fuyang Prefecture’s Heavenly City.
On his way, he transformed into his original appearance. As a guest scholar of the Xuan family, with a permission level of thirty, he could use long-distance teleportation arrays for free.
Originally, it would take at least half a month to travel through ordinary teleportation arrays. With the long-distance array, he arrived in just a few hours.
Upon arriving at Fuyang Heavenly City, Li Fan was led into the space of the Transmission Sage Statue after his identity was verified. The staff greeted him with great respect and bypassed several waiting cultivators to activate the array for him first.
The few who were cut off showed no anger; they knew that Li Fan’s identity was not simple, just looking at him with a hint of curiosity and envy.
A slight dizziness hit him, and in the next moment, Li Fan found himself in Ningshu State, where the great sea vortex was located.
"Hmm?" After exiting the teleportation array and adapting to his body's abnormality, Li Fan noticed something unusual.
He had used long-distance arrays before. Due to crossing many states and traversing numerous layers of white mist barriers, he experienced dizziness and discomfort, along with a noticeable loss of life essence. It felt like part of him was being drained, leaving a faint sense of loss in his heart.
But this time... Li Fan checked his *Truly Real Technique* panel for his age.
"Not an illusion; my lifespan hasn't decreased much."
"Is the effect of the Siphoning White Mist weaker, or has the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance improved their long-distance array technology?" Li Fan recalled the scene from the Everlasting Valley when he had crossed through the white mist.
"The siphoning white mist still exists. How... considering that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is secretly drawing manpower to search for something deep within the white mist..."
"It seems they have found a way to deal with the siphoning white mist, apart from the True Virtue Stone."
"What lies in the white mist?" Li Fan instantly thought of the fierce abyss and the numerous *Misty Domains* hidden within it.
"Wait." Li Fan paused. He remembered encountering a reverse creature and then understanding the *Disorder*诀in the stone.
"Was it because I used the Disorder诀 that led to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance delving into the white mist?" His thoughts raced.
"There is a possibility, but according to common sense, they should first investigate within Xuanhuang World. Why have they directly targeted the depths of the white mist?"
"Haven't they already searched and found nothing in Xuanhuang World? Or..."
"Before the Disorder诀 appeared, it originated from within the white mist?"
"If that's true, what does it signify?" Li Fan fell into deep thought as the blue light from the Dao Crystal shone. He continued to derive various possibilities.
His body didn't stop moving, flying toward the vortex. Soon, the increasingly intense and violent water attribute essence gas reminded him he was close.
"Ah..." A series of stinging sensations pulled Li Fan out of his thoughts.
"The essence here is strange." Li Fan frowned. With his current physique, absorbing this violent water attribute essence inadvertently caused unbearable pain.
It felt like a series of knives cutting through his body. Li Fan temporarily sealed off his body to prevent external essence from entering.
He then took a strand and held it in his hand, studying it carefully.
"Not only is the attribute savage and difficult for cultivators to utilize; it naturally contains the *Tearing* attribute..."
"Which explains why this state has few inhabitants, with people becoming rarer as they approach the vortex."
Li Fan continued flying toward his destination. The essence around him grew sharper.
"Puff!" The gale-like winds during flight cut at Li Fan's face, causing pain. He had to set up a layer of protection with essence around his body.
"Thankfully, I have the Five Elements Great Void Heaven, where my body has its own circulation system. Ordinary cultivators would likely run out of essence soon." Feeling the rapid loss of essence in his body, Li Fan was secretly alarmed.
Thus, he continued flying at a fast pace for another incense stick’s time before finally seeing the massive deep-sea vortex and the snake-shaped island surrounding it.
He didn't approach; instead, he observed from afar. It felt like returning to thousands of years ago when demon beast tribes collectively evacuated.
"This vortex should be an anomaly caused by the Holy Beast Mountain splitting."
"Even after millennia, it hasn’t subsided. This clearly shows how massive the event was. It’s also a form of destruction on Xuanhuang World." Li Fan suddenly had a realization.
"Every group that leaves through a boundary rupture is like cutting a hole in an Xuanhuang atmospheric balloon about to be devoured by the Immortal Void."
"People within Xuanhuang World would naturally not allow this. They must come to stop it. That red snake might have died in battle."
"What about the Heavenly Sword Sect? Were they spared because of their status as one of the Ten Immortal Paths, or were others leaving with the boundary-breaking divine weapons?"
"Or did other cultivators from the Ten Immortal Paths only realize after the Heavenly Sword Sect left?" Li Fan's thoughts lingered, making him even more eager for his next trip to the Boundary-Breaking Realm.
"The greater the storm, the stronger the Dao technique one can grasp!"
"This place should be my enlightenment site!" Suddenly, amidst the howling winds of the vortex, a crazed shout seemed to echo in Li Fan’s ears.