Chapter 410: A Blessing in Misfortune

"The ancient cultivators' actions are truly comparable to catching stars and the moon."

Thinking of the countless caves and small worlds in the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan couldn't help but sigh.

It was precisely because of the accumulation of those years that the Xuanhuang Realm had such a rich foundation.

This is what enabled it to survive thousands of years of plundering by monks.

"After the death of the cultivators in this world, they will [return to heaven]. This is a response strategy that the world itself spontaneously develops after sensing the threat."

“This recycling method also greatly slows down the rate of weight loss.”

"but……"

Li Fan thought for a moment.

The so-called [weight] is just Li Fan's reference to the ability of Xuanhuang Realm to resist the attraction of [Xianxu] when information is limited.

From the current perspective, after a cultivator dies and returns to heaven, his weight is much less than when he was alive.

"Perhaps it's because the cave was destroyed, and the energy that returned to the world was intangible. And it will take a long time for the world to condense the energy into a tangible object with [weight] again."

"When the speed of the creation of caves is slower than the speed of their disappearance, the income will not be enough to cover the expenditure. This will affect the safety of the Xuanhuang Realm."

"So the number of monks must be controlled and kept in balance."

“It’s a possibility.”

"Another possibility is..."

Li Fan frowned.

"After a cultivator dies, not all of them will return to heaven. Instead, some of them will disappear..."

“It’s a little scary when you think about it, but it’s common in this Xuanhuang world.”

Li Fan recalled the scene recorded after the Medicine King Cauldron broke out of the realm.

Without the protection of this world, the Medicine King Cauldron that attempted to cross the void was like a moth flying into a flame, and would inevitably fall into the Immortal Ruins.

"Xianxu..."

The strongest fear is the fear of facing the unknown.

Why did the passage to the fairyland back then become the everything-devouring existence it is today?

Does the fairyland of the past still exist now?

If the fairyland does not exist, what caused its destruction?

The more he thought about it, the more Li Fan felt an instinctive fear in his heart.

After a moment, Li Fan took a deep breath and suppressed all his distracting thoughts.

Now these are still too far away for him.

At least he would need to consider these issues after he achieves the status of Eternal Heavenly Lord.

Keeping it deep in his heart for the time being, Li Fan began to think about his own situation again.

"Although the world I traveled to is always on the brink of destruction."

"But when I think about it, this situation is actually better for me."

"After all, even the high and mighty immortal realm cultivators are actually just like ordinary creatures in the Xuanhuang Realm, just grasshoppers on the same boat."

"On the sinking ship of Xuanhuang Realm, the Immortal Celestial Lords need to be cautious when doing things. They should not be too reckless."

"If a world is completely controlled by a powerful being, and all living beings in the world can be refined or wiped out in a single thought without any burden, then it is truly a disaster beyond redemption. I am afraid that even with the help of [Return to True], there is nothing we can do."

"It's a blessing in disguise!"

As Li Fan thought about this, his heart gradually calmed down.

"The Profound Heavenly Soul Locking Formation is equivalent to the [Nuclear Deterrence] that existed in the world before I traveled through time."

"Before the Five Elders find a way to crack it, a large-scale war will not happen. Only small-scale frictions will occur occasionally."

"But it also confirms the disappearance of Chuan Fa Tian Zun. It's hard to say what the future holds."

Li Fan summoned the Huanzhen panel.

"Biological age: 884/899."

"You can see far only when you are at a high place. In the past, I could not survive more than 50 years of anchoring before I was forced to return to the truth. 50 years of foresight is enough for ordinary people. But in this unpredictable world, it is not enough."

"Perhaps in one lifetime, I can try to do nothing and quietly watch the changes in the Xuanhuang Realm. As time passes, I might be able to find more valuable information."

…

After sorting out his thoughts, in order not to arouse suspicion, Li Fan took out the jade token given to him by the tour guide Bingyin and revisited the Museum's Shenzang Hall.

In fact, at this point in his life, Li Fan could have just returned to the real world. However, as the important place of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it was not easy to come to the Museum of Shenzang.

Since I'm here, I might as well broaden my horizons. Li Fan has been interested in the head of the first monk infected with the immortal miasma in the center of the Shenzang Hall for a long time.

According to the tour guide Bingyin, the Museum of Shenzang Hall is divided into several major areas according to the nature of the collections.

The place where Li Fan is at the moment is also the area that all monks who come to Shenzang Pavilion must visit first.

【Good Times】.

"What is this?" Li Fan asked with interest as he looked at the huge ball of light floating in front of him.

The light cluster was composed of several areas with different scenes. The images kept flashing at a very fast speed, and only the fleeting light and shadows could be vaguely seen.

Not only are there buildings of different styles, but you can also see many figures flashing among them.

But it is obvious that the scenery styles of each area are very different.

"This is [Era]." Bingyin explained to Li Fan very competently.

"With a Dao Stone as the core, scenes from various periods in the history of Xuanhuang Realm are derived and concretized."

"This deserted and ruined area is the wasteland of the past."

"This land filled with blood and murderous intent is the Great Dark Age."

"Here, many figures flashed by, which is the era of the Great Plague. Well, it seems that it should simulate the period of the Great Migration when the monks forced mortals to move."

As Bingyin spoke, the era area mentioned would enlarge, allowing Li Fan to barely see the details of the rapid changes in it.

"Transformation Stone..." Li Fan stared at the ball of light for a while, and couldn't help asking, "What does the so-called beautiful times mean?"

Bing Yin smiled and said, "The Dao-transforming Stone is a rare item from the ancient Taiyan Sect. It has the ability to transform the mysteries of the universe and predict the future."

"The results it deduces are so true that it is hard to tell what is true and what is false, and the illusion is very close to the truth."

"Perhaps for us outsiders, the many different worlds of time and space simulated in [Era] are just illusions."

"But for the millions of living beings within, everything they experienced was undoubtedly true."

"And when we put a wisp of divine consciousness, or a strand of divine soul into it, we can personally experience these events that actually happened in history."

Bingyin first introduced the background of the creation of [Era], and then continued: "We once conducted an experiment using a million blank souls whose memories had been erased."

"Put them into different time periods, extrapolate for 500 years, calculate the final results, and rank them."

"And our era, the era controlled by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, undoubtedly ranks first."

"Whether it is the survival rate of the monks or the overall level of cultivation of the monks, they are all higher than those in other periods."

“The name of the Belle Époque is well deserved!”

Bingyin said proudly.

(End of this chapter)