Chapter 19

【This simulation has ended.】

...

Li Fan regained consciousness.

He stared intently at the scene of the shattered Taiyan Boat on the screen, a deep fear lingering in his heart, refusing to dissipate.

"What was that thing?" Li Fan felt a bit puzzled.

When Kou Hong and Daoxuanzi crossed the Immortal Sealing Array, they did not encounter such a creature in the dark layer. Why was it different for him?

Could it simply be that his luck was bad?

Li Fan didn't think so.

The dark layer of the Immortal Sealing Array was vast, and the small Taiyan Boat was like a grain of sand in the ocean.

Yet, this unknown entity found him so precisely...

"Eight out of ten times, it's a targeted method for mortals."

"It seems I should wait until the fog clears and the bottom of the Xuyuan Abyss is illuminated before exploring further."

"Although I fell short at the last moment, the gains from my previous life were indeed far beyond expectations..."

Li Fan pondered in his heart and decided to keep the "Taiyan Boat."

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Biological Age: 20/86

Psychological Age: 333/1113↑

Void Conversion Charging Progress: 0%

Anchor Charging Progress: 1%

Current Anchor Points: 1

Bound Items: "Thousand Mechanisms Jade Ring Golden Chapter," Taiyan Boat

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Seeing the psychological age limit increasing less and less, Li Fan felt a subtle pressure.

Fortunately, the world of cultivation was within reach. As long as he left this Immortal Sealing place, the sky would be the limit!

With this anticipation, Li Fan's seventh life began.

Before the "Revert to Truth" was fully charged, Li Fan was determined not to take any risks.

So, he planned to spend the first twenty years following the script he had already experienced several times.

After anchoring for 3 years, Li Fan returned to Jiangnan Wenzhou to lie low.

After anchoring for 4 years, he led his confidants to Qian Hong's tomb in secret.

This time, he used a spray containing Immortal Mortal Miasma to slowly erode until the power of the Stopping Remnant Stele weakened to the point where it could no longer penetrate steel armor.

Li Fan, wearing steel armor, entered the tomb and placed his hand on the stele.

"Discovered a chargeable item: Stopping Remnant Stele (Damaged)."

"Do you want to charge it?"

The prompt from "Revert to Truth" appeared timely.

"Unfortunately, there is still some damage." Li Fan felt a bit regretful and chose "Yes."

The Stopping Remnant Stele gradually turned into nothingness and disappeared.

After absorbing the Stopping Remnant Stele, the anchor charging progress of "Revert to Truth" increased by 25%.

"Three more times, and I can unlock the second anchor point?" Li Fan was overjoyed, but he also had a vague feeling that it wouldn't be that simple.

"Too much speculation is useless; I'll find out in the next life."

The other things in Qian Hong's tomb had no value to Li Fan. After ordering the tomb to be resealed, Li Fan left.

After anchoring for 5 years, Li Fan couldn't resist and came to the Eastern Xuyuan Abyss.

"I'll just take a look, not go down." Li Fan said to himself.

Gazing at the endless fog sea, his vision seemed to penetrate the infinite space, reaching the bottom of the Xuyuan Abyss.

Standing there for a long time, with the wind howling, the dense fog gradually dissipated, and the once perilous Immortal Sealing Array seemed less dangerous.

"At this moment, if I drive the Taiyan Boat, I can smoothly reach the cultivation world, right?" A thought suddenly popped into Li Fan's mind, and he couldn't suppress it, which quickly expanded and occupied his entire mind.

"Yes, I've waited so long, do I have to wait another fifteen years?"

"So what if 'Revert to Truth' isn't fully charged? How can I achieve the Great Dao if I'm so timid?"

"In my previous life, I already tested it once. As long as I carefully avoid the unknown creature in the dark layer, I can leave this place!"

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Various voices kept ringing in Li Fan's ears. His eyes gradually lost focus, turning blood red, as if he was bewitched by these voices.

Li Fan walked step by step, getting closer and closer to the endless Xuyuan Abyss.

Just as Li Fan was about to be drawn in and fall to his death, a light suddenly burst from the bottom of the Xuyuan Abyss, piercing through the Immortal Sealing Array and entering Li Fan's field of vision.

The blood-red loss of reason was temporarily suppressed, and the four large characters "The Immortal Path is Lost" appeared in Li Fan's field of vision.

"Boom!"

All the fervent, reckless thoughts in his mind about pursuing the cultivation path and leaping into the abyss vanished completely.

"What's going on?" Li Fan, now clear-headed, broke out in a cold sweat.

In his eyes, the calm Xuyuan Abyss suddenly turned into a lurking fierce beast, opening its huge mouth, ready to devour him.

Li Fan immediately turned around and fled without looking back.

After a long time, the fog reformed.

From the bottom of the Xuyuan Abyss, a faint angry roar could be heard.

...

Fifteen years later, after anchoring for twenty years.

"Revert to Truth" was finally fully charged.

With the confidence, Li Fan returned to the Xuyuan Abyss.

Recalling that scene from years ago, even though it had been a long time, Li Fan still felt a lingering fear.

"It seems my guess was right. The creature in the dark layer indeed has a great hostility towards mortals. Perhaps its mission is to devour all mortals who approach this place."

Although dangerous, Li Fan was absolutely not going to give up on the path to immortality.

Without hesitation, Li Fan drove the Taiyan Boat, reaching the thunderstorm layer without incident.

He didn't continue downward but stopped above the dark layer, waiting patiently.

"Whoo..."

The wind gradually picked up.

The frenzied thunderstorm, affected by this mysterious wind, began to calm down and weaken.

Faint lights emerged from the darkness, forming a vast, continuous scene.

Li Fan didn't look at this inverted wonder but used this precious and fleeting light to search for the creature lurking in the darkness.

Unfortunately, he found nothing!

Seeing the light about to disappear, Li Fan gritted his teeth, no longer hesitating, and drove the Taiyan Boat at full speed toward the bottom of the Xuyuan Abyss.

The strange cry sounded again, instantly reaching his side.

At this moment, Li Fan suddenly changed the direction of the Taiyan Boat's charge.

Drawing a beautiful curve, the Taiyan Boat, which had been charging straight down, now flew upward at several times its previous speed!

Up, and up!

The Taiyan Boat, with its engines at full power, returned to the thunderstorm layer amidst a roar of fury!

Using the last bit of light before it disappeared, Li Fan, now at a higher vantage point, finally saw the true face of the creature in the darkness.

It was a massive whale, so large that it defied description. Even from a distance, Li Fan couldn't see its entire form.

Even just its open mouth filled his entire field of vision.

Seeing its prey return to the thunderstorm layer, the whale became extremely agitated but could only hover in place.

After roaring a few times to vent its frustration, it reluctantly closed its mouth and disappeared into the darkness.