Chapter 58

Li Fan had been stuck at the middle stage of the Qi Condensation realm for several years, making no progress at all.

After cultivating both cultivation techniques to the middle stage of the Qi Condensation realm, he still couldn’t find his own opportunity for advancement.

At this moment, as Li Fan looked at the Canghai Pearl, he suddenly felt a faint opportunity for a breakthrough.

That was to use his consciousness to touch and comprehend the Canghai Pearl, just as he had done before.

Li Fan was well aware of the great danger involved, which was almost equivalent to courting death.

The *Cultivation Miscellany* had many records of cultivators sensing their own opportunities for advancement.

Although there were certain risks, there were also opportunities that came with them.

Why hadn’t he sensed it before, but now it suddenly appeared?

Li Fan immediately understood.

*The Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell*.

Perhaps by running the *Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell*, Li Fan could resist the assimilation of the Canghai Will.

With this decision made, Li Fan held the Canghai Pearl in both hands, slightly lowering it to his dantian.

He sat cross-legged and simultaneously ran the *Qianji Yuhuan Golden Chapter* and the *Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell*.

At first, Li Fan found it a bit difficult to focus on two tasks at once.

However, since the Heart Cultivation Spell did not involve the circulation of spiritual energy but rather the tempering of the mind, there was no conflict between the two cultivation techniques.

After hundreds of attempts, Li Fan finally slowly mastered the method of running both cultivation techniques simultaneously.

His mind became hazy, as if he had once again become a vast sea, watching the world change.

The sun rose and set, the stars shifted, clouds drifted, and rain scattered.

All of this accelerated thousands of times, flashing rapidly before Li Fan’s eyes.

A single thought seemed to span hundreds of years.

The ancient, distant, and沧桑 (cang1sang1, meaning "ancient and weathered") aura gradually permeated Li Fan’s consciousness.

He began to view the world from the perspective of the sea.

He gradually forgot that he was a human.

At this moment, a cool breath suddenly surged out.

Like a mountain spring, it slowly washed away the marks of time.

Li Fan gradually regained his consciousness.

"Indeed, it works."

Confirming his hypothesis, Li Fan felt neither joy nor sorrow.

Although the *Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell* could reduce the assimilation of the Canghai Will to some extent, he was still too insignificant compared to the Canghai Will.

He was inevitably affected.

The consumption of his lifespan was still many times greater than normal cultivation, and human emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness were infinitely diluted.

Of course, there were also benefits.

At this moment, he could already mobilize a thread of the Canghai Pearl’s power.

His divine sense was strengthened a thousandfold, and with a slight movement, it easily covered the entire Taian Island.

Without stopping, Li Fan’s consciousness spread out like ripples, rapidly extending outward.

Desolate islands appeared one after another in Li Fan’s mind.

Through his divine sense, he saw a volcano that had been extinguished on a certain island, reigniting due to the influence of the fire disaster.

He saw a giant fish bone lying among many human corpses not far from Liuli Island. In the center of the fish bone, a huge Liuli Pearl shimmered in the sunlight.

He saw a few surviving cultivators in the hidden corners of the Congyun Sea, whom he had thought were all dead.

He saw many secrets that were usually hidden in the Congyun Sea, which only became apparent in such an apocalyptic era.

...

However, these were no longer relevant to him.

He had no greed in his heart.

His divine sense quickly withdrew, mobilizing the Canghai Pearl to attract the remaining water vapor in the Congyun Sea, gathering it above Taian Island.

Thus, the surviving humans on Taian Island saw dark clouds gradually forming in the sky.

"Rumble!"

As the heavy rain fell, people wept with joy.

They hugged each other and rolled in the rain.

The heavy rain lasted for half an hour.

Above Taian Island, a faint trace of clouds still lingered, not completely disappearing.

This was Li Fan’s manipulation. Every fixed half-month period, the Canghai Pearl would automatically draw water vapor to bring rain to Taian Island.

This ensured the survival of the ordinary people on the island.

After doing all this, Li Fan quietly watched the sky.

The reason he had no greed for the many secrets and treasures in the Congyun Sea was not because he had suddenly become extraordinarily transcendent, but because he had found something more worth pursuing.

An opportunity to connect with the will of heaven and earth.

The most ideal state of the *Qianji Yuhuan Golden Chapter* was to sense and refine the qi of heaven and earth.

The qi of heaven and earth, as the external manifestation of the will of heaven and earth, was vast and immense.

For ordinary cultivators, even a slight contact with it could result in a rapid depletion of their lifespan, just as Li Fan had experienced before.

Even losing one’s self-will and becoming a puppet of the Heavenly Dao was not uncommon.

But now, Li Fan had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to connect with the will of heaven and earth while retaining his own consciousness.

Because he was no longer just an ordinary Qi Condensation realm cultivator.

A part of his consciousness was already connected to the Canghai Pearl.

If a cultivator trying to comprehend the will of heaven and earth was a path to certain death,

then using the sea to comprehend the will of heaven and earth might not be a dead end.

Li Fan’s heart secretly became excited.

This was truly the path of seeking the Dao in the morning and dying in the evening!

He transformed into the sea, quietly observing this world, feeling the various auras flowing through the world, and sensing the will of heaven and earth.

One year, two years...

The passage of time was no longer important to Li Fan.

The more he gazed at the sky, the more he comprehended.

Many of his previous notions were overturned one by one.

He thought that the pervasive killing intent in the Congyun Sea had gradually dissipated.

But now he realized that the killing intent of heaven and earth had never diminished; it still existed.

What Li Fan had previously sensed, those rampant killing intents, were not part of the Heavenly Dao itself.

The killing intent of heaven and earth would never be perceived by ordinary cultivators.

It would not be so violent, so angry, or so filled with emotions.

It was a pure will, a pure rule.

It was the heaven and earth being indifferent, treating all things as straw dogs.

It was destroying you, and it had nothing to do with you.

Under the Heavenly Dao, all were ants.

Ordinary people, cultivators, the sea...

In Its eyes, there was no distinction.

Cultivators plundering the heavens and earth naturally aroused the killing intent of the Heavenly Dao.

However, the Heavenly Dao would not act directly, as cultivators themselves were also part of the Heavenly Dao.

Corresponding rules would naturally evolve to align with the killing intent of heaven and earth.

For example, cultivators cannot cultivate both immortal techniques simultaneously,

And for example...

What Li Fan saw at this moment.

Above the Congyun Sea, a transparent red figure coldly observed the scene below.

In Its hand, a small flame flickered continuously.

Baking the Congyun Sea.

Sensing Li Fan’s gaze, the red figure turned Its head.

Their eyes met.

The seawater in the Canghai Pearl instantly boiled.

Fortunately, It only glanced at him and then withdrew Its gaze.

Li Fan’s consciousness was thus preserved.

Because of that glance, Li Fan understood Its identity.

The Soul of Heaven and Earth: Flame!