Chapter 68

As Li Fan's body temperature rose, the figure of the Crimson Flame in his mind's eye became clear once again.

However...

Even as Li Fan pushed the Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell to its limits, ignoring the faint smell of burning on his body, just before the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit was about to take shape, he inexplicably withdrew from the visualization state.

"Could it be because it's too scorching, exceeding the body's tolerance limit?"

Li Fan pondered, searching for a medicine to resist heat in the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

He spent 10 contribution points to buy an Ice Heart Pill.

After taking it, Li Fan began his attempt again.

This time, as soon as the heat from visualizing the Crimson Flame appeared, a cool sensation emerged from his dantian.

This cool sensation flowed through his body, suppressing the heat.

Without having to focus on suppressing the discomfort in his body, Li Fan concentrated all his spirit on forming the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit.

But...

It was useless!

The Illusion Spirit still shattered at the last moment before it was fully formed.

It seemed as if some existence was deliberately obstructing it, preventing the Illusion Spirit from taking shape.

After several dozen attempts, the effect of the Ice Heart Pill began to fade.

Li Fan stopped.

"The essence of heaven and earth is indeed extraordinary; even attempting to form an Illusion Spirit based on it is impossible..."

"There must be some rule or restriction I'm not aware of."

Li Fan thought for a moment and searched for information about the essence of heaven and earth in the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

As expected, the Heavenly Profound Mirror prompted that his permissions were insufficient to view the information.

For a moment, Li Fan's attempt to form the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit was at an impasse.

However, he did not intend to give up.

The greater the restriction, the greater the reward once successful.

The power of the essence of heaven and earth was evident; even a fraction of it would be extraordinary.

However, he still needed to carefully consider how to proceed.

Thus, Li Fan maintained his auxiliary cultivation mode, closed his eyes, and thought quietly in the state of enlightenment.

One day, two days, three days...

Time passed day by day, and his contribution points gradually dwindled.

Finally, after seven days, Li Fan opened his eyes.

The essence of heaven and earth is a manifestation of a certain law of the universe.

If the heat of the Crimson Flame represents the law of fire, what special significance does the red color of the Crimson Flame have?

Are there other types of flames besides the Crimson Flame?

Li Fan immediately began to experiment.

He still visualized the essence of heaven and earth, with the figure and aura identical to the Crimson Flame in his memory.

Only the color of the figure changed from red to green.

This time, the Illusion Spirit formed smoothly, but it was extremely weak, like an empty shell, completely lacking the power to harm enemies.

He dispersed the newly formed Illusion Spirit in his mind.

Li Fan tried again.

This time, the color changed from green to black.

The Black Flame, like the Crimson Flame, could not form an Illusion Spirit. However, unlike the Crimson Flame, there was no scorching sensation during the visualization of the Black Flame.

He tried another color.

...

Li Fan tried all the colors he could think of.

He found four situations.

The first was like the Crimson Flame, unable to form, with a scorching sensation during visualization.

The second was like the Green Flame, which could form but was an empty shell, lacking any power.

The third was like the Black Flame, unable to form, with no unusual phenomena during visualization.

The fourth was the most special.

In Li Fan's mind, a figure almost identical to the Crimson Flame slowly condensed.

Only its color was blue.

As the Blue Flame Illusion Spirit slowly appeared, the temperature around Li Fan's body began to drop dramatically.

Layers of ice flowers spread out from the ground where Li Fan stood.

His hair and eyebrows were covered with frost, and his body gradually became as stiff as ice.

Even the Xuanhuang Heart Cultivation Spell, which had been running silently, slowed down, as if it might stop at any moment.

Li Fan's heartbeat slowed, and his breath rapidly weakened.

But Li Fan's consciousness entered a strange state.

It was as if his soul had left his body, watching the changes in his body from the outside.

There was no emotional fluctuation.

Li Fan had a premonition that in this state, even if his body were destroyed, he would not feel any fear.

This was a state of absolute calm and rationality.

In this state, Li Fan silently watched his body being completely frozen.

It was as if he had fallen into absolute zero, into complete silence.

At the same time, in Li Fan's mind, the Blue Flame Illusion Spirit was fully formed.

The temperature did not rise, but vitality quickly appeared in Li Fan's body.

It was as if the extreme cold could no longer affect him.

With a mental command, the Blue Flame in his mind flickered, and the extreme cold rapidly disappeared from his body.

In an instant, Li Fan returned to his original state, and he withdrew from the state of absolute rationality.

The extreme cold seemed like an illusion, leaving no trace.

"Is this the power of the Blue Flame?"

In his mind, the young Blue Flame Illusion Spirit fell into a deep sleep.

But Li Fan knew that he could wake it up at any time and recreate that state.

"The four situations encountered when visualizing different colored flames should correspond to the conditions of the essence of heaven and earth."

After some thought, Li Fan made his conjecture.

The essence of heaven and earth is the embodiment of the laws of the universe, and cultivators can also refine the essence of heaven and earth to achieve the Dao Integration realm.

Therefore, in the previous visualization process, those that could form but lacked any power should represent the absence of that type of essence of heaven and earth.

Those that could not form, like the Crimson Flame, should still belong to the system of the laws of the universe, where he could invoke their power but not possess them; like the Black Flame, they should have already been refined by Dao Integration cultivators and no longer belong to the laws of this universe.

Then, what does the Blue Flame represent?

"An emerging law?"

"In other words, in the near future, the true essence of heaven and earth: the Blue Flame, will descend somewhere in this cultivation world?" Li Fan fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Li Fan took a deep breath and stored his various speculations about the essence of heaven and earth deep in his mind.

Regardless, although he did not form the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit, he accidentally visualized the Blue Flame Illusion Spirit.

The two had completely opposite attributes, but the power of the Blue Flame seemed no less than that of the Crimson Flame.

Overjoyed, Li Fan took advantage of the momentum and began to cultivate the "Mingling Illusion Technique."

He tried to cultivate and strengthen the Blue Flame Illusion Spirit so that it could be used for mental attacks.

Time slowly passed as he cultivated.

Not long after, Li Fan suddenly withdrew from the auxiliary cultivation mode.

It turned out that after prolonged cultivation, his contribution points had dwindled to just over a hundred.