The Void Abyss Hungered to Devour Man

The Void Abyss Hungered to Devour Man

This simulation had ended.

Li Fan regained consciousness.

He stared fixedly at the scene of the Taiyan Boat shattering within the light screen, a heavy fear lingering in his heart, refusing to fade.

What exactly was that thing? Li Fan wondered.

When Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi had passed through the Immortal Forsaken Grand Formation before, they had not encountered that thing within the Darkness Layer. Why had it been different for him? Could it simply have been bad luck? Li Fan did not think so.

The Darkness Layer within the Immortal Forsaken Formation was unimaginably vast. The tiny Taiyan Boat was but a drop in the ocean within it.

Yet this unknown existence had found him with such precision...

There was an eighty or ninety percent chance it was a method aimed specifically at mortals.

It seems the safest course is still to wait until the great fog disperses and light emerges from the bottom of the Void Abyss before exploring.

Though I fell short at the very end, the gains from my previous life truly surpassed all expectations...

Li Fan calculated silently, then chose to retain the Taiyan Boat.

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physical Age: 20/86 Mental Age: 333/1113↑

Transformation of Emptiness Charging Progress: 0%

Anchor Charging Progress: 1%

Current Anchor Point Count: 1 Bound Items: "Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter", Taiyan Boat...

Seeing that the increase to his Mental Age limit was growing ever smaller, Li Fan faintly felt a mounting pressure.

Fortunately, the Cultivation World was within reach. So long as he left this Immortal Forsaken Land, the sky would be vast enough for birds to soar! Amid such anticipation, Li Fan's seventh life began.

Before Return to Truth finished charging, Li Fan was determined not to take any risks.

Thus, he still intended to spend his first twenty years following the script he had already lived through several times.

Anchoring Year 3, Li Fan once again went into hiding in Jiangnan Wen County.

Anchoring Year 4, he led his trusted subordinates in secret to Qian Hong's Tomb.

This time, he slowly eroded it with a spray containing Immortal-Mortal Miasma, until the power of the Halting Remnant Stele had weakened to the point where it could no longer pierce Steel Armor.

Wearing Steel Armor, Li Fan entered the tomb and placed his hand upon the stone stele.

A chargeable item has been discovered: Halting Remnant Stele (Damaged).

Charge it?

Return to Truth's prompt appeared at just the right moment.

What a pity, it still suffered some loss. Li Fan silently lamented and chose yes.

The Halting Remnant Stele gradually turned into nothingness and vanished.

After absorbing the Halting Remnant Stele, Return to Truth's Anchor Charging Progress directly increased by 25%.

Just three more times, and I can unlock the Second Anchor Point? Li Fan was overjoyed, though he also faintly felt it would not be so simple.

There is no use overthinking it. I will find out when I come again in my next life.

The other items in Qian Hong's Tomb no longer held any value for Li Fan. Only after ordering his men to seal the tomb again did he leave.

Anchoring Year 5, Li Fan finally could not resist and came to the Eastern Ruin Abyss.

I'll only take a look. I won't go down, Li Fan told himself.

Gazing out across the boundless sea of fog, his sight seemed to pass through endless barriers of space and reach the bottom of the Void Abyss.

He stood there for a long while. As the gale howled, the spreading dense fog gradually dispersed, and the Immortal Forsaken Grand Formation, once fraught with danger at every turn, seemed to become less dangerous.

At this very moment, if I were to pilot the Taiyan Boat, I could reach the Cultivation World smoothly in one go, couldn't I? A thought suddenly surfaced in Li Fan's mind. It could no longer be suppressed, swelling wildly until it swiftly occupied his entire consciousness.

That's right. I've already waited so long. Must I wait another fifteen years?

So what if Return to Truth has not finished charging? How can I attain the Great Dao by cowering so timidly?

I already tested it once in my previous life. As long as I carefully avoid that unknown monster in the Darkness Layer, I can leave this damned place!

A jumble of voices kept ringing in Li Fan's ears. His eyes gradually lost focus and turned blood-red, as though he had been bewitched by those voices.

Step by step, Li Fan walked forward, drawing ever closer to the Endless Abyss.

Just as Li Fan was about to be lured in by the Void Abyss and fall to his death.

Light suddenly burst forth from the bottom of the Void Abyss, piercing through the Immortal Forsaken Grand Formation and entering Li Fan's eyes.

The red haze of lost reason was temporarily suppressed, and four great characters abruptly appeared in Li Fan's vision.

"Immortality is Dead."

Boom!

All those fervent, reckless thoughts in his mind—thoughts of pursuing the path of cultivation and even leaping down—vanished completely.

What is going on? The clear-headed Li Fan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

In his eyes, the tranquil Void Abyss had suddenly become a lurking savage beast. Its jaws were already open, seeking to swallow him whole.

Li Fan immediately turned around and fled without looking back.

After a long while, the dense fog gathered once more.

From the bottom of the Void Abyss came a faint, furious roar.

Fifteen years later, Anchoring Year 20.

Return to Truth finally finished charging.

With confidence at last, Li Fan returned to the Void Abyss.

Recalling that scene from back then, even though so much time had passed, Li Fan still felt lingering fear.

It seems my guess was correct. That monster in the Darkness Layer truly bears immense malice toward mortals. Perhaps its mission is to devour every mortal who approaches this place.

Though it was dangerous, Li Fan could never give up on the path to immortality.

Without further hesitation, Li Fan piloted the Taiyan Boat and reached the Thunderstorm Layer without mishap.

Rather than continuing downward, Li Fan stopped above the Darkness Layer and waited patiently.

"Wooo..."

The wind gradually rose.

Affected by that inexplicable gale, the frenzied thunderstorms also began to lower their banners and quiet their drums, slowly weakening.

Specks of light emerged from the darkness, then joined into a vast, unbroken panorama.

Li Fan did not look at that inverted spectacle. Instead, making use of the precious and fleeting light, he searched for the monster lurking in the darkness.

Unfortunately, he found nothing! Seeing that the light was about to disappear, Li Fan gritted his teeth. No longer hesitating, he drove the Taiyan Boat at full power and shot violently toward the bottom of the Void Abyss.

That strange cry rang out once more and, in an instant, had reached his side.

Yet at that moment, Li Fan suddenly changed the Taiyan Boat's direction completely.

After tracing a beautiful arc, the Taiyan Boat, which had been charging straight downward, now flew continuously upward at several times its previous speed! Upward, higher still!

With the Taiyan Boat at full power, amid an enraged roar, it returned to the Thunderstorm Layer! Using the final thread of fading light, Li Fan looked down from above and finally saw the true form of the monster in the darkness.

It was a Giant Whale so immense that words could not describe it. Even from so far away, Li Fan could not see its entire form clearly.

Even its opened mouth alone filled his entire field of vision.

Seeing its prey return to the Thunderstorm Layer, the Giant Whale grew wildly agitated, yet could only swim back and forth without advancing.

After roaring several times to vent its displeasure, it reluctantly closed its mouth and vanished into the darkness.