Tribulation Crossing

"True Yang Transforms Evil!!!"

With a whoosh, it looked like a lighter flame igniting on Li Fan's left index finger.

Then Li Fan's legs trembled, and he knelt down on the ground.

No, he was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and his primordial spirit was completely drained. Moreover, the two attacks he had just suffered clearly had two streams of Daoist power sealing his primordial spirit. Even this tiny spark almost gave him a heart attack...

The Tai Sha Sword Embryo can only strike when its opponent is close. Now, severely injured by the opponent's Yuan Shen technique, it can no longer engage in close combat. Its only option for ranged attacks is to rely on the True Yang Transforms Evil Fire.

In fact, Li Fan also possessed other primordial spirit techniques, but due to his calm demeanor, the damage he could inflict was limited. And against old demons like Lu Ya and Lu Hansheng, using verbal attacks to break their defenses would likely be a waste of effort.

This move, based on the secret manual of the Lingguang Myriad Transformations Profound Fire, is a method of using True Yang Dao Fire that Li Fan has researched and created himself. Burning a Divine Transformation Soul Realm demon god to ashes should be no problem. But the prerequisite is that it must hit...

Li Fan took a deep breath, his right hand gripping the Tai Sha Sword Embryo. Then he looked up at the fierce battle in the Divine Court, at the two illusory divine lights that could travel thousands of miles in an instant, their shadows indistinguishable.

First, burn one with True Yang Fire, then stab the other with the Sword Embryo...

No, it's impossible. These two are too skilled. Even without the Sword Rainbow, I can't keep up with their speed. Look at how they're getting serious now, with divine light shooting everywhere. Lu Ya was just playing around with him earlier.

Damn it, Lu Ya is an old hand at this, and Lu Hansheng is clearly a master of the Nascent Soul technique. Not to mention Nascent Soul Stage demons and ordinary demon gods, I'm afraid even the divine lords of the Xuanmen would be no match for them in a fight within the Divine Court!

Li Fan himself is a prime example. He's fighting within his own divine realm, yet Li Fan's completely helpless against his opponent, constantly being deceived by illusions, unsure whether he's in the real world or a primordial spirit illusion. Unless an extreme situation arises where both sides fight and a third party benefits, there's only a sliver of hope. Otherwise...

No, these two are so shrewd, calculating everything under the sun, they would never give us such an opportunity. This time, it's probably really dangerous...

Suddenly, Kun leaped out of the void, its eyes bulging as it glared at Li Fan.

Li Fan understood what it meant; in fact, given the current situation, it was time to consider making a run for it.

This is a life-or-death crisis; if you can't get over this hurdle, you really will die. As long as you're alive, you can always make a comeback. A tactical retreat is not shameful.

However, after thinking about it, Li Fan shook his head.

"Go! Get out of here right now, as far away as possible. I'm about to unleash my ultimate attack."

Kun rolled his eyes and gave him a look that said, "What else do you have to offer?"

Li Fan really does have it.

"This move is too powerful, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. I'm afraid of harming innocent people and dare not use it recklessly. Now it's time to go all out."

Kun and Li Fan exchanged a glance, then decisively turned and leaped into the void, disappearing from sight.

... No, why didn't you try to persuade me to reconsider? Sigh, whatever, I've cut off all my escape routes, so I might as well fight to the death.

Li Fan took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the flame in his hand.

In fact, the application of True Yang Dao Fire is certainly not limited to the method of True Yang Transforms Evil.

On that morning, when he first faced the rising sun and ignited the True Yang Dao Fire within his heart, Li Fan comprehended it.

Using the mind as a guide, to transform all things, the method of the True Yang Nuclear Explosion.

Li Fan had wanted to try this trick for a long time. It wasn't that he was particularly inhumane; it's just that every man has that urge to set off a firecracker and blow up some shit.

The current situation has indeed reached a point where if he can't have it, he'll destroy it. As long as the True Yang Heart is under his control, it can be detonated.

Even if they still can't destroy Lu Ya and Lu Hansheng's primordial spirits, their plan to disintegrate and seize bodies will definitely fail.

Of course, the main problem with doing this is that Li Fan would probably also have to radiate his brilliance along with it.

Is it worth it?

That's certainly not worth it, but during the battle just now, Li Fan suddenly had an epiphany and developed some ideas about cultivating the Supreme True Yang Technique. He felt that perhaps he could give it a try. Maybe he could turn the tide.

If all else fails, we can always use the Sword Embryo Flying Crossing! Come on! Let's do it!

And so it was at this moment, in this place, in this situation.

Li Fan stared at the Dao Fire in his hand and began to visualize its structure.

Whether it was Lu Ya Lu Hansheng, although they were full of clever schemes and conspiracies, they both made a fatal mistake.

Now that the sneak attack has succeeded, they should continue to work together to finish off Li Fan first, then settle the score and determine who is superior. They can do whatever they want.

But they didn't do that. Instead, they knocked Li Fan down, thinking he posed no threat, and then chased after him with their escape lights, creating distance between them to fight each other with their own wits and magic.

This is utterly disrespectful...

Well, to put it bluntly, their plan was probably to completely devour and merge with 'Li Fan's' soul in order to deal with the Dao Lord outside. Or perhaps they subconsciously felt that Li Fan was nothing special and couldn't escape their grasp, so they directly regarded each other as the biggest threat.

This is actually normal. After all, Li Fan has been ambushed and attacked repeatedly, his primordial spirit has fought countless battles, and now he has been severely injured by the primordial spirit techniques of the two. He is already exhausted, and even now most of his flesh and blood are still in Lu Ya's hands. He has only temporarily regained control of his True Yang Heart.

Moreover, even considering his previous life, Li Fan was still just a young man who had just arrived. He had to explore and try everything, and his abilities were indeed clumsy. Even though he had cultivated to this level in this life with the help of the 'Qingyue' Destiny Body, he still had to exert all his strength to survive many tribulations. It was inevitable that he would be underestimated, and people would think that someone else could do the same thing, or even do better.

That's only natural. The Nangong Seven Thieves are all ancient demons with millions of years of experience. They have profound cultivation, countless secret techniques, and thousands of ultimate moves. Naturally, they feel that anyone who takes over this body can do a better job than Li Fan.

Initially, the secrets of heaven were unpredictable, and none of the dozens of demon children knew which one was the Demon Ancestor. That's why they all hid in the shadows and pretended to be dead. Now that the secrets of heaven are clear and the Ancestor of Primordial Essence has finally been selected, then the superior Dao body of 'Number Nineteen' must naturally be seized and used by themselves.

So from beginning to end, they treated Li Fan as a pawn to be discarded at will, a puppet on the stage, a means to block attacks. Even now, the two are still plotting the same thing, trying to steal his body again. If they hadn't run into each other, they probably would have succeeded.

Naturally, subconsciously, they regarded opponents with similar schemes and abilities as their 'death calamity,' while completely ignoring Li Fan, this 'trash,' and not taking him seriously at all.

In fact, many times, it is precisely because these schemes and plots have succeeded too many times that these schemers become complacent, leading to slight deviations here and there, and ultimately, misjudgments.

But by the time they realized how big a mistake they had made, it was too late.

The balance of power has shifted.

Yes, when Li Fan finished modeling and smiled as he looked at the Dao Fire at his fingertips, the outcome was already decided.

Although Lu Ya was able to learn the 'Vacuum Home' and could use the infinite power of the True Yang Heart to supply his magic power, he could be considered to have a little bit of wisdom. However, he did not actually know what the True Yang Dao Fire technique truly represented.

This may be the biggest difference between these ancient demons and Li Fan.

Our understanding of the world from a scientific perspective.

Without perceiving the world from another perspective, and without receiving an education from a completely different system, Lu Ya's understanding of the 'Dao' was naturally not as comprehensive as Li Fan's. He was also unaware that there was a subtle difference between boiling water and actually boiling water.

If these geniuses capable of cultivating immortality and comprehending the Dao were given a fair opportunity to learn, Li Fan would certainly have no chance of competing with these chosen ones.

But now, only Li Fan knows the final effect of this move.

If Li Fan had previously hesitated and worried about this and that...

But he doesn't care anymore.

You all want me dead, don't you?

Then let's die together!

The Dao Fire ignited, engulfing Li Fan completely!

The two beams of divine light that were fighting immediately stopped and separated.

Lu Ya, "The Sunrise Emei!?"

Lu Hansheng, "... No, that's not right, this power is wrong!"

Lu Ya, "This kid!! Wait! Wait a minute!"

Li Fan: "Die, you bastard!!"

Li Fan roared and thrust the Tai Sha Sword Embryo into his heart!

Then, in the Divine Court, Li Fan transformed into light.

Thus, in the present world, Qingyue also transformed into light.

First, a glimmer of light appeared, then the Blood River transformed into a sea of fire.

Rolling true qi, evil qi, mountains, grass and trees, demons and gods, flesh and blood.

Everything shrinks, collapses, and bursts.

It transforms into a magnificent and radiant display.

The four Dao Lords, who were initially observing the game from the heavens, were suddenly shocked to see that the chessboard had exploded. They couldn't help but exclaim "Damn it!" and they all used their escape light to take the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the center below and scatter in all directions, fleeing thousands of miles away. When they looked back, they realized that the game had actually exploded.

The boundless divine light transformed into a great red light, just like a blazing sun, bursting open and scattering, its brilliance filling the air, boundless and limitless.

Thousands of rays of light pierced through the heavens and penetrated the earth. Like ten thousand suns shining brightly, they illuminated the entire universe.

First, a brilliant light shone forth, then flames swirled around it, rising up in the fiery glow to form a giant canopy. Then, the fireball that had ripped through the sky collapsed and disappeared in an instant.

The final shockwave, like a tsunami tornado, swept across the towering sand walls and surging sea of clouds, destroying everything in its path and shattering mountains and rocks.

The enormous crater, seemingly formed by a meteorite impact, has almost completely altered the landscape.

In the center of that deep pit was a pitch-black sphere that seemed to be spinning rapidly.

Dust, Dao Breath, and even light were bound by the sphere, surrounding the black sphere and forming a bright band of light.

Indistinctly, even space itself seemed to be warping and converging, as if the very existence of that sphere influenced the entire plane, pulling it along and causing the world to rotate as well.

Light and dust gathered together, and in the wind and clouds, the sand and dust gathered and enveloped the sphere, then gradually weathered away, forming the shape of Li Fan.

Li Fan opened his eyes and looked at his hands.

He directly used his primordial spirit to perform magic, and his hands were formed from sand and dust.

Yes, the Blood Demon's physical body has been destroyed by him.

The True Yang Heart and the Tai Sha Sword Embryo were also destroyed.

Of course, it didn't actually disappear; rather, it collapsed and shrank, merging into one and transforming into something else entirely.

Yes, a black hole.

The True Yang Technique itself involves visualizing a star. After the star dies and explodes as a supernova, the high-quality, high-density core that remains after the collapse becomes a black hole.

Li Fan just simulated this process based on the True Yang Technique and the Daoist methods of the Vacuum Home, piercing the Tai Sha Sword Embryo into the True Yang Heart and upgrading it into the core of Li Fan's primordial spirit!

The Tai Sha Star Core!

As for Lu Ya and Lu Hansheng?

Who knows? Perhaps it collapsed and coalesced along with Li Fan's flesh and blood, compressed into the Tai Sha Star Core. Isn't this what they've always dreamed of—becoming one with him?

No matter what other strange tricks they have up their sleeves, this time even if they turn into light, they really can't escape.

Then a Sword Light descended, and a Daoist priest from the Shangqing School appeared before Li Fan, bowing respectfully.

"I, Zhijing, the Head of Supreme Purity, congratulate Fellow Li Daoyou on breaking through to the Transformation Stage."

Indeed, this person is the sword immortal who killed Li Fan's clone!

However, it remains unclear which of the following is his true identity: 'Sword Ancestor Xuantian', 'Seventh Friend', or 'Shangqing Zhi Jingzi'.

Li Fan raised his eyelids to look at him, then shook his head. "It's not the Divine Transformation, it's the Tribulation stage."

Shangqing Zhi Jingzi nodded noncommittally, "Naturally, he has survived the calamity of death. Young friend, you have rid the world of this Blood Demon, truly a model for our righteous path. You are indeed worthy of being a disciple of the Fourth Patriarch of Emei!"

Fellow Daoist may not know, but now that the ascension to the Golden Summit is imminent, Hengshan has made an agreement with Emei to assist the Southern Faction of Emei in preserving the Daoist Tradition of Emei in this world.

Since Lord Li is a reincarnation of a disciple of Emei, why not come to my Hengshan Mountain to cultivate together? In the future, we can revive Emei, restore the righteous path, and save the common people. We are all from the same Xuanmen sect, so we can help each other. What do you think?"

Li Fan looked at him. "What if I say no?"

Zhi Jingzi remained unfazed. "It's not impossible. Ink Bamboo Mountain is also a fellow Daoist of my Xuanmen. However, it's rare to see such a young talent as you, fellow Daoist. I'm itching to learn a few moves myself. Please enlighten me."

Before Zhi Jingzi could finish speaking, Li Fan suddenly transformed into a whirlwind and fled.

Zhi Jingzi wasn't in a hurry. He strolled over and followed Li Fan, saying as they walked,

"Li Daoyou, are you going to see Cangwu? Daoist Cangwu left a message for me to convey, saying that the bond between master and disciple has ended, and he has settled this karmic debt. He is about to return to the Golden Peak to cultivate in seclusion and await ascension. If you do not wish to go with him, then go about your own business and do not need to look for him again."

Li Fan stopped and turned to look at Zhi Jingzi.

"So you didn't make a move just now? What, Zhi Jingzi, you also want to steal my Dao body?"

Zhi Jingzi smiled and shook his head, "Your Dao body is beyond our comprehension. It's just that my sect leader is playing chess with your sect's abbot again, and I had nothing to do. I also witnessed the unique skills that Li Daoyou has comprehended, so I was tempted to try it out."

"Zhijing also recently broke through to a higher realm by relying on the Supreme Plain Heavenly Dao. Since we live next to each other, we have the opportunity to exchange skills and deepen our understanding of the Tai Su method. What do you say, fellow Daoist?"

Li Fan looked at him and sneered, "Fine, let me get the rest of your body back first, then I'll play with you a bit. You dare?"

Zhi Jingzi stroked his beard and smiled, "Excellent, let's go together."