Flower Tricks

The Saintess's Primordial Spirit Technique is truly profound...

Li Fan was standing right next to him, watching Sarilang rolling around on the ground, when suddenly, thud, he broke through... He'd initially thought the guy's head had hit a chair leg... In a sense, it could be considered a kind of 'enlightenment,' right?

And there wasn't even a single lightning strike... Of course, it's possible that he escaped because he was protected by the main altar of the Divine Cult, or it could be because of the previous battle with Bikomon. Even if he survived the tribulation of the True Saintess's upgrade, Zhang Yanzhi has indeed broken through.

A careful examination using the Gu Guan Method revealed that her primordial spirit strength had increased significantly by a level, and her physical cultivation was also clearly beginning to improve. She was a True Saintess in every sense of the word.

"Huh? I... I think I've broken through?" Zhang Yanzhi looked bewildered. "Strange, why did my soul resonate with the Saintess's when I hated the Sword Ancestor...? Does the Saintess also harbor intense hatred? But they shouldn't be from the same era..."

Indeed, the Saintess is a disciple of the God Lord, and Xuan Tian is the Sword Ancestor of Bei Chen. Even if there is a connection or bond, it should only be between a candidate Saintess and a certain undercover Venerable who does not wish to reveal his name.

The Saintess's Primordial Spirit Technique is indeed profound...

Li Fan now has a guess.

This Sarilang was a candidate chosen from among the slaves, and she was also Saintess in the North. In terms of her birth experience and life trajectory, her activities overlapped with those of Xuan Tian back then. Therefore, although she did not recall the cultivation method like that Zhuoma, she more or less recalled many fragments of memories related to Xuan Tian from her previous life. Now, when talking about the good deeds done by the Sword Ancestor, her emotions may have merged with the soul of the previous generation of Saintess for a moment, and she resonated with his emotions, thus naturally breaking through.

If this conjecture holds true, then it seems that every "candidate Saintess" could indeed be considered a "true Saintess." They are not merely physical vessels, but shadows, clones, or the Saintess's reincarnations in the mortal world, undergoing spiritual cultivation and tempering. With each reincarnation, memories may fade, but the intense emotions of the past remain imprinted on the primordial spirit.

So even though she was just one of countless 'candidate' Saintess who formed a bond with Xuan Tian back then, she still carried on that feeling. When Sarilang thinks of him, remembers his face, perhaps she can also remember who she is?

Are they all similar in personality?

Saintess, what a sinful woman...

Li Fan: "... Whatever, the Holy Saintess is asleep and the Sword Ancestor is missing anyway. Don't overthink it. You still haven't told us the details of the Pure Dharma King!"

If I keep thinking like this and actually awaken, then I'm doomed...

Li Fan deliberately diverted the conversation, and Zhang Yanzhi, still somewhat dazed, was easily fooled, so they returned to the topic.

"The Pure Dharma King is the current head of the Ban Family. The Ban Family Fufeng has been a prestigious family since the time of the Immortal Venerable. The Ban Family was also the Western Regions of the Immortal Palace. Because of their meritorious service in the expedition to Tianshan, sweeping across Kunlun, and expanding the territory by thousands of miles, they were enfeoffed as the Marquis of Dingyuan."

The Ban Family was not only Central Plains, but also maintained good relations with local Human Race for generations, educating the people and earning the respect of various regional kings and chieftains. In terms of prestige in the Western Regions, they even surpassed the Zhang and Duan families. The Ban Family was once a representative of the pacification of the Western Regions.

However, the Immortal Palace court later changed its policy from appeasement to suppression, and the Ban Family lost power. Meanwhile, the successive Conquering West General repeatedly waged war, waging endless wars against the alien Human Race and using the heads of border people to gain military merits. This caused the alien races to become disloyal to the Immortal Palace, leading to constant rebellions and endless warfare. Later, when the Immortal Palace was embroiled in internal strife, the Three Palaces actually withdrew their army, abandoning the land west of Wuliang and allowing the Central Plains people who had migrated there to be slaughtered by the alien races.

Therefore, the Divine Lord was able to save the people from suffering and establish the foundation of our religion in this place. With the strong support of the Ban Family, the situation in the Western Regions was stabilized. The Ban Family also served as a window to foreign tribes and became the mainstay of the religion.

Because of Marquis Dingyuan's prestige and achievements, as well as the Ban Family's accumulated connections over generations, the Ban Family was not greatly affected by either the demonic sect's campaigns or local rebellions. Therefore, with the Pure Dharma King's popularity, there was no problem in him becoming the Sect Leader of the sect.

The dispute between these two Dharma Kings, Brightness and Purity, is purely about the strategy for conquering the Central Plains; there shouldn't be any major conflict between them. The only question is, which Dharma King do you, the Dharma Protectors, prefer to succeed them?"

Li Fan understood that it was unrealistic to expect the two Dharma Kings to split and fight amongst themselves. The Divine Cult had been besieged for too long and was well aware of how weak it was and how powerful its enemies were. At least in the current situation, there was no need for pointless infighting.

These Central Plains people in the Western Regions, under the banner of the Divine Religion, were united and of one mind. The Duan family was the big stick, and the Ban Family was the sweet treat. They formed factions to fight against each other, keeping the foreign tribes under their thumb. Their core interests were to return to the Central Plains, to destroy the Demon Palace, to fight the Demonic Sect, and to launch an attack on the Three Realms to reclaim their homeland!

If we were to put ourselves in the shoes of the Three Enclosures during this chaotic era, it would truly be a deadly situation. To the west, there was the sworn enemy, the Divine Cult; to the south, the rising Li Country; to the east, everything was in chaos; and to the north, the Hu Barbarians and the regional warlords had colluded and become too powerful to control. No wonder the Three Enclosures were unusually free from internal strife, and the Immortal Clan was united under the command of the Grand Tutor to face the challenges of both old and new grudges.

In other words, the Xuanmen sect is powerful; some have closed their mountains, others have shut down Guanmen, and the remaining sects are still fighting amongst themselves and vying for supremacy.

Li Fan tried to calculate it.

If the Light Dharma King were to ascend the throne and the invasion of the Dui Country resumed, the Divine Cult would focus its attention on the north. However, this could also lead to the Grand Tutor withdrawing his troops from Zhen to defend the west, which would significantly reduce the pressure on Hengshan, allowing them to suppress Luofeng and pacify the Xun Kingdom in peace before invading Ink Bamboo Mountain to the west. If the Divine Cult were to successfully enter the pass and connect the Dui and Kun states into one, the pressure would still be directly transmitted to the Li Country.

If the Pure Dharma King were to succeed to the throne, the Divine Cult might not be able to swallow up the entire Kunlun region in a short time. Instead, they might even suffer serious damage from the chaotic sword formation thrown by Xuan Tian. But if they were to actually swallow up all of Kunlun and then march down on the Border Prefecture, then the Li Country would have to face the Divine Cult's military might head-on.

The Divine Cult is indeed a Divine Cult. While other forces are still consolidating their rear, developing production, and expanding their armies in preparation for war, the Divine Cult has already completed its resource integration and launched a probing attack. Now, depending on the situation, it is preparing to plan a large-scale offensive. With its legions supporting it, the Divine Cult is definitely in a strategic position of initiative. Unless it suffers a decisive defeat, this advantage can snowball all the way up.

"Well, I have a general understanding of these two. Don't worry, we won't ask you to do anything beyond your capabilities. Just wait for the two Dharma Kings to decide their victory, and then recommend whoever you think is right."

Regardless, Li Fan intends to get involved in Kunlun this time. Even if he can't weaken the Divine Sect, he can at least see the methods of these two Dharma Kings, so as to avoid being caught off guard when they get serious later.

Of course, with a map as difficult as Kunlun, a mere Nascent Divine Transformation like Qiongqi is useless; Ju Fanzi has to personally take charge!

Just then, the Saintess broke through her cultivation realm and was about to go into seclusion, so Li Fan told Qiongqi to continue his seclusion and cultivate, eating all those jelly-like fruits to increase his cultivation. Guiche also found a blood puppet to dissolve. He then switched to his main account and went to Kunlun Mountain to join the fun.

This time, Li Fan was too lazy to ask Xuan Tian for the sword formation strategy he had set up in Kunlun. He figured he probably wouldn't get it anyway, and would likely be dismissed with another "Get lost! Calculate it yourself! Don't bother me while I'm forging swords!" After all, most of the sword formations and trials he created were originally just a treasure trove for the Sword Sect disciples to practice on. In the end, it was still up to him, the last disciple of the Sword Sect, to calculate the cause and effect one by one.

Based on the map of the Divine Sect that he had just memorized, as well as the cause and effect of the recent battle between the Divine Sect Leader and the Cangyun Lord, Li Fan deduced the approximate location of the violent change in the Qi of Kunlun. He then directly teleported there and arrived at a snow-covered mountain range with fierce winds.

Li Fan casually scanned the area with his divine sense and spotted the target.

A group of Xuanmen disciples were being surrounded by a divine cult protector.

Yes, the quantifier is correct. There are fourteen Xuanmen cultivators, eight men and six women, all at the Nascent Soul Realm. They are surrounded by Dao Breath and protected by true Qi, indicating their profound cultivation. They are undoubtedly disciples of the orthodox Xuanmen sect.

At this moment, eight people formed an array. With the assistance of a bottle-shaped Divine Transformation magic weapon within the array, they moved mountains and stones, bringing in glacial boulders to build an ice-and-earth wall like a fortress. The outside was washed by Xuanming Zhenqi, accumulating layer upon layer into a glacier, actually sealing all the cultivators inside the ice layer. The entire ice mountain was surrounded by True Qi, and the Dao Breath was solidified, as if it had been moved from flat ground. It was definitely a top-grade immortal technique.

The group hid within this ice mountain formation, appearing from the outside as if sealed within a mirror of ice, impenetrable by swords or fire. The cultivators worked together to maintain the formation, releasing numerous talismans that emitted nine-colored divine light from the glacier's Main Peak. This light shimmered and danced amidst the surrounding white clouds, illuminating the surrounding sunset—a truly beautiful sight. Of course, their true purpose was to call for reinforcements.

At this moment, outside the iceberg formation, there was a Divine Cult protector at the Transformation Stage, who was also the Blood God Child's avatar of some Dharma King. The blood-red figure casually pointed and shattered the layers of ice covering the mountain.

At the same time, he didn't know what he had killed. The ground was covered with flesh and bones, all of which were refined into a blood swamp. Then, layers of blood mud washed over and swirled, transforming into the Blood Talisman Sword. The Blood Sea Sword Howl Array, like a raging wave crashing against the shore, besieged the iceberg, peeling away and eroding the Xuanmen's glacier array layer by layer.

Although the formation cannot be broken immediately, the progress is not slow. After all, in order to defend against the divine sect's methods, the ice mountain sealed off the heavens and earth, severing the spiritual veins of heaven and earth. It can only rely on the magic treasures in the mountain to lend power, as well as the various cultivators taking turns to work together to maintain it.

Meanwhile, the guardians of the outer divine sect had already set up a blood array, allowing the blood swamp to seep into the earth's veins along the frozen soil and ice layers, like blood-red roots piercing the earth. They were drawing upon the abundant spiritual energy of the Kunlun Mountain and transforming it into their own. By borrowing the power of heaven and earth, the Blood Sea Sword Howl Roar Array naturally possessed astonishing power. Blood swords swept in wave after wave like collapsing waves, almost endless. Each wave shattered glaciers and mountains, and layers of frost and snow rain fell like scattered silver dust.

Looking at the situation within the ice layer, three or four Xuanmen True Persons had already exhausted their Dao power. Although the others could take turns repeatedly entering the formation to take medicine and regulate their breathing, it probably wouldn't take long before the magic power of the magical treasures was also exhausted, and the immortal technique protecting the glacier would naturally collapse.

Given this situation, the Blood God Child was naturally in no hurry, and there was no need for a direct assault. He simply waited for the formation to break so he could cut off someone's head and claim credit.

Li Fan was somewhat surprised to encounter this situation right from the start.

I never imagined the Xuanmen would suffer such a crushing defeat. They broke the Ten Ultimate Formation before, and they were chasing the Divine Sect with great fanfare. How come they can't even rescue their own disciples now?

Moreover, when Li Fan first heard the Sect Leader say that he had exchanged blows with Cangyun and had to go into seclusion to reincarnate after taking a single blow, he thought that the Sect Leader's skills were nothing special. He couldn't even handle the Three Elders and Four Ancestors, so he was indeed a little bit inferior to Li Fan.

But now it seems that Cangyun is also seriously injured! Otherwise, why would the dignified Fourth Patriarch of Emei abandon so many juniors and fellow cultivators to escape alone? It seems that the situation was truly urgent and he was unable to spare any more resources.

Li Fan estimated that the two Dharma Kings were really going all out to fight for the position of Sect Leader, and their battle with Cangyun was quite fierce. He glanced around and could vaguely see nine-colored distress signals from all directions, as if there were more than just this group of Xuanmen disciples being besieged in Kunlun Mountain!

That's true. The Ten Ultimate Formation only resulted in heavy losses for Zhang 'Sect Leader faction. Now, the Xuanmen people have rashly ventured deep into the heart of the Divine Sect and have been fighting for a long time. They've probably exhausted their talismans and pills, and are now being besieged by the factions of the Light Dharma King and the Pure Dharma King. They're bound to suffer heavy losses.

So, while calculating with his fingers, Li Fan also had an idea. He wrapped himself in the Blood God Child, disguised himself as a passing protector, and took a detour.

Well, if his calculations are correct, this group of people trapped in the glacier have nothing to do with him, so he shouldn't disturb them during their ordeal. If they can overcome this ordeal, it will be a valuable experience and opportunity.

As it turned out, Li Fan didn't even intend to disturb the love-hate relationship between the Divine Sect and the Xuanmen. However, the Divine Sect's protector was quite capable. Li Fan had to use the Gu Guan Method to observe the Qi from afar, but the protector keenly sensed that someone was spying on him from outside. He actually broke through the formation and transformed into a blood shadow, flying around halfway in the air. He immediately discovered Li Fan's whereabouts and used the Blood Shadow Godly Movement to rush over and stop him.

"Who are you! Why are you spying outside without saying hello!"

Li Fan cupped his hands in greeting, "Fellow believer, don't be nervous. I was just passing by. Please continue."

"Stop talking nonsense! Why is your primordial spirit technique acting so strangely? Which altar are you from? Why isn't the God Lord Jade reacting?!"

Unexpectedly, this guy's IQ is so high. Before he could even exchange three sentences, he raised his hand, took out the God Lord Jade, and immediately saw through Li Fan's disguise.

Seeing that he couldn't keep up the act any longer, Li Fan had no choice but to spread his hands, collect the Blood God Child, and turn it into a blood bead in his palm.

"I'm from Emei, what do you want to do with me?"

"Blood Talisman Sword Rainbow!"

The protector was decisive, letting out a loud shout! He soared into the sky! His entire figure transformed into a blood-red Sword Light! It charged straight towards Li Fan's neck!

Li Fan couldn't help but give the other person a thumbs up in his heart. This guy actually has some talent in swordsmanship. It seems that he has studied the Beichen Sword Technique and even tried to improve the Blood Talisman Sword to create a similar sword rainbow technique.

But that's impossible, because Li Fan has also done similar research and deductions.

The Sword Rainbow Technique of the Beichen Sword Sect lineage uses the body as a sword and Qi as its edge, controlling the divine light and combining the Dao body, Dao Qi, and Dao spirit. Only by uniting the body with the sword can one concentrate all one's life's cultivation into a single point and unleash its supreme power.

Therefore, the sword techniques of the Beichen Sword Sect are actually more about cultivating immortality and tempering the body, while the Blood Record Sword Scripture of the Blood Talisman God Sect is actually a sword technique deduced by the Divine Lord based on the method of body tempering. It is more like a Body Domination Technique and only has sword moves, sword formations and sword techniques.

Furthermore, the cultivation methods of the Divine Sect separate the primordial spirit and the Dao body for tempering. The Blood God Child Great Law has already transformed the Dao body into blood, which is equivalent to the primordial spirit being tempered separately, while the Dao body and blood are combined, and the blood and qi are integrated. This has led to a deviation from the right path. This also means that before the Blood God Child cultivates to the Great Ascension stage and the Dao body and Dao qi merge into the Blood God Master's Great Dao Body, he cannot truly merge his body with the sword and transform the sword into a rainbow.

Therefore, the power of the opponent's sword was merely superficial; ultimately, it was still the Blood Record Sword Scripture, and there was no need to even dodge it.

So Li Fan stood in mid-air, struck by the sword. The blood-red sword's rainbow light pierced his chest, tearing through his body. A huge hole was blasted into his right ribcage, and his chest cavity... was completely empty...

Yes, it was empty, like the human figure outside was just a suspended bed sheet, nothing at all.

The cult's protector was shocked. "What! This! What kind of sorcery is this?!"

"Just a little trick, nothing to brag about," Li Fan casually stroked his hand, and smoke gathered, reshaping his body. He then calculated with his fingers, "However, I've recently come up with quite a few similar tricks. Let's try this one first. Take this! Mysterious Heavenly Void Star Great Slaughter Sword Scripture. Flying Sword on the Membrane!"

After shouting out a long list of move names, Li Fan snapped his fingers.

The protector was suddenly terrified, realizing that disaster was imminent. In an instant, he moved like a blood-red shadow, so fast that only a blood-red afterimage remained before he transformed into a streak of blood and fled.

But when he had the chance to not escape and was about to 'surprise' himself while rehearsing his lines with Li Fan, he was actually already dead.

In the void, a black sphere gradually expanded, from being invisible to the naked eye to appearing at the heart of the blood-stained afterimage. It grew into a black hole the size of a pigeon's egg. The blood-red streak of light that hadn't yet separated from the afterimage twisted eerily in the air. What was originally a light trail now resembled a ribbon, twisting and turning, as if bound by invisible shackles, falling into the black hole. Finally, in the blink of an eye, it was completely sucked into the black hole, leaving not a trace of blood.

Upon confirming that the guardian had been instantly killed and devoured by the Tai Sha Star Core, Li Fan also managed to transform into a white wind and drift over like a ghost before the black hole grew to the size of a fist. He used his own skin to cover the core and retrieved the Tai Sha Star Core.

It seems this move directly teleports the core out, indicating that the flying sword user's technique has been successfully developed.

What? What if the star's core can't be retrieved and turns into a runaway black hole that swallows the Earth?

Well... at least it succeeded...