Not Here in Vain

"How could this be?" Chen Fan was shocked, his figure abruptly retreating.

Only now, through everything his Heavenly Eye had glimpsed between his brows, did he finally understand that the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art had actually grown to such a degree. In the instant Divine Souls clashed, it could peer into the other party's Dao resonance, as though a cultivation formula had been spread flat before his eyes. So long as he wished it, he could cultivate it himself.

It would have been one thing if it were someone else's art, but now both the Nine Palaces Sword Art and the Six Paths Reincarnation were laid out before him. Chen Fan's original decision to first suppress and kill the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image now left him hesitant instead.

Such a profound Dao resonance was right before him—how could he bear to destroy it?

After all, even the real Nine Palaces Elder had been unable to teach him this completely. Dao resonance could only be comprehended by oneself; others found it difficult to pass on.

"Master, I can help you delay them a little longer," Wuya Sword sensed at that moment.

Chen Fan gently shook his head. "No need. To thoroughly comprehend and absorb these Dao resonances would take at least several years. You cannot hold on for that long."

"What does Master intend to do?" Wuya Sword asked.

"You cannot have both the fish and the bear's paw, but today, I will have both." Chen Fan's gaze sharpened as he spoke in a deep voice.

If it had been before, he might have chosen one of the two. But now, the time he had left to grow was dwindling ever further. He did not know when Five Finger Mountain would be breached, so he could only strive to become