These cube-shaped spaces were precisely the countless scenes of divided star seas arranged side by side that he had seen after breaking through from the Darkest Star Sea earlier.

The three states of darkness, faint illumination, and flickering light still coexisted.

However, the overall view displayed on the circular walls here contained far more cubes than the number Li Buren had seen.

Li Buren tried to identify the location of the Xuanhuang Realm.

After locking his gaze onto the light point representing the Darkest Star Sea, he also recognized the countless cube-shaped spaces displayed alongside the Darkest Star Sea.

At the edges of all these cube-shaped star seas, a rough white line separated these cube spaces from the other regions.

This white line seemed to be some kind of boundary.

Although visually, the region containing the Darkest Star Sea appeared to be arranged alongside all the other regions on the circular mural wall and seemed rather inconspicuous.

Yet precisely because of the existence of this white circle, the cube-shaped star seas within the delineated domain were invisibly elevated.

They were like countless stars surrounding and guarding the center, clustered around the most conspicuous position.

"This peculiar nature..."

Li Buren stared intently at the dazzling white circle.

"The Great Void."

A term naturally appeared in Li Buren's mind.

During the era of the ancient cultivation world, this was the substantive boundary of the starry sky that could be explored. It was an empty place of pure nothingness, with no visible end.

From outside the circular mural wall, Li Buren could vaguely sense the essence of this Great Void.

But he could not be certain.

"Although it is a place of complete nothingness, it is fundamentally different from being affected by the Dao Annihilation Calamity. The reason it appears hollow is because the vast majority of Dao laws there have disappeared and become imperceptible. Only a few Great Dao laws remain, like pillars. Just like this experimental site..."

"Only those within the range of these Dao laws can clearly see the things concealed and obscured within the experimental site. Only then can they avoid having their own properties forcibly drained within the Great Void."

For the ancient True Immortals to advance further, they had to merge their bodies with one of the Great Dao laws of heaven and earth and achieve the Nameless realm. Only when their understanding of a particular Great Dao had reached a certain level could they take this step. Thus, the cultivation of True Immortals was, for the most part, a deepening comprehension of a particular Dao law.

The Three Thousand Great Daos was merely a figurative expression. Yet because each Dao law was different, they naturally endowed True Immortals with many different "properties", such as the Hunger Immortal, the Xi and Yi Immortal, the He Gan Immortal, and so on.

The restrictive methods here and within the Great Void, which were similar to the Dao Annihilation Calamity, could sift through the countless True Immortals and identify those belonging to the 'same faction,' granting them permission to enter and leave this experimental starry sky.

Identity and background could both be fabricated through lies, but one's stance could not.

In other words, if a True Immortal actually changed the Dao path they cultivated in order to infiltrate this place, then they would immediately become a member of the faction. This place would already welcome their arrival, making the very notion of 'infiltration' meaningless.

"This restrictive method is truly a gigantic screening machine."

"And it certainly is not merely for simple screening. Once one changes allegiance, I am afraid it would be extremely difficult to turn back."

The reason Li Buren had been able to enter this place years later was entirely due to the heaven-defying method known as Consciousness Soul Transformation, Dao Net Projection.

If the various Great Daos of heaven and earth naturally divided True Immortals into different factions, then the Dao Net Projection was "I want all of them". It treated everyone equally and joined all existing and known True Immortal factions.

During the ancient era, this had been absolutely impossible.

Forget about cultivating the Three Thousand Great Daos and benefiting equally from them. Even simultaneously cultivating two different Great Daos was incredibly difficult. And even if one cultivated multiple Daos, it would ultimately still be inferior to mastering one of them to the utmost extreme and achieving the Nameless realm.

"Just as I analyzed before."

"The reason my Dao Net Projection can exist safely is, firstly, because the Dao Annihilation Calamity descended and the Immortal Realm was destroyed. Those Nameless True Immortals who had merged their bodies with the Dao and become one with it either died or fled. They had no time to concern themselves with this miniature mirror reflecting the Great Dao."

"Furthermore, there is another, even larger Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea shielding me from their sight."

Against the backdrop of the destruction of the Immortal Realm and the suspected abandonment of this experimental site, combined with the effects of Li Fan's countless reincarnations and various other factors, Li Buren had only been able to enter this place by sheer luck.

It could be said that if even one of these conditions had been absent, he would never have been able to enter.

"Records of the Great Void have existed since ancient times."

"But ever since the great catastrophe descended and the High Wall rose, all traces of it vanished."

"Judging from what I can see now, it seems that after the Dao Annihilation Calamity erupted and the emergency protective measures were activated, the Great Void underwent an overall transformation together with all the experimental cube-shaped star seas."

Li Buren stared at the rough white circle representing the Great Void.

It had appeared abruptly among the countless small cubes on the circular mural wall, as if someone had ruthlessly drawn a circle in the vast star sea.

It had circled the target they wanted to search for.

"Although this experimental site was abandoned for some unknown reason, all kinds of facilities are still operating. And so, this delineation of the Great Void came into existence?"

Based on the clues he had observed, Li Buren secretly analyzed the situation.

Although the special nature of his Dao Net Projection allowed him to blend into this place, he possessed only the authority to 'observe' and did not possess the ability to 'operate' anything.

Whether it was the divided cube-shaped star seas on the circular mural wall or the various objects flashing within the cylindrical hall, he could not manipulate any of them.

It was still impossible to determine the true reason why the Great Void had been delineated around those cube-shaped star seas.

But the fact that the Darkest Star Sea of the Xuanhuang Realm was among them already caused Li Fan's heart to tighten.

Li Fan attempted to use the clues he currently possessed to reconstruct, as much as possible, the secrets hidden behind this experimental space.

"The Dao Annihilation Calamity is suspected to share the same origin as the Infinite Ocean."

"When I used the incomplete Ascension Platform to connect to the Infinite Ocean, I discovered that whenever I drew upon the infinite power within the Infinite Ocean, the countless billions of water droplets in the Infinite Ocean would flow down through some obscure passage from that sacred and unknowable place, flooding and submerging all things in the world. The premonition was so vivid that the instinctive fear it brought caused even my puppet clone, which possessed very little self-awareness, to refrain from pressing that button."

"But there are countless True Immortals in the world, as well as immortal artifacts, immortal servants, immortal puppets, and countless other existences. When they use the Infinite immortal spiritual power, they do not need to worry like this. The immortal spiritual power derived within the Final Dissociation Disc is irrefutable proof of this."

As Li Fan thought this, an extremely sacred power spread out from the Immortal-grade Final Dissociation Disc.

Li Fan allowed the shimmering white light to coil around his fingertips. As he sensed its infinite nature, it seemed as though he could once again see the boundless and immeasurable Infinite Ocean.

"There should not possibly be a second Infinite Ocean in this mortal world."

"Moreover, the Immortal Realm did not initially show much fear toward the ravages of the Dao Annihilation Calamity. It was like mortals watching a flood rage while True Immortals were responsible for guarding against it."

"A reasonable conjecture is that the Immortal Realm of old understood perfectly well that drawing upon the power of the Infinite Ocean would lead to the Dao Annihilation Calamity. Yet the temptation of infinity made it impossible for the True Immortals to abandon their utilization of the Infinite Ocean."

"They even constructed things resembling 'dams' and 'reservoirs' on the Infinite Ocean. None of the True Immortals connected directly to the Infinite Ocean. Instead, they used the dams and reservoirs constructed by the Immortal Realm as intermediaries. In this way, they could prevent the Infinite Ocean from pouring down upon the world and bringing about the terrifying disaster of the Dao Annihilation Calamity."

"But..."

“The Infinite Ocean is an unimaginably vast and magnificent, sacred place. Even an Nameless True Immortal cannot compare to a single wave that occasionally rises within the Infinite Ocean.

“Even the Immortal Realm civilization of old developed to the point where it could, to a certain extent, restrict the Infinite Ocean. However…”

Li Fan once again recalled the terrifying, obscure fluctuations that had come from beneath the deep sea when [Truth] had stood upon the Infinite Ocean.

“Those who play with fire will ultimately perish in their own flames.”

“There is no dam in this world that can remain impregnable forever. Once a breach appears, sealing it again becomes exceedingly difficult. Moreover, there are countless True Immortals, some by accident and others deliberately, who seek to bypass the restrictions established by the Immortal Realm and directly connect with the Infinite Ocean. Just like me.”

“Every time this happens, it is equivalent to tearing open another breach between reality and the Infinite Ocean.”

“If this continues for long enough, the increasing ferocity of the Dao Annihilation Calamity will become inevitable.”

Li Fan's thoughts churned as he continued his deductions.

“As signs of the calamity emerged, one star region after another within the Immortal Realm was annihilated.”

“[Truth]. This supreme treasure capable of defying heaven and changing fate is suspected to have also originated from the Infinite Ocean. Although the Immortal Realm might not have known its exact function, they could vaguely speculate that it might be capable of completely resolving this world ending crisis. Thus, they secretly searched for it everywhere, with their search even extending to the lower realm star sea.”

“They deduced the approximate time when [Truth] was likely to appear. And [Truth] should have appeared at that time as well…”

“If it had appeared within the Xuanhuang Realm and been discovered by the forces of the Immortal Realm, then if the Immortal Realm Rulers and the Nameless True Immortals had obtained control of [Truth] from the very beginning, perhaps [Truth] really could have turned the tide and strangled the disaster of the world ending Dao Annihilation Calamity in its cradle.”

“However, for some unknown reason, [Truth] appeared later than expected.”

“The Immortal Realm never received this supreme treasure capable of saving the world.”

“Although the overall situation remained stable, it was only natural for those with other ideas to emerge.”

“Just as I witnessed within the memories of that True Immortal before. Great figures have the thoughts of great figures. Even ants have their own ways of surviving.”

“The True Immortals each employed their own methods, searching for a path to survival.”

“Some transformed mortals into immortals. Others used the Nameless True Immortal's remains and Immortal Celestial Pillars to forge fragments of immortal domains into arks capable of saving the world…”

“But what no one expected was that the Dao Annihilation Calamity erupted ahead of schedule. Moreover, its ferocity far exceeded anything before. It was as if all the passages connecting the Infinite Ocean to the present world had suddenly exploded. A catastrophic disaster descended without warning.”

“Caught completely off guard, True Immortals, Nameless True Immortals, and even the Immortal Realm Rulers whose existence remains unknown to this day all perished like ants…”

A terrifying scene seemed to appear before Li Fan's eyes, as though the Infinite Ocean had poured down upon the Immortal Realm and destroyed it.

“Although many Nameless True Immortals were willing, or were forced, to transform themselves into pillars with their bodies and hold back the Dao Annihilation Calamity, how long could they possibly withstand it?”

“The Infinite Ocean devouring the real world is the inevitable course of the greater trend. Unless, during this brief period of safety, we can rebuild the [dam] that once existed in the Immortal Realm across all those countless breaches. Otherwise…”

Li Fan could not help but look toward the doomsday countdown on the [Truth] panel.

“The Infinite Ocean seems to span all possibilities.”

“The Dao Annihilation Calamity is certainly not limited to my [Yuanchu] possibility alone.”

“Perhaps they likewise discovered and exploited the Infinite Ocean, only to suffer the same catastrophe. Or perhaps, after the great calamity erupted back then, the Nameless True Immortals of the [Yuanchu] possibility fled at the first sign of danger and went to other possibilities.”

“Although they jumped between possibilities, as long as they did not abandon the limitless immortal spiritual power, their connection with the Infinite Ocean would continue to exist. Moreover, once an Nameless True Immortal reaches the realm of merging with the Dao, it is not something that can simply be discarded just because they wish to abandon it.”

“The Dao Annihilation Calamity follows like a shadow. One wave after another, it comes relentlessly, drowning the world…”

Having deduced this far, even with Li Fan's current deduction ability, comparable to that of the Dao Deviation Stone Mother, he could not help but feel a splitting headache.

When it involved only a single possibility, things were still manageable.

Countless clues converged, producing countless possible answers. Li Fan verified them one by one and selected the one closest to the truth.

But once other possibilities were involved, the difficulty of deduction suddenly increased by several orders of magnitude.

The first reason was that Li Fan currently knew nothing about the circumstances of the other possibilities. There was simply too little information available.

The second reason was that with every additional possibility, the number of variables involved in the deduction doubled. In theory, when faced with infinite possibilities, even thousands upon thousands of Dao Deviation Stone Mothers working together would be unable to cope.

“However, after the Dao Annihilation Calamity has ravaged the world for so long, the possibilities that still remain within the mortal world are probably far from infinite. More than seven million years of remaining lifespan…”

“Perhaps ‘clinging to life’ is a more appropriate description.”

Li Fan's thoughts operated at their utmost limits. Suddenly, everything before his eyes went black, forcing him to halt the deduction.

Temporarily withdrawing his attention from the Immortal Realm and the truth behind the Dao Annihilation Calamity, he returned to that strange experimental site.

“This place was originally supposed to be used to lie in wait for [Truth].”

“However, because [Truth] ultimately failed to arrive as promised, this place was abandoned by the official forces of the Immortal Realm.”

“But only on the surface.”

“Some insignificant figures of the Immortal Realm did not completely give up and leave this place. However, their goal was probably not necessarily [Truth].”

“They were merely trying to find a sliver of possibility for survival in the face of the impending Dao Annihilation Calamity.”

“The means capable of creating the [Great Void] could absolutely not have been accomplished without the assistance of Nameless realm True Immortals…”

“But why did all these people suddenly disappear without a trace?”

“Judging from the traces they left behind, there were definitely quite a few True Immortals gathered here in the past.”

Li Buren once again investigated this experimental site, attempting to uncover more of its secrets.

His gaze swept across the area. Suddenly, his attention focused on one of the objects that had appeared abruptly in the cylindrical hall at some later point.

It was a strangely shaped human figurine statue.

It was like a reclusive sage who hid himself within the imperial court, standing there silently while almost completely escaping Li Buren's notice.

If not for the distinctive style of its shape, which was extremely similar to something Li Fan had encountered before, Li Buren might truly have overlooked it.

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