Judging from the phenomena discovered at the bottom of this Dark Sea, it seemed that the Xuanhuang Realm possessed an extremely high degree of 'plasticity.' Having remained near the Immortal Ruins for nearly ten thousand years, under its long-term influence, even after the Xuanhuang Realm had already moved far away from the Immortal Ruins, the world itself had yet to recover from the influence of the Immortal Ruins.

"The extraction of the innate spirituality from the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm is estimated to continue for another hundred years or so before it can be completely reversed."

"This slight reduction in spirituality actually has little impact on those with ordinary or mediocre talents. After all, the upper limit of their cultivation is already there. Whether they possess a little more or less of this spirituality makes little difference. Instead, the more gifted a person is, the more important it is for them to maintain their own completeness. This principle is the same as when the Grand Mage was turned into stone after I completely stripped away his spirituality."

Li Fan set up a formation in the now empty Dark Sea to collect this extracted invisible spiritual matter. Aside from using some of it for his own research, he intended to use the rest to nurture the most talented individuals in the Xuanhuang Realm.

The plan of using Dao Annihilation to fuse all aspects had gotten off to a good start thanks to the Grand Mage's gift. However, it would be extremely difficult to find another opportunity in the future to swallow so many laws without paying any price. As for Li Fan comprehending them one by one himself, it was simply too slow.

Relying on the many geniuses of the Xuanhuang Realm was therefore the best choice.

Even before proving the Half Immortal realm, Li Fan had already relied on the geniuses of the Xuanhuang Realm to comprehend the Dao. Now, he was merely returning to an old practice.

"However, the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm is incomplete. Not only is it incomparable to the complete Heavenly Dao that might exist in the possibility of [Yuanchu], even the laws manifested within the Darkest Star Sea are far superior."

"Yet I cannot conveniently leave this safe house within the High Wall..."

Li Fan pondered for a moment before an idea occurred to him.

A figure appeared in the Annihilation Land outside the High Wall. It was an incarnation formed by Li Fan with the power of the Lord Hill Guardian's phantom.

Its body was likewise constructed through a projection of the Dao Net.

However, this figure was originally meant to 'pave the way,' so Li Fan had not refined it into flesh and blood. It was purely an energy form.

It continued flying outward from the Annihilation Land. When it had reached a certain distance from the High Wall, it suddenly stopped.

"This is the maximum range that the power of the Lord Hill Guardian's phantom can reach. Hmm... I have not yet left the Annihilation Land. I am still within the region where the Great Dao is withering."

The figure sensed the surroundings and continued flying slowly forward.

Strands of thread continuously flew out from its body, like strings of the Dao Net. In the dim starry sky, they gradually wove together into a [Dao] path.

It was as if a tentacle were being created for the Lord Hill Guardian's phantom within the High Wall, allowing its power to continue beyond the starry sky.

Of course, this was not Li Fan's primary purpose.

If he ignored the Dao Annihilation above the High Wall and forcibly increased the amount of power drawn from the Lord Hill Guardian's phantom, Li Fan could already extend the phantom's power this far.

His primary purpose was to use this [Dao] path to complete the incomplete Great Dao within the High Wall.

The path of the Great Dao extended infinitely, finally leaving the Annihilation Land and establishing a connection with the Shuo Star Sea.

Li Fan had originally been wondering how he should avoid attracting the attention of the Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea. However, after careful observation, he discovered that the [Dao Net] of the Shuo Star Sea had actually contracted and moved somewhat farther away from this remote border star region.

From a distant observation, there was no sign that the Dao Net had suffered any serious damage. Instead, compared with before, it was even brighter and more unfathomable.

"It should be to give some face to this unknown Immortal Emperor I am impersonating."

Though merely a gesture of courtesy, it had inadvertently made things easier for Li Fan.

Feeling the relatively intact myriad Great Daos remaining within the Shuo Star Sea, strands of light separated from the figure.

It was as if an extraordinarily nimble pair of hands were rapidly weaving. In just a few breaths, a miniature Dao Net had already taken shape in the starry sky.

Compared with the true Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea, this miniature net appeared sparse and horribly damaged. After all, everything supporting it consisted of the many Dao Annihilation aspects within Li Fan's body.

It was fortunate that he had the accumulation left behind by the Grand Mage's ten thousand years of meditation. Otherwise, relying solely on Li Fan's own comprehension, it was uncertain whether he would have been able to weave this net at all.

The miniature Dao Net was merely an introduction. Its purpose was to guide the complete Great Dao of the Shuo Star Sea into the High Wall.

Turning the path into a net was simply to increase the efficiency of this process.

Li Fan was not greedy. The miniature Dao Net occupied only a small portion of the starry sky outside the Annihilation Land before he stopped expanding it.

"This efficiency is sufficient."

With a thought, his consciousness returned to the Xuanhuang Realm in an instant.

Above the Xuanhuang Realm, he wove another Dao Net.

The aura of the complete Great Dao from beyond the High Wall gradually flowed out from the Dao Net.

It infused vitality into the Xuanhuang Realm, and even into the entirety of the Darkest Star Sea.

This was not like simply and crudely replenishing it with vitality or immortal power. Instead, it repaired the devastation caused by Dao Annihilation from its very essence.

Although, in essence, this was merely taking from one place to supplement another, for this region of the star sea within the High Wall, it was no different from Recreation.

Faint traces of gratitude naturally arose from the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm and the true intent of the origin of the Darkest Star Sea.

They both came to the side of the Dao Net formed by Li Fan's figure and greedily absorbed the 'complete' Great Dao from beyond.

At a speed perceptible to the senses, this starry sky that had been parched for ten thousand years gradually began to grow full and abundant once again.

The overall backdrop of the [Yuanchu] possibility remained an apocalypse threatened by the calamity of Dao Annihilation. The total quantity remained unchanged. Wherever the Great Dao became more abundant, somewhere else would inevitably begin to wither.

To delay the time it would take for the outside world to discover his little trick as much as possible, Li Fan maintained the connection for a while before voluntarily closing the passage.

Ignoring the various thoughts that arose in the Xuanhuang Realm and the Darkest Star Sea because of this, Li Fan immersed himself alone in comprehending the Great Dao beyond the High Wall.

Using his body as a [Dao] path and actively accepting the myriad Great Daos, what he saw, sensed, and comprehended was completely different from when he had been an ordinary mortal cultivator.

Li Fan found it much easier to clearly see the holes within the Great Dao.

Places where there should originally have been a [Dao] were vacant for various reasons. The sight was extraordinarily shocking.

Although compared with the Dao Annihilation ravaged Darkest Star Sea, the Great Dao within the High Wall appeared "full of vitality," Li Fan could still see a sense of sunset in the west behind that vitality.

It was like an aged old man, with all the signs of decline and weakness fully exposed.

"My miniature Dao Net can already see things this clearly. How could those people in the Shuo Star Sea possibly have failed to notice the current state?"

Li Fan could not help but sneer inwardly.

He gazed into the distance at his nearby neighbor, that enormous and obscure Dao Net.

The progress of their cooperation with the True Immortals did not seem to be going particularly smoothly. Compared with the last time Li Fan had spied on them, there were only three or five additional Dao-bearing phantoms.

He did not know whether the remaining True Immortals were unwilling, or whether there were simply too few of them left.

Li Fan also had no spare time to concern himself with them for the moment. Instead, he devoted himself fully to digesting the gains he had obtained from the Darkest Star Sea this time.

Gradually separating the past memories of the Hunger Immortal, Li Buren constructing a flesh and blood true body with Dao Annihilation of Myriad Aspects, and relying on the comprehension of the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm to understand the Great Dao of the Star Sea...

Li Fan would next enter a long period of accumulation and development.

Fortunately, the existence of the High Wall meant that the Darkest Star Sea was a natural secret chamber. There was no need to worry about being disturbed by the outside world.

Time slowly passed.

The Darkest Star Sea was no longer dim.

Specks of life began to emerge in every corner, like scattered lights.

And within the low lying dark river beneath the Darkest Star Sea, this change became apparent first.

At the lowest depths of the dark river, the Life River of the Dark River, which had remained peaceful for a long time, once again began to roar and surge.

Drops of vitality drawn from all over the star sea converged into a river and poured toward this place.

The boiling and surging vitality attracted an existence within the dark river.

It was precisely the [Nameless Immortal Shadow], formed when the fluctuations produced by the Hunger Immortal proving the Dao without a name were recorded by the low lying dark river.

It bore no resemblance whatsoever to the Hunger Immortal herself. It was merely a ghostly black shadow.

It existed in a state of complete ignorance and unconsciousness. From the moment it was born, it had simply stood there in silence. Only when the dark river became filled with surging vitality was it instinctively drawn toward the place where life force was most abundant.

Like a great whale drawing in water, the shadow of the Nameless Immortal sucked all the overflowing vitality into its mouth.

The originally faint and seemingly ephemeral image gradually became more solid.

After standing beside the dark river of vitality for a long time, the black shadow had become almost indistinguishable from a living person.

Yet after completing all this, it made no further move. As if it had lost its purpose, it merely stood silently beside the roaring, surging dark river, just as it had before.

Meanwhile, Li Fan's consciousness, secretly observing the figure, continued waiting with great patience.

If the enemy did not move, he would not move.

As the saying went, how could one allow another person to sleep beside one's own bed? Until he had completely eliminated the hidden threat within the Darkest Star Sea, how could Li Fan possibly feel at ease entering seclusion?

Now, all the hidden dangers throughout the entire Darkest Star Sea could be said to have been eliminated.

Apart from the Fishing Pond, which he temporarily had no intention of dealing with, the only remaining threat was the newly born shadow of the Nameless Immortal beneath the ground.

Li Fan had long since left behind a strand of divine sense to monitor it, so naturally, none of the shadow's movements had escaped his control.

The shadow of the Nameless Immortal was, after all, not a true living being.

It could not maintain the vitality it had absorbed indefinitely.

As it stood motionless like a stone statue, its vitality slowly weakened with the passage of time.

As if it could no longer endure the dissipation of its vitality, a hidden light and shadow finally made its move.

A broken and incomplete mask, seemingly having suffered severe erosion from the passage of time, came rushing from deep within the underground dark river.

It headed straight for the shadow of the Nameless Immortal.

After rushing into the shadow, it charged about like a beast that had lost its reason, causing the figure to tremble violently.

Amid a series of spine chilling chewing sounds, the fluctuations of the shadow gradually calmed.

The mask also settled onto the face of the Nameless Immortal's shadow.

It looked toward the enormous concentration of vitality gathered not far away, and greed surged within its heart.

It slightly opened its mouth, intending to suck all of it into its body.

Just then...

A hand suddenly pressed down upon its shoulder.

"Where did this petty thief come from?"

"How dare you steal what belongs to me?"

The voice was calm, yet carried an imposing authority that inspired fear without anger.

The shadow instantly froze. It instinctively tried to flee, only to discover that it was as if countless mountains had been pressing down upon its shoulders.

It could not move at all!

"Damn it! This is another person's Dao shadow. If only I had my own body..." Before it could think any further, it suddenly felt the world spin around it. In the next moment, it had already been captured and brought into a strange, unknown space.

Two towering stone pillars stood there in isolation before it.

The shadow stared at the stone pillars, and an ominous feeling suddenly surged within its heart.

"That is..."

After identifying them for only an instant, the shadow began trembling uncontrollably.

Of course, it recognized exactly what stood before it. It was precisely because he had once feared becoming the Immortal within a Pillar that he had paid a tremendous price and secretly sent a clone into the lower realm, hoping to find a way to avoid the calamity.

He had never expected the disaster to arrive so suddenly.

Before that overwhelming Dao Annihilation Calamity, even though his true body possessed immense divine abilities, there was nothing he could do except watch helplessly as it was reduced to ashes.

The invasion of the Dao Annihilation Calamity had even spread to his clone.

Almost completely annihilated in both body and soul, only a fragment of his remaining consciousness survived. Unable to move, he could only remain alone within this dark river of vitality that he himself had excavated.

"If I had not completely suppressed my clone's self-awareness back then to prevent anyone from discovering it, I would not have ended up in such a miserable state."

For the countless years he lay within the dark river, he had often sighed inwardly over this.

Yet compared with the countless True Immortals who had perished in the great catastrophe of the Immortal Realm, as well as the Immortal Emperor [Tianluo], the fact that he could still retain a fragment of consciousness was, comparatively speaking, a blessing amid misfortune.

Originally, he could only slowly accumulate strength and recover his power, praying that the Dao Annihilation Calamity would not spread down to him before he regained the ability to move.

Until recently, he sensed the fluctuations of the Nameless True Immortal proving the Dao above him.

He had never expected that after so many years following the destruction of the Immortal Realm, a new Nameless True Immortal would actually be born.

He was shocked, frightened, and delighted all at once.

He was delighted because perhaps the Immortal Realm had not been completely destroyed. Otherwise, where could this Nameless True Immortal have come from?

He was afraid that the other party might discover him.

Although he was now left with only a small fragment of his former body, and his memories from the past had already become fragmented and incomplete, he had, after all, once been a Nameless Immortal.

If the other party became greedy and devoured and refined him in one gulp...

After a long period of hesitation and unease, he ultimately chose to take the gamble.

He mobilized all the strength he had accumulated and activated the living form within the underground dark river he had excavated.

He recorded the shadow of that Nameless Immortal who had just proved the Dao.

"I can use this Dao shadow to turn the situation around!"

At the thought that he could finally obtain a new lease on life, his mind became somewhat dazed.

The experiences of these countless years had truly been too torturous.

After making a desperate gamble and exhausting all the strength he had accumulated, he fell into unprecedented weakness.

He could not even sense the movements of the Nameless True Immortal above anymore.

Yet as he gazed from afar at the shadow of the Nameless True Immortal that he himself had created, he felt that everything had been worth it.

"Vitality is gathered here in countless amounts. After waiting a few more days, once I can move again, I can control the Dao shadow and absorb all the vitality. Escaping this damned place should not be a problem."

His plan had been perfect.

And it seemed that fortune had finally turned in his favor.

The vitality dark river, which had remained calm for so long, suddenly became turbulent.

It was not merely vitality.

There were also signs of the Great Dao becoming fully abundant!

For this Nameless True Immortal who had fallen into such a desperate situation, this was even more important.

Although the true body of the Nameless True Immortal had already vanished within the Dao Annihilation Calamity, his comprehension of the Great Dao still remained.

If he absorbed the vitality and Dao laws, he could almost completely recover from his injuries in an instant.

Even if he could not return to the Nameless Immortal realm, at the very least, reconnecting with the Infinite Ocean and recovering his True Immortal strength should not be a problem.

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