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Chapter 435: 409 A Glorious Era
Chapter 435: 409 A Glorious Era
Chapter 435: 409 A Glorious Era
As he finished speaking, Bing Yin watched Li Fan’s expression, asking in a matter-of-fact manner, “What? Do you not believe it?”
Li Fan remained silent.
Bing Yin pointed towards the glowing ball in front of them. The changing scenery blurred, revealing a portion of the azure crystal within.
Under the shimmering lights, a blue beam shone in front of Li Fan.
“You could try infusing a strand of your Spirit Consciousness into it. Once you do, everything will be clear.”
Bing Yin spoke with confidence.
Li Fan contemplated for a moment, and then directed a sliver of his Spirit Consciousness towards it.
The moment it touched the blue light.
The beam retracted.
Dizziness overwhelmed him, and Li Fan closed his eyes.
The next moment.
His Spirit Consciousness abruptly returned.
Li Fan opened his eyes sharply, a hint of surprise in his face.
Feeling the memories passed back by his Spirit Consciousness, Li Fan was rendered speechless for a moment.
He was born in the [Great Plague Era], an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
He had merely contracted the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma after purchasing alchemical materials in a local market.
At first, he felt weak and dizzy.
He believed the problem was with his cultivation and swallowed an Elixir, forcing himself into seclusion to cultivate excessively.
Who could have known that when he awoke from his seclusion the following night.
He had lost all his cultivation and was transformed from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator into a powerless mortal.
Unable to accept this drastic change and his deteriorating health.
He fell under the combined blows, lost his life.
Survival time: Seven days.
“The Immortal-Ordinary Miasma in the beginning was somewhat terrifying.”
Li Fan pondered about his brief existence, lightly furrowing his eyebrows.
Afterward, he looked at Bing Yin.
“I want to try again.”
Bing Yin smiled, unsurprised.
He formed a spell and summoned the blue beam once more.
This time, Li Fan found himself born in the [Wasteland Era].
The original body was a God Transforming Cultivator who had survived the violent battles of the Great Darkness Era.
His hands were stained with blood, and he trusted no one.
He was a lone wanderer in the wasteland, a lone Cultivator.
After Li Fan took over, during a solitary exploration of a ruin, he finally managed to obtain the Unified Dao Technique after enduring all sorts of hardships.
As a result, he began to secretly search for the signs of Essence of Heaven and Earth, hoping to break through to the Realm of Unification.
Regrettably, despite being extremely careful, his secret was somehow exposed.
He was besieged and killed by several cultivators in the wilderness.
Survival time: Three months.
Coming back to his senses, Li Fan pondered over the experiences of his past two reincarnations.
Then, he said to Bing Yin, “Can I choose to start anew, as a blank canvas?”
Apparently understanding what Li Fan was thinking, Bing Yin chuckled.
With a slight touch, the blue beam shot towards Li Fan again.
This time, he was born in the supreme era of cultivation just before the Great Calamity.
Sects were everywhere, Nascent Souls walked around like commoners, God Transforming Cultivators could be found at every corner.
Li Fan was born in a small mountain village within the territory of the Crimson Flame Sect. Through the once-every-five-years “Ascension Conference”, he became a disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect’s outer sect.
He worked hard for two years and finally succeeded in reaching the Energy Refining Stage.
He was on the verge of being promoted to an inner sect disciple and starting his true path of cultivation.
Unexpectedly, a war broke out between the Crimson Flame Sect and Jiuyang Mansion over a Spirit Vein.
Although he was extremely reluctant, he had no other choice.
Li Fan, as one of the cannon fodders, was sent to the battlefield.
He only lasted less than two days before he sadly fell in battle.
Survival time: Fifteen and a half years.
“Could it be that the chances of unfortunate things happening have been deliberately raised?” Li Fan looked suspiciously at Bing Yin.
Bing Yin shook his head, “Everyone says the Immortal Way is good, yet they don’t realize the countless bodies of failed cultivators that lie beneath the feet of an ordinary cultivator in ancient times.”
“I see you still have doubts, well, I insist on changing your mind.”
Bing Yin’s expression became a tad more serious.
He manipulated some techniques, making the blue crystal enveloped in the light appear more prominent.
The crystal projected a rhombus-shaped blue symbol, moving towards Li Fan.
“Please focus more on your spiritual consciousness and then try.”
Bing Yin warned.
Li Fan nodded.
Upon touching with his spiritual consciousness, everything began to whirl around instantaneously.
His consciousness was split into a hundred fragments, each entering different areas of the [Era], experiencing different lives.
In the Great Plague Era, he barely survived the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma.
However, he succumbed to his outbursts and killed numerous mortals, leading to the re-emergence of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma within his body.
He lost all his cultivation progress and was crushed to death by the stones thrown by the vengeful mortals.
In the Great Darkness Era, he killed all cultivators who were practicing the same technique, becoming the only surviving master of the Gu technique.
He initially planned to hide in a secluded cave mansion in the mountains, waiting for the Great Calamity to pass.
However, he unexpectedly got caught in a fight between two powerful beings passing by, dying in an untimely manner.
In the era when the New Method was first introduced, he was amongst the first batch of cultivators who had the opportunity to heed the Law Transmission of the Immortal.
Initially, he struggled with his cultivation as a layman. But after switching to the new method, his cultivation progress took off dramatically.
Just as he thought his journey to immortality would be smooth sailing, a group of people suddenly showed up.
Without uttering a word, they called him an ‘evil heathen’ and put him to death.
In a certain unknown era,
There was a heaven-defying existence called the [Immortal Spirit Tower].
These towers were scattered in every corner of the world, constantly emitting highly refined spiritual energy.
In that era, the world’s spiritual energy density was even denser than in the TianXuan Mirror after its activation in present times.
What people envied more was that all cultivation techniques could be searched for and checked independently via the Immortal Spirit Tower.
There were no limitations whatsoever.
sEachould you encounter any difficulties in understanding a cultivation technique, you could ask the Spirit in the tower for guidance.
Alternatively, you could approach cultivators practicing similar techniques for advice.
This was truly a cultivator’s paradise.
However…
Perhaps because people were born with all this privilege and took it for granted,
Humans living in that era were not too keen on cultivation.
In that highly advanced society, no matter how high your cultivation level was, you had to abide by the rules set by the highest authority.
Even if you were an un-cultivating mortal, your basic rights would be respected.
Living in an environment so rich in spiritual energy, consuming various natural treasures as food became ordinary.
People led an exceedingly long life, unable to foresee the end of life.
Desires were satisfied to such an extent
that a strange sense of emptiness slowly filled and corroded the soul.
After Li Fan was born, he indulged himself for five hundred years, idled away for the same duration, gradually lost himself in perplexity for another five hundred, and sunk into despair for the last stretch.
Finally, after living for over two thousand years, he ended his own life with a bout of laughter.
Out of the hundreds of spiritual consciousness fragments, except [Cultivator’s Paradise],
The longest he lived was for forty-three years.
The average survival time was a mere half a year.
At his peak, he reached the Early Stage of Golden Core; at his lowest, he died without stepping onto the path of cultivation.
A hundred different cultivation lives played out in Li Fan’s mind.
When he gradually came to, all the scenes slowly faded away.
He vaguely saw a blurred figure standing in front of him, whispering, “Remember, it’s not that the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals needs you.”
“But that you need the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.”
“This era is the best era.”
“Without a doubt.”
All the scenes burst like shattered glass, turning into streaks of starlight before scattering in different directions in his spirit consciousness.
At this moment, a blue beam lit up at the center.
The starlight, as if attracted, changed its course and flew towards the blue crystal.
Li Fan suddenly opened his eyes.