Read Novel Full Chapter 1249: Mr. Bai's Gift
Chapter 1249: Mr. Bai's Gift
“Reversing the principles, reversing the principles…”
“Could it truly be like this?”
Yin Shangren stood dazed in place for a long time before he began to tremble uncontrollably.
Xu Ke’s aged face was also filled with excitement. “No wonder Mr. Bai always told me back then that I only needed to wait.”
“Besides the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao descending to save itself, countless mortals continue to step onto the path of cultivation. The process of cultivation is precisely the process of reversing the principles of the immortal-mortal miasma. Over thousands of years, day after day and month after month.”
The Faceless Holy Emperor spoke in a quiet tone. “What defies intuition is that removing the immortal-mortal miasma, something so simple in the eyes of cultivators and merely the first step and prerequisite of cultivation, is in essence identical to the ultimate goal of cultivation: attaining longevity and proving the Dao.”
“Both are acts of reversing the principles of heaven and earth.”
These words caused complex expressions to appear in the eyes of both Yin Shangren and Xu Ke.
Yin Shangren said, “If the Reversal Principle Heavenly Sovereign were still alive, mortals of the Xuanhuang Realm would not find it so easy to reverse the principles of heaven and earth and step onto the path of cultivation. But precisely because Mr. Bai has already perished, the restrictions imposed by the principles of the immortal-mortal miasma have been greatly weakened.”
Li Ping spoke up at this moment. “Moreover, there is the Eastern Extremity Heavenly Sovereign, who saw through the secrets here and further reduced the difficulty of reversal through the so-called Purifying Body Spiritual Pool Formation.”Xu Ke’s lips moved slightly. It took him a long while to speak with difficulty. “When I last saw Mr. Bai, I already sensed the resolve to die in his heart. All these years I could not let it go, but now I may understand a little.”
Yin Shangren once more fell into a muttering trance. “Everyone in the world is reversing the principles of heaven and earth, yet when all is said and done, it still remains within the Immortal Ancestor’s cultivation system. Even if we know this, what use is it?”
“There must be something we have not yet thought of…”
Li Ping spoke with certainty. “The answer should lie within the immortal-mortal miasma. When it comes to research on the immortal-mortal miasma, no one in the current Xuanhuang Realm can compare with you. I fear I must trouble you, my friend, to work a little harder.”
“Although there are no longer any mortals within Great Qi who carry the immortal-mortal miasma, it is not difficult to find some from the small worlds we have conquered for research purposes. I will have my people fully assist you.” Li Ping said to Yin Shangren.
“Rest assured, Holy Emperor.” Yin Shangren suddenly grew excited.
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At the same time.
Inside the Derivation Jade Space of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
After the Holy Embryo saw the Remnant World Great Wall, ripples once more stirred in the calm heart of Li Fan’s main body.
“Reversing the principles of heaven and earth once again? The immortal-mortal miasma.”
Li Fan suddenly recalled his own experience of removing the immortal-mortal miasma inside the Purifying Body Spiritual Pool Formation on Liuli Island.
The magma-like scorching pool water had ravaged his consciousness. Even with his firm willpower, he eventually fell into a state of complete ignorance and unawareness.
His mind went blank, and he acted purely on instinct.
Before entering the spiritual pool, Li Fan had been cultivating the Xuanhuang Heart-Cleansing Mantra day and night. Thus, by instinct, he once more activated this technique.
The moment the miasma in his body was completely purged, Li Fan inexplicably comprehended the advanced, sublimated version of the Xuanhuang Heart-Cleansing Incantation.
The Xuanhuang Heart-Refining Mantra.
Later it evolved into the current Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra. This technique had provided no small help to Li Fan on his journey.
“The kind of pain inside the Purifying Body Spiritual Pool is not something ordinary people can endure. There is a high chance one would fall directly into unconsciousness. Even if one remained conscious, the extreme agony would leave no room for any other distracting thoughts.”
“Carrying the soul and embracing the One, cleansing the mysterious mirror, modeling oneself after nature.”
With his eyes tightly closed, a flash of insight appeared in Li Fan’s mind.
“Humans uniting with the Dao. Instinctive behavior in a state of ignorance and unawareness is precisely what comes closest to the Dao. This may be why so many mortals in the world can successfully remove the immortal-mortal miasma and then rearrange the principles of heaven and earth.”
“Yet in reality, this is not a complete reversal of the principles. The fact that one’s strength does not undergo a qualitative leap after removing the immortal-mortal miasma proves this point.”
Li Fan pondered deeply.
“First, because it is not achieved entirely through one’s own power. Second…”
The Dao Deviation Stone in his mind glowed. Li Fan retrieved the instantaneous comprehension from that moment and savored it repeatedly.
He fell into thought. “When the immortal-mortal miasma was finally removed.”
“It was as if it disappeared on its own.”
“It was as if it sensed the Xuanhuang Heart-Cleansing Mantra I was circulating and spontaneously transformed into the Heart-Refining Mantra.”
“It triggered some kind of condition.”
Li Fan recalled the pre-death image of the Eastern Extremity Heavenly Sovereign that Truth Heavenly Sovereign had transmitted to him.
“The secret to reversing the principles of heaven and earth again is hidden within the immortal-mortal miasma.”
Before Li Fan’s eyes, it was as if he saw countless mortals over thousands of years breaking the shackles between immortal and mortal and stepping onto the path of cultivation by defying the laws.
“The birth of every cultivator involves a process that approximates reversing the principles of heaven and earth again.”
“Even though they themselves are completely unaware of it, this is something that truly and genuinely occurs.”
“Reversing the principles of heaven and earth again is tantamount to confronting the Immortal Ancestor directly and completely overturning the cultivation system he personally shaped. Even heaven-gifted talents like Mr. Bai and the Eastern Extremity ultimately failed. From this, one can see how difficult it is. But…”
Li Fan suddenly saw the light.
He connected it to the process of his own repeated simulation reincarnations.
“The process of every mortal confronting the immortal-mortal miasma can be viewed as a simulation of reversing the principles of heaven and earth again.”
“The power of one person may have its limits. The power of thousands or tens of thousands also has its limits.”
“But the power of thousands upon thousands of people across countless generations is endless and inexhaustible.”
“Before such a grand force, it is only a matter of time before the Immortal Ancestor’s new method are broken.”
Li Fan’s heart shook. “The myriad spirits of heaven and earth, and the refining of the gods by all living beings, use pure quantity to shake the immortal power that transcends the mundane.”
“Infinite living beings defying the laws across eternal generations—this magnifies the advantage of quantity once more on the scale of time, achieving a qualitative change from quantitative accumulation.”
“As long as there still exist beings in the Xuanhuang Realm who refuse to accept the fate of mortals, this method will continue indefinitely.”
Li Fan’s thoughts raced. In his heart, his respect for Mr. Bai, who had created such a wondrous method, grew even deeper and more sincere.
Ignoring the limit of lifespan, his methods remained effective after his death, crossing the long river of time to influence generations yet to come.
Unlike Li Fan, who possessed the Truth treasure, this was already the limit that ordinary mortal cultivators could achieve.
Of course, this held little value for Li Fan to reference.
What Mr. Bai needed thousands of years of Xuanhuang Realm cultivators to accomplish, Li Fan could achieve simply by continuously using Truth.
But this did not prevent Li Fan from claiming Mr. Bai’s fruition.
“In my view, the so-called secret hidden within the Immortal-Mortal Miasma that allows one to reverse the principles of heaven and earth once again is actually the insights accumulated by countless cultivators over countless years while purging the Immortal-Mortal Miasma.”
“All of it has been recorded and preserved.”
“If one can absorb these repeated near-simulations of reversing the principles of heaven and earth.”
Li Fan prided himself that he could now remain unmoved by most treasures in the Xuanhuang Realm, even those like Cat Treasure from beyond the High Wall. Yet he had to admit that, upon sensing these countless experiences of reversing principles, his heart was stirred.
Unlike spiritual treasures, this package of experiential insights was something that could directly enhance the essence of Li Fan’s Divine Soul.
It was enough to sharply shorten the gap between him and the Immortal Ancestor and the Heavenly Doctor.
Although it was a one-time gain, it held tremendous significance for Li Fan. The sooner he obtained it, the better.
“At the very least, it can save me three lifetimes of reincarnation time.”
Li Fan began calculating in his mind.
“So where exactly has Mr. Bai hidden this great gift package?”
“In the Fallen Immortal, or within the power of the Immortal-Mortal Miasma itself? Does it require some special conditions to trigger?”
If not for the fact that this life he had already decided on the strategy of sitting on the mountain to watch the tigers fight, Li Fan would now wish he could send his main body to investigate personally.
However, years of experience allowed him to suppress this impulse.
“With Yin Shangren and Xu Ke working hard on the research, it will definitely be more efficient than me groping around blindly.”
“What they know is equivalent to what I know. In the end, it will all be mine anyway, so there is no need to rush.”
“I can also see just how substantial this gift package truly is. After the Holy Emperor clone absorbs it, will it really be able to shake the Immortal Ancestor?”
“Heh heh heh, it truly makes me somewhat expectant.”
Li Fan, who would inevitably feel bored after long periods of closed-door cultivation inside the Derivation Jade space, now felt his emotions surging.
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The perspective returned once more to the Holy Emperor clone.
Uncovering the secrets of Mr. Bai’s legacy was not something that could be completed in a day or two.
Before that, the time Li Ping had agreed upon with Ruomu had already arrived.
The Holy Emperor once again came to the outside of the White Flower Black Abyss.
He did not become careless despite holding absolute advantage. To prevent Ruomu from acting desperately, he quietly laid down a layer of protection with source power essence around himself.
Only then did Li Ping step back into the lifespan refining space.
Perhaps because of Li Ping’s previous nourishment, or because Ruomu himself had seen hope.
In the originally deathly still and despair-filled withered yellow space, this time Li Ping actually sensed traces of vitality.
Although extremely weak, the appearance of this vitality that should not have existed already explained certain things.
Li Ping also noticed something different from before.
The cultivators hanging on Ruomu’s branches…
Had all disappeared.
“Greetings, Holy Emperor.”
The old Daoist appeared before Li Ping with a smiling face.
Ruomu noticed the direction of the other party’s gaze. Before Li Ping could ask, he took the initiative to explain: “Since I have already decided to submit to you, naturally I must make some changes. It is good to abandon those past acts of impotent rage.”
“To be honest, after looking at these human fruit for so long, I have indeed grown somewhat tired of them.”
Li Ping said calmly: “Where are they now?”
Ruomu chuckled: “Naturally, I have returned them to the heavens.”
As he spoke, Ruomu handed over a tree leaf.
The leaf showed both green and yellow hues. Upon closer inspection, it contained its own space, filled with a small mountain of various golden cores.
These golden cores appeared to be dissolving, incomplete and damaged.
Li Ping could vaguely see the shapes of heavenly materials and earthly treasures within the cores of the golden cores.
“I was originally a spiritual being of heaven and earth, holding authority over life and death in the Xuanhuang Realm. Although that authority has gradually been reclaimed, my connection with heaven and earth has never truly been severed.”
Ruomu glanced at Li Ping and continued: “Through my absorption and conversion, the heavenly power devoured by these cultivators can be returned to heaven and earth more quickly.”
“You can see clearly that I have not embezzled any of it.”
Li Ping withdrew his gaze from the leaf: “I believe you are not that foolish. Compared with the rewards I offer, these are simply insignificant.”
Ruomu nodded repeatedly in agreement.
“Come here.” Li Ping suddenly spoke.