The Immortal World had already perished, and few ruins and remnants were left behind. Naturally, Li Fan’s gaze fell upon the Immortal Domain Chess Pieces left by Sun Piaomiao.
A ti node from ten thousand years ago showed a subtle difference in the position of the chess pieces compared to ten thousand years later. However, all were within the High Wall, and during the three years of setting traps and hunting Hungry Immortals, Li Fan had already collected them all.
The people of the dicine King Sect, who thought they had escaped the Immortal Ruins and were reborn, joyously inquired about the situation with the cultivators ahead. They were horrified to discover they had returned to the Xuanhuang World. Fortunately, the Ten Sects were currently too preoccupied with the attacks from the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals to hold them accountable for now.
After much pondering and unable to figure out what had happened, the terrified people of the dicine King Sect simply gritted their teeth and went directly to join the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals. They thought that with their skills in curing diseases, they could thrive anywhere.
However, the characteristics of New Law Cultivators, such as an unbroken Cave Heaven, an indestructible Divine Soul, and undying physical bodies, rendered many of the dicine King Sect’s absolute learnings useless. Instead, certain strange elixirs previously deed unserious provided them a foothold.
Li Fan didn’t care much about these matters. He casually let go of the entire dicine King Sect instead of devouring them, rely out of past sentints.
After expanding the Immortal Domain and swallowing it whole with the Devouring Technique, the first-generation Fairy Puppet temporarily reached its limit. Although the scenes of Upper Mountain beca clearer, the enormous oppressive force of the approaching mountains descended upon the first-generation Fairy Puppet, like a shadow following its form.
The Immortal, an entity connecting mountains and seas, with the sea’s infinity and the mountain’s high stance, achieves the True Immortal through their balance. Now, after the first-generation Fairy Puppet had devoured an entire Immortal Domain with the Devouring Technique, the mountain overshadowed the sea on its being.
Li Fan vaguely sensed certain imasurable changes occurring within the first-generation Fairy Puppet, though he couldn’t yet determine whether the change was good or bad.
Resolutely, Li Fan halted the devour and attempted to utilize the Power of Infinity to resist the mountain with the sea.
Amidst the sounds of wave tides, the invisible oppressive sensation brought by the shadow of Upper Mountain finally faded. Only then did the first-generation Fairy Puppet manage to regain the ability to move.
"Such an experience, akin to being engulfed in the shadows of endless mountains, closely resembles the three tis I’ve felt the lding of Dao?"
The first-generation Fairy Puppet sat down to ditate, while Li Fan carefully contemplated. After a long while, he reached an understanding.
"During the lding of three Daos, I was to be dispersed among unknown mysterious forces."
"Yet what the first-generation Fairy Puppet experienced was rely being swallowed by Upper Mountain...
Li Fan couldn’t help but think of the Fallen Immortal Realm. In the Fallen Immortal Realm, there was only the Infinite Sea, no Upper Mountain.
"If one disregards the consequences and pushes the Devouring Technique to its utmost, could it create another, opposite Fallen Immortal Realm established on Upper Mountain?"
Li Fan squinted, recalling his personal experience with the lding of three paths, and rapidly deduced.
If one could maintain their sanity under the engulfing shadow of Upper Mountain, then this opposite Fallen Immortal Realm might be seen clearly.
Immortal Ruins, the Chess Pieces of Immortal Ruins, all those soil remnants once devoured, reappeared intact. However, not in their real-world form.
But in the form they took upon Upper Mountain!
Stars scattered across the vast, endless mountain ranges, like a constellation in the dark.
"Separated from the lding of mountains and seas, in a certain sense, it could avoid the Path-obliterating Calamity. But the price for that..."
Li Fan, like a ghost, silently observed his surroundings.
Within Upper Mountain, absolute silence reigned. There was no sound of life represented by waves, only towering mountain peaks.
"Absolute order and hierarchy."
"Life holds no significance here."
Li Fan suddenly understood why all beings in Sun Piaomiao’s Mountain and Sea Fables were born from the sea.
Because Upper Mountain itself is inherently opposed to life.
"Even though True Immortals may borrow the montum of mountains, it doesn’t an they beco part of them. They rely stand atop them. Even the Three Immortal Saints are no exception."
"And to blend into the mountains...
The shadows of the mountains converged from all sides. The scattered areas he had devoured vanished swiftly amid the boundless mountains.
Li Fan awoke from the deduced illusory realm, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
It was not due to fear, but rather an instinctive awe of Upper Mountain.
Even more so, the first-generation Immortal Body was shrouded in large, dark shadows.
"Devouring mountains and seas is no idle talk; it requires contending with the backlash of both simultaneously."
"In devouring mountains and seas, one is also devoured by them."
Li Fan realized this truth, aiding the first-generation Fairy Puppet to connect with the Infinite Sea, thus mitigating the shadow of the mountains.
It took a full six months to rid the shadows from the first-generation Immortal Body.
Li Fan couldn’t help but ponder: "Returning Sea and Mountain Lian, the two Saint Lords, truly are exceptional talents. Even if missing one, the outco of cultivating the so-called Immortal Way to the utmost would likely be grim."
"The only resolution is to integrate into the mountains and seas, rging with them."
"But precisely because of the two Saints’ remarkable achievents, breaking through the mountains and seas, their mutual equilibrium provides the foothold for Immortals."
"Yet corresponding to that, they stand amidst mountains and seas, also confronting the tribulations inherent to mountains and seas. The lding of mountains and seas, the Path-obliterating Calamity..."
The paramount Tao rely reflects the principle of mountains and seas. By employing the Devouring Technique, Li Fan directly consud the ruins of the Immortal World, bypassing the process of Enlightennt and confronting the mountains and seas.
Despite the rapid progress in cultivation, the side effects were beyond what ordinary people could bear.
Thanks to Hai Zhen’s assistance, Li Fan survived the three-way lding catastrophe and could retreat unscathed. Before facing the lower-layer "drowning," he was able to remain stable.
"All things rge into the mountains and seas, and the mountains and seas rge into sothing higher."
"Even those with longevity, like myself and Hai Zhen, are part of this lding sequence..."
Li Fan abruptly realized sothing, the greatest truth between the mountains and seas was inherent in this supposed "Creator God."
"The so-called Creator God evolved the mountains and seas, creating the mortal world between them."
"Yet, the mortal world will fade, and the mountains and seas will ld. This is the great trend, the fate that living beings among the mountains and seas must face."
Li Fan, like a ghost, gazed around aside.
In Upper Mountain, there was silence. No sound of the life-giving tides, only towering mountain peaks stood.
"The absolute order and hierarchy."
"Life has no aning here."
Li Fan suddenly understood why in Sun Piaomiao’s Mountain and Sea Fables, all living beings erged from the sea.
Because the Upper Mountain itself is antagonistic to life.
"Even though a True Immortal can borrow the mountain’s strength, it doesn’t an integrating into the range. It rely stands on top. Even the Three Immortal Saints are no different."
"And the fate of rging into the mountains..."
The shadows of the mountains rushed in from all sides. The tiny places he had swallowed were soon lost amidst the endless mountains.
Li Fan awoke from the illusory realm, panting heavily. It was not out of fear but a fundantal reverence for Upper Mountain within life’s essence.
Even so, the first-generation immortal’s body was enveloped by dark shadows.
"To swallow mountains and seas entirely requires dealing with their backlash at the sa ti."
"While devouring the mountains and seas, one is also devoured by them."
Li Fan realized this and helped the first-generation Fairy Puppet connect with the Infinite Sea, thus easing the pressure from the mountains.
It took half a year to finally rinse away the shadows on the first-generation’s body.
Li Fan couldn’t help but wonder: "Returning Sea and Mountain Lian, the two Saint Lords, truly are outstanding prodigies. Even if deprived of one, the so-called Immortal Way, brought to its ultimate end, might not end well either."
"That is the real conclusion, to personally face it."
Li Fan’s gaze turned eerie, looking beyond the dark starry sky, pondering in silence.
"Even if there might be so force silently guiding the lding of mountains and seas, perhaps it is the will of that vanished so-called ’Creator God.’"
"To contest against this change, one would essentially challenge that lone star suspended outside the mountains and sea."
"Even if few can stand the pressure, as long as they persist, then just keep pushing..." Li Fan muttered to himself, suppressing his internal turmoil.
"In the end, perhaps only with my own intervention will I find peace."
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