Now, an ethereal and transcendent aura frequently erges from around him.
Li Fan looked at him more closely, sowhat intrigued, and asked, "Taiwei, have you gained new insights?"
The Taiwei Saint Emperor did not hide anything: "I used to believe that as the Emperor of a ruling Holy Dynasty, I should govern all and oversee everything. However, after observing the thousand-year mories of the Three Saints Mountain Seas before, I saw that even the Mountain Seas could not maintain eternity, and my thoughts shifted."
"Existing everywhere all the ti, certainly. But perhaps..."
"To be hidden within the Heaven and Earth, existing yet not existing. So that the people are unaware, and beco accustod and forget. This might be superior."
Li Fan furrowed his brow slightly, not openly agreeing.
The Taiwei Saint Emperor noticed this, smiled, and said, "It’s just an experint. Cosmic Cycle Daoist need not worry."
"The Holy Dynasty is ultimately my Holy Dynasty."
"Even if there’s a heaven-overturning change, returning to stability is within a single thought of mine."
"Taiwei, you are truly audacious!" Li Fan couldn’t help but praise.
After a slight pause, Li Fan abruptly asked a completely unrelated question: "Previously, Taiwei Daoist also faced off against [Suo], I wonder..."
"How does it feel?"
The Taiwei Saint Emperor understood Li Fan’s intentions through his expression. He responded frankly, "Nothing extraordinary."
"If every living being of the so-called Taichu Immortal Realm possesses such talent."
"The Taiwei Holy Dynasty might expand its territory at the origin of the Mountain Seas!"
The intrinsic aning of the Taiwei Saint Emperor’s words coincided with Li Fan’s own thoughts.
Li Fan simply smiled and moved past the topic.
After traveling the Holy Dynasty for eighteen years, Li Fan selected three suitable candidates.
Two of them were recomnded by the Saint Emperor.
One was a teacher in the Holy Dynasty, whose life should have been dedicated to spreading the words of The Emperor to all people. However, he doubted and did not believe what he preached. Naturally, in the Holy Dynasty, he was an absolute heretic. But he hid well, never arousing the suspicion of those around him.
Even with such actions, he wouldn’t have gained The Emperor’s attention.
The most interesting aspect was that this teacher knew various classics well. He was aware of the greatness of The Emperor he served, and thus was aware that his "rebelliousness" wouldn’t escape The Emperor’s notice.
"The Supre Sacred Emperor, much like Heaven and Earth, contains all things. How could he not tolerate my small heresy?"
Even though he harbored a rebellious heart, he was mindful of his bounds.
The Holy Dynasty was the foundation of The Emperor’s cultivation, naturally, he wouldn’t allow anyone to destroy it. Though he didn’t believe in The Emperor, he never spread his rebellious thoughts but was absolutely loyal to his teaching role.
Diligent and dedicated, never negligent.
"This person is indeed contradictory." After learning about his life, Li Fan couldn’t help but comnt.
"To , it seems not contradictory, but rely seeking a possibility to escape from the Holy Dynasty. If he desires it, why not grant it?"
"Moreover, his cultivation wouldn’t dishonor the Holy Dynasty’s prestige," the Taiwei Saint Emperor comnted lightly.
The teacher’s na was Su Shaozhong, an ordinary na yet seemingly laden with deeper aning.
Another candidate recomnded by the Saint Emperor was the Holy Dynasty’s warrior, Hong Qianquan.
Under the cultivation system permitted by the Holy Dynasty, he reached the pinnacle effortlessly, truly akin to an immortal, and valuable.
The third candidate, handpicked by Li Fan, appeared utterly ordinary compared to Su Shaozhong and Hong Qianquan.
Even the Taiwei Saint Emperor felt puzzled by Li Fan’s choice.
However, the Saint Emperor didn’t inquire, and Li Fan didn’t explain.
The choice was made because Li Fan felt a faint sense of familiarity from this person.
This familiarity didn’t stem from this world or any previous lifeti.
But from...
Intuition.
Previously, during the endless reincarnations woven by the Cosmic Reincarnation Path, Li Fan began to doubt and speculate about his keen intuition.
Intuition, perhaps, is rely mories of events experienced countless tis in Reincarnation.
The truth behind the speculation is yet uncertain.
Now, Li Fan felt familiarity from a mortal in the Holy Dynasty.
How could he not pay attention?
Li Fan quietly observed the mortal nad Mo Yongge.
Attempting to piece together clues from his intuitive mory.
The past seed to have faded completely.
No matter how it was searched, it remained elusive.
But this ti, Li Fan was patient.
All three were kept by his side for cultivation, continuing the search for talent to achieve sainthood in the Mountain Seas.
Adding the Three Saints might aid the current situation.
Yet the support is limited.
Li Fan knew he must continue.
More than a century passed, and the situation in the Mountain Seas deteriorated further.
Indeed, with aid from future Mountain Sea forces, the pressure from the virtual realm was countered successfully.
But soon, the virtual realm sensed this foreign power.
Without hesitation, it escalated its efforts.
Like clouds blocking the sun, the threat from the virtual realm grew stronger than before.
Under the heavy barriers of the virtual realm, even the sight of the Three Saints struggled to traverse beyond.
Thoroughly trapped within limitations.
Fortunately, the foundation remained, preventing an easy breach.
Even under the cooperation of Li Fan, Shouqiu, and Daode, the attacks from virtual realm incarnations were repelled several tis.
"Yet it cannot hold on for much longer."
"At most, another five hundred years."
Li Fan enjoyed the days of only intervening at critical monts.
Continuing to search for promising talents while observing Mo Yongge.
As if slowly piecing together fragnts.
The once vanished past began to slowly surface.
"If I’m not mistaken..."
"The tiline is not much different from now. Yet the experiences are entirely different."
"The Saint Emperor’s fall, dispersing his creation to the people at his death, unleashing hidden talents."
"Mo Yongge was among them. He reached sainthood, and was even once my kindred spirit."
"Much like Daode and Shouqiu."
Li Fan slowly closed his eyes, concealing his inner unrest.
Even witnessing the collapse of the Mountain Seas wouldn’t leave him so unsettled.
Perhaps only the shock of seeing the ergence of a lone star could compare.
"The more I recall, the clearer it becos. It feels as though it were my own experience."
"That isn’t baseless imagination."
"The key, however, is when?"
Li Fan understood that the crux didn’t lie with Mo Yongge, but within himself.
Once more, Li Fan reviewed all his mories since crossing into this world.
Even inviting Shouqiu and Daode to assist in reviewing.
Ensuring no details were overlooked.
Ultimately, he confird he had never experienced such a lifeti.
"Daoist, have you noticed, the Mountain Seas in this mory vastly differ from the Mountain Seas we reside within."
"The Taiwei Saint Emperor’s downfall, a scenario you’ve never encountered across many Reincarnations."
"Almost as if..."
"It exists within another Mountain Sea."
Shouqiu’s words plunged Li Fan into deep contemplation.
"Another Mountain Sea."
These five words seed to unlock a switch.
Coupled with the previous efforts to reconstruct lost mories.
Allowing another segnt of forgotten mory to begin surfacing within Li Fan.
It was at the very end of ti.
As the virtual realm was about to engulf everything, the will of the last saint, Heart Wisdom, despite his valiant efforts, could not alter the situation.
"Ha. Daoist, aren’t you intervening yet?" He then said this to Li Fan.
After which, in a daze, Li Fan lost control of his body.
Even lost the mory of that ti, only vaguely rembering the disappearance of the Mountain Sea and the ergence of a lone star.
Now, these lost mories slowly resurfaced in Li Fan’s mind.
With a gesture, he summoned the star back into existence.
"A star can sway for a mont but not for a lifeti."
"I too pursue this answer."
"If I had never seen it, where would my ’Reality’ have co from?"
...
Various scenes, like lightning bolts, continuously illuminated Li Fan’s mind.
Treating the imnse pain within his mind as nothing, Li Fan exerted effort to maintain inner calm, analyzing all he suddenly knew.
"Were those words spoken by or by Reality?"
"No, they certainly weren’t from Reality, otherwise why ntion my ’Reality’?"
Previously, Li Fan assud during his mory loss, Reality had taken control of his body.
But now it seems...
That might not be the case.
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