My Simulated Road to Immortality-Chapter 1221 - 1174: Different Times Inside and Outside
Li Fan didn’t know what consequences would follow after falling into these voids.
Nor did he have a way to distinguish their existence.
He could only resort to a desperate method, continuing to have the remaining stone puppets scout ahead while he avoided the routes where puppets had mysteriously vanished.
As the number of stone puppets continually decreased, Li Fan’s heart also gradually sank.
Given this rate of loss, it seemed he definitely wouldn’t reach the Depths of the Star Sea in this lifetime.
However, the concern Li Fan was harboring never occurred.
When only thirty-three puppets remained, and after flying through the Void for a considerable time, there were no more cases of sudden disappearances of the puppets.
"It seems these voids are not widespread in the Abyss Star Ocean. Rather, they’re densely clustered in a certain area."
"Outside the Xuan Huang World?" The Sacred Embryo Li Fan wondered thoughtfully.
Thirty-three puppets leading the way, sword light trailing behind Li Fan.
The speed kept increasing, moving towards the unknown darkness ahead.
"It’s going smoother than I anticipated."
"We’re already quite a distance from the Xuanhuang World now, but my Xuanhuang Swordsmanship Incarnate doesn’t feel any diminishment in strength."
"This is somewhat interesting."
Normally, lacking the support of world power, any laws existing outside the world would inevitably experience some degree of weakening.
But that reduction hadn’t occurred now.
Even...
The Sword Dao, which had already reached its limit in the Xuanhuang World and seemed incapable of further comprehension, unexpectedly loosened its bottleneck just from being in the Void for a while.
Even though the talent of this Sacred Embryo wasn’t remarkable, it felt like a flurry of thoughts and realizations came uncontrollably.
As if it had transformed into some unparalleled genius.
The urge to disregard everything and concentrate all efforts on Enlightenment surged within the heart of the Sacred Embryo Li Fan.
But it was forcefully suppressed by Li Fan as he circulated the Immortal Heart Spell.
This abnormal phenomenon couldn’t help but lead Li Fan to indulge in speculation.
"Does the entire Abyss Star Ocean actually share one set of law systems?"
"Xuanhuang Swordsmanship is part of the universal Sword Dao of the entire Star Sea."
"Beyond the world, within the Void, a broader Heaven and Earth is revealed. The upper limit is invisibly expanded..."
"Truly, it is a realm where danger and opportunity coexist."
"Perhaps Celestial Doctor and Law Transmission frequently visit the Abyss Star Ocean also due to this factor."
Thinking of the Celestial Doctor and Law Transmission, Li Fan’s heart grew even more solemn.
He had just been here briefly and had already achieved such notable gains.
It was hard to imagine the realms that these two, who had lived in the Star Sea for thousands of years, had already reached.
The suggestions from the Celestial Doctor were truly valuable advice.
Even he, who was also very cautious of the "diseases" in the Void, was nonetheless afflicted.
Without the slightest warning.
Just as Li Fan was immersed in the joy of potentially breaking through his understanding of Sword Dao, a sudden sense of weakness surged over him.
Upon introspection, a black dot indeed appeared within his Divine Soul.
The black dot eroded the Divine Soul, as if it had outright claimed a part of his Divine Soul.
Despite Li Fan’s ingested numerous Treasures protecting the Divine Soul, he could not stop its invasion.
And the prepared nourishing methods for the Divine Soul also had no effect.
"The upper limit of the Divine Soul’s strength has decreased, rather than the Divine Soul itself being damaged," remarked the Sacred Embryo Li Fan, with some solemnity.
Fortunately, the black dot wasn’t spreading too quickly, allowing Li Fan enough time to take appropriate countermeasures.
Within the Divine Soul, a Sword Shadow appeared.
The Sword Light shone brightly, directly cutting off the piece of Divine Soul occupied by the black dot!
And as the Divine Soul was segmented, the body of the Sacred Embryo Li Fan also instantly split into two halves.
The part that was not eroded by the black dot suddenly accelerated, leaving its original location.
The half that was infected, however, stopped moving forward.
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Sitting cross-legged in the Void, he concentrated his mind on the unexplainable dark will within his weakened Divine Soul.
The pain of dividing the Divine Soul was indescribable.
Even with the blessing of the Immortal Heart Spell, Sacred Embryo Li Fan felt darkness before his eyes and nearly fainted.
A sensation of weakness weaker than that caused by the black dot erosion instantly surged over him, he could not mind the pain and weakness.
He quickly absorbed the essence of the soul-nourishing Treasures he had refined earlier.
Without the inhibiting effect of the black dot, the clean Divine Soul of Sacred Embryo Li Fan gradually became stronger.
"This is what they call ’healing by cutting out the decay’."
Li Fan said with some sigh.
It was only because the new method was mysterious, the cultivation foundation was indestructible, and the body unbreakable. Moreover, he had built his cultivation foundation on the Xuanhuang Swordsmanship.
That supported him to recklessly cut his own Divine Soul without becoming insane on the spot.
"Unfortunately, without the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven and the Infinite Fulfillment and Emptiness Method, relying on these external things is ultimately not a long-term solution."
"Each division leaves me weaker than before."
"..."
"I hope I can hold on until I reach the depths of the Star Sea."
Li Fan closed his eyes, temporarily dismissing all distractions, as he repaired the injuries to his Divine Soul.
Meanwhile, the other part that had been infected by the black dot and left in the Void, had already met with a complete deathly end.
This was a more hopeless, more terrifying end than dying of old age.
It was as if a mortal had contracted senile dementia; the previously perceptive half that was contemplating the black dot was slowly having slower thoughts.
His mind became less and less sharp, and even the actions he wanted to perform took a long while to recall.
Even the messages coming from the consciousness of the other parts of the body felt like they were blocked by layers, utterly uncomprehensible.
Ultimately, it fell completely into a cessation of thought.
Just like the Divine Soul, it turned entirely into absolute silence.
...
"It’s like this Abyss Star Ocean."
Xuanhuang World, Yan Fajue space.
Li Fan’s original self was feeling the images transmitted by the Sacred Embryo, secretly alarmed.
What made him frown was not the invisible voids or the black dot plague in the Star Sea.
It was the time discrepancy between the original self and the Sacred Embryo.
The Sacred Embryo, turning into a sword with its own body and borrowing the formidable power of the Star Sea, had already left the Xuanhuang World by a great distance.
Therefore, Li Fan discovered that between the Xuanhuang World and the depths of the Abyss Star Ocean…
the flow of time was out of sync.
"It seems that it has been influenced by the Immortal Ruins after all."
"Although it’s not like the edge of the Immortal Ruins where thousands of years pass in a blink, the time flow here is slower than in other parts of the Abyss Star Ocean."
"Now, it’s about a ratio of one to two."
"Moreover, as the Sacred Embryo continues to distance itself, this ratio is widening."
Li Fan couldn’t help but ponder further.
"The Abyss Star Ocean within the high wall is inevitably all influenced by the Immortal Ruins, be it great or small."
"Does that mean that the flow of time inside and outside the high wall is also different?"
"Is it possible that in the Xuanhuang World, the catastrophe that severed the ancient immortal path has passed for tens of thousands of years?"
"And outside the high wall, actually…"
"has time passed even longer?"
At this thought, Li Fan closed his eyes involuntarily, concealing the slight gleam within.
