This was the Soul-Locking Chain. Li Fan had spent 958 contribution points to have it custom-made by a Foundation Establishment artifact forging master from the Myriad Immortals Alliance.
Once two people were connected by this chain, they could not separate beyond a certain distance.
Finally, looking at the two bound together, Li Fan produced an array diagram.
This was the Azurewood Violet Flame Array, redeemed with a full 1500 contribution points.
It was extremely powerful; once activated, an ordinary Qi Refinement cultivator would be reduced to ashes in two to six hours.
Li Fan's expression remained impassive as he activated the array, enveloping Sikong Yi and Baili Chen within it.
Though the sequence seemed long, from the moment Li Fan blocked Sikong Yi's golden sword qi to trapping them both in the array, it had all happened in the blink of an eye.
They had no time to react before they became turtles in a jar, with no hope of escape.
"Just who are you?!" Sikong Yi demanded.
Seeing how every one of Li Fan's moves perfectly countered them, how could he not realize this was a long-planned ambush?
Li Fan didn't answer. He simply used his Insect Binding divine ability to restrain Baili Chen.
Ignoring Sikong Yi's stream of curses, Li Fan activated the array, subjecting Sikong Yi to its scorching flames.
"AH!" Amidst screams of agony, Sikong Yi was burned to ashes.
But no phenomena appeared in the sky above.
Then, just as Li Fan had anticipated, a faint, shadowy figure slowly materialized beside Baili Chen.
The shadow writhed and gradually solidified into a physical form.
Sikong Yi had revived!
Li Fan narrowed his eyes and activated the array again.
The screams continued.
Sikong Yi died once more.
After this revival, his cultivation had fallen from the late-stage Qi Refinement realm to the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm.
Li Fan began to understand.
The violet flames leaped, and Sikong Yi faced yet another death.
Sikong Yi's curses turned to pleas for mercy, then to tearful, agonized begging.
But Li Fan remained unmoved.
This Sikong Yi was mysterious and unpredictable, with incredibly strong life-preserving methods.
Li Fan had already stolen the Cloudwater Model worth one hundred thousand contribution points from him, forging an irreconcilable enmity.
Even if he couldn't force his secrets out of him, Li Fan would never let him escape.
The Azurewood Violet Flame Array was activated again and again.
Soon, Sikong Yi's cultivation had dropped to the early-stage Qi Refinement realm.
Despair washed over his face, and he broke down, begging Li Fan for mercy.
To save his own life, he chose to lay bare all his secrets.
Li Fan listened in silence, his expression shifting constantly.
Finally, the violet flames flared.
After dying three more times consecutively, Sikong Yi failed to resurrect again.
As for Baili Chen, he turned to dust after Sikong Yi's death, vanishing completely from the world.
Where Sikong Yi had disappeared, a black token hovered silently in the air.
Li Fan picked up the token, and a stream of information instantly flooded his mind.
“He who holds this token shall command the Heaven-Swapping Sect.”