After listening to Ye Feipeng's account, the group clicked their tongues in amazement.
Their eyes kept drifting to the pair of deep brown wings on his back, showing expressions of undisguised envy.
A thousand li away, Li Fan, who had witnessed everything, wore an inscrutable expression.
Kun-Peng essence blood?
Just a single drop of essence blood, passed down through a bloodline. Yet, even after thousands of years, it can still cause a human body to undergo such a heaven-shaking, earth-overturning transformation.
Having achieved a small degree of mastery in the Creation Forge Technique, Li Fan understood perfectly the magnitude of such power.
Just how formidable were the Kun-Pengs at the peak of their strength?
Not to mention the many other legendary beasts that were its equals, or even fiercer.
Yet now, not a single one can be seen.
What exactly happened back then...
Li Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
I wonder how exactly beast essence blood strengthens the physical body. How does it differ from my Creation Forge Technique, which mobilizes the power of the human body's hidden reserves?
Stones from other hills can polish jade. Perhaps there's a chance to learn something from it.
Recalling Ye Feipeng's astonishing speed and strength from moments ago, Li Fan pondered privately once more.
It seems the little fatty hasn't given up on contending for the Soul Arbiter of heaven and earth either. The question is, who will succeed—him or Zhang Zhiliang? Although Zhang Zhiliang's current cultivation far surpasses Ye Feipeng's, I have a faint feeling the little fatty's chances are slightly better. I wonder why that is...
Let's see what fortune awaits him during his core formation.
His gaze flickering, Li Fan's thoughts gradually settled.
He began to toy with the white, glowing cube in his hand again.
This object was none other than the Array Crown gifted to him by Zhang Zhiliang.
Over the past six months of constant experimentation, Li Fan had completely mastered the first twenty arrays.
Furthermore, after dozens of failures, he had successfully used these twenty arrays as a foundation to construct his own miniature Array Crown.
A great deal of precious materials had been wasted in the process, and its power was utterly incomparable to Zhang Zhiliang's hundred-array Array Crown.
But it was still a good start. It meant Li Fan's skill in the array path had officially crossed the threshold.
This hard-won achievement naturally filled Li Fan's heart with excitement.
Consequently, he devoted a few more threads of focus to array path research during this period.
***
The sea of knowledge was boundless.
Time always passed with abnormal swiftness when the mind was immersed.
Unnoticed, Anchor Year 25 had arrived.
On this day, a sudden ripple stirred within Li Fan.
Perceiving it briefly, he knew the cooldown period for entering the Fallen Immortal Realm had ended. He could venture in once more.
I wonder where I'll appear this time?
His heart stirred with excitement and anticipation.
Li Fan halted all other processes. Then, focusing his mind, he performed the ritual.
"Blessed be Heavenly Venerable Xuanhuang!"
As he completed the ritual, his consciousness blurred, and Li Fan arrived once again within the Fallen Immortal Realm.
***
"Junior Brother? Junior Brother?"
He heard an all-too familiar voice.
Li Fan started violently, staring blankly at Zhang Qianmo, who was waving a hand in front of his face for the umpteenth time.
What's going on? Why am I still here?
I clearly defeated him, resolved his lingering obsession, and even gained the secret art. Where did things go wrong?
Countless questions surged within Li Fan’s mind in an instant.
This region of spacetime around Ningyuan City was likely similar to Tian Yang’s Eternal Remnant Will.
Trapped here, Li Fan could not leave without resolving the lingering obsession that sustained this spacetime.
But now...
Forcing down the disappointment in his heart, Li Fan’s thoughts spun rapidly as he analyzed the situation with cold clarity.
Given the current circumstances, there were only a few likely possibilities.
First, Li Fan’s understanding of this spacetime region was completely wrong.
For some unknown reason, he was permanently trapped here. No matter what method he tried, he could never leave.