In that instant, Li Fan felt the very space around him, even his own thoughts, freeze solid.
He was plunged into absolute stillness.
He didn't know how long it lasted—an eternity, or perhaps just a moment.
The restraints vanished in a flash, and Li Fan regained his ability to think.
So this is the might of a peak powerhouse...
Li Fan was inwardly horrified.
He finally understood why those who had slain Crimson Flame and achieved Dao Unity in the past had seemed so foolish when facing Ink Death, as if waiting idly for death.
They didn't resist or flee, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't!
The reason Li Fan could break free from Mister Bai's restraints now had nothing to do with his own power.
It was because of a faint cry of alarm that rose from below—Xu Ke.
"Little Hei!"
Li Fan believed that not a single move within the Beast Taming Sect could escape Mister Bai's notice.
With Xu Ke's shout, he would naturally notice the connection between the Xuan Bird Li Fan possessed and Xu Ke.
Thus, he would naturally refrain from harming Li Fan further, even allowing this audacious Xuan Bird to fly right up to him.
At close range, Li Fan finally saw Mister Bai's features clearly.
Even with the experience of hundreds of lifetimes, he was momentarily stunned.
He finally understood what the rumors in Ningyuan City had meant when they said Mister Bai was exceptionally good-looking.
He carried a faint scholarly air, yet his face seemed utterly flawless and breathtakingly beautiful; as if all the blessings of heaven and earth had converged upon this one person.
At that moment, Li Fan's mind was filled with thoughts like, "How can such a beautiful person exist under heaven?" and "What a pity this person isn't a woman."
Mister Bai looked at the Xuan Bird hovering dumbly in the air and smiled slightly.
Li Fan felt as if the sky, previously shrouded by dark clouds, had instantly cleared.
Mister Bai examined Li Fan and gave a slight shake of his head. "Child, why have you been practicing so haphazardly?"
With a single, gentle touch of his finger, a torrent of information flooded into Li Fan's mind.
Li Fan froze completely.
Then, his heart began to pound violently, a wild rhythm beyond his control.
It contained all the profundities of life, every conceivable path of sublimation and evolution...
It was the flawless, perfected version of the technique he had been cultivating.
The true Creation Forge Technique!