CHAPTER 2031: CHAPTER 1578: THE LAW FOLLOWS THE WORD

"Without entering the Mountain Sea, you already possess such strength. In time, when you formally venture into the Mountain Sea for training, surely there is a promising future for you. However..."

Xie Subai’s tone shifted, his voice turning cold: "Aid from others can serve as a boat, a paddle. But to truly transcend, in the end, you must rely on yourself!"

"You..."

"Do you have anything of your own?"

Cold whispers echoed in Li Fan’s ears, akin to a Demon Sound. In Xie Subai’s eyes, there also surfaced a peculiar gleam.

Li Fan’s mind was involuntarily drawn in by it.

Their eyes met, and in a moment of bewilderment, Li Fan suddenly found himself in a strange time and space.

All around was nothingness. Only Li Fan and Xie Subai stood opposing each other.

"When all is stripped away, how do you confront your enemy?"

Su Bai’s devilishly charming voice encircled him.

As it turned out, even though he deciphered many depths and legacies within the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, he was unwilling to lose face in front of Li Fan. If a conflict stirred within the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm, damage would be unavoidable, so he simply drew Li Fan into this Spiritual Space for a confrontation.

"Boy, watch closely. Here, I will show no mercy."

Before the words finished, the figure of Subai divided into two, then into four, four into eight...

In an instant, nearly countless illusory shadows appeared, filling the vast emptiness of the void.

Each Su Bai’s expression was different. Some with empathy for the world, some smiling, others with calm eyes.

Around them, many scenes from different possibilities swirled into manifestation.

In some realms, the Immortal Domain still existed, and Subai was an Immortal Phase of the Immortal Domain. In others, Subai was only a mortal but cherished all beings, garnering the people’s reverence. But all these revealed Subais were undoubtedly kindhearted.

Only the black-clad Xie Subai, amidst countless phantoms, stood distinctly apart. Like stars surrounding the moon, he stood proudly in the center.

Countless Subais’ different possible scenes began converging, coming together under central Xie Subai’s will.

Like a hundred rivers merging into the sea, like soil and rocks piling up into a mountain.

In just a moment, Li Fan seemed to be encircled by the Mountain Sea!

The might of the mountain, the grandeur of the sea. It was almost identical to the Infinite Sea and Upper Mountain that Li Fan had personally seen!

"Or rather, nearly indistinguishable from the Mountain Sea I can see, rather than the true Mountain Sea."

"If he could devour all possibilities of himself and achieve the realm of All of Me Return as One, even the word ’nearly’ would have to be removed."

"To embody the shape of the Mountain Sea with the power of one person. Is this the true Transcendence Realm..."

Before the Mountain Sea, Li Fan’s heart remained incomparably calm.

Though Xie Subai’s display was grand, he was not afraid at all.

Firstly, because this was just within the Spiritual Space. Confrontation of minds and wills, regardless of victory or death, would not truly affect reality. His act of raising a flag with others’ power for intimidation had some deterrent effect.

Secondly...

Li Fan had long battled with Xie Subai.

Although the process was somewhat complicated, the end result was him killing Xie Subai in an instant.

It was in Xuanhuang Subai’s Eternal Memento.

"Even if the power of the techniques displayed by Xie Subai here surpass the Eternal Memento’s legacy by more than one level, in my eyes, there is essentially no difference."

Mountain-shaking sea-roaring sounds, like furious winds and huge waves, inch closer. It seemed to be Xie Subai’s deliberate attempt to slowly increase the pressure to crush Li Fan’s will.

Yet Li Fan remained unafraid and laughed heartily amid the storm of the Mountain Sea: "Senior, have you heard of the Word of Command?"

"Though I, a junior, am unworthy, most of my strength comes from Divine Technique!"

His smile vanished, and Li Fan sternly proclaimed word by word: "Wind and rain approach? Then may the rain recede, and the wind cease!"

His clear voice spread throughout the Mountain Sea projected by Xie Subai.

It was as if an invisible large hand gently pressed down upon the Mountain Sea. The previously piercingly sharp howls were forcibly suppressed, becoming almost inaudible.

In the Mountain Sea, although there were still slight winds and waves, they were no longer a concern.

Seeing this scenario, all Subais showed uncontrollable astonishment on their faces.

Before they could react, they heard Li Fan again speaking: "Though the realm of the Mountain Sea is beautiful, it is somewhat obstructive. Please disperse!"

In the Spiritual Space, the endless Mountain Sea paused for a moment.

And then...

The mountains collapse, the sea finishes.

Countless Subais who manifested the Mountain Sea spectacle gradually vanished into thin air!

Boom!

The Spiritual Space shattered instantly, and Li Fan and Xie Subai returned to reality in an instant.

Though Xie Subai’s face still looked calm, within his heart, waves of tempest were already surging.

"What just happened?"

"My evolved Mountain Sea, without any resistance whatsoever, simply vanished inexplicably? Even in a confrontation of minds and wills within Spiritual Space..." Xie Subai was left speechless in amazement.

He had also previously sought to spar and learn with Guardian Hill and the Three Saints.

Even in front of these saints able to cross the Realm of Eternal Silence, Subai was not so inadequate.

"But the defeat just now was a fact. Doesn’t this suggest that theoretically, this boy’s achievable potential upper limit surpasses even Guardian Hill and the Three Saints?"

"Word of Command? Could such a Divine Technique exist within the Mountain Sea? Even affecting the Mountain Sea?"

"This..." Xie Subai was shocked by his own thoughts.

Although it seemed rather incredible, upon carefully pondering it, everything he had seen in this so-called Xuanhuang Immortal Realm got a reasonable explanation.

"No wonder those old fellows were so generous." Xie Subai suddenly understood.

As Xie Subai’s inner emotions were surging, Li Fan’s heart was also quite heavy.

"There is still too large a gap in strength between us. Now that even Hai Zhen is asleep, even within Spiritual Space, I had to use two steps of True and False Changes to eliminate him."

Naturally, Li Fan had no actual Divine Technique like Word of Command.

The method he used to defeat Xie Subai was exactly the same as before in the Eternal Memento. It was the Change of True and False.

Through Xuanhuang Subai’s Eternal Memento, understanding Xie Subai, and sensing the initial subtle True and False Changes fluctuation just unleashed within the Spiritual Space, Li Fan confirmed that Xie Subai was unaware of the existence of True and False Changes.

For something beyond his perception, even though Li Fan displayed it in front of Xie Subai, he naturally wouldn’t be able to identify or understand what Divine Technique it truly was.

And that ability, which dissolved the evolved Mountain Sea scene in a breath, indeed matched the four characters Word of Command.

"Firstly, it’s within the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm. Secondly, I had gained a fairly sufficient understanding of Xie Subai. So I dare to use True and False Changes."

"In front of other Transcendent Strongmen, it cannot be so rash."

The two remained in a standoff, each with different thoughts.

Ultimately, it was Su Bai who broke the silence with a cold, wicked smile.

"Not bad. You’ve barely passed the test."

"You qualify to officially step into the Mountain Sea."

"In that case, I’ll leave this body here for now. When we formally meet in the Mountain Sea in the future, I’ll retrieve it." Xie Subai glanced at Xuanhuang Subai, who inexplicably felt unease while with Law Transmission, and said.

Having said that, his figure gradually faded as if leaving this place.

"Please wait, senior." Li Fan, however, called after him.

"Hmm?" Xie Subai looked at Li Fan, his expression indifferent.

"Please accept this, senior."

Li Fan said, reaching out to retrieve the Heavenly Pillar transformed by the Hungry Immortal and handed it over.

Xie Subai was slightly startled.