"This move is truly brilliant."
The power of the Five Heavenly Sovereigns would indeed recover soon.
When that time came, everything the Longevity Immortal Realm had built up would vanish in an instant, reduced to dust.
But if, before that happened, all the members of the Five Elders Association were captured...
Then what would remain for the Five Heavenly Sovereigns would be nothing but an empty land.
Although Li Fan did not know much about the Longevity Immortal Realm, he was certain of one thing: even the most ordinary cultivator was of use to those five Heavenly Sovereigns.
Perhaps losing a few made little difference.
But if he could take full control of the territory, leaving both cultivators and mortals completely gone...
For them, it would be an enormous blow.
28-jarige miljonair uit Antwerp: zo ben ik rijk gewordenMore details"Could it be that the Five Elders Association of this era is truly going to fall like this?"
Li Fan could not help but think so.
Over the next few days, the war went smoothly.
The balance of victory kept tilting toward the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
Yet after all, the Five Elders Association was a colossal force that had endured for thousands of years. When they were finally forced into a desperate corner, they unleashed a powerful counterattack.
The image within the Tianxuan Mirror suddenly shifted to the sky.
From an oval, hazy portal, a group of cultivators flew out together.
They were clearly not from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, but their attire was also unlike that of the Five Elders Association.
On their robes was embroidered the same profound emblem, uniting their appearance.
These cultivators looked toward the neatly arranged black-robed ranks in the distance, excitement flickering across their faces.
"Is that... the Taishang Sect?"
Li Fan frowned slightly as he recognized the familiar sect insignia.
The Tianxuan Mirror's image changed again.
More portals appeared one after another, and countless sects that were said to have perished in ancient times now reappeared in the mortal world—
and joined the battlefield.
Not only that.
The Tianxuan Mirror zoomed in once more, recording an astonishing scene.
A female cultivator in a tight-fitting white robe, graceful and slender, appeared somewhere unknown.
Before her stood a golden gate exuding a sacred aura of antiquity.
She slowly knelt and bowed before it.
Then, with a thunderous boom, the gate opened wide, casting down a dazzling golden light.
When the light faded, more than ten figures appeared in the mirror, each one identical to the white-robed woman.
Their faces were exactly the same, differing only slightly in age and cultivation level.
It was as if they were...different-aged versions of the same white-robed cultivator.
Without saying a word, these identical women sped away into the distance.
"This is..."
"The Immortal Sect Armory?" Li Fan's eyes gleamed with sharp light.
Information he had gathered about the Immortal Sect Armory surged through his mind.
The Immortal Sect Armory was to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance what the Tianxuan Mirror was to the Five Elders Association.
Within it, countless techniques, scriptures, and treasures originating from the ancient Immortal Sects could be freely exchanged by cultivators.
The required resource was not contribution points, but Soul Points.
Li Fan had long known that the Immortal Sect Armory also contained genuine illusions of many sects from the ancient era.
The power that created the true illusionary realm was one remarkably similar to that of the Fallen Immortal Domain.
There, cultivators of the Five Elders Association could wander through many extinct ancient sects. Within those sects still existed images of ancient cultivators.
Most of them lacked self-awareness, mere shells without true minds, yet in battle their movements and power were almost indistinguishable from real living beings.
Cultivators of the Five Elders Association could consume Soul Points to spar endlessly with these ancient cultivators, constantly refining their own combat strength. Furthermore, within the Immortal Sect Armory, any injury suffered would not affect the physical body in reality, but would only cause slight harm to the soul. Even better, such soul injuries could also be healed by consuming additional Soul Points.
In theory, if one possessed enough Soul Points, even a mortal who had just begun cultivating could become terrifyingly powerful through countless battles.
"These beings summoned forth... are the projections left behind in the Immortal Sect Armory by consuming Soul Points?"
Li Fan instantly realized the origin of those cultivators who appeared like clones.
Obviously, his guess was correct.
Similar scenes unfolded throughout the entire territory of the Five Elders Association.
As the golden ancient gate continued to project one phantom after another, the remaining resistance forces of the Five Elders Association swelled more than tenfold in an instant.
Moreover, those cultivators capable of leaving projections within the Immortal Sect Armory were all battle-hardened veterans.
Their combat experience was immense, and their appearance inflicted heavy losses upon the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
Furthermore, as long as the true body remained alive, after resting for a while they could once again consume soul energy to summon their projections from the Armory—
Effectively granting them near-infinite resurrection.
In this way, the numerical advantage of the black-robed cultivators of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was nullified.
The alliance's assault began to falter.
Just as the stalemate emerged, another force joined the battlefield.
The image within the Tianxuan Mirror suddenly changed.
As if disturbed by some interference, the scene grew blurry.
It revealed a vast, connected city built upon the firmament.
Within that city, countless cultivators were in deep slumber.
As the ground trembled slightly, they all awakened.
There was no confusion of having slept too long—only irritation, as if their beautiful dreams had been disturbed.
They muttered curses under their breath, yet before lifting a hand, their garments automatically transformed into full-body, liquid-metal-like battle armor.
Then they soared toward the battlefield.
The image in the Tianxuan Mirror abruptly shifted again, seemingly forced to terminate.
"That place is…"
Li Fan was momentarily dazed. "Land of Carefree Paradise?"
The Land of Carefree Paradise was the most mysterious region within the domain of the Five Elders Association.
It was the dreamland of all cultivators, and only those who passed certain trials could enter it.
Yet once one entered, they rarely returned.
From that fleeting glimpse, Li Fan had seen many curious things within that illusory city in the heavens.
For example, high-rise towers and neon lights resembling those of a modern metropolis.
Rainbow-like skybridges connecting countless buildings.
And sleek flying shuttles gliding swiftly through the air.
…
"The Power of Carefree Paradise covers nearly the entire Xuanhuang Realm. Among the Five Elders, Heavenly Sovereign of Carefree should be the strongest."
"Interesting."
The place was almost identical to the futuristic cultivation worlds Li Fan had once seen in ancient records.
"If possible, I should send a clone there to explore."
Li Fan had a feeling he could find something fascinating within the Land of Carefree Paradise.
The arrival of the cultivators from that place completely overturned the battle.
Though their cultivation levels were not particularly high, their artifacts were astonishingly powerful.
Their metallic robes absorbed nearly every attack, then reflected it back upon their enemies.
Each cultivator also carried what seemed to be endless streams of energy light beams, which unfolded behind them at a mere thought—
Then rained destruction upon the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivators.