Those divine demons and gods were manifestations of Li Fan's spiritual will. The moment he mastered [Divine Descent Body], they were deeply rooted within his sea of consciousness.
Every action, emotion, and thought of theirs was under his complete control.
How could they possibly "escape" simply by refusing to act?
"It is natural for them to have their own little schemes," Li Fan said calmly. "As long as they can be used by me, that is enough. The path of the Exotic Beasts still possesses limitless potential."
Li Fan did not care about the duplicity of the Empire and the others. No matter what they did, they could never escape the palm of his hand.
To test the effect of the [Heaven and Earth Furnace], Li Fan returned to the Spiritwood Realm and immediately used a spatial channel to arrive at the Beast Realm.
He placed one completed furnace on a mountain peak and set up a protective formation around it.
Then he left a divine sense to observe the changes brought by the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
The formation merely prevented beasts from damaging the furnace and did not affect the diffusion of spiritual energy.
Gewoon een lepeltje voor het slapengaan. - 7 kg in 7 dagenMore detailsGradually, the dense spiritual energy surrounding the strange device on the mountaintop attracted the attention of the nearby beasts.
Although most of them were low-level creatures that had not yet developed spiritual intelligence, their natural sensitivity to spiritual energy caused them to swarm toward the Heaven and Earth Furnace, greedily trying to absorb its pure aura.
However, without cultivation methods, they could not actively draw spiritual energy into their bodies. Most of the energy still dispersed into the surroundings.
After ten days, the once unremarkable small mountain had suddenly become full of vitality.
"At this rate," Li Fan calculated, "to transform a small, spiritless world into one that meets the minimum requirements for cultivation would require about a hundred Heaven and Earth Furnaces continuously operating for a hundred years."
"If there were ten thousand furnaces, it could be done in a single year."
After obtaining this rough data, Li Fan immediately summoned the Treefolk Clan.
With the continuous advancement of the Spiritwood Realm and Lin Ling's cultivation feedback, the strength of the Treefolk Matriarch had also risen rapidly.
She had now reached the late Soul Transformation stage, only one step away from Dao Integration.
Within the Treefolk Clan, Nascent Soul-level cultivators were also appearing one after another.
The overall power of the entire clan had undergone a qualitative leap compared to when Li Fan had first taken control of the Spiritwood Realm.
Therefore, the Treefolk revered Li Fan deeply.
The female clan leader knelt before Li Fan, bowing her head respectfully. "Greetings, Revered One."
Li Fan placed a Heaven and Earth Furnace before her and explained in detail the method of its forging.
"From today onward, gather the strength of your entire clan and refine this item," he commanded.
"Within three years, I want all the small worlds connected to the Spiritwood Realm to become suitable for cultivation."
The Matriarch immediately accepted the order and departed.
Not long after, watching the Treefolk busily working, Li Fan nodded slightly.
The tireless Treefolk were indeed the perfect beings for such labor.
Moreover, as the progress of [Formation Refinement] continued to improve, the entire Spiritwood Realm was now under Li Fan's absolute control.
With a single thought, he could decide life and death; there was no risk of anything going out of control.
A few days later, the idle Tianyang noticed the Treefolk' activity and volunteered to take charge of the task.
He found the act of refining the Heaven and Earth Furnaces and then placing them across the various small worlds to be much like planting forests, and he found it immensely entertaining. 𐍂αꞐ𝐨ΒÈS̈
With Tianyang's help, Li Fan no longer had anything to worry about.
After deducing the Final Dissociation Disc, which was specifically designed to protect and connect all Heaven and Earth Furnaces, Li Fan passed the corresponding formation to Tianyang and simply acted as a hands-off overseer thereafter.
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Back in those years, Tianyang had already been able to refine his puppet body using the Earthfire Return-to-Origin Formation, and his talent in formation arts was already remarkable.
During this period, as his consciousness became increasingly clear, under Li Fan's personal guidance, Tianyang quickly mastered this formation completely.
Li Fan then asked Tianyang to name the formation. With a simple and honest smile, Tianyang pondered for seven days and seven nights before finally coming up with a fitting name: "Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Formation."
The Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Formation could use all deployed Heaven and Earth Furnaces as nodes, forming a spiritual power network that stretched across entire small worlds.
Once the formation took shape, even if one of the nodes were damaged, the network could automatically compensate for the missing spiritual energy through interconnection, preventing any reduction in the overall spiritual energy density.
Besides dispersing spiritual energy, this network also possessed functions such as surveillance, attack, and defense.
In Li Fan's vision, the final form of the Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Formation would surpass even the Mysterious Net, becoming an ultimate creation capable of self-generation and evolution within the cultivation world itself.
"In fact, even now, although the scale is small, its essence is already quite close."
"However, what it still needs is a derivation and coordination core, something like the Tianxuan Mirror."
"Only the Tianxuan Mirror could support the envisioned scale of the Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Formation. Even my Final Dissociation Disc would not suffice."
Li Fan's thoughts surged endlessly, unable to calm down for a long time.
Suddenly, an inexplicable sense of unease disrupted his train of thought.
Li Fan's expression changed slightly; with a flicker of his figure, he instantly exited the Spiritwood Realm.
Not long after he arrived in the Xuanhuang Realm, the voice of the Heavenly Doctor echoed within his mind.
"I finally found you."
"I sensed that the seal of the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace has loosened. To prevent outsiders from interfering, go there and reinforce the seal."
As soon as the Heavenly Doctor finished speaking, a restriction technique named 'Hidden World, Concealed Void' appeared within Li Fan's mind.
The Heavenly Doctor seemed to be in a hurry; before Li Fan could respond, his voice faded again.
Expressionless on the surface but heavy-hearted within, Li Fan muttered to himself.
"Anchored at year eleven, the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace will open."
"I nearly forgot about that."
"But what does this task from the Heavenly Doctor mean? A test, or something else?"
That the Heavenly Doctor could directly lock onto and contact him did not surprise Li Fan.
After all, they had met face-to-face in this world, and Li Fan had even accepted the Record of Mending Heaven imparted by him.
Such was the price of directly engaging with the Heavenly Doctor.
Still, this lack of security left Li Fan somewhat displeased.
After a short moment of thought, Li Fan cupped his hands toward the heavens, then flew toward the Congyun Sea.
Arriving at the center of the Congyun Sea, where the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace resided, Li Fan observed the scene.
Though the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace had yet to officially manifest, faint anomalies were already appearing in the sky, attracting passing cultivators who stopped to watch.
Using the restriction imparted by the Heavenly Doctor, Li Fan quietly entered the inner realm.
Prepared to face the illusionary trial of Senior Brother Qin Tang, he was surprised to find himself directly standing before the main gate of the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace, without entering any illusion.
Not far away, the stone statue of Qin Tang stood silently, unchanged through the ages.
The entire Cloudwater Heavenly Palace was enveloped in silence, as though every lurking strangeness within it had fallen into slumber.
It was Li Fan's first time witnessing the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace in its sealed state. Compared to its previous appearance, this time it looked no different from an ordinary sect where cultivators merely rested.
There was not the slightest trace of the eerie destruction and abomination that had once overrun it.