Li Fan's Weakness

Yet Li Fan showed no irritation. A cluster of pristine, brilliant seven-colored radiance welled up in his hand, enveloping the one-eyed figurine. Under Li Fan’s deliberate, relentless compression, the seven hues of divine light were nearly crushed into a single color, turning into a blinding ball of white radiance. It was as if an extra sun had appeared in his hand, casting an incandescent glare across the surrounding void. Caught in the white brilliance, the yellow paper figurine warped slightly under the overwhelming pressure. Yet Li Fan continued to ramp up the output of Seven-Colored Divine Light. With the Five Elements Grotto-Heavens replenishing it, even the damaged Seven-Colored Jade Void Flowing Light could unleash its inherent power to the fullest extent. The Seven-Colored Divine Light did not belong to the Xuanhuang Realm. Once condensed and refined, it relentlessly rejected all foreign entities. The one-eyed yellow paper figurine seemed finally to sense the mortal peril. Its eye darted rapidly, fixing its gaze upon Li Fan. It seemed to harbor an intent to communicate. Li Fan ignored it entirely. Showing no sign of relenting, he pushed the divine light's output even further. Ultimately, when that speck of white radiance was forged to its utmost limit— Like a cataclysmic explosion from the dawn of creation, within the incandescent blaze, the yellow talisman paper was utterly reduced to ash. A stone finally fell from his chest. Li Fan exhaled a long breath, slowly drawing the Seven-Colored Divine Light back into his body. Having only just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he had yet to thoroughly refine the Seven-Colored Jade Void Flowing Light. The maneuver just now had actually pushed Li Fan somewhat past his limits. Nevertheless, destroying this technique of the Crossing Adversity Sect was well worth it. "*Eternal Calamitous World*, seeking the calamity-bearer. "It seems that one-eyed yellow paper figurine is their method of seeking the calamity-bearer. "As expected of the legendary sect that uses crossing adversity as the nourishment for its cultivation. Ordinary arts cannot even touch this paper figurine, let alone destroy it. "... "I wonder where those old bastards are hiding." Li Fan frowned slightly. Pondering for a long while with no answers, he decided to set the matter aside for now. The Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven had already been swallowed into his body, so the passage with altered anchor coordinates naturally became invalid. At this moment, Li Fan was situated in the void above Tianling Province. The instant he concealed his aura, tore through the void, and returned to the Xuanhuang Realm, a spine-chilling sensation abruptly surged through his heart. Li Fan looked up toward heaven and earth. Unsure if it was an illusion, he seemed to see countless one-eyed figurines fashioned from yellow talisman paper distributed in every corner of the Xuanhuang Realm. Unnoticed by anyone, each quietly widened its single eye, observing the world. The moment Li Fan tore through the void and reentered the Xuanhuang Realm, they seemed to sense the culprit who had destroyed one of their own. In unison, their eyes turned, staring directly at Li Fan! Locked onto by tens of millions of gazes, Li Fan froze instantly. Yet before he could call upon True Reversion in his mind, those gazes vanished naturally. From beginning to end, it felt like an illusion. As his stiffened body gradually eased, Li Fan's expression remained grim. He knew that the fleeting scene just now had been no illusion. It was real. The Crossing Adversity Sect had planted eyes across the entire Xuanhuang Realm! And they had done so virtually unbeknownst to anyone! Li Fan could not help but recall his days as a mortal by the Ruins Abyss in Great Xuan. When he was almost lured by the abyss's illusion to leap off the cliff, he had suddenly been snapped awake by another illusion, escaping with his life. Did that mean... Even the Xuan Realm had a one-eyed yellow paper figurine planted within it? The thought that his actions all this time might have been observed clearly by the cultivators behind the Crossing Adversity Sect sent a chill down his spine. Still, having weathered countless trials, he did not lose his composure. After analyzing the situation, he calmed down. First, what could be confirmed was that the monitoring range of each one-eyed paper figurine could not be very large. Otherwise, so vast a quantity of talisman papers would not have been necessary to cover the entire Xuanhuang Realm. Second, aside from surveillance, these talismans of the Crossing Adversity Sect likely had no other function. The Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals and the Five Elders Association undoubtedly knew of their existence as well. However, destroying them was no simple task. Thus, in all probability, they chose out of sight, out of mind. "No wonder the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals headquarters was built inside the Heavenly Profound Mirror rather than within the Xuanhuang Realm itself. "It might well have been to avoid these yellow paper figures that cling like psoriasis. "And Senior Sister Zhao's One Heart Immortal Sect is situated in a separate space as well." Li Fan recalled his encounter when he had almost been guided into the One Heart Immortal Sect. "The Crossing Adversity Sect has zero fucking class." Across his hundred reincarnated lives, Li Fan had encountered figures like Mo Sha, the Heavenly Physician, Ruomu, Mr. Bai, and True Immortals. Though peril lurked at every turn, he held genuine reverence for those truly powerful figures. Those individuals had indeed conducted themselves with the bearing of supreme masters. Even if Li Fan perished at their hands due to his own mistakes, he held no grudges, attributing it only to his own carelessness and inferiority in skill. Yet this time, Li Fan was genuinely disgusted. Anyone who learned that the splendid Xuanhuang Realm was plastered all over with talismans would hardly be in a good mood. Even back in the 114th life when the Profound Net descended, it was done openly and uprightly. The green sky might have been eerie, but it was infinitely better than these dog-skin plasters packed densely across the world! Recalling the fleeting glimpse just now, a desire to sweep them away entirely flared in Li Fan's heart. Yet... It was merely a thought. After so many years, if the Alliance had always tolerated the existence of these paper figures, it proved that eradicating them was no simple matter. After all, who would willingly live under someone else's watchful eyes day in and day out? "Crossing Adversity Sect... Crossing Adversity Sect..." A vicious glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes. For the first time, he felt the urge to take the fight straight to their doorstep. "It seems other matters will have to be put on hold. "At the very least, I must resolve this issue of being constantly watched," Li Fan thought. At the same time, another doubt surfaced in his mind. What on earth was the Crossing Adversity Sect after? He had witnessed numerous possible fates for the Xuanhuang Realm, including world-ending apocalypses. Yet no matter which direction the future of the Xuanhuang Realm took, he had never seen an actual cultivator from the Crossing Adversity Sect show themselves. "Are they waiting endlessly for the calamity-bearer to appear and for the tribulation to fully pass?" Sensing the faint, elusive gazes lingering across heaven and earth, Li Fan's thoughts surged. After a long while, he took flight, heading toward Jiushan Province. He needed to speak with the Five Elders Association.