Chapter 713: Your Daoist Cultivation Has Increased

Chapter 713: Chapter 713: Your Daoist Cultivation Has Increased

Watching Han Shi’s figure disappear completely into the deep, dark Reincarnation Nether Sect gate, which constantly tore at the surrounding light, Xu Yunfan sat cross-legged on the Cloud Platform of the Divine Sky Palace. An imperceptible ripple stirred in his heart.

He slowly closed his eyes, sinking his entire Heart and Spirit into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness. There, he activated the Strong Control Attribute on his Attribute Panel to establish a remote connection.

After all, although the Netherworld and the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm were part of the same Great Realm, they were separated by a barrier between worlds. If it were any other True Monarch, they would have no way to do this.

Within the Attribute Panel’s field of view, a special monitoring window clearly reflected Han Shi’s current status.

This was a display from the link established via the Strong Control Attribute of the Cloud Scripture Incarnation Technique.

Like a detached observer, Xu Yunfan used the panel’s feedback to meticulously sense every minute change in Han Shi’s physical body, Magical Power, Divine Soul, and even the connection point with the Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror after he stepped into the Netherworld passage.

The passage was not a space in the ordinary sense; instead, it was filled with violent temporal-spatial turbulence and the corrosive power of the Supreme Yin and Cold Netherworld.

Han Shi held the Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror. The seven North Nether Profound Crystals inlaid on its back emitted a faint power that reversed Yin and Yang. Under the flow of a cold, clear light, the Qiu Long Dragon Scale Patterns on the mirror’s surface struggled to construct a thin, illusory barrier simulating a True Spirit Returning Ruins in an attempt to deceive the Laws of the Netherworld.

The plan was to transform Yin and Yang, to reverse life and death, to seek life through death. First, he would use the Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror to feign death. Then, upon reaching the Netherworld, he would reverse death to become alive again.

The theory was sound, but the actual execution was incredibly difficult.

The changes began.

A waterfall of real-time notifications from the Attribute Panel streamed through Xu Yunfan’s Sea of Consciousness.

’Structural Integrity of your refined Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror: 98.7%... 97.2%... 95.8%...’

’Compatibility of Simulated Law Fluctuations with Netherworld Law: 76.3%... 74.1%...’

’Abnormal spatial shearing force detected acting on the mirror’s body...’

’High-intensity Yin Evil Death Qi infiltration detected...’

’Rate of micro-crack formation on mirror surface: +0.3%/sec... +0.5%/sec...’

Glancing at these notifications, Xu Yunfan felt a touch of helplessness. ’Indeed,’ he thought, ’trying to learn the White-haired True Daoist’s concept of Life and Death Reincarnation and apply it to Artifact Refining is still far too crude.’

「From Han Shi’s perspective.」

Immersed in the violent temporal-spatial turbulence, Han Shi felt as if his Innate Sword Body was being repeatedly cut and torn by countless invisible blades. If not for the abnormal toughness of his flesh and sinews, which were forged from North Nether Cold Iron, and the support of his Sword Bones made from Ten Thousand Years Sword Marrow Jade, he would have long since been shredded to pieces.

He desperately clutched the Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror in his hand. It was his only support in this dire situation.

If he tried to resist with his Sword Qi, he’d likely be torn apart by the turbulence in the span of a single breath.

However, just as he was desperately channeling his Magical Power into the Profound Mirror to stabilize himself, he caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and his eyelid twitched violently.

On the smooth surface of the dark Profound Mirror, hairline cracks had silently appeared.

After appearing, the cracks began to spread across the mirror’s surface like living things!

"What?!"

Han Shi’s pupils contracted abruptly. A chill shot up his spine to the crown of his head, colder than even the surrounding Yin Evil Death Qi.

The first thought that exploded in his mind was:

’Xu Yunfan, you’re trying to kill me on purpose?! Is this Profound Mirror a fake?!’

The thought bit into him like a venomous snake, and in that instant, his eyes felt like they would split from rage.

But in the next moment, his extreme fury was forcibly suppressed by reason.

’No, that’s not right!’

’If Xu Yunfan really wanted me dead, he could have erased my True Spirit in the Divine Sky Palace with a single thought. Why go to all the trouble of reforging this Innate Sword Body of limitless potential for me using Ten Thousand Years Sword Marrow Jade and North Nether Cold Iron?’

’Why would he spend three years of painstaking effort to develop this so-called Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror?’

The only explanation became readily apparent.

’This Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror is nothing but a half-baked prototype with massive flaws!’

"Xu Yunfan, you damn bastard!!"

Han Shi was instantly overwhelmed by immense anger. He couldn’t help but curse loudly amidst the violent turbulence, but his voice was shredded by the Netherworld passage. Only the surging hatred in his True Spirit link was transmitted clearly.

"Using me as a guinea pig! Making me risk my life to fix the flaws in your broken mirror!!"

Having realized the truth, Han Shi felt like a helpless little rabbit trapped in a cage, pushed into an unknown danger to test a mechanism’s performance, completely unable to resist.

Entering this damn passage was a gamble with his life.

The despair from the self-detonation of his Cangming Dao Fruit seemed to surge back into his heart. New and old hatreds intertwined, searing his soul with a fire of fury until he nearly ground his teeth to dust.

The Fury Killing Sword Intent accumulated within his body grew more condensed, radiating a grim killing intent.

「In the Divine Sky Palace.」

The Attribute Panel in Xu Yunfan’s view clearly captured the overwhelming hatred and curses transmitted through Han Shi’s soul link.

However, his Divine Thought remained as tranquil as an ancient well, completely unaffected.

Han Shi’s anger was nothing more than an insignificant noise signal in his test of the Profound Mirror.

His entire attention was focused on the massive amount of information refreshing on the panel about the Destiny-Defying Profound Mirror’s operational status, which was being fed back as Han Shi ventured deeper into the Netherworld passage.

’Crack Propagation Path Analysis: Concentrated on the junction node of the Qiu Long Dragon Scale Patterns on the lower-left side of the mirror...’

’North Nether Profound Crystal energy output shows a 0.07-second delay at the peak of temporal-spatial turbulence...’

’Simulated "True Spirit Returning Ruins" illusion shows a 0.3% deviation when Death Qi concentration exceeds the threshold...’

’Buffering efficiency of the Soul Nourishing Wood Heart against Divine Soul shock is 12.8% lower than expected...’

Xu Yunfan’s mind raced, integrating information from ancient texts on Life and Death Reincarnation and defying fate that he had consulted in the Primordial Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, along with the fragmented, vague, yet brilliantly imaginative notes left behind a hundred thousand years ago by that Nine Nether True Monarch.

He rapidly compared, calculated, and deliberated.

The Nine Nether Dao practiced by the Nine Nether True Monarch back then, which involved controlling Netherworld Ghosts, was indeed vastly different from the Life and Death Dao displayed by the current White-haired True Daoist, which could nearly reverse life and death.

This huge disparity made Xu Yunfan feel a flicker of doubt about whether the White-haired True Daoist was truly a traitor of the Primordial Sect.

What True Monarch Pu Du had said was now questionable.

What made him even more vigilant was the realization that the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm was far more complex than the Three Great Sects on the surface suggested. There were likely many existences like the White-haired True Daoist, perhaps hidden in some unknown corner.

’The delayed energy conduction of the North Nether Profound Crystals is the key. The Dao Pattern combination at the Dragon Scale nodes needs to be optimized to disperse the shearing force. The age of the Soul Nourishing Wood Heart is still insufficient, providing inadequate resistance to the Death Qi erosion in the core region of the Sea of Suffering...’

Xu Yunfan mused, noting down each defect and its corresponding direction for optimization.

This was precisely the value of Han Shi entering the Netherworld.

After all, using an incarnation allowed him to constantly feel its changes, which was extremely useful for him to comprehend the world and study life and death.

Life and death are both manifestations of Yin and Yang.

This would bring great benefits to harmonizing the Dragon and Tiger within his body, achieving the state where Yin and Yang Complement Each Other, and establishing a Celestial Cycle.

’Your Daoist Cultivation has increased.’

Seeing this green message interspersed among the constantly refreshing notifications in his field of view, Xu Yunfan felt a sense of satisfaction.