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Chapter 1494 Breakthrough! Immortality

"Have you remembered everything I told you?"

Qin Fan looked at Liu Bai beside him. He felt it was necessary to take Feng Mo's reminder seriously. He had just checked on Duan Lang, who had just broken through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, and found that Duan Lang had also been affected.

This is a method similar to possession that is even more profound than the memory erosion of the original owner of the Destiny Body.

And if you can get through it, the benefits to the individual will be enormous.

This is why Qin Fan felt that there might be some problems on Liu Bai's side.

After all, others either faced opponents who were too weak, whose memories were not rich enough, or the difference in strength was too great. Trying to shake the mind of the original person was like an egg hitting a rock.

Liu Bai's situation is completely the opposite.

What can be confirmed at present is that Liu Bai in this Haotian World is actually much stronger than Liu Bai in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and has reached the point where he is only a step away from the Immortal Realm.

Meanwhile, Liu Bai on their side was still in a period of youthful vigor, while Liu Bai on the other side had already entered middle age.

Despite the former having the advantage of the original owner's destiny, there is still a considerable gap between the two.

Therefore, Qin Fan is prepared to take action personally, even at the risk of being interfered with by Haotian, Master, and Great Sun Tathagata.

After all, if their own Liu Bai were to actually fight Liu Bai here, he would probably become the first one to be swallowed up by the enemy.

Liu Bai had no objections to this arrangement.

He could appear spirited and confident in front of anyone, but when facing Qin Fan, who was far superior to him in every way, he couldn't be arrogant at all.

Moreover, he knew that if he could devour Liu Bai, who was only a hair's breadth away from immortality, his own realm might be able to directly glimpse the supreme realm that he longed for.

This is truly a meteoric rise to the top!

The two then headed towards the Southern Jin Sword Pavilion, without using any spatial teleportation techniques, but instead took the opportunity to experience the local customs and culture of the Haotian World.

Perhaps because the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce had not settled in this world, Qin Fan saw many beggars along the way. The lives of the lower classes would not improve because of the strength of the powerful. As an outsider, he naturally would not waste his sympathy on this place.

Instead of wasting time thinking about these things, it would be better to focus on the progress of your own plans. Once this world is integrated into the mountain and sea realm, the people here will naturally be able to live a good life.

Liu Bai, however, seemed to have a sudden realization about this scene he had never seen before.

Even during the most chaotic period in the Mountain and Sea Realm, there was never a situation of starvation everywhere. During the infighting among the major forces, the most casualties were still the warriors fighting on the front lines, which touched the deepest part of his heart.

"We will definitely change this place, right?"

Liu Bai looked at Qin Fan.

Qin Fan nodded.

He didn't utter any more empty platitudes, but simply offered a reminder.

"If all goes well, we should arrive at Sword Pavilion around dusk. According to the message from Feng, the other side should have noticed your presence the moment you stepped into this world."

The Southern Jin Sword Pavilion, to which it belongs, is slightly biased towards the Western Mausoleum Temple, which is the Haotian faction.

If any unexpected situations arise, I will take you away first.

"Yes."

Liu Bai's voice was somewhat heavy as he answered.

For the rest of the journey, he simply closed his eyes, no longer looking at the desolate and horrific scene around him.

The journey was much smoother than Qin Fan had anticipated.

Without the obstruction of the Xiling Divine Palace, without Haotian's secret surveillance, and even the disciples stationed at the Sword Pavilion seemed to have dispersed early on.

Only in a certain place behind Jian Ge Mountain, an undisguised sword intent was bursting forth.

"arrive."

At this moment, the setting sun dyed the seventy-two peaks of Jian Ge amber, and Shan Hai Liu saw Hao Tian Liu for the first time by the Washing Sword Pool.

The man was dressed in a coarse hemp robe, with a faded red rope tied in his hair, a gift from the Southern Jin royal family.

Upon noticing the arrival of Qin Fan and Shan Hailiu, she gently stroked the pool water, and the ripples reflected Haotianliu's frosty white temples.

"You're here after all."

Shan Hailiu didn't know how to answer. The real shock of seeing himself in another sense was far greater than the shock he felt when he first learned of the existence of his destined self and inherited its memories.

It was as if he were seeing himself thirty years from now.

This caused the iron sword he was gripping tightly to emit a strange, mournful sound.

"It has to be a fight to the death, right?"

His seemingly hesitant reply was actually accompanied by an increasingly violent surge of sword intent!

Shan Hai Liu wasn't asking Hao Tian Liu or Qin Fan; rather, he was deeply questioning his own heart.

When he looked up at Haotian Willow again, all the hesitation in his eyes had vanished.

But just as he was about to take a step, Qin Fan stopped him.

Hao Tianliu's gaze also shifted to Qin Fan, and then he shook his head.

“Your aura is familiar; it must be the same one from a few days ago. I have no chance against you, but I hope to seize an opportunity.”

"what chance?"

Qin Fan had already noticed that Haotian Liu's condition was not right.

There wasn't a trace of murderous intent about him; instead, he exuded a faint sense of despair.

Immediately afterwards, he heard Haotian Liu say:

"Your strength is more than enough to prevent me from killing him, but I want to test his mettle."

Qin Fan rolled his eyes inwardly. What kind of testing equipment is this? You're Uchiha Itachi, aren't you?

However, he still agreed.

When he arrived at this place and actually saw Haotian Liu, he already knew that a battle between the two was inevitable. Even though he forcibly intervened and was able to merge one person's destiny into the other's body, there would always be a slight imperfection.

This slight imperfection wouldn't have any impact on a normal day.

However, if there are major changes or if Shan Hai Liu is deeply moved by a certain scene, it may lead to some unpleasant situations for itself.

Qin Fan then took a few steps back.

Haotian Liu also drew the sword from his waist.

This is a rusty sword that is exactly the same as the sword that Shan Hailiu uses.

The next moment, sand and dust rose up!

The sound of the two swords clashing was not the clang of metal, but a fierce roar and the reverberation of bells!

Shan Hai Liu's sword moves carry a wild and untamed air unique to the Shan Hai Realm, and various ferocious beast phantoms will appear where the sword blade passes; while Hao Tian Liu's sword is as heavy as a monument, engraved with the names of those he has killed!

"Your 'Sunset Over the Long River' move is wrong." Haotian Liu suddenly changed his attack, shattering the oncoming Taotie phantom with the spine of his sword. "Thirty years from now, you'll know that 'Sunset Over the Long River' should never have been aimed due west!"

As Shan Hailiu parried, he smelled the blood on the opponent's sword mixed with the aroma of rice wine from the Southern Jin Dynasty.

He was extremely familiar with this smell as he walked along.

This also stirred up a corner of his memory, a memory deeply buried in his mind, belonging to the original owner of his destiny body. The fragrance was like that of the jar buried under the old plum tree in the Sword Pavilion.

Old memories offer no help in the battle.

As their fighting spirit reached its peak, an illusion of intertwined rivers appeared beneath their feet!

The peerless sword of Dugu Qiubai, the jade seal of the Jade Emperor, and the Ghost Venerable Mask of Qin Fan float in the river of Shan Hai Liu!

In Haotianliu's river, floating are Li Manman's water ladle, Jun Mo's iron sword, and half a sesame seed cake that the Master had left over!

What shocked Shan Hailiu the most was that in the deepest part of the other river, there was a corpse with the same face as himself.

Is this... my end?

"No, this is my confession." Haotian Liu's sword trembled for the first time. "You still have a chance not to become me."

At this moment, Qin Fan, who was watching the battle, noticed that Haotian Liu was beginning to exude an aura of death.

He had long since given up hope on this world.

He is not the real Liu Bai, nor is Shan Hai Liu the real Liu Bai.

Only by combining the two, along with the added bonus of the original owner's memories, can one achieve the unique and strongest Liu Bai.

As Haotian Liu subtly pried open the threshold of the Immortal Realm, it seemed to have foreseen this.

So he waited.

Waiting for the arrival of the mountain and sea willow.

They were also waiting to end the fate they had already predetermined.

And what it did in the end was to deliver its own sword to break it.

Because he knew that only the Mountain and Sea Willow could break free from the entanglement of fate and forge a new path for Liu Bai as a sword saint.

At this moment, the decisive sword pierced through the chests of the two men. Shan Hai Liu saw the prosperous and wondrous scene of the Shan Hai Realm reflected in Hao Tian Liu's eyes. It was a scene that Hao Tian World could never see, and it was a sense of stability and peace that the warriors who always lived under the terrifying threat of Hao Tian could not understand.

"It's up to you now, damn fate, damn world."

Just before Haotian Liu was about to merge into Shanhai Liu's body as light, he suddenly swung the iron sword in his hand at the other party.

"Use it to wash away the rust." Haotian Liu's final admonition echoed through the dust, "But remember, in the future you will hold more than just your own sword."

Shan Hailiu instinctively took the iron sword, only to find that it had also merged into his own rusty sword. As the rust on it continued to peel away, a line of newly engraved small characters was revealed on the spine of the sword: "See heaven and earth, see all living beings, and ultimately see yourself."

Liu Bai silently stared at the last words left by the other party.

Before he could even think it through, a tremendous surge of energy erupted from within him.

Originally at the early stage of the Heavenly Evolution realm, his cultivation level began to rise steadily!

Early stage of Tianyan → Middle stage of Tianyan → Late stage of Tianyan → Perfection of Tianyan!

The final bottleneck that had locked him from entering immortality was now undergoing a complete transformation as his sword intent erupted a second time. The surrounding spiritual energy began to flow into him uncontrollably, and a large, malevolent eye appeared in the heavens above.

The other party first glanced indifferently at Liu Bai, who was breaking through to the Immortal Realm, and then his moving pupils locked onto Qin Fan, who had already taken to the air.

Qin Fan didn't say a word, but Xiao Wan, who had been sleeping on his shoulder, had transformed into the Imperial Seal form.

He held the Heavenly Dao Imperial Seal, which was transformed from Xiao Wan, and an infinitely majestic and powerful aura emanated from it!

The loud noise caused those hidden experts who had been trying to sneak a peek to see who had broken through to silently withdraw their spiritual power.

-

At this moment, on the back mountain of Datang Academy.

The scholar, who was enjoying a roasted lamb leg, reluctantly put down the half-eaten leg.

His gaze was fixed on the location of the Southern Jin Sword Pavilion.

Suddenly, Ke Haoran appeared beside him.

"Someone has broken through to the Immortal Realm."

“I’ve already seen it. It’s Liu Bai, yet it’s not Liu Bai. No, from today onwards, there will only be one Liu Bai.”

The people Qin Fan had Feng Mo bring back from the Mountain and Sea Realm could not escape the notice of the Master and the Great Sun Tathagata. For Haotian, who was in charge of the Heavenly Dao of this realm, it was as if they were doing things right under his nose.

The reasons why they didn't make a move were threefold: first, Qin Fan's use of the potential threat of the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns had prevented them from forming an alliance; second, they were wary of Qin Fan's strength; and third, they wanted to see what the outsiders were up to.

They have indeed broadened their horizons considerably in the past two days.

For example, those strange and unique creatures that look like twins or two clones of the same person, after merging, not only become stronger, but also inherit everything from the person they absorbed in an extremely smooth way.

Now, another big surprise has emerged.

It's incredible that one of these twins could hatch into a powerful being who has reached the Immortal Realm.

Although the Master knew that Liu Bai had the potential to break through long ago, it seemed that Haotian Liu had glimpsed something and had been lingering at the gate of immortality. Even though he had taken the initiative to tell the other party that he would protect him and prevent Haotian from taking the opportunity to attack.

The other party still refused.

Even now, he still doesn't understand what Haotian Liu saw, or why he would choose to sacrifice himself at this moment.

Just as the Master was deep in thought, Ke Haoran, who was eager to try, asked a question.

"Senior brother, shall we make a move?"

"Take action? To whom?"

"Of course we'll help the one from Tianmen. If it weren't for his reminder, we wouldn't have realized that such an evil thing as the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns existed in the shadows."

In just a few days, Master Fu and Ke Haoran had already noticed some clues.

Regardless of whether the other party brought this up in an attempt to sow discord among them, the Master, who was completely unaware of this great calamity, still had to consider the favor of the other party's timely reminder.

Otherwise, if the great calamity were to escalate to an unstoppable point, the Tang Dynasty he lived in would likely be destroyed first.

"Need not."

To Ke Haoran's surprise, the Master refused.

"He wouldn't dare."

The Master's additional statement puzzled him even more, but then Ke Haoran noticed that the large, malicious eyeball had actually shrunk back, which made him turn his astonished gaze toward the Master.

The Master smiled and said.

"Don't you understand? Right now, it's a situation of mutual checks and balances. Haotian can use the Tang Dynasty and the Buddhist Kingdom to control me and the Great Sun Tathagata, but he can't do anything about this Heavenly Gate Master. And if that Heavenly Gate Master goes too far, the Great Sun Tathagata, Haotian, and I won't let him cause trouble everywhere."

Now there's the added trouble of the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns. I can win them over, or they might side with the Great Sun Tathagata. At the same time, this person probably wouldn't mind making some cooperation with Haotian.

Since Liu Bai chose to die voluntarily, there's no need for us to delve into the matter further now.

Let's leave it at that for now.

"So we're just going to do nothing?" Ke Haoran was scratching his head at this situation of mutual checks and balances.

“We can do some things, such as first making contact with the Southern Jin Sword Pavilion Master who has broken through to the Immortal Realm.”

"Me! Me! I want to go!"

"Take your time." As the Master spoke, a man with straight eyebrows, broad eyes, and a simple and kind expression suddenly appeared. "Accompany your junior uncle on this trip, and remember to keep an eye on him."

"Yes, Master." (End of Chapter)