To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Inside a cave in the Luofu Secret Realm.

Gu Fan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed in meditation, while Lin Qian'er leaned against the stone wall, staring blankly at the ground, occasionally glancing at Gu Fan.

After being possessed by Chang Yuan, Lin Qian'er felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was in a cave.

Regarding what happened next, Gu Fan only said that he used the true treasure bestowed by True Person Xuanji to force the soul out of the body and kill it, but he did not reveal any specific details.

Lin Qian'er, always quick-witted, naturally guessed that this matter was not so simple.

But Gu Fan was unwilling to say more, so she didn't press him further.

The near-possession experience left her with lingering fear, and she just wanted to leave the Luofu Secret Realm as soon as possible.

After a long silence, Lin Qian'er broke the silence and asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you plan to directly search for a spatial rift to leave the secret realm?"

The two had rested here for a night, and there were only two days left before the Luofu Secret Realm closed.

Lin Qian'er thought Gu Fan would leave with her, but to her surprise, Gu Fan slowly shook his head.

"I still have some things to take care of, fellow Daoist, you may take your leave first."

Lin Qian'er hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a sigh and said, "Alright then."

......

As dawn broke, Lin Qian'er's figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Gu Fan emerged from the cave, gazing at the broken half of the main peak of the Luofu Secret Realm, and asked in his mind, "Senior, are you sure the Transcendent Token is there?"

"Just a guess!" Chang Yuan's voice echoed in his mind. "Interdimensional teleportation arrays need to be built on spiritual veins and require open and flat terrain. That place used to be the main peak of the Luofu Immortal Sect, and it is the most suitable place to build an interdimensional teleportation array."

Gu Fan nodded upon hearing this and hurried toward the collapsed half of the mountain.

After signing the Heart-to-Heart Mantra, the two lowered their guard and were able to communicate in their minds.

Chang Yuan's primordial spirit was in a terrible state, and he hadn't even reached the Golden Core stage yet, but his knowledge was still at the Refining Void realm. Gu Fan naturally wouldn't let go of this excellent resource and asked him for advice without any hesitation.

His first question was: Is there a way to restore Qionghua Realm?

Chang Yuan's attitude was also straightforward: Impossible, there's no hope, just wait to die.

"Recreating a new world is a skill only true immortals possess. Even at my peak, I was only at the Refinement stage, still two realms away from true immortals: Integration and Mahayana. The difference between them is like heaven and earth."

Gu Fan asked in confusion, "What were your original plans, senior? Even if you escaped the seal and possessed another body to start your cultivation again, you could only reach the Nascent Soul stage at most, and you would ultimately be unable to leave the Qionghua Realm."

Chang Yuan smiled smugly: "My original form was the Devouring Divine Python, whose innate supernatural power is devouring. I only need to devour 70% or 80% of the spiritual veins and cultivators in this world, and that will be enough to cross the void and leave this world."

Gu Fan was stunned.

If he hadn't stopped him, one can imagine the bloodshed that would have engulfed the Qionghua Realm once Chang Yuan had successfully escaped.

"That demon king outside who has taken human form...?"

"It's just to fool them," Chang Yuan said nonchalantly. "I'll reward them with some supernatural powers and secret techniques, and then tell them that as long as they rescue me, I'll teach them even more secret techniques, and I can even take them out of this world. In this way, they'll have complete faith in me."

"The so-called demonic transformation technique is nothing more than a minor spell that I created based on my innate supernatural abilities."

"Humans who cultivate this method will become closer to the demon race the more essence blood they devour. I will guide them to find those great demons who have transformed into human form, and order them to fill the Demon Refining Pot with the essence blood of demon beasts, and then take the Demon Refining Pot into the Luofu Secret Realm to break the seal."

"It's a pity that I could only sense the Demon Refining Pot a few years before the Luofu Immortal Sect appeared in the world. The person who first learned the Demon Transformation Technique has disappeared for some reason. Otherwise, I would have left many years ago, and how could it have fallen into the hands of a junior like you?"

At this point, Chang Yuan sighed, "The Demon Refining Pot has accompanied me across the void and the universe for thousands of years, yet it has shattered here..."

As Gu Fan listened to Chang Yuan's account, he recalled the tragic scene after the attack on the Hualing Sect. Those cultivators who perished in the bellies of demonic beasts had all died because of Chang Yuan's schemes, which made him even more wary of him.

Chang Yuan seemed to sense Gu Fan's thoughts and chuckled twice: "You don't need to be wary of me. Now that we've signed a bond of unity, even if I wanted to deal with you, I wouldn't have a chance, would I?"

"I hope so," Gu Fan replied coldly, then raised his second question—how to leave the Qionghua Realm.

Although he already had a plan on how to leave Qionghua Realm, he still wanted to hear Chang Yuan's thoughts, but unexpectedly gained something from it.

When Gu Fan mentioned that Ancestor Yunxiao had used an interdimensional teleportation array to leave this realm but had not returned for thousands of years, Chang Yuan asked, "Which realm did he use the interdimensional teleportation token from?"

"A Transcending Boundaries Token?" Gu Fan was taken aback.

He had never heard Master Xuanji mention the Transcendental Decree, nor was it mentioned in the records of Ancestor Yunxiao.

Chang Yuan laughed: "He wouldn't have forgotten the interdimensional travel token, would he?"

Gu Fan asked疑惑地问道, "What is the purpose of this Transcending Boundaries Token?"

"Just as I thought." Chang Yuan snorted and explained, "There are countless realms in the void, and to teleport to the corresponding realm, you naturally need coordinates. This information is recorded on the Transcendent Token."

"What would happen if there were no boundary-crossing token?"

"What would happen if there were no boundary-crossing token?"

"No? Then you won't die. The interdimensional teleportation array won't send you to the void, but which realm you land in is up to fate."

Gu Fan gasped.

"No wonder Master Yunxiao disappeared without a trace for thousands of years; now I understand."

Then he thought that when the Luofu Immortal Sect fell, Ancestor Yunxiao was just a rogue cultivator. He probably didn't even know about the existence of the Transcendent Token. Even the interdimensional teleportation array was reflected by the "Great Luo Inner Landscape Heaven-Reaching Profound Chapter".

Then Gu Fan asked how to find the Transcendent Token. After thinking for a while, Chang Yuan suggested that he go to the collapsed half of the mountain to take a look, which is why Lin Qian'er left alone.

......

Outside the collapsed half of the mountain, Gu Fan cautiously approached.

All his magical artifacts were destroyed, and all his talismans were used up. Apart from the purple-gold gourd magic treasure that he dared not use, Gu Fan did not have a single suitable magical artifact at the moment.

If he were to encounter a powerful enemy again, he would have to fight with the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword, which made Gu Fan, who was used to using magical artifacts and talismans to intimidate others, feel slightly uncomfortable.

After thinking it over, he simply took out a beast skin and put it on. It was the skin of the frog beast that was lurking around the Illusion Lotus.

After donning the animal skin, he used the "True Technique of Pulling the Mechanism" again, and the divine sense's perception of him completely disappeared.

"Wow, where did you get this animal hide?" Chang Yuan asked.

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow: "Senior, do you recognize this demonic beast?"

"Of course I recognize it, and I've eaten quite a few." Chang Yuan seemed to recall some delicacies, saying nostalgically, "This kind of demonic beast is called the Formless Frog. It is best at lurking and hiding, and cannot be detected by divine sense at all, so it is particularly difficult to catch."

"But its flesh is so delicious that it has been overfished and is now quite rare."

Gu Fan blinked with a hint of regret as he recalled the monster meat he had discarded as trash.

The two communicated in their minds, and Gu Fan had already approached the collapsed half of the mountain peak.

After the mountain collapsed, the upper half was stuck upside down in the ground, and all the pavilions and towers were destroyed and have become dilapidated under the erosion of time.

Gu Fan climbed up, only to find overgrown weeds and broken walls, with no trace of any celestial aura.

"Hey, it really is here. You're lucky, kid." Chang Yuan reminded him, "Go another ten zhang and dig around."

Following the directions, Gu Fan arrived at a section of broken stone wall. After examining it, he confirmed that it had once been a magic array.

Originally laid on the ground, it collapsed into a stone wall when the mountain peaks turned upside down.

The spiritual materials used to set up the formation had long since lost their spiritual energy. Only after Gu Fan burned the weeds did he see the runes on them, which were exactly the same as the runes on the interdimensional teleportation array in his memory.

Following Chang Yuan's guidance, they dug around and finally found a palm-sized round stone disc. It looked ordinary and showed no signs of spiritual energy.

"Is this the Transcending Boundaries Token?" Gu Fan asked.

Chang Yuan replied, "This is it. Don't underestimate this unassuming thing. It is actually made of Star Soul Iron and will not decay even after ten thousand years."

Gu Fan nodded, put the Transcending Boundary Token into his storage bag, and looked into the distance.

"It's about time, we should go."