My Simulated Road to Immortality - Chapter 1138 - 1093: Dark Surge of Tides

Seeing the abnormal behavior of the You Clan People before him, Li Fan remained composed. Ignoring their extreme fear, he forced them to complete the membership oath in front of the Faceless True Immortal Statue.

After they had finally calmed down, Li Fan then pursued the reason for their profound fear.

Trembling, the leader of the You Clan People took a long time before he could explain, “The True Immortal Stone Statue, we had not had the fortune to see it before. But the instant we laid eyes on it, our people instinctively felt boundless terror.”

“We live constantly in the darkness and our bodies have adapted to that particular environment. Under normal sunlight, we could barely manage for a while, but in front of the True Immortal Stone Statue…”

“It was like a light source in pitch darkness, thousands of times brighter than the sun in the sky, suddenly appearing.”

The chief of the You Clan People spoke intermittently, but Li Fan understood his meaning.

Just as mortals would feel fear when close to the Abyss, upon seeing the Faceless True Immortal Stone Statue, the You Clan People also felt extreme fear due to a lethal threat.

But the True Immortal’s Net, invisible and formless. Even Li Fan, if not for being the Faceless True Immortal’s agent in the Xuanhuang World, would probably have remained unaware of its existence.

Contrastingly, among this group of You Clan People, even newborn children, without exception, felt the power of the True Immortal.

“It seems, it’s inseparable from the Power of Darkness they wield,” he thought.

Next, Li Fan learned from the chief of the You Clan their understanding of the darkness.

The You Clan People were originally humans as well.

In the ancient legends passed down in their clan, during ancient times, their world still possessed blue skies, white clouds, and bright sunshine.

But then one day, after the sun had set, it never rose again.

People desperately prayed in the darkness, but no miracle arrived.

A vast majority of the people then vanished forever into the darkness.

Those who survived, without exception, were those who were favored by the Power of Darkness.

Under the erosion and transformation by the Power of Darkness, their bodies slowly changed.

They turned into a terrifying appearance with no heads, and facial features squeezed onto their chests.

In fact, the You Clan People did not understand the essence of the Power of Darkness; they only worshipped it as the only lifesaver, a terrible false god that brought annihilation to the normal world, and prayed to it.

And this Power of Darkness, as if it could understand their words, actually responded and served their purposes.

The You Clan People did not think they wielded the Power of Darkness, but rather saw it as a grace from the great Dark God.

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However, what the chief of the You Clan said differed from the introduction given by Law Transmitter Zhou.

Though the You Clan People were clearly indigenous people of the Ghost Realm, Law Transmitter Zhou claimed they were merely a special tribe that discovered the power of the Ghost Realm and utilized it.

In such a small matter, Law Transmitter Zhou had no reason to deceive him.

“It seems, the process of Alliance of Thousands of Immortals discovering the Ghost Realm was not as simple as he briefly mentioned.”

A trace of cold light flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.

He then pondered the manifestations of this Power of Darkness.

“Pray, and then wait for a response?”

“No wonder the ritual to open the entrance to the Ghost Realm was also through a song and dance ceremony.”

Li Fan’s gaze flickered.

He was no stranger to forces that could respond to the inner callings of a cultivator.

The essence of Source Force, a leftover of the power abandoned by True Immortals in their pursuit of the Tao Root, is what’s known as the Flower of Tao.

“Being able to sense each other, these two must be connected somehow,” he mused.

According to the leader of the Ghost Tribe, even though the Power of Darkness only physically manifests in their homeland, it is actually omnipresent throughout the Xuanhuang World. It is just not specifically condensed, making it difficult for ordinary people to detect. However, if one prays or calls through special methods, it is possible to transcend the barriers between the Small Worlds and harness its power.

Under the watchful eyes of Li Fan, the leader of the Ghost Tribe appeared deeply devout, chanting under his breath.

He then launched an attack on a ferocious exotic beast resembling a lion-tiger.

This Lion-Tiger Beast was a newly bred species by the Empire, with a body as hard as steel. Even a full-force strike from an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator could hardly scratch it.

But an extremely bizarre scene unfolded.

Suddenly and without warning, the once-fearsome Lion-Tiger Beast’s limbs weakened, and it collapsed to the ground.

Its eyes filled with terror, it tried helplessly to struggle to its feet.

But beneath it, there seemed to be an invisible swamp, with countless hands pulling at it relentlessly.

Under Li Fan’s gaze, the Lion-Tiger Beast was slowly swallowed by the darkness.

Not a bone remained.

From start to finish, Li Fan never “saw” the existence of the darkness.

But the Lion-Tiger Beast indeed vanished before his very eyes.

Li Fan carefully investigated the area where the darkness had descended, finding no residual power.

“Coming and going without a trace, impossible to guard against,” Li Fan stroked his chin, lost in thought.

The group of Ghost Tribe members then closed their eyes and collectively prayed with reverence once more.

“It seems that only they, through such prayers, can interact with the darkness. Ordinary humans, no matter how similar they seem, cannot invoke the Power of Darkness,” he reflected.

“It’s also quite understandable, only by joining our United Federation of All Realms, taking the oath through the True Immortal’s Statue, and entering the True Immortal’s Net, can one’s prayers be sensed by me. It seems that the Power of Darkness also exists within such an invisible network.”

Li Fan pondered to himself, “So the key is, how to join this network without being devoured by the darkness.”

In the Ghost Realm, the strange post-mortem appearance of Morubin remained vivid in his memory. Merely physical contact with it had resulted in such a fate. It was hard to imagine surviving unscathed if both body and Divine Soul were immersed in the Power of Darkness.

Subsequently, Li Fan ordered his Death Warriors to attempt to communicate with the darkness, which confirmed his speculation.

Silently swallowed by the darkness. No one saw them alive, nor were their bodies ever found.

In a short period of time, frequent activation of the Power of Darkness seemed to induce some subtle changes.

As the Overlord of the Spirit Tree Realm, Li Fan faintly felt the entire world darken for a moment.

After confirming with the leader of the Ghost Tribe, Li Fan knew it was not his imagination.

It was indeed a tendency for the darkness to flow towards this place.

Li Fan decisively halted the experiment for the time being.

After asking around the Ghost Tribe for a long time, Li Fan finally got a rough idea about the current state of the Power of Darkness in the Xuanhuang World.

It was like the Ocean of Darkness gathered on the “backside” of the Xuanhuang.

Although it was fixed in place by some mysterious force, the inherent permeability of the darkness sometimes allowed it to invade Xuanhuang and various other Small Worlds through any possible “cracks.”

Invading and ultimately returning to the Ghost Realm.

Cycling repeatedly, it formed an existence akin to “tides.”

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