Lin Fan never expected that pretending to be dead would last a whole year, when originally it was meant to be no more than ten days. Obviously, without even thinking about it, this had caused an enormous impact on everyone.
Yet at this moment, Lin Fan did not regret it at all. During this year, he had witnessed the changes in everyone.
If he had remained alive, they would have continued living under his protection, and such progress would have been impossible.
Xiao Ya Zhiqiao, who once disliked cultivation under his care, had now advanced to the middle stage of the先天 (Qian Tian) realm.
To achieve such progress in just a year was beyond Lin Fan’s expectations.
She had also completed the first layer of the Sword Canon and opened the door to the second layer, which brought Lin Fan great satisfaction.
As for You Jiuling, she had caused Lin Fan’s heart to tremble slightly, his blood surging with emotion. She was cultivating the “Titan Grade Demon Body,” had reached its fifth layer, attained the late stage of the先天 (innate) realm, and possessed an extremely powerful physical body.
At her age, this was nothing short of genius among geniuses, and Lin Fan could imagine the hardships she must have endured.
Zhang Erdog didn’t disappoint Lin Fan either, reaching the peak of the Divine Entry realm. His progress was astonishing.
Feng Bu Jue had decent talent to begin with, and after Lin Fan enhanced his potential, he had already reached the late stage of the Small Heaven Realm.
Mo Qiongqi, who possessed the “Immortal and Indestructible” cultivation method, had diligently secluded himself in cultivation and now reached the peak of the Great Heaven Realm. Just a year ago, he was still at the early stage of the Great Heaven Realm—this was simply more shocking than using pills.
Tianyu also worked hard and was now at the middle stage of the Great Heaven Realm.
All of these changes, Lin Fan could instantly see through with a single glance.
Such tremendous growth within a year was truly inconceivable.
Seeing all this, Patriarch Yan and the others were filled with excitement.
“Good… good. As long as you’re alive, everything is fine.”
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“But how is this possible? A year ago, you truly died,” Patriarch Yan asked in confusion.
Even if they wracked their brains, they couldn’t figure it out.
Lin Fan gently set down Zhiqiao and You Jiuling, his mind beginning to race, and then he focused.
“Patriarch, I did die back then. But who am I? There are still so many people waiting for me. How could I die? At the moment of death, my mind went completely dark, and I seemed to be in an endless world filled with countless evil beings,” Lin Fan began to embellish, knowing full well they had never died and couldn’t verify his story.
At that moment, the entire sect fell silent, everyone listening intently, afraid to miss a single word.
“In that void, suddenly appeared a chaos demon called the Emperor of the Yin and Yang Messengers. If I had been captured by him, I would have truly perished. So I fought against him…”
Everyone listened with bated breath to Lin Fan’s tale, their hearts pounding.
It was thrilling—absolutely thrilling.
Though they had never witnessed it, the way Lin Fan described it made it seem incredibly intense.
“Finally, after using every ounce of strength I had, I managed to suppress the Emperor of Yin and Yang and then woke up.”
Lin Fan didn’t care whether they believed him or not—he himself believed it. As for whether this Emperor of Yin and Yang even existed, they had no way of knowing.
In reality, Lin Fan had simply been stuck in that mysterious space, playing through a maze for a whole year before finally finding the exit and waking up.
“The Emperor of Yin and Yang? Truly unheard of and beyond comprehension,” Patriarch Yan and others exclaimed in astonishment.
Such a situation was indeed something they had never encountered.
If anyone else had said this, they would have slapped them and called them a liar.
But this was Lin Fan, so Patriarch Yan was somewhat inclined to believe him.
The Supreme Elder Wuya glanced at Lin Fan. There was definitely something fishy about this kid.
But since he was alive now, such suspicions were no longer important.
As long as he was alive, everything was fine.
…
“Oh, right. This chicken also died that day—how did he come back to life?” Patriarch Yan asked.
Lin Fan was momentarily stunned, then turned to look at the chicken standing beneath the sacred statue.
The chicken stood motionless under the statue, its cute chicken eyes fixed on it.
Even Lin Fan could see tears forming in the chicken’s eyes.
Looking at the chicken’s current state, Lin Fan sighed. It seemed the chicken had been moved by the efforts of the sect. After all, they had carved a statue in its honor, even if it was just standing on Lin Fan’s shoulder. For a fierce beast, this was no small feat.
The chicken kept staring at its lifelike statue, almost in tears.
“Of course I’m the smartest. If I hadn’t seen through my master, there definitely wouldn’t be a statue of me,” the chicken thought, moved to tears by its own brilliance.
I am indeed the most awe-inspiring chicken.
If Lin Fan had known what the chicken was thinking at that moment, he would have roasted it on a spit without hesitation.
“Patriarch, he isn’t just a chicken. He’s actually a descendant of the ancient fierce beast Fenghuang, obtained by me through a stroke of luck,” Lin Fan explained.
“An ancient fierce beast?” Upon hearing this, Patriarch Yan and the others were visibly shocked and skeptical.
They took another careful look at the chicken.
It was hard to associate it with Fenghuang.
The difference was just too great.
If Lin Fan hadn’t said it was Fenghuang, they would never believe it—it clearly looked like a chicken.
Now that they knew the chicken was a descendant of the ancient fierce beast Fenghuang, its resurrection made sense.
Fenghuang could be reborn through Nirvana, so coming back to life was no surprise.
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Outside the grand hall, after a brief conversation with Patriarch Yan and others, Lin Fan waved to the inner and outer disciples and returned to Nameless Peak.
Lin Fan still had many questions about his current state to investigate, so he wanted to find a quiet place to carefully analyze all the changes within himself.
Also, a year had passed, and the invasion from the Beast Spirit World was likely drawing near.
It wouldn’t happen exactly in three years, but soon.
If the Beast Spirit World had broken through the barrier and arrived at Donglingzhou during his fake death last year, Lin Fan would have been filled with regret so intense he’d wish for death.
Fortunately, none of that had happened.
On Nameless Peak, Lin Fan sat cross-legged and opened his interface.
Sixty billion experience points from an ancient great demon had shattered all previous limits. Perhaps entering that mysterious space was what was known as the Path to Immortality.
But for some reason, this path had been sealed, trapping him inside. Eventually, like wandering through a maze, he had found his way back.
Name: Lin Fan
Cultivation: Zen Heaven Late Stage
Experience: (0 billion / 20 billion)
Physical Body Strength: Immortal Initial Stage
Physical Body Technique: “Eternally Indestructible” (10 layers)
Physical Body Experience: (0 / 8 billion)
Talent: Infinite Advancement
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Zen Heaven Realm?
Inexplicably, his essence, energy, and spirit seemed to connect with the heavens, extending toward some mysterious realm. But in an instant, something blocked the path, leaving no way forward.
It seemed he must break through the heavenly barrier to understand the true power of the Zen Heaven Realm.
But what delighted Lin Fan even more was the automatic refinement of rule chains by the system over the past year.
The sheer quantity left Lin Fan completely stunned.
How could others even compete with him anymore?
It was practically leaving no room for survival.
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