Chapter 608: Chapter 580: Life and Death are Essentially One
Perhaps it’s because the [Root of Heaven and Earth] was wary of damaging the newly formed Five Elements Cave Heaven.
When Li Fan approached the vicinity of these five radiance clusters, the external force drawing him in diminished noticeably.
This also prevented his immediate disintegration.
At this moment, although only half of Li Fan’s body remained, he still had all his limbs intact. His body had shrunken, making him look like a seven- or eight-year-old child.
Ridiculous and bizarre.
At least it didn’t interfere with his movements.
Quietly gazing at the fluctuating five-colour glow not far away, Li Fan resisted the urge to use his secret technique to devour it immediately.
Instead, he decided to observe.
The Root of Heaven and Earth was “weaving” energy and laws of the same attributes onto the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Cave Heavens under a continuous burst of light.
The newly born, fragile Cave Heavens were becoming increasingly complete and sturdy because of this.
“If this space is considered a womb nourishing life, then the newly formed Five Elements Cave Heaven is like a foetus finally taking shape,” Li Fan murmured.
Now in the form of a line, Li Fan became more sensitive to the surrounding laws’ fluctuations than when he was a human.
Witnessing the beginning of the formation of the Cave Heavens brought moments of comprehension to his mind.
In his previous life, he had watched in person when the “Five Elements Great Cave Heaven”, that was relocated outside, was annihilated due to the imbalance of the Five Elements.
And now, witnessing the birth of the Five Elements herein, he found striking similarities between the two instances.
“Life and death…”
“Life begins with death, and death is the source of life,” Li Fan murmured, seemingly enlightened.
“I used the theory of the endless cycles of the Five Elements to advance Mo Sha and The Law of Heavenly Fiend, thereby creating the Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword.”
“And this principle of life and death… ”
At that moment, his thoughts reached a climax.
Without any external aid, he seemed to enter a state of enlightenment.
Standing still, like a statue, beside the Five Elements’ clusters of light, he appeared to be inert.
His body, however, wasn’t entirely unresponsive to the external world.
Whenever particles whooshing by attempted to penetrate the Five Elements Cave Heaven, his body seemed to anticipate their course. He would move in abnormal, twisting motions, effortlessly dodging the particles in an instant.
Once in safety, his body would return to its original state.
Contrarily, Li Fan remained absorbed in his thoughts, oblivious to his own actions.
Time went by.
Gradually, the vibrant views within the Five Elements’ luminous sphere became more distinct.
Oceans, melting fire, trees…
All creations representing the manifested Five Elements began to take shape within the Cave Heaven.
Just like a fetus that develops over ten months, transforming from a shapeless mass to a baby-featured form.
Different scenarios started to unfold within the Cave Heavens.
The radiance enveloping the Cave Heavens began to condense and contract, returning to the inside of the Cave Heavens.
As if the Five Elements Cave Heaven were a sapling nourished by excellent fertilizer absorbing the radiant light, changes began to accelerate, intensifying by hundreds of times.
The sound of rumbling echoed faintly.
The Cave Heaven itself started to “grow”, expanding outward.
It continued to expand until it bumped into the other Cave Heavens and slowly stopped.
But the force propelling its growth did not cease.
Within the creaking sounds of compression, the five Cave Heavens slowly combined and formed a natural formation, becoming inseparable.
The creation of the Five Elements Cave Heaven was almost complete.
“Good!” At that moment, Li Fan finally snapped out of his reverie.
Although his face, composed solely of lines, could not express happiness, it was evident that he had a rewarding discovery.
“That divine technique wouldn’t be useful if used here. I’ll think about it after I get out!”
“For now, let’s focus on the task at hand!”
After reviewing the scenes that he had missed due to his enlightenment, recorded in the Huadao Stone, Li Fan gave a silent nod of approval.
“I guess I wasn’t mistaken. The Five Elements Cave Heaven has yet to fully break free from the [Root of Heaven and Earth].”
“Just like a mother’s natural instinct to protect her offspring, if I were to attempt to devour the Cave Heaven, surely it would trigger a full-blown attack from the Root of Heaven and Earth.”
“Even as a Unity-Path cultivator, it would be perilous to face it in its home territory.”
“Hence, my only chance is the brief moment when the Five Elements Cave Heaven breaks free from its mother but has not descended onto the Heaven Spirit State Void.”
Li Fan had a clear understanding, neither joyful nor sorrowful, awaiting the arrival of that moment.
If it had been another cultivator facing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no matter how strong their mental fortitude, they would inevitably feel unnerved.
But for Li Fan, who possesses [Real], it’s a commonplace event in an “infinite” number of attempts.
So there was no ripple in his heart.
Like an exceptional hunter, patiently waiting for his prey.
Time could not be accounted for.
The variously different scenes in the faraway Cave Heaven started transitioning into transparency.
Within the [Root of Heaven and Earth], only the outlines of the five interconnected Cave Heavens remained, suspended in space.
Boom…
The Five Elements Cave Heaven began to violently shake.
Even the space within the [Root of Heaven and Earth] was in ceaseless agitation.
It seemed as if the Five Elements Cave Heaven was attempting to break free from the mother’s shackles and emerge.
In Li Fan’s vision, the crisscrossing lines all appeared to be somewhat distorted.
“Ting!”
Just like the sound of a snapping harp string, it suddenly echoed.
Li Fan saw an invisible snapped line that had appeared around the Five Elements Cave Heaven.
Even though it disappeared in the blink of an eye, he was certain it wasn’t a hallucination.
As expected, like a chain reaction, the sounds of breakage echoed one after another.
Countless broken lines fluttered around the Five Elements Cave Heaven, then dissolved in the blink of an eye.
The shaking of the Cave Heavens became more violent.
“Now is the time!”
In that instant, Li Fan’s body utterly disintegrated.
The twisting and writhing lines, like countless serpents, protectively encased the Gold Core from his Dantian.
They raced towards the location of the Five Elements Cave Heaven.
Appearing to trigger an alert in the [Root of Heavens and Earth], the dissolving rate of the thin lines of his body surged as he flew.
However, it could not obstruct Li Fan closing in steadily.
At the moment when the Five Elements Cave Heaven was about to leave the [Root of Heaven and Earth],
Li Fan’s Gold Core manifested cracks.
It seemed on the verge of disintegrating any moment, but paradoxically it continued to hold its form.
Instead, out of those crevices crawled out dreadful “tentacles”.
Just like they had seen some enticing food, they reared up and impatiently lunged towards the nearby Five Elements Cave Heaven.
Those tentacles were another manifestation of “Root of Heaven and Earth”.
Not meaning the beginning of the creation of this world.
But the “Root of Heaven and Earth” that cultivators manifest within themselves following the Tianzun New Method.