"Eternal silence in the virtual world?" This was the second time Li Fan heard this word from Emperor Tai Tian.
Although he has lost most of his memory, in Li Fan's impression, Duke Shouqiu is still a rare strong man in the world. And such a character would actually be in a difficult situation?
"What exactly is this so-called eternally silent virtual world?" Li Fan couldn't help but ask.
"Where?" Emperor Taitian looked a little strange.
He stretched out his hand and pointed around: "Here, there, anywhere you have ever seen... can actually be called the virtual world of eternal silence. Even if it is not the realm now, it will eventually be destined to fall into it in the future. This is the fate of all living beings in the mountains and seas.
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Emperor Taitian's words made Li Fan even more confused.
However, this former Immortal Emperor, who had fallen and only a shadow remained, seemed to be determined to play riddles with Li Fan, and continued to say these seemingly unrelated words: "Back then, I turned into a retrograde boat, traveling in the long river of time again and again.
I went upstream. At the beginning, with my strength, I was almost able to transcend, but I could only barely return to three thousand years ago..."
"Three thousand years seem to be a long time, but in fact it is just a blink of an eye. With foresight, I did make a lot of arrangements in advance for the arrival of the catastrophe of Dao Annihilation. But in the end, it was all in vain."
"I can save more real immortals, but I can't save the fairy world."
"So I tried over and over again, trying to go back to the longer past in order to get a longer preparation time. As my understanding of the retrograde path became more profound, the upper limit of the time I could go back also continued to increase. From three thousand years
, five thousand years, then ten thousand years, then fifty thousand years!”
Although Emperor Tai Tian's tone was calm, the content of his words revealed the demeanor of a peerless powerful man.
"Even though the retrograde boat is full of cracks, I still have hope. Until..."
"That day, I finally saw the end of the long river of time."
Emperor Taitian's eyes were filled with endless memories.
"The end of the long river of time? How is it possible?" When Li Fan heard this, his body was shocked. His eyes were full of disbelief. Suddenly, some pictures flashed through his mind, causing a slight sting. After a moment, Li Fan finally understood something.
come over.
Emperor Taitian continued: "It's like a surging river formed out of thin air. As a person who goes upstream, no matter how hard I struggle in the river, I can't take another step forward!"
"The catastrophe of Taoism?" Li Fan slowly spit out four words.
Emperor Tai Tian nodded: "That's right! The Catastrophe of Dao Annihilation, this horrific disaster, will not only devour our world at this point in time. It will also erase all traces of our existence in history. Let everything in the world be wiped out.
, all completely reduced to nothingness!”
"Seventy-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six years. This is the upper limit of the long river of time that I saw when I went upstream. However, I have not set off again for a long time. During the years in the painting,
I'm afraid this number will be significantly reduced..." Emperor Taitian sighed.
Just by watching, Li Fan felt this overwhelming sense of oppression. What could be more despairing than turning back time and not being able to change his fate? He seemed to have followed the Taitian Emperor all the way and experienced the Tao Annihilation firsthand.
It is a horrifying scene of calamity being forced step by step on the upper reaches of the long river of time, pouring down.
With a sudden flash of inspiration, Li Fanruo realized something: "So, the eternal silence of the virtual world that you are talking about, senior, refers to..."
Emperor Tai Tian nodded: "That's right. The Eternal Silence Realm refers to these places that have been swallowed up by the catastrophe of Dao Oblivion."
Although I received an explanation from the other party, greater doubts arose in my heart.
"Senior said, since the catastrophe of Dao Oblivion has swallowed up everything in the past, then how did my master, Duke Shouqiu [go] to a place that should not exist? Traveling through the void of time, even if the master
Zun will definitely face a life-and-death crisis. Why do you risk your life like this?"
Faced with Li Fan's many questions, Emperor Taitian did not choose to hide them, but answered them all.
With a wave of his sleeves, a long, surging river with glimmers of light and shadows flowed between the two of them.
Emperor Tai Tian used his finger as a sword and made a slight stroke. The bright image of the long river was directly erased for a short section in the front. Only the second half was left, a strange scene that continued to flow in time and space.
"Have you ever wondered why the long river of time has obviously been swallowed up, but we still exist downstream?"
"Without the past as a foundation, how can we exist independently? It's like if I returned to your mortal period and killed you directly. Will you still appear in front of me now?"
Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly. He had indeed thought about this problem, and subconsciously felt that it was impossible. But the fact that the entire world still existed here forced Li Fan to believe this inference.
It seems that the disappearance of the upper reaches of the long river of time will not directly affect the lower reaches. Only when the catastrophe of Tao Annihilation truly affects the "now" will the entire time and space disappear completely.
Emperor Tai Tian took a deep look at Li Fan: "I used to think so, including many powerful men in the immortal world, and even the three sage kings. Until later..."
"We just realized how wrong we were!"
Emperor Taitian did not explain in detail how Zhu Xian in the Immortal Realm discovered his own cognitive fallacy. Instead, he was very confident and gave an unquestionable conclusion.
He waved his hand again, and the image of the river of time that was originally horizontal stood upright in an instant.
The image suddenly shrunk countless times, and the upstream part of the long river that disappeared was revealed.
"As time goes by, the foundation still exists. We are still living well in the world today, which is the best evidence. It was swallowed up by the catastrophe of Taoism, but it is just an illusion."
Li Fan looked ahead and saw a strange scene displayed by Emperor Taitian.
A long and continuous river stretching from bottom to top, emitting light blue light, but was infected by unknown darkness.
became intermittent.
"The invasion of the Taoist Catastrophe is not carried out in the order from ancient times to the present. Instead, it is synchronously staged in every part of the long river. In some historical periods, it was caught off guard and disappeared completely. But in other places, it was
Survived for the time being.”
"We are in such a node that still exists!"
Emperor Tai Tian's eyes looked towards the very distant past in the long river of time: "It's still the same problem. The reason why we can exist is precisely because in the darkness that seems to be completely swallowed up, there are still people who are struggling to persevere!"
"One day, if they are all completely lost..."
"We will cease to exist."
"We won't even notice how we disappeared. It's like we shouldn't exist in this world. By then, no matter how powerful we are, we may not be able to avoid the fate of destruction. Even if we are in charge of immortality
Lord Qiu, the guardian of the great road." Emperor Taitian sighed.
"!" Li Fan was shocked.
As his thoughts turned around, he still understood the reason why Duke Shou Qiu went to the Eternal Silence Realm.
It's rescue.
It’s also self-help.
"After understanding this, the goals of all the strong men in the world will be unified. On the premise of maintaining their own existence, they will cross the time and space of death, go to the last surviving node, and provide assistance. In this way, in the end..."
"Go back to the distant past where the disaster of Dao Annihilation can be completely solved."
"It's a pity that my end has come. I have more than enough ambition, but not enough strength. Going upstream is already my limit. Crossing the time and space of silence is far beyond my ability." Emperor Tai Tian sighed again, looking a little lonely.
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The truth revealed by Emperor Taitian far exceeded Li Fan's expectations.
Even in the past memory, there seems to be no cognition in this regard.
The brain was in extreme shock, and it was difficult to accept or react for a while.
After a long silence, Li Fan suddenly realized something and asked quickly: "Could it be that our sudden awakening and correct understanding of the current situation of time and space was because of..."
Li Fan pointed to the place where he was in the intermittent river of time ahead.
"A guest is coming from the future, traveling across time and space to help us?" Li Fan's voice trembled slightly.
Emperor Taitian nodded solemnly.
Li Fan stared at the scene in front of him, and seemed to see the feat of all the strong men working together to save the long river of time that was being swallowed up.
The mood is agitated and difficult to let go for a long time.
After a while, he slowly recovered.
After the brief excitement ended, he stared at the scene in front of him, with many questions emerging in his mind again.
How can we cross the time and space of death?
And how can we be sure that if we go back to the most ancient time, we can find a solution to the disaster of Taoism? If countless people work together and go through hardships, they will finally find that everything is irreversible...
So what should we do?
…
After thinking for a long time, Li Fan finally couldn't hold back and expressed the many doubts in his heart.
Emperor Tai Tian looked solemn: "If we don't try, then the only thing waiting for us is destruction. If we give it a try, maybe we can gain that glimmer of hope."
"We can only hope that those strong men in the ancient past can persist until the day when reinforcements arrive."
Emperor Taitian raised his hand and pointed to the sky.
"You must know that those who can go to the other side of the world are all powerful men who shock the past and the present. And there is not one person in the billions who is qualified to cross the time and space of silence and go to the eternal silence of the void. Such a person, even if
Even if there is no hope at all, he can still fight for his life. How can he be affected by the possibility of this crisis?" Emperor Tai Tian's expression and tone were unprecedentedly solemn.
"Although you have the Shouqiu inheritance, transcendence is almost certain. But if you still have the same mentality now, you may not be qualified to go further after moving to a bigger stage."
"The Avenue of Immortality can only protect you and lead you to live a long and happy life here."
Li Fan looked at the short section of the river of time that Emperor Tai Tian pointed at, and showed a learned expression.
"Who among us monks would not be filled with enthusiasm and be willing to dedicate themselves to this plan if they heard about it? Due to my destiny, I am unable to participate in it. It is really a pity."
"However, you still have a great chance!"
"Perhaps it was fate that I stumbled into this place by mistake." As Emperor Taitian spoke, he gradually began to mutter to himself. His expression was a little dazed, as if he had thought of some extremely exciting thought, and the shadow that was originally shrouded in death was
A special aura gradually rose up from his body.
"There is no point in living here anymore. So I will teach you the way of retrograde movement that I have learned today!"
"If one day you can go to the Eternal Silence Realm on my behalf to help, then my sacrifice today will not be in vain!"
Emperor Tai Tian seemed to suddenly have an epiphany.
The body is bright and generous.
The figure gradually floats into the retrograde boat and gradually becomes one with the boat.
The retrograde boat suddenly floated up, and then crashed towards Li Fan amid the lightning and flint.
Li Fan had been deeply touched by the heroic words of Emperor Tai Tian before, and was very moved.
However, at this moment, the retrograde boat flew towards him uncontrollably, but he instinctively wanted to dodge.
But Li Fan was no match for Emperor Tai Tian.
Even if Emperor Tai Tian only has a shadow left.
Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as the retrograde boat flew into his body.
boom!
The river of time displayed by Emperor Taitian in front of him seemed to have crashed into Li Fan's mind.
Emperor Tai Tian went upstream again and again, and everything he experienced in the long river of time was simultaneously played out in Li Fan's mind.
It's exactly the same scene as being swallowed up by one's own lost memories.
But Emperor Tai Tian obviously considered Li Fan's "weak" endurance.
Under the continuous wash of fleeting glimpses, all the pictures of those insignificant things slowly faded away.
Only certain key things and Emperor Taitian's understanding of the retrograde path remained, as if they had been precipitated.
The inheritance of Emperor Taitian seemed to resonate with Li Fan's loss of memory.
The scenes I had experienced were stimulated, and they could no longer be suppressed and spewed out simultaneously from the depths of my mind.
"Really?!"
Among the many scenes, Li Fan grasped the most important thing.
He finally remembered himself and got a name for the treasure he held.
And the many wonderful uses of [Huan Zhen].
"What happened? How did it really turn out like this?"
"Not to mention that many functions such as endless reincarnation have disappeared, and even the anchor points I set at the beginning have also disappeared?"
Although some lost memories were evoked, Li Fan's mood did not stabilize.
On the contrary, it became more and more turbulent.
Coupled with the inheritance of Emperor Tai Tian, the situation further worsened.
In the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan himself in the secret room of the Taishi Mansion had already been under such tremendous pressure that his entire upper body had exploded into a pool of flesh and blood. The breath of immortality continuously emerged from the remains of the body, trying to repair the injuries.
However, the sudden turmoil in Li Fan's mind this time was beyond what he could bear.
Even the path to immortality he upholds seems unable to save him.
"It's true! It's true! It's true!"
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Li Fan had no choice but to shout quickly in his heart.
But a familiar scene happened again.
I really didn't hear anything, there was no reaction at all.
Li Fan called several times in succession without giving up.
The result remains the same.
In a mixture of shock and anger, Li Fan inevitably felt despair as he looked at his body being gradually devoured.
However, in a daze, Li Fan recalled what Emperor Tai Tian just said.
"Such a character, even if there is no hope at all, can still fight for his life!"
The panic slowly subsided, and only incomparable perseverance remained in Li Fan's eyes.
In an instant, he had found his own way of survival.