Chapter 856: Flawed Immortal Chain
The mist and clouds were resplendent, half a page of scripture as red as blood trembled, forged from Phoenix Blood Red Gold, clanging with a metallic ring, like an immortal phoenix long trapped and about to break free from its seal.
That wisp of faint flame merged with it, transforming into a leaping rune, emitting an even more blazing light. The two resonated, mysterious and unfathomable.
A sound from ancient times came.
Enlightenment—he no longer needed to rely on this seed. At this moment, he was not using it to aid understanding, but had truly captured a strange rhythm.
"It's half a page of immortal script!"
The tree flame vanished, but the phoenix bird did not retreat. It hovered in midair, staring at the scripture cast from Phoenix Blood Red Gold, spitting out many rays of multicolored light.
At this moment, the divine ancient scripture, as red as blood, merged with those vivid fire lights, surging out half a fire bird. Yet it seemed as if someone had cut it in half, leaving only half a body.
Half a page of immortal script, half an immortal phoenix bird!
Ye Fan gripped the Bodhi seed, gazing forward intently. His eyes shot out two beams of substantial light, almost connecting to the damaged bird, seizing the secrets upon it.
This was manifested from dao patterns, containing the secret of immortality. Now, resonating with the light spat out by the bird formed from runic flames, it manifested in the void.
Who in this world could be immortal? Even the ancient great emperors could not. Was this truly a piece of immortal scripture? Ye Fan composed himself, observing the phoenix dao patterns, trying to capture the most fundamental secret.
But it was too difficult. The phoenix bird manifested by this half-page scripture was broken, torn in half. Such incompleteness was not coherent, not forming a cohesive scripture.
Forcibly combining and continuously evolving deductions would not work either. No scripture or great dao could be born from it. This made Ye Fan frown, at a loss.
The Bodhi seed in his hand, though more closely integrated with him, could not create something from nothing, could not establish a dao. It could only capture the dao traces that truly existed.
"Chirp chirp"
The little bird in midair swooped down, dancing around the Phoenix Blood Red Gold, graceful and moving. But its temperature was even more terrifying and shocking. Ye Fan's expression changed, afraid it would melt the patterns on the surface.
"Clang"
A metallic tremor sounded. From the immortal script burst forth an even more brilliant light, red as blood, dyeing the entire Fire Domain with a dreamlike radiance, mysterious and magnificent.
"A small section of flawless dao patterns!"
Ye Fan stared straight into the air. When the Phoenix Blood Red Gold merged with the faint light, within the incomplete phoenix bird it evolved, a section of patterns like iron chains clanged and moved.
His eyes bloomed with divine radiance, like two sharp swords slashing over, piercing through the gorgeous glow, landing on that order chain, carefully copying it down.
"Swoosh"
The faint firelight flickered. Ye Fan retreated, then remained motionless, as if all life had left him, sitting down cross-legged.
His divine consciousness was pulled into a dead silent space, forcibly sealed inside. Here, only a single order chain moved, terrifying and boundless.
"The secret of longevity?" Ye Fan's mind was empty and ethereal, concentrating all his spirit on comprehension, gazing at the divine chain woven from dao patterns, unaware of the passage of time, completely immersed within.
Unfortunately, how much could half a page of Phoenix Blood Red Gold scripture record? And the only flawless dao principle it contained was not even a corner of the whole.
Nevertheless, Ye Fan was deeply moved. This was actually one of the Nine Secrets—the "Presence" Secret!
This was the so-called art of immortality and imperishability! When comprehending this order chain, the other secrets began to operate on their own, resonating, harmonizing with the dao together.
"What a pity. The damage is too severe. From the broken dao patterns, only this one order chain could be extracted, unable to obtain its essence."
Even so, Ye Fan's heart was shaken. The "Presence" Secret could heal wounds, could refine one's own body into a divine medicine. Even if the primordial spirit was shattered, it could be repaired. As long as a single drop of blood remained, the physical body could regenerate.
He truly felt immense regret. That nearly immortal secret he could not obtain—only one divine chain remained. A complete version would require at least nine.
No wonder there was a rumor in the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain that with this ancient scripture, it was hard to die even if one wanted to. It could repair the self, making both form and spirit difficult to extinguish!
Of course, this was not true immortality. When a person's lifespan dried up, even this page of immortal scripture was useless, unable to extend one's life essence.
He did not know how long had passed before he withdrew from that void space, truly awakening. The half-page Phoenix Blood Red Gold scripture had long fallen to the ground, and that cluster of immortal flame had vanished.
The place was very quiet. Ye Fan picked up this page of scripture and slashed it against his shoulder, causing blood to spurt out. However, as soon as the "Presence" secret was activated, the golden blood that flew out immediately flowed back, the wound healed, and in an instant, he was unharmed.
This made him even more regretful. If he could obtain the complete "Presence" Secret, it would truly defy the heavens—almost an indestructible golden body, impervious to all calamities.
Soon, he smiled again. One must learn to be content. Obtaining one order chain was already good. He had not fallen here, and had even gained something. He should be grateful.
Now, having obtained this divine chain, it should not be much weaker than Hua Yunfei's Phoenix Calamity Rebirth Art. Sustained vitality was the greatest asset.
Ye Fan carefully put away the half-page immortal scripture, then examined the Bodhi seed. His heart was clear and bright, feeling a strange connection to this seed. He felt that something would happen because of it, something of unimaginable great use to him!
"Today, I wonder what change has occurred. This Bodhi seed makes my heart pound..." he muttered to himself.
At the same time, Gu Fei and Gu Lin were performing divination. Ye Fan had already been gone for several days. Li Heishui, Dongfang Ye, and others from Heavenly Village feared he might encounter trouble, so they asked the two spirit children to calculate.
"Bodhi everywhere, faith condensed, establishing a sect, immortal..."
"Pfft"
The two spirit children opened their small mouths, both coughing up a mouthful of spiritual blood, then fainted. When shaken awake, they were dazed and ignorant, having forgotten what had just happened.
"What happened?" Qi Luo and the Monkey were both alarmed and rushed over quickly.
"Immortal..." Little Sparrow blinked her big eyes, holding a milk bottle, speaking in a childish voice.
"Don't let them calculate anymore. They are spirit children who can deflect calamities, yet this still happened. It seems it involves heavenly secrets." Black Emperor said in a deep voice.
Ye Fan left the Fire Domain, traveling south until he reached the Yan Kingdom—the land where he had first stepped into this world. Its central region was the Ancient Forbidden Land.
This time, he was not taking the risk to venture deep into the Forbidden Zone of Life, but came to the old shop of Uncle Jiang and Little Tingting from back then, to take a look.
Because Uncle Jiang had said he once returned, and an old neighbor told him that a beautiful woman named Lin Jia had come, asking about everything concerning Ye Fan.
"Creak"
Pushing open the dust-laden door, Ye Fan entered the small shop. Everything was as before, as if returning to the past.
Suddenly, his gaze froze. On the wall, he saw several words, carved in the script from the other side of the starry sky, vastly different from this world's writing.
"Feather Transformation Immortal Valley..." Ye Fan read aloud, then stood silently for a long time. What did this mean? Was he supposed to go seek it?
In the end, he turned and left, directly crossing space, returning to the Northern Domain. A shocking great battle was about to begin. At this moment, he could not attend to other matters. Everything would have to wait until this battle concluded!