Chapter 1012 Daogen's Result

"More than three hundred years have passed, and the Xuanhuang Realm must have been a little further away from the Immortal Ruins. However, it still hasn't collapsed..." The meaning of the Master Qiaogong is self-evident.

Li Fan nodded and agreed: "All realms were destroyed, and only Xuanhuang survived. There must be many cultivators like you and me who fled here from other immortal realms. However, they are all cautious and dormant, perhaps because they are shocked by the power that protects the Xuanhuang Realm."

"To be honest with you, I know a little about formations. When I first arrived in Xuanhuang, I observed a huge formation that vaguely covered the entire world. Its high energy level may be comparable to the legendary immortal-level formation. I was shocked and kept a low profile."

"I dare not be like you, and make the Lingyuan Sect so powerful!"

Hearing this, Master Qiaogong smiled bitterly: "It seems that fellow Daoist has been eyeing me for a long time!"

After a while, Master Qiaogong explained: "The Lingyuan Sect looks quite large, but in fact it is just a group of rabble. It is not taken seriously by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. It's just that the geographical environment of Jiushanzhou is special, and it borders the Five Elders Association, so there are all kinds of people. Instead of carefully governing it, it's better to let the Lingyuan Sect grow wildly."

"At least, every time I harvest a large amount of source power, I have to hand over a part of it."

"I just don't know what happened in the past three hundred years..." A trace of haze flashed in Master Qiaogong's eyes.

Li Fan smiled immediately: "Fellow Daoist is really scaring himself. In fact, the development of Lingyuan Sect has been thriving in recent years. It just suffered an unexpected disaster not long ago, and was implicated by the sudden appearance of the Tianzun Dharma Image that destroyed Jiushanzhou in one glance."

As he said, Li Fan projected the scene of the first display of power by the Tianzun Dharma Image in front of him.

Master Qiaogong took a look, his face twitched, and he said in a lost voice: "What did you do to attract the action of Chuanfa Tianzun?"

"Of course, in the war between the two behemoths, you chose to join the Five Elders Association." Li Fan explained.

Master Qiaogong was immediately full of disbelief, and then said hatefully: "How foolish!"

After a while of incredulity, Master Qiaogong seemed to have thought of something, and said with some doubt: "No, I clearly feel that there are still nearly a million people in the world who are still practicing the Cangsheng Lingyuan Gong..."

"Oh, this." Li Fan replied very calmly, "I couldn't bear to see the foundation of my fellow Taoist destroyed. So I took over."

Master Qiaogong was completely stunned when he heard this: "You..."

After a moment, his thoughts turned rapidly, and he figured out everything: "No wonder you found my location shortly after I was resurrected..."

"No, you should have found the means of my resurrection a long time ago, right?"

Master Qiaogong's face kept changing.

Li Fan nodded slightly: "Don't worry, I have no ill intentions. Otherwise, I would not have told you everything truthfully."

"Oh? Who is that fellow Taoist..." The expression of Master Qiaogong was uncertain.

"Of course, I see that you have extraordinary skills and a talent beyond the reach of heaven. So I want to invite you to join us and work together for a great cause!" Li Fan said solemnly.

After that, Li Fan elaborated on the rhetoric of uniting all realms and restoring the Taoism of the True Immortal of Compassion in the Red Dust.

"There is a Taoism of True Immortality?" Master Qiaogong narrowed his eyes, half believing and half doubting.

It was not until Li Fan passed a trace of the golden Wanling Qiongli that Master Qiaogong was shocked again.

"Source Essence?!" He blurted out a word different from what the Taoist Baihua described.

"Oh? What does this Source Essence mean? In our Wansheng Realm, this thing is called Wanling Qiongli." Li Fan asked with interest.

Master Qiaogong stared at the object in Li Fan's hand, as if he saw some peerless treasure: "Source power is the original power that drives the cultivator's realm to improve. And the essence of source power is the fundamental power that causes the birth of source power."

"Or according to the saying that was popular in some immortal cultivation circles, the realm is the core and the cultivation is the fruit. The essence of source power is the body of [Daohua], and as for the source and root of everything, it is the [Dao] that drives the development of all things."

Li Fan recalled the description of Wanling Qiongjiang by Baihua Taoist in his mind.

That was the part that was discarded by Wuming Zhenxian when he absorbed the traces of [Dao].

"Daoyou's metaphor is really novel." Li Fan kept comprehending these words, thinking.

And Master Qiaogong kept staring at the essence of source power in his hand, refusing to look away.

"Is Daohua poisonous?" Li Fan suddenly asked.

Master Qiaogong was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Li Fan meant. After a moment of silence, he explained: "It is harmless to believers. Those who do not believe will be attacked!"

"You must know that the root of Tao and the flower of Tao are not powers that we cultivators who have not yet ascended to immortality can master."

"If we want to use them, we must rely on [immortals]."

"But [immortals] are already beyond our understanding. While they pursue the root of Tao, they will definitely leave their own traces. Therefore, the flower of Tao, the fruit of Tao, and the core of Tao are all stained with their own unique breath."

"Ordinary flowers in the world are in this process of taking root, branching, blooming, and bearing fruit. But our generation of cultivators pursue Tao, and we seek the cause from the fruit. Looking for the source of everything, the root of Tao..."

"Such an illusory thing, if you don't realize it yourself, want to take a shortcut, and haven't fully realized the true meaning of the power of the fruit of Tao, you are eager to trace back to the root of Tao. You can only rely on the achievements of others."

"I don't know if you understand what I said?"

Perhaps because he saw the real flower of Tao with his own eyes, Master Qiaogong was so excited that he said a lot in one breath.

"According to what Taoist friends said, it seems that there is not much harm in using the power of the flower of Tao?" Li Fan asked.

"That's natural, as long as you don't pursue other roots of Tao in the future." Master Qiaogong replied.

Li Fan thought about it and understood it instantly: "One root bears one fruit?"

"Yes, once you are infected with the power of the flower of Tao, you will almost never be able to escape it in your lifetime. If you have the opportunity to go further in the future, you can only follow the path that has been set and pursue the root of Tao that has been bound in the dark. However, there is already a true immortal who has taken the lead on the road ahead..."

Master Qiaogong smiled: "So, either become a believer or vassal of the other party. Or kill him and become the strongest on the road."

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I forgot to say. The fruit grows from the root. If the roots wither, the fruit will also wither. So once the immortal standing at the source dies, the downstream will use his power to be infected with the existence of the flower of Tao, and they will also die suddenly."

"But after all, he is an immortal, and the probability of his death is much smaller than that of us ordinary cultivators."