Chapter 1426: The Form of Ink Kill and Dao Obliteration

When Li Fan entered the Land of Blissful Ignorance, he wasn't pulled into an illusionary dream like ordinary people.

Instead, he saw the Land of Blissful Ignorance as it truly was.

At the edges, there were still signs of human activity. But the closer he got to the core, the fewer traces of civilization remained.

After some time, he arrived at the center, a pristine, primordial landscape devoid of human presence. Sunlight bathed the endless rainforest, the air thick with humidity, rivers snaking through the lush vegetation.

The life force here was the strongest in the Xuanhuang World, teeming with unique species seemingly found nowhere else.

Li Fan sensed a subtle force maintaining the ecological balance of this natural paradise.

"Blissful Ignorance…"

His gaze sharp as lightning, he sent a thread of divine sense towards the source of this power within the rainforest.

The moment it pierced through, the faint sound of a baby's cries echoed in his ears.

The surrounding rainforest vanished.

He found himself in a small mountain village, the continuous cries emanating from a nearby house.

Li Fan observed his surroundings with interest. He had seen this village before, in a painting titled *The Worry-Free Tale of the Father-Devouring, Mother-Consuming Demonic Infant."

Following the cries, he pushed open the door.

The stench of blood assaulted his senses. The scene within was horrifying.

An infant lay swaddled in a cradle on the bed.

Beside the bed, a man and a woman lay in a mangled, bloody heap, their bodies barely recognizable.

Yet, their faces, instead of showing pain, were contorted in blissful smiles. Seemingly oblivious to the pain, they tore chunks of flesh from their exposed bones and offered them to the infant.

"Dear child, eat more, eat your fill. Hehehe."

They muttered deliriously, coughing up blood.

As if this blood were precious, they frantically gathered the spilled droplets, mixing them with bits of flesh and forcing them into the infant's mouth.

The infant, unable to resist, could only cry weakly.

…

Even Li Fan, accustomed to disturbing sights, frowned at this unsettling scene.

This was undoubtedly a glimpse into Blissful Ignorance's past.

But Li Fan, a master of formations, immediately recognized that this wasn't an ordinary illusionary formation.

"At the very least, this man and woman, Blissful Ignorance's parents, are real."

Li Fan's divine sense avatar approached them.

With his intervention, their actions ceased. As if jolted back to reality, the blissful, crazed expressions vanished from their faces. Though their bodies remained immobile, they seemed aware of their situation. Utter despair and madness filled their eyes.

"Aaah…"

They tried to speak, but only incoherent sounds escaped their lips.

Displeased by Li Fan's interference, the controlling force regained control of the couple.

They resumed their nightmarish act of self-mutilation, feeding their flesh and bone to the infant.

"This is what they desire. Why disturb them, Senior?"

"Isn't it better to help others fulfill their wishes?"

A cheerful voice echoed through the small house.

"Show yourself!" Li Fan snorted, about to unleash his power.

A figure suddenly appeared, bowing deeply.

"Senior, spare me!"

Li Fan narrowed his eyes, observing the figure. Naked, thin, and androgynous, with long, unkempt hair cascading to the floor like a black river.

Blissful Ignorance, exposed and vulnerable, showed no embarrassment under Li Fan's gaze, as if this were her natural state.

"Do you know what happened next, Senior?" she asked, gesturing towards the couple feeding their flesh to the infant.

Without waiting for a response, she continued, "These two heard of a secret technique from a certain immortal master. By feeding their blood and flesh to their newborn infant for eighty-one days, then consuming the infant, they could ascend to immortality."

"Hehe…"

The scene before them shifted.

The infant, nourished by flesh and blood, grew at an alarming rate, her cries growing louder, spreading from the small house to the rest of the village.

The cries seemed to possess a hypnotic power. All who heard them lost their minds, walking like zombies towards the house, offering themselves to the "demon."

Within days, the entire village had been reduced to the bloody mess within the room.

The infant's cries echoed through the mountains.

Birds and beasts, like the humans before them, walked fearlessly into the house.

A suffocating aura of blood and malice filled the room, seemingly blocking out the sunlight.

In the darkness, alongside the incessant cries of the infant, came the sickening sound of chewing.

Finally, all life on the mountain had been consumed by the demonic infant.

Silence descended.

Only the infant's cries remained.

…

Such carnage was nothing new to Li Fan.

He looked towards a shadowy corner of the illusion.

"As expected of Senior!" Blissful Ignorance exclaimed simultaneously.

As Li Fan's gaze focused, a blurry figure solidified.

"Excellent, simply excellent! The sacred infant is growing even faster than expected!"

"In a few days, this spiritual elixir will be complete. The parents' selfless love, the infant's innate desire for survival, combined with the primal instincts of countless beasts…"

"The Ancestral Master will be most pleased."

"After seven failures, we're finally going to succeed," the figure muttered, ecstatic.

Calculating the time, the cultivator descended, filled with anticipation, and entered the house.

"He yearns to claim the sacred infant. Let him remain within his sweet dream."

"Isn't it better to help others fulfill their wishes?"

Li Fan watched as the cultivator's expression changed drastically upon entering the house.

Confusion and terror warred within his eyes. He struggled against his loss of control, yet he continued, step by step, towards the infant.

Then, he succumbed completely, like the countless beings before him, tearing at his own flesh and offering it to the child.

"Are you satisfied, Senior?"

The illusion shattered. Blissful Ignorance's face, innocent and expectant, turned to Li Fan.

He didn't answer, watching as countless points of light, each a dream, rushed towards him.

Like a starry sky, this vast expanse of dreams, some from humans, some from beasts, washed over Li Fan's divine sense.

They weren't mere visual recordings. They also contained insights and understandings of varying depths, from the dreamers themselves and… from Blissful Ignorance.

Her reflections and insights on defying the natural order of the Xuanhuang World!

A mere thread of divine sense couldn't withstand such a deluge of information. It was about to be assimilated, becoming part of the endless dream.

But a fragment of this divine sense, no matter what Blissful Ignorance did, refused to dissipate.

Her attempts to erode it were futile.

Curiosity flickered in Blissful Ignorance's eyes. But even with her power, she couldn't penetrate this persistent fragment.

This only fueled her curiosity.

More points of light ignited, like a galaxy cascading from the heavens, a waterfall crashing against the diamond-like fragment of divine sense.

"Are you sure you want to see this?"

Just as she was about to succeed, Li Fan's voice, ghostly and chilling, echoed in Blissful Ignorance's ears.

After a moment's hesitation, she pressed on.

The silver divine sense exploded.

What appeared before Blissful Ignorance was…

Raging floods, falling flames, a sky shrouded in black clouds, a world encased in ice.

Countless apocalyptic scenes erupted simultaneously.

And this was merely the beginning.

The destruction of worlds was only the prelude.

A tide of black malice descended, consuming everything.

Within this roiling sea of darkness, entire sections of the Star Sea vanished.

Like a brightly lit house slowly being enveloped in darkness, the world collapsed.

And the terrifying calamity was far from over.

The image shifted to darkness, then expanded a millionfold.

It was like an endless ocean, each wave a complete world.

And now, a terrifying darkness from the depths was consuming everything.

Every imaginable apocalyptic scenario played out within this ocean.

A sense of utter despair and helplessness.

As darkness enveloped her, slowly eroding her being, the ocean fell silent.

After a brief pause, countless threads appeared, the previous ocean merely an insignificant point of light within one of them.

Now, these luminous threads began to extinguish en masse.

With each vanishing thread, corresponding scenes of world destruction flooded Blissful Ignorance's mind.

This Dao Obliteration Calamity, encompassing countless possibilities, was drawn from Li Fan's own experiences and the memories of Evil Su Bai within the Eternal Remnant.

Such a terrifying, yet undeniably real, spectacle was far beyond Blissful Ignorance's capacity to withstand.

Though her spiritual power rivaled Legacy Transmission and the Healer, now…

A cloud of doom, terror, and despair, channeled through Blissful Ignorance, descended upon the Land of Blissful Ignorance.

Boom!

One dream world after another plunged into chaos.

The very foundation of the dream paradise was shaken.

"Aaah!" Blissful Ignorance screamed, jolted awake, her body trembling, drenched in cold sweat.

She tried to contain the spreading calamity within her dream world, but its speed was simply too fast. Even she could barely protect herself, let alone the countless beings within her dream.

"Senior, spare me!"

Blissful Ignorance emerged from the dream world, returning to reality.

Trembling, she knelt before Li Fan.

Even though she had learned of his terrifying, almost inconceivable, power through various channels, surviving such a calamity…

It was far beyond her comprehension.

All her plans crumbled. Blissful Ignorance's only thought now was survival.

"Blissful Ignorance, Blissful Ignorance."

"The great calamity has arrived. Where can you find solace?"

Li Fan's words hung in the air.

The calamity ravaging Blissful Ignorance's dream world abruptly froze.

Then, just as suddenly, it vanished without a trace.

A black speck, radiating a monstrous aura, appeared in Li Fan's palm. With a flick of his wrist, he sent it towards Blissful Ignorance's forehead.

She instinctively tried to dodge, but the speck, heavy with malice, was inescapable.

It entered her soul.

Like a shadow, it enveloped her, then settled within her heart, disappearing from sight.

After a long while, Blissful Ignorance regained her senses, staring at the figure before her. Her previous attempts at manipulation and testing now seemed laughably absurd.

"Take me to the other four," Li Fan commanded, his hands clasped behind his back.

A silver glow enveloped his form, obscuring his features, making him impossible to look at directly.

"Yes," Blissful Ignorance bowed her head submissively.

Her surroundings shifted once more.

This time, Li Fan sensed the power of the dream paradise surrounding him.

However, having planted a countermeasure within Blissful Ignorance's mind, he allowed himself to be pulled into the dream, knowing he could collapse it with a single thought.

"Ink Kill, Heavenly Soul, fused with the form of the Dao Obliteration Calamity."

"Not bad."

Li Fan thought as he observed his surroundings.

Blissful Ignorance, cowed by his power, acted swiftly.

Single-Minded Celestial Venerable Zhao Ruoxi appeared before him, naked as if she had been sunbathing on a beach.

Startled by the sudden calamity, she sat up, her eyes wide with confusion.

The unexpected arrival of Blissful Ignorance and Li Fan further shocked her.

Li Fan had seen Zhao Ruoxi's alluring form countless times. Its beauty no longer stirred him.

Through a brief exchange of glances with Blissful Ignorance, Zhao Ruoxi understood what had transpired. Visibly shaken, she quickly donned a white robe.

"Greetings, Senior," she said softly, bowing respectfully.

Li Fan nodded slightly.

Just then, another ripple disturbed the air.

Blissful Ignorance's form shifted, returning to her infant state.

The other three Eternal Life Celestial Venerables finally arrived.

(End of Chapter)