NOVEL WEB Chapter 1213 All Mutated
"No need to leave. Here is your final resting place."
As this voice sounded, Nan Feng, Long Zixuan, Dugu Yuqing, and the others turned back in shock.
In the Dark World, two figures had appeared at an unknown time.
An elder wearing a bone necklace around his neck and a saber strapped to his waist.
A youth, refined and ethereal, detached and serene.
All their gazes converged on the youth.
Because this youth was...
Identical to their master, Li Fan!
"Master..."
Nan Feng instinctively opened her mouth, her beautiful eyes losing focus, and said:
"You..."
Dark Li Fan looked at Nan Feng and spoke softly:
"I have found my resting place."
He then gazed at the people in the small courtyard, saying:
"Follow me. I will lead you to the other shore."
His voice carried a magnetic quality, full of allure.
"You damn thing! Do you think you can fool us a second time?!"
But at this moment, Lin Jiu Zheng suddenly roared with anger. Red fur burst out all over his body but was suppressed by the auspicious Qi of the Kirin.
In this instant, his power surged immensely, Creation Profound flowing entirely into him, and then he suddenly swung a slap towards Dark Li Fan!
"Rebellious disciple."
Dark Li Fan's voice turned cold. He raised his hand, and a black shackle instantly fell onto Lin Jiu Zheng's head.
At that moment, Lin Jiu Zheng's connection to Creation Profound was severed; the borrowed power vanished in an instant.
"Back when you were the Creator Supreme, you disobeyed my guidance, attempted to disrespect your master, and now you dare act recklessly again?"
Dark Li Fan said mercilessly.
"Tiānshī Dào... he truly has mastery over Tiānshī Dào!"
Jiang Li's brows furrowed!
This Dark Li Fan... did not appear to be fake. The Tiānshī Dào used to suppress Lin Jiu Zheng was exactly the same as Lin Jiu Zheng's own!
"It's him. On the Forbidden Ancient Path, the Dark Path… it originated from him."
Lu Rang then spoke:
"Back then, when we stepped on the Forbidden Ancient Path, it was him we encountered on the Dark Path... At that time, Junior Brother Lin fought desperately, covered in red fur, and slapped the rotten slave he had sent!"
At this moment, Long Zixuan raised his fist and said:
"Kill him!"
He revealed the Supreme Martial Dao Truth and launched an attack.
Suddenly, Nan Feng, Lu Rang, Qing Chen, Dugu Yuqing, Jiang Li, Wu Dade, Gong Ya, and others all attacked with full force.
In their previous lives, when they had first stepped onto the Forbidden Ancient Path, they encountered Dark Li Fan, leading to the collapse of their Dao hearts, their deaths, and their transformation into Evil Corpses.
But today, even witnessing this scene with their own eyes, their Dao hearts remained unshaken as they directly engaged in a battle.
"It is futile."
Dark Li Fan merely shook his head and raised his hand casually.
In that instant, myriad Dao and Laws unfolded.
A single note of the zither sounded, it was the Emperor's Breakthrough Melody, played with transcendent powers of darkness, disrupting Nan Feng's melody.
A surge of Dark True Dragon Qi burst forth, oppressing Long Zixuan until he could barely breathe!
A stalk of Dark Grass appeared, using the "grafting" technique from Lu Rang's Cultivation Method, entangling the green grass in his Daoist Scenery Ground.
The words "One Sword Suppressing the South Heavens" shimmered with unparalleled black brilliance, making Dugu Yuqing unable to even lift his hand!
The Nine Lives Chessboard spread across the field; Xuanwu Old Turtle trembled, and Jiang Li's complexion turned pale.
Several dark creatures emerged: Dark Phoenix, Big Goose, among others, pecking Wu Dade into a rage, leaving black wounds across his body!
A teapot evolved from Dao blocked Gong Ya, making her unable to manifest her Dao.
...
With just a wave of his hand, he... truly displayed the cultivated Dao of everyone in the small courtyard.
Indistinguishable from what Li Fan had taught them.
All suppressed.
And not only the people in the small courtyard; even in the rear, Fire Spirit's Li Tian Xuan Palace became unusable, Mu Qianning's hairpin felt as heavy as Mount Tai and impossible to lift, Yun Chen and the others were completely subdued!
This... was merely Dark Li Fan waving his hand.
"Let me! Using the cosmic fundamental laws, I will alienate them!"
Next to Dark Li Fan, the Dark Shaman prepared to act.
But Dark Li Fan merely cast a faint glance at him and said:
"Are you the one in charge here, or am I?"
"Old Third, have you misplaced yourself?"
"Want a beating, huh?"
Dark Shaman gritted his teeth in fury at these words but was left powerless, saying:
"Alright, you're second, you think you're so special, fine, you do it!"
Only then did Dark Li Fan casually turn his attention back to Nan Feng and the others, saying:
"I was the one who killed you in a past life, and now I am the one teaching you in this life."
"The cosmos consists of Yin and Yang, darkness and light, but life is not tolerated by the fundamental laws."
"This lifetime, the other 'me' and I have already become one."
He waved his hand, revealing one image after another:
It was the first time Li Fan met Nan Feng and Zi Ling, atop a mountain peak, painting and playing the zither before bringing them back to the small courtyard.
It was Long Zixuan and Lu Rang, wandering into the Southern Territory of the Xuantian Realm, abandoned by dynasties and ostracized by sects, forced to seek refuge in a small village where they were taught fishing and farming in the courtyard...
It was Dugu Yuqing and Qing Chen guarding the village outskirts, pondering deeply, trying to solve Li Fan's math problem about the angles of a triangle...
It was Jiang Li and Wu Dade, traveling from other worlds to the Xuantian Realm, with Jiang Li fallen from the sect's Saint Heir status, and Wu Dade reduced to pig-keeping...
It was Lin Jiu Zheng returning to the small village alongside Xinning, defeated before Li Fan...
It was Xinning awakening her power, entering the small village with Ming Tianbei, her imposing Demonic Sovereign aura dissipating into tears upon stepping into the courtyard...
It was Gong Ya searching for the Demon Monarch but meeting Auntie Wang at the village gate, who evaluated her as attractive and shapely...
...
It was snippets of life in the small village.
They dined together, farmed together, danced gymnastics together, partied joyfully together.
...
"Do not dwell on white or black. Embrace the darkness, and we shall remain ourselves. The small village will endure, and everything in the world will remain eternal."
"Darkness is cruel, suppressing everything of the white mist, but it is also kind, granting endless time and years within."
Dark Li Fan spoke softly:
"I have stepped into the darkness. I am your master, and that embodiment has already merged with me."
He waved again, and another image emerged: Dark Li Fan walking to the edge of the small village, while within, the Li Fan they knew walked out, smiling faintly, merging with Dark Li Fan.
Seeing this, Nan Feng, Long Zixuan, and the others were shaken to their cores.
"No... could it be that Master truly merged with him?"
"He knows everything that happened in the village, every word Master spoke to us... He might really be Master..."
At this moment, the Big Black Dog gritted its teeth and said:
"Woof, even the Quiet One couldn't discern the Master's Dao or hear his heart or see his thoughts... He knows everything, which means... means Master really merged with him!"
"Woof woof woof, Master... you're truly gone!"
The Big Black Dog wailed uncontrollably, howling like a ghost, utterly grief-stricken!
But at this moment, Wu Dade and the others weren't distracted by its cacophony; they were all shaken...
The Big Black Dog was right. The Master was unfathomable, untraceable—even the Quiet One couldn't achieve this.
This person before them... could he truly have merged with Master?
"Big Brother..."
At this moment, even Xinning seemed dazed. She looked at Li Fan and asked:
"Big Brother, do you still remember the tree at the village gate?"
Dark Li Fan sighed softly and said:
"Before you returned to the village, year after year as the plum blossoms bloomed and fell, I sat under that tree often."
Hearing this, a trace of tears appeared in Xinning's wide eyes as she said:
"As long as I'm with Big Brother, whether it's white mist or black mist, it doesn't matter."
At this moment, a dark origin suddenly fell before Xinning from Dark Li Fan's body.
Without hesitation, Xinning accepted it willingly.
Her origin changed rapidly; suddenly, black aura enveloped her, and her eyes turned cold and pitch-black.
Xinning had transformed into a dark creature.
"Sister Xinning..."
Dugu Yuqing and the others exclaimed.
"Xinning cultivates the path of 'Unchanging.' If she chooses not to embrace it, darkness cannot alter her."
Nan Feng smiled bitterly and said:
"She's right. Master has already entered the darkness. If following Master means becoming darkness, what difference does it make whether it's black or white..."
She too consumed the dark origin and was converted by Dark Li Fan!
"Unexpectedly, this lifetime is still just a fleeting dream... ha, merely a fleeting dream. Master has joined the darkness, and so must this dream conclude."
Jiang Li sang mournfully!
"I once thought I could split the Dark Firmament with a single sword, yet now I find myself a part of it... Is this the ebb and flow of life?"
Dugu Yuqing felt his soul die, breaking his Phoenix Sky Brush and closing his eyes.
"No more fighting... darkness, I admit defeat... No more red fur, only black fur now..."
Lin Jiu Zheng shook his head, snapping his Peach Wood Sword.
...
In this moment, they abandoned their ideals and aspirations.
If Li Fan had remained, they would have fought the darkness at all costs.
But now that Li Fan had become part of the darkness...
It no longer mattered.
The so-called courage no longer mattered, the so-called determination no longer mattered. Even if all living beings in the world perished...
It did not matter.
Because the small village, the courtyard, Li Fan.
That was their faith, the thing they sacrificed everything to protect.
Now that all had been corrupted...
What meaning did persistence hold?
What meaning did survival hold?
At this moment, Nan Feng, Long Zixuan, Lu Rang, Dugu Yuqing, Qing Chen, Jiang Li, Wu Dade, Gong Ya, Xinning—all had been transformed!
They had become dark creatures.
"No, they weren't altered by Universal Laws but rather by your own laws..."
At this moment, the Dark Shaman suddenly frowned.
In this world, the greatest power was the Universal Laws.
And beneath the universe, only the Quiet One and Li Fan had created their own self-derived laws.
This meant that these people... were subjected to Dark Li Fan's influence, not truly enslaved by the universe.
"My laws *are* the universe's laws."
Dark Li Fan said indifferently, adding:
"Do you believe I can represent darkness and destroy you?"
The Dark Shaman immediately fell silent.
"That's right. The number one hasn't spoken, so why do you keep yelling all day, Old Third? Does it help?"
Dark Li Fan said casually.
"Woof, you... ah, no, Master! What about my dark origin?"
At this moment, the Big Black Dog looked at Dark Li Fan expectantly.
Dark Li Fan pressed its head hard and said:
"Good dog, wait a bit. Once you become a dark dog, you won't be as fun anymore..."
"Hmm, go to the side and fetch some plates for me."
The Big Black Dog froze momentarily but lowered its head and went off obediently to fetch plates.
Only then did Dark Li Fan turn to Fire Spirit and the others, smiling:
"Come with me too."
...
Meanwhile, on the other side...
On the steps of time, the white-robed middle-aged man continued his story:
"Faced with the tides of darkness, those who followed the Great Emperor ultimately became dark creatures."
"This story bears the name: Betrayal."
...
Good night.