358: A new era! Code name: "Natural Disaster"!

Lin Fan put the straw man, which was emitting an ominous Aura, back into his storage ring.

On his fingertips, the cold and eerie sensation of stroking those crimson silk threads still lingered.

A perfect protective talisman was now ready.

But now was not the time to use it.

This one-time-use top-tier causality-type weapon had to be used where its value would be maximized.

Lin Fan looked up, his gaze sweeping across the Cultivators in the hall, whose expressions varied but all carried the relief and awe of survivors.

He paced over to Li Hanyue's side.

"I'm taking this place."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Li Hanyue was slightly taken aback, then immediately understood Lin Fan's meaning.

"You want to... use this as your stronghold?"

"Stronghold?"

Lin Fan shook his head, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"No."

"It's a new home."

It was also his most solid Resurrection Anchor for the future.

Having said that, he offered no further explanation. With a flash of his figure, he appeared in the cold Void Realm of the Universe outside the Tian Yuan Realm.

Li Hanyue and all the Cultivators in the hall immediately locked their gazes onto him through the star chart.

They saw Lin Fan floating quietly in the center of that Seven-Colored Immortal Haze that had not yet completely dissipated.

That immortal haze was the product of a single burp he'd let out, yet it contained Origin Immortal Qi so pure it would make even a True Immortal green with envy.

Lin Fan slowly raised his right hand.

Buzz—

The entire immortal haze, along with the residual Law rhythms belonging to the "Myriad Dao Annihilation Immortal Tribulation" in the void, trembled violently following his movement.

Visible streaks of light, composed of fragments from over a hundred Laws including Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Light, and Dark, emerged from the nothingness.

Like subjects summoned by an emperor, they surrounded Lin Fan's body, spinning rapidly.

"In my name, I fuse the Myriad Dao as the foundation to cast the Formation of Reincarnation."

Lin Fan's voice rang out in the vacuum, echoing directly in the depths of the Souls of everyone observing through the star chart.

He flicked his finger.

One profound rune after another, incomprehensible to the observers, flew from his fingertips and were branded into the void.

Each rune represented a part of his understanding of the Great Dao.

These runes intertwined and fused with those Law fragments and the Immortal Qi.

An invisible net covering the entire Tian Yuan Realm Star Domain was rapidly taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Inside the hall, an old Loose Immortal proficient in Formations stared fixedly at the star chart, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

His lips quivered, and a raspy sound came from his throat as if he were witnessing a miracle.

"He... he isn't setting up a Formation..."

"He is... creating rules!"

"With his own power, he is rewriting the Laws of Heaven and Earth for an entire Star Domain!"

The Loose Immortal's words caused everyone around to gasp in shock.

Finally.

When the last rune fell into place.

The entire Tian Yuan Realm Star Domain vibrated once, gently and silently.

Subsequently, in the perception of all those ancient Divine Thoughts from the depths of the Universe spying on this place.

The Tian Yuan Realm, along with that figure they feared to the extreme and that brilliant Seven-Colored Immortal Haze, completely vanished from their perception.

It was as if it had never existed.

That Star Domain became empty, with only a few unremarkable, dim stars remaining, and no further anomalies... "Vanished?"

Inside the core of a star in some desolate Star Domain, the old man who had been heavily injured by Lin Fan's burp was filled with shock and uncertainty in his Divine Thought.

"Is it some top-tier concealment Formation? No... that's not right. Even Karma can't be detected anymore, as if it's been erased from the entire world."

...The stone statue on the floating continent stopped rolling its eyes.

"He has hidden himself."

"It's for the best... it's better if such an existence does not appear in the world."

...Deep in the darkness.

Those eyes that looked down upon space-time seemed somewhat surprised by this scene, but they quickly lost interest.

Untraceable, unlocatable.

The name Lin Fan, along with the power he had just displayed—enough to destroy a sea of stars—became a mystery hanging over the hearts of all ancient existences.

After a brief silence and exchange.

A codename began to spread like wildfire within these top-tier circles.

【Natural Disaster】.

A man who could summon a world-ending Immortal Tribulation, swallow that tribulation in return, force a Heavenly Dao Clone to crash, and finally make a Star Domain "evaporate" from the Universe.

Using "Natural Disaster" to describe him couldn't be more appropriate.

Lin Fan was collectively placed on a taboo list of those not to be provoked, mentioned, or investigated by these old monsters who had lived for countless millennia.

However, there are always those who are unwilling to let go.

Some even more secretive and greedy Divine Thoughts quietly allied in the shadows.

An organization named the "Anomaly Elimination Alliance" was secretly established without anyone's knowledge.

They had only one goal.

To find that "Natural Disaster," then analyze him and seize the incredible secrets he possessed.

Since they couldn't find the man himself, they would start by investigating the people and forces he had interacted with... Inside the Tian Yuan Realm.

Everyone felt the change in the world.

The sky became bluer, and the Spiritual Qi permeating the air was so dense it almost turned into a physical substance. Every breath felt like consuming a Spirit Pill or medicine.

More importantly, an unprecedented sense of security enveloped everyone.

They knew that from this moment on, this was the safest place in the entire Universe.

Lin Fan's figure reappeared in the Command Hall.

He looked a bit tired, his face slightly pale. Clearly, setting up that 【Lesser Myriad Dao Reincarnation Array】 just now had taken quite a toll on him.

Li Hanyue immediately handed him a cup of spirit tea.

Lin Fan took it, drained it in one gulp, set the cup aside casually, slumped into the commander's seat, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Done."

"From today on, this place is a paradise away from the world."

A look of immense satisfaction appeared on his face.

In the following days, the Tian Yuan Realm entered a period of unprecedented peace and rapid development.

Lin Fan treated this planet, which had just experienced a world-ending disaster, as his own Dao arena.

He spent most of his time every day consolidating his cultivation at the True Immortal Great Perfection and familiarizing himself with his skyrocketing power.

Occasionally, he would lie lazily on a mountain peak and give pointers on the cultivation of the surviving Cultivators.

Often, just a casual remark would allow those Loose Immortals who had been stuck at a Bottleneck for thousands of years to suddenly see the light and achieve a Breakthrough on the spot.

Li Hanyue became the head manager of this "new home," responsible for coordinating resources and rebuilding order. A smile gradually returned to her face.

The relationship between the two grew increasingly close during this rare tranquility.

One day.

In a secluded Immortal Cave, Lin Fan finally gained complete control over the power within his body.

With a thought, he once again took out the 【karma grafting puppet】.

It was time to put an insurance policy on this weapon of mass destruction.

He extended a finger, immortal power flowing through his fingertip, and very seriously carved two words onto the straw man's chest, stroke by stroke.

Xiao Chen.

After carving the name, he took out a wisp of Aura from a corner of his storage ring that was almost about to dissipate.

That was a wisp of the other party's Origin Essence Blood Aura he had casually collected when he last made Xiao Chen vomit blood from anger.

At the time, he just thought it might be useful later.

He hadn't expected it to be of great use now.

He gently pressed this wisp of Aura into the straw man's body.

Buzz.

The crimson silk threads on the straw man's chest flashed with an eerie red light, then faded from view.

It was done.

Lin Fan looked at the Puppet in his hand with satisfaction.

From now on, Xiao Chen was his human-shaped protective talisman.

He carefully put the Puppet away, stretched, and walked out of the Immortal Cave.

The sun was bright, and the times were peaceful.

"It's time to enjoy the retirement life of a 'Saint of Hiding'."

He chuckled, his mood exceptionally pleasant.

However, just as this thought arose.

Buzz—

An emergency communication Jade Slip that he had thrown into the deepest part of his storage ring, already covered in dust, vibrated violently without warning and lit up with a piercing blood-red light.

Lin Fan's smile froze.

He took out the Jade Slip with some confusion.

This was... the emergency contact Jade Slip that Fatty Zhang had forced upon him back at the Qingyun Sect.

He injected a sliver of immortal power.

From the Jade Slip, Fatty Zhang's terrified scream immediately rang out, sounding like his hair was on fire.

"Boss! Help!!"

"That Xiao Chen has gone crazy! He heard rumors from somewhere about your 'deeds,' saying you failed your tribulation, fell into the Demonic Path, and became a peerless Devil Head plaguing the world!"

"He's now gathered a large group of self-proclaimed righteous Prodigies and formed some bullshit 'Demon Slaying Alliance,' and they're aggressively marching toward our Qingyun Sect!"

"They say... they want to act on behalf of Heaven and purify the Sect that birthed a Devil Head like you!"